peers not to derail or mps warn peers not to derail or delay the rwanda bill as this legislation starts its journey through the house of lords. but with just one third of the seats in the upper house, is the government doomed to failure .7 government doomed to failure? >> and time's up for smokers ? as >> and time's up for smokers? as liz truss has slammed rishi sunak for nanny state policies as the prime minister vows to push ahead with vaping and smoking bans, he says we must do for our children what we all know is right. but for our children what we all know is right . but is this the know is right. but is this the nanny state gone mad? >> this smoking stuff seems like rishi sunak is glass grasping at straws, trying to find something to just create a headline to distract from the sort of newspaper headlines of coup attempts and prime ministerial plots that we were reading about last week. it's bonkers , as

last week. it's bonkers, as vaping has very clearly reduced the number of teenagers smoking basically the only country in the world, the only developed country in the world where the number of teenagers smoking is rising. australia, rising. yeah. is australia, which so much to ban which has done so much to ban vapes. which has done so much to ban vapthat's true , tom, but perhaps >> that's true, tom, but perhaps you're reading the country's you're not reading the country's mood this. i imagine the mood on this. i imagine the majority of people would actually like to disposable actually like to see disposable vapes banned, not least because they're found littered all all, everywhere, on every street corner. and it is true that children very, very young are , children very, very young are, you know, going out of the classroom to vaping the toilets. they're addicted to this thing . they're addicted to this thing. and because i like they're addicted to this thing. ailittle because i like they're addicted to this thing. ailittle vape, because i like they're addicted to this thing. ailittle vape, but because i like they're addicted to this thing. ailittle vape, but they:ause i like a little vape, but they shouldn't be. >> vapes are already for >> vapes are already illegal for people of 18. people under the age of 18. there be huge fines there should be huge fines for people children vapes. people who sell children vapes. yeah, because that's the current law making them for illegal consenting adults to buy a disposable vape. i mean, i sanity i think it's nanny state gone mad. >> we're going to have this debate later on in the show between two people with very different but i do different views, but i do wonder, government wonder, should the government

just hog and just just go the whole hog and just ban altogether? instead ban smoking altogether? instead of having these silly little policies with, you know, where it goes up by a year, every yean it goes up by a year, every year, or whatever it is that they're mean, it they're proposing? i mean, it does a bit ludicrous. let does sound a bit ludicrous. let us you think. gb views us know what you think. gb views at cbnnews.com is banning disposable vapes right disposable vapes the right priority for the government? well we'll be getting to all of that. >> and so many more stories in the show to come. first, the show to come. but first, it's headlines with tatiana i >> -- >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. your top stories from the gp newsroom. the prime minister is urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops in jordan . a drone strike targeted jordan. a drone strike targeted a us base in the northeast of the country on the border with syria, yesterday blamed iranian backed militants, president biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account. tehran responded , saying it wasn't responded, saying it wasn't behind the attack and it accused america of trying to incite and expand the crisis. it's . fuelled

expand the crisis. it's. fuelled fears of a wider conflict in the region. rishi sunak says the uk is working towards stability . is working towards stability. >> we absolutely condemn what has happened over the past couple of days. my thoughts are with all of those impacted , with all of those impacted, those who have lost their lives, their families and those that are injured. we stand resolutely with to bring with our allies to bring stability and peace to the region , and that's what we'll region, and that's what we'll continue towards . continue to work towards. >> a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust, which treated the man who killed three people in nottingham. valdo calocane was given a hospital order after a court heard he'd been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. the 32 year old stabbed barnaby weber, grace o'malley kumar and ian coates last june and tried to kill three other people with a van.the kill three other people with a van. the families of the victims are now questioning the care he received . some breaking news to received. some breaking news to bnng received. some breaking news to bring you in the last few minutes. the princess of wales, who's been recovering from abdominal surgery, has now been

discharged from hospital . discharged from hospital. princess catherine has returned to windsor and is said to be doing well after the planned operation , which was deemed a. operation, which was deemed a. success two teenage boys fatally stabbed in bristol have been named locally . floral tributes named locally. floral tributes have been laid at the scene where 15 year old mason rist and 16 year old max dixon died after being attacked by a group of people on saturday night . a 44 people on saturday night. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested as part of a murder investigation . they of a murder investigation. they remain in custody . remain in custody. >> frustration , a sense of >> frustration, a sense of powerlessness . powerlessness. >> um, maybe we might call it righteous anger. uh, what has been a sense of growing potential for this incident to happen ? um the, you know, the happen? um the, you know, the likelihood of this happening. but it's not just on this estate. it's his in general with, you know, young, young people and young boys . with, you know, young, young people and young boys. um, it it's a problem elsewhere as well

, isn't it ? , isn't it? >> that was reverend clive hamilton from saint barnabas church in the local community in bristol . the prime minister says bristol. the prime minister says he's taking strong action to protect children from vaping dunng protect children from vaping during a school visit in county durham, rishi sunak said he wants to stamp out the habit among young people by banning disposable devices , as it's disposable devices, as it's understood the ban will come into force within the next year. a public consultation found most people are in favour of the action. >> it's a long time coming . it >> it's a long time coming. it should have been banned even before they even made it to the shelves . we don't know what sort shelves. we don't know what sort of damage it's doing to the public, especially younger public, especially the younger ones who it's cool to ones who think it's cool to stick something in their mouth and vape out, which means and blow a vape out, which means nothing to your body at all, apart from it looks cool. >> there's been a massive increase in like littering and you see them all over the streets. um you see young, young

children smoking them and i just don't think it's good at all. so i think it's a good, good decision on behalf the decision on behalf of the government. just, ijust decision on behalf of the government. just, i just don't government. i just, i just don't like them all. government. i just, i just don't likeandm all. government. i just, i just don't likeand we all. government. i just, i just don't likeand we talk. government. i just, i just don't likeand we talk about cigarette >> and we talk about cigarette smoke. i hate cigarettes, hate smoke. i hate cigarettes, i hate smoking, tend to give smoking, but vapes tend to give up whether that's bad for smoking, but vapes tend to give up environment,�* that's bad for smoking, but vapes tend to give up environment, ithat's bad for smoking, but vapes tend to give up environment, i don't bad for smoking, but vapes tend to give up environment, i don't know.r the environment, i don't know. but general of the uk but director general of the uk vaping association, john dunn, criticised the government's move as a stunt. >> i really think they're throwing the 4.6 million vapers under the bus as a cheap pubuchy under the bus as a cheap publicity stunt to get votes now vaping is the most successful way that people quit smoking in the uk. it's twice as effective . the uk. it's twice as effective. as all others, and really, the people that they're throwing under the bus here are those people who have the least amount of highest of income in the highest smoking areas during a cost living areas during a cost of living crisis areas during a cost of living cnsthe areas during a cost of living cristhe rwanda bill returns to >> the rwanda bill returns to the house of lords , with the the house of lords, with the country's safety again being questioned , and the second questioned, and the second reading a busy weekend reading follows a busy weekend for force officials. home for border force officials. home office figures show 388 illegal

migrants crossed the channel over the weekend, taking the total to over 1000 people. so far this year. the archbishop of canterbury has raised concerns about asylum seekers on small boats being sent to kigali. will be among those expected to address peers today . west address peers today. west bromwich albion could be sanctioned after violent scenes in the fa cup last night. fights erupted in the stands and fans spilled onto the pitch during the black country derby , halting the black country derby, halting play the black country derby, halting play for more than half an hour. there were reports fans there were reports of fans clashing with police and one person was taken hospital person was taken to hospital with head injuries west brom with head injuries for west brom supporters, and two wolves fans were arrested and have been bailed further enquiries bailed pending further enquiries . those are your top stories on gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back to tom and

. emily. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 and we begin the show today with some royal news. yes with some good news. >> a statement from kensington palace reads the princess of wales has returned to home windsor to continue her recovery from surgery. she is making good progress , they say the prince progress, they say the prince and princess wish to say a huge thank you to the entire team at the london clinic, especially the london clinic, especially the dedicated nursing staff for the dedicated nursing staff for the they have provided. the the care they have provided. the wales family continues to be grateful for the well—wishes they received from around they have received from around they have received from around the world, and there it ends. a quick statement , uh, letting us quick statement, uh, letting us all know that the princess of wales has now returned home to windsor. >> and of course, she went into the london clinic for her abdominal surgery on the 16th of january. that was 13 days ago. so a little under two weeks. she spentin so a little under two weeks. she spent in hospital, but today returned home. >> yes. so, as they say , they >> yes. so, as they say, they want to give a huge thank you to the entire team at the london clinic who have been looking

after her. of course, king charles also has been getting treatment at that same clinic, saying a thank you to the dedicated nursing staff for all the care they've provided the care that they've provided and they continue to be very grateful for all the well wishes and they continue to be very grate across all the well wishes and they continue to be very grate across the the well wishes and they continue to be very grate across the world. .l wishes from across the world. >> it is , uh, unusual to see two >> it is, uh, unusual to see two such senior royals have , uh, such senior royals have, uh, both intensive invasive medical procedures in the same hospital at the same time . it was an at the same time. it was an extraordinary moment on tuesday, the 16th of this month, when we first learned that the princess of wales was in hospital and subsequently , within a very subsequently, within a very short amount of time, an announcement from the king that he was to have a procedure as well, a very intense time of scrutiny for the royal family. indeed. but let's get some more on this with our gb news royal correspondent cameron walker and cameron, this is about the amount of time we expected the princess of wales to have been in hospital . in hospital. >> yes, it certainly is, tom.

she has been in hospital for just under two weeks. it was two weeks tomorrow that she went into hospital for that abdominal surgery. but she got out, as we understand it now, a day early , understand it now, a day early, she is back home in windsor to continue her recovery . but we're continue her recovery. but we're still not going to see her anytime soon. kensington palace says that the princess of wales has a long road. really to recover over a good couple of months and we're not expecting to see her still until around easter in person, as for the prince of wales , her husband, prince of wales, her husband, i'm told he will. he will return to official duties depending on the medical advice , and the the medical advice, and the princess of wales , and to make princess of wales, and to make sure that her recovery is settled before we're going to see him in public as well. so we're going to see prince william before we see the princess. um as for the royal children, prince george, princess charlotte and prince

louis, no doubt they'll be pleased to have their mother back in the house. we're not being given any information as to whether or not the children have visited their mother in hospital, or indeed, this will be the first time they're going to see their mother in person. six after school, i was given assurances that around the time the princess went into hospital, the princess went into hospital, the royal children were very much carrying on with their schooling and have been been school. as we understand it, every day as normal. the both prince william and princess catherine were very keen that their ordinary life isn't interrupted too much by this surgery, and now, of course, we're down to only one member of the royal family in the london clinic, his majesty the king. there were some reports it was supposed to be a couple of days in hospital , supposed to be a couple of days in hospital, but it appears he's spending longer in spending a little longer in hospital planned. but very hospital than planned. but very good the princess of good news for the princess of wales. back home windsor. wales. back home in windsor. >> cameron . and remind us >> yes, cameron. and remind us the statement we heard the original statement we heard from kensington palace, said the

princess of wales would not be returning to her royal duties till easter. is that correct ? till easter. is that correct? >> yes, exactly . so the princess >> yes, exactly. so the princess of wales is expected to recover at home. behind the scenes of course. she had pretty major surgery , as we understand it, surgery, as we understand it, because you're not in a hospital for two weeks unless it is pretty significant surgery and kensington palace have not changed any of the information they gave us close to two weeks ago. now, we're not expecting to see the princess wales in see the princess of wales in pubuc see the princess of wales in public around easter. of public until around easter. of course, it all depends on medical advice and we'll have to see close to the time if that medical advice has changed. of course, once the princess of wales her care at home in windsor and her recovery assessors , i'm told, as i said, assessors, i'm told, as i said, the prince of wales does plan to resume public engagements. so we're going to see prince william up out and about, perhaps pretty, pretty soon. but princess of wales is still a long recovery ahead. good 2 to 3

months or so . months or so. >> well, cameron walker, thank you very much for bringing us that breaking news there. the princess of wales, having returned home to windsor following her abdominal surgery . following her abdominal surgery. >> yes, we wish her well. well let's move on to, uh , joe biden let's move on to, uh, joe biden because he's vowed that the united states will respond after three american soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a military base in jordan. it's believed to have been carried out by iranian backed militants. >> well, iran has denied any involvement in the attack , but involvement in the attack, but the foreign secretary, lord cameron , has called on iran to cameron, has called on iran to de—escalate in the region , de—escalate in the region, whilst former president donald trump has warned that we're on the brink of world war iii. after the attack, he blamed biden's weakness and surrender for allowing it to happen again. >> strong words from donald trump. so shall we get the thoughts of military historian and retired british army officer, lieutenant general jonathan riley. jonathan, thank you very much for joining us jonathan riley. jonathan, thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the of rather the show lot of rather terrifying headlines . rishi

terrifying headlines. rishi sunak now coming out to say iran should de—escalate in the region. what are the chances of that? >> uh , thank you very much for >> uh, thank you very much for having me on. and good afternoon to you and everybody else. uh, well, there's an old saying in the military that the first report is always wrong, and i think it's worth bearing that in mind when we are looking at this episode, because , interestingly, episode, because, interestingly, there were reports coming from iranian sources that strike had taken place on a base called 10th, which is just over the border in syria , uh, near this, border in syria, uh, near this, uh, near tower 22, tower 22 is up in the tri border area in a remote desert area. now why would they say that? well, because syria, of course, is already an active war zone, and that doesn't widen the conflict. whereas jordan , different story . whereas jordan, different story. jordan is generally regarded by all sides as neutral territory. it plays hosts to millions of syrian and palestinian refugees ,

syrian and palestinian refugees, uh, more than its own population . jordan. >> uh, it's generally aligned with the west, but it's very well connected. >> so, uh, if the strikes been in jordan. yeah, that's very significant. now uh, iran, uh, the people who say they did it were the islamic resistance of iraq . uh, were the islamic resistance of iraq. uh, that were the islamic resistance of iraq . uh, that is an were the islamic resistance of iraq. uh, that is an umbrella organisation sponsored by iran, largely , uh, shia muslims rather largely, uh, shia muslims rather than sunni muslims , which are than sunni muslims, which are which are the majority in, uh , which are the majority in, uh, in jordan, the difficulty is, uh , that the iranian foreign ministry , part of the government ministry, part of the government is saying not us. there are multiple power , uh, bases in multiple power, uh, bases in iraq , in multiple power, uh, bases in iraq, in iran, the irgc, the religious establishment, iraq, in iran, the irgc, the religious establishment , the religious establishment, the government, the army. they're very much opaque to each other , very much opaque to each other, which is both good and bad for them. um, it's bad because one

often left hand doesn't know what right hand is doing. on the other hand, it's a firewall. so the government say it's the government could say it's not could very well not us, but it could very well be that the irgc is responsible. and that's joe biden's problem proving who is actually behind it. so when we say, is this iran , then that's perhaps the wrong question to ask, because iran is lots of different things. >> is it a proxy of iran? did the ayatollah, ayatollah know about it? was it a different agency within iran acting semi—independent ? semi—independent? semi—autonomously? frankly will we get an answer to this question? and if we do get a clear answer to this question , clear answer to this question, what are the considerations that the west that the us military will have to make ? will have to make? >> uh, well, getting . yeah. >> uh, well, getting. yeah. getting a response. that's the that's the million dollar question . uh, can it who can it question. uh, can it who can it be pinned on if indeed anybody , be pinned on if indeed anybody, uh, if it can't be, if it cannot be conclusively pinned on any body inside iran ? and actually,

body inside iran? and actually, is it a good idea to wind up tensions by attacking iran ? uh, tensions by attacking iran? uh, probably not. um, because the whole region is extremely unstable at the moment. uh, and there are links, of course, with there are links, of course, with the houthis and from the houthis back to back to saudi arabia . back to back to saudi arabia. uh, and so in the end , it may uh, and so in the end, it may come down to looking for, uh, a figure or a group or a facility that's directly linked to the islamic resistance of iraq. and going directly to the perpetrator to make that point, to do anything else. does does raise the problem. and the issue of escalation. and at the moment , as everybody is quite rightly saying , the last thing we need saying, the last thing we need is escalation . is escalation. >> um, very interesting indeed. thank you for your time. really appreciate it. military historian and retired british army officer , lieutenant general army officer, lieutenant general jonathan riley . great to hear jonathan riley. great to hear from you. >> well , of course, there's >> well, of course, there's a political angle to this too, not just a military one. and so

we're joined the studio we're joined now in the studio by republicans by the chair of republicans overseas greg swenson. and overseas uk, greg swenson. and greg, i was struck by the sense of feeling in the united states . of feeling in the united states. clearly, there is a huge sense of feeling off the back of these attacks. the former president, donald trump saying, we're on the brink of world war iii, but also an ally of his. lindsey graham, the senator saying strike iran , strike iran hard . strike iran, strike iran hard. um, yeah , that's not not um, yeah, that's not not surprising that lindsey graham would would come out and say that he's always been a rather hawkish senator and not surprising to see the comments from from president trump. >> it is an election year. so that doesn't you know, that shouldn't surprise or alarm anybody he'll look at anybody that that he'll look at it. but but president trump has some points here. there is a real crisis of confidence in the us right now . uh, confidence in us right now. uh, confidence in president biden and his ability or lack of ability to lead in, in these conflicts . and, you in these conflicts. and, you know, only 33% of americans are

are endorsing biden in foreign policy . he's he's polling at 39 policy. he's he's polling at 39 overall, but 31 on the economy, 18 on the border, but only 33 on foreign policy. and this is a president who ran in 2020 as someone who could bring american leadership back and it's really been a disaster from the get go, starting by taking the houthis off the terrorism list and then putting them back on, take the nord stream 2 off the sanctions list , nord stream 2 off the sanctions list, putting it back on later. you know, there's been a consistent sense of appeasement rather than deterrence . and we rather than deterrence. and we know that deterrence works. and that's not president biden's strong greg, am i right in in >> now, greg, am i right in in saying that there has been a confused policy towards iran by successive presidents ? it's successive presidents? it's donald trump says this is all joe biden's fault. he says the brazen attack on the united states, yet another horrific and tragic consequence of joe biden's weakness and surrender.

three years ago, iran was weak, broke and totally under control . broke and totally under control. um, but biden has given iran billions of dollars. is there truth to this? is there is this hyperbole from donald? >> look president trump >> yeah. look president trump often uses hyperbole . me no often uses hyperbole. me no doubt. but in this case, they're just the facts. and think any just the facts. and i think any looking even on financial media where there is real concern about by by not enforcing the sanctions that president trump put in place, the iranians have pumped considerable considered more oil than they were during the trump administration. they were doing about a million barrels a day when trump was president because of the embargo and the sanctions. and now they're doing 4 million a day. so biden for not so thanks to biden for not enforcing the sanctions or the embargo, there . you know, that's embargo, there. you know, that's $60 billion plus in to the pockets of the mullahs. and are essentially funding the their proxies to attack americans and our allies. so this is really unfortunate consequence of the biden administration sense of

appeasement, trying to get back into the jcpoa, really being nervous about offending the mullahs in any way. and it's really put it's really put so much money into the bank account of iran. and it's the same thing with, with in other places , too. with, with in other places, too. i mean, now you have iran funding both sides of the conflict in the middle east, but you also iran funding both you also have iran funding both sides in the russia—ukraine war. so, or i should say the us is funding it indirectly. so you know, the iranians are helping the russians. we're helping the ukrainians . we're funding both ukrainians. we're funding both sides. it's there's no consistency to the biden foreign policy. and i think we're we're becoming we're coming close to a jemmy carter moment where this crisis of confidence in foreign policy, it could be a real disaster for biden . it still disaster for biden. it still ranks below the economy and the and the open border in terms of policies. but 40% of americans are ranking foreign policy as the first issue, according to ap. that's double what it was only in two years ago in the

midterms elections. >> yeah, it only takes a few more events like this. you only have remember back to 1979 have to remember back to 1979 and the hostages that iran took , and the hostages that iran took, that then were returned on the first day that ronald reagan was inaugurated as president. but but it does seem that perhaps it's all a little bit convenient for donald trump, that this has all happened right now. can we really lay the blame all on biden ? of course, the energy biden? of course, the energy crisis that experienced the world has meant that iran world over has meant that iran has increased its oil production. that's right. perhaps not all down to perhaps that's not all down to sanctions. also, of course , sanctions. and also, of course, we seeing perhaps we were seeing perhaps the trigger for the conflict in the middle east, particularly in israel. was this process of normalisation with israel. the fact that saudi arabia was on the brink of normalising relations with israel? that was continued of trump policy, were trump still to be president, that was likely to still be going down that path. we could have seen a very similar destabilisation. whoever was the president of the united states, well , i'm president of the united states, well, i'm not sure of that.

>> i mean, it's hard to say what would have happened. and i know that, president trump is that, again, president trump is going talk up his book going to always talk up his book in terms of, you know, what? what would have would have been if still president. if he was still president. but he, put the he, you know, he did put the sanctions but biden sanctions on iran, but biden immediately stopped enforcing the embargo. so there's validity to that argument, for sure. and remember , it wasn't just the remember, it wasn't just the embargo and the ability of the iranians to pump more oil and sell more oil, but also biden's hostility to his own energy sector, specifically the oil and gas sector in america that reduced america's production by 3 million barrels a day. the us was the swing price. so at the same time that he was allowing the iranians to ship oil, he was also jacking the price because of his hostility to the sector. day one. he cancelled the keystone pipeline in the he keystone pipeline in the us. he just recently he only a few days ago stopped any new lng infrastructure, permitting in the us. that's hostility to our allies. we sell lng to the to the united kingdom and other

allies. so you know, gas. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and energy sector and energy policy is national security policy is national security policy . and biden has been policy. and biden has been hostile to the sector. that's only helped putin pump more oil . only helped putin pump more oil. the mullahs pump more oil and it's put us in a really difficult situation in terms of our our own energy independence. >> it's deeply, deeply worrying across the world. but thank you so much for explaining your position. of position. of course, chair of overseas uk . thanks, overseas republicans uk. thanks, tom. thanks very much. now coming up, we're going to be looking the second coming up, we're going to be looking of the second coming up, we're going to be looking of the the second coming up, we're going to be looking of the rwanda econd coming up, we're going to be looking of the rwanda billid coming up, we're going to be looking of the rwanda bill in reading of the rwanda bill in the that after the house of lords that after this .

sunday mornings from 930 on gb news who's . news who's. >> good afternoon britain . now >> good afternoon britain. now disposable vapes are set to be bannedin disposable vapes are set to be banned in britain as part of a plan to tackle the rise in young people vaping and how the government says protect children's health. >> yes, so this is part of the prime minister's plans to phase out smoking altogether . the out smoking altogether. the plans that the former prime minister, liz truss, isn't very happy about, she's called it all an extension of the nanny state. she's leading a rather small rebellion, though , i must say. rebellion, though, i must say. >> well, joining us now to tell us more is our political correspondent, olivia utley and olivia. it seems like the prime minister is sort of grabbing at straws . was trying to find straws. was trying to find something else to say after all

of those bad headlines for him last week . last week. >> i'm getting the impression from your face, tom, that you are not a huge fan of this plan to phase out vapes and smoking. in the end , it does feel in the end, it does feel a little bit as though rishi sunak is looking for something to talk about. after all of those headunes about. after all of those headlines last week. sort of strangely, last week for westminster, the government didn't any flagship didn't really have any flagship announcements . and there are announcements. and there are those who say that that left a sort of void in politics, which allowed that very mini rebellion from simon clarke to happen. well, this week that's all changed. the prime minister is determined to look very busy. he's up in the north east this morning at a primary school where talking about the where he's talking about the government's to ban dispose government's plan to ban dispose all vapes. these those all vapes. now, these are those colourful vapes sell for an colourful vapes that sell for an average of about £3. and the government's argument is that they are often marketed at children and the government is also going to bring in plans to bnngin also going to bring in plans to bring in legislation which would ban the sale of fly flavoured

vapes, including sort of pink lemonade and cherry cola, which again, they say are aimed at children . an it all ties in with children. an it all ties in with the government's plan to phase out smoking by means of a age gradated ban . so at the moment, gradated ban. so at the moment, anyone who turns 15 this year wouldn't . be allowed to smoke wouldn't. be allowed to smoke for the rest of their lives. that's what the government wants to do. now, as you mentioned there, there small there, emily, there is a small rebellion by rebellion headed, it seems, by liz sort of right wing liz truss, a sort of right wing or libertarian conservatives who think that that law would be absurd. they argue that it would. it would result in a situation. and this is true. it would result in a situation where in sort of 3 or 4 years time , there would be adults who time, there would be adults who had different rights to adults next to them , simply because of next to them, simply because of the date of their birth. now what these rebels would like to do is amend that legislation so that it would just bring up the smoking age to 21, but get rid

of this, uh, age gradation , of this, uh, age gradation, which rishi sunak wants to impose now, their ammunition for changing that legislation is that new zealand, which brought in a similar smoking ban a couple of years ago, has now reversed that smoking ban under a new government in order to pay for various tax cuts that it wants to impose . when the one wants to impose. when the one country where this has been tried , liz truss and her allies tried, liz truss and her allies will argue it hasn't really worked. now what will happen in parliament? well rishi sunak has the support of the labour party on the smoking ban specifically. so it's very, very likely that he will be able to pass it. but but it is not a good look for a prime minister to be depending on opposition votes in order to get flagship legislation through . and rishi sunak has said that he wants the smoking ban to be one of the legacies of his premiership. even if he wins premiership. so even if he wins with a relatively big majority, if there is a rebellion of

conservative mps on the backbenches, particularly if it includes many of the rebels who rebelled over rwanda, then it'll really dent rishi sunak's , uh, really dent rishi sunak's, uh, standing in parliament, which is something that he really can't afford at the moment . afford at the moment. >> oh, no. well, thank you very much, olivia hartley, our political correspondent, for bringing what, bringing us that. you know what, tom? be a nanny state tom? it may be a nanny state policy, but the public love it. i'm looking at a survey i'm just looking at a survey from back in july. i'm just looking at a survey from back in july . would you from back in july. would you support or oppose a ban on disposable vapes? this is yougov, 58% strongly support and a further 19% some what support people want these disposable vapes off our streets prove anything with statistics. >> emily. yeah, you can, but it's. >> this is the most popular policy of the government. >> it is , it is. i'm not saying >> it is, it is. i'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but it's the right thing to do, but it is the most popular policy. you've got 50% of people wanting to ban nightclubs as well. >> mean, goodness , it's >> i mean, my goodness, it's such a puritanical. the one thing most about this thing i dislike most about this iterative then iterative smoking ban go on then quickly, as olivia the quickly, as olivia said, the

labour party and the tories are backing used to say that backing it. we used to say that you couldn't put a cigarette paper the tories and paper between the tories and laboun paper between the tories and labour. you're even labour. no you're not even allowed that. labour. no you're not even all(very that. labour. no you're not even all(very good. that. labour. no you're not even all(very good. yout. labour. no you're not even all(very good. you just wanted to >> very good. you just wanted to get didn't you? coming get that in, didn't you? coming up, countries up, more countries have suspended over suspended funding to unrwa over the alleged role of some staff. in the 7th of october, hamas attacks. but first, scottish first minister refuses to do so. this is very interesting indeed. we'll have more on that shortly. that's that un relief agency. this is good afternoon britain on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good afternoon. 1233 your top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister is urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops in jordan. a drone strike targeted a us base in the northeast of the country on the border with syria iranian syria yesterday, blaming iranian backed militants. president biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account . tehran responsible to account. tehran responded, saying it wasn't behind the attack and accused

america of trying to incite and expand the crisis . it's expand the crisis. it's a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust, which treated valdo calocane , who treated valdo calocane, who killed three people in nottingham. 32 year old was given a hospital order after a court heard he'd been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia . he with paranoid schizophrenia. he stabbed barnaby weber, grace o'malley kumar and ian coates last june. the families of the victims are now questioning the care he received . two teenage care he received. two teenage boys fatally stabbed in bristol have been named locally as 15 year old mason rist and 16 year old max dixon . floral tributes old max dixon. floral tributes have been laid at the scene where they died after being attacked by a group of people on saturday night. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested as part of a murder investigation . they murder investigation. they remain custody . the princess remain in custody. the princess of wales , who has been of wales, who has been recovering from abdominal surgery, has now been discharged

from hospital. princess catherine has returned to her home in windsor and is said to be making good progress after the planned operation was deemed a success. the 42 year old is not expected to return to official duties until after easter . the prime official duties until after easter. the prime minister has described a ban on disposable vapes as balanced during a school visit in county durham . school visit in county durham. rishi sunak said he's taking strong action to stamp out the habit among young people, which has seen a rise . it's understood has seen a rise. it's understood the ban will come into force within next year . the rwanda within the next year. the rwanda bill returns to the house of lords with the country's safety again being questioned. the second reading follows a busy weekend for border force officials. home office figures show 388 illegal migrants crossed the channel over the weekend, taking the total to over 1000 people so far this year. over 1000 people so far this year . you can get more on all of year. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gb news. com .

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb sunday mornings from 930 on. gb news good afternoon britain. >> it's 20 to 1 and now rishi sunak flagship rwanda bill faces its first key test in the house of lords this afternoon as it arrives in parliament's upper house for its second reading. >> yes, so among those expected

to speak against the legislation is the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, who has previously condemned the rwanda migration plan as ungodly. gosh. >> meanwhile, more than 250 charities, religious organisations , nations and civil organisations, nations and civil society bodies have called on the house of lords to block the rwanda bill outright , labelling rwanda bill outright, labelling it an attack on universal human rights and the constitutional role of the judiciary, which is an interesting point to make given we don't have the same sort of separation of powers that the united states do . and that the united states do. and when people talk about the constitution and the judiciary, i think they're very often talking as if they lived in the united than living united states rather than living in britain. >> well, there we let's >> well, there we go. let's speak to gb news political editor christopher editor chris hope. christopher reading in the papers that reading in the papers today that the lords may try to delay this rwanda bill for months. is that the tactic ? sukh the tactic? sukh >> yeah, that's right emily. thatis >> yeah, that's right emily. that is a tactic they want to try and attach the vote last

week you recall that vote last week you recall that vote last week trying to ensure that ten measures to make rwanda safe . measures to make rwanda safe. the flights couldn't take off until those had happened. that was in response to house of lords report, which is not binding on the government. peers want into want to put that measure into this rwanda bill. we're going to see as many as 70, um, uh, peer, um, peers speak today. four bishops, including the archbishop of canterbury, um, the number 10 has been asked in the number 10 has been asked in the lobby meeting. i've been at just uh, you mind , uh, just now. uh, do you mind, uh, the archbishop of canterbury speaking out against your flagship immigration plan? that government's made very clear they're here. have a right they're here. they have a right to on. but the rwanda plan to opine on. but the rwanda plan is the missing piece stopping is the missing piece to stopping the boats . um, one reporter the boats. um, one reporter asked, is it that we do have asked, why is it that we do have bishops in the house of lords ? bishops in the house of lords? only clerics in in only iran has clerics in in a second chamber. but the government refused to comment. did they really use the phrase they have the right to opine ? they have the right to opine? >> that's a marvellous sort of bit of verbosity from the number 10 press operating , isn't there? 10 press operating, isn't there? yeah. um, but chris, seriously,

that's all they can do. >> yeah. uh, yeah . >> yeah. uh, yeah. >> yeah. uh, yeah. >> is number 10 confident about being able to get this piece of legislation through? it's only got a third of the seats in the upper house. >> what it expects to lose votes. i think that's pretty certain. tom if you look back at the last week's, uh, um, uh , a the last week's, uh, um, uh, a treaty treaty vote , i think the treaty treaty vote, i think the vote was around 214 to 171. the government lost . they look at government lost. they look at those numbers, tom and emily and they think that's what will happen with all these various amendments being forward amendments being pushed forward by, uh, by, by the peers. by, um, uh, by, by the peers. now, over the weekend , matt now, over the weekend, matt warman, who's deputy leader warman, who's the deputy leader of the nation caucus of of the one nation caucus of centre left moderate tory mps, he made clear this bill must not be amended by by the house of lords. what is the very clear message from the from the moderate mps in the tory party is , is to peers don't make it is, is to peers don't make it softer because we'll have to return to where it was. i think

what's going to happen is they will try and soften this measure, we'll see that push measure, but we'll see that push back hard by the by the back very hard by the by the elected chamber in the house of commons. >> very interesting . number >> yes. very interesting. number 10 to want to frame this 10 seem to want to frame this as, the house of as, uh, potentially the house of lords going against what they call the will of the people, harks back to the brexit shenanigans. is >> yeah, there's elements of that, isn't there? i mean, they're not quite called enemies of the people yet in the house of the people yet in the house of lords, but i think any attempt make this unworkable, attempt to make this unworkable, they worry. about they do worry. i think about lawyers , um, and bishops and, lawyers, um, and bishops and, and, and then of course, the, the, the left wing majority over the, the left wing majority over the government in the second chamber. that's the worry they've got. so the battles start today. today is the second reading. of course, labour won't vote against it. that will happen nearer the time. the amendments are where it's going to really kick in about ten to really kick off in about ten days time . days time. >> really interesting stuff there. hope, there. well, christopher hope, thank much for bringing thank you so much for bringing us there. we look us the details there. we look forward the contributions forward to the contributions from lordships and from all of their lordships and indeed bishops to, uh,

indeed those bishops to, uh, coming up later this afternoon. i think it is fascinating that you get all of these charities saying this is an attack on the independence judiciary. independence of the judiciary. see how many of those same charities said that measures charities said that the measures the house of commons took to overturn the convictions of postmasters was an attack on the judiciary ? i mean, yes, it was judiciary? i mean, yes, it was overriding the independence of the judiciary, but that's fine. that's our system. >> totally political . um, but >> totally political. um, but before the break, we were discussing the government's plans to ban disposable vapes in britain. of course, this is all part of a plan to tackle the rise in young people vaping on the streets, at school, in their homes their health. >> well, let's speak to the head of lifestyle economics at the institute of economic affairs, christopher snowdon , on this. christopher snowdon, on this. christopher, you've been christopher, i know you've been following this saga very, following this saga for a very, very long time. the government says that it wants to protect the health of the country. does it have a point ? it have a point? >> i mean, that's a reasonable objective. >> the question is whether what

they're proposing is actually going to achieve that. >> there's a lot of people , not >> there's a lot of people, not just on the libertarian wing, but in public health, who are very concerned that this is going to have the fairly obvious unintended consequence of pushing people back to smoking and discouraging people from switching to vaping in the first place. >> christopher, >> well, christopher, you'd still buy the still be able to buy the non—disposable vapes. still be able to buy the non—disposable vapes . so if you non—disposable vapes. so if you there's still options. well indeed. >> right. so that would be the argument of the proponents of the ban is that, you know , the the ban is that, you know, the 2.6 million adults users of disposable vapes, there are far more users of these things. and i think understand i think people understand because we talk so much about the using them. um, the teenagers using them. um, i'm lots of them will i'm sure lots of them will switch to rechargeable devices. you can get refillables now for less than £10, but the point is, if it's going to be so for easy adults to do that, why won't the teenagers do it if we're not enforcing the laws around sale to minors? why wouldn't kids

just switch to the refillables ? just switch to the refillables? in which case what's been achieved ? achieved? >> but i think it's much easier, though, isn't it, to just pop into the shop and get one of those tutti—frutti ones into the shop and get one of thos�*you tutti—frutti ones into the shop and get one of thos�*you tlbuy frutti ones into the shop and get one of thos�*you tlbuyfruttcanas that you just buy and can immediately use going and getting those recharged able ones where you have to fill it up yourself . it's more of up yourself. it's a bit more of a isn't it? a hurdle, isn't it? >> don't need necessarily >> you don't need to necessarily refill them, though. i mean, the juul device, if you're familiar with that was the subject with that. that was the subject of in america a few of a big panic in america a few years to led not years ago, which to led not a complete ban, but very heavy regulation. that was that's rechargeable. um, they're a little bit more expensive. they're cheaper in the long run. um, so they don't need to be fiddly. don't need to be fiddly. they don't need to be like, know, the one use. like, you know, the one i use. um order to, to be um in order to, to be rechargeable . my point is, you rechargeable. my point is, you know, either this works as intended and people , adult intended and people, adult consumers, switch to other vapes in which case there's no reason why kids won't do it or these people will switch to smoking . people will switch to smoking. in which case, you, you know, you really produced a very

counterproductive policy. and of course, the kids might switch to smoking too. so what's good for course, the kids might switch to smcgoose 00. so what's good for course, the kids might switch to smcgoose is. so what's good for course, the kids might switch to smcgoose is good/hat's good for course, the kids might switch to smcgoose is good for 's good for course, the kids might switch to smcgoose is good for's gigander i >> -- >> um, chris, imam hum-1m hum >> um, chris, i think you raise a really important point about how there isn't yet this enforcement on children purchasing vapes. it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to buy a vape. and yet people seem to do it so often with impunity . it seem to do it so often with impunity. it might be a better opfion impunity. it might be a better option for the government to enforce the law that currently exists a more exists. but there's a lot more to this announcement. it's not just the ban of disposable vapes. there's also all this sort of stuff about the flavour bars of these vapes and there are lots of people who say that the flavour of vapes are sort of targeted towards children. bubblegum flavour and all the rest of it . does the government rest of it. does the government have a point there in terms of restricting the sort of flavours of these vapes ? of these vapes? >> well, if we're talking about a vape that's got a picture of a cartoon unicorn on and the flavour is called something like cotton candy or something very childish . then i don't think

childish. then i don't think there's a problem with sensible people getting around the table and deciding we're going to draw and deciding we're going to draw a here. a certain line here. i think that probably do some that would probably do some good, wouldn't really good, and it wouldn't really deter switching deter any smokers from switching to idea that to vaping. but the idea that flavours themselves the flavours themselves and the flavours themselves and the flavours are basically sweet, it's get like flavours are basically sweet, it sausage get like flavours are basically sweet, it sausage flavoured .ike a sausage roll flavoured e—cigarette , um, and even e—cigarette, um, and even tobacco flavoured ones don't taste anything like tobacco . it taste anything like tobacco. it obviously like sweet obviously adults like sweet flavours, you know? stella creasy was complaining about, um, flavoured vapes recently. she's constantly tweeting about how much she likes consuming hanbo. how much she likes consuming haribo . um, so in order to get haribo. um, so in order to get people to switch from cigarettes, you do need to give them some, uh, you know, palatable, enjoyable flavours. the tobacco ones don't go down well at all with many vapers. i would never switch to vaping. had tobacco the only had tobacco been the only option. had tobacco been the only opfion. . option. tobacco flavour. >> a lot of these >> i mean, with a lot of these pubuc >> i mean, with a lot of these public policies as it is, public health policies as it is, do i say and not as i do when do as i say and not as i do when it comes politicians it comes to these politicians and some of the public health lobbyists. but what do you lobbyists. um but what do you make of this incremental ban on smoking sort of pushing smoking this sort of pushing back the age raising the age back the age or raising the age every year? why do you think the

government is stopping short of just having a ban, an outright ban on smoking? i mean , it could ban on smoking? i mean, it could be popular. people like to ban other from things . other people from doing things. >> well, i think they will. and i the idea of just i think the idea of just gradually increasing at gradually increasing the age at which you can buy cigarettes every is so preposterous every year is so preposterous and will very quickly be seen to be preposterous once it comes in, there will then be the in, that there will then be the final push for prohibition, which is what this has always been about . it's about been about. it's been about prohibition decades . no prohibition for decades. no matter what public health matter what the public health lobby to try and deny lobby might say to try and deny it when you get to a it. so i think when you get to a situation , when just, situation, even when it's just, you olds you know, like 20 year olds can't cigarettes and 21 year can't buy cigarettes and 21 year olds even the olds can't, even the anti—smoking be anti—smoking people would be going, well, this is a bit silly. about it. silly. now we think about it. let's just give everybody 12 months notice. from january let's just give everybody 12 mor1st, notice. from january let's just give everybody 12 mor1st, next:e. from january let's just give everybody 12 mor1st, next year from january let's just give everybody 12 mor1st, next year , from january let's just give everybody 12 mor1st, next year , um,1 january let's just give everybody 12 mor1st, next year , um, there'sry the 1st, next year, um, there's going no more smoking and going to be no more smoking and there'll be so few smokers and smokers defend their smokers don't defend their rights probably rights anyway. they'll probably get and it's going get away with it. and it's going to full of to take the full impact of prohibition make people see prohibition to make people see sense about at moment, sense about this. at the moment, we're living in this sort of very which we can clamp

very tale in which we can clamp down completely on smoking. we can have the smoke free generation, and we can clamp down vaping and down on vaping as well. and nobody's that's virtuous . anything that's not virtuous. it's not going to work. we're not learning from the of not learning from the lessons of history from other history or indeed from other countries australia, where countries like australia, where it's disaster it's been a complete disaster trying vapes . so trying to ban ban vapes. so we're just going to have to learn way. i think learn the hard way. i think it is fascinating. >> the that have >> look at the places that have clamped vaping. clamped down the most on vaping. it's places teen it's the same places that teen smoking been on the rise, smoking has been on the rise, where been collapsing in where it's been collapsing in the really the uk. really, really interesting stuff. the uk. really, really interest away uff. the uk. really, really interest away from that nicotine. >> get away from that nicotine. the desire for nicotine. thank you much. christopher you very much. christopher snowdon, lifestyle snowdon, head of lifestyle economics institute economics at the institute of economic . economic affairs. >> i think this has been on a conveyor belt towards prohibition. it has been since the ban in thousand the smoking ban in two thousand and seven. i wish politicians would it . just would be honest about it. just say want to stop everyone say you want to stop everyone just say you want to ban it all because get a ballot. because you get a ballot. >> interesting that >> interesting isn't it? that split libertarians split between the libertarians and the paternalists in the conservative party? what side are vaiews@gbnews.com. are you on? vaiews@gbnews.com. are sold by christopher's are you sold by christopher's arguments there? >> elsewhere, a murder

investigation has been launched after 15 year old mason rist and 16 year old max max dixon died after being attacked by a group of people on saturday night. >> yes, the pair was stabbed shortly before a group of people fled the scene in a car. >> a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested and remain in custody, joining us now with the latest from bristol is our reporter, jeff moody . moody. >> jeff, a shocking case. bring us the latest . us the latest. >> it is, isn't it? people have been gathering here throughout the morning shocked, distressed, depressed and extremely anxious two and a certain feeling of hopelessness that there's an inevitable party to this . um, inevitable party to this. um, the boys have been named this morning as max dixon , who's 16, morning as max dixon, who's16, and mason rist, who is 15. uh, they've been named locally as they've been named locally as the teenagers that were killed . the teenagers that were killed. uh, earlier on, i spoke to the reverend clive hamilton. he's the vicar at saint barnabas

church, which is . the local church, which is. the local church here. he talked a little bit more about that sense of hopelessness come hopelessness that has come across here. across people here. >> i think i hear community voices and, um, those voices have for a while been sharing concern, frustration , a sense of concern, frustration, a sense of powerlessness . um, maybe we powerlessness. um, maybe we might call it righteous anger. uh, what has been a sense of growing potential for this incident to happen ? um the, you incident to happen? um the, you know, the likelihood of this happening. but it's not just on this estate. it's his in general with, you know, young, young people, um, young boys . with, you know, young, young people, um, young boys. um, it it's a problem elsewhere as well , isn't it? and, um, you know, those voices have been sharing that concern for a while on this estate . estate. >> well, the investigation is ongoing , showing the car has

ongoing, showing the car has been seized and there have been two arrests. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old. well earlier on, commander, superintendent mark runacres gave a statement. he said this is an incredibly shocking and tragic incident . shocking and tragic incident. our collective thoughts are with their families at what is undoubtedly a very difficult time specialist family liaison officers will now be assigned to the families to provide them with support and to keep them updated on the investigation . updated on the investigation. that investigation is of course, ongoing . ongoing. >> jeff moody, thank you so much for bringing us a really tragic tale there from bristol. we'll of course, keep our eyes on the investigation. it's horrible, isn't it, to hear of yet more stabbings , fatal stabbings in stabbings, fatal stabbings in this country . this country. >> it's getting out of control, no doubt . but, >> it's getting out of control, no doubt. but, um. but that's all for this hour. after the break, we're going to be returning to the rwanda bill. the rwanda bill? will the lords . the rwanda bill? will the lords. it's starting its journey. will the lords seek to delay it ? the lords seek to delay it? don't go anywhere. this is good

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south feeling pretty cold with that persistent and at times heavy rain over northern england and much of wales that rain will continue well into the evening. slowly easing as we go through the night, slowly turning a bit dner the night, slowly turning a bit drier over parts of wales. some of will trickle over of that rain will trickle over the towards east the midlands towards east anglia, dry and anglia, staying largely dry and clear over scotland and northern ireland. so cold night here ireland. so a cold night here with a frost for many elsewhere . with a frost for many elsewhere. the cloud and the rain and drizzle will keep those temperatures above temperatures well above freezing, make freezing, but it does make for another start to tuesday, another grey start to tuesday, certainly for northern and eastern parts of england. the rain, though, should continue to peter out . wales will have a peter out. wales will have a much brighter day. it'll cheer up england through up over northern england through the to see the the day. we'll start to see the winds up in far winds picking up in the far north. going north. however, it's going to get on get very windy here on wednesday. again, wednesday. temperatures again, sixes and sevens across the north 9 or 10 further south. >> that warm feeling inside died from boxt boilers . sponsors of from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on .

gb news. way. >> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it is 1:00 on monday. the 19th, 29th of january. rwanda versus the lords. >> tory mps warn peers not to derail or delay the rwanda bill as the legislation starts its journey through the house of lords . but with just one third lords. but with just one third of the seats in the upper house,

is the government doomed to failure ? failure? >> hmm'hmm on the brink as american service personnel are killed in a mysterious drone strike in the middle east, former president donald trump slams successor , joe biden, slams his successor, joe biden, for leaving the world on the bnnk for leaving the world on the brink of world war iii. he right? >> big words. time's up for smokers liz truss has slammed rishi sunak for nanny state policies as the prime minister vows to push ahead with vaping and smoking bans. he says we must do for our children what we all know is right. do we all know it's right but is this the nanny state gone mad ? we'll be nanny state gone mad? we'll be debating this shortly . we . debating this shortly. we. >> now? uh humza yousaf . first >> now? uh humza yousaf. first minister in scotland is , uh, minister in scotland is, uh, under the spotlight , isn't minister in scotland is, uh, under the spotlight, isn't he? because of. of course, we've all heard the allegations of this un gaza aid agency and that staff

within the organisation were involved , served in the october involved, served in the october the 7th hamas attacks . now, lots the 7th hamas attacks. now, lots of countries, lots of countries, usa, uk , germany, netherlands, usa, uk, germany, netherlands, switzerland is cetera. et cetera. france, japan have all suspended aid to this agency, so they've cut off the finances temporarily . presumably while temporarily. presumably while this is all investigated . and. this is all investigated. and. but humza yousaf has said that scotland has not paused or withdrawn aid. >> it's an extraordinary list. when you read those countries, the usa, the uk , germany, the the usa, the uk, germany, the netherlands, , netherlands, switzerland, france, canada , france, japan, canada, australia, italy, finland, iceland and estonia these are countries with centre left with centre right governments. these are basically the good guys on the world stage. do you want to put yourself in the team with the good guys, or do you want to put yourself in team put yourself in the team aligning with countries aligning yourself with countries that to fund an that continue to fund an organisation that has serious allegations of terror within it? it's an extraordinary decision

from the first minister. >> it's a shocking story altogether that there were staff . there are staff working in this aid agency who may or may have been involved in a terrorist attack. >> and more than that, that our tax money, british tax pounds million of them being sent to this agency might have been used to fund the biggest slaughter of jewish people since the holocaust. that sends a chill down my spine. >> so why is humza yousaf differentiate himself from other world leaders, from other western nations on this one? let us know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. is there an argument that we should continue to give money to this aid agency? after all, it does provide humanitarian aid to people in gaza who are , of people in gaza who are, of course, suffering. but not terrorism. great accusations there gb views at gb news. com let's get your headlines . let's get your headlines. >> good afternoon . 1:03 i'm

>> good afternoon. 1:03 i'm tatiana sanchez in the gb newsroom . the prime minister's newsroom. the prime minister's urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops in jordan . a american troops in jordan. a drone strike targeted a us base in the northeast of the country on the border with syria yesterday , blaming iranian yesterday, blaming iranian backed militants . president backed militants. president biden has to hold those biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account . tehran responsible to account. tehran responded, saying it wasn't behind the attack and it accused america of trying to incite and expand the crisis. it's fuelled fears of a wider conflict in the region . rishi sunak says the uk region. rishi sunak says the uk is working towards stability . is working towards stability. >> we absolutely condemn what has happened over the past couple of days. my thoughts are with all of those impacted, those who have lost their lives, their families and those that are resolutely are injured. we stand resolutely with allies bring with our allies to bring stability and peace to the region, and that's what we'll continue to work towards . continue to work towards. >> a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust , ordered into the nhs trust, which treated the man who killed three . three people in nottingham. valdo calocane given

valdo calocane was given a hospital order after a court heard he'd been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. the 32 year old stabbed barnaby weber , year old stabbed barnaby weber, grace o'malley kumar and ian coates last june and tried to kill three other people with a van.the kill three other people with a van. the families of the victims are now questioning the care he received . two teenage boys received. two teenage boys fatally stabbed in bristol have been named locally . floral been named locally. floral tributes have been laid at the scene where 15 year old mason forest and 16 year old max dixon died after being attacked by a group of people on saturday night . a 44 year old man and night. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested as part of a murder investigation. they remain in custody. the princess of wales, who's been recovering from abdominal surgery, has been discharged from hospital. princess catherine has returned to her home in windsor and is said to be making good progress after the operation, after the planned operation, which deemed success. the which was deemed a success. the 42 year old is not expected to return to official duties until

after easter. return to official duties until after easter . the return to official duties until after easter. the prime minister says he's taking strong to action protect children from vaping during a school visit in county durham, rishi sunak said he wants to stamp out the habit among young people by banning disposable devices. it's understood the ban will come into force within the next year , into force within the next year, a public consultation found . a public consultation found. most people are in favour of the action, but it's a long time coming . coming. >> it should have been banned even before the even made it to the shelves . we don't know what the shelves. we don't know what sort of damage it's doing the sort of damage it's doing to the public, especially the younger ones think it's cool to ones who think it's cool to stick something in mouth stick something in their mouth and out, which means and blow a vape out, which means nothing to your body at all, apart from it. looks cool. >> there's been a massive increase in like, littering and you see them all over the streets . um, you see young, streets. um, you see young, young children smoking them, and i just don't think it's good at all. so i think it's a good, good decision on behalf of the government. >> i just, government. >> ijust, i government. >> i just, i just don't like them at all. and we talk about

cigarette hate cigarette smoke. i hate cigarettes, i hate smoking , but cigarettes, i hate smoking, but vapes tend up more. vapes tend to give up more. whether that's bad for the environment, but environment, i don't know. but director general of the uk vaping association , john dunne, vaping association, john dunne, criticised the government's move as a stunt . as a stunt. >> i really think they're throwing the 4.6 million vapers under the bus as a cheap pubuchy under the bus as a cheap publicity stunt to get votes now vaping is the most successful way that people quit smoking in the uk. it's twice as effective as all others, and really, the people that they're throwing under the bus here are those people who have the least amount of income in the highest smoking areas during a cost of living crisis . crisis. >> the rwanda bill returns to the house of lords with the country's safety again being questioned. the second reading follows a busy weekend for border force officials. home office figures show 388 illegal migrants crossed the channel over the weekend, taking the total to over 1000 people so far this year. the archbishop of canterbury has raised concerns

about asylum seekers on small boats being sent to kigali will be among those expected to address peers today . a person address peers today. a person has died after being hit by a bus which crashed into a shelter in london. it happened around 9:00 this morning at victoria station. emergency crews tried to save the pedestrian but they died at the scene. the bus driver was taken to hospital. an investigation into the incident is underway . west bromwich is underway. west bromwich albion could be sanctioned after violent scenes in the fa cup last night . violent scenes in the fa cup last night. fights violent scenes in the fa cup last night . fights erupted violent scenes in the fa cup last night. fights erupted in the stands and fans spilled onto the stands and fans spilled onto the pitch during the black country derby, halting play for more than half an hour. there were reports of fans clashing with police and one person was taken to hospital with head injuries. for west brom supporters and two wolves fans were arrested and have been bailed pending further enquiries . those are the top stories on gb news across the uk . on tv, in gb news across the uk. on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying

play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back to tom and . emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08 and rishi sunak's flagship rwanda bill is back in the house of lords this afternoon, where it's expected to face a major test. yes. >> so amongst those expected to speak against the legislation is the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby , who has previously justin welby, who has previously been quite outspoken and condemned the rwanda migration plan as ungodly. he gosh. >> meanwhile , more than 250 >> meanwhile, more than 250 charities, religious organisations and civil society bodies have called on the house of lords to block the rwanda bill outright, labelling it an attack on universal human rights and the constitution . role of and the constitution. role of the judiciary. >> should you take umbrage with? >> should you take umbrage with? >> i strongly do. >> i strongly do. >> shall we get more from gb news political editor christopher hope? christopher

uh, this is quite tricky for the government. of course , they're government. of course, they're trying to warn peers not to seek to derail and delay this legislation , but there are lots legislation, but there are lots of peers who will. >> yes, there will. i mean, 70 peers might speak out today. four bishops, including, as tom knows , the archbishop of knows, the archbishop of canterbury . uh, the knows, the archbishop of canterbury. uh, the uk is unique. iran is the only other country in the world where clerics have automatic seats in the legislative chamber . clerics have automatic seats in the legislative chamber. um, the question about whether that should carry on in the morning briefing today the prime briefing today with the prime minister's spokesman, he wouldn't . no surprise. wouldn't go there. no surprise. number is made very clear. number 10 is made very clear. they expect peers to opine in their words about the rwanda bill, but not to change it meaningfully . now, the uk, the meaningfully. now, the uk, the government has had some support from it not being weakened by a very important group in the house of commons called the one nafion house of commons called the one nation caucus. it's vice chairman, um matthew um uh, mp for boston. he said very clearly

matt warman , he says very matt warman, he says very clearly that were this to be weakened then their, their side, the left of the party would vote to strengthen this measure. so i think it's a battle that the government wants to have setting the elected commons against the unelected house of lords and puts them on the side of the people against they would people against what they would see an elite trying see as as an elite trying to frustrate it will get frustrate that. but it will get quite think, quite fruity. i think, particularly when amendments are tabled on in two weeks tabled and voted on in two weeks or so times. essentially you have judges, former judges , have judges, uh, former judges, uh bishops, lib dems , labour uh bishops, lib dems, labour lining up against the tory government. it's not a bad look for them . for them. >> it's interest thing to see where this is going because the government is probably bracing itself for a big bout of ping pong. itself for a big bout of ping pong . from the lords back to the pong. from the lords back to the commons and back to the lords again. how many more votes might we actually have to see if these amendments manage to pass through lords ? through the lords? >> well, that's not clear at all, tom. but as you know, the large, the large majority of 40

or so, uh, in the house of commons at second and third reading, meaning it's quite hard constitutionally , although constitutionally, although nothing's written down but not hard , quite hard by convention, hard, quite hard by convention, for the peers to try and stop this, this measure, this bill. um, but it's also was not in. the 2019 manifesto. so they can't use what's known as the salisbury to convention force it through. after a year of ping pong. through. after a year of ping pong . the hope is, i think, that pong. the hope is, i think, that the lords see sense and allow this to go forward , because the this to go forward, because the government want the first government does want the first flights by may or flights taking off by may or june this year. and lord christopher, perhaps not awfully helpful to rishi sunak is the fact that, uh , conservatives, fact that, uh, conservatives, some conservatives are coming out saying, well, not ruling out leaving the echr saying it would be a good thing. >> sarah dines, former home office minister, saying that it would be a good thing to leave the you kemi badenoch the echr you had kemi badenoch on channel yesterday saying on this channel yesterday saying that she wouldn't rule it out , that she wouldn't rule it out, but not very helpful to rishi

sunak. >> no , i thought kemi badenoch >> no, i thought kemi badenoch was quite interesting with camilla tominey on our channel yesterday . she was saying they yesterday. she was saying they wouldn't want almost chuck wouldn't want to almost chuck the out with the bathwater. the baby out with the bathwater. you if we you want to make sure that if we do echr, we don't get do leave the echr, we don't get rid of all the other protections for parents, elderly for people's parents, elderly people in, institutions , people in, in, in institutions, in care homes, the like , they in care homes, the like, they also benefit from human rights protections. and that's really important to make sure they stay stay there. the concern is that these measures are used by lawyers to frustrate what is the democratic will of the parliament, which is to send people to arrive here illegally back to rwanda. so they want to people to arrive here illegally back any twanda. so they want to people to arrive here illegally back any withdrawal. :hey want to people to arrive here illegally back any withdrawal. wouldint to people to arrive here illegally back any withdrawal. would be,o pull any withdrawal. would be, um, the hope would be for the right would be in a very targeted way to ensure that other measures not as other measures are not lost as well . but as other measures are not lost as well. but as you say, other measures are not lost as well . but as you say, sarah well. but as you say, sarah dines, the former home office minister telegraph , minister in today's telegraph, saying much the do think saying much the same. i do think there will be active debate there will be an active debate going manifesto. the going to the manifesto. the tories probably working on tories are probably working on right now. that will come out probably before the probably in october before the november general election.

probably in october before the n0\they3r general election. probably in october before the n0\they probably. election. probably in october before the n0\they probably needtion. probably in october before the n0\they probably need something >> they probably need something a little bit more substantive than will ban some plastic than just will ban some plastic vapes christopher hope, vapes. um, but christopher hope, thank you so for bringing thank you so much for bringing us there us the very latest. there especially after speaking with the prime official the prime minister's official spokesman . yes. spokesman earlier today. yes. >> good stuff. now joe biden has vowed the united will vowed the united states will respond after three american soldiers were killed in a drone attack a military base in attack on a military base in jordan, which iranian backed jordan, which the iranian backed islamic resistance has islamic resistance in iraq has claimed responsibility for. >> iran has denied any involvement in the attack, but both the foreign secretary, lord cameron, and the prime minister, rishi sunak, have called on iran to de—escalate in the region. >> meanwhile, donald trump has warned we are on the brink of world three. the world war three. after the attack and blamed biden's weakness and surrender for allowing it to happen. well delighted now to be joined by the former british ambassador to iran, richard dalton, and iran, sir richard dalton, and sir richard thank you so much for time this afternoon . for your time this afternoon. >> really appreciate it. >> we really appreciate it. firstly we are we likely to ever really know who is responsible

for these strikes, who is responsible for these american deaths ? and if we do learn that deaths? and if we do learn that it is indirectly or directly, uh, iran in who has carried out these strikes, what does the us do ? do? >> it won't be iran directly obe iran supplies some of these groups. it has denied involvement in this attack . sukh involvement in this attack. sukh only the intelligence sources available to the united states and others will shed light on the question you pose . you and i the question you pose. you and i will never really know. iran can lie and at the same time, iran's enemies tend to attribute far more to iran than it is actually responsible for. it's the person holding the drone at launch that decides to send it over. american facilities there have

been many such attacks . this is been many such attacks. this is the first one to show a fatality . and of course , the people . and of course, the people launching these attacks on american bases. consider the united states complicit in the appalling violence being meted on the palestinian people in gaza , and are seeking to gaza, and are seeking to register a strong message to iran to the united states. i beg your pardon? a strong message to the united states that it should cease and desist. its support for israel . for israel. >> hmm'hmm there's a huge amount of pressure in the states on joe biden to do something thing, uh, to stand strong against iran and to stand strong against iran and to essentially compel them to change their behaviour in terms of backing militants and backing terrorist organisations in the region in what is in joe biden's gift to do , i expect the, uh,

gift to do, i expect the, uh, america will kill some iraqis. >> they'll quite possibly kill some iranians. there have been for tax attack , for tat attacks for tax attack, for tat attacks in the past, and this one will certainly meet with an american response. but the united states does not want to launch a regional war. the claim of world war ii is typical bombast and election exploitation by, uh, mr trump. but you could get a regional war breaking out if both sides go too far in their retaliations. for each other's attacks. so so far, hizbollah in lebanon has held back and iran has said explicitly and has advised sized the allies. it has in the region not to go so far

as to cause a regional war to break out. so i'm still optimistic that this exchange can be contained and into attack and revenge. response by the united states . united states. >> now, now, sir richard, you know, iran incredibly well . know, iran incredibly well. there have been so many reports about the loosening of political stability within that country, greater protest on the streets , greater protest on the streets, perhaps a sense of paranoia from the regime itself, and this big question mark over its nuclear capability as well. just how stable or otherwise is iran ? stable or otherwise is iran? might it do something irrational 7 might it do something irrational ? well, in terms of international affairs, might it be, uh, a concerning actor when it comes to international relations ? relations? >> the iranians are rational actors. i personally think that the united states is not always a rational actor, and nor was

the united kingdom when it upended the region in alliance with the united states in an illegal invasion of iraq in 2003. and it's the backwash of that which we're still seeing with the activities of islamic state, which united states forces explicitly are located in syria and iraq and in jordan in order to deal with the remnants of islamic state. so let's be a little bit careful about who we charge at being irrational. and let's not assume that that it's just iran and iran's internal stability . he has been in stability. he has been in question for many years, even decades. question for many years, even decades . uh, but there's no decades. uh, but there's no doubt that the religious rulers and their secular allies have a substantial body of support in the country, perhaps a consistent 30% over the years . consistent 30% over the years. and there's no sign that the

security forces on whom the clerics rely are losing enthusiasm for maintaining things as they are . so i don't things as they are. so i don't personally believe that iran is on the brink of a revolution . on the brink of a revolution. listen, you can never say never because some appalling atrocities could take place in the context of high political tensions inside iran, which in turn could lead to the kind of action and then reaction from the people , which leads towards the people, which leads towards a revolution . but that's not a revolution. but that's not looking likely at present. >> um , there is also this this >> um, there is also this this big concern about the connection, i suppose, between iran, russia, china, these alliances , these these trading alliances, these these trading relationships, the military trade that goes on and whether we're seeing this sort of new polarisation of the world. >> i don't want to use the old,

uh, george bush phrase axis of evil, but it does seem that this is almost where us policy is headed. just very briefly, if you would , a word on those you would, a word on those alliances as well. >> the west has an alliance and it is an alliance explicitly directed at unseating the islamic regime in tehran , in and islamic regime in tehran, in and iran has an alliance in response to that. and hizbollah is the keystone of that alliance . uh, keystone of that alliance. uh, iran has sought to, uh, escape from its strategic isolation caused by decades of western sanctions. it's the most sanctioned country on earth by allying with russia in its fight against ukraine and iranian armaments , uh, should not be armaments, uh, should not be being supplied to that aggression by russia. but they are, which is , of course, are, which is, of course, extremely unfriendly to us in europe . europe. >> well, sir richard, thank you

so much for explaining this whole situation, how everything is so connected and indeed the dangers that face us in the region. really appreciate your time. sir richard dalton, the former british ambassador to iran . iran. >> yes. well, coming up, a tory vape wars . sunak is facing a vape wars. sunak is facing a mini revolt over his vape ban scheme, seemingly led by liz truss. his predecessor. is he extending the nanny state too far? should vaping go up in smoke? as it were? we're debating this straight after the

sunday mornings from 930 on gb news . news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:25 and lots of you have been getting in touch over this issue of a disposable vaping ban. what are they saying ? are they saying? >> well, ian has written in. he says my wife vapes and she prefers the fruity flavours that some people claim are aimed at kids . took me considerable kids. took me considerable effort to get her off the cigarettes. i fear if her favourite flavours are banned, that she will go back to smoking. yes, this is an important actually, important point actually, because people say oh, it's the kids only tutti kids who only like the tutti fruity flavours. actually it's grown adults love grown adults. grown adults love the bubblegum flavour. they love the bubblegum flavour. they love the lemonade fizz. i was about to say gin, lemonade, no gin flavour . um, the to say gin, lemonade, no gin flavour. um, the bubblegum flavour. um, the bubblegum flavour. is. yeah. flavour. probably is. yeah. >> if it was actual gin in it, that would be fantastic. but rishi 100% that. rishi sunak would 100% ban that. do you think if

do you think, do you think if alcohol now it alcohol was invented now it would oh, absolutely. would be banned? oh, absolutely. i caffeine invented i think if caffeine was invented now banned. i don't now, it would be banned. i don't know caffeine think know about caffeine. i think they'd going they'd say, oh, this is going to make your heart flutter. this is very can't very dangerous. you can't possibly having this. very dangerous. you can't posi bly having this. very dangerous. you can't posi tried having this. very dangerous. you can't posi tried t0|aving this. very dangerous. you can't posi tried to get|g this. very dangerous. you can't posi tried to get|g red. very dangerous. you can't posi tried to get|g red bull not >> i tried to get a red bull not actually for me, but ben. actually for me, but for ben. leo other and i, i leo the other week, and i, i couldn't yes, i get id couldn't 16 plus. yes, i get id when i buy red bull. >> it's extraordinary i get it, i get id'd . i get id'd. >> oh, don't worry, he's not actually 16 years even if actually 16 years old. even if he behaves like it sometime . he behaves like it sometime. >> fred has written in to say instead of a smoking ban, how about banning alcohol? oh, there we driving causes a lot more we go. driving causes a lot more problems. yeah. problems. violent yeah. drinking. there go. drinking drinking. there you go. drinking and definitely. but and driving? definitely. but violence, and violence, domestic abuse and dnnk violence, domestic abuse and drink driving. um, that's what fred says. yeah. i just can't see how this is in any way consistent. but that's true of many other issues as well. not just drink. >> i think it's a bit of a moral panic. >> it's a total moral. well, well, do you know let's well, do you know what? let's get guest get the views of our guest s because we're going to debate this delighted to be this issue now. delighted to be joined on the show by the director general at the uk

vaping industry association, john dunn, and the chief executive at action on smoking and health, deborah arnold. now, deborah, we're going to start with you, uh, presume only you back. what the prime minister has announced today. >> um , yeah. i mean, i think >> um, yeah. i mean, i think everyone knows that youth vaping is a big problem, but, you know, talking about bubble gum and whatever flavours people want, they don't need to be given sweet names . um, that really is sweet names. um, that really is attracting children or unicorn shake, which is another one which, you know, for goodness sake , it doesn't need to be sake, it doesn't need to be called that . um, and in our called that. um, and in our press release yesterday , we put press release yesterday, we put out image of , press release yesterday, we put out image of, um, you know, a out an image of, um, you know, a caramel tobacco flavour, one with garish cartoon characters , with garish cartoon characters, bright colours and name, and the other just roi. six and in otherjust roi. six and in a plain pack, that's the sort of thing we want to see happen. um, not banning , um, flavours, but not banning, um, flavours, but actually controlling the way they're marketed .

they're marketed. >> and deborah , shouldn't people >> and deborah, shouldn't people be grown adults be allowed to choose what they consume? i mean, vapes are will allow them to choose what they consume, but they shouldn't be being promoted to children. >> that's just completely unacceptable. >> so you wouldn't want ban >> so you wouldn't want to ban vapes altogether ? vapes altogether? >> no. no one's calling for that. i mean, the government's banning says it's going to ban disposable vapes , and if it does disposable vapes, and if it does that, it's got to make sure that it's enforceable. and that it's not problems. we not going to cause problems. we know that, you know, doctors have talked to us about the need to use disposable vapes, for example , and people who are, um , example, and people who are, um, uh, have been sectioned and are in mental health facilities and need an easy disposable vape to use because they such high use because they have such high rates and they rates of smoking and they they can't given charger at the can't be given a charger at the point they're point where they're, they're most vulnerable and risk of, most vulnerable and at risk of, you know, suicide and other things . um, you know, suicide and other things. um, and elderly people who have problems with arthritis , but they don't, you know, wide spread use of disposable vapes is not good for the environment.

and it's not necessary if you're a you're a vapour looking to quit , then you need something quit, then you need something that's sustainable longer tum and disposable vape cheap as an individual item. but they're not cheap. if you use them. um, more than the odd once or twice. well let's turn that point to john dunn from the, uh, vaping industry association . industry association. >> john, uh, these disposable vapes are terrible for the environment . environment. >> well, they do have an impact on the environment, but i'd like to address some of the points that that, um, deborah made. absolutely. these products shouldn't be getting into the hands of young people and absolutely they shouldn't have names like unicorn shake or anything like that. and in fact, many of the products that i see given me by the media are given to me by the media are illegal. the system is broken, the mhra, who approves vaping products, for instance, don't look at things like packaging design. they don't look at the names of the products and in fact, products that don't contain nicotine at all are

actually allowed by law to come in. and they can be legally sold to a five year old. things like that make absolutely no sense. and as a responsible industry , and as a responsible industry, absolutely. we're against that . absolutely. we're against that. but a wholesale ban on disposables is not the way to go.the disposables is not the way to go. the only thing that will do is fuel a black market, which is going to cause absolute mayhem and even for action smoking and health. and deborah, you said this that abandoned this yourself that abandoned disposables is not the way to go. and as far as flavours are concerned, absolutely . adults concerned, absolutely. adults should to choose the should be able to choose the flavours that want. flavours that they want. you know, talk about alcohol know, you talk about alcohol earlier on 15,000 young people under the age of 15 were hospitalised for alcohol related diseases. last year. but yet i have a bubblegum gin and i have a candy floss flavoured vodka downstairs that i can go and dnnk downstairs that i can go and drink as a responsible adult and i'm 57 years of age, but john, isn't the difficulty here in the reality ? reality? >> uh, yes. shops shouldn't be selling these things to the children and yes, parents

shouldn't be allowing their children to use them. but the reality is that the popularity of these devices among children has skyrocketed. hearing from teachers at schools, children are leaving the classroom because they're so addicted to these vapes, having to have a puff in between their lessons. you've got children littering them on street corners , getting them on street corners, getting other people to buy them for them. this is getting out of hand. it can't be good for the for the young lungs . for the young lungs. >> absolutely. and this is one of the reasons why, as an association, we've called for a number of measures to be put in. we're looking to have licensing brought not for brought in not only for retailers that would include robust verification robust age verification training, but also for the distributors that are importing these products into the country. so importers would only be allowed to bring in legal. >> forgive me, but are you only doing doing >> forgive me, but are you only doinfor doing >> forgive me, but are you only doinfor fear doing >> forgive me, but are you only doinfor fear of doing >> forgive me, but are you only doinfor fear of further doing that for fear of further regulation and of bans ? regulation and of bans? >> no, we've been calling on that for the last five years. um and in fact, we're one of the ones that brought this to the attention of the government over

three this was three years ago, that this was going become an issue. and if going to become an issue. and if you think about it, i had a story about weeks ago story from about four weeks ago where a court up north fined a retailer who sell to a minor, a 14 year old twice and fined them £28. now that's ridiculous . we £28. now that's ridiculous. we want to see that fine, a minimum of £10,000 for any retailer. no matter what. that sells a product for minor. these are common sense ideas that will that will work. but a ban that's just going to hand the industry over to organised crime, and you're going to see a far worse problem in the next six months. >> that very good point. >> that is a very good point. where the illegal market go where does the illegal market go if the whole is banned? if the whole market is banned? john dunne , thank you very much john dunne, thank you very much from uk vaping industry from the uk vaping industry association. thank you for your time course, time and earlier of course, deborah at deborah arnold, executive at action on smoking and health. >> yes, very interesting indeed. let us know what you make of that think it's that debate. do you think it's wrong to ban these things? uh perhaps you think we should ban everything. let us know what you think. up, scottish think. but coming up, scottish first humza yousaf , he

first minister humza yousaf, he refuses to pause or suspend funds to unrwa. that's that. un gaza aid agency , which, uh, has gaza aid agency, which, uh, has been accused of having staff members involved in the hamas attacks on october the 7th. we'll be discussing that with our panel after your headlines. >> good afternoon. 133 i'm tatiana sanchez in the gb newsroom . the prime minister's newsroom. the prime minister's urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops in jordan, a drone strike targeted a us base in the northeast of the country on the border with syria yesterday , blaming iranian yesterday, blaming iranian backed militants . president backed militants. president biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account . tehran responsible to account. tehran responded, saying it wasn't behind the attack and accused america of trying to incite and expand the crisis . a special expand the crisis. a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust, which treated valdo calocane , who killed three calocane, who killed three people in nottingham . the 32

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channel, britain's news channel. >> good afternoon britain , it's >> good afternoon britain, it's 20 to 2 and catherine, the princess of wales , has left princess of wales, has left hospital almost two weeks after having abdominal surgery. a statement issued by kensington palace said the princess has now returned to her home in windsor and is making good progress. >> yes, the statement also read the wales family continues to be grateful for the well wishes they have received from around they have received from around the world, and they have received hundreds thousands, received hundreds of thousands, millions . received hundreds of thousands, millions. let's now received hundreds of thousands, millions . let's now speak to millions. let's now speak to former royal correspondent and writer . michael, writer michael cole. michael, good news is yes, emily, good afternoon and good afternoon to you, tom. >> uh, i'm sure i speak for us all when i wish . catherine, all when i wish. catherine, princess of wales , a speedy and princess of wales, a speedy and complete recovery . she. they complete recovery. she. they said it would be two weeks, and it has been two weeks. >> 13 nights. >> 13 nights. >> she's been in hospital. make no mistake, this is a serious matter . they don't keep you no mistake, this is a serious matter. they don't keep you in

hospital that long for a minor complaint. >> um , quite rightly. uh . the >> um, quite rightly. uh. the press office of kensington palace has issued no further information as to the real cause for the surgery. and. that's right. >> and proper. >> and proper. >> uh, she's entitled to her privacy. she is a wife, a mother. um uh, a daughter. and sister. >> and like any other woman, she's entitled to keep her private medical information . to herself. >> it was interesting. there was no departure photocall, and she's gone off straight to adelaide cottage in the middle of, um , windsor great park. uh, of, um, windsor great park. uh, to recuperate . that, of course, to recuperate. that, of course, is where her children are . they is where her children are. they go to school locally and she'll want to be there, but it's not an ideal place for recuperation and convalescence. it's not terribly big. in fact, there's no room inside the house for the nanny. she has to live in an

outbuilding, and one of the former tenants , mrs. rosemary former tenants, mrs. rosemary townsend , the wife of captain townsend, the wife of captain peter townsend, who had an affair with princess margaret. >> she said that adelaide cottage was the coldest place she'd ever known on earth , so she'd ever known on earth, so maybe they won't stay there for that long. >> and of course , catherine's >> and of course, catherine's parents have a larger house not far away in berkshire. >> but let's hope she's on the way to recover . there will be no way to recover. there will be no pubuc way to recover. there will be no public appearances at least before easter, and the prince of wales is cutting back his programme so that he can be there looking after his wife, which is absolutely right and proper and caring for the children in the very modern way. >> and michael, children in the very modern way. >> and michael , just briefly, >> and michael, just briefly, this has been an extraordinary time for senior royals because on the very same day, practically within an hour of learning that the princess of wales was going to hospital, we learned the king would have learned that the king would have his visit hospital, too . his own visit to hospital, too. but now that's and done but now that's over and done with and the king will be getting duties in the getting back to duties in the coming .

coming weeks. >> yes, indeed, i was on your program on this very program about to talk about the prince of wales and the church of england when the news came through that catherine had gone into hospital. >> if remember. and then an >> if you remember. and then an hour we had the king or hour later, we had the king or 90 minutes later, quite extraordinary. >> and of course, we mustn't forget sarah, duchess of york. she's also been undergoing treatment and hospitalisation and a clinic in austria , uh, for and a clinic in austria, uh, for her skin cancer. >> all very serious. >> all very serious. >> the good things . if there are >> the good things. if there are good things in these , is that good things in these, is that we've been assured on two occasions that there was nothing cancerous about the king's prostate or about whatever it is that ails the princess of wales. >> so that's extraordinarily good news. but it . is, you know, good news. but it. is, you know, they say things come in threes sometimes, don't they? bad news. and i think that's probably what we've had. but they are . the we've had. but they are. the king will be out. uh in a couple of days at least . it's quite

of days at least. it's quite interesting . quite often after interesting. quite often after a prostate procedure of this kind, people are out of hospital in a day or two. but obviously the surgical team, though i'm sure the top people in the profession are making sure that he's okay before he leaves, and then it will be quite a long period, a whole month before he's back. uh fully functioning on all cylinders . but he'll be carrying cylinders. but he'll be carrying on with the work of state, signing the papers that are needed to be signing and doing his red boxes. so um, we're on the upward slope now. >> excellent . thank you very >> excellent. thank you very much for your time. as always . much for your time. as always. michael cole, former royal correspondent and writer. great to speak to you. now we're joined in the studio by political commentator matthew allen and political consultant alex dean, because there is a debate raging, isn't there, over whether we as a country and other countries, i must say, were right to suspend funding to the un, gaza aid agency over allegations of links to

terrorism and humza yousaf, the first minister, has taken a different approach . different approach. >> alex, i think they're more than allegations now because the agency has dismissed it. >> staff, i want . to be i don't >> staff, i want. to be i don't often say this. >> i want to be fair to the snp. nobody should criticise the donations they've made nobody should criticise the dona'to 1s they've made nobody should criticise the dona'to1s eventse made nobody should criticise the dona'to1s events . made nobody should criticise the dona'to1s events . nobody prior to these events. nobody knew these things were going on at most fervent at unrwa from their most fervent critics to their most fervent supporters, had any sense supporters, nobody had any sense that was kind that there was this kind of activity the donations activity. so the past donations that scottish government has that the scottish government has made like nations made to unrwa like nations around no criticism , around the world, no criticism, not having any further donations is the issue and the snp's position is . whilst they don't position is. whilst they don't have any further donations in mind, they are not formally suspending their donations unlike australia, canada, germany, the westminster government. well hang on alex, because humza yousaf has been retweeting um , lots about how retweeting um, lots about how countries should reconsider their decision to suspend their funding, about how donors shouldn't suspend their funding in the end, cutting off funding will only hurt people of gaza.

the important will be the important thing will be whether they actually give any more not. and his more money or not. and his position is we don't envisage any the any further donations at the present there is lots present time. so there is lots of conversation talk. of conversation and talk. i understand that it comes down to hard cash the moment. hard cash at the moment. the scottish position scottish government's position is they don't have any further donations pipeline, but is they don't have any further dcitations pipeline, but is they don't have any further dcit not?; pipeline, but is it not? >> em- >> call into question how serious ali humza yousaf is taking these allegations? >> it does for me. i mean , this >> it does for me. i mean, this is an organisation that not just 1 or 2 members of staff either, but significant but a significant number. i mean, them actively took mean, some of them actively took part atrocities in part in the atrocities in against israel in october, but their their messages have been dumped online. you may have seen and their shared messages display nothing but support for the atrocities visited upon the civilian population in israel in that time and that, i think, should disturb anyone . if you should disturb anyone. if you think about the kind of moral spine of the global community, very often people say, brits very often people say, the brits would or the gung ho would say that or the gung ho americans that the americans would say that the hnns americans would say that the finns, the dutch, the italians, the the australians the canadians, the australians all added their all suspend added their donations have we in

donations as have we in westminster. and i think that he should really pause for going any further. matthew stadlen, should really pause for going any fd01er. matthew stadlen, should really pause for going any fd01er. imakeew stadlen, should really pause for going any fd01er. imake of stadlen, should really pause for going any fd01er. imake of this?en, should really pause for going anybecause imake of this?en, should really pause for going anybecause it1ake of this?en, should really pause for going anybecause it isn't of this?en, should really pause for going anybecause it isn't of th of an, >> because it isn't sort of donald this , right? donald trump doing this, right? this is justin trudeau, this is this is justin trudeau, this is anthony this this is anthony albanese, this is joe biden. these are sort of moderate, middle of the road people who have decided to suspend relations with this agency. but humza yousaf isn't on their team . on their team. >> humza yousaf is a tiny figure in all of this. >> he's a first minister of scotland . scotland. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> let's not exaggerate his significance, not to denigrate scotland , the great nation that scotland, the great nation that it is. >> e- e— e is a wonderful place >> scotland is a wonderful place and to put it notable and i wanted to put it notable with you. >> want it to remain firmly >> i want it to remain firmly within uk . this is a much within the uk. this is a much bigger much more serious bigger and much more serious story a disaster for story and it is a disaster for i cannot spell out clearly enough how critical it is that we continue, whether through unrwa or other agencies, continue to fund and the relief efforts in gaza. fund and the relief efforts in gaza . we have about 2 million gaza. we have about 2 million people who've been displaced from their homes.

people who've been displaced from their homes . they've been from their homes. they've been battered by bombs . they are battered by bombs. they are facing starvation or serious issues with hunger , and they're issues with hunger, and they're facing disease issues with sanitation . gaza is a tiny strip sanitation. gaza is a tiny strip of land at 4 or 5 miles at its narrowest point . these people narrowest point. these people have now been squished into an even smaller, smaller areas, and i look, if we turn up, we turn up that there isn't. >> well, what are we going to do about it? crisis? what are we going to do about it? i'm asking you whether you humza you whether you believe humza yousaf is right here and these other are wrong. yousaf is right here and these oth i' are wrong. yousaf is right here and these othi think are wrong. yousaf is right here and these othi think on are wrong. yousaf is right here and these othi think on thise wrong. yousaf is right here and these othi think on this and ng. yousaf is right here and these othi think on this and by the >> i think on this and by the way, i saw a two minute video he did about the holocaust day over the weekend in which he failed to mention the word jews. yeah he did was he did, which i thought was very, very poorly mention the word. >> i'm not i'm not i'm not a massive fan of humza yousaf. >> i'm certainly not a of >> i'm certainly not a fan of scottish however scottish nationalism. however over on this, i think he's broadly right because people let me finish people's lives now in their hundreds of thousands are being affected by the conditions

in gaza and the unrwa and yes , in gaza and the unrwa and yes, not. you're right. i don't think they are any more just allegations. people been allegations. people have been have relieved of their have been relieved of their duties. disgusting . duties. they're disgusting. absolutely disgraceful. what happened october 7 was happened on october 7 was medieval in its savagery. however, the people who are providing the relief on the ground in gaza because it is so dangerous are mostly palestinians. >> if we don't fund them, the government will die. said that we be providing we will still be providing humanitarian aid just through different channels. if our taxpayer , our money, if our taxpayer, our money, if our money from our paycheques has been going towards funding terrorist activities through this relief agency that is one of the biggest scandals of the yean of the biggest scandals of the year, surely. >> so that's right . year, surely. >> so that's right. but year, surely. >> so that's right . but matthew >> so that's right. but matthew has a point. there has to be some mechanism for delivering aid civilians in aid to distressed civilians in need. right. and so the question then how do do and then is how do you do it? and then is how do you do it? and the been the system which we've been accustomed using and no one accustomed to using and no one thought controversial thought it was controversial a year system thought year ago, the system we thought was the mechanism by which it was the mechanism by which it was rightly being deployed has been have individuals , been shown to have individuals, not unsupervised

not just unsupervised individuals, who actively took part atrocity . individuals, who actively took part atrocity. i individuals, who actively took part atrocity . i think to part in atrocity. i think to call it medieval is unfair on the medieval period, which saw battles honour and battles fought with honour and i wouldn't like to be in a battle . wouldn't like to be in a battle. i wouldn't like to be in a battle either. but i am battle now either. but i am simply the point that simply making the point that this no period history there's no period of history that attach to it . that we should attach to it. it's absolutely appalling. my point , individuals who've point was, individuals who've conducted themselves in the worst way, and as worst possible way, and as a group, culture has the worst kind of systemic support for those atrocities , which it was those atrocities, which it was right money for that we right to pause money for that we do. matthew's right. there's a moral imperative find another moral imperative to find another way to get that. >> problem here, >> alex, is the problem here, not not that if you're going to have any agency, any agency, any organisation employing palestinians , sadly, palestinians, sadly, a significant proportion of palestinians support hamas voted hamas into power , cheered on the hamas into power, cheered on the streets as hamas dragged people through drag, dragged streets as hamas dragged people through drag , dragged hostages through drag, dragged hostages through drag, dragged hostages through the streets of gaza. is there not a serious problem that much of this population is

brainwashed? >> there is always going to be a challenge about how you vet staff , and i accept in the staff, and i accept in the scenario that israel faces and the scenario we face in the gaza strip that challenge is more significant. it doesn't mean you can't palestinians. it can't employ palestinians. it doesn't find good doesn't mean you can't find good people, faith and people, people of faith and goodwill to ensure that goodwill who wish to ensure that proper happen in their proper things happen in their community. but you are right about that. what you really implying complete breakdown implying is a complete breakdown of between communities implying is a complete breakdown of live)etween communities implying is a complete breakdown of live next�*en communities implying is a complete breakdown of live next to communities implying is a complete breakdown of live next to each nunities implying is a complete breakdown of live next to each other.es that live next to each other. bearin that live next to each other. bear in mind the best thing you could lived in the could do if you lived in the gaza for years was to gaza strip for years was to commute across the border , work commute across the border, work in israel in good jobs , and take in israel in good jobs, and take that money back to your family in israel in good jobs, and take that improve)ack to your family in israel in good jobs, and take that improve their:o your family in israel in good jobs, and take that improve their lives|r family in israel in good jobs, and take that improve their lives and nily and improve their lives and improve their families. that is not is i >> -- >> is ka- h worry that, um, >> is there a worry that, um, there are thousands of people working aid agency? working for this aid agency? matthew. yes, we have now matthew. and yes, we have now found out about these allegations and people have been sacked links to atrocities. sacked for links to atrocities. but does that mean that we stop all aid to this aid we because of course, people i don't think it does because we are in the middle of a humanitarian crisis and that infrastructure of unrwa

is already up and running. >> and i'm very , very concerned >> and i'm very, very concerned that that can't be replaced quickly there are quickly enough. there are 13,000, i think palestinian employees work for unrwa and employees who work for unrwa and israel has pointed a finger. is it about 1212 people? the idea that hundreds of thousands of people should be collectively punished as a result is deeply, deeply concerned . does it deeply concerned. does it surprise me that there is extremist , surprise me that there is extremist, um, in amongst some of these people ? no, it doesn't, of these people? no, it doesn't, not because the extremist isn't wicked. of course it is. but we know there's extremism in the gaza strip. we just have to look back to happened october back to what happened on october the extreme views the 7th. there are extreme views in . we have a in israel as well. we have a duty if this people are being bombed to bits . by by, by, by, bombed to bits. by by, by, by, by planes in the sky, we cannot then say , okay, you can starve then say, okay, you can starve and you and you can get disease as well. >> western nations are taking stand. >> this is possibly where matthew and disagree, because matthew and i disagree, because i just dozen or i don't think it's just dozen or dozens who actively dozens of people who actively participated october participated in the october the 7th it's the culture 7th events. it's the culture that unrwa , which that has failed at unrwa, which meant felt they

meant that people felt they didn't just express support and their messaging systems. no one said they were wrong to the culture said it was okay to say more atrocities carry on. kill the jews. according to this report . well, it's not just report. well, it's not just according to the report, they that's that's correct. but i think to make a comparison, if in any business you had a division that had failed in its culture leadership, culture and its leadership, you'd harm, no foul, you'd say no harm, no foul, we'll out who what we'll work out who got what wrong this wrong later. but for now, this leadership team has suspended. in a new one, and we'll in comes a new one, and we'll run a different and i think everyone would say was okay everyone would say that was okay at point. if we imposed a at this point. if we imposed a new leadership team from the international . community as the international. community as the un should do, it's too dangerous i >> -- >> well, m >> well, that's one of the problems. that's why other major aid agencies can't work aid agencies can't really work effectively in gaza, because people bombed bit . people are being bombed a bit. >> i recruitment may be more difficult, but i refuse to believe that there are not people of decency . and goodwill people of decency. and goodwill willing to serve, even in the most hard and challenging of

circumstances and in fact, i think most of the humanitarian community and workforce would agree with that. >> well, thank you . we're going >> well, thank you. we're going to have to end it there. political commentator matthew stadlen and of course, the political deane, political consultant alex deane, thank you very much. a great debate there. absolutely >> with alex and >> i'll be back with alex and matt messages matt after these messages as well. . us. well. stick with. us. >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> afternoon i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a bit of a wet one out there across northern england today. that rain heavy today. that rain pretty heavy through this evening but steadily overnight, steadily easing overnight, caused by this little area of low it's also been low pressure. it's also been bringing across much of bringing rain across much of wales rain, as i say, will wales that rain, as i say, will start to ease as we go through the night. still some heavy the night. but still some heavy bursts evening. bursts around this evening. still yellow still a met office yellow warning , either of still a met office yellow wa largely , either of still a met office yellow wa largely dry , either of still a met office yellow wa largely dry , , either of still a met office yellow wa largely dry , but ither of still a met office yellow wa largely dry , but a1er of still a met office yellow wa largely dry , but a very of it. largely dry, but a very different night in terms of temperatures. very mild with all the across the south with the cloud across the south with clear and clear skies across scotland and northern ireland allowing temperatures to plummet once more. below freezing here temperatures to plummet once m

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away. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:00 on monday, the 29th of january. >> rwanda versus the lords tory mps warn peers not to derail or delay the rwanda bill. that's as legislation starts its journey through the house of lords. but with just one third of the seats in the upper house, is the

government doomed failure on government doomed to failure on the brink as iran denies it was involved in the drone attack which killed three us troops on a base in jordan. >> former president donald trump slams his successor joe biden , slams his successor joe biden, for leaving the world on the bnnk for leaving the world on the brink of world war iii. but is he right? >> time's up for smokers, liz truss has slammed rishi sunak for nanny state policies as the prime minister vows to push ahead with vaping and smoking bans. he says we must do for our children what we all know is right. but is this the nanny state gone mad? >> and a lot of you have been getting in touch about this smoking and vaping set of policies, a ban on disposable vapes, an iterative ban on smoking, and a ban on various flavours of any kind of vape. >> yes , judy says, there's quite

>> yes, judy says, there's quite a lot of you who do . who are a lot of you who do. who are vapers? actually, judy says, i'm an adult vapour. i smoke nil nicotine vapes and enjoy the experience. you nil experience. are you smoke nil nicotine? you've got rid of nicotine? so you've got rid of the nicotine. literally is the nicotine. so it literally is just movement , just about that. that movement, water vapour. >> it's fine if she says this country is turning into a nanny state and even children state and even though children will why should we? will be banned, why should we? >> a good point . should >> that is a good point. should you based on just you make policy based on just a child's brain? and let's not forget, children are already. >> but it's illegal to sell vapes to 18 year olds. it's just this law is clearly, clearly not being enforced. yeah, but lynn has written in to say i stopped smoking cigarettes three and a half years ago and use vapes. another vapour, if they are banned, i will go back to smoking ing. i tried chargeable vapes, but one nearly caught fire. yeah, we're adults, we don't need to be treated like children. my goodness lynn, people like you. and i suppose there are so many people who have struggled and struggled to give up smoking. and finally, there's that there's this technology that comes along that allows them to

and now the government to and now the government wants to take . take it away. >> take it away. » m take it away. >> see, i sometimes do use a non—disposable vape , and i did non—disposable vape, and i did quit it for a while. and i did pick up a cigarette a couple of times. so there you go. people do what you do go back. let us know what you think. gb news. com think. gb views at gb news. com but headlines. but first your headlines. >> good afternoon. 2:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister is urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops in jordan . a american troops in jordan. a drone strike targeted a us base in the northeast of the country on the border with syria yesterday, blaming iranian backed militants. president biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account. tehran responded by saying it wasn't behind the attack and accused america of trying to incite and expand the crisis . it's fuelled expand the crisis. it's fuelled fears of a wider conflict in the region. rishi sunak says the uk is working towards stable 80. >> we absolutely condemn what has happened over the past

couple of days. my thoughts are with all of those impacted , with all of those impacted, those who have lost their lives, their families and those that are injured. stand resolutely are injured. we stand resolutely with allies to bring with our allies to bring stability and peace to the region, and that's what we'll continue . continue to work towards. >> a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust, >> a special review has been orderetreatedhe nhs trust, >> a special review has been orderetreated theihs trust, >> a special review has been orderetreated the manrust, >> a special review has been orderetreated the man who killed which treated the man who killed three people in nottingham . three people in nottingham. valdo calocane given valdo calocane was given a hospital order after a court heard he'd been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. the 32 year old stabbed barnaby weber , year old stabbed barnaby weber, grace o'malley kumar and ian coates last june and tried to kill three other people with a van.the kill three other people with a van. the families of the victims are now questioning the care he received . two teenage boys received. two teenage boys fatally stabbed in bristol have been named locally . floral been named locally. floral tributes have been laid at the scene where 15 year old mason wrist and 16 year old max dixon died after being attacked by a group of people on saturday night. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested as part of a murder investigation. they remain in

custody . police are trying to custody. police are trying to trace a mother after a newborn baby was found dead in leeds. the child was discovered in the toilets of the three horseshoes in alton yesterday. west yorkshire police is concerned for the mother's welfare and is urgently appealing for help in trying to find her. the princess of wales, who's been recovering from abdominal surgery, has been discharged from hospital. princess catherine has returned to her home in windsor and is said to be making good progress after the planned operation, which was deemed a success. the 42 year old is not expected to return to official duties until after easter. return to official duties until after easter . the return to official duties until after easter. the prime minister says he's taking strong action to protect children from vaping dunng to protect children from vaping during a school visit in county durham. rishi sunak said he wants to stamp out the habit among young people by banning disposable devices . it's disposable devices. it's understood the ban will come into force within the next year. a public consultation found most people are favour of the

people are in favour of the action. it's a long time coming. >> it should have been banned even even made it to even before they even made it to the shelves. we don't know what sort of damage it's doing to the public, especially the younger sort of damage it's doing to the publiwho pecially the younger sort of damage it's doing to the publiwho think ly the younger sort of damage it's doing to the publiwho think it's1e younger sort of damage it's doing to the publiwho think it's coolunger sort of damage it's doing to the publiwho think it's cool to ger ones who think it's cool to stick something in the mouth and blow a out , which stick something in the mouth and blow a out, which means no, blow a vape out, which means no, nothing to your body at all apart from it. >> looks cool. there's been a massive increase in like littering and you see them all over the streets and you see young , young over the streets and you see young, young children smoking them. >> and i just don't think it's good at all. so i think it's a good, good on behalf good, good decision. on behalf of the government. >> just i just like them >> i just i just don't like them at all. and we talk about cigarette hate cigarette smoke. i hate cigarettes, smoking , but cigarettes, i hate smoking, but vapes up more . vapes tend to give up more. whether that's bad for the environment, don't but environment, i don't know. but director general of the uk vaping association, john dunn, criticised the government's move as a stunt or you can attend one of our maternity assessment centres here at leeds . centres here at leeds. >> a person has died after being hit by a bus which crashed into

a shelter in london. it happened around 9:00 this morning at victoria station. emergency crews tried to save the pedestrian but they died at the scene. the bus driver was taken to hospital . an investigation to hospital. an investigation into the incident is underway . into the incident is underway. well, let's take you live to leeds now, where? police are making a statement on the search for the mother of a newborn baby who was found dead in a or who was found dead in a pub, or to else . to anyone else. >> if anyone else does have any information in relation this, information in relation to this, that me achieve that, that can help me achieve that, please in touch with us as please get in touch with us as soon as you can. um i would like to get back to the enquiry now, but if anyone has any quick questions that i can help with, please shout up now. what efforts are you making to try and find the mother? >> to make sure that she can get some medical attention? >> so i'm leading a scale >> so i'm leading a large scale inquiry around this, making sure we're concentrating on witnesses on , on everything that you on cctv, on everything that you might imagine to locate and to make sure that she's safe.

>> um , there's officers working >> um, there's officers working now as we speak on that cctv . now as we speak on that cctv. work on those witnesses, on everything you can imagine to try and find her and pass her on to medical treatment if you need. >> and are there any suggestions at this point that the baby has died under suspicious circumstances? >> so everything that i have and i've been given by the nhs colleagues suggests that this was a stillbirth and a stillbirth that may have taken place within that bathroom cubicle. um, but until i can speak to the mother , i don't speak to the mother, i don't know anything for sure . know anything for sure. >> does anyone else ? >> does anyone else? >> does anyone else? >> it must be incredibly difficult because the mother understandably , will be understandably, will be terrified, right? yeah, exactly that. and that's why we're appealing here. and that's why we have our nhs colleagues with us. because make no mistake, this is a safeguarding inquiry. this a criminal inquiry. this isn't a criminal inquiry. this isn't a criminal inquiry. this safeguard inquiry to this is a safeguard inquiry to make sure that she's okay and make sure that she's okay and make everything make sure we do everything possible to stop it happening to anyone . unless there's

anyone else. unless there's anything else for anyone else . anything else for anyone else. okay. thank you very much for your time. thank you . your time. thank you. >> police in leeds. >> police in leeds. >> they're making a statement. they're appealing for the mother of the newborn baby who was found dead in a in leeds found dead in a pub in leeds just yesterday. to sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen. you can watch and listen to us on in watch and listen to us on tv in your your smart your car and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now to tom and . emily. now back to tom and. emily. good afternoon britain. >> it's 2:08 and rishi sunak's flagship rwanda bill is back in the house of lords today, where the house of lords today, where the debate is on its second reading is to begin shortly. >> yes, among those expected to speak against the legislation is the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, there, who has previously condemned the rwanda migration plan as ungodly. >> meanwhile , more than 250 >> meanwhile, more than 250

charities, religious organisations and civil society bodies have called on the house of lords to block the rwanda bill outright, labelling it an attack on the universal human rights and the constitution . rights and the constitution. role of the judiciary hm . role of the judiciary hm. >> well, let's get more on this now with gb news political editor christopher hope . editor christopher hope. christopher long , lots and lots christopher long, lots and lots of groups and peers, of course, rallying against this legislation . in what hope does legislation. in what hope does the government have ? the government have? >> well, i think quite a lot . i >> well, i think quite a lot. i think that the bill will probably get weakened in the lords come back to the commons , lords come back to the commons, where i expect mps, including those on the left of the tory party, to vote to reinstate measures at the second measures agreed at the second reading amendment stage . and the reading amendment stage. and the third reading, of course, passed a few a tough couple of weeks ago. i think it's a battle the government may want to have politically . they're taking on, politically. they're taking on, uh, , vested interests uh, you know, vested interests against the change they want to do, which is break this business model flight to take model and forces flight to take off after may or around may,

june time taking back illegal migrants arriving here legally back to rwanda. so i think it's a fight which they will not be averse having . um, the averse to having. um, the problem they've got is how long averse to having. um, the prmight they've got is how long averse to having. um, the prmight delay'e got is how long averse to having. um, the prmight delay it got is how long averse to having. um, the prmight delay it all,is how long averse to having. um, the prmight delay it all, becauseyng it might delay it all, because some these amendments some of these amendments are quite certainly one quite difficult, certainly one which today , which which is going down today, which says that measures must be says that ten measures must be passed , proving that rwanda is passed, proving that rwanda is safe any flights can take safe before any flights can take off. is, bringing to law a off. that is, bringing to law a vote. last week in the house of lords, when when a house of lords, when it when a house of house committee said lords, when it when a house of housame committee said lords, when it when a house of hou same thing committee said lords, when it when a house of hou same thing thatnittee said the same thing that will probably through . and then probably get through. and then the the government's the hope from the government's point is it gets point of view is it gets reversed. the numbers are reversed. but the numbers are quite the scale of quite important and the scale of opposition . we expect peers opposition. we expect 70 peers to today, four of them, of to speak today, four of them, of course , are clerics. one of course, are clerics. one of them, including the archbishop of . we think the of canterbury. we think the bishop of london and others might up. pitting might speak up. so, so pitting the church and its views against the church and its views against the government. >> um, christopher , we've heard >> um, christopher, we've heard a lot about rebels wanting to tighten up this bill in the house of commons. we're now heanng house of commons. we're now hearing about rebels wanting to loosen in the bill in the lords.

might we need to look back to the commons when this gets sort of in its process of parliamentary ping pong , as it's parliamentary ping pong, as it's known when it returns to the commons. if these amendments have been attached, might we need to look at people like sir robert buckland , who said that robert buckland, who said that he sure there are he wants to make sure there are more for human more protections for human rights within the legislation . rights within the legislation. could the government face a rebellion from its left flank . rebellion from its left flank. >> yes, and definitely sir robert buckland is the person who would be across that rebellion. i don't think there'll be anywhere near as as 60 rebels as you had when the right of the party was trying to strengthen it and make it harder, easier to overrule rulings by the strasbourg court . rulings by the strasbourg court. i think you'll have i think there are much more fractured on there are much more fractured on the left of the party. and i we heard from matt warman, who's the deputy leader one the deputy leader of this one nafion the deputy leader of this one nation said that's nation caucus. he said that's unlikely to happen and i with nation caucus. he said that's unlikbutto happen and i with nation caucus. he said that's unlikbut i happen and i with nation caucus. he said that's unlikbut i think,3n and i with nation caucus. he said that's unlikbut i think, yes.|d i with him. but i think, yes. and i think the debate is going to go through later year about through later this year about withdrawing the withdrawing altogether from the echr dines, former echr sarah dyke dines, former home office minister, saying

today in telegraph she today in the telegraph she supported it. and of course, we've yesterday we've had yesterday kemi badenoch channel badenoch on this channel saying similar . similar. >> yes. well, thank you very much indeed, christopher. hope our political editor. our gb news political editor. there uh, wonder when it comes down to it, whether anyone will be happy with the shape and form of bill? of this bill? >> i just wonder how long it will because if the lords will take, because if the lords attach these amendments attach all of these amendments today , then it back to the today, then it goes back to the commons get rid the commons and they get rid of the amendments. to commons and they get rid of the am um, i think it is odd. and christopher hope was telling us earlier at the press lobby briefing that someone asked the prime minister's official spokesman, why is it that the uk. is the only country outside of iran to have official state

religion legislators sitting in their parliament? i mean, it is it is a peculiar thing. but what gets me more annoyed, i think, is the increasing potency of some of the charitable voices who've been chiming in today, saying that this is an outrageous overruling of the independence of the judiciary. well, whereas everyone was all of these charitable bodies were calling for an overruling of the independence of the judiciary when everyone and their mother supported the overruling of those, uh , arrests and sentences those, uh, arrests and sentences for postmasters , convictions of for postmasters, convictions of postmasters were overruled by parliament totally extrajudicially, totally against any sort of concept of independence of the judiciary. but that's fine. and perfectly constitutional in our system. but as soon as it's something to do with migration. oh, that's unconstitu tional. that's unconscionable. yeah yeah. >> i just wonder if, uh , you >> i just wonder if, uh, you know, justin welby, the

archbishop of canterbury , and archbishop of canterbury, and the congregation, do they agree with him? you know, the country is very much divided on this bill. it's not as simple as good person , bad person, godly person person, bad person, godly person or god fearing person. no uh, but there you go. >> pulpit and pews. >> pulpit and pews. >> let's move on. >> well, joe biden has vowed that the us will respond after three american soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a military base in jordan, which the iranian backed islamic resistance in iraq has claimed responsibility for. >> yes. so iran has denied any involvement in the attack. but both foreign secretary lord cameron and prime minister rishi sunak have called on iran to de—escalate in the region . de—escalate in the region. >> meanwhile, former us president donald trump has warned we are on the brink of world war iii. he blamed current president joe biden's weakness and surrender for allowing this attack to happen . attack to happen. >> strong stuff from donald trump . let's speak to former trump. let's speak to former british army officer major general tim cross. tim how much

of a threat thank you for joining us. how much of a threat is iran ? is iran? >> i don't think there's any doubt. it is a it is a threat, like all these things , you have like all these things, you have to look at capability and capacity so and capacity and so forth and intent. i don't think iran wants a major conflict with the us or the west. i mean, it is clearly got its troubles internally, but nonetheless it has got strong links to all of these groups like hezbollah and others, and is arming them and encouraging them to do what they're doing. it's very difficult to see whether or not you can take out all of these insurgent groups that are around that, you know, that are around that, you know, that part of the middle east. it's very, very difficult. >> and airstrikes and so >> and these airstrikes and so forth are making an impact, and they're degrading the capability and but we're never and so forth, but we're never going it away. going to take it away. >> so iran is going to continue to going to arm them. iran is going to continue to encourage them, but they don't want a major conflict. the problem is, and this may be part of this, this attack yesterday, i mean, the americans attacked americans have been attacked about or over 100 about 100 times, uh, or over 100 times groups in the

times by various groups in the middle east. >> the problem is you get accidents, mistakes, >> the problem is you get acci get:s, mistakes, >> the problem is you get acci get things mistakes, >> the problem is you get acci get things beginistakes, >> the problem is you get acci get things begin tonkes, >> the problem is you get acci get things begin to spiral you get things begin to spiral out of control . out of control. >> now, i don't happen to believe that we're a lot of people saying the people are saying we're in the 19305, people are saying we're in the 1930s, and so forth. 1930s, 1937, and so forth. >> danger of world war iii and so i don't we're in so on. i don't think we're in that yet, but there's that position yet, but there's no that dangers are no doubt that the dangers are increasing and world is increasing and the world is a much more difficult place than it you know, five years ago. >> there's also this new sense of a tangled web of alliances , of a tangled web of alliances, perhaps not directly similar to, but but in some senses similar to the way that the world was in the lead up to the first world war. we see all of these alliances in the west, but also so this crucial link between russia to iran and china to trading with each other, selling each other energy, selling each other arms, and frankly , these other arms, and frankly, these are countries that are fairly paranoid. china's economy is weakening. iran has internal dissent is the way that they try and gather , organise their and gather, organise their country, unite their country

through military action. yeah that's that's true. >> but one country you haven't mentioned is north korea. and to be honest, north korea worries me more than those three because notwithstanding that, notwithstanding the fact that, you like you know, i don't like putin much regimes, much or or those other regimes, nonetheless they are part of the international system . international system. >> they do understand and engage with, know, other with, you know, other international players. >> north korea is more of a rogue nation, in my view, than those this. those others now linked to this. you , the run up to the you know, the run up to the first world war, think first world war, i think is quite a good example. >> different today. i >> um, it is different today. i mean, the end of the mean, at the end of the day, those on both sides, those alliances on both sides, so our agreements with with france forth france and russia and so forth and all that, know, flowed and all that, you know, flowed into that the outbreak of world war into that the outbreak of world wa|i don't think those alliances >> i don't think those alliances other than the nato alliance are that but that powerful today, but nonetheless , one of the problems nonetheless, one of the problems in the west we don't in the west is we don't understand what we stand for. there's great quote by sun there's a great quote by sun tzu, who wrote it about 4000 years that you understand the years that if you understand the enemy and you understand yourself, you need not fear the outcome of a thousand battles.

>> now we don't really understand what's going on in places like russia and iran and so forth. places like russia and iran and so 'buli. you we have a >> but we, you know, we have a pretty for it. pretty good feel for it. >> and there are good strategic politicians so >> and there are good strategic polibut|ns so >> and there are good strategic polibut|ns me so >> and there are good strategic polibut|ns me , so >> and there are good strategic polibut|ns me , one so >> and there are good strategic polibut|ns me , one of so >> and there are good strategic polibut|ns me , one of the so on. but for me, one of the problems is we don't understand ourselves moves west. ourselves. moves in the west. what for ? stand what are what do we for? stand what are we up for? we prepared to stand up for? what to what where are we prepared to draw lines and so and you draw lines and so on. and you know, we've been through a penod know, we've been through a period and i, you know, one's got to be careful about how one voices have got to be careful about how one voice�*through have got to be careful about how one voice�*through a have got to be careful about how one voice�*through a period have got to be careful about how one voice�*through a period where|ave been through a period where there's lot there's a lot of media and a lot of other pressures saying , you of other pressures saying, you know, britain is know, our heritage is britain is rotten , our empire we rotten, our empire was lousy. we should be ashamed of ourselves. we flag and we shouldn't fly the flag and all stuff. and that all that sort of stuff. and that has an it undermines the has an impact. it undermines the sense of who we stand for. and we shouldn't forget that. i think now majority of the world is living under non democratic regimes, living under people like putin and, you know, the regimes in china and iran. and so on. and we in the west, i think we're in trouble. i think we need to regain a sense of what's important to us. and where are we to prepared stand

and we prepared to, uh, and when are we prepared to, uh, you know, to use force . and the you know, to use force. and the trouble we sort of dribble trouble is, we sort of dribble our this the our way into this and the dangers , as i say, if we lose dangers, as i say, if we lose control , accidents happen, and control, accidents happen, and suddenly ourselves in suddenly we find ourselves in places wouldn't to be. >> it's really interesting you raised that issue of, uh, not knowing who exactly we are and where the lines are to be drawn. thank you very much. former british army officer , british army officer, major—general tim cross. really to you. that is a to great speak to you. that is a good we good point, isn't it? we were talking we were talking about that when we were talking about that when we were talking the conscription talking about the conscription in question, whether we'd see that return in the face of potential all out war, that question of do we know what we would fighting for ? do we would be fighting for? do we know what side of conflicts we would be on? do we do we have that ? that? >> i think i think in general we do. i think in general we can say democracy and we can say rule of law , but perhaps we rule of law, but perhaps we can't say that same universal set of values that we did 50 or 60 years ago, perhaps we don't have a common understanding of

the british tradition of liberty. all the rest of it that that used to be much more prevalent . prevalent. >> i think we have, you know, we have rishi sunak saying iran deescalate in the region. you have joe biden saying similar. do we need to be tougher? are we projecting weakness on the international stage, or would we be, uh, foolish ? it would be be, uh, foolish? it would be stepping on a powder keg, foolish to get further involved. well, there we go. >> in slightly very >> well, in slightly very different news, closer to home news. the pavement parking crackdown has begun, with drivers in edinburgh facing £100 fines for parking on pavements under a new snp rule, which comes into force today . say yes. comes into force today. say yes. >> so the rules are designed to protect pedestrians, particularly those in wheelchairs, but they've come under fire as some are worried it would cause problems for emergency as. emergency service vehicles as. hmm. well well. >> liverpool is one city looking to follow edinburgh's lead on this issue, with the council saying pavement parking is a problem that blights everyone's

lives . lives. >> for more, let's cross to our north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper. sophie, is this a problem that blights everyone's lives as . lives as. >> well, i think blight everyone's lives might be a slight exaggeration, but it is a hotly contested subject and has been for quite some time. of course, pedestrian arguing that it does affect their accessibility on pavements, whereas i'm sure some drivers will argue that in fact, often, especially in residential areas like this, they're left with no other choice. now, of course , we other choice. now, of course, we know that the only place right now that it's illegal to park on a pavement is down in london. it's been that way since 1974. however, other local authorities have now been awarded powers in order to try and crack down on it. you mentioned there edinburgh . they're bringing in edinburgh. they're bringing in this ban as of today that could see drivers face a fine of up to £100 if they are leaving their vehicle on a pavement, or £50 if they pay it within the first 14

days. but liverpool, as you say, are now trying to follow suit between april and december of last year, over 100,000 drivers faced a parking fine in liverpool for poor park thing. so quite the figure there . and so quite the figure there. and now the council are saying they want the government to give them more powers that they can try more powers so that they can try and issue. head on. and tackle this issue. head on. so we've here in liverpool so we've been here in liverpool today local residents how today asking local residents how they feel about they would feel about the council potentially being able to find them for parking on pavements going forward. here's what to say. what they had to say. >> think you should park >> i don't think you should park on because it's not on a pavement because it's not fair got child in a fair. if you're got a child in a pushchair or you're disabled or something . so yeah, i don't pushchair or you're disabled or some'you; . so yeah, i don't pushchair or you're disabled or some'you shouldeah, i don't pushchair or you're disabled or some'you should parki don't pushchair or you're disabled or some'you should park onyn't pushchair or you're disabled or some'you should park on at think you should park on a pavement if somebody's got a pram somebody's parked on pram and somebody's parked on the pavement, nine times out of ten, the three quarters on the way of the pavement and you can't get through wheelchairs the same. >> it's just some people are just so selfish . just so selfish. >> i think a car obstructs and the pedestrian walkway.

>> so i'd welcome a fine. yeah >> so i'd welcome a fine. yeah >> i think with some of the streets are very narrow and people think they can park on. >> but if you've got a pram with a little one on and maybe a little junior on, hard a little one on and maybe a lit'get.|nior on, hard a little one on and maybe a lit'get. you've on, hard a little one on and maybe a lit'get. you've got], hard a little one on and maybe a lit'get. you've got to hard a little one on and maybe a lit'get. you've got to go hard a little one on and maybe a lit'get. you've got to go ond a little one on and maybe a lit'get. you've got to go on the to get. you've got to go on the road or go round the cars and get back. and i think that's dangerous . dangerous. >> clearly a fairly unanimous response there. and the key word being access people with concerns over pushchairs over wheelchairs or other accessibility issues that pedestrians may be facing . but pedestrians may be facing. but i'm sure on the other side of it, if this were to be brought in, that driver in liverpool would have something say would have something to say about it. >> mhm. yes thank you very much indeed. sophie reaper north west of england reporter. from a rather merseyside there rather rainy merseyside there it looks a car park looks like there's a car park behind on the pavement. but behind her on the pavement. but there thank you very there you go. thank you very much do know much for your time. do you know what would be supportive of what i would be supportive of this is antisocial to this because it is antisocial to park on pavement. but park on the pavement. but councils up and down the country are making it increasingly hard to park. so there are very few

places you can actually park in a lot of city centres and it's either costly or there simply isn't anywhere for you to do it. so sometimes you just have to take what you can get. well, sometimes one of the things sophie was, know, sophie said there was, you know, if fine in if you pay this fine in edinburgh, pay it edinburgh, £100, if you pay it within it's £50. within 14 days, it's £50. >> mean £50 to park in central >> i mean £50 to park in central edinburgh. i mean you probably probably some. well some people say it's the price pay for say it's the price you pay for vip parking . vip parking. >> a fine is the price you pay for parking. no, not that for vip parking. no, not that we're encouraging. for vip parking. no, not that we' no encouraging. for vip parking. no, not that we' noencoura not|. for vip parking. no, not that we' no encoura not condone for vip parking. no, not that we' noencoura not condone that. >> no we do not condone that. >> no we do not condone that. >> i wouldn't >> and £50. i wouldn't want to pay >> and £50. i wouldn't want to pay no, some sometimes you're >> no, uh, some sometimes you're just. you're in an emergency. i don't but there you go. don't know, but there you go. >> mean, think should >> i mean, i think people should just be respectful of other people . so clearly, you're going just be respectful of other pe bee . so clearly, you're going just be respectful of other pe be blocking�*arly, you're going just be respectful of other pe be blocking pedestrians. joing just be respectful of other pe be blocking pedestrians. then to be blocking pedestrians. then don't it. but if there's just don't do it. but if there's just a pavement somewhere , i a little pavement somewhere, i don't know. let us know what you think. this a problem where perhaps this is a problem where you live. coming up, rishi you live. well, coming up, rishi sunak faces a mini revolt over his vape ban scheme. >> is he extending the nanny state too far? former prime minister liz truss thinks so. we're discussing this after this

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only on gb news, the people's channel only on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel . channel, britain's news channel. >> good afternoon. britain it's 2:29 and lots of you have been getting in touch over this issue of a smoking and vaping ban. disposable vapes announced going to be banned , but also smoking to be banned, but also smoking itself iteratively year after

yeah itself iteratively year after year. the smoking age will increase until a point at which it's illegal for everyone. >> yes, lindsay says remove nicotine from the products and a majority of the issues would resolve themselves . nicotine resolve themselves. nicotine addiction is the reason people continue despite continue to smoke despite knowing consequences . yes, knowing the consequences. yes, but people bother if there but would people bother if there wasn't any nicotine? isn't that the whole point? >> what's the whole point? >> problem what's the whole point? >> problem with what's the whole point? >> problem with nicotine at's the whole point? >> problem with nicotine ?'s the whole point? >> problem with nicotine ? it's the problem with nicotine? it's fine. it's the other caffeine . fine. it's the other caffeine. >> it's the other stuff that's bad you, it? yeah it's >> it's the other stuff that's badtar you, it? yeah it's >> it's the other stuff that's badtar and. it? yeah it's >> it's the other stuff that's badtar and the it? yeah it's >> it's the other stuff that's badtar and the i it? yeah it's >> it's the other stuff that's badtar and the i mean ah it's >> it's the other stuff that's badtar and the i mean ,1it's >> it's the other stuff that's badtar and the i mean , nicotine the tar and the i mean, nicotine is sure , but it doesn't have >> sure, but it doesn't have long time health effects for you. for adults . you. for adults. >> so there is that thing that chew nicotine chewing gum. >> it's fine. >> it's fine. >> people >> a lot of people just don't want addicted to anything want to be addicted to anything to an addiction to have, you know, an addiction where body, know, where your body, you know, changes things when you don't have have it. >> i spent, i spent the outbreak genuinely trying to find the problems nicotine and every problems with nicotine and every single on every single single problem on every single website that comes says, website that comes up and says, oh, dangerous because oh, it's very dangerous because it's part of a it's consumed as part of a cigarette well, okay, cigarette. well, no. okay, isolate . and what's isolate the nicotine. and what's what's issue? oh, there's what's the issue? oh, there's a cancer risk because are cancer risk because there are certain nicotine, while not a

carcinogen itself, is often consumed through tobacco smoke . consumed through tobacco smoke. so it's the tobacco that's the problem. >> well, keno from stoke on trent spoke since trent says i've spoke since 1959, so i have more than paid for any smoking related illness. so why am i being penalised ? so why am i being penalised? because they will use this to put yeah it again. put up prices. yeah it again. well the thing . if it's well that's the thing. if it's not health advice or the not the health advice or the incremental ban that will stop you, it's perhaps the price. i mean they are extortionate. >> and let's not forget the places around the world that are pursuing sort of taika , tighter pursuing sort of taika, tighter restrictions on vaping. you're seeing smoking rates go up . seeing smoking rates go up. yeah. it's not rocket science. >> lots of people have been getting in touch about the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, who called rwanda welby, who called the rwanda plan ungodly previously. he's up to speak in the house of lords today. he's going to be very much firmly against he'll be speaking against the bill. i'm sure david woodward at woodward, woodward and from the west midlands , says the archbishop of midlands, says the archbishop of canterbury should stick to the

church. plenty of problems for him to deal with there. he should issues of should address the issues of empty churches . yes, that's what empty churches. yes, that's what a lot of people say. you know , a lot of people say. you know, stick to trying the stick to trying to build the congregations . congregations. >> and says that british >> and pat says that british people illegal migration people want illegal migration to stop parliament should just do it. if only life were that simple and just very quickly on the pavement parking that we were hearing from were just hearing from sophie reaper liverpool reaper on liverpool looking to introduce , a fine on introduce a ban, a fine on parking on the pavement. >> uh, steve from bracknell says some roads are not wide enough to park two cars on. this is why people park half on kerb so people park half on the kerb so that traffic can flow. all this will do is create more congestion cars congestion on the roads as cars won't be to pass each other won't be able to pass each other on roads. i think on the narrower roads. i think that a very good point. that is a very, very good point. >> well , maybe that is a very, very good point. >> well, maybe some roads shouldn't have two rows of parking . parking. >> well, where are people supposed to park their cars? people drives this is people don't have drives this is because wow because tom doesn't drive. wow so he hasn't got any skin in the game exclusively revealed. to be fair, pavements are fair, sandra says pavements are for not for parking. for walking, not for parking. >> live flat does >> i live in a flat that does not have parking that

not have a parking space that comes with that's why comes with it, so that's why i can't. it's i live, i live can't. it's so i live, i live that dystopia anyway. >> would pedestrian eyes >> and tom would pedestrian eyes everything had the chance, everything if he had the chance, wouldn't everything if he had the chance, wotoxford street, certainly. >> oxford street, certainly. >> oxford street, certainly. >> oxford street, oxford street. that some problems, that would cause some problems, i let know i think. anyway, let us know what you think about pavement, parking anything else. gb parking or anything else. gb views shall we views at gb news. com shall we get headlines with tatiana ? get your headlines with tatiana? >> good afternoon 232 your top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister is urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops in jordan . a drone strike targeted jordan. a drone strike targeted a us base in the northeast of the country on the border with syria yesterday , blaming iranian syria yesterday, blaming iranian backed militants . president backed militants. president biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account. tehran responded , saying it wasn't responded, saying it wasn't behind the attack and accused america trying to incite and america of trying to incite and expand crisis . a special expand the crisis. a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust, which treated valdo

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sunday mornings from 930 on gb news news. >> it's 238. welcome back to good afternoon britain with me, emily and tom. now we're going to turn to our political reporter olivia utley, because as we were just talking about the rwanda bill is in the house of lords and we're expecting the debate to start shortly. olivia is olivia there? yes, she is . is olivia there? yes, she is. >> do you know what? oh we've just got a live feed. uh, is currently, i think, taking some urgent questions. the debate has not yet started , but this is an

not yet started, but this is an important, important issue for the government. it's one of the flagship five priorities of the prime minister and the issue that the government has, of course. is it only has one third of the seats in the house of lords . so anything that it does lords. so anything that it does in commons, then has to in the commons, it then has to go through lords will go through the lords and it will probably process probably end up in this process called ping pong , called parliamentary ping pong, where it's pinged backwards and forwards between both houses. but let's get the lowdown now with olivia utley, our political correspondent , with olivia utley, our political correspondent, and with olivia utley, our political correspondent , and olivia, we're correspondent, and olivia, we're expecting this debate to start in the upper house this afternoon . afternoon. >> yeah. so this is the second reading of the bill in the house of lords , and we're expecting to of lords, and we're expecting to see about 70 peers speak . it's see about 70 peers speak. it's basically a chance for the government to see the scale of the opposition within the lords in as far as the actual bill goes , it looks very likely that goes, it looks very likely that the bill will pass its second reading in the lords because labour has said that it won't oppose it. now, why has labour said that? well, basically the labour party in the commons is

expecting to be in power very soon and labour peers don't want to set a precedent that peers can vote down. flagship government legislation. they have a bit of an eye on what's going to happen towards the end of this year, but that doesn't mean that it's going to be plain sailing for the government. we're expecting to hear from quite a lot of bishops and lawyers who will kick up a lot of problems with the bill, as we've i know you've been talking about on the show earlier, we're going hear the going to hear from the archbishop and the archbishop of canterbury and the bishop london, both of whom bishop of london, both of whom are going to it sounds like anyway are going to say that the bill is not safe, that rwanda is not a safe country, and that migrants should not be deported there. perhaps the biggest problem for rishi sunak is that the archbishop of canterbury, though, of course , the leader of though, of course, the leader of the church of england, saying that migration that your flagship migration plan is immoral, isn't it? isn't it brilliant? look, the biggest problem is an amendment which has been talked up over the last

few weeks from lord goldsmith, who's not not zac goldsmith, a former labour attorney general who has an amendment to the bill which essentially says that the bill should not be approved until will it shouldn't be ratified until the government has met ten different tests to prove that rwanda is a safe country. now, some of those tiers aren't even in the hands of the government. they're in the hands the rwandan the hands of the rwandan government so all government. so it's all basically to take a very basically going to take a very long indeed. and time is long time indeed. and time is something that the prime minister doesn't he minister really doesn't have. he said wants to get the said that he wants to get the planes off the ground by the spring. find a spring. i can't really find a tory mp says that that will tory mp who says that that will be anymore, but if not be possible anymore, but if not by then at least by by the spring, then at least by the . if the lords the next election. if the lords hold up with an amendment hold this up with an amendment involving a ten point plan that the government must follow, then the government must follow, then the idea of flights any time this year looks vanishingly unlikely . obe. unlikely. obe. >> well, olivia, thank you so much for giving us that overview there. it's certainly going to be a very testy time for the

government. >> very interesting what olivia says about labour not says there about labour not wanting to labour peers, not wanting to labour peers, not wanting to labour peers, not wanting to vote against this bill because would a bill because it would set a precedent future precedent for their future legislation . legislation. >> will need to if they >> but will they need to if they can keep kicking the can can just keep kicking the can down the until the election delay? >> think lib delay? >> think >> i think the lib dems are going to push going to were are going to push to kill the bill. >> lots lib dem lords, so >> lots of lib dem lords, so many, them . many, lots of them. >> we're joined in the studio though political commentator though by political commentator matthew the matthew stadlen and the political consultant alice, alex, alice, alex dean. sorry to say today, alex, i don't mind now. alex, this is a challenge for the government, but surmountable i think so for the reason that olivia has explained, not because the labour party agrees with the government on this. >> deeply >> they think it's a deeply ineffective best policy that ineffective at best policy that won't have any impact on small boat migration over the channel they're desperate, with an eye to the political future. they're desperate not to create an environment in which it's seen as to use your as legitimate to use your parliamentary in the parliamentary forces in the upper will upper house to stymie the will of party government, in of the party in government, in the if the polls the lower house, if the polls are like right, it

are anything like right, it looks like the party will looks like the labour party will become the government at the next that next election, thinking that as they they are very keen not they do, they are very keen not to message it's to give the message that it's okay piers to stop the okay for piers to stop the government's bill agenda. two interesting complicating features to that. the first is this wasn't in the government's manifesto, so government manifesto, so the government can't claim this is a manifesto commitment took to the commitment that we took to the people. and so requires just people. and so it requires just the requires the the press. it requires the convention that you shouldn't stand in the way, ultimately of the government. a hard line the government. not a hard line rule the manifesto. one. rule like the manifesto. one. and second that and the second one is that the salisbury reviews and the parliamentary act, taken together, you are together, mean that if you are going ping pong and force going to ping pong and force your government, your way through government, you need across need to do that across parliaments a year. need to do that across pa|the1ents a year. need to do that across pa|the government a year. need to do that across pa|the government forcear. need to do that across pa|the government force it so the government can't force it through. got time through. they haven't got time to through. why to force it through. that's why it's require the labour it's going to require the labour party basically to play along. and politics and it looks like party politics to the fore. >> they're going interesting >> they're going to interesting stuff matthew, this is a stuff. so matthew, this is a real test of rishi sunak sort of skill and ability in terms of ensuring that all of these moving parts move in exactly the right way. do you think this

will be passed in time for any flights to go before the next election ? election? >> predictions are a mug's game. and by the way, although it pains to say, i pains me deeply to say, i thought that analysis from alex was on. i think was absolutely spot on. i think it's really poor show for from labour mps. you might not expect me to say that , but they me to say that, but they shouldn't be worrying about precedent because they think that be that there's going to be a labour government later in this yeah labour government later in this year. voting on labour government later in this yea substance voting on labour government later in this yea substance and voting on labour government later in this yea substance and on loting on labour government later in this yea substance and on the|g on the substance and on the substance. this is terrible , substance. this is terrible, terrible law, in my view. and in the view, i think of the labour party generally . i'm not i'm not party generally. i'm not i'm not speaking the labour party. speaking for the labour party. it's terrible because it's not going not going to it's terrible because it's not goi|as not going to it's terrible because it's not goi|as a not going to it's terrible because it's not goi|as a sufficient not going to it's terrible because it's not goi|as a sufficient deterrent. to act as a sufficient deterrent. and also deeply unethical and it's also deeply unethical and immoral . and immoral. >> that's not really the question, is it, though? it's whether lords whether the house of lords should obstruct it. should try and obstruct it. >> problem , as alex >> well, the problem, as alex has explained , and is has already explained, and is that under normal circumstances , that under normal circumstances, the house of lords wouldn't actually ultimately be able to obstruct the commons because after this ping pong that tom has discussed , the commons can has discussed, the commons can then invoke the parliament act.

it's just that there isn't the delay, there isn't time. delay, there isn't the time. there time that . there isn't the time for that. and sunaks problem and that's sunaks problem because wasted so much because he's wasted so much time, much money on something time, so much money on something that's even his manifesto that's not even in his manifesto . ah, correct. >> it stands, labour are >> as it stands, labour are going majority going to form a majority government come next government come the next election. so it's a delaying tactic. so that is essentially obstructing the now obstructing the bill. now what would be very peculiar if we would be very peculiar is if we have a labour government and we know keir starmer opposes have a labour government and we kno rwanda eir starmer opposes have a labour government and we kno rwanda policy, �*mer opposes have a labour government and we kno rwanda policy, wer opposes have a labour government and we kno rwanda policy, we have)ses the rwanda policy, we have a labour government in place at the end of year, and then the end of the year, and then you a house of lords labour you have a house of lords labour party who have actually party who have said, actually we give the go ahead for this bill, so there be so it must there must be something and must something going on and it must be about delaying tactics. >> there's a side >> one assumes there's a side point which point on that which is the number peers. number of labour peers. god bless relatively small bless them, is relatively small compared in the compared to their support in the country. no country. and again, no disrespect meant to them. relatively in years, the relatively senior in years, the labour having criticised labour party having criticised the upper house and its size for some with some force in my some time with some force in my view about to make up a whole view is about to make up a whole clutch new when clutch of new peers when they come they clutch of new peers when they cometheir they clutch of new peers when they cometheir agenda they clutch of new peers when they cometheir agenda to they clutch of new peers when they cometheir agenda to through want their agenda to go through the upper they're going want their agenda to go through the upp to they're going want their agenda to go through the upp to upey're going want their agenda to go through the upp to upeywholeng want their agenda to go through the upp to upeywhole bunch want their agenda to go through th

th> i don't remember him saying the abolished, and lords should >> i don't remember him saying the abolished, and loyou;hould be abolished, and if you remember, he's under remember, he was. he's under enormous pressure you guys enormous pressure as you guys have drive this through have said, to drive this through . and bill got through . and after the bill got through the commons at third reading, it was dramatic. live was very dramatic. i was live on gb as happening in gb news as it was happening in the followed, he said the days that followed, he said to the house lords, to the house of lords, effectively, are effectively, you guys are unelected. frustrate the unelected. don't frustrate the will of the commons, but it's not even in the manifesto that was voted on all us at the was voted on by all of us at the last election . last election. >> we're actually really >> we're not actually really disagreeing, but to your you asked the asked matthew, is this about the prime minister's skill and ability through ? ability to guide this through? it's not. it's arithmetic . it's not. it's about arithmetic. it's not. it's about arithmetic. it's about your ability to count. you take away the count. if you take away the labour are not going labour peers who are not going to government's will to stymie the government's will here liberal democrats. here are the liberal democrats. enough crossbenchers and the bishops stop bishops enough to stop the government? ho. 110. >> no. >> why would the no. why would the labour >> alex, why would the labour party say we care about conventions in a house? they

want to abolish ? the labour want to abolish? the labour party is going to matter. >> so there's a very specific answer to that. and the answer is when you're government, is when you're in government, the have is at the most power you have is at the most power you have is at the your election the beginning of your election period. forward a few period. fast forward a few years. it's not years. any government, it's not a the labour party. a criticism of the labour party. any government into any government has run into scandals, problems . scandals, personal problems. people to resign. people have had to resign. stickiness of civil service. stickiness of the civil service. people forgotten the will. people have forgotten the will. you you're knackered right you have? you're knackered right 7 you have? you're knackered right ? power have is ? the most power you have is right beginning . and right at the beginning. and whatever them, the whatever you think of them, the first correct. and first 100 days. correct. and the lords they have they lords they have when they arrive, lords they inherit, lords they have when they arrive they lords they inherit, lords they have when they arrive they take; they inherit, lords they have when they arrive they take powerinherit, lords they have when they arrive they take power .iherit, lords they have when they arrive they take power . those are when they take power. those are the lords they're going to have in you in that period. so whatever you think reform of the lords think about reform of the lords in the medium firm right now, that's the set of that's the that's the set of peers they're going to have. and they send to they need to send a message to those peers. we will play ball with government we with this government because we expect house play expect the upper house to play ball we come into ball with us. when we come into power. the ultimate would ball with us. when we come into povyof the ultimate would ball with us. when we come into povyof course,:imate would ball with us. when we come into povyof course, if1ate would ball with us. when we come into povyof course, if we're would ball with us. when we come into povyof course, if we're all would be, of course, if we're all wrong they lose the election wrong and they lose the election right? ball, the >> so they played ball, let the government then >> so they played ball, let the gove don't it then they don't win. >> well, you never know. >> well, you never know. >> playing ball then >> does playing ball then involve abolishing yourselves? >> irony >> ultimately, no. so the irony is they going to do is if they were going to do

that, they'd have to make up a whole load new to do whole load of new peers to do it. to burn down the it. so in order to burn down the village, appoint it. so in order to burn down the viwhole appoint it. so in order to burn down the viwhole load appoint it. so in order to burn down the viwhole load of appoint it. so in order to burn down the viwhole load of new appoint it. so in order to burn down the viwhole load of new loadpoint a whole load of new load of villagers years. a whole load of new load of villwe rs years. a whole load of new load of villwe get years. a whole load of new load of villwe get these years. a whole load of new load of villwe get these sortears. a whole load of new load of villwe get these sort of;. >> we get these sort of predictions are going predictions that there are going to hundred new brexit peers to be a hundred new brexit peers created or 100 new, but i suppose there have been situations in the past when, for example, the lib dems got into government in 2010, a huge number of lib dem peers were created. and so the size of the upper house grew and grew and grew , particularly through the grew, particularly through the coalition years. i suppose the problem mechanism problem is there's no mechanism to again, to shrink it back down again, and should be. and there should be. >> should a in, one >> there should be a one in, one out, and think we out, at least. and i think we should allow house gently out, at least. and i think we shouliits.low house gently out, at least. and i think we shouliits.low rover gently out, at least. and i think we shouliits.low rover time. ntly out, at least. and i think we shouliits.low rover time. but erode its numbers over time. but bearin erode its numbers over time. but bear in mind, in 2015, after the end of that coalition government period, lib dems were down period, the lib dems were down to, single digit mps. it to, if not single digit mps. it was a dozen. was maybe ten or a dozen. i forget they had 100 peers, 100. >> because house of >> i wonder because the house of lords it's their lords there, it's their it's their scrutinise their job to scrutinise legislation and propose improvements to it to make it workable. it's not really their job to give big impassioned , job to give big impassioned, emotional is it emotional speeches. is it a motive speech, as i imagine you imagine from justin welby, is

going to be all emotion . going to be all about emotion. >> well, hang on, we are still, aren't we? essentially a christian country ? i mean, i'm christian country? i mean, i'm half jewish, but i was brought up along the lines of basic christian values . which are christian values. which are pretty decent, right? new testament , it's good stuff. and testament, it's good stuff. and if you are the prime minister and you're not just the prime minister, of the minister, but the leader of the tory archbishop of tory party and the archbishop of canterbury saying isn't canterbury is saying this isn't right, that is a not right, guys. well, that is a not a very good look, by the way. one of degree very quickly on the system, the honours system, i was literally sitting here and now sir rees—mogg was sitting sir jacob rees—mogg was sitting there was talking to him there when i was talking to him about the honour system , and he about the honour system, and he told honour system has told me the honour system has always patronage. told me the honour system has alvit's patronage. told me the honour system has alvit's very patronage. told me the honour system has alvit's very difficult patronage. told me the honour system has alvit's very difficult for)atronage. told me the honour system has alvit's very difficult for primeige. so it's very difficult for prime ministers to start complaining when it doesn't suit. >> can your on the archbishop? >> i well, of course changed >> i well, i of course changed my these things when my view on all these things when i my peerage, i received my peerage, but and until then i'd make the point that i am a christian and 26 bishops in the house of lords. andrew roberts did statistical andrew roberts did a statistical analysis the history analysis of the history of voting in the bishops voting patterns in the bishops in the upper house. it goes

from, you know, around the falklands when they were opposing the government a mere three quarters of the to three quarters of the time to the parliamentary session, three quarters of the time to the en 3arliamentary session, three quarters of the time to the en bloc,mentary session, three quarters of the time to the en bloc, allitary session, three quarters of the time to the en bloc, all 26y session, three quarters of the time to the en bloc, all 26 opposed , when en bloc, all 26 opposed the government. than 98% of the government. more than 98% of the time. and when you get to that kind statistic, it's no kind of statistic, it's no longer we've got a moral position or we position about this or we disagree on that issue. it's systematic opposition systematic en bloc opposition andifs systematic en bloc opposition and it's political . and it's political. >> alex, whose fault is that? my understanding is that bishops have be appointed the have to be appointed with the consent of the prime minister. isn't the problem that the isn't this the problem that the prime minister, the a succession of weak tory prime ministers have been picking lefty liberal bishops age , but bishops in the modern age, but prime ministers have given up that . that power. >> under that power. >> it started under blair and the never took it the conservatives never took it back. understandably, back. and quite understandably, why want why would a prime minister want to position of to be in the position of picking? >> because there votes >> because there will be votes in lords, they in the house of lords, they will lose that lose the solution to that is to calm down the solution. >> solution to that to >> the solution to that is to take out the upper take them out of the upper house, decide house, not to decide who the bishops would be. >> fascinating. if we fast forward, the government of forward, is if the government of the would the the day would invoke the parliament act to force the house of lords to abolish itself . mhm. >> if it had a manifesto

commitment, that would be completely legitimate . completely legitimate. >> fascinating , >> it's a fascinating, fascinating debate. we've only got about two minutes left, but i think should touch on the i think we should touch on the vaping , this ban on vaping ban, this ban on disposable vapes , seemingly disposable vapes, seemingly supported by the prime minister and the leader the and the leader of the opposition. put opposition. you can't put a cigarette paper or should i say a vaping packet between these parts. >> matthew , it's liz truss >> now, matthew, it's liz truss who's this mini who's leading this mini rebellion against this ban. so presumably that means your presumably that means that your favourite that means favourite presumably that means you're in favour. >> what the ban ? what have >> what of the ban? what have we got? truss and one got? liz truss and one, one other is it ? who's other tory mp. is it? who's leading this? leading the rebellion on this? she thinks it's freedom. i she thinks it's about freedom. i think there's a interesting think there's a very interesting issue freedom, about not issue about freedom, about not smoking, by way, because as smoking, by the way, because as you talking about the you were talking about on the show i think if show already earlier, i think if you born on 1st of you were born on the 1st of january, it 2009 and january, is it 2009 and thereafter , you'll never be able thereafter, you'll never be able to buy a cigarette . that really to buy a cigarette. that really is about freedom and is very interesting. i mean, i think that's law , actually, from that's good law, actually, from the the on the the prime minister on the on the because i think smoking kills and be better society if and we'd be a better society if people not allowed to smoke .

people are not allowed to smoke. >> no, but the actual policy, you well just smoking you may as well just ban smoking altogether. is a good one? that policy is a good one? >> people already >> because people are already addicted and think addicted to smoking. and i think addicted to smoking. and i think a probably a graduated process is probably in the real world, make some sort the vaping sort of sense. on the vaping thing. by way, how can thing. by the way, how can anyone being anyone oppose what is being suggested here? these things are clearly, it seems to me, addictive and they are clearly , addictive and they are clearly, even vaping companies even though the vaping companies would , targeting would disagree, targeting children. keep our children. let's keep our children. let's keep our children safe. >> let's ask alex then. >> well, let's ask alex then. well, i declare an increase of disposable rate. >> i declare an interest two ways. of it's what ways. first of all, it's what i've pocket. there's i've got in my pocket. there's the second of all is the company that in day that i work for in my day job. works in this space. so i declare that interest. okay. it seems me that these seems to me that these are useful oil cessation devices for adults to quit and finding the right flavour for you to quit, as it has done for me, can be useful that there's reason useful in that there's a reason britain course, the britain is, of course, at the front are other front of this. there are other countries which have a different position of position on vaping, but all of our ash, who you were our bma, even ash, who you were interviewing still interviewing earlier, still recommend adults for recommend vapes for adults for aduu recommend vapes for adults for adult smokers who want to quit. so it seems me the debate

so it seems to me the debate should nuanced than just should be more nuanced than just saying ban because. i saying ban this because. and i also people say x also worry that people say x many under 18 are vaping, therefore bad ? frankly, i wonder therefore bad? frankly, i wonder how many of those would be smoking otherwise . smoking otherwise. >> one >> and they look at the one place world been place in the world that has been the pernicious vaping. the most pernicious on vaping. it's , the most. it's australia, the most. smoking has gone back up again . smoking has gone back up again. and is now and smoking teen smoking is now at highs that haven't seen at highs that we haven't seen for let back up. for years. let back up. >> if there are going >> and if there are going to be unintended consequences if this backfires ideological backfires, i'm not ideological about i'd hold my hands about it, then i'd hold my hands up, i'm of going up, but i'm sort of going smoking flow. smoking with the flow. >> is smoking is a >> smoking is smoking is a killer, the thing killer, and the best thing we can public can do in the public health environment stymie environment is to try to stymie smoking. i listen to talk smoking. i listen to ash talk once about the fact that if you smoke , like jumping smoke, it's like jumping off the top building . top of your apartment building. if it's like jumping if you vape, it's like jumping off step. might if you vape, it's like jumping off yourself. tep. might hurt yourself. >> know the long time >> we don't know the long time consequences. look, i got a friend off smoking in her mid 30s, late 30s. whatever it was, by buying her a vape , she hadn't by buying her a vape, she hadn't been able to give up. this is a good we don't know good thing, but we don't know ultimately what the risk to her vape. >> thank you very much. matthew stadlen and alex dean, great to

have today. good have you on the show today. good panel. panel >> absolutely. next, >> absolutely. well, up next, it's , so stick it's martin daubney, so stick around that. but we will around for that. but we will be back midday . back tomorrow at midday. >> with a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsor of weather on . gb news afternoon i'm alex deakin. >> this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news bit of a wet one out there across northern england today. that rain pretty heavy through this evening but steadily easing overnight, caused by this little area of low pressure. it's been low pressure. it's also been bringing across much of bringing rain across much of wales rain, as i say, will wales that rain, as i say, will start to ease as we go through the night. but still some heavy bursts this evening. bursts around this evening. still a met office yellow warning place , either side of warning in place, either side of it. dry , but a very it. largely dry, but a very different night of different night in terms of temperatures. very mild all temperatures. very mild with all the cloud across the south with clear scotland and clear skies across scotland and northern allowing northern ireland allowing temperatures once northern ireland allowing tempewelles once northern ireland allowing tempewell below once northern ireland allowing tempewell below freezingonce northern ireland allowing tempewell below freezing here more. well below freezing here in the countryside further south, we'll hold up at six,

seven, eight degrees celsius. it'll be a chilly, dank, drizzly start over much of northern england , parts of the midlands england, parts of the midlands seeing rain and drizzle . quite a seeing rain and drizzle. quite a grey start across east anglia in the south—east, it'll brighten up across wales, so a cheerier day tomorrow , with sunny day here tomorrow, with sunny spells the spells developing in the southwest and most of scotland spells developing in the soutnorthernd most of scotland spells developing in the soutnorthern irelandof scotland spells developing in the soutnorthern ireland having and and northern ireland having a fine day on tuesday a bit windy in the northwest, getting very windy as we go through tuesday night , but windy as we go through tuesday night, but apart from the odd shower, some sunny shower, we'll see some sunny spells and it should brighten up over a over northeast england to a cooler the south. cooler day in the south. temperatures in the north 6 or 7 celsius. after that frosty start . it gets windy wednesday, . it gets windy on wednesday, especially scotland especially across scotland and particularly far north. particularly in the far north. there is a met office yellow warning in place here. some heavy rain too, sweeping across scotland northern ireland, scotland and northern ireland, much of england and wales looking dry for most looking cloudy but dry for most of looks like of wednesday. goodbye looks like things are heating up . things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

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the house of lords . the house of lords. >> will this unelected chamber torpedo the prime minister's stop the boats plan next? there's growing tensions in the middle east following a deadly drone attack on a us airbase in jordan. >> joe biden has blamed iran. meanwhile, donald trump's waded in. send the us president has taken us to the brink of world war iii through his weakness and with the deadline to get your tax returns submitted, is only a matter of hours away , i'll be matter of hours away, i'll be looking at a shock i had this weekend when i discovered how your tax is being spent. like me, you might choke on your cornflakes when you find out how much money is going on people's benefits and vive la revolucioni yes, french farmers are furious once again . that's their natural once again. that's their natural resting state. i think. and they are blockading major roads in what's being called the siege of paris. it's very, very sexy stuff that's all coming up in your next hour .