gb news way. >> good morning. it's 930 on friday the 9th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and me. ellie costello. putin blasts boris speaking to former fox news host tucker carlson, russian president vladimir putin accuses bods president vladimir putin accuses boris johnson of scuppering a peace deal between russia and ukraine. >> we have stopped the hostilities with war a year and a half ago already , but the a half ago already, but the british persuaded us and we refused this . where is mr refused this. where is mr johnson now .7 and the war johnson now.7 and the war continues fit johnson now? and the war continues fit for office. >> a special counsel investigate into the handling of classified documents, said us president joe biden is an elderly man with a

poor memory, but mr biden has dismissed it. >> i'm well meaning and i'm an elderly man and i know what the hell i'm doing. i've been president. i put this country back on its feet. my memory is not. my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done pve memory. take a look at what i've done i've become president i >> -- >> we've got the fallout to the green plan being axed. shadow chancellor rachel reeves says she will apologise for fiscal responsibility after labour scrapped their £28 billion green pledge. the shadow secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, jonathan reynolds, spoke to gb news earlier . earlier. >> frank, from the original commitment , there has been some commitment, there has been some substantial changes. one of those is the cost of borrowing has changed a lot. i mean, frankly, i think it is better to come out and say, we know things have changed. we've had to change those plans now change some of those plans now rather try and do that rather than try and do that after election, be straight after an election, be straight with still very with people is still a very ambitious agenda. >> on trans outrage, runners across britain furious across britain are furious as parkrun all record parkrun has removed all record ads from its website. it's in

response to the backlash they received for women holding received for trans women holding the fastest times female the fastest times in female categories as chemical attack manhunt continues. >> news the search for the subject suspect abdul ezedi goes on. our national reporter theo chikomba is outside new scotland yard . yard. >> we'll have the latest at new scotland yard as the nationwide manhunt continues for the chemical attack. suspect who was last seen crossing chelsea bridge just after 11:30 last week. wednesday . the £20,000 week. wednesday. the £20,000 reward remains as police search for the suspect . for the suspect. >> prime minister rishi sunak is to appear exclusively on gb news people's forum . an hour long q&a people's forum. an hour long q&a on the issues that matter most to you. let's hear what he has to you. let's hear what he has to say. >> hi rishi sunak here. >> hi rishi sunak here. >> join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to

hear about the issues that matter to you for your chance to be part of the audience and to put your questions to me. scan the qr code on screen or go to gb news. com see you there. >> and if you miss that next monday, the prime minister will take part in a special people's forum live on gb news in the nonh forum live on gb news in the north east of england. over the course of the hour, he will take questions directly from you, the great british public, and if you want to be there, head to gbillionews.com/pm to register your interest today or scan the qr code on screen now . qr code on screen now. >> and we do want to hear your thoughts throughout the programme today, so do keep them coming in to us gb views at gb news. com but first let's get a news update with sophia wenzler. thanks ellie.

>> good morning. it's 935. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . us president joe biden newsroom. us president joe biden has hit back at special counsel, who described him as an elderly man with a poor memory. he. it comes after an investigation found he mishandled top secret files, and said he struggled to recall key life events. biden has been accused of keeping classified national security material at home, but he won't face criminal charges . special face criminal charges. special counsel robert he said he chose not to bring criminal charges because the president cooperated and would likely be difficult to convict . the white house says convict. the white house says president biden and his team cooperated fully with the investigation and handed back the material immediately. in a surprise news briefing last night , mr surprise news briefing last night, mr biden insisted his memory is fine. >> there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events . about my recollection of events. there's even referenced that i don't remember when my son died . don't remember when my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that totally out of your memory

and can you continue as president? >> my memory is so bad i let you speak. >> that's that's that's my memory has gotten worse, mr president. my memory is not. my memory is fine . my memory. take memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done since i've become president. >> now russia's president has told tv presenter tucker carlson that he has no interest in expanding the ukraine war. asked if he could imagine a scenario in which he would send russian troops to poland, he said only if poland attacks russia. he went on to say that russia has no interest in poland, latvia or anywhere else. in his first interview, sitting down with a western journalist since russia's invasion , putin also russia's invasion, putin also said he had no interest in speaking with the us president until certain demands are met, and tesco has announced the sale of its retail banking operations to barclays in a deal worth around £600 million. but is set to take over tesco's bank credit cards, loans and savings

accounts and has also agreed to market tesco branded banking services as tesco will receive an income for the use of its brands and barclays will participate in the tesco clubcard scheme , the uk's clubcard scheme, the uk's largest loyalty program . the largest loyalty program. the retailer says the deal will help it trim its debts and allow it to be focussed on its retail business. 2800 tesco employees are to be transferred to barclays under the agreement. over time . and for the latest over time. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . when common alerts. when come to britain's newsroom now overnight , russian president vladimir putin has accused former prime minister boris johnson of scuppering, a peace agreement between russia and ukraine. >> let's take a listen. >> let's take a listen. >> well , let >> let's take a listen. >> well, let him cancel his decree and enter into negotiations . we have never negotiations. we have never

refused . and the fact that they refused. and the fact that they obeyed the demand or persuasion of mr johnson , the former prime of mr johnson, the former prime minister of great britain , seems minister of great britain, seems ridiculous in very sad to me, because , as mr arakhamia put it, because, as mr arakhamia put it, we could have stopped those hostilities with war a year and a half ago already. but the british persuaded us and we refused this. where is mr johnson now? and the war continues . continues. >> well, it was a highly anticipated interview last night. i don't actually know how much we discovered that was new in the interview . just over two in the interview. just over two hours long, two hours, seven minutes. but the first 30 minutes, if you've managed to catch it is basically a history lesson from putin. it was quite a bizarre start to the interview, and you can actually see, um, tucker carlson interrupting, saying, how is this how is this relevant kind of thing? it just seemed like there was a big, uh, well, a

battle of egos between the two men. >> and yes, it was a big scoop, but that's not because plenty of other journalists in the west haven't tried to interview vladimir putin. they've all been refused . we will be getting more refused. we will be getting more reaction to this, actually. how challenging really was it? did tucker carlson ask all the right questions ? for example, why are questions? for example, why are two journalists still imprisoned in russia? what about, uh, alleged russian war crimes in ukraine? there is so much that many people say he didn't ask . many people say he didn't ask. and what does boris johnson have to say about those comments made by vladimir putin? we will be delving into it all and tell us what you thought of that interview. gb views ng news.com. now the search for the suspected chemical attacker abdul ezedi has entered its 10th day. >> well, joining us now from new scotland yard is our national reporter. theo chikomba , good to reporter. theo chikomba, good to see you this morning, theo. bhng see you this morning, theo. bring us up to date. >> yes. well, as you say, that manhunt is still continuing a

nationwide manhunt for chemical attack suspect abdul azadi. he was last seen crossing the chelsea bridge just after 11:30 last week. wednesday. several hours after the attack took place. now, the police have been working throughout this week, continuing their investigations this week it was confirmed yesterday that northumbria police were in the north tyneside area where they were. they were carrying out two warrants on premises associated with abdul azadi. this included a pizza takeaway which they found nothing there and no arrests were made, but they are continuing to search the area where the attack took place . a where the attack took place. a 250 leaflets have been handed out to people to see whether they can get in touch with any information that they have, with potential sightings since last week. but of course, the tension turns to where could he possibly be? there are some questions being raised about is there

anybody helping him at and whether or not he's being hidden? now, the police have not confirmed this, and they're still following all lines of inquiries and it's likely that they'll continue to do so for they'll continue to do so for the remainder of this week, as well as those investigations continue. but we do know that there's been that £20,000 reward for anyone who might have information leading to his arrest. but of course, they are looking through cctv in central london here, uh, trying to piece together where he could be, having been seen in central london last week. but as you say, for now, though, the investigation continues. >> okay. theo chikomba there for us in new scotland yard. thank you indeed. you very much indeed. >> so let's discuss this. what was whatever you thought about it, i'm sure you thought it was fascinating. this interview knew that vladimir putin has given to tucker carlson . it dropped tucker carlson. it dropped overnight all two hours of it. and we are joined by ukrainian

member of parliament andre osadchuk . really good to have osadchuk. really good to have your company this morning. i'm i'm assuming andre , that you i'm assuming andre, that you watched this interview . what is watched this interview. what is your immediate reaction to it? >> good morning . uh, your immediate reaction to it? >> good morning. uh, i had to because it's part of my job. i need to know my enemy. and my reaction shortly is very simple . reaction shortly is very simple. uh, putin desperately wants to return to the western, uh, screens , to western media in screens, to western media in fact, he received, uh , this fact, he received, uh, this result. but but if you put away all the, uh, paranoia , lies and, all the, uh, paranoia, lies and, uh, things, which in reality difficult to analyse lies, uh, especially his thoughts on history and things like that. but the bottom line for me that russia is suffering a lot from

russia is suffering a lot from russia is suffering from huge losses . and, uh, they need a losses. and, uh, they need a break. it was understood in may 2022 that they need a break, but they use different strategies . they use different strategies. uh, how to finish the war under their original plan. but all the attempts of kremlin failed. they cannot succeed. succeed in ukraine at all. last winter, missile attack against ukrainian energy sector give them zero result. uh, using . sorry to result. uh, using. sorry to interrupt you. >> it's just we've got we've got plenty of questions to ask you and not enough time. what? i just i just want to get your your your thoughts on how concerned about putin concerned are you about putin being given a platform like this for such a long period of time? many people are saying that he went unchallenged. he was not asked enough questions. he was not asked about, um, alleged war crimes in ukraine, for example,

how worried are you about, uh, the effect this will have on the impact it will have on the people of america, where you're already struggling to get the weapons, aren't you? from the united states ? united states? >> yeah, definitely. carlson was simultaneously the ambassador from donald trump and for sure, uh, one of the audience for this interview was the supporters of donald trump. and, uh , far right donald trump. and, uh, far right republicans . and definitely it republicans. and definitely it will help , uh, them to believe will help, uh, them to believe that that, uh, stopping support to ukraine, that's exactly what is needed . but from another is needed. but from another hand, i think all european leaders, all responsible american leaders, understood that after this interview that it is impossible to have any dialogue with this individual . dialogue with this individual. it's just impossible. and i think that's another fundamental conclusion from this epic talk . conclusion from this epic talk. >> andre, how is this going to go down in ukraine? because this

is a very challenging time in this conflict. pepper's already reflected that the lack of funding or at least delay in funding, especially from the us. and we heard at the start of that interview last night, didn't we, putin reiterating again his thought that ukraine isn't a real country. and we've heard that rhetoric before. we heard that rhetoric before. we heard that rhetoric before. we heard that a lot didn't we, at the start of this conflict. but two years in almost how is this going down with the people of ukraine and in president zelenskyy, who has just sacked the commander in chief of ukraine's army, hasn't he ? true ukraine's army, hasn't he? true >> but again, i would ask you not to try to make any deep dives into a historic thoughts of putin. that's all nonsense, which has nothing to do with reality . the guy just defy the reality. the guy just defy the hitler attack on poland . in his hitler attack on poland. in his interview to carter and other absolutely ridiculous things has been said. so that's why, uh, let's focus on another thing. uh, yeah . for ukraine.

let's focus on another thing. uh, yeah. for ukraine. uh, let's focus on another thing. uh, yeah . for ukraine. uh, the uh, yeah. for ukraine. uh, the time is difficult and challenging, but i think for today, everyone , mostly in today, everyone, mostly in europe, understand that in worst case scenarios , not ukraine, who case scenarios, not ukraine, who may lose this war, it's european union and the free world will lose this war. we went too far. uh, and all this confrontation . uh, and all this confrontation. and originally it was started by putin as attack against nato. and that's exactly what he's saying, that he did not start this war. that's that was his words. so so, uh, for us, uh, there is no other option rather than fight because putin again and again say that he wants to wipe out ukraine from the geographical map and political map of the world. so so, uh, we will continue fight . uh, we will continue fight. uh, we believe that europeans will provide a continue to provide huge support to us. uk is doing a great job in supporting ukraine. you know that the

treaty was signed on, uh, safety and security guarantees for ukraine. so . we are doing quite ukraine. so. we are doing quite good. uh, not the best as we expect to, but quite good. and still we believe that political fight in us, uh, will not result in the collapse of reputation of washington in the global map. we expect that in the couple of weeks or months. so quickly, because we need to go do you think there is any chance that president zelenskyy will now be tempted to do a sit down chat with tucker carlson and reply to what putin said in that two two hour interview? we all need to understand that in kremlin vocabulary, the word negotiation means word surrender. that's the only thing what putin wants, he wants capitulate of ukraine and the west. that's why i don't think that neither ukraine nor west is ready for capitulation. >> okay, ukrainian member of parliament andrey osadchuk really appreciate your time and

your thoughts this morning. thank you so much. yes >> let us know what you make of that interview up next to stay with us. blue cards are set to be introduced in football and it will see players removed from the field for ten minutes. >> if they commit a cynical foul or show dissent first. var now this. does the game need it? >> you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. we're talking sport now, aren't we? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> blue cards for bad behaviour in football. paul coyte is here to explain a little bit more. do we need another card? we've got red. i don't know blue. >> well, we've got the red card. it's the sending off. we've got the yellow card which is the caution. and the if they can complicate football anymore then they'll, they'll give it a go. they'll go. so the they'll see how we go. so the blue card, which is now this is

not definite. this is going to happen. it's going to be trialled they're trialled lower levels. they're saying in both the saying the fa cup in both the men and the women's competition. and now ifab are and this is ifab now ifab are the rules as let's say they're the rules as let's say they're the rules as let's say they're the rule makers of football. these are the people that sit down and say i know we should use var or we should do this and do that, and that would improve the game. so cut a very long story blue card is story short, a blue card is there for certain infringements and those being , um, a cynical and those being, um, a cynical foul where maybe they think it's not a sending off. what they call them in football is they'd often call them orange, although there's no orange card. but it's like worse than yellow , but like worse than a yellow, but it's quite a red. so what it's not quite a red. so what they'll have is a sin bin. so they'll have is a sin bin. so they'll do the old hold on, hold on the blue hold up the blue card, which means you be sin binned ten minutes you'd binned ten minutes that you'd have the pitch. have to spend off the pitch. so that's for that. also the that's for that. and also the other is for us answering other thing is for us answering back referee, happens back the referee, which happens a lot. see a lot of dissent a lot. we see a lot of dissent in football these days, which is not when you see kids

not good when you see kids watching football because so be not good when you see kids wblue1g football because so be not good when you see kids wblue1g fo it's going to make >> yeah. and it's going to make it isn't it? it more like rugby, isn't it? >> well , it more like rugby, isn't it? >> well, don't don't it more like rugby, isn't it? >> well , don't don't know >> well, i don't i don't know whether the case because whether that's the case because it be there it should be there as a deterrent to stop them doing it. but maybe the answer is send more players off. make actually book people for doing it because it always seems to be the case. the referee is going to make a decision, the players don't like it. crowds around and it. everybody crowds around and then down. and how then it filters down. and how many we see doing many times we see kids doing things their heroes and things that their heroes do and if have this sin bin, if they have this sin bin, that's it. you get off the pitch because only does it affect because not only does it affect the player, but also affects the team. minutes team. that's ten minutes out. and hopefully they do and then hopefully they won't do it again. >> it is time out, isn't >> it is like a time out, isn't it? it's like the naughty step for toddlers. >> you know what? that's exactly what anne diamond earlier. what anne diamond said earlier. she she's she said exactly that she's going. said naughty step. but going. he said naughty step. but that's exactly what it is. it literally a naughty for literally is a naughty step for professional footballers. >> could >> briefly, somebody who could be the step or could be on the naughty step or could be on the naughty step or could be red is be getting a red card. is christian horner absolutely.

tell the latest tell us very quickly the latest as heanng tell us very quickly the latest as hearing today. we don't as a hearing today. we don't know where is, but it's all know where it is, but it's all about allegations of inappropriate about allegations of ina denies. rte he denies. >> complaint of >> the complaint of inappropriate and controlling behaviour been by behaviour which has been made by a the a female colleague. that's the only know now. there's only thing we know now. there's bigger things when it bigger things at play when it comes bull. red bull, comes to red bull. red bull, hugely and christian comes to red bull. red bull, hugely who and christian comes to red bull. red bull, hugely who runs and christian comes to red bull. red bull, hugely who runs the d christian comes to red bull. red bull, hugely who runs the red ristian comes to red bull. red bull, hugely who runs the red bull n horner, who runs the red bull racing team now this has come up. don't know whether up. we don't know whether there's more at play, whether there's more at play, whether the actually founded red the man who actually founded red bull originally. now this is ditrict matter . bull originally. now this is ditrict matter. his name is he died a couple of years ago and he was the guy that pretty much had looked after christian horner. now not on horner. he's now not on the scene anymore, wonder scene anymore, so i wonder whether power struggle. whether it's a power struggle. this story has come up and now whether this is an aim to elbow. >> you're across it. we're across paul thanks very much. >> stay with mm >> stay with us. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. the people's. channel. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boiler is sponsors of whether on gb news . whether on gb news. >> good morning i'm alex deakin

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gb news way. >> hello, a very good morning . >> hello, a very good morning. it is friday the 9th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ellie costello and pip tomson >> green plan axed the shadow

chancellor rachel reeves says she will not apologise for showing fiscal responsibility after labour's scrapped their £28 billion green pledge . our £28 billion green pledge. our political correspondent olivia utley has more . utley has more. >> this is the biggest u—turn in keir starmer's leadership history. can he get away with it ? we'll have to wait and find out. >> putin blasts boris speaking to former fox news host tucker carlson, russian president vladimir putin accuses boris johnson of scuppering a peace deal between russia and ukraine. >> we've stopped those hostilities with war a year and a half ago already, but the british persuaded us and we refused this . where is mr refused this. where is mr johnson now? and the war continues . continues. >> a special counsel investigation into the handling of classified documents . it's of classified documents. it's said that us president joe biden is an elderly man with a poor

memory . but mr is an elderly man with a poor memory. but mr biden has dismissed it. >> i'm well—meaning and i'm an elderly man, and i know what the hell i'm doing. i've been president and i put this country back on its feet. my memory is not. my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done since i've become president.minister rishi sunak is >> prime minister rishi sunak is to appear exclusively on gb news people's forum, an hour long q and a on the issues that matter most to you. let's hear what he has to say. hi rishi sunak here. >> join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to hear about the issues that matter to you for your chance to be part of the audience and to put your questions to me. scan the qr code on screen or go to gb news. com see you there . gb news. com see you there. if you missed that on monday, the prime minister will be

taking part in the special people's forum live on gb news in the north east of england . in the north east of england. >> it's going to be hosted by our very own mr stephen dixon, and over the course of the hour, rishi sunak is going to take questions directly from you. so if you want to be there, head to gb news. com forward slash pm. you can register your interest today and also you can scan the qr code on your screen. now so there is plenty to get stuck into this morning. >> we're getting lots of your thoughts on that interview with vladimir putin. and tucker carlson was it a masterclass in journalism ? um, should it indeed journalism? um, should it indeed have taken place? what do you think ? gb views at gb news.com . think? gb views at gb news.com. all right, let's get a roundup of all your headlines. here's sophia wenzler. >> pip. ellie. thank you. it's 10:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this

houn gb newsroom. your top story this hour. us president joe biden has hit back at special counsel who described him as an elderly man with a poor memory. it comes after an investigation found he mishandled top secret files , and mishandled top secret files, and said he struggled to recall key life events. biden has been accused of keeping classified national security material at home, but he won't face criminal charges. special . counsel robert charges. special. counsel robert he said he chose not to bring criminal charges because the president cooperated and would likely be difficult convict . likely be difficult to convict. the white house says president biden and his team cooperated fully with the investigation and handed the material back immediately . handed the material back immediately. in a handed the material back immediately . in a surprise news immediately. in a surprise news briefing last night, mr biden insisted his memory is fine. >> there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events . about my recollection of events. there's even referenced that i don't remember when my son died . don't remember when my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that totally out of your memory and can you continue as president ? my memory is so bad, president? my memory is so bad, i let you speak.

president? my memory is so bad, i let you speak . that's that's i let you speak. that's that's that's my memory has gotten w0 i'se. woi'se. >> worse. >> mr president. >> mr president. >> my memory is not my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done since i've become president. >> president joe biden speaking there. now, russia's president has told tv presenter tucker carlson that he has no interest in expanding the war in ukraine. asked if he could imagine a scenario in which he would send russian troops to poland, he said only if poland attacks russia . he went on to say that russia. he went on to say that russia. he went on to say that russia has no interest in poland. latvia or anywhere else. in his first interview, sitting down with a western journalist since russia's invasion, putin also said he had no interest in speaking with the us president until certain demands are met. >> if you really want to stop fighting, you need to stop supplying weapons. it will be over within a few weeks. that's it. and then we can agree on some terms before you do that, stop . what's easier ? why would i stop. what's easier? why would i call him? what art should i talk

to him about ? to him about? >> however, kira rudik a member of ukraine's parliament and leader of the golos party, says putin does not want peace and does not want to negotiate. >> i've heard his narratives. there is nothing new there. uh, he is threatening to destroy the world and saying that ukraine is not a nation at all, but but what is most important? he is trying to persuade, uh, all of the viewers that he is ready for negotiations. well, i can tell you this is a lie. i think it will be very dangerous because this interview would definitely try to influence the next us elections and not the way they were trying to influence the elections beforehand . and but in elections beforehand. and but in a very open way. >> in other news, tesco has announced the sale of its retail banking operations to barclays in a deal worth around £600 million. barclays is to take over tesco bank's credit cards , over tesco bank's credit cards, loans and saving accounts and has also agreed to market tesco

branded banking services. tesco will receive an income for the use of its brands and barclays will participate in tesco clubcard scheme , the uk's clubcard scheme, the uk's largest loyalty programme . the largest loyalty programme. the retailer says the deal will help it trim its debts and allow it to be focussed on its core retail business. its 2800 tesco employees are to be transferred to barclays under the agreement . to barclays under the agreement. over time . the met police is over time. the met police is failing to tackle child exploitation , leaving vulnerable exploitation, leaving vulnerable youngsters at risk . that's youngsters at risk. that's according to a watchdog. new findings say the force's response to criminal and sexual exploitation of children was not currently effective , and not currently effective, and not enough was being done to protect victims. his majesty's inspectorate of constable and fire and rescue services raised serious concerns about the force's performance. after more than half of the investigations examined were graded as inadequate. the met apologised to the children and families it had let down and stressed it was taking urgent and significant steps so no child is left unsafe

and british airways says it plans to resume flights to and from israel beginning in april . from israel beginning in april. in a statement on their website , in a statement on their website, the airline says they will resume flights to tel aviv, but with a much reduced service from london heathrow. british airways suspended services to tel aviv amid ongoing hostilities between israel and hamas following the attack by the terror group . on attack by the terror group. on october the 7th. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts . news. common alerts. >> thanks for your. it's 10:07. >> thanks for your. it's10:07. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with me, ellie costello and pip tomson. and so many of you have been getting in touch this morning. thank you so much for your emails and for your company. lots of you getting in touch on the tucker carlson and president putin interview, released interview, which was released last night. tracy says the

interview should not have taken place this morning and then good morning. >> you say, to be honest, putin's interview didn't surprise me at all. he will never change and intimidating man on on this report into president biden, which found he was an elderly man with a poor memory, den saying biden is self—evidently not fit for the job, never mind president. >> it's a personal tragedy for him for which sympathy is due. however he's obviously incapable of making any decision. the question is who is ? question is who is? >> i mean, in a country of 330 odd million people, it's coming down to an 81 year old and a 77 year old. no >> got a thing? is that the best they can? well for a lot of questions being asked about that. >> and i would also like to say a very good morning to susan. hello, susan . we're getting some hello, susan. we're getting some hair advice from you this morning. um saying that you and

l, morning. um saying that you and i, ellie, should cut off our weary , outdated, dangling locks . weary, outdated, dangling locks. oh, how very kind. well, susan , oh, how very kind. well, susan, i do appreciate your thoughts. i am off to the hairdressers today , and i will probably get that much cut off my hair. i hope you're all right with that. but, hey, if it's a problem , come on hey, if it's a problem, come on the show and we'll have a chat about it. gb views gb news. com now to politics and remember this tweet from ed miliband last yeah >> he said some people don't want britain to borrow to invest in the green economy. they won't back down. but keir , rachel and back down. but keir, rachel and i will never let this happen. britain needs this £28 billion a year plan and this is what we are committed to. well it turns out labour are letting it happen. >> they've confirmed they're scaling back almost £4 billion on this flagship environmental pledge. >> yes, rishi sunak has mocked labour as having no plan. but here's what shadow secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy jonathan

reynolds told gb news earlier frank, from the original commitment , there has been some commitment, there has been some substantial changes. >> one of those is the cost of borrowing has changed a lot. i mean, interest rates were nought point 1% when that commitment was made. they are now obviously over government over 5. the government themselves a of themselves has spent a lot of money, and limits the money, and that limits the opfions money, and that limits the options available to a future government. frankly, i think government. and frankly, i think it come out and it is better to come out and say, we know have say, we know things have changed. change changed. we've had to change some those plans now rather some of those plans now rather than that after an than try and do that after an election, straight with election, be straight with people a very ambitious people is still a very ambitious agenda. joining now is agenda. well joining us now is our correspondent, our political correspondent, olivia is live for us olivia utley, who is live for us in westminster. olivia utley, who is live for us in westn goodr. olivia utley, who is live for us in westn good morning to you, >> very good morning to you, olivia. just how damaging is this u—turn ? this u—turn? >> well, i think the first thing to say is it is hard to overstate the importance of this u—turn. this is absolutely massive . this wasn't just keir massive. this wasn't just keir starmer's green policy. it wasn't just his policy on the environment. it was essentially the flagship policy of his economic plan. what labour have said that they wanted to do is

create a green industrial revolution . and to do that, they revolution. and to do that, they were going to put £28 billion of funding each year behind green investment . he was planning to investment. he was planning to borrow that money for that investment . this u—turn is huge investment. this u—turn is huge andifs investment. this u—turn is huge and it's made worse by the fact that up until this week , labour that up until this week, labour shadow ministers, including keir starmer himself, were standing 100% behind the plan . in what 100% behind the plan. in what seems to have happened is that in the last couple of days now, the labour manifesto was finished yesterday , labour finished off yesterday, labour set an internal set themselves an internal deadune set themselves an internal deadline of finishing that manifesto by the 8th of february and basically rachel reeves the shadow chancellor seems to have gone and said, gone to keir starmer and said, look, just can't afford this. look, we just can't afford this. labour have a lot of labour have made a lot of expensive pledges in the last few months. they've promised a whole pledges to do with whole raft of pledges to do with childcare, free childcare, basically free childcare, basically free childcare for children childcare for all children between the age of nine months up until school age. they've talked about big reform of the nhs. they've said that they won't raise taxes. well, all of

that comes with a big price tag . that comes with a big price tag. and the £28 billion a year for the industrial green revolution has had to be sacrificed . and has had to be sacrificed. and now you ask how damaging this is for keir starmer. keir starmer does seem to have been impacted in the polls by this. labour have gone down by two points, but of course we need to put this in perspective. labour have been about 2022 points ahead in the polls for about six months now, so losing two points, isn't that bad for them. the problem , that bad for them. the problem, of course, is that if keir starmer does this again, he does have a little bit of a habit of flip flopping of u—turning. if he does a further u—turn like this in the coming months, it might get into a situation where voters are unable to recognise how labour is differentiating themselves from the tories at themselves from the tories at the moment, keir starmer is winning by not being the conservatives essentially . but conservatives essentially. but the closer we get to an election , the harder that will be to

hold. >> i just wonder, as well, olivia, about the timing of this, because there is a suggestion that labour knew they would be scaling back on this pledge. uh, quite a few weeks ago. it came out in the last 24 hours on what has been quite a torrid week for rishi sunak. you know, was it carefully timed ? know, was it carefully timed? >> i think that's a really interesting question because as you say, rumours have been circulating for weeks, if not months now that labour is going to backtrack on this incredibly expensive pledge, whether the timing was carefully orchestrated, well, i'm not sure. yes, it's been a torrid week for rishi sunak and perhaps labour have thought that it's a good day to bury bad news. but on the other hand, allowing these briefings to circulate for so long is arguably more damaging to the labour brand and has thrown the spotlight more fully onto what labour has done. and lord blunkett , for example, and lord blunkett, for example, tony blair's adviser , has said tony blair's adviser, has said to the times today that he thinks that this is absolutely

terrible optics . the fact that terrible optics. the fact that starmer waited until yesterday to actually announce that he would be rowing back from this. so whether it was carefully orchestrated or whether it simply got to a stage where starmer and miliband, the shadow energy secretary, will fighting for this policy and rachel reeves, the chancellor was fighting against it. and in the end, perhaps shapps rachel reeves won the fight . reeves won the fight. >> okay, olivia utley there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. and joining us now in the studio is conservative peer lord bailey. good to see you. this morning. morning. what do you make of labour axing this green pledge? because it's pretty remarkable this morning. even the guardian calling it the most controversial of u—turns. then we've seen momentum and unite labour's biggest union backers, heavily critical as well. i mean, with this, they might not have alienated it, but also angered the traditional voter base. >> i think there's two ways to look at this. firstly, it's actually good politics because

it is rubbish policy. actually good politics because it is rubbish policy . we simply it is rubbish policy. we simply cannot pay for it. and actually somebody in the labour camp has said, be here. said, look, let's be real here. we charge a british we cannot charge a british pubuc we cannot charge a british public with this. so it was probably thing to do. probably the right thing to do. i argue the political i would argue the political opfics i would argue the political optics of it showing you keir optics of it is showing you keir starmer's biggest problem. he has built a coalition of disgruntled groups and he will be impossible to keep all of them happy. and this is just a very big example where it's very big example for where it's going to go wrong, because there's number groups there's a number of groups who've hitched their who've who've hitched their wagon because he wagon to his trailer because he said, going to all this said, we're going to do all this green stuff. and he's upset them. there'll be number of them. there'll be a number of people to do around people have to do around childcare. he'll upset them as well. is well. and what he's finding is when opposition years when you're in opposition years and from an election, and months out from an election, life can pledge life is easy. you can pledge what want, can what what you want, you can say what you want. people, as you get you want. but people, as you get closer to elections, start to ask detailed questions. and he's preparing to answer preparing himself to answer those preparing himself to answer th grown up politics. but it's is grown up politics. but it's also difficult politics. >> about argument, >> what about the argument, though, that he didn't have though, that that he didn't have a scaling this a choice about scaling back this because as the conservatives say, many say some lots of views

on this controversial conservatives have trashed the economy. so therefore it was the sensible , pragmatic thing to do. sensible, pragmatic thing to do. >> look , he made these pledges >> look, he made these pledges when he knew the state of the economy. >> so that's simply isn't true. and actually the biggest thing that's affected our economy was lockdown . and he was a massive lockdown. and he was a massive fan of lockdowns . he wanted fan of lockdowns. he wanted to do more and he wanted to do more of them and he wanted to do more of them and he wanted to do them longer. so he can't do them for longer. so he can't really that. having really hide behind that. having said the will work said that, the optics will work for he will be able to for him. he will be able to blame the tories for almost anything what he has to be anything but what he has to be careful. up that careful. he's using up that goodwill this taken goodwill and this has taken a big chunk out of it. was the tories fault ultimately tories fault because ultimately he to people, vote for he has said to people, vote for me because what i'm me because this is what i'm going do. he's no longer going to do. he's no longer going to do. he's no longer going to do it. so they may no longer vote for him. >> so how are the tories going to capitalise on this? mean, to capitalise on this? i mean, i know rishi sunak thinks it's more isn't more flip flopping, isn't it? and got plan. that's and they've got no plan. that's that's his claim is. and that's what his claim is. and you know this good for rishi you know this is good for rishi sunak because pretty sunak because he's had a pretty horrible week. let's face it, he's have been better

i >> understatement and is and look let's let's be fair. if you if you're one of the number 10 strategies feel like you've strategies you feel like you've forced this on the labour party because you've set a rhetoric going they have plan and going that they have no plan and this unaffordable. and labour this is unaffordable. and labour have react and they've have had to react and they've reacted putting arguably reacted by putting down arguably their flashiest policy. and labour have wooed a lot of young people. able to people. labour have been able to move of left wing vote move a lot of the left wing vote into stable, with this into their stable, with this set of policies, to and remove them is fairly win for the is a fairly big win for the conservatives. but i will say this is, um, two points out of a 22 point lead is not enough. >> yeah. i mean, it's not exactly going to shift the polls if you if, if you're if you're starmer, you'll be feeling a little bit bad about this. >> but you'll look them, >> but you'll look at them, you'll at polls. well you'll look at the polls. well i'm 20 points ahead. don't i'm still 20 points ahead. don't worry about but big worry about it. but the big worry about it. but the big worry is what next? if i was running the conservative, um, campaign, okay, campaign, i'd be saying, okay, we've off that. which are we've picked off that. which are we've picked off that. which are we pick next? we going to pick off next? because labour have because a problem labour have had, made a of big, had, they've made a lot of big, um, funding, um, spends. they've said we'll do this, we'll do that. what all know is

that. and what we all know is they cannot charge british they cannot charge the british pubuc they cannot charge the british public any more. we will not pay any tax tax goes up, any more tax if tax goes up, there'll problems. there'll be problems. >> bailey, whilst we have, >> lord bailey, whilst we have, you to ask you about you wanted to ask you about rishi sunak, who's far not rishi sunak, who's so far not apologised, uh, to brianna ghey family for the trans jibe as it's described at pmqs on it's being described at pmqs on wednesday. is right? to wednesday. is he right? not to apologise?the major tactics that >> one of the major tactics that the left do look, if you if you're in politics, here's how it goes. people on the right think, people left think, people on the left politics is wrong. people on the left always try to make people on look evil and rishi on the right look evil and rishi sunak stamped on rake. he sunak stamped on a rake. he walked straight that walked straight into that because to make that joke on any other week would have well other week would may have well worked, keir starmer worked, because keir starmer could identify woman for could not identify a woman for people for ordinary people which for most ordinary people which for most ordinary people utterly ridiculous. people is utterly ridiculous. but unfortunately there is a family in who suffered at the most horrific type of bereavement. and keir starmer has been able to manoeuvre them onto the political stage and use that against against the pm. so a casual observer would say they're both in the wrong one has made a joke that was

particularly, maybe could be seen as crash, and one of them has been able to make it political. but if i was running and situation, say if and rishi situation, i'd say if you apologise, pain will you apologise, the pain will still be there. said still be there. and you said something about keir starmer, you never referred to the family or that child. if i was on on keir starmer, i'd say keep punching that bruise because most people you know who have children , cousins, friends who children, cousins, friends who are young will be feeling slightly awkward about what has gone so think never the gone on. so i think never the twain will move. so is that. >> come on, you're straddling both sides here. is that a yes or a no? lord bailey, about whether should whether rishi sunak should come out and apologise? >> who is starmer to make >> who is keir starmer to make rishi apologise? farage rishi >> who is keir starmer to make risneverlogise? farage rishi >> who is keir starmer to make ris never apologise �*age rishi >> who is keir starmer to make ris never apologise �*ag starmer >> who is keir starmer to make ris rif/er apologise �*ag starmer >> who is keir starmer to make ris rif anybodygise'ag starmer >> who is keir starmer to make ris rif anybody now ag starmer >> who is keir starmer to make ris rif anybody now is starmer >> who is keir starmer to make risrif anybody now is shouting ho. 110. >> no. >> but should he apologise to brianna her brianna ghey family, to her mother was there? mother who was there? >> i personally , i'd go and >> i me personally, i'd go and see the mother. i would take the time and go and see the mother. but not apologise time and go and see the mother. but he not apologise time and go and see the mother. but he neverpologise time and go and see the mother. but he never saidgise time and go and see the mother. but he never said anything because he never said anything about it. he talked keir about it. he talked to keir starmer starmer's starmer about kiss starmer's actions. make. he actions. he didn't make. he didn't he didn't comment on, on on and, and the very

on the family and, and the very horrific situation and the horrific situation is and the reason if you reason why because if you apologise every word apologise for this every word the utters, the left will be the pm utters, the left will be able to find some reason for him to apologise. and they're to apologise. and what they're trying to do is frame the pm as a bad man and i personally, if i was a pm would not allow that to happen. you think that sir happen. do you think that sir keir politicised that keir starmer politicised that joke to be, joke where it didn't need to be, or you think was valid? or do you think it was valid? 100? politicised it, but he 100? he politicised it, but he was, he was given, he was given the ammo. i'd love to say to you that rishi didn't give him the hammer, but he did. and rishi knows if there's one thing about the labour party, they campaign aggressively and the left wing press do personal attacks on a level that the rest of the world cannot compete with. >> the right wing press are quite good at doing attacks as well. >> they are quite good, but but the left wing press are superb. they're superb. they are. it is their stock and trade. i mean, just ask jk rowling. she'll tell you. >> interesting. >> interesting. >> lord bailey , thank you so >> lord bailey, thank you so much. >> indeed. what i noticed as well actually wasn't just that

ellie was that there was a number of mps who reacting to it and having this very discussion, and having this very discussion, and they couldn't get the surname correct of the family, and they kept saying, briahna grey, and it's brianna ghey. >> and i found that very disrespectful when you're talking about a family going through girl was through so much girl who was murdered say murdered and you cannot even say her correctly, her surname . her name correctly, her surname. >> mhm. no. >> mhm. no. >> very, very uncomfortable. um, do let us know what you think about that. do think rishi about that. do you think rishi sunak have apologised? do sunak should have apologised? do we think he right? not to we think he was right? not to have so? gb views at gb have done so? gb views at gb news. com but do stay with us still come. going to still to come. we're going to have a pretty extraordinary story about an illegal migrant have a pretty extraordinary storysaysut an illegal migrant have a pretty extraordinary storysays hein illegal migrant have a pretty extraordinary story says he feelsegal migrant have a pretty extraordinary story says he feels trappedranthe who says he feels trapped in the uk back home. uk and he can't get back home. we'll have more on that on britain's newsroom, on gb news.

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make every effort to return them to their country of origin or a safe third country. we >> joining us now is international human rights lawyer david hale . very good lawyer david hale. very good morning to you, david. this is this is interesting, isn't it, because we talk so much about people coming into britain, whether it's illegally or legally . but yet here whether it's illegally or legally. but yet here is somebody saying he wants to leave and he can't , but why leave and he can't, but why can't . he? can't. he? >> uh. good morning to you both. i mean, it certainly sounds absurd with all the issues and the problems that we've got. >> um, i don't think this is a case that we see an awful lot. and i think we need to look into the facts of this one specifically. now, what's happened this chap is that happened with this chap is that essentially his his asylum claim was out. should was struck out. so he should have as said earlier have been as you said earlier on, back to his country of on, sent back to his country of origin safe third country. origin or a safe third country. now, that hasn't happened. why is ? and i think the details is that? and i think the details in this case are a little bit thin on the ground. i mean, obviously that's something that should and this chap

should happen. and this chap clearly has fallen through the gaps. it shows you is gaps. but what it shows you is that really is that the system really is broken. so only can stop broken. so not only can we stop people in, can't even people coming in, we can't even get going out. and even get people going out. and even if numbers are few of if these numbers are few of people situation, it people in his situation, it really acceptable . you really isn't acceptable. you know, not even when we know, we're not even when we look at this chap, um, he's living, he claims, under a boat. that's where should be that's hardly where he should be living in this situation. david how common is this for people coming to this country if they don't like it or they don't settle in for whatever reason, how common is it that they would want to go back home to want to go back home or to another safe country ? another safe country? >> and when they do feel that way, how it to get them way, how easy is it to get them there ? there? >> i think i think the second the second question is the easiest one to answer. i don't think that common that the think it's that common that the situation now, situation that we're seeing now, i are people that i think there are people that get stuck in between the in the system effectively what system and effectively what would happen when someone is rejected, person starts, rejected, that person starts, there's a deportation process that usually if somebody that starts usually if somebody wants to go back , that should be wants to go back, that should be a lot easier. people will fall

through cracks. the system through the cracks. the system isn't ideal by any means, and that's, i think, what happened in the case of this chap, in terms of people, i think that want to go back if they're rejected and add into that people are looking people that are looking at asylum here for genuine asylum coming here for genuine asylum coming here for genuine asylum seekers. what i'm seeing from the genuine asylum seekers is because of all the vilification of the word asylum seeker. you're seeing a lot of people, perhaps not lot. i'd people, perhaps not a lot. i'd say people now looking twice say people are now looking twice at whether they want to come here what they'll here because of what they'll suffer all the suffer because of all the vilification that we're seeing at the moment. >> yeah. the home office, >> yeah. and the home office, uh, say that they will make every effort to return the person to their country of origin , but then what would be origin, but then what would be going on here? because this gentleman is saying he's got no choice but to jump on the back of a lorry. well, i think this is this is like i said, it seems it seems that we're missing some facts here when i was looking at this case, because if he has beenif this case, because if he has been if his asylum case has basically been rejected and he's

due to be sent back, there would be process place where he be a process in place where he would sent back. would be sent back. >> that's not necessarily >> now, that's not necessarily immediate, >> now, that's not necessarily imm�*havez, >> now, that's not necessarily imm�*have to find place where they have to find a place where they have to find a place where they send him that is safe they can send him that is safe and where he came from. obviously, i think this chap is syrian deemed so he syrian isn't deemed safe, so he can't there. where can't go back there. but where could you've got to could he go? so you've got to there's logistics then. there's could he go? so you've got to there logistics cs then. there's could he go? so you've got to there logistics in then. there's could he go? so you've got to there logistics in moving1ere's also logistics in moving someone. there would a someone. but there would be a process. this chap is process. so if this chap is going the police and saying, going to the police and saying, put me through that process, i find it very odd if they're just saying a boat saying no, go sleep under a boat until we until we're ready for you. does very odd that you. it does seem very odd that the office and the police the home office and the police haven't, haven't gone through that think it's that process. so i think it's quite strange, but what it appears from reports trying quite strange, but what it ap do, rs from reports trying quite strange, but what it ap do, rs frotrying)rts trying quite strange, but what it ap do, rs frotrying to; trying quite strange, but what it ap do, rs frotrying to deport,ying quite strange, but what it ap do, rs frotrying to deport, asg quite strange, but what it apd ass frotrying to deport, asg quite strange, but what it apd as thistrying to deport, asg quite strange, but what it apd as this sounds, deport, asg quite strange, but what it apd as this sounds, dep

so you've got this absurd situation . um, and i think now situation. um, and i think now that it's been highlighted, i would imagine that, well, one would imagine that, well, one would hope that the home office and the police are taking this seriously. know, we may seriously. and, you know, we may want start looking are want to start looking at are there many other people are there how many other people are in situation? not one in this situation? it's not one that across a lot. but that i've come across a lot. but clearly, if this chap is to be believed it's an issue, believed and it's an issue, well, it certainly sound as well, it does certainly sound as if in question has if the man in question has fallen through the cracks. >> the office >> but i mean, the home office has they're to make has said they're going to make every to return any every effort to return any person who does not have the right the uk, return right to be in the uk, return them to their country origin, them to their country of origin, or third country who or a safe third country who foots the bill for that? >> well, effectively we do. the british so when british taxpayer. um, so when i mean, you know, people, there's no real or no effect of way no real way or no effect of way that we the british taxpayer and our authorities can essentially bill people that fail that process and we send them back. so if you've a flight, for so if you've got a flight, for instance, an extradition flight, whilst may try reclaim whilst they may try and reclaim that basically it's us, that money, basically it's us, the british taxpayer that pays the british taxpayer that pays the money, not just obviously

when someone here when someone comes here and maintaining we maintaining them, but when we send them back, okay. >> david. hey, really good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. still to come, park are furious as all park runners are furious as all of their course records have been wiped after controversy of a female having the a trans female having the fastest time in the female category . category. >> are you a park runner? let us know what you think about this . know what you think about this. it's, uh, causing quite a stir. that and much more. after your morning news with sophia wenzler . pip. >> thank you from the gb newsroom at 1030, your headlines . us president joe biden has hit back at special counsel who described him as an elderly man with poor memory. it comes after an investigation found he mishandled top secret files and said he struggled to recall key life events . biden has been life events. biden has been accused of keeping classified national security material at home, but he won't face criminal charges. special counsel robert

he said he chose not to bring criminal charges because the president cooperated and would likely be difficult to convict. the white house says president biden and his team cooperated fully with the investigation and handed the material back immediately. in a surprise news briefing last night, mr biden insisted his memory is fine. >> well, there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events. there's referenced events. there's even referenced that i don't remember when my son died , how in the hell dare son died, how in the hell dare he raise that totally out of your memory ? your memory? >> and can you continue as president ? president? >> if my memory is so bad, i let you speak . that's that's that's you speak. that's that's that's my memory has gotten worse , mr my memory has gotten worse, mr president, my memory is not. my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done since i become president . become president. >> and russia's president has told tv presenter tucker carlson that he has no interest in expanding the ukraine war. asked if he could imagine a scenario in which he would send russian

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me, ellie costello and joining us this morning are political commentator matthew stadlen. and emma webb. to get stuck into all of the top stories of the day . of the top stories of the day. emma, let's start with you, shall we? and parkrun, there's some controversy this morning as parkrun has removed a records of gender courses and ages from its events . tell us a bit gender courses and ages from its events. tell us a bit more gender courses and ages from its events . tell us a bit more about this. >> so as we were just discussing before we came on air, it's actually a little unclear from the reporting on this exact what parkrun have decided to do, whether they've just removed the comparison of gender categories or removed other or whether they've removed other categories whether categories as well, or whether they've removed their they've removed all of their records altogether . but this records altogether. but this this is part of the ongoing debate about trans women in sport. so men compete biological men competing against biological women. um, i think that the issue here and the point has been made already , um, on this been made already, um, on this channel this morning that, um, that parkrun isn't particularly competitive . it's not like it's

competitive. it's not like it's the olympics, but the reality is that if women don't know that they're whether they're competing against a record set by a biological man or a biological female, that could be very demotivating for women wanting take part, wanting to wanting to take part, wanting to try and improve own try and improve their own records , and not really having records, and not really having an understanding where they an understanding of where they stand. for example, you can stand. so, for example, you can imagine if you're competing against somebody who say you're trying to compete with in an age category, if you didn't know whether those, um , sort of whether those, um, sort of people were able to identify as any age that liked , then any age that they liked, then you know where you you wouldn't know where you really stood in relation to those records . and so i think those records. and so i think that despite the fact that it's obviously not competitive, it's not it's not as competitive. it's not like the olympics. it's still part the same ongoing still part of the same ongoing problem biological problem of biological women being discouraged, really, from taking part in sports because they're having to compete against biological men. >> former , uh, elite >> there's a former, uh, elite marathon runner, matthew , who's marathon runner, matthew, who's been on social media been getting on social media about and she says a trans about this, and she says a trans identifying male who runs in the female category at parkrun is

currently ranked in the top ten women in his age group in the uk on run britain with a handicap comprised entirely of parkruns . comprised entirely of parkruns. it's wrong, it's unfair and it must end. >> so i'm completely, i was going to say completely. i am, as you might expect, in favour of inclusivity and i thought you were also going to say i am a park runner. sadly not. i think the closest i ever came to a parkrun was i did a run in a parkrun was i did a run in a park with kevin hart, the comedian i was interviewing him. he made me chuckle along the way. anyway >> oh, that's great story. >> oh, that's a great story. >> oh, that's a great story. >> so so my position on >> no? so so my position on this, i hope, is quite clear in favour of inclusivity , but also favour of inclusivity, but also defensive of women's rights. so where there is a genuine clash, not a trans, not a sort of transphobic storm, but a genuine clash between the rights of trans people and the rights of women that should be taken seriously. and it seems to me obvious. maybe wrong about it, but it seems to me obvious that people who are biologically male should not be competing in any

sport with people who are biologically female, have their own category. indeed i cannot see the problem with that and that isn't to other other trans people. it's not to say, you know, you're sort of inferior or anything, just as we. and this is not to say that trans people are disabled. want to are disabled. i want to be absolutely but have absolutely clear, but we have disability olympics, don't we? and those celebrated. and and those are celebrated. and there are positive thing you think back 2012 when we had think back to 2012 when we had the london paralympic held the london paralympic games held here, that was hugely well supported and hugely well watched on tv . full stadium at watched on tv. full stadium at the london stadium and so forth. so this doesn't have to be a negative thing. it doesn't have to be at the heart of a culture, one, i would just say this as well, given we're talking about trans thought that trans issues. i thought that rishi sunak jibe pmqs rishi sunak jibe at pmqs this week disgusting. was, um, week was disgusting. it was, um, prime ministerial. it was deliberately playing sort deliberately playing into a sort of transphobic atmosphere. he's the leader of country. he the leader of this country. he should leader for all of should be a leader for all of us. he knew exactly what he was doing regardless in doing regardless of who was in the but on the issue of the gallery. but on the issue of sport, it seems to me absurd

that women such as yourselves should be running against people, even if they identify as women who are biologically male. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> oh, i want to keep talking about this. well, as a park runner, i find it a motivator to see these sorts of records that you get sent because you try and better yourself week. better yourself every week. but then, the hand, the then, on the other hand, the school thought is, look, it's school of thought is, look, it's a of fun . you're not a bit of fun. you're not competing. you're the only person you're competing against is yourself. >> a who's w" >> as someone who's not a park runner, if , if, if i knew runner, um, i if, if, if i knew that parkrun were allowing biological men to identify, to just as women and just self—identify as women and then compete against women, i, i would , i would be, i wouldn't be would, i would be, i wouldn't be interested, i wouldn't want to go and be part of a party. >> people now saying they're boycotting parkrun. >> it is interesting >> well, it is interesting because this because we've had this conversation and conversation at elite level and an level sport for an elite level of sport for a very long time, but it's now affecting or is it going to affecting or is it going to affect everyday people every day? will demotivate day? women? will it demotivate people in parkrun? people to take part in parkrun? let know what you think gb let us know what you think gb views news. com will it

views at gb news. com will it make you go for the first time? >> first time can >> go for the first time can never never been that early never never been up that early on a saturday. >> i can safely say or i'm at work either way. uh, stay with us. we're to be back very us. we're going to be back very shortly talking about prince harry been speaking harry because he's been speaking at a glitzy awards ceremony in las vegas, but he didn't mention his who was, his father, the king, who was, of to cancer of course, to started cancer treatment. asking, it treatment. we're asking, was it a matthew and emma will a snub? matthew and emma will have their on this is have their say on that. this is britain's newsroom on

nonchalant you're listening to gb news radio . gb news radio. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom with us still , our newsroom with us still, our political commentators, matthew stadlen and emma webb. >> and let's talk about prince harry, because, you know, we haven't spoken about him for the last, what, 20 minutes? yeah. >> should should should >> should we, should we should we quick chat? we have a quick chat? >> uh, emma, he has been. well, he he was made this dash from california to london. was here for all of 25 hours. flew back again. and he's now has been in las vegas at an awards do.

that's terribly ecologically friendly of him to fly all the way over for 24 hours. >> um, the on his visit to the king, it was interesting that he came only for 24 hours. he had police escort, i think, to clarence house, but not on the way back. um, to heathrow . um, way back. um, to heathrow. um, and he stayed in a hotel rather than at a royal residence, although that may be because he didn't give notice, um, didn't give enough notice, um, in advance his visit. um some in advance of his visit. um some people have suggested that maybe this indicative thawing this is indicative of a thawing of the relationship between him and charles. um, but it's interesting that he stayed only for 24 hours. i don't think , in for 24 hours. i don't think, in this speech at las vegas, i don't think we should expect that he would mention anything about. >> i mean, that's what's been picked it? that picked up on, isn't it? that contrast prince william contrast between prince william at london air ambulance at the london air ambulance charity thanked charity dinner, where he thanked everybody for their good wishes, and prince harry has remained absolutely stunned, which he is entitled to do. >> and i also think that that's possibly what we like possibly what we might like makes change for prince harry, makes a change for prince harry, doesn't mean, in doesn't it? anything, i mean, in order to in order to retrieve his relationship his his relationship with his

family, his family, he needs to keep his mouth so, um, what william mouth shut. so, um, what william did a very was did was a very was was dignified. um, and what you would expect also , um, of the would expect also, um, of the heir. but for prince harry, i think it would have been an inappropriate context as well for him to mention it, because it's obviously not in the, in the uk, it's in, um, the states. um, and so i think actually it maybe it's a good sign that he hasn't opened his mouth and spoken about it to anyone. >> and if trying to rebuild >> and if he's trying to rebuild bridges, absolutely . bridges, perhaps absolutely. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's the thing to do. yeah >> look, we want to get on to this story because we're not allowed to come back. you come back to that very quickly. >> quickly. want to >> very quickly. i do want to talk about just very quickly. did care about inclusion? did you care about inclusion? >> is a media feeding >> i do this is a media feeding frenzy. we've frenzy. i cannot believe we've got to the point within the space a few days, i was here space of a few days, i was here live the news came out live when the news came out about charles. this is about king charles. this is a story our king having story about our king having cancer to sort of cancer and trying to sort of empathise him and the empathise with him and the implications that, that that implications of that, that that has for our country and for the monarchy. and we are

monarchy. and here we are talking prince harry, who talking about prince harry, who did thing as his son did the decent thing as his son and flew over. >> maybe we might be >> but maybe we might not be talking quite much talking about it quite so much if harry written if prince harry hadn't written a book trashing his family, that if prince harry hadn't written a bca< trashing his family, that if prince harry hadn't written a bca fair shing his family, that if prince harry hadn't written a bca fair point. 1is family, that is a fair point. >> thank you. matthew and a netflix series as well. >> do you think you write them that he stayed tight lipped on this on on on his father at the speech vegas? speech last night in las vegas? >> his father. yeah. >> i think that there would have been of context if he's been out of context if he's making a of funny jokey making a sort of funny jokey speech at a sort of showbizzy event start talking event to then start talking about serious diagnosis about the very serious diagnosis that father and our king that his father and our king has, has received week. has, has received this week. >> get on to this >> right. let's get on to this inclusivity story, inclusivity training story, shall we? >> w- shall we? >> the telegraph >> matthew in the telegraph apparently about a bat apparently it's about a bat charity. emma was telling a charity. emma was telling us a little earlier on. well, little bit earlier on. well, emma, you're just desperate to talk this, aren't you? talk about this, aren't you? >> so amusing that. >> i find it so amusing that. i mean, it's just it's one of many stories of its kind, but it's just particularly amusing because inclusivity because it's about inclusivity in bats . yeah. in relation to bats. yeah. >> i mean, you're right. i don't think bats. it's think it's about the bats. it's about inclusive city and environmentalism. and in the countryside this

countryside we had earlier this week, that week, didn't we? the story that there's perception of the there's this perception of the countryside being racist countryside kind of being racist . and look, when you when you look at a story like this, particularly when they talk about anti—oppression training thing, us sort of sit up thing, most of us sort of sit up and think, this is absurd. and then you start to look a little bit more deeply into it. and if you take the countryside, the countryside may well be the preserve largely of white people. and if that is the case, we want change we we want to change it because we want be inclusive . we want want to be inclusive. we want british, asian, british, black and forth. citizens to have and so forth. citizens to have access to the beauty spots in our countryside that the rest of us enjoy and perhaps take for granted. so once you sort of peel back some of the layers that initially seem absurd, i think you get to something perhaps a little bit more serious. >> no, i think i, i think this is silliness. i actually, when you dig into it, i think it's silliness because if you think about where the majority of ethnic minorities live in this country, it's within the big cities, within urban areas, and actually you looked actually probably if you looked at of white britons

at a breakdown of white britons living in those places as well , living in those places as well, they also less likely, they also are less likely, i imagine, to go to the countryside, partly because of transport reasons , maybe not transport reasons, maybe not having the countryside having family in the countryside and therefore not having a reason visit the countryside reason to visit the countryside or explore a certain area . or to explore a certain area. um, just think it's, it's , um, and i just think it's, it's, um, it's just it's not right. it's offensive in a way. and it's just simply not accurate as this is described. um, the british countryside as a racist, colonial white space. and it's nonsense . and we've seen so many nonsense. and we've seen so many stories about decolonising the countryside, talking to a black lady who'd moved to the cotswolds, who had lived in london. >> and she said she suffered far more racism in london than she ever has. well also, you have to in the cotswolds as well, have to recognise that within london an and we can talk about ethnic minority is as if there's some kind of homogenous blob. >> but the reality is are >> but the reality is there are conflicts between groups within london. so just think that london. so i just think that this it's silliness. and bat this is it's silliness. and bat conservation charities don't

need inclusivity need to be giving inclusivity training staff . training to their staff. >> okay. emma webb, matthew stadler really good to see stadler i'm really good to see you. us know your you. uh, do let us know your thoughts that story. thoughts on that story. vaiews@gbnews.com. but do stay with the next few with us because in the next few moments, us president joe biden has dismissed accusations that moments, us president joe biden hariinsmissed accusations that moments, us president joe biden haris norissed accusations that moments, us president joe biden haris no longericcusations that moments, us president joe biden haris no longer fithations that moments, us president joe biden haris no longer fit for:ions that moments, us president joe biden haris no longer fit for office. at he is no longer fit for office. we're going to be talking about that in the next few moments on britain's newsroom on . gb news. britain's newsroom on. gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a milder day out there for large parts of the country, but still cold enough in scotland for some snow and ice this . the met office this morning. the met office warnings remain place , but warnings remain in place, but the over northern the wintry weather over northern england is well slowly turning a bit milder. so it's grey and it's dank, but it's not quite as cold as yesterday. far north—west of scotland may well stay dry and there'll be drier spells further south, but there

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president joe biden is an elderly man with a poor memory. but mr biden dismisses it. >> i'm well meaning and i'm an elderly man and i know what the hell i'm doing. i've been president. i put this country back on its feet. my memory is not. my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done become president macron. >> outrage i some runners across >> outrage! some runners across britain are furious as parkrun has removed all records from its website . it's in response to the website. it's in response to the backlash they received for trans women holding the fastest times in female categories. prime minister rishi sunak is to appear exclusive on gb news people's forum. >> an hour long q&a on the issues that matter most to you. this is what he has to say. >> hi rishi sunak here. join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to hear about the issues that matter to you for your chance to be of

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>> thanks, pip. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm >> thanks, pip. good morning. it's11:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your top in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. the us president, joe biden, has hit back at special counsel who described him as an elderly man with a poor memory. it comes after an investigation found he mishandled top secret files and said he struggled to recall key life events by. biden has been accused of keeping classified national security material at home, but he won't face criminal charges . special counsel robert charges. special counsel robert hirsch said he chose not to bnng hirsch said he chose not to bring criminal charges because the president cooperated and would likely be difficult to convict . the white house says convict. the white house says president biden and his team co—operated fully with the investigation and handed the material back immediately. in a surprise news briefing last night, mr biden insisted his memory is fine . memory is fine. >> i know there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events. there's even referenced that i don't remember ever. when my son died . how in the hell

my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that totally out of your memory ? of your memory? >> and can you continue as president ? president? >> my memory is so bad, i let you speak . that's that's that's you speak. that's that's that's my memory has gotten worse . mr my memory has gotten worse. mr president, my memory is not. my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done since i've become president. >> us president joe biden speaking there. now, russia's president has told tv presenter tucker carlson that he has no interest in expanding the war in ukraine. asked if he could imagine a scenario in which he would send russian troops to poland, he said only if poland attacks russia. he went on to say that russia has no interest in poland. latvia or anywhere else. in his first interview, sitting down with a western journalist since russia's invasion, putin also said he has no interest in speaking with the us president until certain demands are met, and rishi sunak says claims putin made during the interview blaming the west and nato for the war are ridiculous. if you really want

to stop fighting, you need to stop supplying weapons. >> it will be over within a few weeks. that's it . and then we weeks. that's it. and then we can agree on some terms before you do that, stop . what's easier you do that, stop. what's easier 7 you do that, stop. what's easier ? why would i call him ? what ? why would i call him? what should i talk to him about? >> however, kira rudik , a member >> however, kira rudik, a member of ukraine's parliament and leader of the golos party, says putin does not want peace and does not want to negotiate. >> i've heard his narratives. there is nothing new there. uh, he is threatening to destroy the world and saying that ukraine is not a nation at all. but what is most important? he is trying to persuade, uh, all the viewers that he is ready for negotiations . well, i can tell negotiations. well, i can tell you this is a lie. i think it will be very dangerous, because this interview would definitely try to influence the next us elections and not the way they were trying to influence the

elections beforehand. but in a very open way . very open way. >> in other news, tesco has announced the sale of its retail banking operations to barclays in a deal worth around £600 million. barclays is to take over tesco bank's credit cards , over tesco bank's credit cards, loans and saving accounts and has also agreed to market tesco branded banking services. tesco will receive an income for the use of its brand, and barclays will participate in the tesco clubcard scheme. the uk's largest loyalty programme. the retailer says the deal will help it trim its debts and allow it to focus on core retail business. 2800 tesco employees are to be transferred to barclays under the agreement . barclays under the agreement. over time , the met police is over time, the met police is failing to tackle child exploitation , leaving vulnerable exploitation, leaving vulnerable youngsters at risk . that's youngsters at risk. that's according to a watchdog . new according to a watchdog. new findings say the force's response to criminal and sexual exploitation of children was not currently effective , and not currently effective, and not enough was being done to protect victims. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services raised

serious concerns about the force's performance . after more force's performance. after more than half of the investigations examined were graded as inadequate . but the met inadequate. but the met apologised to children and families it had let down and stressed that it was taking urgent and significant steps. so no child is left unsafe . and no child is left unsafe. and british airways says it plans to resume flights to and from israel at the beginning of april . in a statement on their website, the airline says they will resume flights to tel aviv, but with a much reduced service from london heathrow . british from london heathrow. british airways suspended services to tel aviv amid the growing hostility between israel and hamas following the attack by the terror group on october 7th. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> i just want to bring you some breaking news that we're

getting, and that is junior doctors are going on strike again, this time from february the 24th to february. the 28th. so five day strike. this has come from the british medical association. in the last few moments, there's this ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. >> we last saw junior doctors walk out for six days in england in january three. it was the longest stoppage in the history of the nhs and at the time, the bma and the government said they would be willing to return to the table after that strike action took place. it's not clear yet whether those discussions have broken down, but as soon as we have more details on that, we will bring it to you here on britain's newsroom. but that breaking news, we're actually early. >> sorry to interrupt. are >> sorry to interrupt. we are getting from the getting a statement from the british medical association, which saying government which is saying the government had failed meet the deadline had failed to meet the deadline to an improved offer on to put an improved pay offer on the table a show of good the table in a show of good will, says the statement. the bma provided the health secretary an option to

secretary with an option to delay action. she delay further strike action. she was asked this is victoria atkins, the health secretary, to extend current extend the current strike mandate for a short period and allow talks continue with allow talks to continue to with the a resolution the aim to achieve a resolution for this year's dispute. disappointingly she declined to agree to extending the mandate. the bma there is a of light. the bma say the strikes could still be called off if a credible offer is made . if we get offer is made. if we get anything from the health secretary on that, we will bring it to you here on gb news. >> but that breaking news this morning, junior doctors will go on strike from february the 24th to february. the 20. that's from the british medical association. now lots of you have been emailing in this morning. now lots of you have been emailing in this morning . thank emailing in this morning. thank you so much for your company. lots of you getting in touch on the idea of, well, labour's u—turn. shall we start with that on the green pledge, the £28 billion green pledge ? uh, brian billion green pledge? uh, brian says in reality it should be scaled back totally as it's not even necessary in many people's eyes. >> yeah, and i've got plenty in

front of me on this park run . front of me on this park run. i'm going to say park run business. are you are you a park runner? do you do that? five k every saturday morning ? if you every saturday morning? if you are. >> hats off. yeah, yeah. >> hats off. yeah, yeah. >> it's causing quite a few rory because park run is removing all gender course and age records from its website. it's amid this row over trans women athletes, people who identify as trans women holding the fastest times. uh, christopher , you say you're uh, christopher, you say you're a park runner and you're generally against all of the self id in sport. nonsense but it is probably the right decision to abandon the rankings because the very ethos of park run is inclusivity. but you do agree with me that it's really nice to try and see your records, to beat your times. >> yeah, and it is a shame. personally, not that i'm a park runner, but i can imagine if you were that it's quite nice to see your time improve each week, just personally to be able to see that. that to be removed. >> but does it need to be on the

website because you get the emails, you get the email, you still find your time. still find out your time. >> wouldn't be ranked. >> it just wouldn't be ranked. is that way would be? is that the way it would be? >> that's how i understand >> yeah, that's how i understand it, chris. well, it, chris. you say, well, they've mucked this up, haven't they. to alienate over 50% they. how to alienate over 50% of population one fell of the population in one fell swoop. reinstate at and swoop. reinstate all at once and accept women's accept that women's rights should by should not be trampled by anyone. >> and jules says it's another case from sport. case of wiping women from sport. as wiping the records, what as for wiping the records, what an analogy. keep them an analogy. well, do keep them coming in. do you want to get on to the hair hair ones , or should to the hair hair ones, or should we leave that for another two? >> well, we've had quite a few on the hair because i, we had i can't remember. we had a sassy email earlier didn't we. yeah, we did have a sassy email telling should our telling us we should get our long susan and i've long locks cut. susan and i've ianed long locks cut. susan and i've invited susan to the invited susan to come on the show and speak to us both about this and give your views. uh, this and give us your views. uh, lots of you in reply have said that being very lovely. fine >> much. yeah that being very lovely. fine >> not much. yeah that being very lovely. fine >> not being much. yeah that being very lovely. fine >> not being funny, much. yeah that being very lovely. fine >> not being funny, but1uch. yeah that being very lovely. fine >> not being funny, but when yeah i'm not being funny, but when there's so much to talk about on there's so much to talk about on the news agenda, know, the news agenda, you know, you've interview you've got this interview between carlson putin. >> you've everything that's >> you've got everything that's happening. all the

happening. yeah, all the politics. and it's about our hair. >> yeah, it's shame it always >> yeah, it's a shame it always comes down to the hair. >> so move swiftly >> yeah. so let's move swiftly on to be that angry about hair. >> actually just very sad really. >> but susan, have a lovely weekend. >> yeah. and wishes to you >> yeah. and best wishes to you and love because i think and lots of love because i think you might need it. uh gb views at gb news. com do keep the views coming in. keep nice views coming in. keep them nice if can, and polite. now if you can, and polite. now labour facing happened. no labour are facing happened. no labour are facing happened. no labour are facing criticism after its pledge after ditching its pledge to spend a on spend £28 billion a year on green . green projects. >> they're back almost >> they're scaling back almost £4 billion on the flagship policy , a £4 billion at least. i policy, a £4 billion at least. i think so. let's hear prime minister rishi sunak's reaction to the u—turn. to the u —turn. >> to the u—turn. >> i think what labour announced yesterday just demonstrates what we've been saying is they absolutely don't have a plan . absolutely don't have a plan. their signature economic policy is in tatters and when you don't have a plan, you can't deliver any change for the country. we, in contrast, our plan is working. if you look at what's happening with the economy, inflation has come down from 11% to mortgage rates are to 4. mortgage rates are starting to come down, wages are

rising because of that, rising and because of that, we've able start cutting we've been able to start cutting people's so someone people's taxes. so someone earning £35,000 is getting a tax cut of £450 kicked in in january . that shows that when you have a plan , you can make a plan, you can make a difference. and if we stick to our plan, i can give everyone the peace of mind that the future going to better. future is going to be better. and as saw yesterday, the and as we saw yesterday, the alternative is the labour party, who have no and that means who have no plan and that means no change. and back no change. and just going back to square well here's what to square one. well here's what shadow secretary for state shadow secretary of for state business, industrial business, energy and industrial strategy reynolds told strategy jonathan reynolds told gb news earlier, frank from the original commitment, there has been substantial changes. been some substantial changes. >> one of those is the cost of borrowing has changed a lot. i mean, rates were nought mean, interest rates were nought point 1% when commitment point 1% when that commitment was now obviously was made. they're now obviously over government was made. they're now obviously over hasernment was made. they're now obviously over hasernmera was made. they're now obviously over hasernmela of themselves has spent a lot of money, and that limits the opfions money, and that limits the options available to a future government. and frankly, i think it and say it is better to come out and say we things have changed. we know things have changed. we've had to some we've had to change some of those rather than those plans now rather than try and after an election, and do that after an election, i'll be straight with people. it's ambitious

it's still a very ambitious agenda. >> us now is our >> well, joining us now is our political correspondent, olivia utley. olivia utley. good morning, olivia labour facing labour then they're facing so much criticism after this u—turn, including , you know, u—turn, including, you know, criticism from very much within their own party. >> well, absolutely . pip. and >> well, absolutely. pip. and i think first, it's important to say it's very hard to overstate the significance of this u—turn from keir starmer. this £28 billion a year for green projects was obviously an environmental policy, but it was also the cornerstone, really, of labour's economic plan. this green industrial revolution that keir starmer and rachel reeves have been talking about for years now. and in many respects it was the one big policy which differentiate labour from the conservatives. and now we have seen a 100% u—turn turn instead of £28 billion per year. labour has promised to invest 23.4 billion. i think it is over the course of five years. and just

to put into perspective what that will mean for people at home, part of the labour plan was to insulate 19 million houses that's now going to be 5 million houses, scaled back by 80. and as you say, there is a lot of constant passion from within labour itself. and that's mostly about the timing of this announcement . there are those announcement. there are those who say that, yes, they accept that essentially this plan had just got far too expensive . just got far too expensive. labour had made lots of other very expensive pledges in recent months, and most people in labour seem to think that that scaling back this policy, this green policy was the only green policy now was the only way to meet the price tags for some those other labour some of those other labour pledges taxes . pledges without raising taxes. but there a lot of but there is a lot of disagreement about the timing. it disagreement about the timing. h been disagreement about the timing. it been rumoured for months it has been rumoured for months now rachel reeves and keir now that rachel reeves and keir starmer are going to row back on this policy, but as recently as tuesday day, keir starmer himself was pushing back against those rumours and saying that he was standing by the plan. you

turning now, after all of that, has already gone under the water, puts labour very , very water, puts labour very, very much in the spotlight and lord blunkett , labour grandee tony blunkett, labour grandee tony blair, adviser, said, says that the optics look very, very bad indeed and obviously we need to put this into perspective a little bit because labour has been 2022, 24. i think at some points ahead, points ahead in the polls and yes, this will have an impact, but it's not going to create a huge dent. it's not going to be a deal breaker for keir starmer, but it really isn't a good look. and the fact that people like lord blunkett are saying so isn't a very good sign for the labour leader. >> you know, the optics aren't good, are they, olivia? i mean, who is the architect of this u—turn? do you think? is it sir keir starmer or is it rachel reeves? because if it's rachel reeves, she could bind the hands of a labour government for the whole of the next time? could she not? and would be labour voters will be will be worried about that. they're worried that what seeing today ,

what we're seeing today, decisions will become decisions like this will become more and frequent more tricky and more frequent under a labour government . under a labour government. >> i think that's a really important question, ellie, who was the architect of this because it certainly wasn't ed miliband, who's the shadow energy secretary, seven months ago, he said that he tweeted saying there was pressure on the labour leadership to back down on its £28 billion plan. but he he said, and i quote keir, and i will never let that happen. that's pretty embarrassing for the shadow energy secretary today. and as i say, keir starmer himself was saying that he was loyal to the plan right up until tuesday , which leaves up until tuesday, which leaves which leaves the only option really, was that it was rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, who it sounds as though she's been looking at the book. she's been looking at the book. she's been looking at some of the pledges that labour has made over the months. very over the last few months. very expensive promise for child care, instance, expensive care, for instance, expensive reforms nhs, etc. and reforms of the nhs, etc. and she's added up the numbers and decided that this plan simply

doesn't work anymore. and she it seems, has told keir starmer that now is the time for labour to do this u—turn. and obviously that's led to lots of people within the labour party suggesting behind the scenes that perhaps labour does. starmer doesn't really have a solid grip on his own party. >> okay, olivia utley there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. >> joining us now in the studio is political commentator john oxley. good morning john. i just oxley. good morning john. ijust want to start with this breaking news. we're getting in the last few moments that junior doctors are striking again later this month, uh, because they are saying the health secretary has rejected its gesture of goodwill. yes >> so these talks have been going on for quite some time. we saw, you know, quite a few strikes from the junior doctors last year. >> last month, last month, even sort of running into this year. >> and i think the health secretary was hoping to get this deau secretary was hoping to get this dealt with. but there's not a lot of goodwill between the

parties there. if you look at some the british medical some of the british medical association and association elections and things, doctors are getting things, the doctors are getting even more militant, sort of more pro being pro strike candidates being elected . and, you know, i don't elected. and, you know, i don't think there's a huge movement on the side of the government there. and what we're seeing is those talks are starting to break down. and another strike is weapon in the is the biggest weapon in the union's arsenal. so they're they're it when they're going to deploy it when they're going to deploy it when they useful . they think it's most useful. >> i mean, what we saw with the last strike action the last strike action from the junior january was junior doctors in january was the were refusing to the government were refusing to meet whilst strike action meet them whilst strike action was taking do you think was taking place. do you think that was the right from the that was the right call from the government? not not meet them government? not not to meet them whilst was ongoing? whilst the strike was ongoing? um, you'd almost want to um, because you'd almost want to see sides just coming see both sides just coming around table and finally around the table and finally hashing out. mean, we're hashing this out. i mean, we're talking right now about another reballot and a further reballot and getting a further mandate strike mandate for even more strike action. the while we're action. and all the while we're seeing waiting list just get seeing the waiting list just get longer and longer. longer and longer and longer. yeah, it was probably a bad >> i think it was probably a bad call from government because call from the government because the sort of the junior doctors sort of striking the biggest thing striking as the biggest thing they do. you're if

they can do. and if you're if you're saying to them, we're only to with you if only going to meet with you if you don't have a strike, that doesn't really encourage them to give that that give up that, that leverage that they think that's they have. and i think that's what you're seeing. and the doctors becoming more doctors are becoming more determined you determined on this. and as you say, having huge say, that's having huge repercussions nhs. repercussions for the nhs. >> think there >> and i think there was maybe a lot of optimism when victoria atkins became health secretary. i not that long ago i mean, not that long ago was it? people were it? but maybe people were thinking have thinking she might have a different approach , a different different approach, a different kind of diplomacy with this . and kind of diplomacy with this. and it hasn't really happened . it hasn't really happened. >> no, no, it hasn't at all. >>— >> no, no, it hasn't at all. >> that's one of those >> so that's always one of those things that people tunnel things that people get tunnel vision when locked into vision when they're locked into these sometimes these disputes. and sometimes having person come in, having a new person come in, they have a new approach. they can have a new approach. but seemingly really it's coming from government that they are going to try and stare down these doctors and that they are going push a harder line. and going to push a harder line. and that's we're seeing. and at that's what we're seeing. and at the moment, it seems the doctors are pushing back, because of course, thing to course, the other thing to remember you're one of remember is if you're one of these thinking, these doctors, you're thinking, well, 6 or 7 months or well, another 6 or 7 months or so, we will have a labour

government to deal with. they'll want to get this sorted and so that time pressure is probably flowing thinking flowing into their thinking as well. >> e“ e'- ell— e of hope in all of >> a glimmer of hope in all of this, the said the strikes this, the bma said the strikes could called off if could be called off if a credible offer is made. how likely you think that is to likely do you think that is to happen? john >> i think it's unlikely. i think the bma, the junior doctors, are asking quite a lot, as they say. they sort of make up for cuts to junior doctor pay that happened, just that have happened, not just recently, in face recently, not just in the face of the current inflation, but going sort all through going back sort of all through austerity . the government keeps austerity. the government keeps saying they're not going to go much higher than the offers they've already made, which are more than normal more generous than the normal pay more generous than the normal pay but nothing like pay increase. but nothing like what junior doctors say. and what the junior doctors say. and i think, you know, also at i think, um, you know, also at the moment it looks very weak. if the immediate response to this is to make a big, big offer and the government have to worry as that they've got other as well, that they've got other unions involved, in the unions involved, both in the medical profession across medical profession and across the and junior the board. and if the junior doctors big result out of doctors get a big result out of striking , is only going to striking, is that only going to encourage more strikes across

the public sector, these the public sector, where these pay the public sector, where these pay disputes are going on completely topic, completely different topic, but just briefly , did you dip into just briefly, did you dip into that interview between tucker carlson and putin and what did you think? >> i mean, rishi sunak has come out today saying it's clearly ridiculous for putin to blame the west the ukraine war. i the west for the ukraine war. i mean, should putin have had that platform? >> um, i you know, i think it's a very dangerous thing to give someone who is essentially one of our enemies a fairly gentle interview. we know when western news agencies that are more robust, like the bbc, ask the kremlin, always says no. and there is something, you know , a there is something, you know, a bit a bit , you there is something, you know, a bit a bit, you know, almost treacherous viewing , i think. treacherous viewing, i think. i think so, you know, this is someone who is committing a genocide in ukraine, is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians, potentially has also, you know, invaded georgia ten years ago on our own soil in britain, has used nerve agents to kill people . that is not

to kill people. that is not someone we should be doing audience sort of ordinary business with and giving a fawning interview for. and it really, i think, plays down the danger that has entirely come from russian aggression , both in from russian aggression, both in europe and elsewhere. >> and of course, he would he would deny, as you would expect, committing genocide. he denies, doesn't he, that it's an invasion. yes. de—nazify nation, he says, but you know what we see is those, you know, bombed out cities in the south and the east of ukraine, you know, pretty much speak for themselves. i'm not he themselves. and i'm not sure he was that. was asked much about that. >> no. >> no. >> john em— >> no. >> john oxley, thanks so much. >> thank you. stay with us. still to come, more on those shocking claims made by president in president putin in that bombshell interview tucker bombshell interview with tucker carlson. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on .

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on gb news with ellie costello and pip tomson >> now, overnight, russian president vladimir putin has accused former prime minister bofis accused former prime minister boris johnson of scuppering a peace agreement between russia and ukraine. let's take a listen. >> well , let listen. >> well, let him cancel his decree and enter into negotiations as we have never refused . refused. >> and the fact that they obeyed the demand or persuasion of mr johnson , the former prime johnson, the former prime minister of great britain , seems minister of great britain, seems ridiculous and very sad to me, because as mr arakhamia put it, we could have stopped those hostilities with war a year and a half ago already. >> but the british persuaded us and we refused this . where is mr and we refused this. where is mr johnson now? and the war continues as. >> joining us now is the chair for republicans overseas uk, greg swenson . hello to you, greg swenson. hello to you, greg. good to have you on

britain's newsroom. thanks for talking to us. many people will have been absolutely fascinated by that interview. how fascinated were you ? fascinated were you? >> well, i think it was a really timely interview. i think people have been wanting to hear from from , uh, putin for two years from, uh, putin for two years now. and you know, good for tucker carlson for , for it being tucker carlson for, for it being able to get the interview and you can, you know, you can make the argument that that the media should not give putin a platform, but on the other hand, i think it's much better to allow dialogue. and i thought that tucker did a good job of not you know, fawning on putin, not you know, fawning on putin, not making it like a pro putin interview where he asked the question sometimes the answers weren't what we wanted to hear, but i think it was still a good move to do that. do you think it was a challenging enough interview for president putin? >> was to account enough >> was he held to account enough by carlson, especially by tucker carlson, especially regarding war crimes in ukraine, because even the kremlin spokesperson this week admitted that tucker carlson had been

handpicked because of his moscow friendly position on the conflict . conflict. >> yeah, i mean, it's a great point , and i >> yeah, i mean, it's a great point, and i think there's that argument that, you know, of course we all wanted tucker carlson to push him. i thought he did a great job. um, inquiring about evan gershkovitch. who who's a wall street journal reporter that's been held, uh, who's been held in, in russia for, for over a yeah in, in russia for, for over a year. and so , you know, i year. and so, you know, i thought he, he, he did have his moments. but look, the way he got interview, he probably got the interview, he probably had to some terms. and had to agree to some terms. and that's just the way that these interviews work. and, you know, i think back to when, when mainstream was mainstream media was interviewing people like the ayatollah in iran, you know, nobody really likes that person . nobody really likes that person. but it's important to, to get those interviews and to have some exposure. so, you know, yeah, we all wish that that tucker could have more tucker could have been more aggressive, but just aggressive, but that's just wasn't possible with the terms of the interview. so and i know that other outlets have been trying interviews with trying to get interviews with putin. yes. did he you know, he

he picked tucker carlson because he picked tucker carlson because he probably thought he be he probably thought he might be a bit more open minded a little bit more open minded than someone who would be extremely hostile or one sided on, on being overly, you know, pro ukraine. um, we know that tucker has had some criticisms about ukraine and about, um , you about ukraine and about, um, you know, some of the and the leadership there. but i think, you know, you have to keep in mind that, you know, this is in the context of american voters who view, you know, the money going to or at least that's proposed to ukraine and proposed to go to ukraine and money has gone to ukraine money that has gone to ukraine in context of what's in the context of what's going on american border . so on on the american border. so i think healthy that tucker think it's healthy that tucker asks questions the asks those questions in the context of the open border, which is a really now the top issue for american voters. >> okay, greg, i just want to move very quickly on to something else. very interesting, which is president biden that special counsel report, which has led to biden a defending his memory just before we ask you about it, let's just

hear what president biden said. >> oh, there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events. there's even referenced that i don't remember where when my son died , how in the hell my son died, how in the hell dare he raise that totally out of your memory ? of your memory? >> and can you continue as president? >> my memory is so bad, i let you speak . that's that's that's you speak. that's that's that's my memory has gotten worse . mr my memory has gotten worse. mr president, my memory is not. my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done since i've become president . i've become president. >> this is all a bit of a gift for you, isn't it, greg? >> yeah. it's painful to watch , >> yeah. it's painful to watch, and it's. it's sad to see. we all have. we all have relatives, you know, elderly relatives who have gone through this. you know, i wouldn't even call it early stage dementia anymore. and the bitterness and the anger, the bitterness that president biden shows is , that president biden shows is, is just another sign of that. i this was a really bad moment for for her, him and for the democrats. and in many ways, i'm

here in new york. you know, this overshadowed the tucker putin interview in many ways. i mean, the headlines here in both the, you know, op ed pages as well as the front pages are all about biden. he's not fit to be president if he's not fit to be prosecuted. so you know, this was in many ways a gift. yes, a gift for a republican , but also gift for a republican, but also a gift for biden . the fact that a gift for biden. the fact that he's not going to face any any charges on, you know, with this indictment by robert herr or lack of indictment. so, you know, this was just not a good moment for president biden. it shows , if anything, it's elder shows, if anything, it's elder abuse. but it really, i think, exposes that the democrats knew this as far back as 2017. that's pretty clear. so what they did in in 2020 really was a fraud. you know , keeping him in the you know, keeping him in the basement and running the campaign like that. it was just deceitful . and it's a shame that deceitful. and it's a shame that it happened to the american people. okay, greg swensen, good to see you this morning. >> very much. thanks >> thank you very much. thanks for sophia wenzler

for having me. sophia wenzler now your headlines . now has your news headlines. >> thanks. early. it's 1133. now has your news headlines. >> thanks. early. it's1133. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the prime minister newsroom. the prime minister says president vladimir putin's accusations that the west and nato are the cause of the ukraine war are clearly ridiculous. us, in an interview with tv presenter tucker carlson, the russian president says the invasion was necessary to prevent ukraine from posing a threat to russia by joining nato. meanwhile putin also told carlson that he has no interest in expanding the war or to having any dialogue with the us president biden, unless certain demands are met. rishi sunak vowed the uk's continued support of ukraine clearly ridiculous. >> russia has conducted an illegal, unprovoked invasion of ukraine. i'm proud that the uk has stood strongly with ukraine from the beginning. i was there earlier this year, the first foreign leader to visit. it was

my first visit of the year to announce significant military support to ukraine, and also a broader security relationship with them, with them, we can't let this type of behaviour go unchecked. it impacts all of our security. we've already seen the impact it had on everyone's energy bills . energy bills. >> biden has hit back at special counsel, who described him as an elderly man with a poor memory. it comes after an investigation found he mishandled top secret files and said he struggled to recall key life events . in recall key life events. in a surprise news briefing last night, mr biden insisted his memory is fine. biden has been accused of keeping classified national security material at home, but he won't face criminal charges . junior doctors, junior charges. junior doctors, junior doctors will go on strike again later this month in their long running dispute over pay. the british medical association says they will walk out between the 24th of february and 28th of february. it comes after talks between their union and the government broke down again. the

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financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . the pound will buy you markets. the pound will buy you $1.2604 and ,1.1709. the price of gold is £1,613.07 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7602 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thanks, sophia. now up at noon. good afternoon britain is on with tom and emily and they're here with us now. good morning, you two. good morning. lovely to see you. >> we've clearly coordinated pink and blue, pink and blue. >> i know we're one big happy family and he's someone else. >> functional hair. oh, yes. >> functional hair. oh, yes. >> lovely luscious locks . >> lovely luscious locks. >> lovely luscious locks. >> emily. >> emily. >> nice. um, i'm growing mine out, can all match out, so we can all match eventually. today i'm going eventually. but today i'm going to throw you a bit of a curveball. we're going to talk about some creme eggs. oh, my favourite. the former health minister, lord bethell, has been really rather angry that

cadbury's teamed up with cadbury's have teamed up with domino's made a new cookie. domino's and made a new cookie. cookie creme egg combo. now, he says this is awful calorific. he's incensed at the shareholders, incensed at the companies. he's going to have a real right go at them on our show a little bit later, he's coming on, he said. he's going to tell us, disgusted. >> now this is a former health minister, so you imagine why minister, so you can imagine why he's this he's disgusted by this monstrosity dessert . monstrosity of a dessert. >> but does he want? a >> but what does he want? a little treat to them? to ban little treat to ban them? to ban them? we'll find out. them? perhaps we'll find out. >> well going to be >> no. well we're going to be eating creme live on eating some creme eggs live on air. there are more air. but there are more substantive that we're substantive things that we're talking well. talking about as well. >> yes. i don't know if you've seen, rishi sunak didn't >> yes. i don't know if you've seenout rishi sunak didn't >> yes. i don't know if you've seenout borisi sunak didn't >> yes. i don't know if you've seenout boris johnsondidn't rule out boris johnson reappearing cabinet. so reappearing in the cabinet. so we're to have bit of a we're going to have a bit of a ding dong. on whether that would be a disaster or whether he'd do a betterjob, be a disaster or whether he'd do a better job, he a betterjob, because he said that in touch, a betterjob, because he said that in in touch, a betterjob, because he said that in touch in touch, a betterjob, because he said that in touch with] touch, a betterjob, because he said that in touch with him ch, a betterjob, because he said that in touch with him and we he's in touch with him and we were all led to believe there was much lost. was not much love lost. >> and then the question is, what does being in touch mean? doesit what does being in touch mean? does it mean that there was a text sent months ago, or text sent two months ago, or does this mean regular

does this mean there's regular conversations? i would hasten to suggest that perhaps it's the former latter, former rather than the latter, but be speaking to close but we'll be speaking to a close ally of boris johnson, the member for member of parliament for peterborough. paul bristow, to try to the bottom of try and get to the bottom of what's actually going on there. will be brought back will boris be brought back and see mps actually would see how many mps actually would prefer see boris johnson back? >>i back? >> i mean, it's going pretty badly for rishi sunak if the polls be believed. so polls are to be believed. so there go. there you go. >> weak him, hasn't it? >> weak for him, hasn't it? well, lots more come, well, indeed. lots more to come, i'm with you at noon. but i'm sure, with you at noon. but for you're with for now, though, you're with britain's newsroom on

you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom with ellie costello and pip tomson it is almost, almost, almost. 1142. yes. joining us now are political commentators, matthew stadlen and emma webb . matthew stadlen and emma webb. and let's get serious by talking about this, um, interview. and let's get serious by talking about this, um, interview . you about this, um, interview. you well, would you call it an interview between russian president vladimir putin, his first interview with western

media since the invasion of ukraine nearly two years ago, talking to tucker carlson ? talking to tucker carlson? >> yes. nearly 2.5 hours interview. he consistent he raised us interference in russian affairs. here's a snippet of what he said. did the united states need this? >> what . for thousands of miles >> what. for thousands of miles away from your national territory , don't you have territory, don't you have anything better to do ? you have anything better to do? you have issues on the border, issues with migration , issues with the with migration, issues with the national debt . more than $33 national debt. more than $33 trillion. you have nothing better to do. so you should fight in ukraine. wouldn't it be better to negotiate with russia to make an agreement already understanding the situation that is developing today, realise that russia will fight for its interests to the end? well political commentators matthew stadlen and emma webb are back with us in the studio. >> matthew, what did you make of

this interview between tucker carlson and president putin? >> i thought was a horror >> i thought it was a horror show, but i wasn't surprised. and viewer watching and i dare any viewer watching today to try to sit through that interview. and it's almost endless. we have to ask ourselves , why did effectively a ourselves, why did effectively a dictator who crushes free speech within, within russia, who's illegally invaded a sovereign nafion illegally invaded a sovereign nation in the form of ukraine, who is accused of war crimes on a sort of industrial scale? why did he grant? tucker carlson this interview, but none of the other western journalists who are queuing up to interview him. it's because he thought he would get a soft ride and of course, that's what happened. >> well, the kremlin's spokesperson actually did admit this that carlson was this week that carlson was handpicked because his moscow handpicked because of his moscow friendly position on the conflict. emma, do think conflict. emma, do you think that carlson was that tucker carlson was the right here? did right choice here? did he challenge president putin enough? well, think enough? well, i don't think there's really there's not it's not really a question about whether or not he was the right choice. >> i what matthew said >> i think what matthew said is perfectly it's obvious >> i think what matthew said is perf

why tucker carlson would be given over , over given the interview over, over someone else. now, i don't agree with tucker carlson about ukraine. do actually like ukraine. i do actually like tucker carlson's work . i've tucker carlson's work. i've liked lot of, um , things that liked a lot of, um, things that he's done in the past. um, but to say that whether or not he's the right choice, whether or not he's the right choice for vladimir putin, yes, probably. but, you know, a lot of people have said he shouldn't have done this interview. and i don't think public, the public are think the public, the public are able to recognise what we've just said , the fact that there's just said, the fact that there's obviously going to be a reason why putin grants an interview to one journalist over another and the public are capable of understanding that, um, but i don't i don't agree with the people who say that he shouldn't have done the interview. i actually think that it's absolutely fascinating. i disagree with matthew, although i haven't had i have to say i haven't had a chance to watch it all the chance yet to watch it all the way through, but i particularly found the first 30 minutes interesting where he's giving his historical account of his own historical account of russia's relationship with ukraine. i mean, that is fascinating. it's about really

interesting . so long as you are interesting. so long as you are able to recognise it for what it is. but it's not necessarily the truth . truth. >> no. >> no. >> absolutely not. because of course, that's fascinating. >> emma , we know that this is >> emma, we know that this is what we know, that this is what putin thinks because he gave this long monologue at the outbreak war with ukraine outbreak of war with ukraine when he invaded for the second time a couple of years ago. we don't need interview with don't need an interview with tucker to listen to this tucker carlson to listen to this again mean, just mind again. i mean, it's just mind boggung. again. i mean, it's just mind boggling . you carlson, he boggling. you have carlson, he was greeted with great fanfare in moscow . okay, this is was greeted with great fanfare in moscow. okay, this is a country and a system that is responsible for the most terrible atrocities, and that two years ago, when he invaded ukraine for the second time, we were wondering how far will putin go? will start shaking putin go? will he start shaking his nuclear weapons around? this is a very bad man. >> i'm not disputing that, matthew, all. i don't matthew, at all. i don't disagree you, but do disagree with you, but i do think interesting. you've think it is interesting. you've got, three hours of got, what, almost three hours of putin giving ? is it like putin? putin giving? is it like putin? >> is it like going to berlin in 1940 to speak with hitler and it

would. >> yeah. well, it would be, uh, you can't really compare . well, you can't really compare. well, you can't really compare. well, you can't really compare. well, you can yes, in a sense. i mean, it's like interviewing pol pot or saddam hussein, right. or saddam hussein, his interviewed by by cnn. >> and so was bin laden. >> and so was bin laden. >> and so was bin laden. >> and i i that these >> and i and i think that these things are objective things are they are objective really interesting because they give for example this give you. so for example this interview are what interview we are seeing what putin wants the west to hear. thatis putin wants the west to hear. that is objective , interesting that is objective, interesting and values all for what it is . and values all for what it is. i'm not disputing what matthew. we need . we need. >> we need to wrap it because we've got to go to a break. but up next we are talking about president biden. is he fit for office? emma, sorry . we'll office? emma, very sorry. we'll be with you

radio. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom, emma . you continue newsroom, emma. you continue your point. i was very conscious that i was getting had to interrupt you because we had to go to that break. but just continue your point you were making. the making. we're talking about the

tucker interview, tucker carlson putin interview, which has got very controversial i >> -- >> well, going back to the point that you were making about is this like interviewing hitler? i would matthew's point would say to matthew's point that a video that if, say, there was a video of the one of the mitford sisters interviewing hitler for three that as three hours, that that as documentary evidence would be objectively interesting because it would show you what a dictator wants to present and so, you know, i think and also going back to your point about whether or not tucker carlson was robust enough in in pushing back against some of putin's points, you can see from the beginning of the interview that no matter what tucker says, um, that putin goes on saying what he wants to say regardless, putin is in charge of that interview from the very, very get go. and there's this moment where tucker almost gives this kind of nervous laugh at the beginning, where i think he perhaps that this perhaps realises that this is not normal interview with a not a normal interview with a politician. this is not an interview an interview with, like, an american politician or the leader of a democratic country. this is like interviewing someone jong un. you

someone like kim jong un. you know, you're you're you're speaking somebody who speaking to somebody who potentially has people assassinated . um, even in assassinated. um, even in foreign countries . so but assassinated. um, even in foreign countries. so but i but to i go back to my point, which i really want to drive home, is that i i really want to drive home, is that! do i really want to drive home, is that i do think that whether , that i do think that whether, you know, whether you think that tucker carlson is a putin apologist not, think that apologist or not, i think that the interview is still objectively but objectively interesting, but what's is what's dangerous about this is that tucker carlson is allowing putin talk directly to the putin to talk directly to the american of whom american people, some of whom are about the war are very sceptical about the war in ukraine, without properly challenging this plus >> well, where in this two plus hour interview did carlson ask him about war crimes in ukraine? i mean, that's the most basic job of a journalist coming up against a monstrous , effectively against a monstrous, effectively dictator who has invaded a sovereign country. is mind boggling. sure. >> um, i'm not disagreeing with that. >> look, we don't have too long with. you. want to talk about, uh, president biden , uh, in this uh, president biden, uh, in this damaging report ? really? robert damaging report? really? robert herz investigations joe biden's handung herz investigations joe biden's handling of classified documents describing biden as a well—meaning elderly man with a

poor memory. and i mean, for the biden camp , it is just thrusted biden camp, it is just thrusted his age into the spotlight, hasn't it, emma? and it it's already been his biggest weakness. >> it's these examples of him having these gaffes are just been endless. i couldn't even recall most of them because there have been so many. um, and i think that the message that this sends, you know, we've just been talking about about, um, putin and the unstable geopolitical situation , it isn't geopolitical situation, it isn't good to have somebody as a sort of leader of the free world who seems to be, frankly, senile . seems to be, frankly, senile. um, and, you know , even the fact um, and, you know, even the fact that he has to go and explain that he has to go and explain that his memory is working just fine and the guy can't seem to string a sentence together half of the time it's not it's not good. but donald trump is hardly a is he? a spring chicken, is he? >> 77. >> he's 77. >>- >> he's 77. >> this is a very dangerous moment the free world, moment for the free world, right? i was of many who right? i was one of many who stayed up most of the two stayed up most of the night two nights in row last time nights in a row last time around, hoping that would around, hoping that biden would win. he hasn't done a terrible

job, but he to clearly job, but he seems to me clearly unfit unfit to run unfit for office, unfit to run again. in the same news conference which he was conference in which he was defending memory, he mistook defending his memory, he mistook the of egypt for the the leader of egypt for the president mexico . if it president of mexico. if it wasn't so tragic. on a personal and on an international scale, it would be almost funny. so something has to be done. the problem that i don't think problem is that i don't think you'll find democrat candidate you'll find a democrat candidate who wants to run who particularly wants to run against with all trash against trump with all the trash talking that that will involve. they well just say, i'm not they may well just say, i'm not going go now. i'll wait four going to go now. i'll wait four years. in the meantime, we'll get another trump presidency. and frightening , and that is frightening, particularly what's going particularly given what's going on worse on in russia with that is worse than someone at the helm than having someone at the helm who many say is senile . i think who many say is senile. i think it's a choice that the american people should not have thrust upon them . upon them. >> that's a pretty horrible choice, isn't it ? choice, isn't it? >> well, one of the questions we should be asking is why is it that in both the democrat and the republican party that they don't, they have so many potential good candidates, but they're ones rise to they're not the ones who rise to the top. >> okay. emma, matthew,

>> okay, okay. emma, matthew, thank you very much. really good >> okay, okay. emma, matthew, th.see you very much. really good >> okay, okay. emma, matthew, th.see you this much. really good >> okay, okay. emma, matthew, th.see you this morning. ally good >> okay, okay. emma, matthew, th.see you this morning. that's od to see you this morning. that's it britain's newsroom it from britain's newsroom up next britain next is good afternoon britain with tom and emily. >> i to get a hair trim. >> i have to get a hair trim. see you soon. bye bye. >> yes, indeed . we're up next. >> yes, indeed. we're up next. could boris johnson be brought back to help a languishing conservative party? rishi sunak hasn't ruled it out. we'll be having that debate and all these disgusting and a danger to your family. >> yes. one former health minister has said that cadbury creme eggs and their combination with cookies could be a danger. well, other treats are available, but we'll be debating that with the former minister himself , that with the former minister himself, lord bethell. that with the former minister himself , lord bethell. all that himself, lord bethell. all that to come on. good afternoon, britain . britain. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsor of weather on . gb news. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a wet one again for many of us today it is

mostly rain though some hill snow though still across parts of scotland. low pressure systems dominating the scene and weather fronts just slowly pushing northwards. note the isobars squeezing together there across scotland. blustery across scotland. very blustery here with snow on the hills. met office yellow warning place office yellow warning in place for that snow. rain at low levels further south, it's mostly rain in the form of showers, hit and miss, so not everywhere. having a wet afternoon, of midlands afternoon, parts of the midlands may decent drier and may see some decent drier and brighter spells, along with northern ireland, but it's still pretty cold across the north, feeling even colder with the wind. milder air still across the south. temperatures in the teens brightness, teens with a bit of brightness, but also heavy but there's also some heavy showers be aware of across showers to be aware of across the generating lot of the south, generating a lot of spray surface water spray and surface water on the roads. a weather continues roads. a wet weather continues to feed in across northeast scotland, so further snow building over higher building up over the higher routes go through the routes here as we go through the night. another pulse of rain for southern scotland and northern ireland. for parts of england and wales it turns dry and clear and wales it turns dry and clear and temperatures dip well down into single figures onto saturday, and for a good chunk

of england be a dry and of england it will be a dry and a bright day. still windy and wet northern scotland. wet across northern scotland. still more snow on still some more snow on the hills here, but outbreaks of rain central of rain across central parts of scotland and then some heavy rain showers the southwest. rain showers in the southwest. but say a good part of the country will be dry bright country will be dry and bright on saturday decent on saturday with some decent spells and still spells of sunshine and still pretty mild the south. pretty mild in the south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler , sponsors of weather boxt boiler, sponsors of weather on gb news .

>> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's just coming up to 12:00 on friday the 9th of february. >> my memory is fine. those are the words of us president joe biden as he responded angrily to reporters questioning his mental agility . but reporters questioning his mental agility. but in the very same press conference, he went on to

confuse the president of mexico with that of egypt . is the 81 with that of egypt. is the 81 year old fit for office? >> putin blames boris in an interview with fox news host tucker carlson, vladimir putin hit out at an arrogant boris johnson , saying the former johnson, saying the former british prime minister was responsible for continued fighting in ukraine, claiming he sabotaged a peace deal. boris derangement syndrome goes global this is disgusting. >> that's the claim of former health minister lord bethell as health minister lord bethell as he hit out at domino's and cadbury for creating a new disgusting and egregious cookie cream egg combination. he says shareholders should be ashamed of this culinary innovation , but of this culinary innovation, but is he just shouting at cookies? we'll sit down with the noble lord later this hour.

>> now the polls aren't