>> good morning. it's 930 on friday the 2nd of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben, leo and me. ellie costello, manhunts. >> day three. abdul azadi, the man wanted in connection with the chemical attack in clapham, was a failed asylum seeker , it's was a failed asylum seeker, it's been revealed. is our asylum system broken .7 system broken? >> labour not going green ? the >> labour not going green? the labour party are set to ditch their flagship policy pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green investment. our political edhon green investment. our political editor, christopher hope, has more .

more. >> that's right, it's labour about to drop this £28 billion a year plan to spend on green projects . and what does it mean projects. and what does it mean for keir starmer and rachel reeves? we'll find out . reeves? we'll find out. >> and broke in childcare. the government offers £1,000 to encourage people to join the childcare sector over concerns about the rollout of free hours . about the rollout of free hours. the education minister, david johnson , spoke to gb news this johnson, spoke to gb news this morning , offering a financial morning, offering a financial incentive like this can make the difference to encouraging people in this into this sector. >> the biggest reason for people to look at this sector is the huge difference they can make to children at the earliest stage, the teenagers convicted of murdering 16 year old brianna gye are set to be named as they face life behind bars and derek draper's funeral. >> the service for the former lobbyist, political adviser and husband of tv presenter kate garraway is taking place this morning as the six nations get

underway tonight . underway tonight. >> what we're asking is playing rugby, rugby at schools , a form rugby, rugby at schools, a form of child abuse . while some top of child abuse. while some top academics think it is . academics think it is. >> yes, welcome back. we're going to have all the latest on that manhunt for abdul ezedi. the man wanted in connection with the clapham alkaline attack. and there's glaring questions here, isn't there, ellie? there's why was he allowed to stay in england after being convicted of a sex attack? why granted asylum on his why was he granted asylum on his third application, after seemingly converting to christianity, which is what the liverpool bomber in 2021 did? the liverpool hospital bombing. um, so many questions. the liverpool hospital bombing. um, so many questions . uh, not um, so many questions. uh, not many answers at this point . many answers at this point. >> yeah, we'd love to get your views on that. we're asking this morning is our asylum system broken? do let us know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. but before we get into any of that,

let's get a news bulletin with tatiana . ali. tatiana. ali. >> thank you very much. your top stories from the gb newsroom a refugee who's been hunted by police after a chemical attack in the capital was allowed to stay in the uk despite being a convicted sex offender . we're convicted sex offender. we're just getting confirmation from the crown prosecution service that he also pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual assault and one charge of sexual assault and one of exposure abdul ezedi, from the newcastle area is still on the run and was last seen in north london on wednesday evening. a newly released image of 35 year old shows he has a significant injury on the right side of his face. the sighting came after an attack on a 31 year old woman, believed to be known to ezidi, who was with her daughters aged three and eight. the teenagers who murdered brianna ghey are to be sentenced for murder and publicly named for murder and publicly named for the first time. 16 year old

brianna was stabbed to death in what was described as a sustained and violent assault in cheshire last february . the 216 cheshire last february. the 216 year olds have been referred to only as girl x and boy y throughout the court proceedings due to their age , but will be due to their age, but will be named today. the pair had drawn up a kill list of four other teenagers. in addition to brianna, at their trial . they brianna, at their trial. they blamed each other for the killing , a potential deal to killing, a potential deal to send migrants back to turkey aimed at stopping small boat crossings seems unlikely to get the go ahead , home, office the go ahead, home, office officials say. turkey is not generally safe due to human rights concerns. the setback follows the success of a similar deal with albania, praised by rishi sunak. the proportion of turkish nationals arriving by small boats surged from 2% in 2022 to over 10% last year. it comes as more than 1000 migrants have arrived in the uk so far this year, after crossing the channel.

this year, after crossing the channel . the government's channel. the government's offering job seekers a £1,000 sign on bonus to join the child care sector. it's part of a £65 million recruitment scheme , and million recruitment scheme, and comes just two months before the first phase of a flagship child care expansion begins. it follows the chancellor's announcement in march last year that eligible families of children as young as nine months will be able to claim 30 hours of free childcare per week . of free childcare per week. finally, just to bring you some of the latest pictures coming to us of a huge fire in nairobi where a large explosion took place overnight. for those watching on tv , we're seeing watching on tv, we're seeing giant plumes of smoke rising from a building as the fire burns following the gas explosion. we understand two people have been confirmed dead and over 200 have been injured. so far. we'll keep you across that story throughout the morning . for the latest stories, morning. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or by going to gb

news.com. now back to ellie and ben . ben. >> thanks , tatiana. the time is >> thanks, tatiana. the time is 935 now. police manhunt for the suspect in the london chemical attack has now entered technically its third day. >> yes, it comes after it was revealed that 35 year old abdul azizi was convicted of a sexual offence back in 2018, and he was also refused asylum twice before finally being granted leave to remain. yes. >> he was last seen over 24 hours ago on the caledonian road in north london. speaking yesterday, this was the message from superintendent gabriel cameron and if you see him, there'll be some images circulated. >> if you see him, i plea to not approach him . approach him. >> well, now the home secretary , >> well, now the home secretary, james cleverly, has refused to answer questions from reporters this morning. answer questions from reporters this morning . let's take this morning. let's take a

listen . listen. >> morning, home secretary . >> morning, home secretary. should abdul ezedi have been granted asylum after committing a sexual offence ? there is a sexual offence? there is ensure the asylum process not fit for purpose . fit for purpose. >> so radio silence there from home secretary james cleverly . home secretary james cleverly. uh, this is complicated , isn't uh, this is complicated, isn't it, ben? because it does appear as though this man is a twice failed asylum seeker. only granted the right to remain on the third time after claiming that he had converted to christianity. there are now going to be questions, aren't there, about our asylum system? >> well, it's , uh, this is >> well, it's, uh, this is a what some would call a damning indictment on the conservative government. you've got a guy who's come over illegally on a lorry . he's who's come over illegally on a lorry. he's claimed for asylum, not once, not twice, but three times. he was allowed to stay in the uk after being convicted of a sex offence and only after he

converted. quote unquote, converted. quote unquote, converted to christianity , which converted to christianity, which is exactly as i mentioned at the top of the show, exactly what the liverpool maternity, uh , the liverpool maternity, uh, hospital bomber did in 2021. he was rejected a couple of times for asylum. he was told he couldn't stay, and it was only until he went to a local priest and claimed be a convert to and claimed to be a convert to christianity, that he was then allowed to stay. and you have to. you have to look at this in a in a sort of a bird's eye view of things. this comes days after tory mp mike freer quit politics because he was getting death threats. he said that the threat from particularly, uh, islamist extremists in this country meant that he had to leave a job he loved. and now you've had an asylum seeker linked to this really horrific incident in south london. and you have to ask yourself, what is going on in this country ? is it not the in this country? is it not the is it not the job of a government? the very first job of a government to protect its citizens and i would argue, and

i know a lot of you at home, you are furious on the inbox, on tweets, on emails. you're absolutely furious at this incident, not because it's an isolated, terrible incident, but because it's just indicative of the way things are going. yeah, and just you that's and it's not just you that's angry . angry. >> politicians have spoken >> many politicians have spoken out this. miriam cates, out about this. miriam cates, co—chairman the co—chairman of the new conservatives, says this conservatives, says that this case shows the urgent need to tighten up our asylum protest process. as you say , why does it process. as you say, why does it take simply a parish priest to say that somebody has converted to christianity in order to give them rights to remain in, she says. miriam cates says this man should never have been given asylum in this country. should never have been given asylum in this country . and lee asylum in this country. and lee anderson says, if you commit a crime here, you should be sent back home to your home country. >> well, is that just not common sense ? surely, surely that would sense? surely, surely that would be happening anyway. that's what happensin be happening anyway. that's what happens in australia. you go to australia and you're you live there or you work there or you get a visa, you get deported as soon as you commit a crime. why

is it britain? why is britain the only country in the world who isn't able to handle its borders properly? >> this is a time >> well, perhaps this is a time where a review of the system is going to take place. do let us know what you think this know what you think of this story. at gb news. com. story. gb views at gb news. com. we are hopefully to be we are hopefully going to be speaking to kevin hurley, who's a metropolitan police a former metropolitan police detective. chief superinten, a little bit later on in the program, we will have analysis from hopefully the from him and hopefully the latest manhunt. latest on that manhunt. >> let's move on. uh, are >> okay, let's move on. uh, are we now seeing a u turn surprise, surprise from the labour party on their £28 billion green policy ? policy? >> well, our political editor, chris hope can tell us now he's live from westminster. very good to see you this morning, christopher. are we really going to see a u—turn on a flagship policy from labour in an election year ? election year? >> well, ali and ben, it's been signposted for some time, like a like an oil tanker turning around very, very slowly . we are around very, very slowly. we are looking towards it looks like labour may be dropping its pledge to spend £28 billion a

year on capital green investment, announced in september 2022 by rachel reeves , september 2022 by rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor. it's come under a lot of pressure from the tory party who are saying, how can the party afford to spend £28 billion of our country's money on this without raising borrowing or raising taxes in recent weeks, rachel reeves has told gb news told me for gb news that these figure, they won't go to that figure if they break any fiscal rules, and that's meant to mean that it won't involve more borrowing or more tax increases. but the today's guardian , in what looks like guardian, in what looks like a well—sourced article, says it will be dropped probably after the budget . but questions are the budget. but questions are being asked about why this is happening. it does poll very highly for labour voters. more in common polling found that aside from the removing vat tax breaks from private schools, this is a really popular measure to try and invest heavily in green measures. green green insulation the great british energy project all these ideas try and move this country into a

almost a carbon free economy. maybe as early as the early 2030s. that's the idea behind it. but how do you pay for it after a £400 billion pandemic and the cost of a fuel hit caused by the war in ukraine, not easy. and what's interesting, though, ben ali, is how slow it's taken to get to this point. it's this, um, you turns being thought about for a long time now, and now it looks like it may be on the verge of happening, but i should say labour today is not commenting. >> chris, is it the case that sir keir starmer basically sir keir starmer has basically buckled what has been buckled under what has been a tory attack line from the past couple of weeks or months that, you know, the only thing they seem to have been, uh, leading on is the fact on the conservatives is the fact that were to spend that labour were going to spend this £28 billion on, on green projects. they starmer projects. have they has starmer simply that's simply buckled? and if that's the showing a sign the case, is he showing a sign of weakness by doing that ? of weakness by doing that? >> well i think, you know, i think times change and, uh, you know, september 2022 was a while ago, 18 months ago or so. so

we've had ed balls, um, grand old man of the labour party saying on their podcast, it should just go and move on. um, and in opposition you can be quite fleet of foot. what we are seeing more these change in seeing more of these change in tacks, notably the bankers tacks, notably on the bankers bonuses, which now the now labour would not cap if they got back into power despite criticising the tory party for dropping that cap a few months ago. so there were little things happening here. tories would say this is starmer flip flopping, labour would say if they were commenting this is the party preparing for a government and being realistic about the public finances. we yeah, are finances. so we yeah, we are getting quite into the meat now of this long election campaign. ben what does mean for, ben and what does this mean for, for rachel reeves? >> because she >> chris. because when she was first this , this, first announcing this, this, this policy pledge in 2021, she promised that there would be no dither or delay. but there has been dither and delay. and now there's a u—turn. it's quite embarrassing for her, is it not? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> if it happens, ellie, it is.

i mean, and some are saying there'll be. it's we're going back into the tension between numbers ten and 11. if mr starmer, sir keir starmer becomes prime minister, how will that relationship be managed with with rachel reeves? this is definitely her policy and she was trying to keep it going by saying that we'll stick within these fiscal rules. but if it seems they are going to drop it, it's quite a blow to her credibility. was her credibility. but i was with her yesterday a conference, and yesterday at a conference, and jonathan ashworth spoke gb jonathan ashworth spoke to gb news shadow news last night. the shadow business and i thought business secretary and i thought she gave quite good account of she gave quite a good account of herself to leaders. herself to business leaders. i mean, trying to show to mean, she is trying to show to them. very clear there them. she made very clear there will be no surprises if labour wins power. what try and wins power. so what they try and do change. now and not do is signal change. now and not do is signal change. now and not do like dropping do any surprises like dropping these pledges days these key pledges early days in government. >> christopher hope, >> okay, christopher hope, our political there for us in political editor there for us in westminster, you much westminster, thank you very much indeed. >> okay. go back to the >> okay. let's go back to the manhunt ezedi, which is manhunt of abdul ezedi, which is in second day now. so in its second day now. so joining is former met police joining us is former met police detective chief superintendent kevin hurley . kevin, good kevin hurley. kevin, good morning to you. thanks for

joining us. um, can you just explain , first of all, why it explain, first of all, why it apparently took the police so long release this chap's long to release this chap's name? and, of course, picture. >> well, i suspect probably because they didn't want. exactly know who he was because , exactly know who he was because, of course, all they had to go on was the registration number of a car, and they'd want to be certain or have reasonable certainty that he was a suspect. and in terms of gathering the picture, of course, if we look at that, that's been collected by cctv and it seems to me pretty fast work that they've managed to find the cctv with a recent image of him with his damaged eye. uh, so i'd say that's , that's gone pretty well. that's, that's gone pretty well. they've put quite a lot of resources onto this. um, because that looks like it's been captured . captured from a public captured. captured from a public car . ctv in captured. captured from a public car. ctv in either a captured. captured from a public car . ctv in either a railway car. ctv in either a railway station or somewhere. so i think they they're doing quite well on that. >> and this man is let me tell you, let me tell you my real

concern and i'll take it back to asylum seekers. >> this guy was convicted in 2018 of a serious sexual offence, which is indecent exposure . and he was and he was exposure. and he was and he was still granted asylum. you know , still granted asylum. you know, it's indecent exposure is well known as a precursor offence to becoming a rapist, potentially . becoming a rapist, potentially. so anyone with that kind of conviction, they should look very closely whether or not they're going to give asylum. the problem here is that if someone does not get sentenced to now in this case or in any other case, at least one year's imprisonment, other case, at least one year's imprisonment , they will not be imprisonment, they will not be refused asylum. the law and the directions, more importantly , directions, more importantly, the asylum directions need to be changed. that if once someone is found guilty of an offence that could carry a punishment for imprisonment, never mind whether or not they are sentenced, then they should be given serious consideration as to a refusal for asylum, because with the

current problems with the prison capacity, all sorts of different alternatives are being looked at for sentence to avoid sending people to prison. so he did not receive a prison sentence , but receive a prison sentence, but committed an offence which could have done. they need to change the regulations on why they refuse asylum. then he wouldn't even be in the country. >> well, there are going to be very serious questions now for the government this the government about this case and course, about reviewing and of course, about reviewing the system . kevin, i did the asylum system. kevin, i did want to ask you about how the police are going to go about finding this man, because it's been 36 hours plus since this incident in clapham . very incident in clapham. very serious incident . and so far, serious incident. and so far, aside from the cctv, it looks as though he's managed to evade the authorities and evade cctv elsewhere in the country. so we know that the metropolitan police are teaming up with other forces in the north of the country. but how do you even go about finding this man? >> well, i mean, the approach

they're taking now, which is published the picture and that's pretty unusual because when someone's suspect , they will someone's a suspect, they will not necessarily publish a picture because it could create evidential problems in identity tying them in a court proceeding. but they they view this as such a serious attack. and it is the use of an alkali. uh, they've decided to publish it. the public are most likely to see this guy when he's either moving on public transport in the shops, going to hospital. so they're relying on the public. then, of course, patrolling officers will be keeping their eye out for them . and where he's eye out for them. and where he's known up in, uh, northumbria and newcastle, newcastle police will be looking to, uh, speak with anyone who may or may not know him. of course, those people are most likely to lie to the police or help to conceal him. that's the probability . so the big the probability. so the big people, the big helper on this has to be the public. so the appealisif has to be the public. so the appeal is if anyone sees anyone like him to immediately dial

999. so the police get him. because realistically he unless they've got his bank details, uh , and they will find that he's used , uh, a bank somewhere and used, uh, a bank somewhere and they're able to track that down by speaking with the banks, which, again, is unlikely. that's the only real way forward. so bottom line , the forward. so bottom line, the pubuc forward. so bottom line, the public know what he looks like . public know what he looks like. they are the ones who could find him. so the more that picture is publicised by the media, which is you all play your pint, is where you all play your pint, the more likely that this horrible person is to be horrible person is going to be brought to justice. >> i mean, if there's >> i mean, kevin, if there's anything good, if you can take anything good, if you can take anything good, if you can take anything good from this case so far, the public who stepped far, is the public who stepped in to help that mother and those two children who put themselves in harm's way to tend to their injuries, to splash water on their face, uh, to help that that poor family that were attacked in way . um, but on attacked in this way. um, but on that note, kevin and the public getting involved, the police must concerned about must be very concerned about this man's background. you know, the sexual that the sexual offence that you spoke that place in

spoke about that took place in 2018? serious sexual 2018? very serious sexual offence. they must be worried about public safety and what this man could potentially be capable . capable of. >> yeah. of course. i mean, we should concerned about should all be concerned about this person . uh, anyone who's this person. uh, anyone who's prepared to throw a corrosive fluid at a woman and child and apparently , uh, throw the child apparently, uh, throw the child to the floor times to such an extent it's shocked witnesses is an extremely dangerous, nasty piece of work , if not piece of work, if not a psychopath . so he is a concern . psychopath. so he is a concern. um, and if he's seen , one would um, and if he's seen, one would hope that any of us plays our part immediately. dials 999 and gets him arrested because the sooner that person is taken off the street and put before the courts and ideally convicted and ultimately booted out of the country, the better for all of us. yeah, well, let's let's hope it happens today. >> former met police detective chief superintendent kevin hurley, thank you so much . um, hurley, thank you so much. um, let's move swiftly on to something a bit lighter from the

world of sports, shall we? um let's, uh, have a chat with our sportsman in chief, paul coyote. in a move that shocked the f1 world, who just. >> you're one zero too many koit will do. but you know, i'm happy. that's fine. >> it sounds quite good. >> it sounds quite good. >> it sounds quite good. >> i know, i know, let me, uh, you know, and you know already. >> let's lay this out before we go any any further on this program. i've been quite ill for the past seven days, and it's my first back. the past seven days, and it's my firs you back. the past seven days, and it's my firs you know. the past seven days, and it's my firs you know what? >> you know what? >> you know what? >> just very quickly, ben has actually been very sick for seven haven't it's actually been very sick for sevfirst haven't it's actually been very sick for sev first day haven't it's actually been very sick for sevfirst day back|'t it's actually been very sick for sevfirst day back in it's actually been very sick for sevfirst day back in the it's his first day back in the office. and you still you still feel a bit groggy, don't you? i do, but we'll get through this together. for being together. thank you for being here. to that. here. i just wanted to say that. right. here. i just wanted to say that. rig anyway, a massive here. i just wanted to say that. riganyway, a massive story. >> anyway, it's a massive story. >> anyway, it's a massive story. >> paul coyte as well. >> paul coyte as well. >> i think i'm going to stick with that, i think. >> well, yeah. good for you. yeah, wily. yeah yeah, yeah. very wily. yeah >> this massive story the >> this massive story from the world hamilton. he world of f1. lewis hamilton. he is in the 2025 is leaving mercedes in the 2025 season and going to ferrari. what's behind it. and also i have curious question. lewis what's behind it. and also i héour curious question. lewis what's behind it. and also i

héour probably question. lewis what's behind it. and also i héour probably one;tion. lewis what's behind it. and also i héour probably one of n. lewis what's behind it. and also i héour probably one of the ewis is our probably one of the greatest ever british sportsmen is our probably one of the greate sevenr british sportsmen is our probably one of the greate seven world h sportsmen is our probably one of the greate seven world titles. tsmen is our probably one of the greate seven world titles. whyn going seven world titles. why is he marmite. don't more he so marmite. why don't more people like do you like him? people like him do you like him? i'm it. i respect him i'm neutral on it. i respect him as a sportsman, but i'm not a massive fan. personally >> no, interesting because massive fan. personally >> fair interesting because massive fan. personally >> fair commentsting because massive fan. personally >> fair comment sting there jse massive fan. personally >> fair commentsting there ise it's fair comment that there is there's people that there's different people that think different ways. i did have a look at this because i had a feeling that you may ask me this, ben leo, um, here's some of the things that people have put online about lewis hamilton. yeah, much . how yeah, he wins too much. how about that one? that's a good one. can't be winning too one. so we can't be winning too much. out order. much. it's just out of order. i don't like his demeanour. uh, mercedes had of faa mercedes have had lots of faa fia decisions. go their way. he's fake. he acts like a role model environmental activism model for environmental activism . but he's sponsored by a polluter. he's got a bernie bonng polluter. he's got a bernie boring personality . um, he boring personality. um, he celebrates too much at silverstone. i mean, some of this is nonsense , but jealousy, this is nonsense, but jealousy, it does, doesn't it ? and the it does, doesn't it? and the thing is, what i like about lewis hamilton. and the thing is, what we mustn't forget when you get f1 and to actually become a race driver, there's a

lot that have to have a lot of money to begin with. you get drivers that, you know they're born with a silver spoon in their mouth. they have rich parents and they can fund them. going into this, lewis hamilton was brought up in stevenage and it was purely through the love of the sport he called a slum. >> at one point. >> at one point. >> well, did you know that? well, but that well, you know, but what's that got with what we're got to do with what we're talking about? >> well, because he the feeling talking about? >:thatll, because he the feeling talking about? >:that he'secause he the feeling talking about? >:that he's kinda he the feeling talking about? >:that he's kinda hlikea feeling is that he's kind of like overegging the fact he came from a, i mean, stevenage isn't a slum grand scheme of slum in the grand scheme of things, he had to apologise things, but he had to apologise when he said, stevenage, my hometown, a slum. to hometown, was a slum. he had to apologise after and also apologise after that. and also the point he bangs about the eco point he bangs on about green that people green this, green that people need this the need to do this and save the planet. yet drives for one of planet. yet he drives for one of the most polluting sports in the world. just the cars, by the world. not just the cars, by the way, fact that they tour way, but the fact that they tour the for world 20 plus races. >> okay, well, let's let let's say, example, that is a say, for example, that that is a problem that that's he problem and that that's how he feels. but through his racing, which he which has been his love since he was a boy and something he's

been very successful at, should he go? know what? he therefore go? you know what? i like pollution. i don't like pollution. i'm going walk from this going to walk away from this because actually does have because if he actually does have a bang, he seems a drum to bang, which he seems to doing, then therefore he's to be doing, then therefore he's got actually the person got the he's actually the person that actually people will listen got the he's actually the person thaso:tually people will listen got the he's actually the person thaso listen. people will listen got the he's actually the person thaso listen. anyway,vill listen to. so listen. anyway, he's a great driver and he's very successful we should celebrate. >> he is. well, it's going to be a fascinating lewis a fascinating move. 2025 lewis hamilton, driver and hamilton, a ferrari driver and all the money that entails as well. >> paul coyte, thank you very much. >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. >> we're going to have more on prince harry and meghan markle. they some more they could be doing some more stuff will be stuff for netflix. will you be watching let us know. watching that? let us know. >> like things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boiler dollars. up. boxt boiler dollars. sponsors of whether we're on gb news . morning sponsors of whether we're on gb news. morning i'm sponsors of whether we're on gb news . morning i'm alex deakin. news. morning i'm alex deakin. >> this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news is very mild out there. this morning. quite blustery though, particularly across the north and in western scotland. it's windy start . the it's a wet and windy start. the rain will continue on and off here for most the day. a bit here for most of the day. a bit of drizzly rain at times over

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channel good morning. it's 10 am. on friday, february the 2nd. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, ben liu and ellie costello . costello. >> manhunt . day two abdul ezedi. >> manhunt. day two abdul ezedi. the man wanted in connection with the chemical attack in clapham was a failed asylum seeker. not once , but twice is seeker. not once, but twice is our asylum system broken? that's what we're asking this morning. >> killers to be named. the teenagers convicted of murdering 16 year old brianna ghey are set to be named as they face life behind bars, will have their first pictures two as and when they're released is labour not going green ?

going green? >> well, the labour party are set to ditch their flagship policy . pledge to spend £28 policy. pledge to spend £28 billion a year on on green investment . but is it another investment. but is it another u—turn from labour and broken child care? >> the government offers £1,000 to encourage people to join the child care sector over concerns about the rollout of free hours, the education minister, david johnston, spoke to gb news this morning , offering a financial morning, offering a financial incentive like this can make the difference to encouraging people in this into this sector. >> the biggest reason for people to look at this sector is the huge difference they can make to children at the earliest stage this morning is derek draper's funeral. >> the service for the former lobbyist political adviser and the husband of the tv presenter, kate garraway , is taking place kate garraway, is taking place in about half an hour's time.

>> yes. thank you so much for joining us. we want to know your views on all the day's big stories, including no less. this massive manhunt for abdul azadi, the in connection the man wanted in connection with alkaline with the clapham alkaline attacks . uh, most, uh , attacks. uh, most, uh, prominently, of course, because he was denied asylum twice on the third occasion, granted asylum because he so—called converted to christianity and he was a convicted sex offender. what's going on with the country? >> yeah, lots of questions being asked this morning. we'd to love get your views. vaiews@gbnews.uk um, but before we get into any of that, let's get a news update with tatiana . ali. >> thank you. 10:02, your top stories from the gb newsroom. the home office is facing growing pressure to carry out an urgent review into how a refugee, the main suspect in this week's chemical attack, was allowed to stay in the uk. abdul yazidi, a convicted sex offender

, is still on the run and was last seen in north london on wednesday evening. the sighting came after his attack on a 31 year old woman, believed to be known to azadi, who was with her daughters aged three and eight. the crown prosecution service have confirmed this morning that azadi previously pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual assault and one of exposure . former and one of exposure. former scotland yard detective peter bleksley told us earlier he should have never been allowed to stay in the country to carry out such a crime. >> i'm not going to sugarcoat this at all. if anybody wants to appreciate the horrors that we have imported into this country , have imported into this country, courtesy of governments , courtesy of governments, courtesy of governments, courtesy of governments, courtesy of the home office , courtesy of the home office, courtesy of the home office, courtesy of the home office, courtesy of failings of the border force, just how much criminal vermin we have imported into this country. criminal vermin we have imported into this country . then go criminal vermin we have imported into this country. then go on to the internet and simply search asylum seeker convicted. there are a litany of cases of people committing the most serious

crime . in the teenagers who crime. in the teenagers who murdered breonna . murdered breonna. >> gi are to be sentenced in publicly named for the first time, 16 year old brianna was stabbed to death in what was described as a sustained and violent assault in cheshire last february. the 216 year olds have been referred to only as gul x and boy y throughout the court proceedings, due to their age, but will today be named. the pair had drawn up a kill list of four other teenagers, in addition to brianna. at their trial. they blamed each other for the killing . a potential for the killing. a potential deal to send migrants back to turkey aimed at stopping small boat crossings seems unlikely to get the go ahead, home office officials say. turkey isn't generally safe due human generally safe due to human rights setback rights concerns. the setback follows the success of a similar deal albania, by deal with albania, praised by rishi sunak . the proportion of rishi sunak. the proportion of turkish nationals arriving by small boats from 2% in small boats surged from 2% in 2022 to over 10% last year. it

comes as more than 1000 migrants have arrived in the uk so far this year, after crossing the channel a huge gas explosion and fire has killed two people and injured at least 200 others in kenya's capital, nairobi . for kenya's capital, nairobi. for those not watching on tv, these are pictures of the moment the fire broke out. you can see giant plumes of smoke rising into the sky as the fire burns. following that explosion, we understand and the fire then engulfed a nearby clothing factory and warehouse . a command factory and warehouse. a command centre has now been set up to help with rescue efforts . the help with rescue efforts. the average household water and sewage bill in england and wales is set to rise by 6, reaching more than £470 a year from april . wessex water will see bills reach £540, while northumbrian customers will experience the lowest increase at 422. it comes as water uk announced a record £14.4 billion investment by firms to improve supply and

reduce sewage in rivers and seas . the government is offering jobseekers a £1,000 sign on bonus to join the childcare sector. it's part of a £65 million recruitment scheme , and million recruitment scheme, and comes just two months before the first phase of a flagship childcare expansion begins. it follows the chancellor's announcement in march last year that eligible families of children as young as nine months will be able to claim 30 hours of childcare, free childcare per week. children and families minister david johnston told us the government is giving working families the support they need when children are between 0 and 5 years old. >> a huge proportion of their brain development happens up to 80% of their brain development , 80% of their brain development, and that has a big role on what happens to them as children. young people and then as adults. and so the biggest reason for people to look at this sector is the huge difference they can make at the earliest make to children at the earliest stage, we've already seen over 102,000 parents claim this new

offer, which is really strong demand, and it shows that this is something that that people out there really want. and that's going to make a huge difference to their family finances . finances. >> and travellers are facing more disruption today as rail services come to a standstill across some parts of the country. workers at greater anglia, c—to—c and lner are walking out for 24 hours in their ongoing dispute over pay. strikes at other companies will also be held tomorrow and on monday, union members at all engush monday, union members at all english train operators involved in the dispute are also banning overtime until early next week, leading to further train cancellations . for the latest cancellations. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or by going to gb news. com chocolates . right news. com chocolates. right >> let's get stuck into some viewer emails, shall we? i have

to say, ellie, i haven't seen a reaction like this to a story in a long time. you. are you guys at home? the viewers. you are furious with the circumstances surrounding this clapham case. andrew says the asylum system is in complete the in complete freefall. the worrying that no one in worrying thing is that no one in this country seems to be bothered. all they're worried about looking virtuous , david says. >> we see so many inquiries, so let's with the let's have one with all the people. and specifically the person approved this man's person who approved this man's asylum claim. >> and gerry says, good morning to you, gerry. the crime ridden current evil environment can be attributed directly to spineless, politicians spineless, gutless politicians who will not act in a way that they can, that they can do. but there is just no political will to sort it out. >> and finally, jenny says police should stop looking in churches it's clear his churches as it's clear his conversion was only to aid his asylum claim to prevent being deported and that's because it's believed that abdul ezedi was a twice failed asylum seeker, only being granted right to remain on the third attempt after saying that he had converted to

christian sanity. with the backing of a priest. so questions being asked this morning. >> such a good point whether we should be reviewing the criteria for granting asylum. pray to stay. they call it pray to stay. >> it's like quite common. >> it's like quite common. >> very common. yeah um, the liverpool hospital bomber in 2021. i've forgotten his name now. um, but he was a pray to stay convert. he was rejected for asylum twice as far as i remember. and it was only when he went to visit a local priest and pretended to become, um, a christian, that he was then allowed to stay by the home office. and this goes on and on, and across the country. it's and on across the country. it's and on across the country. it's a frequent. um , uh, a very frequent. but, um, uh, ploy a very frequent. but, um, uh, ploy to stay in the uk. >> so perhaps that loophole needs be closed. uh, do let needs to be closed. uh, do let us you think about us know what you think about this do keep those emails this case. do keep those emails coming gbviews@gbnews.com. coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. just recap on this story, if just to recap on this story, if you have just joined us, this is a police manhunt that is still underway suspect the underway for the suspect in the london chemical attack. it's now entered second day. entered its second day. >> it comes after it was >> yes, it comes after it was revealed old abdul

revealed that 35 year old abdul ezedi was convicted of a sexual offence back in 2018, and was refused asylum twice before finally being granted leave to remain. >> he was last seen over 24 hours ago in north london, and police are appealing for any information but are warning people to not approach the man now . how. >> now. >> home secretary secretary james cleverly. he's refused to answer questions from reporters this morning. answer questions from reporters this morning . take a listen to this morning. take a listen to this morning. take a listen to this . this. >> morning. home secretary , >> morning. home secretary, should abdul ezedi have been granted asylum after committing a sexual offence? there should the asylum process is not fit for purpose ? for purpose? >> well, joining us now in the studio is former adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley . michael gove, charlie rowley. very good to see you. good morning. morning. good to see you . and i mean everyone's you. and i mean everyone's asking the same question charlie this morning. how was this man allowed stay in the uk after

allowed to stay in the uk after two failed asylum applications and after being convicted of a serious sex crime ? serious sex crime? >> uh, well, i don't know. at and i can't fathom it out myself i >> -- >> and i m >> and i think you sound just like the government. >> and i think that's why. i think that's why everybody across the uk, following this story will be up arms. how story will be up in arms. how someone apply twice, be someone can apply twice, be rejected twice to go and commit a crime of sexual offence and get what i would argue slightly let by a slap on the wrist. let off by a slap on the wrist. it seems to me an unpaid community service to then be able apply by, uh, preying, able to apply by, uh, preying, as you say, ben , and being as you say, ben, and being granted asylum to then to go on and commit. what is the most horrific attack where i was listening to people this morning, people who have been victims of these corrosive attacks, who said that they would rather shot or stabbed would rather be shot or stabbed because healing process because the healing process would a lot quicker would have been a lot quicker and lot less, uh, life, uh, and a lot less, uh, life, uh, um, you know, it stays with you for life. life altering. exactly so, you know, it is the most harrowing offence and serious questions now do need to be

asked for the home office as to how this application was able to get through, and what earth get through, and what on earth this still doing in the uk. >> let's be frank, charlie, this is a damning indictment on this conservative government, isn't it? got illegal it? you've got illegal migration, an out of control. they stop the boats. they can't stop the boats. you've got legal migration out of control, they can of control, something they can deal 700,000 deal with but aren't 700,000 people a year coming in and then you've asylum seekers you've got asylum seekers who have rights to have been rejected rights to stay here committing sexual offences and then still being allowed to stay regardless , the allowed to stay regardless, the blame at nobody's doorstep blame falls at nobody's doorstep other than the government, doesn't other than the government, doewell , i think there's some >> well, i think there's some there's a lot in there. look, this is a problem that successive governments have had to i'm to grapple with, and i'm delighted rishi sunak seems delighted that rishi sunak seems to leading the government to be now leading the government at prime minister at the helm as prime minister that really getting on top of that is really getting on top of what has clearly been an issue that has for far too long not been think it's been tackled. i think it's perfectly acceptable to obviously grant asylum to people that from that are coming from afghanistan. that afghanistan. we have that sort of agreement place, just as of agreement in place, just as we do with hong kong, just as we do ukraine, just as do

do with ukraine, just as we do with syria. that is the with syria. and that is the right thing to do. we've got a long history in the uk of welcoming refugees and supporting those that are seeking where there is a seeking asylum, where there is a case for it, but in this particular what will particular case, what will infuriate the public does infuriate the public as it does me else, is the me and everybody else, is the fact once you, this fact that once you, this individual was country, individual was in the country, was then commit a crime was able to then commit a crime of a sexual offence and then has been able to remain in the uk of a sexual offence and then has beerthene to remain in the uk of a sexual offence and then has beerthen subsequently the uk of a sexual offence and then has beerthen subsequently beean and then subsequently been granted asylum then granted that asylum to then go on and you know, i think on and as the, you know, i think we can still have to call him the alleged perpetrator for legal reasons. but, you know, it's i think it's quite obvious to most people know, to to most people and, you know, to be stay in the uk and to be able to stay in the uk and to commit that horrific crime is something everybody will something that everybody will just be shocked and angered by. for the home secretary, james >> the home secretary, james cleverly , i believe still cleverly, i believe we still have video. if we can get have this video. if we can get that up again. he's remaining tight lipped this, isn't he, tight lipped on this, isn't he, charlie? i mean, this is very embarrassing for really, embarrassing for him, really, based what he announcing based on what he was announcing just which was this just yesterday, which was this back basics policing. he back to basics policing. he wants to see more bobbies on the beat to restore trust in the

community. and then you have a case like this which really does bnng case like this which really does bring it home, doesn't it? that how is crime like this allowed to on britain's streets? to happen on britain's streets? do you think that's he's do you think that's why he's staying lipped? staying tight lipped? >> that's part of it. >> i think that's part of it. i think he also, you know, as the home secretary, has a responsibility to ask the home office, know, to look it office, you know, to look at it itself, do internal itself, to do an internal investigation, work out investigation, to work out exactly of the case, exactly the facts of the case, the of this individual. the facts of this individual. um, you had a peter, uh, um, i mean, you had a peter, uh, blakesley i earlier on blakesley i think, earlier on talking about, know, the talking about, you know, the number offences that seem to number of offences that seem to be made by by those that have come into this country, whether seeking asylum or or seeking refuge. would slightly push refuge. i would slightly push back was saying back on what peter was saying a little because the two little bit, because the two aren't, , uh, always strictly aren't, um, uh, always strictly unked. aren't, um, uh, always strictly linked . you can be a refugee. linked. you can be a refugee. and granted asylum in this country if you are fleeing , for country if you are fleeing, for example, in example, afghanistan in isolation. that is perfectly legitimate and acceptable . uh, legitimate and acceptable. uh, if then go on commit if you then go on to commit a crime, obviously that is not acceptable for whatever circumstances. in this circumstances. and in this particular case, it's all speculation. but you was speculation. but you know, was this individual known to the

mother and the two children? all of those details need to come out. but that is no excuse. obviously, if you commit a crime in the first place and you've been the been seeking refuge in the uk, then shouldn't be granted then you shouldn't be granted asylum. an offence asylum. if you commit an offence after granted asylum, then after being granted asylum, then you be deported. i think you should be deported. i think so, just it is the so, so it's just it is the history timeline of history in the timeline of individual and individual individual cases and individual pleas. but in this specific case, an asylum claim has been failed twice . a sexual offence failed twice. a sexual offence has committed with a has been committed with a criminal record and then an asylum has been granted . that asylum has been granted. that should not happen and therefore this individual should not be in the uk in my view, and therefore this crime should not have taken place. >> what do you make of these new or fairly new couple of months old that uk is old stats that show the uk is the attack capital of the the acid attack capital of the world? it's more than 700 corrosive substance attacks in 2022. that was up 69% on the year before. and crucially, for the first time, women and girls make up the majority of the victims. should we just get it out there and ask whether this is a cultural issue , and is it

is a cultural issue, and is it unked is a cultural issue, and is it linked to mass migration , do you think? >> um, i don't have any data or evidence suggests that it's unked evidence suggests that it's linked to mass migration, but it is certainly the case that if women and girls are the victims of these crimes and the perpetrators are men and they use as way of abuse, of use it as a way of abuse, of power, of control, over, over women and girls who violence against and girls against women and girls absolutely be stamped against women and girls absothere be stamped against women and girls absothere is be stamped against women and girls absothere is no be stamped against women and girls absothere is no place; stamped against women and girls absothere is no place foramped against women and girls absothere is no place for thated out. there is no place for that in society in the uk of all places. the fact that this an places. the fact that this is an increase this particular increase in this particular crime is alarming, we have crime is alarming, and we have to ourselves, easy is it to ask ourselves, how easy is it to ask ourselves, how easy is it to hold of these particular to get hold of these particular substances? where come substances? where do they come from? whether it's just warehouse and who is warehouse stores and who is making where can they it making it? where can they get it from? of these questions making it? where can they get it from?to of these questions making it? where can they get it from?to bef these questions making it? where can they get it from?to be asked, questions making it? where can they get it from?to be asked, butestions making it? where can they get it from?to be asked, butestisls making it? where can they get it from?to be asked, butestis the need to be asked, but it is the case that, you know, if this crime is on the up. we need to make sure that the criminal justice system effectively justice system works effectively to perpetrators justice. >> charlie, what >> and charlie, what conversations going be conversations are going to be taking place in westminster right cates, right now? miriam cates, co—chairman of new co—chairman of the new conservatives, this case conservatives, says this case shows the urgent need to tighten up our asylum process. she says this man should never have been

given in this country. given asylum in this country. and sir john given asylum in this country. and sirjohn hayes, given asylum in this country. and sir john hayes, the former home office says he's home office minister, says he's writing james cleverly today writing to james cleverly today to seek urgent review of the to seek an urgent review of the asylum rules. i mean , the asylum rules. i mean, the pressures on the home secretary today isn't it? >> is . and but i can only >> it is. and but i can only sort of, i think, repeat what i said earlier, where the two are not necessarily linked, you can come into the country by fleeing a persecution prosecution if you do come into the country because you seek asylum. if you need to seek asylum. if you're afghanistan, you're from afghanistan, obviously and obviously there's a reason and good that. we have obviously there's a reason and goocscheme that. we have obviously there's a reason and goocscheme in that. we have obviously there's a reason and goocscheme in place we have obviously there's a reason and gooc scheme in place now. ave obviously there's a reason and gooc scheme in place now. that that scheme in place now. that doesn't necessarily mean that you are a hard and fast criminal that broken into the that has just broken into the country granted asylum. country and been granted asylum. if crime after if you commit a crime after being granted that. so you need to at the specific facts to look at the specific facts and the cases of the individuals. but in this case, i'm sure the home secretary will want the absolute facts want to get the absolute facts of what has gone on. who was responsible the application process? what you make of his >> what do you make of his silence today on doorstep? silence today on the doorstep? surely, home secretary at surely, as the home secretary at a time like this, it's a massive story. a lot of people feeling very, um, you very

very, um, you know, very concerned and afraid and angry about and the about what's going on and the fact cleverly comes fact that james cleverly comes out of house and remains out of his house and remains silent that the right silent is that the right response should he response from him, or should he just up and addressed it just manned up and addressed it directly? he is directly? well, i imagine he is on way to work and wanting on the way to work and wanting to gather everybody in his office sure that gets office to make sure that he gets the words and the articulates exactly the country is exactly how the country is feeling and gets wording feeling and gets the wording absolutely feeling and gets the wording absolutel'm sure he'll say >> and i'm sure he'll say something later on just to what he's this particular something later on just to what he's and this particular something later on just to what he's and how this particular something later on just to what he's and how he's1is particular something later on just to what he's and how he's going ticular something later on just to what he's and how he's going to jlar something later on just to what he's and how he's going to deal case and how he's going to deal with it with his home office officials. >> charlie, do stay with >> well, charlie, do stay with us. to live now us. we're going to go live now to london, to the funeral to north london, to the funeral of derek draper there, where his coffin is arriving at saint mary the virgin church in primrose hill in north london. now, this is the former lobbyist turned psychological psychologist and author who married the presenter, kate garraway in 2005. he died in january. we can see his wife there. kate garraway just getting out of the funeral car about to make her

way into the church . the two do way into the church. the two do have two children together there who we can probably see behind her there as well, so derek died on january the 5th, aged 56. >> it was nearly four years after first falling ill with covid during the pandemic. um, and if there is any solace from today, it's the fact that kate garraway, who has been was caring for derek day in, day out, going into work at good morning britain on itv . despite morning britain on itv. despite being up all night with derek and caring for him, um, dealing with the trials and tribulations of not just running a family household but looking after a very poorly husband. if there's any solace from today, it's that it perhaps might mark the beginning of a grieving process. yes. >> yes, absolutely. she's been through so much in the in the past few years, and we have seen politicians and showbiz stars alike arriving at this church

here this morning for the funeral of derek draper. we've got leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, who's already made his way inside the church. the former prime minister tony blair, and his wife cherie , are blair, and his wife cherie, are also at the funeral service today. and sir elton john and his partner david furnish, have entered the church already today. and i think it just shows really the power of derek , who really the power of derek, who was a very popular political lobbyist and of course, as many would know him as the husband of the very popular tv presenter kate garraway. and we're seeing that power of derek in this funeral today. charlie rowley is with us. who knows? derek draper very well from his time. uh, in, in politics and would you agree with that, charlie i absolutely would. >> i mean, it goes without saying that this will be an incredibly difficult day for the kate garraway there and all the friends and family who have gathered because obviously his illness and his, uh , lack of

illness and his, uh, lack of recovery due to covid has been played out in the public eye. there's been various front pages, obviously , wherever there pages, obviously, wherever there are trinkets of hope that he was, he was getting better there. um, but ultimately the result of a heart attack has obviously not been able to , uh, obviously not been able to, uh, to pull through. and as you say earlier, he was a political strategist for the labour party, and that's why he was there. that's why tony blair is there. and you heard, i think and what you heard, i think through you know, just through the, you know, just reading the pages of the newspapers, just how close a bond that they had, how they were each other's they were each other's rock. they were each other's rock. they were and yang were sort of the yin and yang together. know, derek was together. you know, derek was the life and soul of any party that walked into. um he the life and soul of any party thata walked into. um he the life and soul of any party thata rocklked into. um he the life and soul of any party thata rock for! into. um he the life and soul of any party that a rock for kate, um he the life and soul of any party that a rock for kate, and he the life and soul of any party that a rock for kate, and she he the life and soul of any party that a rock for kate, and she was was a rock for kate, and she was a rock for him. so to see all of that played out in public and on the back of covid, obviously, you know, the majority of us, you know, the majority of us, you able to you know, we've been able to move on our lives to covid. move on with our lives to covid. obviously, are lots of obviously, there are lots of issues still there. but he sadly, because of long covid, was in hospital. he was was still in hospital. he was a constant reminder of, frankly, for the rest of the country of

just that time we just the perils of that time we all through. and to see all went through. and now to see the result of him not being the sad result of him not being able pull through and an able to pull through and an awful for the poor kids as well. >> yeah, darcey and billy, the children there. >> you can imagine what >> you can just imagine what a what horrible time this is. what a horrible time this is. uh, for them and for the entire family. and kate garraway , we family. and kate garraway, we haven't much of her, haven't seen too much of her, understandably, the understandably, since the passing of derek on the 3rd of january. she is taking a break from her tv and radio presenting roles. um, for the time being. but she has said that she she is hoping to return to work in the future. but this is a very, very difficult day for her. if you are listening on the radio, the coffin of derek draper, the political lobbyist and the husband of tv presenter kate garraway has just arrived at the church of saint mary the virgin in primrose hill in north—west london, and kate garraway is just standing as that coffin is taken ever so carefully out the back of that car. beautiful

flowers on top and charlie, he really was a political heavyweight behind the scenes, wasn't he, sir tony blair when he died a couple of weeks ago ? he died a couple of weeks ago? >> he said derek was tough , >> he said derek was tough, sometimes ruthless, political operative, a brilliant adviser to me and sometimes sorry. and someone you always wanted on your side. but underneath that tough exterior , he was a loving, tough exterior, he was a loving, kind , generous and good natured kind, generous and good natured man you wanted as a friend. he was an important part of the new labour story at the centre of things right at the beginning. but most important of all, he was a good colleague and a great friend, and we'll miss him very deeply. >> i think that's absolutely . >> i think that's absolutely. right, ben. and, you know, the way that derek's been described and as, as you say, he's someone with a warm heart, a kind soul, but also told things how it is. um, you know, he was, as i say, the life and soul of a party when he walked into the room. um, be sorely missed. um, um, he'll be sorely missed. um, obviously, everyone the obviously, by everyone in the political, uh, establishment and obviously and family obviously friends and family of

kate, walking kate, whose just walking into the there . the church there. >> yeah. just for radio listeners . derek's coffin is now listeners. derek's coffin is now being the being carefully walked into the church. is there church. kate garraway is there as well. um, and i believe their two children are also surrounded by friends and family. >> your heart just goes out to the family. doesn't it? i mean, kate garraway as a as a wife and two very young children, really, darcey and billy, who have seen their father, one of the worst affected patients of and affected patients of covid and later never made later long covid who never made a recovery and died . on the 3rd a recovery and died. on the 3rd of january. very such a difficult, difficult day for them . thank you so much charlie them. thank you so much charlie rowley , for bringing us your rowley, for bringing us your memories of derek draper there and your reflections on his funeral day. and of course, we'll you on that we'll bring you more on that throughout the programme. do stay with us here on gb news. we'll be back with you right after

news the people's channel, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back . it's 1028. >> welcome back. it's 1028. you're with ben and ellie on britain's newsroom on gb news. uh, right now, prince harry and meghan markle, they're said to be making their last ditch attempt to save their £80 million. is that all? £80 million. is that all? £80 million netflix deal? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> they're apparently working on a bunch in in quotation marks there of new projects for netflix, including a film and two other unscripted projects. >> but after their deal with spotify dramatically collapsed last year, will this be another flop and have the public? i

think i know the answer to this question. have the public finally had enough of the couple? >> well, joining us now for the latest is showbiz reporter stephanie tuc. very good morning to you, stephanie. so tell us what is this all about? the sussexes trying to save this netflix deal. >> well they are very much a couple under pressure . with couple under pressure. with netflix. so this week the chief content officer of netflix , she content officer of netflix, she came out during a q and a and said, actually, harry and meghan are working on a ton of projects for netflix and they're quite excited. what they've got coming up. meghan, for a while during her public appearances, she's been teasing that harry, her, her and harry are working on a few projects which she's quite excited about , but the reason excited about, but the reason why they are under pressure , why they are under pressure, we've seen the deal go badly, was spotify. all the public tend to be interested in is when harry and meghan have to talk about which they about the royals, which they said they are no longer going to do. so now they're going to be

coming this documentary coming out with this documentary . the film . they've secured the film rights for a book called meet me at lake carly fortune, at the lake by carly fortune, which is a romantic, is set to be a romance film which will be produced by their production company archewell . and the thing company archewell. and the thing the problem with harry and meghan at the moment is that this deal that they've got with netflix only a five year netflix is only a five year deal netflix is only a five year deal, they've only got till deal, so they've only got till 2025 to produce many , many, many 2025 to produce many, many, many content for netflix . they were content for netflix. they were kind of delayed by the hollywood strike. so this is why they're under pressure . they've got under pressure. they've got about a year to produce all this good content. and as you said, they've been paid £80 million. good content. and as you said, thethey been paid £80 million. good content. and as you said, thethey been toid £80 million. good content. and as you said, thethey been to justify million. good content. and as you said, thethey been to justify that on. good content. and as you said, thethey been to justify that .n. so they need to justify that. this content is going to be able to connect with the audience at home. the problem is, when home. and the problem is, when it comes to harry and meghan, you they're marmite. you you they're like marmite. you either hate them . either love or hate them. >> yeah , stephanie, they were >> yeah, stephanie, they were ditched from their £20 million spotify deal with an exec calling them grifters is um. and they have thus far made their

money off the back of, as you alluded to, talking about the royals and essentially doing their dirty laundry in public. so what are they going to produce? that's not that that's original . they can't original. they can't keep recycling old information and dirt on their family, can they? i mean, what have they got in store? >> well, that's not going to work for them at all. >> talking about the royals, harry has always said that he has a close connection to africa. so i do feel that one of these documentaries is going to be about him and his charity work though he's work in africa, even though he's had of controversy had a bit of controversy recently about handling recently about the handling of this charity in africa, it is rumoured that one of the documentaries will that. documentaries will be on that. then got this romantic then we've got this romantic film, i've said, that they'll film, as i've said, that they'll be doing , but then also the be doing, but then also the chief said that they chief executive said that they will on some will be working on some unscripted dramas. it's all very light—hearted all very fun. so i think harry and meghan are definitely trying to change the tide of moving away from being royals and being considered as professional producers . as we

professional producers. as we know, meghan was an actress, so for her, she has got that knack where she could produce some really good scripts. hopefully but the problem is with harry and meghan , it's hard to and meghan, it's hard to separate the controversy that they've had following them before more. and recently we did see them at the bob marley film premiere , so that got a lot of premiere, so that got a lot of tongues wagging to see whether they potentially looking at they are potentially looking at doing a deal with paramount as well. >> okay, stephanie takyi , our >> okay, stephanie takyi, our entertainment thank entertainment reporter, thank you indeed. you very much indeed. >> people are just bored >> i think people are just bored of they? of them, aren't they? >> interesting. you say >> well, interesting. you say that jane has emailed in saying, i won't be watching anything from the sussexes, on from the sussexes, especially on netflix. have ruined the netflix. they have ruined the final year our lovely queen's final year of our lovely queen's life all they're doing now life and all they're doing now is awful things for is multiple awful things for attention. i am done, i mean, i don't, i don't hate them, i don't, i don't hate them, i don't hate anyone, but i'm just thoroughly bored of them. >> and to be honest, i do sometimes question we sometimes question whether we should reporting on should still be reporting on them as well. >> well, let us know. are you going to be watching the new netflix from and

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perspectives that i, and people that i knew had dewbs& co weeknights from six. >> welcome back. can we start with this breaking news that scarlett jenkins and eddie ratcliffe are both 16? can now be named as the killers of the teenager brianna ghey ? that's teenager brianna ghey? that's after mrs. justice yip lifted a

ban on reporting their identities before they are sentenced today for the murder of brianna ghey at manchester crown court court. you will remember that during the trial, they were named, they were referred to as simply girl x and boy y, and they were . they are boy y, and they were. they are going to be sentenced today for the murder of the transgender schoolgirl, brianna gee. you'll remember she was stabbed to remember that she was stabbed to death in broad daylight 28 times in a park in cheshire in february of last year. but that breaking news in the past few moments that those two teenagers have named for the very have now been named for the very first time as scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, both . of and eddie ratcliffe, both. of them just 16 years old, and they are going to be sentenced imminently. our reporter sophie reaperis imminently. our reporter sophie reaper is there. we're going to go to that sentencing once we have it a little bit later on in the programme. but in the meantime, we are joined by our panel who react to this panel who can react to this

breaking news. matthew stadlen and russell quirk, very good morning to you both. matthew. this is just such a shocking . case. >> isn't it a shock the nation i was going to use those very words. actually. it's a case that shocked the nation. and clearly the judge here, mrs. justice, has exercised her discretion name these discretion to name these children, even though are, children, even though they are, as we know, 16 year and as we know, 16 year olds. and i think because she will think that is because she will feel it's in the public interest so are lessons so that if there are lessons that be learned, that awful that can be learned, that awful phrase, then we begin more phrase, then we can begin more effectively to learn them and, you know, there will be families up and down the country who will look at this case and say, are we doing enough as parents to make absolutely as we make absolutely as sure as we can in that our children are never involved in such a horrific killing? i mean it, as you say, it shocked the nation. there are no words to describe what the parents of brianna have gone through and continue to go through . through. >> and of course, let's not forget this is quite an abhorrent pair. i mean, not just because of the crime that

they've been convicted of in terms of the murder. we will wait and see what the sentencing is. is harsh. is. let's hope that is harsh. very, very harsh . even though, very, very harsh. even though, yes, children, they are yes, they are children, they are monsters. having monsters. you know, having committed also committed this crime, but also having of potential having a list of potential further , which i believe further victims, which i believe was another four people. um, so yes, they're children, but i guess look, you know, there are some political quarters that think 16 year olds should, should able vote. it's on should be able to vote. it's on the basis, 16 year olds the same basis, 16 year olds that are should be able that are monster should be able to be convicted and named. i think to get think we're just about to get the pictures of this pair. the first pictures of this pair. >> hopefully. there we go. >> hopefully. there we go. >> so have been named in the past moments of scarlett past few moments of scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe , jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, both of them 16 years old. they have been named and these are the first pictures that we have seen of this pair. um and as you were just saying there, russell, the trial heard that these two, scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, had a thirst for killing. and the court did hear dunng killing. and the court did hear during the trial that they had a

fascination with violence, torture and murder. for weeks. they'd exchange messages about killing people and a detailed plan as well for brianna's murder . and plan as well for brianna's murder. and the plan as well for brianna's murder . and the judge has spoken murder. and the judge has spoken so far , now saying that she does so far, now saying that she does expect to give them a very harsh sentence. >> well, let's see what harsh means in that judge's mind. i mean, look, many of us would say that they should never be released. i mean, how on earth can monsters like this ever be rehabilitated? you know, if they have, you say, thirst have, as you say, got a thirst for violence, can you for death and violence, can you understand the arguments not understand the arguments for not releasing their identities? no. no the abhorrence no because of the abhorrence of the and as i the crime. no, i can't, and as i say, i know they're not say, 16, i know they're not quite adults, if look, if quite adults, but if look, if they're enough to murder they're old enough to murder people, they're old enough to be named justice named by the criminal justice process named by the criminal justice proless just say rather than >> i would just say rather than calling them monsters, might calling them monsters, it might be helpful if our primary be more helpful if our primary aim here is to prevent such horrors ever happening again, to describe the crimes as monstrous, their behaviour . but monstrous, their behaviour. but how are they not monsters? >> matt? well what we need to. >> matt? well what we need to. >> what we need to do as parents. i'm a father is to make

sure that our children never go down, that sort of route. i don't think any human being on the planet, and i may be wrong. i'm not a clinical psychiatrist. is innately evil. i think the acts that some people do are evil. i absolutely think that people need to be locked away for a very, very long time to protect society . but order to protect society. but in order to prevent this sort of horror ever happening again, rather than just othering people, we should look at how it was possible that this ever came to happen. >> the argument for not naming them comes in the fact that this pair , um, as ellie had alluded pair, um, as ellie had alluded to a second ago, they had a kill list of children to target . they list of children to target. they had a lust for death and murder, and they'd researched it quite, um, in depth. the argument for not naming them was because there was concern that if you did, they would gain satisfaction out of the notoriety. notoriety from what they've done. so can you just going back to my previous question, can you not sympathise

with that part of the argument? no, because you're not just giving them what they want, as the judge has clearly got in their mind, it is in the public interest for us to know. >> mean, opposite of that. >> i mean, the opposite of that. you the counter of this you know, the counter of this would now us, having seen this crime play out the sentence crime play out and the sentence and and the media to be and so on, and the media to be discussing it and debating it as and so on, and the media to be disyareing it and debating it as and so on, and the media to be disyare for it and debating it as and so on, and the media to be disyare for us,|nd debating it as and so on, and the media to be disyare for us, notdebating it as and so on, and the media to be disyare for us, not torating it as and so on, and the media to be disyare for us, not to know it as and so on, and the media to be disyare for us, not to know who we are for us, not to know who that was, i think would be an injustice. of course, it's in the public for to the public interest for us to know, um, sorry, i think know, um, and sorry, i think we've noticed respect to we've also noticed respect to matt. start matt. we've got to start thinking about victims here and protecting society from such people. so from the assailants, rather always thinking rather than always thinking about how rehabilitate about how we might rehabilitate it, how we might get to the nub of how this stuff happens. i haven't actually talked about rehabilitation, although i do believe rehabilitation. believe in rehabilitation. >> i've actually about >> i've actually talked about how prevent there being how we prevent there being further victims like brianna and all i'm saying is that rather than casting individual human beings as monstrous monsters as monsters, it is more helpful , i monsters, it is more helpful, i think, to look at what they've

done as monstrous. of course , done as monstrous. of course, punish them for the monstrosity . punish them for the monstrosity. that they've done. but look at ourselves as a society and do ourselves as a society and do our very, very to best make sure this never happens again. by othering people. one one othering people. yeah, one one surefire of making sure that surefire way of making sure that these these do not reoffend these these two do not reoffend is to make sure they go to prison than prison forever, rather than these cases that we these continuing cases that we hear of people committing these crimes, for crimes, going to prison for a shortish period of time and coming out and re committing crimes. >> now, do you think these two, scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, you think they can ratcliffe, do you think they can be rehabilitated at some point? >> an expert >> i'm not an expert on rehabilitation. hope rehabilitation. you would hope so. couldn't possibly say so. but i couldn't possibly say for sure. >> why the chance? >> why take the chance? >> why take the chance? >> do want to add in >> well, i do want to add in a little bit of context here, because have just had because we have just had a slightly more information on these individuals from the pa news agencies. the media were banned this pair. banned from naming this pair. scarlett and eddie scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe for the duration of the trial because of their age. that has now been lifted by the trial judge, mrs. justice yip .

trial judge, mrs. justice yip. and furthermore, ratcliffe . and furthermore, ratcliffe. eddie ratcliffe has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and is nonverbal and scarlett jenkinson has been diagnosed with traits of autism and adhd . d does that diagnose and adhd. d does that diagnose this? of that pair change? change your thoughts on them being named today? matthew >> listen, it's really difficult for us and i always say this sitting in a in a studio in london or wherever we may be and double guessing the judgement of a judge . this judge has sat a judge. this judge has sat through this case, listened to all the evidence she has taken into account exactly what you've just said, presumably ellie, but also joe has weighed against that. the public interest, and she's come to her conclusion . so she's come to her conclusion. so it would be really tricky. and i'm not sure particularly helpful for me to say that she's got it wrong one way or the other. >> matt, you said, let's not refer to this pair as monsters, but brianna's father, peter spooner, said in the last spooner, he has said in the last couple minutes , if i'm

couple of minutes, if i'm honest, i hate them both . honest, i hate them both. they're for what they're just evil for what they've done to daughter, and they've done to my daughter, and i think they'll ever i don't think they'll ever change. they'll always be monsters and that's they monsters and that's what they are me. are to me. >> that doesn't surprise me at all. >> and i wouldn't criticise him for saying as i said in my for saying that as i said in my very first response to this, what brianna's and i saw what brianna's parents and i saw her father talk about this after the after the conviction, but obviously we haven't got to sentencing yet and it is absolute heartbreaking to watch him speak. as a father myself , him speak. as a father myself, how how could one ever criticise that sort of response? it is entirely , entirely entirely, entirely understandable. and i'm sure god forbid anything would happen to any of our children or any of the children watching . we'd have the children watching. we'd have a very similar reaction . a very similar reaction. >> and russell, you're a father of teenage girls as well? yes. how do you respond to brianna's father's comments there? >> think every father >> well, i think every father would in the same way would respond in the same way you understand the, the you can understand the, the hatred. i guess , and the angst. hatred. i guess, and the angst. it's just a natural reaction.

the other aspect to this, of course, with regard to naming, is that one of the rules of natural justice is that justice not only has to be done, it has to be seen to be done, that that is a very, very important tenant to our criminal justice. >> actually brianna's >> russell actually brianna's dad, he went his comments, dad, he went on in his comments, he disagrees with you and the judge naming this pair. he changed his mind, isn't he? he changed his mind, isn't he? he changed his mind, isn't he? he changed his mind. he said, um, at first i thought they should be why should they be be named. why should they be protected? people should know who . now, i think who they are now. now, i think their names are always going to be tied to brianna's all the time. i think they should just be about, locked up be forgotten about, locked up and spoken of again. and not be spoken of again. they're nothing that's quite interesting, it? that he interesting, isn't it? that he has his mind? has changed his mind? >> yes. look, you can understand that that know, he wants his that that you know, he wants his daughter as her daughter to be remembered as her rather being tied to . rather than being tied to. sorry, matt. monsters? yes. you do have to apologise. >> i entirely understand why. >> i entirely understand why. >> tongue in cheek, that was. no, no. no, no, no, no. >> but i totally understand why you them monsters . you would call them monsters. the reason i choose to talk

about the crimes as monster arras is so that we don't look away. we don't say that this is just those two people. they are an exception. let's hope that they . but also look at they are. but let's also look at ourselves as a society ask ourselves as a society and ask ourselves as a society and ask ourselves serious questions of how could happen. yeah maybe. >> sorry. it makes us almost. i mean, i'm no psychologist ehhen mean, i'm no psychologist either. it makes us feel either. maybe it makes us feel a bit better about ourselves if we can compartmentalise and label evil that have done evil evil people that have done evil things as monsters . things as monsters. >> and i'm saying that that might not be the most helpful way that avoid such way that we can avoid such horrors ever happening again. i've empathy for these i've got no empathy for these children who have done what they've done. matthew. children who have done what the absolutely. iiatthew. children who have done what the absolutely. do :hew. children who have done what the absolutely. do :hew think >> absolutely. do you think people are born evil or is it are they products of their environment or can it be can it be both? i really don't believe that any of us are born evil. >> i think it is a product of our environment. maybe some people are more predispose posed to goodness and to badness. maybe it's a bit of a mix. maybe it is a bit of a mix of nature and nurture. but the idea when a

baby comes out, you know, when a woman gives birth and a baby comes the world, the idea comes into the world, the idea that child, that innocent that that child, that innocent little thing, being is little thing, that being is evil, to mean not to be evil, seems to mean not to be quite right. russell >> yeah. look, i don't know. again, we're not psychologists , again, we're not psychologists, are we? i do think, though, that there's obviously a huge mental health aspect here as there is with most of these kind of extreme, abhorrent crimes . um, i extreme, abhorrent crimes. um, i think that we should do a lot, lot more to identify such people before they commit such crimes. and we hear all the time how whether it be the civil service, whether it be the civil service, whether it be the civil service, whether it be the nhs, whether it be social services, whether it be social services, whether it be social services, whether it be the police and the court systems continually miss on opportunities to prevent such things happening. and i think we've got to be much, much better and indeed tougher when it comes to the signs that perhaps dictate that somebody is going go and do exactly what going to go and do exactly what we're here, we're talking about here, whatever punishment in this whatever the punishment in this case, we i mean, i think case, and we i mean, i think it's fair to say we all expect a

very severe punishment . very severe punishment. >> think that any of >> i don't think that any of thatis >> i don't think that any of that is really going to help the family. really to family. it's really going to help parents. so my view is help the parents. so my view is that the focus should be on our empathy and, and sort of communal for love those parents who've gone through the worst thing that can happen to a human being, to lose a child, but to lose a child in those circumstances. and then try, circumstances. and then to try, if to ask ourselves if we can, to ask ourselves valuable questions how if we can, to ask ourselves valu never|uestions how if we can, to ask ourselves valu never happens how if we can, to ask ourselves valu never happens again.how this never happens again. >> just a recap, uh, this never happens again. >> just a recap , uh, the >> so just as a recap, uh, the killers brianna joy have been killers of brianna joy have been named scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe named and pictured. finally, after a long challenge to get their identities revealed. but shall we for a second, just, um, remember the victim herself? brianna. friends, when paying tribute to her after her murder, said she was a kind and caring soul. she was always there for you.she soul. she was always there for you. she found a way to make things that didn't feel like they were worth something, worth something. she found a way to make people carry they make people carry on when they didn't um it's didn't want to. um it's important, i think, in these

circumstances, russell, that we remember the victim and don't just get drown out in in in this pair of what her father called monsters. very briefly. >> yeah. no, no, >> yeah. well, no, no, absolutely right. you know that that's the main that's that's the main consideration. course it is. consideration. of course it is. her memory. >> of course it is. and we >> yeah. of course it is. and we understand was a very understand she was a very anxious and a vulnerable, um, schoolgirl girl. so thoughts with family morning with her family this morning would very difficult would be very, very difficult day they will day for them. they will be hoping that justice be hoping that justice will be served manchester served at manchester crown court. sophie court. our reporter sophie reaper with that reaper will be there with that sentencing when it happens on britain's with britain's newsroom. do stay with us a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, i'm alex deakin, this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. dry and dry for most places today. some gusty winds, particularly over parts of the north and there is some wet weather around, especially in western scotland that is from this cold front that's been moving high pressure, moving in high pressure, dominating the dominating to the south. the isobars , though, are squeezing

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i >> -- >> good morning. it's 11 am. on friday, the 2nd of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben leo and me. ellie costello , killer's named costello, killer's named scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe have been named and identified as the teenagers who murdered 16 year old brianna ghey by stabbing her 28 times as manhunt . day two abdul ezedi. manhunt. day two abdul ezedi. the man wanted in connection with the chemical attack in clapham was a failed asylum seeker. not once but twice. we're asking the question this morning is our asylum system broken down? our reporter, ray addison , has the latest . on the

addison, has the latest. on the search for alkaline attack suspect as he stretches from london to newcastle . london to newcastle. >> as the home office faces serious questions over why they granted the sex offender asylum . granted the sex offender asylum. and broken child care, the government launches a £65 million recruitment campaign to encourage people to work in the early years sector. >> our political correspondent katherine forster has more . katherine forster has more. >> yes, the government offering a £1,000 bonus to people joining the childcare sector or returning to it as it plans a massive expansion of free childcare. but many in the sector saying this is much too little and it's all coming too rather late. i'll bring you the details shortly. >> labour not going green. the labour party could be set to ditch their flagship policy pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green investment. is

this another u—turn from the labour party . labour party. >> yes, thank you for joining us this morning. lots going on, including that manhunt still happening in south london relating to the alkaline attacks . where is abdul ezedi ? police . where is abdul ezedi? police wants to know where he is. he's got a significant injury on his face and additionally breaking in the last couple of minutes. ellie, the names and identities of brianna ghey murderers. >> yes . do let of brianna ghey murderers. >> yes. do let us of brianna ghey murderers. >> yes . do let us know what you >> yes. do let us know what you think about both of those stories. indeed, any of the stories. indeed, any of the stories that we are talking about today. vaiews@gbnews.com. but we into of but before we get into any of that, let's get a news update with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> ellie. thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom. we start with breaking news as we've been hearing the two teenagers who murdered brianna

ghey high have now been named 16 year old scarlett jenkins and eddie ratcliffe's ban on being identified as being lifted ahead of their sentencing today. and in the last few minutes, scarlett has admitted for the first time that she did stab brianna herself. that stabbing was described as a sustained and violent assault in cheshire last february . the violent assault in cheshire last february. the home violent assault in cheshire last february . the home office violent assault in cheshire last february. the home office is facing growing pressure to carry out an urgent review into how a. refugee be the main suspect in this week's chemical attack was allowed to stay in the uk. abdul ezedi , a convicted sex offender, ezedi, a convicted sex offender, is still on the run and was last seen in north london on wednesday evening. the sighting seen in north london on wedn

peter bleksley told us earlier he should have never been allowed to stay in the country to carry out a crime. to carry out such a crime. >> i'm not going to sugarcoat this at all. if anybody wants to appreciate the horrors that we have imported into this country, courtesy of governments, courtesy of governments, courtesy of governments, courtesy of the home office, courtesy of the home office, courtesy of the home office, courtesy of failings . of the courtesy of failings. of the border force, just how much criminal vermin we have imported into this country. then go on to the internet chat and simply search asylum seeker convicted . search asylum seeker convicted. there are a litany of cases of people committing the most serious crime , a potential deal serious crime, a potential deal to send migrants back to turkey aimed at stopping small boat crossings seems unlikely to get the go ahead, home office officials say. >> turkey isn't generally safe due to human rights concerns . due to human rights concerns. the setback follows the success of a similar deal with albania, praised by rishi sunak. the proportion of turkish nationals arriving by small boats surged

from 2% in 2022 to over 10% last yeah from 2% in 2022 to over 10% last year. it comes as more than 1000 migrants have arrived in the uk, so far this year, after crossing the channel a huge gas explosion and fire has killed three people and fire has killed three people and injured at least 200 others in kenya's capital, nairobi, giant plumes of smoke rose into the sky as the fire continues to burn following that explosion. we understand the fire then engulfed a nearby clothing factory and a warehouse . a factory and a warehouse. a command centre has now been set up rescue efforts . up to help with rescue efforts. the average household water and sewage bill in england and wales is set to rise by 6, reaching more than £470 a year from april . wessex water will see bills reach £548, while northumbrian customers will experience the lowest increase at 422. it comes as water uk announced a record £14.4 billion investment by firms to improve supply and

reduce sewage in rivers and seas . the government's offering job seekers a £1,000 sign on bonus to join the childcare sector, as part of a £65 million recruitment scheme and comes just two months before the first phase of a flagship childcare expansion. it follows the chancellor's announcement in march last year that eligible families of children as young as nine months will be able to claim 30 hours of free childcare a week for children and families minister david johnston told us the government is giving working families need families the support they need when children between nought when children are between nought and five years old. >> a huge proportion of their brain development happens up to 80% their brain development , 80% of their brain development, and that has a big role on what happens to them as children. young people and then as adults . young people and then as adults. and biggest reason for and so the biggest reason for people look at this sector is people to look at this sector is the difference they can people to look at this sector is the to difference they can people to look at this sector is the to children ce they can people to look at this sector is the to children at they can people to look at this sector is the to children at the' can people to look at this sector is the to children at the earliest make to children at the earliest stage, we've already seen over 102,000 parents claim this new offer, which is really strong

demand, and it shows that this is something that that people out there really want, and that's going to make a huge difference to their family finances . finances. >> travellers are facing more disruption today as rail services come to a standstill across some parts of the country. workers at greater anglia see2 and lner are walking . out for 24 hours in their ongoing dispute over pay. strikes at other companies will also be held tomorrow and on monday , union members at all monday, union members at all engush monday, union members at all english train operators involved in the dispute are also banning overtime until early next week, leading to further train cancellations . for the latest cancellations. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or by going to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> welcome back. the time is 11:07. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with ben leo

and me, ellie costello. and it's time to delve into the inbox. so many of you emailing in today. lots of you. very, very angry at the 15 year old, now 16 year old murderers of brianna ghey. they have been named for the first time this morning, a scarlet jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe , jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, now both aged 16. earl has been in touch saying they are monsters . i in touch saying they are monsters. i hope in touch saying they are monsters . i hope the judge, the monsters. i hope the judge, the judge thinks the same and sets a sentence accordingly. i hope their mental health does not give them a loophole out of a punishment that they deserve. >> julie has written in good morning, julia, she says these two should never be released. some are violent and some people are violent and these just that we these seem like just that we cannot endanger others. >> yeah, karl says their autism or any other mental health illness and age shouldn't make a difference . they still murdered difference. they still murdered brianna brutally and maliciously. they should be locked away for a very long time. i hope that the government does not mess this up. of course

it will be the judge that is sentencing this pair a little bit later on this morning, and sandra pulling punches this morning. >> i'm sick of every letter of morning. >> alphabet yf every letter of morning. >> alphabet beingy letter of morning. >> alphabet being usedar of morning. >> alphabet being used to )f the alphabet being used to soften thinking murderers the alphabet being used to stheir thinking murderers the alphabet being used to stheirdiagnosisng murderers the alphabet being used to stheir diagnosis is murderers the alphabet being used to stheir diagnosis is notnurderers the alphabet being used to stheir diagnosis is not an derers . their diagnosis is not an excuse . people have this excuse. people have this diagnosis but would never go out and do the same wicked things that it's just that they have done. it's just another excuse or label to soften thinking towards such soften our thinking towards such evil. just to recap, in the evil. so just to recap, in the last 30 minutes or so, the two teenagers who murdered brianna g have been named and pictured for the first time. that's after reporting restrictions were lifted. >> yes, scarlet jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe were convicted in december of the murder of the 16 year old transgender schoolgirl after she was fatally stabbed 28 times, and what was described in court as a frenzied attack. >> footage has come in in the last few minutes of the arrest of scarlett jenkinson. take a look at this , scarlet. this is look at this, scarlet. this is what i've got to say. >> yeah , this moment, because >> yeah, this moment, because the information i have received . the information i have received. you are under arrest on

suspicion of murder. you are under arrest on suspicion of murder . obviously, suspicion of murder. obviously, you are under caution. so anything you say is getting recorded . recorded. >> okay? maybe a suspect is because i was last seen. they were all like, how? how come suspect ? how come i'm suspect ? suspect? how come i'm suspect? >> how come you're a suspect? >> how come you're a suspect? >> because i'm last person on seeing her. >> i don't know all the all the information i've received as you are a suspect. okay? for the murder? yeah for someone who apparently had such an interest in murder and fantasised about killing court, killing as came out in court, she quite timid and she seems quite timid and surprised there that was surprised there that she was being arrested. >> well, let's get more of this now the contributing editor now with the contributing editor of media, michael walker, now with the contributing editor of joins media, michael walker, now with the contributing editor of joins uszdia, michael walker, now with the contributing editor of joins us live michael walker, now with the contributing editor of joins us live mithe el walker, now with the contributing editor of joins us live mithe studio,er, who joins us live in the studio, michael, suppose the key michael, i suppose the key question is should this question here is should this pair have been identified, named question here is should this pair pictureden identified, named question here is should this pair pictured because zied, named question here is should this pair pictured because the named and pictured because the argument , is that because argument is, is that because they so , um, interested in they were so, um, interested in killing , they fantasised about killing, they fantasised about death and murder ? that by naming death and murder? that by naming them gives them notoriety ? t the them gives them notoriety? t the kind of notoriety that they will

take satisfaction in. that's exactly what they wanted. what do think about that? should do you think about that? should they been named? they have been named? >> mean, i suppose >> um, well, i mean, i suppose we judges sort of we could give judges sort of leeway they want leeway to say they want notoriety. so let's keep it a secret. i mean, as far as i understand, the way the law works is presumably the reason it was of kept under wraps it was sort of kept under wraps for is because for a long time is because they're now. they've been they're young now. they've been convicted, probably they're young now. they've been convictbe probably they're young now. they've been convictbe in probably they're young now. they've been convictbe in jail probably they're young now. they've been convictbe in jail for probably they're young now. they've been convictbe in jail for a probably they're young now. they've been convictbe in jail for a veryyably they're young now. they've been convictbe in jail for a very long gonna be in jail for a very long time. so sort of there is a pubuc time. so sort of there is a public interest in knowing their names. have names. now, i should they have been named or not in a way neither here nor there to some degree, on the emails that we've just here, michael, just read out here, michael, many taking issue many people are taking issue with of this pair. with the diagnosis of this pair. >> scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe. ratcliffe who's been diagnosed spectrum diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder , and disorder and is non—verbal, and scarlett jenkinson, diagnosed with traits of autism . and adhd, with traits of autism. and adhd, both of them now facing a mandatory life sentence when they are sentenced a little bit later on. this morning. does that change things for you? those diagnoses ? those diagnoses? >> no, i suppose this comes up in so many issues where i feel

like people think to explain what's happened is to somehow justify now, think of justify it. now, i think sort of this context probably this context is probably somewhat useful. know, somewhat useful. you know, criminologists like to understand do people on understand why do people go on to crime? because that to commit crime? because that means the means you can prevent it in the future. so sort of having this added context was obviously relevant for the judge have. relevant for the judge to have. but comes to sentencing, but when it comes to sentencing, i me is not i mean, the issue for me is not going to be so much, you know, are they 100? is it 100% their fault, there some sort fault, or was there some sort of, you know, um, disorder that fed the is public fed into it? the issue is public safety, right? so, so long as they a threat to the public, they are a threat to the public, they are a threat to the public, they are a threat to the public, they are to have to be, they are going to have to be, you away from the public. >> the trial heard, michael, that these murderers had a thirst for killing and a fascination with violence, torture murder. for torture and murder. for weeks they had exchanged messages about killing people, and they had detailed had a detailed plan for brianna's murder. had a detailed plan for brianna's murder . and court brianna's murder. and the court also heard that they had drawn up a kill list of four other teenagers. in addition to brianna . yeah. what does that brianna. yeah. what does that detail tell you? >> i mean, it sounds like something from a horror movie, doesn't it? i mean, uh, it's

almost literally like a script from a horror movie. yeah. yeah. um, from children. well, i mean, i suppose, you know, obviously this incredibly tragic . i, this is incredibly tragic. i, you know, i hope these people are up for, a long are locked up for, for a long time for public safety. i suppose the only concern sometimes i have is that, you know, people get this impression that, we're hell in that, oh, we're going to hell in a you know? oh, kids a handcart, you know? oh, kids these days, they're all out of control. think important control. i think it is important to sort of over to recognise that sort of over the past 30 years or so, crime has actually plummeted. violent crime plummeted the has actually plummeted. violent crim 90s. plummeted the has actually plummeted. violent crim 90s. so,1mmeted the has actually plummeted. violent crim 90s. so, you eted the has actually plummeted. violent crim 90s. so, you know, the has actually plummeted. violent crim 90s. so, you know, that'sie mid 90s. so, you know, that's not take from this. it's not to take away from this. it's obviously absolute tragedy. obviously an absolute tragedy. these need served these people need to be served justice. same time justice. but at the same time it's i worry that people it's i worry that some people will and think, oh, will watch this and think, oh, the are completely out of the kids are completely out of control. i think in general, the kids all right. and then you control. i think in general, the kids some. right. and then you control. i think in general, the kids some exceptionalthen you control. i think in general, the kids some exceptional cases ou control. i think in general, the kids some exceptional cases like this. >> but then when you hear that, that level of detail, a fascination with violence, torture do you torture and murder, do you believe rehabilitation believe in rehabilitation for this pair? >> probably unlikely. this pair? >> mean,yably unlikely. this pair? >> mean, ibly unlikely. this pair? >> mean, i supposeely. this pair? >> mean, i suppose they assess >> i mean, i suppose they assess that on a as time goes on. don't they? really predict they? you can't really predict they? you can't really predict the but i wouldn't the future. but i wouldn't presume that so long as these

people killing people are taught that killing people are taught that killing people they will learn people is bad, they will learn it. know , and that will it. you know, and that will suddenly become that will change their so yeah, their character. so yeah, i mean, these, these people could be causes. be lost causes. >> i ask you a question? >> can i ask you a question? i asked matthew stadlen a bit earlier. do you think people are born evil or are they products of environment, or is a of their environment, or is it a bit i think evil, bit of both? i think evil, i think to say born evil is probably going a bit too far. >> are people are are people >> are people are are are people born violent proclivities? born with violent proclivities? you think it you know, i think it is obviously mixture of obviously a mixture of environment genes and your environment and genes and your upbringing, you know, all of these into right. these things go into it. right. and think, again, the issue and i think, again, the issue there is how do prevent this there is how do we prevent this happening? how do ensure that happening? how do we ensure that their, know, their their, you know, their punishment in line with their, you know, their punish safety in line with their, you know, their punish safety as] line with their, you know, their punish safety as opposed h their, you know, their punish safety as opposed to this public safety as opposed to this moral question evil moral question of are they evil or know , just or were they, you know, just a product of their circumstances? we're a product of our we're all a product of our circumstances, but if circumstances, right? but if people to society, people are dangerous to society, then got to protect then you've got to protect society then you've got to protect soc it y then you've got to protect soc it is so difficult to fathom, >> it is so difficult to fathom, isn't it? how to children really can carry out such disturbing crime? i mean, the court heard

dunng crime? i mean, the court heard during the trial, they were both intelligent . they're both high intelligent. they're both high functioning and they both come from normal backgrounds and neither of them had ever been in trouble with the police before. >> you mean that's what i suppose poses particular suppose poses a particular challenge authorities ? challenge to the authorities? because you might say this should got picked up should have got picked up beforehand. but as far as i can tell, there weren't any telltale signs. in often in signs. you know, in often in these cases, what you find is that sort of there was a gateway crime in between sort of this and the major one. did they beat someone up? did they sort of were they threatening someone? but know, from were they threatening someone? but perspective know, from were they threatening someone? but perspective of know, from were they threatening someone? but perspective of the 10w, from the perspective of the authorities to have come of authorities to have come out of the which sort of the blue, which does sort of pose how would this pose questions, how would this have what role have been stopped and what role does have to play does social media have to play in all this? >> because i don't know about you, but on my twitter feed now, now as x, all i see every now known as x, all i see every time i log on is, is, uh, so—called videos, videos time i log on is, is, uh, so people videos, videos time i log on is, is, uh, so people dying videos, videos time i log on is, is, uh, so people dying orieos, videos time i log on is, is, uh, so people dying or falling deos time i log on is, is, uh, so people dying or falling offs of people dying or falling off buildings um , really buildings or, um, really gruesome, horrible content such as that. what role does social media have to play, including

tiktok , which is very popular tiktok, which is very popular with young children ? do they with young children? do they need to be doing more to screen that kind of content? >> mean, social media >> i mean, i think social media comes with a lot of problems for young people, but not really for that reason. i think there's a danger with social media because you're constantly sort of encouraged to project yourself, as i suppose, a product or almost sort of every now almost a sort of every now teenager a celebrity in their teenager is a celebrity in their own little world, which i think creates problems. own little world, which i think crea idea problems. own little world, which i think crea idea that problems. own little world, which i think crea idea that it problems. own little world, which i think crea idea that it encourages ems. the idea that it encourages violence. we've had this violence. i mean, we've had this conversation decade, first violence. i mean, we've had this conviviolent decade, first violence. i mean, we've had this conviviolent films, decade, first violence. i mean, we've had this conviviolent films, then de, first violence. i mean, we've had this conviviolent films, then with rst with violent films, then with violent video then with violent video games, then with violent video games, then with violent rap music, now with violent rap music, now with violent social media. and i haven't much evidence that haven't seen much evidence that there of direct there is a sort of direct connection between people watching and doing violence. >> okay. well, michael, do stay with reporter sophie with us. our reporter sophie reaper at manchester crown reaper is at manchester crown court, and soon have court, and as soon as we have the sentencing scarlett the sentencing of scarlett jenkins we jenkins and eddie ratcliffe, we will, of course, bring that to you on britain's newsroom. but for now, let's bring you up to date with the police manhunt for the suspect in the london chemical attack, which has now entered its second day. >> after it was >> yes, it comes after it was revealed that 35 old abdul

revealed that 35 year old abdul ezedi was convicted of a sexual offence back in 2018, he was offence back in 2018, and he was refused asylum twice before finally being granted leave to remain well. >> he was last seen over 24 hours ago on the caledonian road in north london. speaking yesterday , this was the message yesterday, this was the message from superintendent gabriel cameron and if you see him , cameron and if you see him, there'll be some images circulated. >> if you see him, i need to not approach him . approach him. >> well , let's speak now to ray >> well, let's speak now to ray addison, who is on the scene for us this morning. very good morning to you, ray. and big questions for the government this morning as this manhunt continues. day two of this hunt. why was this sex offender granted asylum in this country ? granted asylum in this country? >> well, acquaintances of abdul azizi describing him as a man who doesn't let things go easily. and i think if we look at some of his past, easily. and i think if we look at some of his past , that's at some of his past, that's there's indications of that kind

of personality in that the 35 year old afghan refugee, of course, we know he travelled to the united kingdom on a lorry in 2016 and applied for asylum to remain here, but his first two applications were turned down, um, during that time he pled guilty in january of 2018 to 1 charge of sexual assault and one of exposure . he was handed a of exposure. he was handed a suspended sentence at newcastle crown court. now, despite that conviction , he was granted conviction, he was granted asylum . um, on his third attempt asylum. um, on his third attempt and that came after a priest confirmed that he had converted to christianity and, quote, was wholly committed to his new religion . now we know that azadi religion. now we know that azadi was last seen on wednesday night . now that sighting was at a tesco express in north london on the caledonia road, and it was just after just about the caledonia road, and it was just afterjust about an hour after that attack with the

mother, 31 year old mother of two young girls, an eight year old and a three year old that attack , which involved some kind attack, which involved some kind of alkaline, corrosive . of alkaline, corrosive. substance which was thrown over the mother and also injured the children and members of the public. two at that tesco express . it's believed that he express. it's believed that he bought himself a bottle of water before leaving the shop and then turning right walking turning right and walking down the high street. of course, the police that gruesome police releasing that gruesome image of his face taken from inside that supermarket. they told us earlier at that press conference that he had a significant injuries to the right hand side of his face, and although that that image is somewhat difficult to distinguish, exactly what kind of images he has sustained, it's clear to see that it is pretty extensive and includes the eye upper portion of the right side of his face. now police also confirming that he does have links to newcastle he's believed to live in a halfway house in

the byker area of newcastle, which is not that far from the city centre. locals saying that he's very persistent, a very persistent type of person. one man who's sold a car to him has described him that way and we know, of course, the metropolitan police are now working extensively with northumbria police, and this really gone from a london really has gone from a london based man hunt to almost a nationwide manhunt as northumbria police down there obviously be looking to see, has he made some kind of attempt to return home? british transport police as well will be getting involved in that. police saying to the public you've got those two images of him now , one from two images of him now, one from before the injury, one after. he's extremely dangerous, probably easy to identify, but extremely dangerous. do not approach him . call 999. they're approach him. call 999. they're stressing that, but they do want this man, this suspect taken off the streets as quickly as possible. and as you have both been saying now, serious questions that need to be asked

to the home office are being asked to the home office. james cleverly described that attack as appalling, but eight members of the public are calling for an inquiry. they want an urgent review of how azt was granted asylum despite that, that those sexual offences . sexual offences. >> great, thank you very much . >> great, thank you very much. >> great, thank you very much. >> michael walker is our asylum system broken . system broken. >> de—funding the home office and i mean the home office is a mess. i think people from every spectrum of the left and right think that the home office is not fit for purpose. i mean, i suppose i'm somewhat wary about this story immediately becoming one asylum same one about asylum in the same way that, know, be that, you know, i would be worried if the previous story we were talking about became one about this about teenagers. right this this is a rare case, and it sort is a rare case, and it is sort of difficult to sort of make real policy sort judgements real policy sort of judgements and based on and statements based on, on individual cases. >> fact this wouldn't >> the fact is, this wouldn't have happened he wasn't here. have happened if he wasn't here. he been in he shouldn't have been here in the place. he was an

the first place. he was an illegal migrant. he rejected illegal migrant. he was rejected for stay. the first time. the second he then convicted second time he then convicted a sexual he was sexual offence and he was allowed stay after completing allowed to stay after completing what dubbed pray stay. what is dubbed pray to stay. converting christianity. what is dubbed pray to stay. converting christianity . so converting to christianity. so that facts of case. that is the facts of the case. yeah but i mean, you could say that it. that about it. >> could say that that could >> you could say that that could be reason to not any be a reason to not have any asylum seekers come at all, because it wouldn't because obviously it wouldn't have then. have happened then. but obviously we recognise that we do some responsibilities. do have some responsibilities. right? | do have some responsibilities. right? i mean, this issue. so right? i mean, on this issue. so as understand at the as far as i understand it at the moment, not liable to be moment, you're not liable to be granted asylum if you've got a custodial sentence of one year or yeah custodial sentence of one year or year. seem or two year. that would seem pretty easy me to tag on pretty easy to me to tag on sexual offences on there, right? that doesn't seem too difficult or controversial. or too controversial. i mean, another here that we another issue here is that we were talking, know, in the were talking, you know, in the earlier warning earlier discussion about warning signs and how with those teenagers weren't teenagers there really weren't any. difficult to know any. so it's difficult to know what authorities could have what the authorities could have done this case. there was done in this case. there was one, right, was one, right, which was was flashing and think sort flashing and well, we think sort of flashing and sexual assault. and actually sort of has and this is actually sort of has lots similarities to, lots of similarities to, i think, probably most think, probably the most appalling of sexual appalling claim of, of sexual violence us

violence that sort of any of us can remember from the past few years, wayne years, which was wayne couzens against everard, because against sarah everard, because he sort of been found he had also sort of been found to flashed public and it to have flashed in public and it not been taken seriously by the authorities. so i think one authorities. so i do think one lesson we could take from this is that people sort of tell is that when people sort of tell us, are sexual us, show us that they are sexual abusers, we take that a bit abusers, we do take that a bit more seriously than it does seem. the criminal justice system does. >> point, the flashing >> at that point, the flashing and minor so—called minor and the minor so—called minor sexual speak and the minor so—called minor se:any speak and the minor so—called minor se:any criminologist speak and the minor so—called minor se:any criminologist or speak and the minor so—called minor se:any criminologist or police k to any criminologist or police officer, tell you that officer, they'll tell you that that red flag which that is a massive red flag which could lead potentially some could lead potentially to some of crimes going of the worst sexual crimes going as you rightly mentioned, with wayne couzens michael walker wayne couzens but michael walker contributing for novara contributing editor for novara media, very much. media, thank you very much. >> very much indeed. and >> thanks very much indeed. and do stay with still to come. do stay with us still to come. we're to joined by sir we're going to be joined by sir michael who is the michael fabricant, who is the conservative we're going conservative mp. we're going to be getting his views on a very busy

>> gb news is britain's election . channel >> welcome back. it's 1127. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with ben elliott and ellie costello. >> let's take you back to our main story, shall we? because a police manhunt for the suspect in the london chemical attack has now entered its third day. >> yes, it comes after it was revealed that 35 year abdul revealed that 35 year old abdul azadi convicted of a sexual azadi was convicted of a sexual offence back in 2018, and he was refused asylum twice before finally being granted leave to remain in well. >> he was last seen over 24 hours ago on the caledonian road in north london, joining us now is conservative mp for lichfield , sir michael fabricant.

>> good morning michael. thank you for joining >> good morning michael. thank you forjoining us. i'm just you for joining us. i'm just going to be quite frank with you, sir. um, is this case and the circumstances surrounding it, the fact that he was denied asylum and only granted it after converts , quote unquote, to converts, quote unquote, to christianity and being allowed to stay after being convicted of a sexual offence, is that not a damning indictment on this conservative government . conservative government. >> it's certainly an indictment, i think, on our immigration policy. we, you know, labour and conservative have been a little bit soft on occasion. i think , bit soft on occasion. i think, on asylum seekers, if you look at the united states, you can see how tough they can be for just ordinary visitors . uh, i've just ordinary visitors. uh, i've got a constituent who , in his got a constituent who, in his teens, uh, got a minor conviction in the uk for smoking a joint in public. not. and, uh, he was then refused an immigration certificate to enter the united states . so i think the united states. so i think we've got to be much , much, much we've got to be much, much, much firmer and saying, look , if

firmer and saying, look, if somebody has got a conviction , somebody has got a conviction, not only should they not enter, don't forget he entered illegally in the first place. and secondly, they shouldn't be granted asylum because i'm afraid, you know, this sort of thing , while rare, was thing, while rare, was unnecessary . marie, don't you unnecessary. marie, don't you think an wouldn't you agree with your colleague on that point, lee anderson, who said, if you have committed a crime here, then you should be sent back to your home country? well, i suppose it depends on which country you're being sent to. but don't forget these illegal asylum seekers are being sent back or sent across from france and belgium , so maybe we should and belgium, so maybe we should send them back there . the send them back there. the trouble is, the french and the belgians won't have them. it really does depend where they've originated from. if they've come from country where maybe from a country where maybe they're facing the penalty they're facing the death penalty , we've got to think again about that. >> well, hang on, michael, if you're if you're escaping the death penalty from a country that you've fled for whatever reason, and you come to britain

and, and commit crime and, you know, even as bad as sexual offences is, i don't care what's going to happen to you when you going to happen to you when you go back to your country. you've come here to, for for, come here to, to, for for, solace and refuge. >> you're saying they should be allowed in because they've come for solace and refuge? >> no, they they should be sent back. you're saying. are you saying am i correct in saying they shouldn't be sent back to depending where come depending on where they come from, they, they from, in case they they, they face the death face persecution or the death penalty ? is what you're saying? >> not exactly. i think what i'm saying they're going saying is that if they're going to be sent back to a country for the penalty simply because the death penalty simply because of , and look, of their beliefs, and look, we're about few we're talking about very few people in that category, then i think we would have to think twice. and it also depends on what they've done here. you're talking things . talking about general things. you of course, with you know, if, of course, with acid in the face, that is a very, very serious crime. um michael, do you not agree that they should have thought twice before serious crimes before committing serious crimes in country, bearing in mind in this country, bearing in mind that, you know, if there was any

if there was any deterrent, knowing they'd go back to will be will be caught, he'll be the guy will be caught, he'll go prison or better still, go to prison or better still, will him back he can go will send him back and he can go to a prison in his own country. uh, question always arises, uh, the question always arises, though, penalty, though, with death penalty, which extreme case, but which is an extreme case, but we're that we're not talking about that here. know where this here. i don't know where this guy he certainly guy comes from. he certainly wasn't penalty wasn't facing the death penalty in his country and in that in his own country and in that instance, yes, of course, he should be sent back. but we've got to make sure that when he is sent he'll languish, is in sent back, he'll languish, is in prison for a time . prison for a long time. >> what do you make of james cleverly, secretary, cleverly, the home secretary, ignonng cleverly, the home secretary, ignoring journalists home ignoring journalists at his home this morning, remaining tight upped this morning, remaining tight lipped on this situation? we've had an email in from graham who says it just shows how ignorant james cleverly is in the strength of disgust . that we all strength of disgust. that we all have. he's had overnight to discuss with his colleagues some words to say. there's no excuse for ignoring us all. >> well, i have sympathy with anyone doorstep , but i anyone who's doorstep, but i don't that would nice don't think that would be nice for anyone. um, yeah, for anyone. but, um, yeah, i would have made a comment in that condition. certainly that condition. and certainly i believe know, it's

believe that, you know, it's most to say the most unfortunate to say the least. but guy was let into least. but the guy was let into the country in the first place, and that be that we gave him asylum. there so many asylum. there are so many well—meaning vicars there, well—meaning vicars out there, and do gooders who and other do gooders who actually do a great deal of harm, unwittingly by letting this guy be an asylum seeker. and he shouldn't have been here in the first place. >> and michael, just before we let i want to ask let you go, i did want to ask your reaction to your colleague mike freer, announcing that he is stepping after the is stepping down in after the next election for fears is stepping down in after the ne his election for fears is stepping down in after the ne his safety election for fears is stepping down in after the ne his safety .election for fears is stepping down in after the ne his safety. uh,ion for fears is stepping down in after the ne his safety . uh, he for fears is stepping down in after the ne his safety. uh, he isr fears is stepping down in after the ne his safety. uh, he is theirs is stepping down in after the ne his safety. uh, he is the mp of his safety. uh, he is the mp for finchley and golders green . for finchley and golders green. >> yeah, i think that's dreadfully sad. i mean, uh , dreadfully sad. i mean, uh, somebody said of him, you know, he is a jew. i'm quoting here, a jewish homosexual pig. he's not jewish, by the way . a jewish jewish, by the way. a jewish homosexual pig who has defiled the house of allah. look, this country is meant to be a tolerant country with english way of life and welsh and northern ireland scottish way of

life . and this doesn't mean that life. and this doesn't mean that people can be bigoted like this . people can be bigoted like this. and i just simply say that whoever said this thing of, you know, defiling the house of allah should be ashamed of themselves . you know, there is themselves. you know, there is a great jewish tradition which says that when you go to a visit and stay in a country, you do as they do when in rome , do as the they do when in rome, do as the romans do. if people don't want to have the tolerant british tradition, they shouldn't come here in the first place. conservative mp michael fabricant, thank you very much . fabricant, thank you very much. >> i guess that's half the argument from some people, is that we're too tolerant and were too welcoming and people take advantage, but well, do let us know what you think about that. >> gbviews@gbnews.com. but do stay us because still to stay with us because still to come, in the last few moments we've footage come we've had new footage come through ghey through of brianna ghey teen killer ratcliffe being killer eddie ratcliffe being interviewed by the police. we're going to bring that to you in a few moments. that much more after your morning news with

tatiana . tatiana sanchez. >> ellie, thank your top stories from the newsroom. the two teenagers who murdered brianna ghey have now been named as scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe. the ban on the 16 year old's being identified has been lifted ahead of their sentencing today. scarlett jenkinson has also admitted for the first time she did stab brianna herself. prosecutors told manchester crown court she snatched the knife from eddie's hand and stabbed brianna repeatedly in victim statements read to the court. brianna's family have described both killers as two predators stalking their prey and called them pure evil . the home office them pure evil. the home office is facing growing pressure to carry out an urgent review into how a refugee, the main suspect in this week's chemical attack, was allowed to stay in the uk . was allowed to stay in the uk. abdul ezedi, a convict sex offender, is still on the run

and was last seen in north london on wednesday evening after he attacked a 31 year old woman who was with her two young daughters. the crown prosecution service have confirmed his previously pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual assault and one of indecent exposure. the a potential deal to send migrants back to turkey aimed at stopping small boat crossings seems unlikely to get the go ahead , unlikely to get the go ahead, home office officials say. turkey isn't generally safe due to human rights concerns , means to human rights concerns, means the proportion of turkish nationals arriving by small boat surged from 2% in 2022 to over 10% last year. it comes as more than 1000 migrants have arrived in the uk, so far this year. after crossing the channel the government is offering a £1,000 sign on bonus for those who join the childcare sector . it's part the childcare sector. it's part of a £65 million recruitment scheme and comes just two months before the first phase of a flagship childcare expansion. it follows the chancellor's announcement in march last year, eligible families of children as

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>> here's a quick. snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2765 and ,1.1726. the price of gold is £1,609.97 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7640 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thanks, tatiana. now up at noon. good afternoon. britain with tom and emily. and they join us in the studio. now, what's coming up on the show, you two? >> well, ellie, there is one theme that is connecting everything in the today. everything in the show today. and that is has britain become a lawless enormous lawless country to enormous stories, frankly, focusing on law and order? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> brianna ghey, we now have the names of her killers . vicious, names of her killers. vicious, vicious story of what happened to that young girl. and we're going to be hearing the sentence so it'll be very interesting indeed to see what the judge has

to say, whether they will go to prison or whether they'll be in a youth offender unit of the time because of course, they are only 16. normally people under the age of 18 are not named. >> and the judge in this case has decided to name them. does that mean that they will go to an adult prison, or will they only go to young offenders only go to a young offenders institute? and if they go there , institute? and if they go there, what sort justice is that? what sort of justice is that? that's a huge, huge question . that's a huge, huge question. but of course, the other story today is the ongoing manhunt. i know you've been covering it. we're going to be going up to north we're to be north london. we're going to be looking around outside that tesco individual was tesco where the individual was last and seeing if we can last seen. and seeing if we can get on track in terms of finding out on earth in this out where on earth in this country ours , this individual country of ours, this individual could be. but more than that, the policy failures that led to this, yes, lots of people asking why was this man given sanctuary in this country when he was a is a convicted sex offender? >> and this question about the conversion to christianity, what

was going on? there were the was the priest duped here? we're going to find out some more about that. we're going to be speaking to legal experts and of course, a number of politicians pray to stay. >> they call it pray stay. >> they call it pray to stay. >> they call it pray to stay. >> it's remarkable because there have been stories for years now about mass conversions . there about mass conversions. there have been some of these stories, perhaps , um, with being reported perhaps, um, with being reported with a nod and a wink about all of these asylum seekers who turn up at a church, get quote unquote, converted en masse. >> it happens in liverpool with the liverpool maternity hospital bomber. he was denied asylum, and only when he went to and it was only when he went to and it was only when he went to a local liverpool he a local liverpool priest that he converted to christianity, and then to that then went on to commit that atrocity and do you know what tom, as you said, is there just a nod and a wink going on in the clergy circles when it comes to this kind of thing? do they really believe they're converting these previously islamic tamil asylum seekers? >> spoken about this in >> he has spoken about this in the he thinks that the past, and he thinks that this is a loophole that needs to be and re—examined. we're

be closed and re—examined. we're going speaking to him going to be speaking to him dunng going to be speaking to him during the show to find out what progress is being made. absolutely. >> so much great stuff, so much cover and big questions for the government. much, government. thank you so much, tom and emily. >> sounds like cracking show >> sounds like a cracking show for though. you're with for now though. you're with britain's newsroom on news britain's newsroom on gb news with and ellie. stay with

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on gb news with me, ben, leo and ellie costello. >> yes, very good to have your company this morning. >> and also in the studio with us is our panel. this morning. political commentators matthew stadlen russell quirk. stadlen and russell quirk. really good have both really good to have you both with in the studio . and i with us in the studio. and i believe that we can start with this new video that we have received in the past few moments . new pictures have come through of eddie ratcliff's arrest. now he is one of the killers of brianna ghey. he's been named in the past hour alongside scarlett jenkinson , both now 16 years jenkinson, both now 16 years old. they are going to be sentenced later on this morning. and this is a new picture from his arrest . and this is a new picture from his arrest. that and this is a new picture from his arrest . that the teen and this is a new picture from his arrest. that the teen has been described by his accomplice, scarlett, as very clever and a sociopath . take clever and a sociopath. take a look at this . you eddie? yeah, eddie. >> lot of suspicion of murder. all right, do not say anything, but you may harm your defence. she didn't mention when

questioned, she later lie in court. and if you do say evidence to understand. just like these, i can't explain it. right. listen, do all it right. listen, do all answer it right. yeah you go to runcorn, you'll be interviewed about it. they'll you questions. all they'll ask you questions. all right? russell, what's your right? yeah russell, what's your reaction to that footage? reaction to that new footage? >> seen there? >> we've just seen there? >> we've just seen there? >> again, based our >> well, again, based on our conversation earlier, of conversation earlier, i think of the parents, frankly, or whether they actually want to see that, um, they're to um, obviously they're going to want justice done. want to see justice done. i still sit here, as we all do, with bated breath with regard to what that sentence is to what that sentence is going to be. hope it is extremely be. i hope it is extremely harsh. i hope if life that harsh. i hope if it's life that thatis harsh. i hope if it's life that that is actual life rather than parole years, then we go parole in 15 years, then we go through the same old rigmarole again of why we should again in terms of why we should think having been think about them having been rehabilitated but rehabilitated or not. um, but yeah, look, seeing that footage, it's the it's just not nice for the family in terms of, again, as we said previously, almost said previously, that almost then part the memory then becoming part of the memory of daughter. of their daughter. >> matthew, this >> yeah. matthew, this this footage and pictures and a lot more detail of the case will now come out in the press tomorrow. um, is it right? i mean, it is

right in terms of reporting, uh, court cases, but is it right and fair on the family for this kind of material to be published to the media after the case is finished? >> yeah, i think those are really good and important questions . and we already know questions. and we already know because you reported it earlier that brianna's father has changed his mind about the naming of these two killers, these two murderers. he doesn't want his daughter's name to be associated with them. everything about this case is truly horrific. and as we've also discussed, i think it shocked the nation. it shocked us to our core. what a terror . a terrible, core. what a terror. a terrible, terrible loss , and what terrible loss, and what a monstrous crime that two human beings could rob a family of this young girl's life and rob her of her life herself. i mean, just think of all the amazing things that she could have gone on to achieve. the love that that she could have spread, the love she could have received it. you don't have to be a parent.

but you become parent, it but when you become a parent, it the of losing a child is the idea of losing a child is something that is almost impossible . and what impossible to envisage. and what these parents have gone through and are continuing to go through is just. hmm . isjust. mm hmm. >> just unimaginable. >> just unimaginable. >> well, we can't even imagine, can we? but, uh brianna ghey. uh, mother esther has had this to say in court. she says the final memories that i carry are the memories of hearing the news that my child had been found dead. memories of identity , dead. memories of identity, dying brianna ghey lifeless body, memory of her funeral. >> and now , to add to add to >> and now, to add to add to that memories of the trial where the two people responsible for brianna's death have cowardly pointed the finger towards each other, showing no remorse and only interested . in defending themselves. >> there you go. we've just heard from the mother of brianna jai there. russell, what's your reaction to that statement from brianna's mother? well, yeah. and well, the other thing that i think, of course, is, look, we'll probably go through a process now of more and more

coming out in terms of, you know, process us around the know, the process us around the investigation these and investigation into these two and the on. the arrest and so on. >> um, and i guess, look, when we talk about the arguments for showing footage you've just showing footage that you've just shown, actually shown, for instance, i actually do side of i think do fall on the side of i think we do need to see and know as much as possible, because i think we, you know, we then almost become the kind of the regulators, the oversees, the police terms of police themselves in terms of what gone wrong, in what may have gone wrong, in terms of whether these people could have been earlier could have been caught earlier than actually were. than they actually were. so if there made, i'm there were mistakes made, i'm not there were. but not suggesting there were. but if mistakes made by if there were mistakes made by police, crown prosecution service, etc. then the we service, etc. then the more we probe, the we know, the probe, the more we know, the more it is we get to more likely it is that we get to the bottom of if that's true or not. >> okay, just before we move on from i'm going from this story, i'm going to read again the tribute from brianna's mother. just the last sentence, quite, sentence, because it was quite, quite poignant. um, she said, when remember good when i remember the good memories that made together, memories that we made together, it hurts so much she's it hurts so much because she's not anymore. remember not here anymore. to remember them and we'll never them with me. and we'll never get the chance make more get the chance to make more memories together. the memories together. instead, the final memories that i carry are

the hearing news the memories of hearing the news that has been found that my child has been found dead. memories identifying dead. memories of identifying brianna's lifeless body of her funeral so, uh, funeral and, uh, yeah. so, uh, esther talking about esther joy, there talking about her daughter, brianna. her lost daughter, brianna. should move to on the should we move to on the manhunt? relating to the, manhunt? uh, relating to the, uh, the alkali attack in south london? uh matthew, isn't this a sign of our broken asylum system ? he was rejected twice. only allowed to stay a third time because he apparently converted christianity and he was a convicted sex offender. as well. >> so the first thing to say about this is his thoughts are with the victims of this, right? i mean, there are real people whose lives have been turned upside down in the most horrific and barbaric way. the upside down in the most horrific and barbaric way . the second and barbaric way. the second thing to say is that we all hope very, very strongly that this man , this suspect, will be man, this suspect, will be apprehended . and it's rather apprehended. and it's rather shocking, actually , that he shocking, actually, that he hasn't been apprehended already . hasn't been apprehended already. the third thing to say is that there has been no arrest, so we don't know who actually did carry this out. there's been no arrests. there's been no charge

yet, course, and been yet, of course, and there's been no alone a guilty no trial, let alone a guilty verdict beyond all of those very important a developing important things is a developing media , which seems to media narrative, which seems to media narrative, which seems to me to have been politicised , me to have been politicised, using this horrific act and the suffering of these victims . and suffering of these victims. and that revolves around asylum seekers. and i would just point out before we're too quick to scapegoat asylum seekers that in the year to march 2022, there were nearly 200,000 sexual offences in england and wales that doesn't even include scotland or northern ireland. we have a crisis , an epidemic of have a crisis, an epidemic of male violence against. >> let me finish. this is one more case that wouldn't have happened if this man wasn't here and he shouldn't have been here. he shouldn't have been here in the first place. and should the first place. and he should have the first. we have have gone on the first. we have an epidemic, a crisis of male violence against in this country. >> and if we don't address that, we're not going to help ourselves pointing fingers ourselves by pointing fingers at asylum, asylum asylum, whitewashing the asylum problem by brushing it problem by, by, by brushing it under the same, uh , the same

under the same, uh, the same brush of a wider problem of male violence against women. you are politicising the most horrific point , the most horrific, point, the most horrific, because it's a political point , because it's a political point, is it not a political point? >> our asylum system is broken. we've got undocumented men flooding across southern flooding across the southern border per we border hundreds per day. we don't know they are. we've don't know who they are. we've got migration now to got legal migration now to control can't even control, and we can't even control, and we can't even control people who we are control the people who we are aware here. we know sexual aware of here. we know sexual offences and we can't even we can't even get them out of the country. it is a political m atter. >> matter. >> first of all, i remind you that we don't know yet who committed this crime. and i'll also repeat that we need to find this suspect . the wider this suspect. the wider questions about asylum , um, are questions about asylum, um, are legitimate because our asylum system does seem to be in some sort of chaos under the conservative party but the idea that seekers that asylum seekers are disproportionately responsible for the violent epidemic. against women in this country is absolute nonsense. >> i'm sorry. politicising i'm sorry. it is politicising the suffering of others. you're statistically incorrect . i can

statistically incorrect. i can tell you that in asylum hostels and the last three and hotels in the last three years, have less years, there have been no less than incidents reported of than 2000 incidents reported of asylum seekers committing fairly serious crimes, whether it be violence, sexual offences and so on. um, bearing in mind a lot of the people that are coming over here undocumented , they're here are undocumented, they're throwing ids the throwing their ids over the side of we don't even of the dinghy. so we don't even know of the 100,000 people know out of the 100,000 people that coming over. and by that are coming over. and by the way, 55% which were actually way, 55% of which were actually granted greater granted asylum, which is greater than just about any other country europe. so we're very country in europe. so we're very you this welcoming. you could call this welcoming. i would we're weak would say we're lax, we're weak in that respect. but frankly, and very and i know this is very inconvenient for some on certain, political certain, you know, political sides of the political sides or sides of the political divide. we have to have the debate with statistics, with data asylum data around whether asylum seekers dangerous than seekers are more dangerous than ordinary okay. we'll ordinary people. okay. we'll give some statistics in return. >> i'll just is 1900 incidents in england and wales 82% of the of the prison population are white. now that doesn't necessarily mean country. does it mean they're all 86% white? 82? n0. it mean they're all 86% white? 82? no. and we are an 82% white country . in other words, that's

country. in other words, that's not true. in other words, it tallies exactly . it's not true tallies exactly. it's not true with the make up of our country. >> according to skin colour , you >> according to skin colour, you have a three times greater propensity to be black in prison than white in prison. >> there are 82% of inmates in england and wales white. england and wales are white. >> no , that's it is true. >> no, that's it is true. >> no, that's it is true. >> go and look at the statistics . after show, 82% of 83, 82% . after the show, 82% of 83, 82% of our country is white and 82% of our country is white and 82% of prison inmates in england and wales are white. no. go and look. i've looked up . go and look. i've looked it up. go and look. i've looked it up. go and look it up. >> so, matthew, do you not have any concern or problem with undocumented fighting age undocumented single fighting age men? into country? men? come into this country? are you about that at all? >> i don't know, i don't know why you call them fighting age men. they as though men. because they are as though they're because they're coming. because there's no children the no women and children on the boats. no women and children on the boa majority 25. >> majority 25. >> majority 25. >> the vast majority of people or people or the majority of people who come country are come to this country are legitimate asylum seekers, according to home office according to our own home office and home office economic and our home office are economic migrants. but migrants. our home office. but they're if you have migrants. our home office. but tiproblem if you have migrants. our home office. but tiproblem with if you have migrants. our home office. but tiproblem with the if you have migrants. our home office. but tiproblem with the home u have migrants. our home office. but tiproblem with the home office's a problem with the home office's way of dealing with this, then that's your right call that

that's your right to call that out. that this out. but don't think that this home office is a soft touch, because it isn't. remember the windrush one windrush scandal? just as one example, 20s. example, ross, we've got 20s. >> just last word with you. example, ross, we've got 20s. >> well, last word with you. example, ross, we've got 20s. >> well, look,|st word with you. example, ross, we've got 20s. >> well, look, the lord with you. example, ross, we've got 20s. >> well, look, the second1 you. example, ross, we've got 20s. >> well, look, the second most popular source of asylum seekers, so—called asylum seekers, so—called asylum seekers, which seekers, is from albania, which last i looked was not a war last time i looked was not a war torn country. and the fact that people from albania people come from albania throughout the entirety of europe to get here, um, well, look got a return to deal look, we've got a return to deal now with albania. >> afraid have run out of >> i'm afraid we have run out of time. matthew russell, thank you very your time and very much for your time and thank you for your company here on britain's up next on britain's newsroom. up next is afternoon, britain with is good afternoon, britain with tom emily. is good afternoon, britain with tonlaw emily. is good afternoon, britain with tonlaw and ily. is good afternoon, britain with tonlaw and order. just moments >> law and order. just moments until hear outcome , the until we hear the outcome, the judgement from the judge in the case. the awful murder of brianna ghey . what will he brianna ghey. what will he decide . decide. >> and of course, the manhunt continues for the 35 year old abdul azadi. we'll be watching after this short message . after this short message. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello, i'm alex deakin, this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. dry and drab for most places today. some gusty winds, particularly over parts of the north and there is some wet weather around, especially in western scotland that is from this cold front that's been moving pressure, moving in high pressure, dominating south. the dominating to the south. the isobars, are squeezing isobars, though, are squeezing together lively gusts isobars, though, are squeezing togwindr lively gusts isobars, though, are squeezing togwind over lively gusts isobars, though, are squeezing togwind over southeast ly gusts isobars, though, are squeezing togwind over southeast scotland, of wind over southeast scotland, north—east england and northern and western parts of scotland too. and in western scotland, we've the rain trickling we've got the rain trickling in. there rain coming there will be some rain coming into west of northern into the west of northern ireland also ireland this afternoon. also a bit drizzle over the hills of bit of drizzle over the hills of england and wales, but many places few breaks in places here dry a few breaks in the so could see some the cloud so we could see some sunny spells and even though sunny spells. and even though it's windy it is mild. it's windy it is very mild. temperatures getting into the teens, 14 in 1 or 2 places teens, maybe 14 in 1 or 2 places through this evening and overnight bit more rain will overnight a bit more rain will push through northern ireland and parts of and spread into parts of northern england, and later into parts the rain parts of wales. the rain clearing and clearing from central and eastern scotland . some eastern scotland. some good breaks the cloud here. plenty breaks in the cloud here. plenty of showers coming into western

scotland. much of the south will stay cloudy and very stay dry and cloudy and very mild double digits overnight. still quite breezy as well and it's a bit of a messy picture. then for saturday we'll start with thick cloud and some rain and drizzle over southwest england. that rain will pep up across wales during the day, turning west wales, turning quite wet in west wales, but some breaks in the cloud across northern england, eastern parts of england seeing some sunny spells for a time. bright and blustery for eastern scotland more showers scotland with more showers to come the northwest . come in the northwest. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

gb news way. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on friday the 2nd of february. >> brianna ghey killers named scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe , both aged 16, have ratcliffe, both aged 16, have been exposed as the twisted teenagers responsible for the sordid murder of brianna ghey . sordid murder of brianna ghey. we await the judge's sentence . s we await the judge's sentence. s >> manhunt continues as abdul ezedithe >> manhunt continues as abdul ezedi the refuge and convicted sex offender suspected of throwing chemicals over a mother and her two daughters, was granted asylum on his third attempt after converting to christianity. also, he said ,

christianity. also, he said, should convicted criminals ever