will this unelected chamber >> 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 . as usual, i'd

your next hour. as usual, i'd love to hear from you all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com have a guess. no googling how much as a percentage of every pound taken in tax in the uk goes on benefit ? i was goes on benefit? i was absolutely stunned when i found out over the weekend. we'll have that all after the break. >> but first, here's your latest latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> martin. thank you. 3:01. 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 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. it's fuelled fears of a wider conflict in the region, which sunak says the uk 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've lost their lives, their families and those that are injured. we stand resolutely with our to 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. >> rockets . drones have been >> rockets. drones have been sounding in tel aviv and in other major cities across israel. that's after syrian state media reported a number of iranian advisors were killed by an israeli air strike earlier today.labour an israeli air strike earlier today. labour leader sir keir starmer says there's genuine concern that tensions could escalate further here. my thoughts are with the family of those that have been killed in the middle east. >> these attacks in jordan , >> these attacks in jordan, which are to be condemned and those that carried out the attacks , have to be held to attacks, have to be held to account . account. >> i am concerned about about the possibility of escalation of

an already dangerous situation in the middle east. >> so we have to see this is in that context and do everything that context and do everything that we to can ensure there isn't the escalation of the conflict . conflict. >> a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust , ordered into the nhs trust, which treated the man who killed three people in nottingham . 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 . 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 rist and 16 year old max dixon died after being attacked by a group of men 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 they remain in custody. police are trying to trace a mother after a newborn baby was found deadin after a newborn baby was found dead in leeds. the child was discovered in the toilets of the three horseshoes in olton yesterday. detectives say the death was a stillbirth that may have happened inside the cubicle . detective chief inspector james entwistle says police are concerned for the mother's welfare . welfare. >> i'm not here to arrest you. i'm not here to arrest anyone else. i'm here to make sure i understand what's happened and make sure that you get the medical attention that you need. and so i'm appealing to the mother of this baby girl directly. please get in touch with us. get in touch with our nhs colleagues , and please make nhs colleagues, and please make sure that we can get you the care that you need . care that you need. >> in some breaking news, the king has just left hospital in central london after undergoing a procedure for an enlarged prostate. >> meanwhile , the princess of >> meanwhile, the princess of wales, who's been recovering from abdominal surgery, has also

been discharged. 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 until after official duties until after easter . the prime official duties until after easter. the prime minister official duties until after easter . the prime minister says easter. 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 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 in favour of the action. >> 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 of damage it's doing to the public, especially younger of damage it's doing to the publiwho pecially younger of damage it's doing to the publiwho think ly younger of damage it's doing to the publiwho think it's younger of damage it's doing to the publiwho think it's coolunger 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 vape out, stick something in the mouth and blow a vape out , which stick something in the mouth 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 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 decision on behalf of the government . government. >> i just don't like them >> i just i just don't like them at all. and we about at all. and we talk about cigarette smoke. hate cigarette smoke. i hate cigarettes, hate smoking , but cigarettes, i hate smoking, but vapes tend to give up more. whether for the whether that's bad for the environment, i know. but environment, i don't know. but director general of the uk vaping association , john dunn, 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 successful way that people quit smoking in the uk . it's twice 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 . living crisis. >> 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 . into the incident is underway. and rail companies are being criticised for failing to use the minimum service levels law dunng the minimum service levels law during train strikes on the eve of another round of walkouts, downing street says it's disappointed operators aren't using the powers available to them to reduce the impact on passengers services will be disrupted from tomorrow as members of aslef begin a rolling programme of strikes and ban overtime for nine days from today. overtime for nine days from today . to sign up to gb news today. to sign up to gb news alerts, just scan the qr code on your screen. you can watch and listen to us on tv in your car and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to . martin. >> thank you tatjana. good afternoon and welcome to what's

going to be a cracker of a show lows to get through today. but i'm still going to start with what's happening this afternoon right now in that place the house of lords. and these are live are live pictures of peers who are due to discuss the rwanda safety bill for the second time round. and round we go. the debate is on whether the country is a safe place for the uk to deport illegal migrants. the prime minister's official spokesman said today. this bill is a key part of how we stop violent criminal gangs targeting vulnerable people that has led to too many deaths in the engush to too many deaths in the english channel. but there's much opposition to rishi sunak's plan, with amendments expected to cause huge delays to the legislation . meanwhile, all this legislation. meanwhile, all this comes as 388 people cross the channelin comes as 388 people cross the channel in seven small boats over the weekend alone, according to the home office figures , taking the total who've figures, taking the total who've made the crossing so far this year to a staggering . 1057 and year to a staggering. 1057 and was still in january . we'll was still in january. we'll speak now with gb news political edhon speak now with gb news political

editor, who joins me in studio. chris hope. >> and also in the studio. >> and also in the studio. >> i have conservative peer lord marland, will come to you marland, who will come to you shortly. thanks for joining shortly. thanks forjoining us in studio. start with you, chris. we are again. how chris. here we are again. how many had this many times have we had this conversation now that it's groundhog brexit. the groundhog day on brexit. the lords are lining up justin welby , gary lineker and a dog collar queue ing up to put in the boot. is this a deliberate and concerted effort to take down not only the rwanda plan, but cause huge political damage to the conservative party and the prime minister, rishi sunak? >> well, the lords would say they the bill they they want to make the bill better. they're concerned about anything which might ignore, uh, european court rulings. so the idea of this rwanda plan is to ensure that happens and to and to that it happens and to ensure that it happens and deals with the issue of rwanda . deals with the issue of rwanda. um, and that's the concern. so they'll be looking very closely at votes today . and will at the votes today. and will there how big will any there be how how big will any votes , uh, the government votes again, uh, the government be? it's likely, though the second reading pass. second reading will pass. clearly um, labour said they

won't oppose it. it's more likely in the amendment stage the we might the next few weeks. we might find attempts weaken the find attempts to weaken the rwanda bill. but tory mps and alan council talk you shortly alan council talk to you shortly about will say, and about this, he will say, and others are saying sitting on the left of the party alan's left of the party and alan's more on the right, on more on the right, but on the left party they're saying left of the party they're saying very bill weakened, they it left of the party they're saying ve work weakened, they it left of the party they're saying ve work .neakened, they it to work. >> but there are also a letter was today liberty, was written today by liberty, a coalition of 265 charities is have underwritten this letter. they're calling the plan extraordinarily and deeply harmful. so this is the joy end up concerted effort to sink sunak's plan . the big question sunak's plan. the big question is will it work ? and if it does, is will it work? and if it does, what will that say to the british voters who seem to be continually ignored and overwhelmed and overturned since brexit, not all voters are behind the rwanda plan. >> of it's quite >> of course, it's quite political. the governing parties are it. they didn't win are keen on it. they didn't win are keen on it. they didn't win a majority in 2019 based on the policy . so there is a suggestion policy. so there is a suggestion and it could happen that this could be delayed a year. and could be delayed for a year. and then using the parliament bill to overrule the house of lords,

there's time year. the there's no time for a year. the hope government side is there's no time for a year. the ho get government side is there's no time for a year. the ho get through|ment side is there's no time for a year. the ho get through quickly de is there's no time for a year. the ho get through quickly and; to get this through quickly and then taking then get these flights taking off. and then, of course, labour pledged were if it works pledged even it were if it works to it to to, axe bill to take it to to, axe the bill altogether and of course there's been conversation over the weekend. >> sarah dines brought up about stop bending the knee to the echr and stop and bowing to a convention which she says she's a former home office minister. >> yeah, and what's fascinating is how these ministers emerged >> yeah, and what's fascinating is how thedepartment. emerged from that department. >> jenrick, >> martin, like robert jenrick, they as you think, they go in as you think, moderates, come back moderates, and they come back radicalised what seen radicalised by what they've seen almost they? seemed almost, don't they? they seemed particularly jenrick, who was put in there as a spy in quotes on suella braverman by rishi rishi sunak . course, he came out rishi sunak. course, he came out originally to back boris johnson with mr sunak the same time. with mr sunak at the same time. so what's extraordinary they so what's extraordinary is they come the department, so what's extraordinary is they comesee the department, so what's extraordinary is they comesee how the department, so what's extraordinary is they comesee how hard department, so what's extraordinary is they comesee how hard d isartment, so what's extraordinary is they comesee how hard d is and ent, so what's extraordinary is they comesee how hard d is and they they see how hard it is and they get by that get radicalised by that experience . experience. >> in the >> okay, i'm joined in the studio by alun um, alan, studio by alun cairns. um, alan, let's talk about the echr . so let's talk about the echr. so something i know that you're passionate about, something that seems to stymie as well. >> i think sarah dines makes a

lot of sense, but my worry is at the moment is the distraction from bill. from the rwanda bill. >> associated >> i know it's associated and unked >> i know it's associated and linked durand bill, but linked with the durand bill, but the priority has to be on focusing rwanda bill, focusing on the rwanda bill, getting it through parliament. it's the house of it's got through the house of commons. got to get commons. we've got to get it through house of lords. through the house of lords. there's they're there's no doubt they're going to do to try and wreck it. they'll do everything they'll to try and wreck it. they'll do everyiting they'll to try and wreck it. they'll do everyiting so they'll to try and wreck it. they'll do everyiting so we'vehey'll to try and wreck it. they'll do everyiting so we've got ll to try and wreck it. they'll do everyiting so we've got to send it back. so we've got to return to the lords every return it to the lords every time with the strongest majorities. ultimately they majorities. and ultimately they should roll over in exactly the way have in the past when way they have in the past when they've they've had some they've when they've had some challenges. that challenges. i am worried that they really, they won't. but really, this is the time where the elected members, house of commons, members, the house of commons, show might tell show their might and tell the lords that they are there to advise when is advise. and when the advice is rejected, they've got to accept the elected people . the will of the elected people. >> alan, around. let's >> so, alan, stick around. let's now those laws now talk to one of those laws because us, conservative because joining us, conservative peer marland . hello. peer lord marland. hello. welcome to show, lord welcome to the show, lord marland . marland. >> good afternoon, martin. thank you for joining >> good afternoon, martin. thank you forjoining us. you for joining us. >> so, um, the lords standing up , queuing up to put the boot in, justin welby hoves into view as if on cue. um are we expecting

this to be a frustration of the rwanda bill? and what do you think, if that if that is the way pans out, would way it pans out, what would that say ? say to the electorate? >> well, i have one disagreement with alun cairns . with alun cairns. >> the job of the house of lords is to scrutinise bills, not, uh, and that is what they are going to do . to do. >> uh, the extent of that is , >> uh, the extent of that is, uh, the question, uh , there are uh, the question, uh, there are a number of loose ends that need tidying up. i'm on the international treaties committee, which is responsible for, uh, looking at this bill and making recommendations as there are issues , as i said, there are issues, as i said, that need tidying up, which has been, uh, um , manifested by, uh, been, uh, um, manifested by, uh, our report, i think if those are comfortably , um, recognised and comfortably, um, recognised and understood and i think the bill will go through , um, and it will go through, um, and it certainly should go through, but of course , in these issues you of course, in these issues you cannot discount the liberal

democrats on second reading, as christopher hope beautifully put it, you wouldn't normally expect a vote. >> the liberal democrats are talking about a vote between 9 and 10:00. >> uh , which is not a very >> uh, which is not a very convenient time for a lot of people. uh, it will be attempted wrecking vote . wrecking vote. >> uh, and i don't think they even know why they're doing it . even know why they're doing it. >> well , if even know why they're doing it. >> well, if you can't answer that, um, let me hazard a guess. >> maybe it's maybe it's because i'm not a liberal democrat. >> martin, as you know. >> martin, as you know. >> well. >> well. >> and don't don't start now. i think you've gone too far down the line. >> but, look, we talked last week. >> lord carlile had already, before this debate even started and clearly set out. he was trying to derail it. lord goldsmith, of course, that's tony blair's old attorney general. hardy, a man known for his moral fibre. i guess if you look back at that, record, look back at that, that record, they'd set out. they they'd already set out. they were to try and stop were going to try and stop this, whatever. they could. so whatever. however they could. so the basic question is , i don't

the basic question is, i don't think, i don't think lord goldsmith's trying to stop it. >> he's putting down some perfectly reasonable questions , perfectly reasonable questions, which, uh, are manifested by our committee , um, and their loose committee, um, and their loose ends that the government themselves have said, you know, we haven't tidied up yet, but we intend to. >> so i don't think goldsmith is actually doing that. >> he may, of course, change his tune we go forward. but that tune as we go forward. but that is that is intent at the moment. the problem this problem is the judicial renee, um, feel that they are very important and know best. >> uh, and i think we've seen found in recent weeks that they don't always know best. >> you look at the postmasters thing, also i'm afraid thing, etc. and also i'm afraid to say they they do tend and to work in a bubble. >> none of them have been to rwanda. have seen rwanda. none of them have seen whether it's safe. >> been twice the >> i've been there twice in the last 18, 18 months, two years. >> they don't they don't >> uh, they don't they don't understand or recognise the country , uh, for what it is .

country, uh, for what it is. >> okay. and there is a great danger of people in glass houses throwing stones. >> i think on this particular issue. >> well, the lords is certainly the ultimate glass house. and this instance . and they will be this instance. and they will be throwing stones at this all the way through. can i quickly ask you the situation you about the situation in the middle trump wading middle east? donald trump wading in, the brink of in, saying we're on the brink of world war what's your take world war iii? what's your take on marland? well on this, lord marland? well i think you put my pay grade higher than it is, i'm afraid. >> martin, it's way beyond my pay >> martin, it's way beyond my pay grade . i'm a simple soul, as pay grade. i'm a simple soul, as you know , and this is not me you know, and this is not me commentating for me . wouldn't commentating for me. wouldn't for me. for me to comment on such a big issue. but it is quite alarming. >> what's going on. >> what's going on. >> and , uh, the fallout position >> and, uh, the fallout position could be horrendous. >> okay, good. we'll leave it there. thank you very much for joining us. conservative peer lord marland, quickly back to studio. cairns. you studio. alan cairns. would you care to comment on situation in the east do you think the middle east and do you think we're heading towards war? and the middle east and do you think w< so, heading towards war? and the middle east and do you think w< so, head it; towards war? and the middle east and do you think w< so, head it feel/ards war? and the middle east and do you think w< so, head it feel/ards it's'? and if so, does it feel like it's being by if so, does it feel like it's beirwest, by if so, does it feel like it's beirwest, this by if so, does it feel like it's beirwest, this propaganda. by the west, this propaganda. >> well, think the situation >> well, i think the situation in east could be in the middle east could well be

very think got very serious. i think we've got to see how the, uh, the us react to see how the, uh, the us react to the iranian intervention . uh, to the iranian intervention. uh, there's quite obvious evidence that comes from that. we need to be robust . uh, but on the other be robust. uh, but on the other hand, we need we hope that all the us is reasonable in terms of how it approaches it, because they're in election year and because of donald trump's statements that clearly, uh, will irritate democrats . and will irritate the democrats. and i taking more i hope that they're taking more of response. can of a reasonable response. can i come back one of the points come back to one of the points that and, uh, that lord balfe and, uh, mentioned? he said that he disagreed with one element about them to them having some loose ends to tie on the rwanda bill. well tie up on the rwanda bill. well that's fair enough. but the big question is when do those loose, loose ends become spoilers? and that's my worry, is that there will be piers , not lord will be so many piers, not lord marland, will be other marland, but there will be other piers that are usually piers there that are usually that everything that are doing everything to wreck be wreck the bill. they'll be putting , they'll be claiming to putting, they'll be claiming to be they'll be reasonable, they'll be claiming up loose ends, claiming to tie up loose ends, but ultimately their objective is sink the is to wreck the bill, sink the bill so that it makes life difficult for the prime minister because touch. because they're not in touch. after all, don't knock after all, they don't knock doors in barrier barry island

doors in barrier on barry island on morning to see on a saturday morning to see what what really what the what people really think. and having that, uh , think. and having done that, uh, over the weekend in different parts of the constituency, it's quite obvious people are strongly in favour of this because they want control of our borders. in reality is borders. and this in reality is protecting the most vulnerable people. that's the priority for me. there are so many people , me. there are so many people, those boat, those people across the boat, across on the across the channel on the weekend, are the most weekend, those are the most vulnerable people being exploited because clearly those gangs are taking advantage of our soft touch and we need to be robust to provide proper routes for those vulnerable people to come. >> okay, we're going to stick on the topic of the wall. with the threat of russian aggression and the the the escalating tensions in the middle east, there's growing the escalating tensions in the middle ithat there's growing the escalating tensions in the middle ithat war'e's growing the escalating tensions in the middle ithat war’e':onlyrving concern that war is only a matter time away. chris matter of time away. chris oberhaus is still with us in the studio. >> chris, what do you think about this? >> i mean, it seems that every day the of war day now that the prospect of war is up by the media, is being revved up by the media, if it's conscription, it's if it's not conscription, it's a matter of hours away. obviously, we have a drone attack on us personnel in jordan now . donald

personnel in jordan now. donald trump has waded in, yet our own military stands perilously incapable of waging any form of war. yeah >> i asked the government today in our lobby meeting with the with the pm's spokesman, how near to war are we? because those remarks overnight from donald trump are alarming. um they try to calm it all down, saying they want to make sure that are the recognise the that they are the recognise the threat of iran. it's limited engagement houthis in engagement with the houthis in yemen. i also asked them, will we be told if us nuclear weapons are sited in raf lakenheath in suffolk? the answer is no , which suffolk? the answer is no, which i thought was surprising. now that goes back probably to greenham back in the 80s greenham common back in the 80s when know they were when we didn't know they were there. a big battle because it puts the uk back into the frame for strikes. for nuclear strikes. i think it's extraordinary how this conversation, isn't it? i mean, in weren't in many ways, we weren't expected to have this conversation in as as conversation in as little as two months but there is a talk months ago. but there is a talk in government or certainly around government of what to do if there's a war and a civilian defence force. we discussed last

week, martin allen , do you think week, martin allen, do you think people are ready for war in the vale of glamorgan? >> do people want this or are they are they wearisome they are they are they wearisome of wars faraway when as of wars in faraway lands when as you saying, concerns on you keep saying, the concerns on the are of a domestic the doorsteps are of a domestic nature. the doorsteps are of a domestic nat yeah. the doorsteps are of a domestic nat well. the doorsteps are of a domestic nat well concerns are the, >> well concerns are on the, on the the domestic the doorstep of the domestic nature, but clearly nature, but we clearly have a responsibility . we're outside of responsibility. we're outside of the that us the european union that gives us freedom in that freedom to react in a way that suits us. the uk needs the suits us. uh, the uk needs the international needs, the parts we want to play. we're close to the united states . they really the united states. they really must and influence for must maintain and influence for stability and we have a duty and an obligation to work with them and them, also speak and support them, but also speak privately we're privately when we're when we're opposed to what they're doing. so moment have so qatar at the moment have tried their part tried to play their part in terms of bringing uh , terms of bringing about, uh, some settlement, uh, in terms of these attacks and in terms of hamas and, and israel. i really hope they succeed. i know the foreign secretary was there last week. i know that we're doing everything possible support everything possible to support them the them in doing so. and the chairman of the all party qatar group, and wish them well group, and i just wish them well in about sort of

in bringing about some sort of positive outcomes. okay. i have to there. to leave it there. >> you much. alun >> thank you very much. alun cairns, course, >> thank you very much. alun cairns flanders course, >> thank you very much. alun cairnsflanders down course, >> thank you very much. alun cairns flanders down the urse, >> thank you very much. alun cairns flanders down the line laura flanders down the line earlier to the earlier. great start to the show. fabulous. now time for our brand new great british giveaway and your chance an and your chance to win an incredible grand in cash. incredible 18 grand in cash. that's like having £1,500 to play that's like having £1,500 to play with each month for an entire year . play with each month for an entire year. imagine what you could do with that . well, here's could do with that. well, here's all the details you need for a chance to make that cash yours . chance to make that cash yours. >> this is your chance to win £18,000 in tax free cash . that's £18,000 in tax free cash. that's like having an extra £1,500 each month for the next year. like having an extra £1,500 each month for the next year . and if month for the next year. and if you're thinking i'd never win something like that, listen to the we told phil from the moment we told phil from west yorkshire won last west yorkshire he'd won our last great british giveaway . great british giveaway. >> phil, some really >> phil, i've got some really good you. >> phil, i've got some really gooyou're you. >> phil, i've got some really gooyou're winner the >> you're the winner of the great giveaway . great british giveaway. >> you're joking. >> you're joking. >> that's brilliant for >> that's brilliant news for your chance to win £18,000 in tax free cash . tax free cash. >> text gb win to 84 902. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message or post your name and to number gb news

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have both been arrested and remain in custody. well, joining us now with the latest from bristol is our reporter, jeff moody. jeff, welcome to the show. another tragic stabbing. what's the latest . what's the latest. >> well, it's the end of the school day here. so for many of the youngsters that attended class with the two boys, this is the first opportunity they've had to come to the spot where the boys were attacked on saturday night and to pay their own tributes . people have been own tributes. people have been arriving here throughout the day, laying flowers, lighting candles too and just spending a moment think about the boys lives and thinking about the tragic waste of life that occurred on this spot in their hometown , right on their hometown, right on their doorstep on saturday night. well, earlier on i spoke to the reverend clive hamilton, who's from the saint barnabas church. he's the local vicar here. he told is a community told me this is a community that's not just in shock, but a community that's losing hope.

>> 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 in, um , the, incident to happen in, 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 , all, um, young boys . with, you know, young, young people , all, um, young boys. um, people, all, um, young boys. um, it it's a problem elsewhere as well, isn't it? and, um, you know , those voices have been know, those voices have been shared in that concern for a while on this estate . while on this estate. >> well, a 44 year old man and a 15 year old have been arrested , 15 year old have been arrested, and the car has been seized, too. but police are still looking for more suspects. and they're also asking for anybody that was in a bus that went

right past the spot as it was happening on saturday night. so if anybody was in that bus and saw anything police are asking them to come forward . a them to come forward. a statement was read out this morning . it's from commander, morning. it's from commander, superintendent mark runacres. he said this is an incredibly 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 keep them updated on the investigation . updated on the investigation. well, a mobile police unit has been set up here and there will been set up here and there will be a press conference by avon and somerset police within the next hour, and we'll bring you that live here on gb news. >> okay. thank you. jeff moody, for that update from bristol . for that update from bristol. another tragic stabbing , more another tragic stabbing, more teenagers being lost . okay, teenagers being lost. okay, there's still lots more to come between now and 4:00. disposable vapes are set to be banned to stop children getting hooked for

life. but could the latest action lead to more dangerous opfions action lead to more dangerous options appearing on the black market? all that's coming. but first, your latest news headunes first, your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> march . ten thank you. >> march. ten thank you. >> march. ten thank you. >> 330 your top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister is urging iran to de—escalate tensions middle east 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 biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account. tehran responds , saying it wasn't responds, saying it wasn't behind the attack and accused america of trying to incite and expand the crisis . police are expand the crisis. police are trying to trace the mother after a newborn baby was found dead in leeds. the child was discovered in the toilets of the three horseshoes in alton yesterday. detectives say the death was a stillbirth. that may have

happened inside the cubicle west yorkshire police is concerned for the mother's welfare and it's urgently appealing for help in trying to find her. the king has left hospital in central london after three nights following a procedure to treat an enlarged prostate . it's an enlarged prostate. it's expected he could take up to a month off from public duties while he continues his recovery . while he continues his recovery. meanwhile, the princess of wales, who's been recovering from abdominal surgery , has also from abdominal surgery, has also been discharged. princess catherine has returned to her home in windsor and is said to be making good progress after the operation . the prime the planned operation. the prime minister has described a ban on disposable vapes as balanced dunng disposable vapes as balanced during a school visit in county durham, rishi sunak said he's taking strong to action stamp out the habit among young people, which has seen a rise . people, which has seen a rise. it's understood the ban will come into force within the next year. come into force within the next year . for the latest stories , year. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your

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plan to phase out smoking and move the former prime minister, liz has called an liz truss, has called an extension of the nanny state she might have a point on that point. well join me now to discuss. this is our is our political correspondent, olivia utley olivia . so first it was utley olivia. so first it was banning ciggies . rishi has made banning ciggies. rishi has made it his life's mission. it seems to stamp out ciggies and now vapes are under the spotlight too. well yeah. >> so there are two separate issues going on here. >> first, rishi sunak has said today that he wants implement today that he wants to implement a disposable vapes, a ban on disposable vapes, specifically . so those are those specifically. so those are those vapes sold for about £3 vapes that are sold for about £3 or less in corner shops in bright colours. and he says that those vapes aimed at those vapes are aimed at children , and he might have a children, and he might have a point there stats show point there because stats show that 20% of 11 to 18 year olds tried vaping last year. he also wants to crack down on some of those flavours of non—disposable vapes like cherry cola or pink lemonade, which again, he says, are aimed at children. now he says that he isn't trying to stamp out vaping altogether .

stamp out vaping altogether. this is what his allies are saying. he has just trying to stop young people vaping. he says that vaping should be a tool to quit tool for adults to use to quit smoking . meanwhile, he also has smoking. meanwhile, he also has a plan , a very serious plan to a plan, a very serious plan to phase out smoking altogether. he says that he wants this to be one of the legacies of his premier ship, and his way to introduce that is this legislation, which he's tabled, which would gradually see, uh, make smoking illegal. so anyone born after the 1st of january 2009. so anyone who's 15 now would eventually never be able to smoke the smoking age would go to smoke the smoking age would 9° up to smoke the smoking age would go up year on year. so 15 year olds now would never be allowed to smoke. now there is a group of mps, including liz truss, sort of libertarians and right wing conservative mps , who say wing conservative mps, who say that that would be mad. legislate because it would mean that in five years time or so there would be, uh, two people, one of them aged, uh 18, in one month and the other aged 18 and 29 days. one of whom could smoke, and the other one who

couldn't for the rest of their lives . so she wants to block lives. so she wants to block that legislation. it will probably go through because the labour have said they labour party have said that they will vote with the government on this. to see this. they too, want to see smoking but rishi smoking ruled out. but rishi sunak really afford sunak really can't afford another rebellion from the right of party. of his party. >> the prime >> okay, well, the prime minister spoke earlier on. let's listen to say. listen to what he had to say. >> it shouldn't be vaping. >> well, it shouldn't be vaping. we to get we don't want them to get addicted. the long terme understand the full long terme health impacts vaping. so health impacts of vaping. so it's right that we strong it's right that we take strong to action stamp this out. that's what we're doing. banning disposal. all vapes taking powers to go after the flavours , powers to go after the flavours, the appearance, the packaging where vapes are displayed in stores. but also improving enforcement , stores. but also improving enforcement, making it easier to levy on the spot fines at retailers who shouldn't be selling to kids. taken together , selling to kids. taken together, it's a strong set of measures so we can improve our children's health. right long time health. it's the right long time thing country . thing for the country. >> so olivia, he's smoke free. he's meat free, he's food free. we found out at the weekend the danger with this, of course, as in, whenever you try and buy ban anything for kids, they find a

way. the water finds a way around the stone in this instance, they might forced instance, they might be forced to buy dodgy gadgets the to buy dodgy gadgets on the black market. >> well, and that is a very real risk that of conservatives risk that lots of conservatives have raised. there are also those who believe that it's just a sort of extension of the nanny state. why should people who have smoked all their lives, for example , be eventually just just example, be eventually just just stopped from doing it altogether ? um, the other question which a lot of conservative mps are talking about is, would it would it actually work in new zealand, which is the only place which has implement sort which is the only place which ha gradual implement sort which is the only place which ha gradual ban plement sort which is the only place which ha gradual ban on ment sort which is the only place which ha gradual ban on smoking sort which is the only place which ha gradual ban on smoking ? sort which is the only place which ha gradual ban on smoking ? that of gradual ban on smoking? that ban lifted by ban has actually been lifted by the new government, has turned it around smoking it around because smoking obviously a lot of taxes obviously raises a lot of taxes and they like those taxes because it enables them to fuel tax cuts. wonder if rishi sunak is completely thought this through. >> well, the thing about that that's great point. you know, that's a great point. you know, £10 billion is raked from smokers every year in britain, £10 billion is not an insignificant amount of tax revenue. if that goes, where are

they going to get? the more more tax from down the line? >> well, exactly. and obviously the government under huge the government is under huge pressure to cut taxes in the autumn, in the spring budget. at the beginning of march, lots of conservative mps on the backbenches are now saying that the only possible route , very, the only possible route, very, very slim route for the conservatives to win the next election is to dramatically cut taxes across the board . to do taxes across the board. to do that, they need to find some money to fund public services and banning smoking, which is obviously a very generous to the treasury coffers , probably isn't treasury coffers, probably isn't the way to go about it. >> that's right. olivia utley, thank you very much. next, i'll be banning booze will be banning booze and not will there there'll there be no fun left. there'll be left now coming up. be no tax left now coming up. talking which , with the talking of which, with the deadune talking of which, with the deadline tax return, deadline for your tax return, just away, i'll be just two days away, i'll be looking breakdown how looking at a breakdown of how your taxes spent trust your taxes are spent and trust me, you might be staggered at how much of your benefit your tax take goes on welfare benefits . i'm tax take goes on welfare benefits. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

people's channel, britain's news channel. people's channel, britain's news channel . welcome back. channel. welcome back. >> it's 342. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now if you need to file a tax return , there's not long a tax return, there's not long before wednesday's deadline , of before wednesday's deadline, of course, 31st of january. and it turns out the man been turns out the tax man has been cashing in on those who can't or don't pay their tax bill on time because hmrc has raked in a

record £346 million in interest last year in late payment fines, charging a hefty 7.75% interest rate. more than double the £159 million in late payments in 2022. but what does all this tax we pay on actually get spent on? well, to tell us more, here's our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . liam, welcome to the show i >> -- >> always a pleasure. >> always a pleasure. >> so i feel like my tax return out the weekend dutifully and on time . that was a good boy. this time. that was a good boy. this year at least . and it gave me year at least. and it gave me this option. liam of clicking here to find what your tax here to find out what your tax gets spent on. now this might be meat and drink to you, but i found absolutely staggering found it absolutely staggering when looked at the breakdown. when we looked at the breakdown. liam, us the details. liam, give us the details. >> indeed , martin, just >> i will indeed, martin, just to say on these tax returns , to say on these tax returns, please don't panic. >> you only have to fill in a self—assessment tax return if you're self—employed if you you're self—employed or if you have a kind of side hustle if

you just have a regular job, you you just have a regularjob, you pay you just have a regularjob, you pay your tax through what we call pay . call pay. >> you earn and you don't >> pay as you earn and you don't have do a return, though have to do a tax return, though lots particularly if lots of us do, particularly if we are self—employed. and it's interesting , isn't it, the interesting, isn't it, that the tax charges 7.75% on late tax man charges 7.75% on late payments ? but if the tax man payments? but if the tax man owes you money because you've overpaid tax and they don't pay you on time, then they only give you on time, then they only give you 4.25. >> yeah , that's the way it is. >> yeah, that's the way it is. >> yeah, that's the way it is. >> let's have a quick look then at the breakdown of where our tax receipts go. i've got a little graphic for you martin, because it wouldn't be on the money without a graphic. and because it wouldn't be on the mon

government that's the interest payments that the government pays on its debt . 12% of tax pays on its debt. 12% of tax receipts. it's absolutely huge. so we spend more servicing the government's debt than we do on the basic state pension, which is 10% of all tax revenue. and on education, which is also about a 10th of all tax revenue. and we spend over twice as much on debt interest payments. martin as we do wait for it on defence. yes, this is absolutely mad. so when you hear politicians arguing, martin, about who's spending more money andisnt about who's spending more money and isn't it great? shouldn't we just be spending on everything willy nilly? if the government has to borrow to actually spend that money and it pays debt interest, we're paying all that money on debt. interest that's dead money more than we do on education and more than we do on defence. some people would say living beyond our means. that's actually immoral. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah.

>> liam, i mean, i this came as a huge surprise to me. call me naive , but it really, really did naive, but it really, really did come as a big surprise to me to find out. just point two of a percent difference in the health cost versus the welfare cost. and as you say, the national debt interest, not paying the debt interest, not paying the debt off, just servicing the interest £0.12 in every pound . interest £0.12 in every pound. and state pensions live . this and state pensions live. this sounds to me like a country fending off the wolf from the doon fending off the wolf from the door. two thirds of our total tax revenue goes on, keeping people who can't work or won't work, or paying off the interest on our debt. that's not a healthy economy , is it? healthy economy, is it? >> for me, martin, part of the reason, you know , a civilised reason, you know, a civilised country should spend , you know, country should spend, you know, quite a lot of tax on looking after people who can't look after people who can't look after themselves. the question is, are benefits only going to people who can't look after themselves ? and maybe people who themselves? and maybe people who are doing low income jobs that make them vulnerable? i'm sure there's a lot of money that's

spent that isn't going to the most deserving , but that's but most deserving, but that's but that, you know, that i think that's basically inevitable . that's basically inevitable. well, what really gets my goat is that debt interest bill that you've so rightly put your finger on. we are living beyond our means, our generation. martin, is frankly putting debt on our younger generation , our on our younger generation, our kids and our grandkids to spend more on debt interest each year than we do educating our children and young people . it's children and young people. it's just insane when you think about it. and to spend twice as much as we do on debt interest at a time like now, when geopolitical tensions are so high to spend more on debt interest than we do on defence. and that includes, you know, the welfare of our brave servicemen and women, the housing that they're in, the pay that they get, you know , the that they get, you know, the armour , the protection that they armour, the protection that they have when they put their bodies on the line and go into theatre

of war. for us, it's just crazy, particularly when you think, martin, that a lot of our creditors , a lot of the people creditors, a lot of the people that lend the government money, buy those treasury bills, those gilts , they're actually overseas gilts, they're actually overseas investors. the money just investors. so the money just goes overseas. so you goes literally overseas. so you know, young people are renting, are sick of paying other people's mortgages. we should be sick of as a country of paying interest on our debt, which goes overseas. but it's very difficult to get politicians to actually make tough decisions and rein in government spending and rein in government spending and trying to get the economy moving and actually lower that debt service bill. and guess what? there's going to be a lot more borrowing in the months and years to come . if the headlines years to come. if the headlines and the speculation in the press is anything to go by, we should be talking a lot more about the size. in my view , and the view size. in my view, and the view of many economists of government debt the implications that debt and the implications that has in terms of the cost day to day taxpayers , for the

day for taxpayers, for the country as a whole . country as a whole. >> okay. liam halligan as ever on the money and great food for thought, isn't it crazy that on a day where we're being told world war iii could be a heartbeat away, we're spending almost four times as much on benefits and welfare as we are on defence. insanity liam halligan. thank you very much . halligan. thank you very much. always a pleasure. now armoured military vehicles and helicopters have been dispatched to protect paris as french farmers have begun their so—called week of danger. to the caphal so—called week of danger. to the capital. around 15,000 police and paramilitary police have been deployed to prevent tractors from entering the caphal tractors from entering the capital, and other major french cities . farmers who say they are cities. farmers who say they are suffering from low income, punitive environmental policies and red tape compared to their neighbours and are threatening to cut off all eight main road entrances to the french capital. and we've got some live shots now of french farmers besieging paris as they continue to pressure the government and to

helping them compete in an ever more difficult market. you can see from those live pictures there, um, they have literally brought the main roads to a standstill. farmers who are sick of being shoved around by net zero policies and eu red tape, well , to discuss this further, well, to discuss this further, i can now speak with the president of generation frexit , of generation frexit, charles—henri gallois, great friend of mine, charles henry. welcome to the show. the french are pushing back. the farmers will not take any more . they are will not take any more. they are up to their neck in red tape. they cannot compete with cheap imported meat from asia and from africa. and they are saying enoughis africa. and they are saying enough is enough to president macron . macron. >> yes , exactly. you know, this >> yes, exactly. you know, this blockade i mean, there is a massive support of french people towards their farmers. uh, i mean, the farmers with the current standard, they will die on the long run because they cannot compete with the regime imposed from eu. they cannot compete also with a free trade,

always , you know, when the eu always, you know, when the eu negotiate a free trade deal, they do it to protect german industry, but they don't protect as they don't protect at all. the french farmers . so they are the french farmers. so they are fed up. they are , you know, fed up. they are, you know, risking dying from their activity. actually, you have , activity. actually, you have, uh, two suicides of farmers per day in france. so it's a massive, massive topic. and i mean, this blockade, they aim to, uh , to put pressure on to, uh, to put pressure on french government , you know, french government, you know, that they are trying to block, for example , arranges market. for example, arranges market. and if you block it, uh, during 72 hours, uh, you know, there is no food anymore in paris. so they are trying to do. but i mean, as for, uh, the free trade deals are negotiated by brussels as the red tape is imposed by brussels , i think, uh, brussels brussels, i think, uh, brussels blockade by french farmer would be much more efficient because it's where you need to go . on

it's where you need to go. on d—12th decided the french government , they say. yes, government, they say. yes, i understand we will do something and so on. but eventually all the agriculture policies are taken by brussels. i mean a blockade of brussels would be much more efficient . much more efficient. >> and charles—henri, we're seeing live pictures now of that huge blockade blocking the main road . their goal is to block all road. their goal is to block all eight main arterial routes into to paris, into the capital. are you in paris now? you are right. is this having an impact? >> i yes, i'm in paris. so? so we'll see. we will see what's happened. but i mean, paris, i mean, i definitely support, uh, the, the french farmers. uh, what ever whatever it takes. so we will see what happens. but i think they have to do it. you know, some people maybe will suffer from the blockade, for sure, but , suffer from the blockade, for sure, but, uh, it's a it's a question of do you want, uh, still to have a french food? you are still to, to have french

farmers because all the eu policy they are aiming to, to import food and to not producing. and when you impose such standards to the european farmers and above all, the french farmers , and in the french farmers, and in the meantime , you are importing some meantime, you are importing some products that do not respect at all, all the same standard, whether it's social or environmental standards and so on.the environmental standards and so on. the aim is to kill the farmers in europe. so i think they are definitely playing, uh , they are definitely playing, uh, playing uh, with, with the farmers. and it's not, uh , farmers. and it's not, uh, correct. and, you know, in france, we . love okay. france, we. love okay. >> he's gone. he's lost. france, we. love okay. >> he's gone. he's lost . yeah. >> he's gone. he's lost. yeah. >> he's gone. he's lost. yeah. >> that's why you will have the support from the french people to, farmers . to, to the farmers. >> okay. charles henry, do you think these protests think that these protests will have the prime have an impact? the prime minister dispatched to three minister was dispatched to three farms the weekend , spoke to farms over the weekend, spoke to farmers france saying that farmers in france saying that they would reverse this tax on diesel and also the red tape,

the endless paperwork, 20% of time is now spent filling out paperwork. but the protests have continued. the farmers are angry i >> -- >> yeah, because they are not buying these promises. you know , buying these promises. you know, for the tax relief on gasoil . for the tax relief on gasoil. it's a european directive that wants to align the prices between professional and non—professional. so maybe the french government can halt it dunng french government can halt it during some some months, but it will come back and then , uh, will come back and then, uh, regarding the red tape regarding the free trade deals, it's decided by brussels . so they decided by brussels. so they will say the government is not normal to sign all this free trade deals, but eventually they will vote for it in the european parliament, macron's party, and they will apply it. and anyway, even if you have a government that don't want to apply it, the past agreements , it's an past agreements, it's an exclusive skills for the european union. the commercial skill. so if you don't take back control from brussels, it will go on. so i think the farmers have understood that the issue

is far away from the promises from the government . from the government. >> okay, we have the graphic there . thank you very much. there. thank you very much. charles de galois. we'll have more from the french revolution after here's your weather. after this. here's your weather. >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> afternoon . i'm alex deakin. >> afternoon. i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a bit wet one out gb news a bit of a wet one out there england there across northern england today. pretty heavy today. that rain pretty heavy through this evening, but steadily easing overnight, caused area of caused by this little area of low pressure. it's also been bringing across much of bringing rain across much of wales as that rain, as i say, will start to ease as we go through the but still through the night, but still some heavy bursts around this evening. still a met office yellow warning in place, either evening. still a met office yellcof warning in place, either evening. still a met office yellcof it.rning in place, either evening. still a met office yellcof it. largely place, either evening. still a met office yellcof it. largely dry:e, either evening. still a met office yellcof it. largely dry ,5, either evening. still a met office yellcof it. largely dry , butther evening. still a met office yellcof it. largely dry , but aar side of it. largely dry, but a very different night in terms of temperature . was mild temperature. was very mild with all across the south, all the cloud across the south, clear across scotland and clear skies across scotland and northern ireland allowing temperatures to plummet once more, below freezing here more, well below freezing here in countryside further 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 grey start across east anglia in the south—east it'll brighten up across wales so a cheerier day here tomorrow . sunny spells here tomorrow. sunny spells developing the southwest and developing in the southwest and most of scotland northern most of scotland and northern ireland, a fine on ireland, having a fine day on tuesday . a bit windy in the tuesday. a bit windy in the northwest, very windy as northwest, getting very windy as we go through tuesday night. but apart the odd shower we'll apart from the odd shower we'll see some spells and it see some sunny spells and it should up over should brighten up over northeast england to cooler northeast england to a cooler day temperatures day in the south. temperatures in the north 6 or 7 celsius. after that frosty start gets windy on wednesday, especially across scotland particularly windy on wednesday, especially across far)tland particularly windy on wednesday, especially across far north. particularly windy on wednesday, especially across far north. therearticularly windy on wednesday, especially across far north. there isicularly windy on wednesday, especially across far north. there is arlarly windy on wednesday, especially across far north. there is a met' in the far north. there is a met office yellow warning in place here. rain to here. some heavy rain to sweeping across scotland and northern ireland, much of england and wales looking cloudy but of wednesday. but dry for most of wednesday. goodbye >> it looks things are >> it looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on gb news .

>> good afternoon and a happy monday. it's 4 pm. welcome to the moss and daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. now the lords debate on rwanda is happening right now. these are live shots of the house of lords. will this unelected chamber sink the prime minister's stop the boats plan

and justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, he just spoke. will have all the latest on that coming up. plus are we on the bnnk coming up. plus are we on the brink of world war three? with growing tensions in the middle east, donald trump has waded in, accusing president biden of failing to stop the escalation of conflicts, but should we be safer under a trump presidency ? safer under a trump presidency? and with the deadline to get your tax returns submitted, only a matter of hours away wednesday, the 31st, i'll be looking at how your tax is spent . and you might be shocked. as i was , to learn how much of your was, to learn how much of your money goes on people's benefits and the european union has called for gendered language to be banned with phrases like no man's land and joe public to be axed. you couldn't make it up. and that's all coming up in your next hour . and also that tragic next hour. and also that tragic stabbing of two teens in bristol

were expecting a police news conference in the next half houn conference in the next half hour. we'll of course, cover that live, as well as the latest on the rwanda bill being debated as we speak. what did justin welby say will tell you after this ? get in touch, email with this? get in touch, email with your views gbviews@gbnews.com. but first, your latest news headunes but first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. we'll start with international news and the prime minister's urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops on the border with jordan. a drone strike targeted a us base in the north—east of the country, to next syria yesterday . the next syria yesterday. the americans have blamed iranian backed militants and president bowden has. biden, rather, has vowed to hold those responsible to account . tehran, though, has to account. tehran, though, has responded today 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 and here rishi sunak says the uk is working towards stability . 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 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. >> rishi sunak well, rocket sirens have been sounding today in and other major in tel aviv and other major cities across israel. that's after syrian state media reported a number of iranian advisors were killed by an israeli airstrike earlier today. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says there's genuine concern now that tensions could escalate further . escalate further. >> my thoughts are with the family of those that have been killed in the middle east. these attacks in jordan, which are to be condemned and those that carried out the attacks , have to carried out the attacks, have to be held to account . i am be held to account. i am concerned about about the

possibility of escalation of an already dangerous situation in the middle east. so we have to see this is in that context and do everything that we to can ensure there isn't the escalation of the conflict . escalation of the conflict. >> keir starmer. well let's bnng >> keir starmer. well let's bring you up to date with events in bristol where two teenage boys fatally stabbed and boys were fatally stabbed and have named locally for all have been named locally for all tributes have been laid at the scene where 15 year old mason rist and 16 year old matt dixon died on saturday night after being attacked by a group of people. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested as part of a murder investigation. they . remain arrested as part of a murder investigation. they. remain in custody. we are expecting a statement from police on that shortly . now police are trying shortly. now police are trying to trace a mother after a newborn baby was found stillborn in a pub toilet in yorkshire . in a pub toilet in yorkshire. the child was discovered at three horseshoes near leeds

yesterday. detectives say the baby's death was attributable to a stillbirth. that may have happened while inside the cubicle . detective chief cubicle. detective chief inspector james entwistle cubicle. detective chief inspectorjames entwistle says inspector james entwistle says police are now very concerned for the mother's welfare . for the mother's welfare. >> i'm not here to arrest you. i'm not here to arrest anyone else. i'm here to make sure i understand what's happened and make sure that you get the medical attention that you need and so i'm appealing to the mother of this baby girl directly. please get in touch with us. get in touch with our nhs colleagues and please make sure that we can get you the care that you need . care that you need. >> well, in other news, today , >> well, in other news, today, the king has left hospital in central london after three nights following a procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. it's expected . that he could take up expected. that he could take up to a month off his public duties while he continues his convalescence. meanwhile the princess of wales, who's been recovering from planned abdominal surgery, has also been discharged hospital . she's discharged from hospital. she's returned to her home in windsor

and is said to be making good progress after her operation . progress after her operation. now the prime minister has said today he's taking strong action today he's taking strong action to protect children from vaping dunng to protect children from vaping during a school visit in county durham today, rishi sunak said he wanted to stamp out the habit among young people by banning disposal all vapes. it's understood the ban will come into force within the next year. a public consultation has found. most of the public 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 the younger ones who think it's cool to stick something in the mouth and blow out, which means blow a vape out, which means nothing to your body at all, apart from it . looks cool. 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 the good decision on behalf of the government. i just, good decision on behalf of the government. ijust, i good decision on behalf of the government. i just, i just don't like them at all. >> we about cigarette >> and we talk about cigarette smoke. cigarettes, i hate smoke. i hate cigarettes, i hate smoking , but vapes tend to give smoking, but vapes tend to give up whether that's bad for up more, whether that's bad for the i don't the environment, i don't know. but members public but the members of the public and their views on disposable vapes. >> now, lastly, rail companies are for failing are being criticised for failing to the minimum service to use the minimum service levels law during train strikes on the eve of another round of walkouts, downing street says it's disappointed operators aren't using the powers available to them to reduce the impact on passengers. available to them to reduce the impact on passengers . these impact on passengers. these services will be disrupted from tomorrow as members of the aslef union begin a rolling programme of strikes and ban overtime for nine days from today , pay for nine days from today, pay for the latest stories sign up to the latest stories sign up to the gb news alerts by scanning the gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. that's if you're watching on television, course. now let's television, of course. now let's get you back to . martin. good

get you back to. martin. good afternoon and welcome to what's going on to be busy show. >> lots to get through today, but i'm going to start what's happening right now this afternoon the lords. and afternoon in the lords. and these are live pictures of peers were discussing the rwanda safety bill for the second time. the debate is on whether the country is a safe place for the uk to deport illegal migrants. and the prime minister's official spokesman said today this bill is a key part of how we stop violent criminal gangs targeting vulnerable people. that has to led too many deaths in the english channel. but there's much opposition to rishi sunak's plan, with amendments expected to cause huge delays to this piece of legislation open again. and meanwhile , all this again. and meanwhile, all this comes as 388 people crossed the channel. comes as 388 people crossed the channel . in comes as 388 people crossed the channel. in seven small comes as 388 people crossed the channel . in seven small boats channel. in seven small boats over the weekend alone , over the weekend alone, according to home office figures. taking the total who've made the crossings so far this yeah made the crossings so far this year. and remember, it's still january to a staggering 1057 varne. well, to discuss this ,

varne. well, to discuss this, i'm now joined in the studio by the conservative mp for bassetlaw , brendan clarke—smith bassetlaw, brendan clarke—smith brendan, welcome to the studio. always a pleasure, martin. no pleasure. let's start with justin welby . um, the archbishop justin welby. um, the archbishop of wokery, a some might call him standing up , of wokery, a some might call him standing up, reached of wokery, a some might call him standing up , reached shortly standing up, reached shortly ago. we'll have a clip of that coming up soon. talking the bill down. he said this the bill undermines our global standing . undermines our global standing. it's damaging to this country's reputation fashion. it's damaging in constitutional principles and the rule of law. but it damages our nation's unity. is it right for the archbishop to get involved in politics like this? >> well, i think you can have this debate about whether you should have the archbishop or bishops generally in the house of lords think we're one of only three countries in the world. >> i think with the vatican city and actually has this and iran that actually has this in our legislature. so you could say that's a bit unusual in itself. >> but for me, these these are what i call luxury beliefs. >> martin. now, when i'm

knocking on doors in bassetlaw and the country, and around the country, people don't talk to me about our global standing or constitutional they constitutional principles. they talk about being able to see a gp. they talk about getting their child into school . their child into school. >> they talk about all of these things and so on. things and housing and so on. >> want us do >> and they want us to do something now people something about this now people are dying the channel the are dying in the channel at the moment. decided moment. so what we've decided that do that we're going to do is actually . so he's actually legislate. so he's talking about the rule of law . talking about the rule of law. well, what doing. well, this is what we're doing. we're to actually we're legislating to actually make the law so we do make the law so we can do something this. now i want something about this. now i want to about the constitutional to talk about the constitutional principle , all about parliament to talk about the constitutional princi|sovereign)out parliament to talk about the constitutional princi|sovereign .)ut parliament to talk about the constitutional princi|sovereign . and arliament to talk about the constitutional princi|sovereign . and that�*nent to talk about the constitutional princi|sovereign . and that isnt to talk about the constitutional princi|sovereign . and that is the being sovereign. and that is the main thing. that's what we did with brexit. and that's why we're making the decision. so i'd little bit i'd like to see a little bit more respect that. and it's more respect for that. and it's expected to get a good kicking again last time round . again last time round. >> last week's vote 214 against to 171. it's going to get knocked back with more amendments and it's going to drag on and on. the point is brendan is that deliberate? is this a joined up campaign between liberal democrat peers?

lord carlile, the likes of lord goldsmith, tony blair's former attorney general and the likes of justin welby all seem to be having the same mindset and they all seem to be trying to derail the conservative policy. >> and this the point now the >> and this is the point now the lords got a difficult job lords have got a difficult job to respect. to do, which i respect. you know, not there know, they're not just there to rubber stamp whatever we send them to them and they'll they'll want to debate have debate it. and they may have some suggestion making some suggestion on making it better. knows . they even better. who knows. they may even suggest we better. who knows. they may even suggltrying we better. who knows. they may even suggltrying to we better. who knows. they may even suggltrying to push we better. who knows. they may even suggltrying to push the we better. who knows. they may even suggltrying to push the other we were trying to push the other week. but uh, yeah, i really i don't think some people are treating this seriously. and if you're kicking it into touch and delaying and delaying and delaying, honest that delaying, just be honest that that's doing. that's what you're doing. you're trying to delay it until after a general now i want to general election. now i want to know what they're doing about all people that come know what they're doing about all in people that come know what they're doing about all in boatsple that come know what they're doing about all in boats ins that come know what they're doing about all in boats ins thalast come know what they're doing about all in boats ins thalast fewome over in boats in the last few days, you know, what are they actually now? actually doing to stop that now? years and years and years ago, even lord cameron, he flagged this in, in 2012 that the this up in, in 2012 that the echr has turned into some sort of small claims court. echr has turned into some sort of small claims court . when we of small claims court. when we were trying to deport captain hookers, we used to call him. we had problems with that had all the problems with that and what it was originally set

up that treaty was up for. when that treaty was signed in 1950, and then 1959, when the court was set up. you know, this was following the horrors the second world war horrors of the second world war to socialism , to defeat national socialism, um, to defeat marxism and so on. it's meant be a, you know it's not meant to be a, you know , jackpot for all these , a the jackpot for all these lawyers who basically see it as some free meal ticket as it's being treated now. so it needs some serious reform. now, if they're not going reform it, they're not going to reform it, quite frankly, then i'd actually quite frankly, then i'd actually quite leave. quite happily leave. >> people who say the >> what about people who say the critics of rwanda laucala and the likes are saying we're heading towards totalitarianism and the and the conservative government saying , oh, rwanda is government saying, oh, rwanda is safe. honestly when privacy hasn't deemed safe, that's hasn't been deemed safe, that's their concerns. isn't it? are you confident that rwanda is safe ? safe? >> well, i mean, if this is their general worldview and they think is a think that this is a totalitarian i'd suggest totalitarian state, i'd suggest they out and see they actually get out and see they actually get out and see the the world little the rest of the world a little bit the bit more. if you look at the rule democracy in rule of law and democracy in this something we're this country, something we're very of. um, you know, very proud of. um, you know, winston churchill , one of the winston churchill, one of the original pushing through,

original people pushing through, actually, the convention on, on human rights. so we actually want to do things properly. but what we have is what we can't have is a situation we can't control situation where we can't control our own immigration, where people in channel, people are dying in the channel, and every time we try to do and then every time we try to do something it, get these something about it, we get these activist delays, activist lawyers or delays, whether it's in the lords or we have these pyjama injunctions or late night in the morning where we don't even know the name of the and somebody the judge and somebody in strasbourg said, strasbourg has said, yeah, sorry, take strasbourg has said, yeah, sorrso take strasbourg has said, yeah, sorrso doing take strasbourg has said, yeah, sorrso doing it take strasbourg has said, yeah, sorrso doing it the le strasbourg has said, yeah, sorrso doing it the right off. so we're doing it the right way. i'd like them to actually work with us on it. they're work with us on it. if they're going to kick touch. you going to kick it into touch. you know honest about okay? >> brendan clarke—smith, thank you for joining >> brendan clarke—smith, thank you forjoining us on you very much for joining us on that moving the that topic and moving on. the biggest exercise since the biggest nato exercise since the cold started this year, cold war has started this year, as the of countries as the alliance of countries flexes its military might the flexes its military might in the face russian aggression, some face of russian aggression, some 90,000 troops from 31 countries will take part in stead fast defender, including 20,000 men and women from the british armed forces, amongst them second battalion, the royal anglian regiment, based in rutland, part of the desert rat brigade. our

east midlands reporter will hollis spent some time with some british troops there . pile in british troops there. pile in and roll out at kendrew barracks , home of the desert rats. >> the british army's seventh light mechanised brigade is on the move. >> we're driving down the road in rutland. we've just come off of the a1 with members of the second battalion, royal anglian regiment. this is c company and they're practising a road manoeuvre in a foxhound. >> that's an armoured vehicle . >> that's an armoured vehicle. >> that's an armoured vehicle. >> the brigade's leading nato's very high readiness joint task force, the jtf can be deployed anywhere in the world within two days to keep members safe . this days to keep members safe. this yean days to keep members safe. this year, the biggest drill since the cold war are taking place. steadfast defender . the 31 nato steadfast defender. the 31 nato countries plus sweden in exercises across the atlantic and europe, 90,000 troops.

hundred of ships, tanks and planes . the alliance is planes. the alliance is rehearsing manoeuvres needed if an attack came on its eastern shoulder . shoulder. >> ukraine holding the line . if >> ukraine holding the line. if it fails, nato countries could be next. >> article 5 of the partnership says that an attack on one is an attack on all. >> major general chip chapman is former senior british military advisor to us central command . advisor to us central command. >> that is important to show that you can deploy, you can deploy quickly and you're willing to accept the risk and support a partner nation, which is bordered by russia , uh, and is bordered by russia, uh, and to deter them, because this is really about deterrence. and you can do deterrence by two methods, deterrence by denial, which we hope works . if that which we hope works. if that doesn't work, you do deterrence by punishment. >> defence secretary grant shapps reinforced britain's commitment to nato earlier this month, uk will be sending some

20,000 personnel to lead one of nato's largest deployments in its 75th year nato is posturing a war footing . a war footing. >> the men and women of the royal anglians are stepping in the royal anglian regiment are just taking a battalion. photo >> in a few months time, they'll be in eastern europe on the biggest nato exercise since the cold war. steadfast defender for the desert rats earned their name during the second world war. they defend it, preventing a third. >> will hollis gb news rutland . >> will hollis gb news rutland. >> will hollis gb news rutland. >> so with the threat of russian aggression and the escalating tensions in the middle east, there's growing concern that war is only a matter of time now. well, let's speak to gb news political editor, chris hope, who's in downing street for us. chris welcome to the show. so yeah, a lot of talk around war escalating. i believe you have a new line for us.

>> well that's right. yeah there's big concern in the government about what's happening with iran and the houthis. and very clear houthis. and it's very clear from cameron , the foreign from lord cameron, the foreign british he's british foreign secretary. he's urging iran to de—escalate in the region because they are seeing their fingerprints all over the attacks. they're supporting the houthis on the on the, the, the ships going through the red sea. and there's big concern here. so the pressure is right now to not not not to ease up the pressure on on iran from the uk government. >> do you think the iranian regime, the houthis will listen to lord cameron? it is all fair and well to say you must de—escalate. but so far the bombing campaigns that were meant make this go away meant to make all this go away don't have in don't seem to have worked. in fact, situation seems to fact, the situation seems to have escalated. chris >> well, it escalated in the problem for many is that that how are we getting ourselves drawn into the multiple issues within the middle east, which, which we can we went in there, didn't we, as a one off attack

to defend the shipping going through the red sea with the us. and course now there's been and of course now there's been two on parts of the two strikes now on parts of the yemen. and will any more be required . of course saw required. of course we saw overnight, sir? overnight, didn't we, sir? president making very president joe biden making very clear uk the forgive clear the uk, the us forgive me us will respond to the overnight drone near the syrian drone attack near the syrian border. so that's a concern. i think everyone has that. if we do into an escalating do get drawn into an escalating situation in middle east, we can't out of. can't get out of. >> chris, can i quickly put a comment to you made by justin welby . the debate happening welby. the debate is happening at the moment in the house of lords on the rwanda bill, got brendan clarke—smith the brendan clarke—smith in the studio this . studio and he's just said this. he said, i think on almost all of the benches that the boats must be stopped. so so chris, it does feel like justin welby and the lib dem and the lords and the lib dem and the lords and the labour peers do seem to be of a mindset that does seem to be a gathering together to try and vote this . down and vote this. down >> yeah, lord, lord welby, the

archbishop of canterbury, said we as a nation can do better. i don't think what he's were the government here answering against that . what he's not against that. what he's not saying is how he's going to deal with these people paying £2,000 to come, to come across the channeli to come, to come across the channel i mean, they are being exploited by people trafficking gangs. why are they being allowed to jump the queue to use that quote from the prime minister ahead of where minister and get ahead of where other people who are waiting to get in line to try and get the asylum that they they require and . and is their and they need. and what is their answer ? just blocking answer to this? just blocking this idea isn't really an answer at all, but it's one which unelected peers or unelected bishops can make because they have threat to them at have no actual threat to them at the ballot box . the ballot box. >> yeah, and another line that came out of it, chris, this bill undermines our global standing . undermines our global standing. it damages this country's reputation . often it's damaging reputation. often it's damaging in constitutional principles and the rule of law is not pulling its punches at all. justin welby

i >>i -- >> i just think that i mean, again , where the government is again, where the government is here with me and i'm not the government, but they would say that that ridiculous that that is almost ridiculous to overexaggerate impact to overexaggerate the impact of this. the this. this is simply the government would say, an attempt to arriving here to deport people arriving here illegally to a third country for processing. they will stay processing. and they will stay there. the idea is to break the model these model of these people traffickers. hear further traffickers. we'll hear further on through the through today from david blunkett, lord blunkett, the former labour shadow home secretary, the bishop ken clarke, bishop of durham, ken clarke, shami , the former shami chakrabarti, the former director of liberty , and andrew director of liberty, and andrew green might be a lone voice against that here. he, of course, up migration watch, course, set up migration watch, but you going hear a lot but you are going to hear a lot of through day . of those voices through the day. in evening. i'm in the early evening. i'm afraid, martin, but also david frost , lord frost, of course. so frost, lord frost, of course. so maybe lord frost and andrew green balancing that, green might be balancing that, but it's going to be quite one way for way traffic. i think, for the government afternoon government all afternoon going to evening . to the early evening. >> okay. chris from downing street, very much. and street, thank you very much. and i'm joined studio i'm still joined in the studio by clarke—smith . chris by brendan clarke—smith. chris was saying there that the government will this government will say, this is

ridiculous. are one of the ridiculous. you are one of the elected representatives of the government. do you think welby's comments ? comments are ridiculous? >> well, well, and >> well, well, exactly. and i think if he were knocking on doors i had think doors the way i had to, i think they'd a of their they'd give him a piece of their mind. see him mind. and i don't see him offering house these offering to house all these people of people that are here. and of course, the problems this course, the problems that this is our communities at is causing in our communities at the and we're the moment. and again, we're talking about our international and global standing. well, and our global standing. well, it particularly it doesn't look particularly good can't control your good if you can't control your own . and as christopher good if you can't control your ownjust . and as christopher good if you can't control your ownjust said and as christopher good if you can't control your ownjust said there,|s christopher good if you can't control your ownjust said there, whatistopher good if you can't control your ownjust said there, what is)pher good if you can't control your ownjust said there, what is theer has just said there, what is the solution? is he proposing ? solution? what is he proposing? now? not said that. we're now? we've not said that. we're just people off, now? we've not said that. we're just that's people off, now? we've not said that. we're just that's the people off, now? we've not said that. we're just that's the end people off, now? we've not said that. we're just that's the end pe

this morning and a 22 year old man at around 2 pm. both men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are currently in custody , where they will soon be custody, where they will soon be questioned by detectives from the major crime investigation team. the 44 year old man and the 15 year old boy arrested on saturday also remain in police custody . the team investigating custody. the team investigating this awful incident are working around the clock to identify those involved and develop a full understanding of what happened. full understanding of what happened . and i fully expect happened. and i fully expect that we'll be making more arrests in due course. one of the boys who sadly died has been confirmed as 15 year old masonry wrist, and while the formal identification process has not yet been completed for the other, we believe him to be 16 year old max dixon . these were year old max dixon. these were two young men who had their whole lives in front of them, and our thoughts are with their families at this extremely difficult time . difficult time. >> we have specialist officers

in place , providing them with in place, providing them with support and keeping the family informed of developments . informed of developments. >> i know that the families are grateful for the outpouring of love and support that people have shown to them, but i would ask that their privacy is respected and they are given time to grieve the people of knowle west have following this tragic incident, demonstrated what it means to be part of a community, and i would like to thank them for their support and patience whilst have carried patience whilst we have carried out enquiries and while we investigate what happened there will continue to be a visible police presence in the area for the coming days and i encourage anyone with questions or who has information which could help our enquiry to approach an officer. this is a traumatic incident and i'd also encourage people to look after themselves . we are look after themselves. we are working closely with the local authority and schools in the area to ensure there is support available for those who need it. i'll now take any questions you

any closer to working out why this ? the investigation is this? the investigation is ongoing and considering all potential reasons behind this decision, so that progress is being made. but i'm not in a position to share that with you at this time. >> do you think the victims were known to the suspects, or could this been a of this have been a case of mistaken that's something >> again, that's something that we're continuing to investigate to any links do to understand any links that do exist . exist. >> @ can't fin @ can't you more >> and i can't give you more information time. >> and i can't give you more inchnytion time. >> and i can't give you more inchnytion recovered? uh, not >> any weapon recovered? uh, not to my knowledge at this time. >> a gang war going on >> is there a gang war going on in this area? no, i wouldn't say that. um bristol is a large city. >> um, and it's described by many as a city made up of many villages . villages. >> so there are people who have pride in the neighbourhoods that they come from. and part they come from. and that's part of their identity. but don't of their identity. but i don't believe rooted in believe that this is rooted in in a gang war, say. no, in a gang war, as you say. no, what work is being done to make sure aren't and make sure sure there aren't and make sure there aren't. >> follow on repercussions. >> follow on repercussions. >> okay, so there's a great deal that's going on. um, in creased

patrols in the areas that you will have seen lots of work being in schools , have been being done in schools, have been in with in contact with with head teachers and the education authorities city. authorities across the city. today, communication going today, communication is going into those to make sure into those schools to make sure we're fully we're keeping them fully informed what's happening informed of what's happening and provide reassurance provide messages of reassurance and with the local and work with the local authority, with community groups to understand people's concerns and respond to those concerns . and respond to those concerns. that's work that will be delivered in the short terms whilst we look identify and whilst we look to identify and mitigate any, any risks that that exist currently. but in the longer tum, this is where we need to pick up the work around addressing the underlying causes of crime . of knife crime. >> well, what you say to >> well, what would you say to children say they're children who now say they're scared to on their streets? scared to walk on their streets? >> i understand the impact that this caused for this incident has caused for people. >> people. r m people. >> dad myself , so it >> um, i'm a dad myself, so it makes me reflect on, on, on the safety of my children. but you've also seen the strength of community that exists in this part of the city. and throughout the city that that strength is what need to us through what we need to get us through

this where there this and to identify where there is risk and deal with those risks. >> what is your message to those parents on this road whose children not going to school children are not going to school today because worried ? today because they feel worried? >> would ask them . to >> i would i would ask them. to get their kids to school. >> that would be my, my advice . >> that would be my, my advice. i think that's a safe place for them to be. it's really important that stability, that education provides in their lives. but we understand their concerns. that's why we have officers on the street. officers out on the street. we'll maintain those patrols. that's why we'll work with community and community representatives and community representatives and community leaders the local community leaders and the local authority people's authority to hear people's concerns respond to them. concerns and respond to them. >> maximising the intended >> we're maximising the intended target of this attack. >> that's all. >> that's all. >> still subject to the ongoing investigation find what investigation to find out what what what possible motives could sit such an appalling sit behind such an appalling crime , say the suspects knew the crime, say the suspects knew the victims or vice versa? >> i may be unable to confirm that because that's still under investigation time i investigation at this time. i can ask a question. >> there's been suggestion >> there's been some suggestion that attack was warned that this attack was warned about advance of a video about in advance of a video posted online. >> can you comment on that at

all? >> i can't comment, i'm not personally aware of that. >> but there's all sorts of work personally aware of that. >> bugot, re's all sorts of work personally aware of that. >> bugot, um,all sorts of work personally aware of that. >> bugot, um, over)rts of work personally aware of that. >> bugot, um, over 100)f work personally aware of that. >> bugot, um, over 100 officers we've got, um, over 100 officers that are committed to this investigation . we've got investigation. we've got officers investigation. we've got officerthat are supporting us, forces that are supporting us, such commitment such as our commitment to investigate thoroughly. such as our commitment to inv we'll be looking at social media posts. >> we'll looking media posts. >>we'll looking community >> we'll be looking at community intelligence, , every intelligence, and every, every other information for other source of information for us the inquiry . us to progress the inquiry. >> okay. thank you all very much i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you, thank you, thank you . you. >> okay. and that was a superintendent giving a statement bristol of the statement in bristol of the tragic stabbings of max dixon, 16 year old, and, um , and mason 16 year old, and, um, and mason rice, 15. they were stabbed on saturday night about 11:20 pm. the update, the latest line two more men arrested on suspicion of murder. a man aged 20 and a man aged 22, in addition to the two men already in custody, a 44 year old and a 15 year old. so four men now in custody regarding that murder, um, two young men with their lives in

front of them, the superintendent said families are grateful for the outpouring of love. um, offer for this traumatic incident . and he spoke traumatic incident. and he spoke there of over 100 officers from bristol and other forces coming into the area, saying this is a serious police investigation . serious police investigation. now, as for why this happened , now, as for why this happened, he didn't have any answer or wouldn't give them at this point. um, one of the reporters asked him, is this gang warfare? he said, i don't think it is that , um, but he said, i don't think it is that, um, but the details are coming out. two more men arrested. you can see a huge a large gathering there of the community. this is the vigil for men now in custody. two a 20 year old, a 22 year old added to the 44, and the 15 year olds already in custody. two young men with their lives in front of them. max dixon, 16, and mason rist , 15, are them. max dixon, 16, and mason rist,15, are . them. max dixon, 16, and mason rist , 15, are . okay. um, them. max dixon, 16, and mason rist,15, are . okay. um, martin rist,15, are. okay. um, martin daubney on gb news. this is

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mornings from 930 on gb news news . news. >> and the headlines this hour. well as you've been hearing some breaking news this afternoon, two more people aged 20 and 22 have now been arrested in connection with the deaths of two teenage boys in bristol who were fatally stabbed on saturday

night. 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. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy were also arrested. they remain in custody and police , remain in custody and police, speaking just a short time ago, said the investigation was progressing well and they're committed to holding those responsible to account for what they described as a horrendous crime . meanwhile, the prime crime. meanwhile, the prime minister has urged 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 north—east 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 , saying it wasn't responded, saying it wasn't behind the attack and it accused america of trying to incite and expand the crisis . this here at expand the crisis. this here at home. the king has left hospital in central london after three nights following a procedure to

treat an enlarged prostate. it's expected the king could take up to a month off his public duties as he continues with his convalescence . meanwhile, the convalescence. meanwhile, the princess of wales, who's been recovering from planned abdominal surgery , has also left abdominal surgery, has also left hospital. she's returned to her home in windsor and is said to be making good progress. home in windsor and is said to be making good progress . and the be making good progress. and the prime minister says he's taking strong action to protect children from vaping during a school visit to county durham today, rishi sunak said he wanted 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. those are your top news stories . those are your top news stories. for the background on those, head to gb news. com and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news scanning the qr news alerts by scanning the qr code your screen . code on your screen. >> thank you polly . now, code on your screen. >> thank you polly. now, as you just heard, two more people, a 20 year old man and a 22 year

old man have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 15 year old mason rist and 16 year old max dixon , who died after old max dixon, who died after being attacked by a group of people on saturday night. the pair was stabbed shortly before a group of people fled the scene in a car . a 44 a group of people fled the scene in a car. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy also remain in police custody . well, joining us police custody. well, joining us now with the latest from bristol is our reporter, jeff moody. jeff, welcome to the show . so jeff, welcome to the show. so the superintendent gave a detailed statement there . what's detailed statement there. what's the latest . he did indeed the latest. he did indeed telling us that another two people have arrested. >> so they've arrested four people so far. the investigation, as he said, is going at a great pace at the moment . but there are still more moment. but there are still more people that the police wish to question in relation to the incident . they're asking an incident. they're asking an appealing for anybody that was on a bus that went along this road, along ilminster avenue at

around 1120 on saturday night. anyone that was on that bus may well have seen the incident or seen the aftermath of the incident, and may have some information to give . he talked, information to give. he talked, didn't he, in that press conference earlier on about the way the community has come together? and that's certainly something that has been very evident today throughout the day. people have been coming here to lay flowers to light candles and to remember the lives of these two young boys who were whose lives were taken. so dreadfully and so tragically and so violently at the weekend. um, some people are saying that they have kept their children off school today. a lot of parents are saying they just didn't want to send school didn't want to send their school . but the message um, . but the message from, um, mark runacres on was, runacres there earlier on was, please take your children to school, because actually the schools are the safest place they can be at the moment. and he was talking a lot about education, about educating the neighbourhood , educating people .

neighbourhood, educating people. interestingly, he rejected the idea that we're in the middle of a surge in knife crime that we're an explosion in these issues. you know, he was looking at it very much like it was an isolated incident, but one that they are taking incredibly seriously. and as we've said, huge progress has been made in that investigation already at the time. now according to him, it is to give, to allow the parents to grieve and of course that that appeal, uh, parents to grieve and of course that that appeal , uh, not to that that appeal, uh, not to speculate about the issues they were asked. he was asked by several reporters, you know, um , several reporters, you know, um, were were the attackers known to the victims? do we know, do we know a motive? and he's saying at this stage we really shouldn't be speculating about the issues . and he's suggesting the issues. and he's suggesting to several people that they should, you know, avoid social media and certainly avoid posting things social posting things on social media, which of course, always the which is of course, always the danger this time , isn't it, danger at this time, isn't it, that people can post all sorts of online and which can of things online and which can cause pressure to the cause added pressure to the families ? uh, but the

families? uh, but the investigation is going very well families? uh, but the invfar.gation is going very well families? uh, but the invfar. fourn is going very well families? uh, but the invfar. four arrests ng very well families? uh, but the invfar. four arrests made,r well so far. four arrests made, hopefully more to come . hopefully more to come. >> okay. thank you very much. jeff moody, live from bristol. we'll have lots more on that story there's story at 5:00. and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped make the fastest helped to make it the fastest growing website in growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much. now time for the great british giveaway. and you really could be our next big winner with an incredible £18,000 in cash up for grabs . do you fancy cash up for grabs. do you fancy a chance to win it? well, here's all the details that you need to enter. >> there's an incredible £18,000 in cash to won be in the latest great british giveaway . totally great british giveaway. totally tax free cash that you could do whatever you like with that works out to be an extra £1,500 to play with each month for a whole year. money to make each month just a little bit better . month just a little bit better. you could put it towards monthly treats , save it for a rainy day treats, save it for a rainy day orjust use it to take treats, save it for a rainy day or just use it to take the pressure off in 2024 for your chance to win £18,000 in tax

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tonight. gb news, the people's channel tonight. gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel . channel, britain's news channel. >> welcome back 443 you're watching all the things martin daubney on gb news. now the eu is drawing up plans to cripple the hungarian economy if it blocks a ,50 billion aid package for ukraine at a summit in brussels this week, officials have proposed targeting budapest's economy by attempting to trigger a run on the country's currency and collapse investor confidence , chance to investor confidence, chance to hit jobs and growth in a confidential documents drawn up ahead of the leaders meeting .

ahead of the leaders meeting. meanwhile, labour's votes will be boosted by a change in voting rules introduced by the conservative government that will enfranchise an extra 2 million british expats at the next general election , according next general election, according to academic research , with many to academic research, with many of those, of course, living across the european union. so we can now speak with brussels based journalist jack parekh. jack welcome to the show for a summary of the latest round of eu madness . let's start with eu madness. let's start with hungary . an astonishing face off hungary. an astonishing face off between the eu and hungary over hungary. basically not toeing the line on a bloc vote on a ukrainian package of aid deal and the repercussions could be huge. and the repercussions could be huge . yeah, it's a really, huge. yeah, it's a really, really big story today here in brussels. this document that the financial times got its hands on, which basically says that the european union could consider sabotaging the hunganan consider sabotaging the hungarian economy if it doesn't

get hungary on in line at this. eu leaders meeting that we're having. >> it's a special meeting on thursday, just to deal with this issue of trying to renege , issue of trying to renege, associate the eu's entire budget to get ,50 billion in aid to the ukrainians . ukrainians. >> now viktor orban, the hunganan >> now viktor orban, the hungarian prime minister, has exercised his veto on this ,50 billion for a long time now. >> he is considered pro—russian. >> he is considered pro—russian. >> he's considered by many to be in the pocket of russian president vladimir putin and that's why he's blocking this . that's why he's blocking this. he says that it is a point of principle for the hungarian government , but principle for the hungarian government, but his principle for the hungarian government , but his spokespeople government, but his spokespeople have come out today as this document was leaked, saying that this is a clear attempt by brussels to blackmail the hunganans brussels to blackmail the hungarians into coming on board with this ukrainian funding. now it's a really difficult thing for the european union . what for the european union. what they're saying a lot of eu officials have been briefing that this document is just an idea. it'sjust a that this document is just an idea. it's just a suggestion and it's not the actual eu position.

but for the hungarians , they're but for the hungarians, they're they're seeing this like a, like a red rag to a bull. they are not happy about it. and jack, when you look at the numbers, um, hungary is the third biggest recipient of money from the european union block. it takes from the eu from across the 27 member states around . ,4.2 member states around. ,4.2 billion every year. so for that money to be choked off simply because they won't go along with a bloc vote, would destroy the economy, put a run on the currency and send a huge shockwave through the european union itself. yeah, it would , union itself. yeah, it would, and it would also have really big ramifications about how the eu operates and what it does to its member states that don't don't sort of toe the line how hungary always exercises its vetoes on multiple issues that it doesn't like, and is considered the sort of thorn in the side of eu lawmaking. but what's interesting on this one is internationally , it really is internationally, it really doesn't have very much support because what it's doing is

blocking the ukraine funding. >> and most of its international friends with the exception of russia, are very keen on getting that money to ukraine to support it, to deal with its own economic woes and to continue the fight against the russian, um, invasion . um, invasion. >> what happened at the last eu summit , >> what happened at the last eu summit, which is when all the 27 leaders of the eu get together here in brussels that took place in december, there was a there was another issue on ukraine that was approved, which essentially was for ukraine's, uh , accession, which is its plan uh, accession, which is its plan to become a member. the start of that process to be officially approved. and it got approved because the hungarian prime minister, viktor orban , got up minister, viktor orban, got up and left the room, allowing the other 26 leaders to vote unanimously, which is what a decision like that needs. we don't know whether something like that is going to happen at this summit on thursday, but it looks like the sparks are going to fly. this is going be to fly. this is going to be a big between the big bust up between the hunganan big bust up between the hungarian and other hungarian and the other eu

partners . partners. >> and jack, it sends out a clear message . if you toe clear message. if you don't toe the go with the bloc the line and go with the bloc vote, then it could potentially the line and go with the bloc vote you n it could potentially the line and go with the bloc vote you billions.d potentially the line and go with the bloc vote you billions.d |euros.ally cost you billions of euros. another story to put another story i'd like to put before your attention, jack, is this change to the expo voting rules for british citizens living in the european bloc could have an unexpected impact on the next general election . on the next general election. >> yeah , it could, uh, just over >> yeah, it could, uh, just over a week ago , nearly two weeks a week ago, nearly two weeks ago, the british government decided that they would allow citizens, british citizens who've lived abroad for more than 15 years to vote by proxy in the upcoming election that we obviously expect before the end of the year. as you mentioned, the sort of perceived the wide sort of perceived wisdom is that this would help the labour vote, but we also know that conservative party know that the conservative party have hired special voter registration coordinators or at least they advertise for that job, to try and get those voters probably signed up for the tory vote . it's going to put a real vote. it's going to put a real sort of stick in the mud. it's going to change the way that the vote works. overseas will

vote works. overseas voters will be in the place vote works. overseas voters will be they in the place vote works. overseas voters will be they were in the place vote works. overseas voters will be they were last he place vote works. overseas voters will be they were last registered . that they were last registered. but what does that mean? might they marginal voting they go for marginal voting seats? might people with tactical look, seems like tactical voting look, seems like there's a lot of coordination to try and get this to get this in flux, because at the moment we don't by don't know what this decision by the government the tory government to bring these in is these overseas voters in is going to mean in the upcoming election going to mean in the upcoming ele�*great fantastic >> great stuff. a fantastic update what's on in update of what's going on in brussels. you very much. brussels. thank you very much. brussels. thank you very much. brussels journalist jack brussels based journalist jack parekh. always a pleasure. very enlightening stuff. now, if you need file a tax return, need to file a tax return, there's not long before wednesday's and it wednesday's deadline and it turns out the tax man has been cashing in on those who can't or don't pay their tax bill on time . hmrc has raked in a record £346 million in interest last year alone in late payment fines , charging an eye—watering 7.75% interest rate more than double the 159 million in late payments in 2022. but what does all of this tax we pay actually get spent on? well, tell us more.

here's our economics and business editor liam halligan, with on the money reporter . liam with on the money reporter. liam halligan . welcome to the show. halligan. welcome to the show. always a pleasure . so, liam. always a pleasure. so, liam. yeah, i filed my tax return dutifully at the weekend. i clicked on a button. what is your tax get spent on? i almost spat out my cornflakes . can you spat out my cornflakes. can you share with us how the tax cash is in britain . liam . he is spent in britain. liam. he can't hear us right this where this came from? >> i couldn't actually hear. >> i couldn't actually hear. >> okay, i'm going to sort of fill in on this. i fill my tax return at the weekend, and i was absolutely astonished when i clicked on a link. anybody can see government see it's on your government gateway return. is my tax gateway return. how is my tax spent? you click on it and when you numbers, it's you see the numbers, it's absolutely i watering top of the list. perhaps unsurprisingly, is health. the nhs 19.8. what do health. the nhs19.8. what do you think would come next? well

just point 2. behind that is benefits, welfare to an astonishing 19.6% of our of our tax return. every penny, every poundin tax return. every penny, every pound in tax, 19.6% on benefits. and that's that's welfare alone. now next next is national debt interest. i think liam is back with us. liam, we got your favourite bit here, mate . liam favourite bit here, mate. liam our favourite bit. national debt servicing. so the interest on britain's national debt now at the moment that stands i think at about £26 trillion, it's the highest it's ever been. and liam , the interest alone on our national debt makes up how much percentage of the total tax spend. >> and i'll come to that in a minute. martin i'm sorry i couldn't you, just to couldn't hear you, but just to say, reassure say, we need to reassure viewers here need do here that you do need to do a tax return wednesday, but here that you do need to do a tax riern wednesday, but here that you do need to do a tax rif you're wednesday, but here that you do need to do a tax rif you're self—employed. if only if you're self—employed. if you've got a side hustle business as well as your regular

employment , business as well as your regular employment, or if you earn over £100,000. so most of us don't have to do tax returns, but some of us do. it's worth saying that the tax man charges 7.5% interest. if you're late paying your self—assessment tax, but if the tax man owes you interest for a rebate and they don't pay you, they only give you 4.5. i guess them's the breaks. but let's go to on what you were filling in there , martin. let's filling in there, martin. let's have a look at on the money graphic, because it wouldn't be on the money without a graphic, would this is would it? we see here this is where does all our tax revenue go. and it really is instructive . just under 20% of our tax revenue goes on health. that's the nhs for the most part . and the nhs for the most part. and then there's welfare that's benefit sits apart from the state pension . we'll come to state pension. we'll come to that. that's around 20% as well 19.6 the thing that i think is really striking is that the debts that the government pays , debts that the government pays, the interest the government pays on the national debt . when the on the national debt. when the government borrows money, it has

to pay investors who lend money to pay investors who lend money to government at interest to the government at interest regularly . that's 12% of all tax regularly. that's 12% of all tax revenue , £0.12 in every pound of revenue, £0.12 in every pound of tax you pay goes to the investors who are lending the government money, and that's profit for them. and often their overseas investors , by the way. overseas investors, by the way. so the money leaves economy . so the money leaves the economy. we've basic state we've got the basic state pension education at pension at 10. and education at 9.9. and that's and defence at 5.2. so for me that's really galling. we spend more on debt, interest servicing the government's debt than we do on education. and we spend more than twice as much on debt interest as we do on defence. martin, at a time when the world is getting more dangerous, when geopolitical tensions are cranking up, it really is a pretty incredible state of affairs . affairs. >> and when you look at those numbers in totality, briefly, if we could, liam, that's not a healthy economy. that's an economy propping up those who aren't able to work or are too

to old work and or paying off a debt , this can't carry on the debt, this can't carry on the welfare bill is high, as you say, and the fact that we're ageing as a society and more old people out of work compared to young people in work , paying tax young people in work, paying tax and paying for those benefits certainly means that we've got our work cut out to get back on the on the fiscal straight and narrow, if you like. >> and again , the fact that >> and again, the fact that we're paying £0.12 in every tax pound on debt interest that isn't really sustained able in my view, tough choices to be made, tough choices to be explained by our political and media class. but are we up to it? >> well, that's the big question. liam halligan. thank you as ever. superb stuff . it you as ever. superb stuff. it just really kind of makes me think what state of a nation we are in if we are spending four times more on welfare than we are on defence at a time when they tell us we're heading towards world war iii, what kind of economy is that? we'll have much more on that and that live debate in the lords on the rwanda bill coming up after this

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boats plan and are we on the bnnk boats plan and are we on the brink of world war iii? with growing tensions in the middle east, donald trump has waded in and accused president biden of failing to stop the escalation of conflicts. but would we be safer under a trump presidency ? safer under a trump presidency? we, and following across on the terraces in an fa cup clash yesterday between west bromwich albion and wolves, i'm asking , albion and wolves, i'm asking, is football in the gutter? and both the king and the princess of wales have returned from hospital. we'll get an update later on their state of their health. and that's all coming up in your next hour. health. and that's all coming up in your next hour . and as usual, in your next hour. and as usual, i'd like to hear from you. stick around. we've got that just in welby speech. he's been speaking with the other lords and ladies and peers in the house of lords about the rwanda bill. looks like they're ganging up to try and stop it. call me a conspiracy theorist. email me

gbviews@gbnews.com. but first, here's time for your latest news headunes here's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin. thank you and good evening to you. well, there are fears this evening that tensions in the middle east may escalate further after a drone attack killed three american troops and injured 24 others in jordan. the prime minister urged iran to work towards de—escalating the situation , while president biden situation, while president biden vowed to hold those responsible to account . tehran has responded to account. tehran has responded . it says it wasn't behind the attack . instead, it accused attack. instead, it accused america of trying to incite more people and expand the crisis . people and expand the crisis. it's fuelled fears of a wider conflict in the region and the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said concerns are growing. >> my thoughts are with the family of those that have been killed in the middle east. these attacks in jordan , which are to attacks in jordan, which are to be condemned and those that carried out the attacks, have to be held to account. i am

concerned about the possibility of escalation of an already dangerous situation in the middle east. so we have to see this is in that context first and do everything that we can to ensure there isn't the escalate of the conflict . of the conflict. >> sir keir starmer well, news here at home and two more people aged 20 and 22 have been arrested in connection with the deaths of two teenage boys who were fatally stabbed in bristol. 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 year old man and a 15 year old boy were also arrested. they remain in custody , police have said this afternoon . the investigation is afternoon. the investigation is progressing and they're committed to holding those responsible to account . the team responsible to account. the team investigating this awful incident are working around the clock to identify those involved

and develop a full understanding of what happened , and i fully of what happened, and i fully expect that we will be making more arrests in due course. >> these were two young men who had their whole lives in front of them, and our thoughts are with at this with their families at this extremely difficult time . we extremely difficult time. we have specialist officers in place , providing them with place, providing them with support and keeping the family informed of developments . informed of developments. >> avon and somerset police speaking there . now police are speaking there. now police are trying to trace a mother after a newborn baby was found stillborn in a pub toilet in yorkshire . in a pub toilet in yorkshire. the little baby girl was discovered at the three horseshoes near leeds , horseshoes near leeds, yesterday. detectives say the baby's death was attributable to a stillbirth that may have happened while in the cubicle. detective chief inspector james entwistle says police are now very concerned for the mother's welfare . welfare. >> i'm not here to arrest you. i'm not here to arrest anyone else. i'm here to make sure i understand what's happened and make sure that you get the

medical attention . that you medical attention. that you need. and so i'm appealing to the mother of this baby girl directly . please get touch directly. please get in touch with getting touch with our with us. getting touch with our nhs colleagues and please make sure that we can get you the care need . care that you need. >> now, a special review has been ordered into the nhs mental health trust, which treated been ordered into the nhs mental health trust , which treated the health trust, which treated the man who went on to kill three people in nottingham last year. valdo calocane was given a hospital order after a court heard he'd been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia . the 32 paranoid schizophrenia. the 32 year old stabbed barnaby weber. grace o'malley kumar and ian coates and tried to kill three other pedestrians with a vehicle . the families of the victims have questioned the care calocane received and condemned the disgusting lack of calls for a public inquiry into the triple killing . now, as you've been killing. now, as you've been heanng killing. now, as you've been hearing , the rwanda bill is back hearing, the rwanda bill is back in the house of lords with the country's safety again being questioned. the second reading of the bill follows a busy

weekend for border force officials , with gb news officials, with gb news understanding around . 350 understanding around. 350 illegal migrants tried to cross the english channel, taking the total to over 1000 people so far this year. well the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby , of canterbury, justin welby, said that we as a nation must do better than the bill. >> the government is continuing to seek good objectives in the wrong way. leading the nation down a damaging path , it is down a damaging path, it is damaging for asylum seekers in need of protection and safe and legal routes to be heard for this. it is damaging for this country's reputation , which it country's reputation, which it contradicts even as late as last week, where the prime minister himself spoke eloquently on the value and importance of international law for this country . country. >> justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, speaking there now , his majesty the king has now, his majesty the king has left hospital in central london

after three nights there following a procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. it's expected he could take up to a month from his public duties off while he continues with his convalescence . meanwhile, the convalescence. meanwhile, the princess of wales, who's also been recovering from surgery but hers, of course, planned abdominal surgery, was discharged from hospital today. she's returned to her home in windsor. she's said to be making good progress after her operation . the prime minister operation. the prime minister says he's taking strong action to protect children from vaping dunng to protect children from vaping during a school visit to county durham today, which is, sunak said he wants to stamp out the habit among young people by banning disposable vapes. it's understood the ban will come into force within the next year. if you're watching on tv for the latest stories , sign up to gb latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. this is gb news britain's news channel .

news britain's news channel. >> thank you paul. now lots still to get through, but between now and 6:00 i'm going to start. what's happening this afternoon? of course , in the afternoon? of course, in the house . and these are house of lords. and these are live pictures of peers who are discussing the rwanda safety bill. one might be asleep in the background there. this for background there. this is for the can clarke the second time. can clarke speaking there? of course, the debate whether country debate is on whether the country is a safe place for the uk to deport illegal migrants to the prime minister's official, spokesman said today the bill is a key part of how we stop violent criminal gangs targeting vulnerable people. that has led to too many deaths in the engush to too many deaths in the english channel. but there's much opposition to rishi sunak plan, with amendments expected to cause huge delays to the legislation . and meanwhile, all legislation. and meanwhile, all of this comes as 388 people crossed the channel in just seven small boats over the weekend . and, according to the weekend. and, according to the home office, figures , taking the home office, figures, taking the total who've made the crossing thus far this year. recall it's

only january to an astonishing . only january to an astonishing. 1057 now, as expected, the archbishop of canterbury , justin archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has voiced his opposition. kal surprise the rwanda safety bill in the house of lords this afternoon. and here's a wee snippet of what he had to say. >> we can, as a nation, do better than this . bill with this better than this. bill with this bill, the government is continuing to seek good objectives in the wrong way, leading the nation down a damaging path . it is damaging damaging path. it is damaging for asylum seekers in need of protection and safe and legal routes to be heard . for this, it routes to be heard. for this, it is damaging for this country's reputation , which it contradicts reputation, which it contradicts even as late as last week, where the prime minister himself spoke eloquently on the value and importance of international law for this country. it is damaging

in respect of constitutional principles and the rule of law , principles and the rule of law, and most of all, my lords, it is damaging for our nation's unity in a time when the greatest issues of war, peace, defence and security need us to be united. >> well, that was justin welby there, speaking in the rwanda bait in the house of lords a short while ago. i'm joined in the studio by our political edhon the studio by our political editor, chris hope . you were editor, chris hope. you were rolling your eyes a bit. there chris. serious matter . we chris. but serious matter. we have justin welby saying this is damaging our country's reputation and an apocalyptic vision . welby, in his speech he vision. welby, in his speech he said, we need a strategy for refugee policy , chris, which refugee policy, chris, which equips us for the far greater migration flows, perhaps ten times greater in coming decades as a result of conflict and climate change. >> so what's his answer? >> so what's his answer? >> is the question the government might ask him. i

mean, it's all very well saying these things in the house of lords, what what the lords, but what what is the alternative i mean , alternative you've got? i mean, he said there that it's damaging depher relations, unity. we can and will do better. it's been pretty one traffic, so pretty much one way traffic, so far. debate started at about far. the debate started at about 3:10. , david 3:10. lord blunkett, david blunkett, the former home secretary called frankly secretary, called it frankly ridiculous . secretary, called it frankly ridiculous. it's nothing secretary, called it frankly ridiculous . it's nothing that he ridiculous. it's nothing that he said the rwanda plan is nothing to do with finding solutions. it's having to do with virtue signalling to particular part signalling to a particular part of to of the electorate. going back to the the the point about uniting the country, the point about uniting the counwelby , lord german, who was lord welby, lord german, who was lib peer. he says the bill lib dem peer. he says the bill places the uk at risk of breaching commitments under breaching our commitments under international lord international law. lord ponsonby, who is a shadow labour home affairs spokesman, said the same threatens uk's same it threatens uk's compliance international compliance with international law. um others ? not all the same law. um others? not all the same way though. daniel hannan, who is a eurosceptic , former mep, is a eurosceptic, former mep, you know, from the european parliament, martin, he said you can easily list these defects, but what is a plausible and credible alternative to rwanda?

other countries, the government would say, are looking at protesting illegally arrived migrants outside of their of their own borders . this goes one their own borders. this goes one step further by deporting them to rwanda. the idea as the government says, is to break this model of the people smugglers make it work that smugglers and make it work that way. that's the idea you'll hear more going through more of the same going through tonight some, tonight. some some, some defenders of the government will will speak. frost is one will speak. lord frost is one um, the foundation of um, and the foundation of migration. watch lord green andrew gwynne as we knew him when active in that in when he was active in that in that warning that organisation warning about migration going back two decades that organisation warning about migrtbutl going back two decades that organisation warning about migrtbut igoing back two decades that organisation warning about migrtbut i think back two decades that organisation warning about migrtbut i think you; two decades that organisation warning about migrtbut i think you are) decades that organisation warning about migrtbut i think you are going des now. but i think you are going to see a lot of this. and it will through tonight. the lib will go through tonight. the lib dems probably vote against dems will probably vote against it . labour it should it. labour won't vote. it should carry, for the carry, therefore for the government. strength of government. but the strength of feeling for future feeling bodes ill for the future of this bill as it goes towards the amendment stage in two weeks time the direct line of time and the direct line of travel with all this endless cogitate on the house of cogitate on in the house of lords, is they want to water it down. >> they want to at least put the feeling in the commons that this is to be unpopular and is

is going to be unpopular and is all of this. i know i keep saying it, echoing of brexit. is this a joined up way of causing collateral and political damage to rishi sunak ? to rishi sunak? >> yeah, well there is risk here. you have an unelected here. you have got an unelected house depher being the elected house of commons, we have heard from matt warman, who's the vice chairman one nation chairman of the one nation caucus. he's saying that the caucus. he's saying that if the bill amended to bill comes back amended to weaken even the left wing weaken it, even the left wing tories, such as they are, will vote to strengthen it . maybe not vote to strengthen it. maybe not all of them, maybe not robert buckland, most of them will buckland, but most of them will vote behind government vote behind the government to put it and put it back to where it was and take this constitutional take on this constitutional battle of lords. battle with the house of lords. i'm back to lord welby i'm going back to lord welby there. go to there. some people who go to church why the church might wonder why the unelected bishops are doing this. i mean, there were i think there were 20 or so bishops appointed each year by by the church of england. and it's maybe anachronism for some, maybe an anachronism for some, um, iran has clerics deciding law . few other countries , modern law. few other countries, modern day countries have the same . um, day countries have the same. um, they do get it right sometimes i

think , for example, with, um, think, for example, with, um, highly addictive um, terminals in super casinos back in the day when he was being pushed through by the labour government, when he was being pushed through by the labour government , they by the labour government, they opposed it. fact, the opposed it. in fact, the archbishop of canterbury opposed it. this as it. so clearly they see this as a a to hill die on a place where a to hill die on almost a battle. they have to win. but whether that is seen by the country, i'm sure . the wider country, i'm not sure. >> okay, chris, thank you very much. debate rolls on, much. in that debate rolls on, we will be covering much. in that debate rolls on, we throughout.l be covering much. in that debate rolls on, we throughout outs covering much. in that debate rolls on, we throughout out the yering much. in that debate rolls on, we throughout out the evening that throughout out the evening and on it tomorrow. and reflecting on it tomorrow. of course , now, the prime of course, now, the prime minister and the foreign secretary are urging iran to de—escalate tensions in the middle east after an attack killed three american troops in jordan. i'm now also joined by former labour defence minister bill rammell. bill, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. so as the former defence minister, you must be eyeing what's happening in the middle east with a certain sense of trepidation, perhaps even the historical legacy of former wars in the middle east. what's your feeling? donald trump waiting today ? they saying we're heading today? they saying we're heading towards world war iii.

>> we cannot be heading towards world war iii because we're talking about states that have potentially got nuclear weapons. >> and that would bring a nuclear conflict, which would be the end of humanity. >> and the fact that trump is saying verge of saying we're on the verge of world war think world war iii, i think demonstrates how much dangerous, more dangerous the world would be he returned to the white house. >> but the situation in is really concerning . the really concerning. the escalation , uh, with iranian escalation, uh, with iranian backed militias attacking american troops in jordan and whether they were iranian backed militias or or directed militias is an important one at the moment. i think they were backed, which means that it wasn't a deliberate iranian directed assault . nevertheless, directed assault. nevertheless, it is a real cause for concern. i think there needs to be a considerable and considerable response from the us, backed by the uk, backed by the eu. that will probably take the form of missile attacks on militia camps

in eastern syria or northwest, uh, iran . but it needs alongside uh, iran. but it needs alongside that a diplomatic track. and that's why the us had been making clear they've got no intention to have a direct conflict with iran. they don't want a wider middle east conflict . and that's why sunak conflict. and that's why sunak and cameron have come in, in, in today and said iran needs to de—escalate the situation . de—escalate the situation. >> do you think iran will listen ? i mean, they're not famed for being cooperative, especially if they're funding and supplying and arming the houthi rebels at arm's length. we've already bombed , um, a huge number of bombed, um, a huge number of targets . that doesn't seem to targets. that doesn't seem to have stopped them. in fact, they seem to becoming emboldened by upping the ante and attacking american troops. and surely the americans will have to respond in kind . in kind. >> well, look, i mean , there's >> well, look, i mean, there's no doubt iran wants hegemony and control of the middle east. and if you, uh, talk to people in the middle east and i've lived and worked in middle and worked in the middle east, in kurdistan , varne there in iraqi kurdistan, varne there is loathing for iran amongst the

arab states and amongst its peoples. um, so being no doubt our iran is a serious concern. but i don't think at this stage iran does want direct confrontation. you know, they had the opportunity in gaza to actually push, uh, hezbollah to intervene from the north. they chose not to do that. and and, uh, hamas, uh, have been disappointed by that lack of iranian action. and i think iran does respond and to pressure. so i think there needs to be a concerted push back from the international community. there needs to be legitimate and proportionate response from the us , backed by us, backed by us, backed by us, backed by others , hitting those militia others, hitting those militia groups in the areas that i've talked about. but there needs to be that diplomatic pressure and push as well to try and, uh, avert this situation escalating out of control . out of control. >> and, bill, how do you think this conflict would look? say,

for example, if keir starmer were the prime minister, we have a labour party at the moment seems very divided , headed on seems very divided, headed on the of the middle east. the issue of the middle east. would a problem during would that be a problem during times conflict ? times of conflict? >> no, i think i actually think if you look at the history of conflicts , uh, there is conflicts, uh, there is generally by partisan agreement between the conservatives in government and labour in opposition and vice versa. uh, and i think that the stance that sunak and cameron are taking today of saying that, you know , today of saying that, you know, there needs to be a response , there needs to be a response, uh, to what the militia groups have done. but there also needs to be, uh, pressure on iran to de—escalate. those are exactly the actions that a labour government under keir starmer would be taking. and rightly so. where you see a lack of cross party consensus, you can see that coming in the united states, where there's now a growing gulf in foreign policy terms between the democrats and

the republicans, led by trump. and i think that's a real cause for concern. >> okay, former labour defence minister bill rammell, thank you very much for joining minister bill rammell, thank you very much forjoining us on gb news. so donald trump says president biden has pushed us to the brink of world war iii. well, we can now speak with former white house adviser to donald trump, sebastian corker said. welcome to the show . so, said. welcome to the show. so, um, first off, a superb speech, a superb speech you gave at the oxford union, very much enjoyed that. but back to the topic of the day. do you think that the world is closer to world war iii now because joe biden is seen as weak on the international stage with out a doubt. i don't know who your cretinous prior guest was, but that comment, well, it can't be on the brink of world war iii because we have nuclear powered nations involved . what powered nations involved. what is that? is that like , uh, is that? is that like, uh, disney fairy dust talk ? disney fairy dust talk? >> what? >> what? >> you can't go to war just because somebody has nuclear weapons. >> i guess he missed the cold

war and how we were on the brink of it more than once with regards to cuba and operation ryan in the 1980s. >> i mean, what a buffoon . and >> i mean, what a buffoon. and then comment about, well , then that comment about, well, we can't have trump back in the white then white house because then it really dangerous . really would be dangerous. >> well, whoever you are, >> well, bill, whoever you are, let me remind you of something. for the four years we were in the white house there were no new wars . we leave the oval new wars. we leave the oval office and what happens? oh, look , surrender in afghanistan . look, surrender in afghanistan. >> oh, look, ukraine invaded again. oh, look. slaughter of the innocents in israel. so not surprised. he's a former labour pol. what cretinous individual they hire? uh, president trump needs to be back in the white house january the 21st. next year. house january the 21st. next year . because otherwise this year. because otherwise this senile old buffoon will get us into world war iii. um bill rammell is a decent fellow. i think he's a bit harsh to use such language . yeah, well, that. such language. yeah, well, that. well, that's opinion . will well, that's your opinion. will have war. we did not. it's not an . what did have for

an opinion. what did we have for four years under president trump? gorka trump? it's not seb gorka opinion. we no no new wars . opinion. we had no no new wars. putin was afraid of us. little kim was afraid of us. the mullahs were afraid of us. i mean, we crushed isis in a matter of months. we declared war on the physical caliphate of isis . we unleashed the green isis. we unleashed the green berets. we unleashed jsoc, and we destroyed them. as i said in the oxford speech, our enemies were afraid and our friends were reassured . that person, whoever reassured. that person, whoever he is , has no idea what he is he is, has no idea what he is talking about. unless, of course , he's just a propagandist . , he's just a propagandist. okay, so onto that topic of donald trump's sheer unpredictability. a lot of people say that's a deficit. those who don't like him. but perhaps that unpredictable ability keeps unpredictable tyrants on their toes and actually is an asset at times like this as well. >> look at what's happened in just the last 90 minutes here in the united states. so the figures are shocking since the

slaughter of our israeli brethren on october 7th, the biggest loss of life since the show, since the holocaust, we have had more than 100 attacks on us forces in the middle east over 100 attacks, my friend, by iranian backed militias , by iranian backed militias, by drone strikes, by houthis, etc. then what happens at the weekend? >> three of our war fighters are murdered in jordan. jordan of all places . they are murdered by all places. they are murdered by an iranian drone strike. and what does biden say ? he said what does biden say? he said today, publicly said , uh, we today, publicly said, uh, we will take action. even if president trump were in the white house a it wouldn't have happened. had happened, happened. b if it had happened, we have killed the we would have already killed the people responsible as we did with soleimani, as did with with soleimani, as we did with al on our watch. we al baghdadi on our watch. we killed the most dangerous terrorist in the world. we didn't jaw jaw about it. we just turned them into red mist. everybody, the guys in everybody, all the bad guys in the world have got biden's number. he's senile, he's feckless , he's weak. that's why feckless, he's weak. that's why they invaded ukraine. that's why

hamas killed all those jews in israel . another ten months of israel. another ten months of this until the election. lord, preserve us. >> okay , sebastian gorka, we >> okay, sebastian gorka, we have to leave it there. never pulling your punches as ever. thank you. >> does that inspire? does that inspire confidence? that doddenng inspire confidence? that doddering old git. thank you, my friend . friend. >> well, you made your opinions very clear. seb gorka . thank you >> well, you made your opinions very much seb gorka . thank you >> well, you made your opinions very much .yeb gorka . thank you >> well, you made your opinions very much . noworka . thank you >> well, you made your opinions very much . now what thank you >> well, you made your opinions very much . now what would you do very much. now what would you do with an extra £1,500 each month very much. now what would you do wit a an extra £1,500 each month very much. now what would you do wit a whole'a £1,500 each month very much. now what would you do wit a whole year?00 each month very much. now what would you do wit a whole year? well,ch month very much. now what would you do wit a whole year? well, yomonth for a whole year? well, you could win that in a great british giveaway as an incredible £18,000 cash is up for grabs . and here's how to for grabs. and here's how to make all of that loot yours. we wanted ten, 20, 24 into 2020. >> more with your chance to win £18,000 in cash to spend however you like. you really could be the next big winner of our great british giveaway. phil from west yorkshire won our last one. listen to his reaction when we gave him the news. i never won a pennyin

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sunday. fans fighting at the fa cup match led officers injured and fans bloodied. police have vowed for further arrests after what's happened in the west midlands. detectives called completely unacceptable behaviour . completely unacceptable behaviour. and completely unacceptable behaviour . and join me now to behaviour. and join me now to discuss. this is the football writer. the legend of fleet street, harry harris. harry, welcome to the show, harry. we thought we'd left this sort of stuff behind in the 1980s. um, disgraceful scenes on the terraces yesterday , but how terraces yesterday, but how indicative are these moments of the modern game? or is actually the modern game? or is actually the game becoming much safer ? the game becoming much safer? >> well , i go the game becoming much safer? >> well, i go back to the game becoming much safer? >> well , i go back to those >> well, i go back to those times of the 80s. obviously i remember ken bates and his electric fence. uh, maggie and her id cards . electric fence. uh, maggie and her id cards. um, they had no answers back then , and i'm answers back then, and i'm afraid they've got no answers now. all these years later. i think if you believe this is an isolated case, you'd be deluding yourself. and i think the football authorities have been deluding for many deluding themselves for many years. clearly, you know, i years. um clearly, you know, i was at hillsborough . and what

was at hillsborough. and what happened, uh, with, uh, lord justice taylor and create an all seater stadium that was a step in the right direction. and it's been minimising these kind of scenes for a long time. but they are isolated. they're still out there . it's very much like there. it's very much like racism in football. you know, everyone believes it doesn't exist anymore. and that this kind violence exist kind of violence doesn't exist anymore . it's delusional. um anymore. it's delusional. um they're in denial. and i'm afraid that we're going to have afraid that we're going to have a government independent regulator. they've no regulator. i believe they've no clue what to do about this, as indeed the football authorities have had no clue for so long. you know, ground closures, partial closures , life bans for partial closures, life bans for fans, even criminal fences for fans. it's all been tried , none fans. it's all been tried, none of it successfully. but look, my view is this financial penalties are being taken seriously . now are being taken seriously. now we dock everton ten points and made.com for nottingham forest. we may dock points or football authorities may dock in points, but surely such draconian . but surely such draconian. measures should be applicable to violence. it'sjust measures should be applicable to violence. it's just as abhorrent as financial irregularities .

as financial irregularities. >> but harry, when you look at the long terme arrests in football , they have been on a football, they have been on a downward trend for many years now. there's been a recent upfick now. there's been a recent uptick because the inclusion in class a drugs in football grounds is what i'm trying to establish, is a sense of perspective. we can all admit these horrific, but these scenes are horrific, but are they actually indicative of the vast majority of people who go to the football and have a perfectly enjoyable and safe time? >> well, point about the, >> well, first point about the, um, statistics about these, this kind of violence. i mean, i was at hillsborough. i gave a statement to the police and that was duly covered up because it didn't actually say what they wanted to say. and we found out since then about all the mistakes the police made at hillsborough. um, i, i, i firmly believe that , um, it was flagged believe that, um, it was flagged up as a, as a potentially dangerous match, but how much are clubs paying for policing in their stadium ? how much can they their stadium? how much can they afford to pay for policing in their stadium? is it properly policed? i doubt it.

their stadium? is it properly policed? i doubt it . are there policed? i doubt it. are there enough stewards? i doubt it and even when it was flagged up as a flashpoint , no matter what flashpoint, no matter what amount of policing was stewarding, there was in my view it would have been not enough. so, you know, it's a financial aspect as well. you know, money not flowing down to these clubs as should do from the premier as it should do from the premier league. you know, arguments league. uh, you know, arguments for now, how much the for years now, how much the premier league should contribute to, to clubs down the to, to clubs lower down the pyramid . it's still been pyramid. it's still not been settled. this is why the settled. and this is why the game cannot possibly regulate itself. but don't have enough itself. but i don't have enough faith in the government regulating the game. okay . regulating the game. okay. >> thank you very much. we have to leave it there. harry harris thanks for joining us. to leave it there. harry harris thanks forjoining us. a legend of street. for your of fleet street. thanks for your take. now lots take. now there's lots more still between and still to come between now and 6:00. the latest 6:00. according to the latest home astounding 6:00. according to the latest home burglaries astounding 6:00. according to the latest home burglaries astyunsolved 200,000 burglaries went unsolved in england and wales last year. but first, your latest news headunes but first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst

. the headlines this hour. >> two more people aged 20 and 22 have been arrested in connection with the deaths of two teenage boys who were fatally stabbed in bristol at the weekend. flora 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 year old saturday night. a 44 year old man and 15 year old boy have man and a 15 year old boy have already they already been arrested. they remain custody . there are remain in custody. there are fears evening that tensions fears this evening that tensions in the middle east could escalate after attack escalate after a drone attack killed three american troops and injured 34 others in jordan , the injured 34 others in jordan, the prime minister urged iran to work towards de—escalating the situation. president biden has vowed to hold those responsible to account, but tehran has responded, saying it wasn't behind the attack, instead accusing america of trying to incite and expand the crisis. the foreign secretary , lord the foreign secretary, lord cameron, here said the attacks were unacceptable . were unacceptable. >> today we've issued sanctions

against seven individuals and one organisation connected with iran because, frankly , they were iran because, frankly, they were carrying out threats to kill people here in this country completely unacceptable. >> and that's why we've acted these sanctions are asset freezes and travel bans. and this is now comes on top of 400 individual deals connected with iran that we've issued sanctions on in the past. >> it's completely unacceptable behaviour and we will always respond and rapidly and lord cameron, police are trying to trace a mother after a baby was found stillborn in a pub toilet in yorkshire . in yorkshire. >> the baby girl was discovered at the three horseshoes near leeds , yesterday. detectives say leeds, yesterday. detectives say the baby's death was attributable to a stillbirth that may have happened while in the cubicle, and the prime minister says he's taking strong action to protect children from vaping. during a school visit to county durham today, rishi sunak said he wants to stamp out the habit among young people by banning disposable , able

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report. >> thank you polly. >> thank you polly. >> now it's my favourite point of the show again because joining me now is michelle dewberry dewbs& co. of course 6 or 7 after this jubes it's monday, our first in settlement of michelle. what you got on your menu and i'm back tonight. >> i've missed you all over these last few days. well, of course i want to about the course i want to talk about the usual things i know, some of which as which you've been discussing as well. iii. are we well. world war iii. are we really brink of that really on the brink of that or not? i also want to talk as well about this. really interesting thing that's unfolded in london. long story short , apparently long story short, apparently some with a knife as , uh, some guy with a knife as, uh, you know, these stories by now gonein you know, these stories by now gone in and started some trouble with people . anyway, with some people. anyway, the bit story i'm bit of the story that i'm interested community interested in is the community patrol trust's chemring. it's called they've basically helped tackle this guy to the ground and helped and now an arrest that's apparently related has been made. anyway, it's got me thinking, martin, is this what we more of broader and more we need more of broader and more street patrol in our society used to have things like guardian angels . i don't know if

guardian angels. i don't know if people will remember those with a red berets because, look, we've police on the we've got less police on the streets. seem to not be able streets. you seem to not be able to go a day now so without to go a day now or so without stabbings taking place. many people now wandering the streets with doing with knives, people just doing whatever , quite whatever they want, quite frankly, know half frankly, because they know half the time they're not going to get that of get caught. so is that kind of what we need more of or not? i've richard joining me i've got richard tice joining me tonight and kevin craig, i'm interested they think. interested in what they think. and know what? it's so and you know what? it's so depressing out there isn't it martin. look some martin. so let's look at some nice royals. nice stuff like the royals. they're all well and happy and safe. are we pleased about that? do we more connected to do we feel more connected to our royals know about royals now that we know about their ailments ? their recent health ailments? >> yeah. great stuff on that topic of guardian angels, citizen who's stepping up to help out. i think it's a great idea, but i'd be really worried about about getting a blade in my chest. i mean , i get involved my chest. i mean, i get involved in incidents on the tube. i step in incidents on the tube. i step in to try and stop aggro and he can just kick off just like that. just need that. i wonder if we just need just coppers as well. just more coppers as well. >> yeah, but the problem is more coppers don't they? >> yeah, but the problem is more copper�*got don't they? >> yeah, but the problem is more copper�*got to don't they? >> yeah, but the problem is more copper�*got to recruiton't they? >> yeah, but the problem is more copper�*got to recruiton't thguys you've got to recruit these guys . they've got get

. they've all got to get trained. they've all trained. they've got to pass all these mean these these things and i mean these community, patrols, community, um, patrols, they do, do quite a bit of training, to be fair to them. but it is voluntary and actually i just think almost like a think it's almost like a neighbourhood type scheme neighbourhood watch type scheme on the streets. and if there was more presence of people that were a collective that said, you know we're not having know what? no, we're not having this . it's know what? no, we're not having this. it's not going happen this. it's not going to happen in communities. this. it's not going to happen in communities . would in our communities. would criminals embroiled ? and i criminals be so embroiled? and i think it's really interesting think it's a really interesting topic. looking forward to topic. so i'm looking forward to getting that one. getting stuck into that one. >> great >> yeah. and it's a great initiative. that , initiative. don't forget that, that quite often don't that quite often people don't step up to become an even a witness. they're so scared. michelle dewberry superb show coming up 6 to 7 dewbs& co co. excellent stuff. now according to the latest data released by the home office, an astounding 200,000 burglaries went unsolved in england and wales last year. 3 in 4 three quarters of all break ins went unsolved in the year to september 2023, with an

astonishing a meagre 6% result in a suspect not even being charged and absolute insanity on law and order. and joining me now to try and make sense of this is former met's detective peter bleksley peter. how often do we talk about so—called low level crimes being called that by the authorities? they are anything but low level in terms of their impact on citizens. >> absolutely. i met many a burglary victim who was so traumatised that they couldn't go back to their homes for a very long period of time . very long period of time. >> in fact, some i knew actually had to move home because they just couldn't go back. it is the most invasive wave of crimes into that space that we treasure our home, especially when you have it ransacked, when your drawers , your cupboards are all drawers, your cupboards are all turned upside down and inside out and the place is absolutely trashed. it's an awful crime . trashed. it's an awful crime. >> it is difficult sometimes to

catch the perpetrators, but if you don't really try, then you're never really going to know whether you could have caught them or not. >> and peter, it's a nation wide issue just going through the figures here. south is figures here. south yorkshire is the 84% of cases go the worst 84% of cases go unsolved surrey 82. the metropolitan hampshire 81. so sussex hearts wiltshire 80% were failing across the board. why is it that crimes like burglary that matter so much to people are simply now seen as immaterial or irrelevant to the police ? police? >> because we have such an inexperienced police force at the front line , not only in the front line, not only in uniform, who quite simply, if they do turn up to investigate a burglary and certain chief constables have said , oh yes, we constables have said, oh yes, we will attend every burglary. >> and then, of course, i pointed out there was a huge difference between attending a burglary and investing in a burglary. >> then they tried to give

themselves another get out clause and they said, we will investigate where there are reasonable lines of inquiry. >> well, one person's reasonable lines and an experienced detective's reasonable lines might be completely different things. and now there is massive inexperience amongst the detective workforce, which is short, understaffed in so many police services. when you add these things together with abysmal training , lack of abysmal training, lack of experience, lack of resources, then i'm afraid this is just another chapter in the ever increasing book that is called lawless britain . varne. lawless britain. varne. >> well, peter bleksley , thank >> well, peter bleksley, thank you for your your informed and forthright opinions as ever. and i always say it mate, if we have more people like you in charge, we have half a chance. we might have half a chance. peter bleksley you peter bleksley thank you for joining us. still come , joining us. now. still to come, both the king and the princess of wales have returned home from hospital. a full hospital. well, that's a full update their improving update on their improving health. a good news story. i'm martin daubney on gb news.

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p.m. only on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 545. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now the department of education is said to be urgently investigating reports from the times newspaper that russell group universities are asking uk students to meet higher entry standards than international

applicants . universities applicants. universities minister robert halfon is understood to have held talks with university leaders over claims that recruitment agents are offering places to overseas students, with significantly lower grades than uk applicants. well, a concerning story and one i'd like to discuss now with the policy manager at the higher education policy institute, josh freeman. josh welcome to the show. there's no beating around the bush here this sunday times report makes quite clear students from overseas often are accepted with c or d grades, whereas a british equivalent would have to take straight a grades . and there's a simple grades. and there's a simple reason for this. they want foreign students . money foreign students. money >> absolutely. i think many families will be understandably angry that they're being treated as second class citizens. >> i mean , universities tell us >> i mean, universities tell us that if you work hard, if you do well in your levels , you can well in your a levels, you can go and get a place at the top universities. >> and yet finding out

>> and yet we're finding out that people are getting there with lower grades. um, with far, far lower grades. um, and having done far less and doing these courses, which are uh, often not high quality , it's uh, often not high quality, it's pretty shoddy, to be honest , pretty shoddy, to be honest, that it's taking the times investigation to unearth this is happening . happening. >> um, very, very clearly. >> um, very, very clearly. >> the universities should not be for the same course, different kinds of students depending on how much they're paying depending on how much they're paying and fees. the minister is absolutely right to take action on this. >> and don't you think we created a rod for our own back here at the moment? we started charging foreign students more. i think the annual figure is about just over £9,000 per year for a british student . but for a british student. but foreign students josh . often pay foreign students josh. often pay up to four times that amount . so up to four times that amount. so quite simply, if your university, which basically exists as a cash business, you need to make profit. quite simply, there's four times more profit in overseas students and therefore you're you're ushering them through at a lower standard. this is a national

disgrace . disgrace. >> it's a pretty inevitable consequence. >> and i think universities will only take more international students as time goes on. but i do think it's worth stepping back and remembering how we got to this point. universities can't charge what they like . can't charge what they like. they have to charge, uh 9250 for and they can charge whatever they like. so of course, of course they're going to take in more international students . um, more international students. um, but this is creating problems for universities, too. now, the russell group has said, well, these universities are financially constrained. they they can't charge whatever they want to own students . what they want to own students. what they can charge isn't enough to cover the of those courses. so the cost of those courses. so they're having to take more international students to plug the gap. now for me, this raises some questions. the gap. now for me, this raises some questions . these are world some questions. these are world leading universities . to some questions. these are world leading universities. to me. i'm not certain that they need to treat different students differently in order to attract sterling students. they should be able to get outstanding

students. regard less. but we do need to look again at how we're funding universities , foreign funding universities, foreign system that got . it just system that we got. it just isn't sustainable . and isn't sustainable. and universities are. i don't think acting in the right way in response , but they are response to it, but they are acting response to . acting in response to. >> you. josh freeman >> okay. thank you. josh freeman , the higher education policy institute , and apologies there institute, and apologies there for some of the audio for some of the poor audio quality. there's a second issue as 378,000 foreign as well here. 378,000 foreign student visas were were granted last year, 58,000 plus increase year on year, including 96,000 dependents on top. so quite simply, every time you allow a foreign student into the uk , not foreign student into the uk, not only are you forcing a british student out, you're also increasing the net immigration to the uk, moving on. the king has left hospital after three nights following a procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. his expected that he could take up to a month off from public duties. while he continues with his recovery. meanwhile, the princess of wales has been

recovering from planned abdominal surgery , has also been abdominal surgery, has also been discharged from hospital and has returned to her home in windsor. well, join me now to discuss this as royal correspondent richard fitz williams. richard, welcome to the show . always welcome to the show. always a pleasure and some fabulous positive news at the moment . we positive news at the moment. we all need that . all need that. >> we definitely do because this was a shock and the news when it came came within two hours. >> and it certainly unprecedented as indeed is the fact that two senior royals undergo going surgery in the same hospital. and as it happen , same hospital. and as it happen, was leaving it in the same day. i mean, there's no question that, as you say, good news that, as you say, good news that, uh, the planned abdominal surgery that the princess of wales has undergone has successful and also the prostrate , uh, um, operation prostrate, uh, um, operation which the king has undergone . so which the king has undergone. so from that point of view, it

should be just a question of recuperation. the king is a workaholic, so he'll have to be reined in for a month. apparently >> and richard, of course , with >> and richard, of course, with the princess, especially the nofion the princess, especially the notion when the information was released that she would have to have bed rest or indeed be hospitalised for perhaps up to a month, caused all sorts of speculation about the severity of the surgery itself. but the fact that she's up and about and able to return home, that's a huge, huge positive boon. there's no doubt of that. >> i mean, she was in hospital for nearly a fortnight, which is quite a considerable period. >> and before easter she went to be undergoing thing she won't be undertaking any royal engagements and we know that, uh, the prince of wales hasn't been , and he will, depending on been, and he will, depending on her condition and the rate of improvement, and it will all depend on medical advice. >> but both she and also the

king will be doing in about the coming days and weeks, as it were. i mean, this is something very clearly that shows the dangers of having a monarchy that's too slimline , i'd point that's too slimline, i'd point out, because the queen is under continued to undertake royal engagements , but with the three engagements, but with the three most senior royals not doing so , most senior royals not doing so, it certainly limits what the royal family is able to do at the moment and do we have any idea at all of when we may expect a return to royal duties, particularly of the king he's described as a workaholic and, as you say, richard , there's a as you say, richard, there's a paucity of people able to step into his shoes. >> well, i mean, there's the probability is that he's been doing some work from his hospital bed, and i mean, the essentials of government , hospital bed, and i mean, the essentials of government, uh, will be carried out. >> uh, the signing bills into law and the like . law and the like. >> but there's no question that he won't be too active.

>> and that is essentially there's a month that he'll be recuperating and thereafter , recuperating and thereafter, hopefully, uh, will be able to go back to normal. >> i mean, clearly , uh, when it >> i mean, clearly, uh, when it comes to catherine, that would be dependent on medical advice . be dependent on medical advice. and we have no idea when that will be. i mean, so far as william is concerned, i mean, will he attend , uh, bafta? will he attend, uh, bafta? >> will he attend the commonwealth day service? >> i mean, we will simply have to wait and see. >> okay. splendid, sir. thank you . richard fitzwilliams, royal you. richard fitzwilliams, royal correspondent , for some positive correspondent, for some positive news on the health recovery of the king and the princess of wales. now lots of you been getting in touch throughout the show with your thoughts and don't forget, you can still email time during the email me any time during the rest week. i'll be here rest of the week. i'll be here monday friday, of course, monday to friday, of course, 3 to and that's to 6 pm. and that's gbviews@gbnews.com but first for today. gbviews@gbnews.com but first for today . firstly on football today. firstly on football violence , john says this i think violence, john says this i think a lot may well be down to how the footballers celebrate the

scoring of a goal many times going straight into the crowd or making gestures to the opposing fans. it doesn't excuse the violence, but it may cause it. it is a good point. it does rev up fans, especially john, when you do it in front of the home fans as an away club and there are still, i think, questions to answer about the tickets allegation , rumours of away fans allegation, rumours of away fans in the home end and the away team here. wolves one to nil. the celebration of that goal is what caused it. it's very, very hard, of course, to limit who gets tickets. dave says this . gets tickets. dave says this. can i just say that arresting a dozen culprits out of thousands will do nothing in cutting this hooliganism in football? the only way is to shut the ground for a couple of matches. they will only change if their wallets hit and quickly on. wallets are hit and quickly on. justin well behind martin. justin well behind martin. justin welby may be a prominent man of the cloth, but he obviously has not consulted the holy bible . the book, which is holy bible. the book, which is the guiding light for of the guiding light for people of his ilk. fantastic stuff. thanks for all your comments and i'll

be back same time tomorrow. three till six. i've been martin daubney the break. daubney after the break. michelle on dewbs& co michelle dewberry on dewbs& co stick around for that. thanks for joining me today. have a forjoining me today. have a great . great evening. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb solar 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. heavy today. that rain pretty heavy through this evening but steadily overnight, steadily easing overnight, caused by this little area of 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 but still some heavy the night. but still some heavy bursts this evening. bursts around this evening. still yellow still a met office yellow warning in place , either side warning in place, either side of it. dry , but a very it. largely dry, but a very different terms of different night in terms of temperatures. mild all temperatures. very mild with all the cloud across the south, clear across scotland and clear skies across scotland and northern ireland allowing temperatures to plummet once more. below freezing here more. well below freezing here

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we' re we're at the brink of world war iii. >> well, iii. >> well , that was donald trump. >> well, that was donald trump. is he right? are we really at

the brink of world war iii? you tell me. of course, that comes after those us soldiers were killed in that drone strike in jordan. what do you make to it all? also tonight , the debates all? also tonight, the debates on the rwanda plan has commenced in the house of lords. you guess what was happening next, right? people archbishop people like archbishop of canterbury speaking canterbury justin welby speaking out against it. of course. will this bill pass an amended or not? at and today a video has emerged of the jewish community patrol shomrim . they was patrol shomrim. they was basically tackling a suspect to the ground who apparently had been linked to a knife attack. it got me thinking, you know, this country at the moment when it crime, it's a mess. it comes to crime, it's a mess. we've era of low policing we've got an era of low policing numbers. we've got slower. 999 responses and frequent knife attacks. so let me ask you this. do you think we need more and broader street patrols? is this the start the way to finally start tackling crime ? maybe think tackling crime? maybe think neighbourhood watch schemes on steroids? about a return to steroids? what about a return to the of the guardian angels? the days of the guardian angels? do remember that? would that do you remember that? would that be advisable or not? and you know what?