and ask the question most people are afraid to ask is it time to negotiate with putin to end the war in ukraine? plus there's more reaction to labour's screeching u—turn on its flagship net zero policy, as sir keir starmer says, voters will appreciate him being straight with them. plus, there's the latest on the manhunt for abdel azizi, which, staggeringly, is now entering its 10th day and the day after prince william thanked the public for their best wishes after the king's diagnosis, prince harry diagnosis, all prince harry couldn't even be bothered to mention his father when he rocked up to a glitzy awards do in in las vegas. that's all coming in your next hour. in in las vegas. that's all coming in your next hour . so coming in your next hour. so welcome to the show. thanks for joining us. let's ask the big questions today. let's not be afraid to put it out there. is it time to negotiate with putin? he was very, very clear in that

extraordinary interview. sanctions aren't working. in fact, russia is getting wealthier by exporting more and more oil and gas during the war. its gdp is going up, more oil and gas during the war. its gdp is going up , the bombs its gdp is going up, the bombs aren't working . it seems like aren't working. it seems like putin is digging for in the long haul putin is digging for in the long haul. is it time to negotiate or are such a thing simply unconscionable? let me know what you think or the usual ways gbviews@gbnews.com. but first, let's kick off with your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> thanks, martin. good afternoon . it's 3:01. i'm sofia afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb news room . wenzler in the gb news room. your top story this hour. prince harry has settled the remaining parts of his phone hacking claim against mirror group newspapers. the duke of sussex sued for damages , claiming journalists at damages, claiming journalists at its publications were willing to methods including phone hacking and use of private investigator actors for unlawful activities dunng actors for unlawful activities during the costs. hearing today, his lawyer said the publisher would make an interim payment of

£400,000. in a statement , the £400,000. in a statement, the duke of sussex responded to the settlement results, saying his mission continues as he believes in the positive change it will bnng in the positive change it will bring for us all. the prime minister says president vladimir putin's accusation is that the west and nato are the cause of the ukraine war are clearly ridiculous. 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 us president biden unless 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 it. and then we can agree on some terms before you do that . stop. >> what's easier? >> what's easier? >> why would i call him? what should i talk to him about? 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 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 . in a surprise news convict. 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. 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 . 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. president joe biden speaking there. >> now, sir keir starmer says labour has had to slash their green promises after the economy has been damaged by the conservative eves. labour's promise to borrow £28 billion a year to turn britain green has been scaled back to approximate 2.6 billion. the goal of the warm homes plan is to insulate millions of houses over the next decade. sir keir blamed u—turn of the flagship climate proposal on the tories, saying the original proposal was drafted when interest rates were affordable. >> this government has done huge damage to our economy. every family knows that they've had to adjust their plans. family knows that they've had to adjust their plans . we've now adjust their plans. we've now had to adjust our plans and i think the british public appreciates as being straight and saying because of the damage that the tories have done to the economy, we can't now do everything that we wanted to do. i'd much rather be straight with the british public than make a

promise that i can't keep. >> meanwhile, the prime minister says the conservatives plan to support working families is working. i think what labour announced yesterday just demonstrates what we've been saying . saying. >> they absolutely don't have a plan . their signature economic 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. in contrast, our plan is working. if you look at what's happening with the economy, has come down economy, inflation has come down from to 4. mortgage rates from 11% to 4. mortgage rates are starting to come down, wages are starting to come down, wages are rising because of that, are rising and because of that, we've able to cutting we've been able to start cutting people's taxes . people's taxes. >> in other news, essex police has confirmed the two dogs that fatally attacked a grandmother in jaywick were xl bullies 68 year old esther martin was reportedly visiting her 11 year old grandson when she was attacked on saturday. the two dogs were destroyed a 39 year old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences , but has been released offences, but has been released on conditional bail until march and junior doctors will go on

strike for five days later this month in their long running dispute over pay. the british medical association says they'll walk out between the 24th and 28th of february. it comes after their latest talks with the government broke down. health secretary victoria atkins criticised the move, saying the actions show the bma aren't ready to be reasonable when it comes to a pay offer. meanwhile, shadow health secretary wes streeting response streeting says the response ability lies with the prime minister 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. now it's back to . martin >> thank you sophia . now let's >> thank you sophia. now let's get stuck into this show on friday. there really is only one place to start today. and that's that extraordinary interview . that extraordinary interview. vladimir putin's blockbuster interview with american journalist tucker carlson, and almost two years after russia

invaded ukraine, putin revealed that he's ready to hold negotiations to end that war. in fact , the russian president even fact, the russian president even claimed the war could have been over 18 months ago. but boris johnson stopped it . johnson stopped it. >> i think you're saying you want a negotiated settlement to what's happening in ukraine, right? >> and we made it. >> and we made it. >> we prepared the huge document in istanbul that was initialled by the head of the ukrainian delegation. he affixed his signature to some of the provisions, not so. all of it. he put his signature and then he himself said, we were ready to sign it, and the war would have been over long ago. 18 months ago, however , prime minister ago, however, prime minister johnson came , talked us out of johnson came, talked us out of it, and we missed that chance. we may go back and forth endlessly , but they stop endlessly, but they stop negotiations . is it endlessly, but they stop negotiations. is it a mistake ? negotiations. is it a mistake? yes. correct it. we are ready. what else is needed ?

what else is needed? >> so, putin, they're really laying the blame squarely at boris's door. >> i mean, he blamed everybody apart from himself. and it should be said that boris johnson has previously dismissed putin's claim that he stopped the war, ending total the war, ending as total nonsense and russian propaganda . nonsense and russian propaganda. senior ukrainian figures have also previously rubbished the idea . but the question is almost idea. but the question is almost two years into this war is it time to negotiate with putin? i watched this extraordinary interview in the middle of the night last night, two hours long, the first hour has to be said is a rambling, imperialistic , romanticised imperialistic, romanticised history lesson where putin looks back but very , very clearly back but very, very clearly states whether it's right or wrong, it certainly his belief that he believes russia has a right to parts of ukraine through history. through right to parts of ukraine through history . through legacy. through history. through legacy. you can see he believes that . you can see he believes that. and then he went on to say, sanctions aren't working . in

sanctions aren't working. in fact, russia is getting wealthier. it's gdp is growing faster than germany's faster than the eu because of course , than the eu because of course, as the west has weaned itself off of russian oil and gas used to be 40, 45% to the eu , it's to be 40, 45% to the eu, it's now only 4 or 5. there's a burgeoning market in china and india who are simply wolfing down as much oil as they can get from putin, so putin won't run out of money. he's making that clear. he won't run out of will for this to carry on. it feels like he's digging in for a forever war. and the point is this this is it. now time to sit down with vladimir putin or bear in mind the international criminal court have put out arrest warrants for him. the united nations have accused him of war crimes, including wilful killing, torture , rape and other killing, torture, rape and other sexual violence , including

sexual violence, including deportation of children to the russian federation. is that the kind of person you should even sit down with in the first place, or facing down the barrel of an endless multi billion pound war with how many casualties we do not know is it time for a rethink ? and later in time for a rethink? and later in the show i'm going to talk about how russia has got richer during the war. as i just mentioned, while we all know about our own rising energy prices, check out this exchange between putin and tucker carlson. well maybe the world is breaking into two hemispheres. >> one with cheap energy, the other without . other without. >> and i want to ask you that if we're now a multi—polar world, obviously we are. >> or can you describe the blocs of alliances who is in each side? >> a human brain is divided into two hemispheres. one is responsible for one side of activities . the other one is activities. the other one is more about creativity and so on. the world should be a single whole security should be shared

rather than a meant for the golden billion that is the only scenario where the world could be stable, sustainable and predictable until then, while the head is split in two parts, it is an illness, a serious adverse condition . it is a adverse condition. it is a penod adverse condition. it is a period of severe disease that the world is going through now . the world is going through now. >> it's a fascinating concept that tucker carlson mentions this to two worlds, two hemispheres, those who have energy and those who do not, and are dependent on people like putin, on ayatollahs, on despots, on countries who don't care about human rights or net zero. meanwhile we are seen to be committing a slow economic in the west by getting suicide in the west by getting rid of our own petroleum resources, banning north sea oil, standing in the way of shale and gas , and also coal shale and gas, and also coal mines , and being dependent on mines, and being dependent on importing fuel from the far side of the world. they used to say

it's as mad as selling coal to newcastle. well we actually do that now. we import coal from south america, from chile , from south america, from chile, from around the world to power our power stations. when the wind drops and the sun isn't shining. so the big question i'm asking later in the show is, is it time to reassess our entire relationship with net zero in light of the revelations from this tucker carlson interview, i'll also put those astonishing claims to a conservative mp later in the show that boris johnson is responsible for dragging out this war. i'm sure he'll have a lot to say and we'll have defence experts. we'll cover off everything. an astonishing interview , a moment astonishing interview, a moment in time where we have to make decisions otherwise , or we just decisions otherwise, or we just involve in an endless war and we'll have lots more on vladimir putin through out the show. in a few minutes. i'll ask whether bofis few minutes. i'll ask whether boris johnson is to blame for that war. still going on. and that war. still going on. and thatis that war. still going on. and that is an astonishing claim. three times boris johnson was namechecked in that interview last it really was last night, and it really was a heart stopping moment. it's like

heart stopping moment. it's like he steamed into boris. boris, of course , saw himself as one of course, saw himself as one of the few allies to zelenskyy one of first over there. um was of the first over there. um was was was was lionel is out there, but will this come back to haunt him? and now for some more expert analysis on this, let's go to robert fox. i'm joined by robert fox , who's the defence robert fox, who's the defence editor of the evening standard. and for me, you've been peerless on this, robert, since the very, very beginning. an astonishing interview as i've been on interview as i've been saying on the show and the huge, huge question now is we seem to have a guy in putin who's digging in for some kind of forever war. he says aren't working. he says bombs aren't working. he says bombs aren't working. he says sanctions aren't working . says sanctions aren't working. the robert, is , the huge question, robert, is, is it time to negotiate with this man to try and end the war? >> well, the probably will be negotiations. i'm sorry to say that things are very, that because things are very, very difficult in ukraine indeed, both from the personnel point of view, normal resilience and morale, but above all, ammunition and supplies. so it is not good. the offensive ,

is not good. the offensive, which was oversold by, uh zelenskyy and zlocini, who's just been sacked uh, last year, failed. we don't quite know why it failed because , uh, it is it failed because, uh, it is quite clear that the ukrainian leadership didn't come clean to their western allies of which their western allies of which the two most important by far away are the us and the uk, which has given a lot of advice, has done a lot of training. so that has gone wrong . but back to that has gone wrong. but back to your point about this interview issue. there's nothing spontaneous. this is not free flowing, open. uh western media debate. >> this is part of a war policy kc by putin. >> uh, the advisers , senior >> uh, the advisers, senior advisers in nato have been advised . the supreme allied advised. the supreme allied commander and the secretary—general and indeed the president of the united states, that, uh, putin seems to be in about year 2 or 3 of a ten year war campaign and this kind of now you see me, now you don't let's have a bit of a talk,

let's have a bit of a talk, let's have a bit of a talk, let's have a bit of a ceasefire. and then we'll see where we can go. i think it's very much part of the game. funnily enough, we call psychological warfare. call it psychological warfare. >> point is, is we're >> but the point is, is we're reaching especially in reaching a point, especially in america. ukrainian aid bill america. the ukrainian aid bill is being blocked . multi, multi is being blocked. multi, multi billion um amounts of money going to ukraine that's been voted down. trump might get in. he's almost certain to stop it if the money dries up . and if if the money dries up. and if the public tire of this, perhaps that negotiation will be inevitable, as you say. but the point is, putin's terms will mean surrendering a part of ukraine to be annexed to russia forever. won't it ? forever. won't it? >> yes. that's at the minimum. but this is why i suspect what is going on is the basis, the predicate of that. you have explained things going flaky not only in the us but in europe too, where there are doubts. look at the state of the coalition in germany . uh, france coalition in germany. uh, france is looking inwardly , uh, the

is looking inwardly, uh, the british are not really sure there is a general feeling that we have possibly done too much. and in fact, the uk has done a lot more. i suspect, than has even been declared by, by, by the sunak government . time to the sunak government. time to check. do we want a forever war? on the other hand , our allies, on the other hand, our allies, particularly our new allies like the baltics , poland, finland , the baltics, poland, finland, sweden are saying, look , you're sweden are saying, look, you're probably going to get the ceasefire we will hear the magic words minsk one and minsk two. those treaty treaties and cease fires 2014 2015, which didn't happenin fires 2014 2015, which didn't happen in the end, they'll try and revive that. putin will play to play for time. and then when we're sleeping, this is what the baltics are saying. they'll have a go there and he did allude to this in this very long, uh, and thought out but ramble thing, uh, snooze a thon in some ways interview he gave to tucker

carlson . i mean, the endless , carlson. i mean, the endless, uh, repetition of episodes of history . he, according to the history. he, according to the gospel of vladimir putin. but but he's trying to lull the west into a situation. look look, mate, we really can rub along as we did in the cold war. um, look, you don't want to spend all that much money. the british have been talking about national service. oh you don't want any of that. he's being very clever about this. he's caught the point of maximum psychological doubt and exhaustion. you're absolutely right about that. so this is a great pause. and it's a pause which he can turn to his own advantage because he is going to go on and on with the military, build up the economy , military, build up the economy, as we know, in russia is as we now know, in russia is completely converted to defence, military and then offence . military and then offence. >> yeah. robert fox , um, >> yeah. robert fox, um, excellent analysis as we've been brilliant since the start. thank you very, very much for joining us on the show. it's a huge stand off brinksmanship of the ultimate order. the question is

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>> welcome back to the show. it's 323. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news later this hour. look at the effect that the government's controversial drive to net zero is having on farming give away. it ain't pretty. but more now on labour's spectacular u—turn on their flagship green policy . and their flagship green policy. and sir keir starmer has insisted labouris sir keir starmer has insisted labour is being straight with voters. the decision to ditch that pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green projects has been criticised by many labour mps, as well as environmental groups and trade unions , as groups and trade unions, as you'd expect. but sir keir says they've done the right thing and i think the british public appreciate us being straight and saying because of the damage that the tories have done to the economy, we can't now do everything that we wanted to do. >> i'd much rather be straight with british public than with the british public than make a promise that i can't keep. so those commitments that we've prosperity we've made to green prosperity plan clean power by 2030, all those commitments remain, and

they're fully costed . but we they're fully costed. but we can't now afford to make new investments that we otherwise would have done because of the damage that's been done to the economy. i want a manifesto auto thatis economy. i want a manifesto auto that is fully costed , affordable that is fully costed, affordable and deliverable. i will not make the mistake that the tories have made of making promises in the manifesto that we can't deliver all of the commitments i've made on outcomes as they all remain, and they're fully costed. the warm homes plan will have to be rolled out a bit more slowly. what? we're not going to do is to make further announcements of further investment. everything we've announced so far, which is vitally important for the country , vital investment for country, vital investment for our economy, all of that remains, unfortunately, what i can't do now is go on and make further commitments. i've assured myself that all of the commitments we need to get to clean power by 2030 are still on the table, still fully funded. and of course, we're working with businesses on the delivery of them. okay, well, all what i've done is to go to aberdeen

and talk to the oil and gas industry , me for a two day industry, me for a two day intensive discussion about the transition that we want to make, which is going to have to be made. they know that they're investing a huge amount in renewables. what they want is a government that's going to work with transition. with them on that transition. and the british jobs and that's why the british jobs bonus so important, because bonus is so important, because i want ensure that as want to ensure that as we transition , we get the new jobs transition, we get the new jobs of the future and don't lose any jobs. >> well, lots to analyse there . >> well, lots to analyse there. he looked a bit panicked. i thought a bit of a rabbit in the headlights and a bit shiny as our political correspondent olivia utley just said, who joins me in the studio to versions of events here, sir keir being fiscally keir says i'm being fiscally responsible. the right responsible. i'm doing the right thing. will the electorate thing. but will the electorate buy they just see buy that, or will they just see this yet another massive this as yet another massive u—turn? well, i think the u—turn? well well, i think the first thing to say, martin, is that this really is a massive u—turn. >> this was obviously an important green policy for laboun important green policy for labour, but it was also really the of their the cornerstone of their economic project. a green

industrial is the industrial revolution is the policy which has been differentiating labour from the conservatives for the past year or so. i think it is quite possible that voters will look at and think, this is at this and just think, this is labour being sensible, this is labour being sensible, this is labour being sensible, this is labour being fiscally responsible, this is labour realising that they are very soon going to be in government. so policy has to be so every single policy has to be fully but the problem fully costed. but the problem for labour is that there is a big hole in their election strategy and their manifesto , strategy and their manifesto, where that policy was and what are they going to fill it with? because up until now, labour have managed to get 20 points aheadin have managed to get 20 points ahead in the polls simply by not being the conservative gives. but the closer we get to an election, often the harder that line will be to follow. they'll have to offer something really differentiated to get people actually out to the voting actually going out to the voting booths to vote for them. >> stuff olivia. >> excellent stuff olivia. thank you. joined by the you. and i'm joined now by the conservative mp for morecambe and david morris. and lunesdale, david morris. david, welcome to the show. so sir keir's being adamant he's doing the right thing. he's only doing the right thing. he's only

doing thing because doing the right thing because you left him with you lot have left him with no money. it's your fault. >> come off it. >> come off it. >> no, martin, i'm not having a go at you. >> don't think that. i'm just saying. >> come off it to keir starmer. i mean, look, in 2010, they opened up the treasury drawer and byrne left a note and liam byrne left a note saying no money left. saying there was no money left. and trying play and we've been trying to play catch since. we've had catch up ever since. we've had covid, we've had wars, we've had all but interestingly all kinds. but interestingly enough, u—turn on enough, he's done a u—turn on the 28 billion. got this the 28 billion. i've got this from house commons from the house of commons library week about their library last week about their energy priorities , which he energy priorities, which he was going about homes going on about warm homes and the of that. and it the like. all of that. and it says that this is unite union's done, a think tank proposal. we'll talk about this another time in depth, but it's saying it's up to 200 billion to renew, analyse the energy industry. and that's an estimate . in other that's an estimate. in other words it's not even costed . words it's not even costed. >> so that's for the birds as well. and last week i think you had louise hay on just before myself and she said they're going renationalise going to renationalise the railways the commons >> again from the commons library states that library, it actually states that there's no credible sourcing

anywhere to say how or or where or even how much it's going to cost from any think tank , not cost from any think tank, not even labour or unite to pin down how they're going to renationalise the railways . renationalise the railways. >> this is just talk that's all it is. >> you know, there's an old saying in politics, talk out the side of the neck. and that's what you see with keir starmer. >> okay, david, can i put the point to you and that astonishing interview last night with vladimir putin where he's had johnson , had a go at boris johnson, intimating in no uncertain terms that boris johnson was responsible for the war continuing because putin was ready to sign a ceasefire. and bofis ready to sign a ceasefire. and boris told ukraine, told zelenskyy not to do that extra ordinary allegation to make . ordinary allegation to make. >> it's two years ago, i suppose, when all this was going on. but the reality is this wasn't he signed a ceasefire. now what he says that he wants to, is that something, now what he says that he wants to, is that something , for to, is that something, for example, if that came to the table and the conservatives were still in power, would you be

prepared to enter into negotiations with somebody like vladimir the end of vladimir putin? at the end of the got look at the day, you've got to look at what context is. the what the context is. um, the reason we're not sitting reason that we're not sitting around a table at this moment in time that nothing's been time is that nothing's been clarified. what's go on clarified. what's going to go on in area, that parallel, in that area, that parallel, shall say, where the fighting shall we say, where the fighting is and reality is continuing. and the reality is, you trust vladimir is, how can you trust vladimir putin? i mean, the guy's a throwback the cold war. you throwback to the cold war. you know, i'm sure that young know, i'm sure that the young russians out don't know russians out there don't know anything went on 30 anything that went on about 30 years is something years ago. this is something about it's a it's about putin's problems. it's about how it's affected him. he wants to take back areas that the soviet union lost after the cold war. and the reality is, if we don't make a stand against him now and the good thing what boris johnson did, he actually did make a stand. and he got the americans to backers. otherwise the europeans still europeans would still be procrastinating but procrastinating over it. but everybody in now everybody is in this now together, and we're holding back the aggression the the russian aggression in at the ukraine . ukraine line. >> thank you very much for >> okay. thank you very much for joining us. conservative mp for

morecambe and lonsdale, david morris. and of course david. bofis morris. and of course david. boris before boris himself has said before this absolute nonsense and this is absolute nonsense and russian propaganda . but russian propaganda. but nevertheless big nevertheless these are the big questions that need to ask. questions that we need to ask. and lots more still to and there's lots more still to come between and 4:00. i've come between now and 4:00. i've got the latest on prince harry's seemingly ending legal seemingly never ending legal battles , as well battles with the press, as well as a jolly to vegas . but as a jolly to las vegas. but first, your latest news first, here's your latest news headunes first, here's your latest news headlines sophia wenzler. headlines with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, martin. it's 330. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb news room . the duke of sussex has room. the duke of sussex has settled the remaining parts of his phone hacking claim against mirror group newspapers . prince mirror group newspapers. prince harry sued mgm for damages, claiming journalists at its publication were linked to methods including phone hacking and use of private investigators for unlawful activities during the course hearing today, his lawyer said the publisher would make an interim payment of £400,000. in a statement , the £400,000. in a statement, the duke of sussex responded to the settlement result, saying his mission continues as he believes

in the positive change it will bnng in the positive change it will bring for us all. the prime minister says president vladimir putin is accusations that the west and nato are the cause of the ukraine war are clearly ridiculous. in an interview with tv presenter tucker carlson , the 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 us president biden unless certain demands are met. and 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 said 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 in other news, essex police has confirmed the two

dogs that fatally attacked a grandmother in jaywick were xl bullies . 68 year old esther bullies. 68 year old esther martin was reportedly visiting her 11 year old grandson when she was attacked on saturday. the two dogs were destroyed . a the two dogs were destroyed. a 39 year old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences, but has been released on conditional bail until march and junior doctors will go on strike for five days later this month in their long running dispute over pay , the british dispute over pay, the british medical association says they'll walk out between the 24th and 28th of february. it comes after their latest talks with the government broke down. health secretary victoria atkins criticised the move, saying the actions show the bma aren't ready to be reasonable when it comes to a pay offer. meanwhile, shadow health secretary wes streeting says the responsibility lies with the prime minister 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 . for

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back. it's 337. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news later in the show, i'll discuss joe biden's last embarrassing gaffe after a major report branded him an elderly man with poor memory. now the hunt for britain's most wanted man chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi astonishingly , has entered now astonishingly, has entered now its 10th day. armed police searched two addresses in newcastle yesterday morning , newcastle yesterday morning, including the pizza shop where azadi used to work, but no arrests were made and the search continues for the 35 year old suspect was last seen near london's vauxhall bridge. moments after allegedly carrying out the attack. well gb news national reporter theo chikomba is outside new scotland yard for us. theo, ten days astonishingly

, and still no sign of britain's most wanted man. what's the latest . latest. >> yes, ten days and counting . >> yes, ten days and counting. this national manhunt has been ongoing since last week , ongoing since last week, wednesday, when that chemical attack took place in clapham. now the metropolitan police have been working with a number of agencies over the last couple of days, particularly in the north tyneside area , where they had tyneside area, where they had a warrant and carried out an armed raid at local asians associated with azadi. now, of course, this included a pizza takeaway, but they didn't find anything during that search and no arrests were made. now, today , though, there made. now, today, though, there have been reports in some media outlets that the police believe he may have entered the river. now, of course , that cctv now, of course, that cctv footage we've seen , the latest footage we've seen, the latest one shows he was seen by the chelsea bridge at around 11:30 last week . wednesday. now that last week. wednesday. now that has not been confirmed and

they've been working on a number of theories, including maybe some people who have been hiding him. now we know hospitals and ports are also on high alert as well. but just to let you know as well, at 4:00 this afternoon, in about 20 minutes or so, the police here at new scotland yard will be holding a press briefing, a briefing to give the latest as part of their investigations . now, the 31 year investigations. now, the 31 year old woman who was involved in this attack with her two children aged three and eight, remains in hospital. she's been too ill to speak to the police , too ill to speak to the police, so they haven't been able to speak to her at the moment. now of course, the police have issued a £20,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest . there are still many arrest. there are still many questions where he could be and of course, they've been following all lines of enquiry, but it will be interesting, though, to hear what they say in this. in this police briefing taking place in around 20 minutes or so, to see what the latest they have as part of this

investigation. >> theo chikomba live from scotland yard. thanks for that update. course be update. and of course we'll be sure press sure to cover that press conference up to conference and bring you up to date that story throughout date on that story throughout the show. still to come, i'll look at the effect that the government's controversial push to having on to net zero is having on farming. it's not good. farming. spoiler it's not good. but first, in a new gb news series, innovation britain , we series, innovation britain, we are looking at the success of british manufacturing around the country . country. >> reacting a fire suppression have just won a huge contract out in dubai, all because of their infrastructure that aired here, has created in chelmsford . here, has created in chelmsford. so tell me the story. >> so we obviously produce fire systems for one of the areas we produce fire systems for is vehicles. so what we're seeing across the world is a huge investment into the fire protection on vehicles. you're starting to see it more on social media. battery fires are becoming a thing on buses and

coaches. so but in for the most of the part, a lot of public transport is still diesel based or gas based. so we see we've won a massive retrofit campaign in dubai that involves a huge quantity of parts systems, that involves huge quantity of machine parts. um, and it's a big logistical challenge not only to supply the systems , but only to supply the systems, but for the guys and our partner out there to install them. um, but what the investment that we've done here enables us to do is produce the quantity of parts that we need to get out the door in order to the supply and it in order to do the supply and it keeps for me the biggest, important point with that contract contracts is contract and other contracts is by here, we don't by being being here, we don't need to hold the stock levels like a lot would for the like a lot of oems would for the inevitable. this order might come this comes in come in. this order comes in when get a particular order when we get a particular order in. making the parts in. we're just making the parts we for that particular we need for that particular contract. so unlike with a contract. so so unlike with a subcontractor, i'd need to hold all these parts stock . all of these parts in stock. i've now a very dynamic i've now got a very dynamic stock where big order stock system where big order comes the parts comes in. we make the parts behind us. >> there you it. brilliant.

>> there you have it. brilliant. think ahead of that. you're ahead of your game. you're thinking future proofing thinking about future proofing the and the industry. the business and the industry. congratulations. i think you're going to do really well

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royal correspondent of the sun charles rae . the royal charles rae. the royal commentating legend charles, always an absolute pleasure to have you on the show . the have you on the show. the difference couldn't be more stark, could it? william royal regal ready harry on the razz in las vegas . las vegas. >> yes, i mean it was quite amazing that he suddenly turned up in las vegas. >> i don't know how long it was that he was due to be there, but we've now come full circle. >> michael. we're now, uh, we're now situation where this is now in a situation where this is harry you know, bar harry windsor, you know, bar mitzvahs and children's parties . mitzvahs and children's parties. parties speciality . parties a speciality. >> um, he's no longer a royal. >> um, he's no longer a royal. >> i mean, the americans would love him because he is a member of the royal family >> but as far as we're concerned, he's he's he's now past it. i mean, he came over here half an hour. i've got no criticism with him coming here half an hour. i've got no critichere.rith him coming here half an hour. i've got no critichere. i:h him coming here half an hour. i've got no critichere. i think him coming here half an hour. i've got no critichere. i think has] coming here half an hour. i've got no critichere. i think has done ing over here. i think he has done exactly any other member of exactly what any other member of a family would do with someone who's who's a cancer diagnosis. >> i commend for that. >> i commend him for that. >> i commend him for that. >> half an hour, i mean, >> but for half an hour, i mean, it seems a bit strange. i mean,

he even kept the king waiting. >> the to delay his >> the king had to delay his helicopter because he was going down to sandringham for rest and recuperation, was quite. recuperation, which was quite. >> vital rest and >> it's vital that that rest and recuperation is vital that situation. >> and you're right. >> and you're quite right. william to an event and he william goes to an event and he mentions both catherine and charles. >> and thanks everybody for all their well wishes and everything else. >> and i'm sure harry must have had some sort of, uh, people saying to him, sorry to hear about your dad. sorry to hear about your dad. sorry to hear about your dad. sorry to hear about your sister in law or whatever. >> and he doesn't mention it. >> and he doesn't mention it. >> instead, he makes jokes about rugby american football. >> uh, you know, i said , i'm >> uh, you know, i said, i'm afraid, know, harry's . afraid, you know, harry's. >> i think harry's a lost cause. i'm afraid harry is now a lost cause. >> do you think, charles, that we're stage of we're now at the stage of harry's career where he's going to the opening of an envelope? i mean, this nfl thing and then shortly a few weeks ago , at the shortly a few weeks ago, at the bob marley premiere of course, he's always lecturing us about carbon footprint, but he took a to jet jamaica for a film

premiere . is this really the premiere. is this really the sort of thing that a royal should be doing, or is this the kind of the premise of the z—list celebrity ? z—list celebrity? >> uh, well, i think we are now going down to the z—list celebrity scenario. and, you know, the fact he went to jamaica now, the point about jamaica now, the point about jamaica is it's a bit of a controversial matter at the moment where it is discussing splitting away from the commonwealth. >> nothing wrong with that. that's entirely up to them. like other countries have done. excuse me, but they have retained links. now, harry turning up in jamaica and having a chat with, you know, the prime minister of jamaica who clearly embarrassed his brother when they visited there and saying, you know, we want to we want to get away from britain , dominance get away from britain, dominance and everything else. i don't think it was a great idea and there was an ulterior motive, uh, for harry. they went down on the jet. they were the paramount jet. they were with executives. so with paramount executives. so there's something else there's obviously something else going there that they want to going on there that they want to develop .

develop. >> and we just had news in the last couple of hours or so, charles, that, um, harry has decided to settle with the mirror group newspapers . what's mirror group newspapers. what's the latest on that? well, the latest on that is he has decided he. >> if you remember, a week or so ago, a couple of weeks ago, he, uh, one part of his case against the mirror group newspaper, where i think he was probably going to get damages of around £400,000. >> now, he settled on the other matters , uh, and he'll end up matters, uh, and he'll end up getting more damages, which we estimate to be around 300,000. so his case against the mirror and its alleged phone hacking is now gone. how gone. >> now gone. >> uh, and he still got, uh, cases against the, um, the mail group and, uh, the sun . group and, uh, the sun. >> and do you think he'll come? do you think he'll come out of this briefly? if we could, smelling of roses or this yet more shabby behaviour. >> uh , yeah. >> uh, yeah. >> uh, yeah. >> well, i mean , he's been wronged. >> i mean, there's no no question of that. >> by by the mirror in a in a

previous incarnation . previous incarnation. >> so, you know, he's won and it's right that he should win. and if it's found by a judge and the other cases, uh, we'll have to wait and see. >> uh, you know what happens. >> uh, you know what happens. >> but in these cases, i mean, lots of people have taken action on phone and everything on phone hacking and everything else, which is terrible, else, which is a terrible, terrible thing that happened. and quite that and it's only quite right that if are guilty of this if papers are guilty of this sort of thing, that they suffer the consequences. >> okay. we have to leave it there. thank you very much, roy, correspondent charles rea, thanks joining the thanks for joining us on the show. now yesterday, labour ditched £28 billion ditched its flagship £28 billion green policy that was supposed to help us reach the controversial net zero target. but it's under a tory government that farmers are receiving grant money to not farm their land. our east midlands reporter will hollis has this report . hollis has this report. >> green ambitions not just a labour of love for politicians robert s family has been farming wheat and barley from branston, near lincoln, for four generations as he says, net zero

is one of the biggest challenges in his lifetime. working the land. >> i think it's very important that we do move towards net zero. >> i can't think how i personally will become a zero carbon farmer because i still use fertiliser, i still use diesel in my tractors. >> the basic payment scheme is ending . ending. >> simply farming alone won't be as profitable. the government says it's building a rural economy based on sustainability by encouraging wildlife and reducing using chemicals on this side, it's ploughed ready for a crop of peas that will grow this springtime. >> and then on this side we have an area that's left next to the woodland, which will be in the sustainable farming incentive, for which i will receive a small payment . payment. >> some farmers worry that freeing up land to reduce carbon will mean more imports from abroad. a spokesperson from the department for environment , food

department for environment, food and rural affairs said we've committed to maintaining . the committed to maintaining. the £2.4 billion annual farming budget , £2.4 billion annual farming budget, which will support farmers to produce food profitably and sustainably in the week that global temperatures passed the 1.5 degrees target for the first time in lincolnshire , the snow time in lincolnshire, the snow is settling . straight towards is settling. straight towards the netflix miles at the county's annual farming conference. the focus is on the future and carbon agriculture produces 10% of the country's carbon footprint . the government carbon footprint. the government is aiming for net zero by 2050, and farming will play a big part in its success or failure . kelly in its success or failure. kelly hewson, fisher is chair of the conference. >> we need to think very differently about what the future looks like to be able to really integrate the opportunities that we're being provided with michael , a farmer provided with michael, a farmer in shropshire and director of the green farm collective, is

making sustainability work but says it's a challenge we can grow high quality food in in significant volumes alongside helping nature recovery , feeding helping nature recovery, feeding the nation is no small task . the nation is no small task. >> meanwhile, the green goal becomes even bigger. will hollis gb news in lincoln . gb news in lincoln. >> now coming up, vladimir putin has given that extra ordinary interview in which he said he's ready for negotiation options to end the war in ukraine. and coming up in this next hour, i'll be asking, is it time to reassess our relationship with net zero as a result of it? i'm martin daubney gb news martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good afternoon i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met

office for gb news choose the weekends should bring most of us some sunshine, but will some sunshine, but there will still few showers around still be a few showers around and sunny to begin with. there'll be snow across northern scotland still falling here at the moment. a office yellow the moment. a met office yellow warning place, mostly warning in place, mostly over the but of the the hills, but some of the higher pretty tricky higher routes here pretty tricky as snow builds and as that snow builds up and there's gusty wind blowing there's a gusty wind blowing through southern through central and southern scotland ireland. scotland and northern ireland. it's rain, it's outbreaks of rain, the heavy showers the day heavy showers of the day clearing england and wales. clearing from england and wales. so here will be dry so many places here will be dry with clear spells through the night could turn a bit misty. most places staying above freezing and for a good freezing and actually for a good chunk england and wales, chunk of england and wales, it'll day. tomorrow. it'll be a fine day. tomorrow. starts dull and damp starts pretty dull and damp in southern further southern scotland. further wet weather northern scotland weather in northern scotland by the afternoon , the the end of the afternoon, the snow really confined to the tops of be rain at of the hills. it'll be rain at lower levels but still a cold wind blowing here and through the showers will come the day. showers will come into wales england. wales and southwest england. elsewhere said, elsewhere though, as i said, many places dry and bright and quite actually quite mild actually double digits into the digits for many, maybe into the teens across the far south. still pretty cold in northern scotland. wet weather

scotland. the wet weather clearing away over northern clearing away over the northern isles during sunday. there will then be plenty showers coming then be plenty of showers coming in to parts of in during sunday to parts of wales central and southern england parts of western england and parts of western scotland and northern ireland too. but some parts of the east may stay dry. it be pretty may stay dry. it could be pretty drab, on sunday, mist may stay dry. it could be pretty drablow on sunday, mist may stay dry. it could be pretty drablow cloud)n sunday, mist may stay dry. it could be pretty drablow cloud stickingiy, mist may stay dry. it could be pretty drablow cloud sticking around and low cloud sticking around for of day and just for much of the day and just generally a greyer day compared to saturday, and temperatures are close to are touched down but close to average for this time year. average for this time of year. goodbye >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on .

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analysis on that extraordinary interview with vladimir putin. and as it's oil rich russia gets ficher and as it's oil rich russia gets richer and the west gets poorer. i'll ask the big question is it time to reassess our drive to net zero as we get colder and poorer ? next, the former labour poorer? next, the former labour mp will give us his reaction to sir keir starmer's dramatic u—turn on its flagship net zero policy. labour leader says voters would appreciate him being straight with them, but will the voters buy that? and we'll have the latest on the manhunt for abdul ezedi, which is now in its 10th day, and pretty soon we're expecting an update metropolitan update from the metropolitan police and i'm an police on that. and i'm an immigrant. get me out of here. i'll tell you about the syrian who keeps trying to get back across the channel, but the police won't even let him, even though look, he's living under a boat on the beach at dover. you couldn't make it up. that's all. coming up in your next hour.

welcome to the show. thanks for your company. i want to hear from you in all the usual ways. email me please gbviews@gbnews.com. what do you think about that? putin interview? states quite interview? he states quite clearly that he's in this for the long haul. is it time time to negotiate with putin? or bear in mind the un thinks he's a war criminal and he's been accused of sorts of horrendous acts. of all sorts of horrendous acts. is not conscious is that simply not conscious able? and also, we found out in that interview that putin is getting richer during the war because he's dumping more oil offshore. and we're asking the big question, is it time for us to reassess our relationship with net zero? so we don't get colder and poorer and be more reliant on people like putin and other despots across the middle east? but before that, it's time for your latest news headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. >> it's just gone 4:00. our top

story today. well we've got more developments after prince harry's phone hacking claim against the mirror was settled earlier. >> piers morgan has now responded by accusing the duke of sussex on social media of what he called ruthless intrusion into the private lives of the royal family. >> he says for financial gain that comes after prince harry's claim against mirror group newspapers was settled today . newspapers was settled today. >> he singled out the former daily mirror editor, saying that he what was going on when he knew what was going on when phones were hacked for stories written about the royals . written about the royals. >> following today's hearing, harry's said mirror harry's lawyer said mirror group newspapers would make a payment of £400,000 in damages . in other of £400,000 in damages. in other news, the israeli prime minister has announced a plan to evacuate civilians from rafah in southern gaza alongside a strategic effort to defeat remaining hamas fighters in the region . fighters in the region. >> this comes as international pressure on israel intensifies , pressure on israel intensifies, despite criticism from the us president joe biden, and other warnings from aid groups. >> israel launched a deadly air

strike on rafah, the last refuge for many gazans , raising for many gazans, raising concerns about a potential high death toll. >> washington has also emphasised the need for israel to consider the plight of civilians before any further military operation in rafah, with joe biden describing israel's response as over the top rishi sunak says that president putin's accusations that the west and nato are the cause of the ukraine war are, he says, clearly ridiculous. >> speaking to tucker carlson in an interview , the russian an interview, the russian president said the invasion was necessary to prevent ukraine from posing a threat to russia by it. he says joining nato, putin also told carlson that he has no interest in expanding the war or having any dialogue with the us president, unless certain demands are met. >> if you really want to stop fighting , you need 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 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 should i talk to call him? what should i talk to him about . in call him? what should i talk to him about. in the us president? >> joe biden has hit back at special counsel, who described him as an elderly man with a poor memory . him as an elderly man with a poor memory. it comes after an investigation found that he mishandled top secret files and said that he struggled to recall key life events . biden has been 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 hur said he chose to not bring criminal charges against the president because the president had cooperated and would likely be difficult to convict . be difficult to convict. >> essex police has confirmed today that the two dogs that fatally attacked a grandmother in jaywick were xl bullies 68 year old esther martin was reportedly visiting her 11 year old grandson when she was attacked by the dogs on saturday. >> the two xl bully were

destroyed . destroyed. >> a 39 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences, but has since been released on conditional bail until march . conditional bail until march. irish police are investigating the death of a six year old boy, who was found in a car early this morning. a woman in her 30s was arrested near dunmore east and is in custody. the boy's bodyis and is in custody. the boy's body is at waterford university hospital for post mortem examination. irish police say they are conducting inquiries and awaiting results to help guide their investigation . the guide their investigation. the technical bureau is on site for collecting of evidence as locals say they are shocked and sad here in the uk, junior doctors will go on strike again for five days later this month. that's in their long running dispute over pay - their long running dispute over pay . the british medical pay. the british medical association says they will walk out between 24th of february and the 28th of february. it comes after their latest talks with the government broke down.

health secretary victoria atkins has criticised the move, saying the actions show that the bma aren't ready to be reasonable when it comes to a pay offer. meanwhile, the shadow health secretary, wes streeting , says secretary, wes streeting, says the responsibility lies with the prime minister. and the record breaking bluebird will return to the lake district to go on permanent display. that's after a long running dispute over who owns it. its pilot, donald campbell , owns it. its pilot, donald campbell, died in 1967 when the hydroplane flipped into the air and disintegrated as he attempted to reach a new water speed record . campbell's family speed record. campbell's family gave the vessel as a gift to the ruskin museum . however, the ruskin museum. however, the motorboat has been at the centre of a dispute involving engineer bill smith, who recovered the wreckage. the ruskin museum has , wreckage. the ruskin museum has, though today confirmed the vessel will now be displayed in the museum's bluebird wing permanently . and for the latest permanently. and for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen right now.

or you can go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam . now let's get >> thank you sam. now let's get cracking. we've got loads to sink our teeth into this hour, and there's only one place to start today of course, and that's vladimir putin's blockbuster extra ordinary interview american interview with american journalist tucker carlson the journalist tucker carlson in the last hour, we talked about vladimir putin's claim that he's ready to hold negotiations to end that war and now i want to talk about the control that russia has over the west due to their oil and vast gas supplies . their oil and vast gas supplies. and would you believe that russia has got richer since the war started, despite all of those sanctions imposed on the country? check out this exchange between putin and carlson . between putin and carlson. >> well, maybe the world is breaking into two hemispheres. there's one with cheap energy, the other without . and i want to the other without. and i want to ask you that if we're now a

multi—polar world, obviously we are. can you describe the blocs of alliances who is in each side? >> a human brain is divided into two hemispheres. one is responsible for one side of activities . the other one is activities. the other one is more about creating and so on. the world should be a single whole. security should be shared rather than a meant for the golden billion . that is the only golden billion. that is the only scenario where the world could be stable, sustained and predictable . until then, while predictable. until then, while the head is split in two parts, it is an illness, a serious adverse condition. it is a penod adverse condition. it is a period of severe disease that the world is going through now . the world is going through now. well it's astonishing stuff, very thought provoking . very thought provoking. >> and join me now to discuss. this is the head of policy at net zero watch harry wilkinson . net zero watch harry wilkinson. harry, welcome to the show. it struck me as a fascinating point that took a carlson brought up this emergence of new world this emergence of two new world powers, not around weaponry, but

around energy sovereignty. the fact that putin is at war and massive sanctions have been imposed upon him by the west. yet the economy is growing faster than the usa, faster than the eu, 3% growth as opposed to 0.1 in the eu block and is this time for us to think actually the way to prosper and security is to be dependent on our own energy , rather than relying on energy, rather than relying on reliable renewables or importing from despots abroad ? from despots abroad? >> that's right. i mean , this >> that's right. i mean, this was a fascinating interview . it was a fascinating interview. it should prompt some soul searching, uh, amongst western leaders, you know, the intention of this, these sanctions were to sort of really hurt russia economically. >> and that hasn't worked , as >> and that hasn't worked, as you say, it's been growing fast than most western countries have . and so it hasn't had the

desired impact. and we can all recount the pain that many of us have gone through with higher energy bills. and that's hit the poorest hardest . so we've been poorest hardest. so we've been going through all this pain and but it was for a good cause because russia's actions , uh, in because russia's actions, uh, in ukraine are objectionable. >> this was a worthy undertaking, but it's failed . undertaking, but it's failed. >> and, uh, and so we've got to be thinking, why is it failed these oil and gas supplies have still found their way to willing buyers in the rest of the world. so it's also a diplomatic failing. failing. and russia has successfully reached out to other countries which don't judge its actions in ukraine in the same way. and all the while, we've been hurting ourselves with our own energy policies, biden has just announced that he won't be building new lng export terminals. you know, america is the one other source where we've gone, okay, let's try and fill the gap left by russia . so if the gap left by russia. so if they're closing off those new

export opportunities 80s, that's going to be hurting us in the future. so i think we've got to be much more pragmatic. uh you know, this green idealism has to be, uh, measured , uh, with be, uh, measured, uh, with a sense of how do we keep the cost of energy down and how do we protect our energy security , i protect our energy security, i mean, too, right. >> and look, the numbers are i watering, harry, despite the fact russia is at war, it's exporting 3.5 million barrels of oil every every single day. that's a 7.5% rise in the past six months. and it's offloading onto countries such as china and india who don't care about sanctions. they just want cheap energy. their power ing their economies. with this fuel, and they're not being touched by net zero. they're flying away into the distance. meanwhile, we seem to be committing economic suicide by refusing to use our own resources in the same way. >> that's right. when, uh, environmental activists criticised the government for allowing new oil and gas

licenses in the north sea, you know, people should ask them, well, what's the alternative? if well, what's the alternative? if we do what they say , they we're we do what they say, they we're going to make all of these problems worse. you know, we are still critically reliant on fossil fuels. have to get fossil fuels. we have to get them from somewhere, you know, we should be building our own supplies. and also, we supplies. um, and also, we should reaching out to the should be reaching out to the rest of the world. you know, russia is providing them with energy that they need cheaper energy that they need cheaper energy than they can get from elsewhere . and therefore we're elsewhere. and therefore we're because we're putting this green ideology above pragmatic needs of the country. they feel like they're being lectured to from they're being lectured to from the west. they're not reacting well to it . the west. they're not reacting well to it. uh, so i think this goes to a deeper problem , uh, goes to a deeper problem, uh, with the west, a deeper problem about idealism. and you know, that idealism is actually distancing ourselves from the rest of the world, which is hurting us, uh, diplomatically. but it's also so that idealism is failing to protect energy

consumers and ordinary households and businesses here from rising energy costs that are much higher than they they need to be. if we had, you know, not closed all these coal power stations, for example, we had politicians alok sharma, for example, gloating , you know, as example, gloating, you know, as he exploded a gas, a coal power station that he thought was no longer necessary and look where we are now. you know, if we're not being serious about reliable suppues not being serious about reliable supplies of energy , uh, then, supplies of energy, uh, then, you know, we're going to keep making these mistakes over and over again. >> and harry, quickly, if we could. do you think there's chance of a breakthrough on this? we've seen a u—turn by sir keir starmer on labour's net zero pledges, but that's probably just because they can't afford them. they would still like to do it, but they can't afford is there any afford to do it. is there any chance of a breakthrough saw, chance of a breakthrough we saw, for a breakthrough for example, a breakthrough in small this week? small nuclear plants this week? is there some hope that we might see some light at the end of the

tunnel and stop getting ripped off our bills ? off on our utility bills? >> i the mood music is >> i think the mood music is changing , owing many of these changing, owing many of these net zero pledges like , uh, the net zero pledges like, uh, the labour parties, which still stands, by the way, the 2030 pledge to have a complete , uh, pledge to have a complete, uh, green on renewable, uh, sort of, uh, power grid by 2030. that is not realistic. um and these £28 billion pledge, they've deemed that to be not realistic . and that to be not realistic. and the government just last weekend suggested they wouldn't go ahead with the clean heat market mechanism . um, this was the plan mechanism. um, this was the plan to force heat pumps , um, on the to force heat pumps, um, on the pubuc to force heat pumps, um, on the public through a steadily increasing, uh, target and fines for, for boiler companies who didn't sell enough heat pumps. they've it looks like they're reversing that. and that would be a welcome move as well. so i'm optimistic i think just the necessity the reality is biting . necessity the reality is biting. and so these these pledges that we've seen in the past are

having to be abandoned. um as these economic realities bite. but hopefully they can embrace, you know, a range of technologies, embrace competition in renewables aren't something we should dismiss altogether. they're part of an energy mix, along with nuclear, which has some exciting developments . but let's remember developments. but let's remember that reliable is important when it comes to cost. we've had this very misleading narrative that renewables are so cheap and it was based on the fact that we'll just ignore the fact that they don't actually supply energy when it's needed. >> that's great. we have to leave it there. harry wilkinson, head of policy at net zero watch. thanks joining us on watch. thanks for joining us on the of course, we'll the show. and of course, we'll have loads more on vladimir putin 5:00. and there's putin at 5:00. and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gb news. com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing website in growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . and it's time for the much. and now it's time for the great british giveaway. and you really be our next winner really could be our next winner with £18,000 in cold hard cash

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labour's spectacular screeching u—turn on their flagship green policy . and sir keir starmer has policy. and sir keir starmer has insisted that labour is being straight with voters, the decision to ditch the pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green projects has been criticised by many labour mps as well, of course, by environmental groups and trade unions . but environmental groups and trade unions. but sir keir environmental groups and trade unions . but sir keir says unions. but sir keir says they've done the right thing and i think the british public are appreciate as being straight and saying because of the damage that the tories have done to the economy, we can't now do everything that we wanted to do. >> i'd much rather be straight with the british public than make a promise that i can't keep. those commitments that keep. so those commitments that we've made to green prosperity plan clean power by 2030, all those commitments remain, and they're fully costed. but we can't now afford to make new investments that we otherwise would have done because of the damage that's been done to the economy. i want a manifesto that

is fully costed, affordable and deliverable. i will not make the mistake that the tories have made of making promises in the manifesto that we can't deliver well for reaction now joined in the studio by our political correspondent olivia utley olivia, he's sticking to his guns >> we're being fiscally responsible. and that's because the tories have left the biscuit tin empty. the big question is, will the public buy that? >> well, i think that's a really interesting question . i mean, interesting question. i mean, you say he's sticking to his guns. done the most guns. he has done the most enormous u—turn imaginable here. this industrial revolution this green industrial revolution wasn't just an environmental policy for labour. it was sort of the cornerstone of their economic offering. and keir starmer has just dismantled it yesterday. now he says that the reason he's done that is because there are lots of other pledges that needs to pay that labour needs to pay for, and the tories have destroyed the this is the the economy. and this is the only has left only option that has been left to them. that wash with the to them. will that wash with the public? well, the idea of being fiscally responsible will probably quite well . and probably go down quite well. and actually quite likely that

actually it's quite likely that this policy wasn't this green policy wasn't particularly with the particularly popular with the pubucin particularly popular with the public in the first place. i haven't seen any polling, but from what we know previously of other polling, these other green polling, these policies well. so it could particularly well. so it could be that labour isn't too damaged by this screeching u—turn that said, the polling out already suggests that they have lost a couple of points in the polls already, and that is because someone who says one thing and then three days later says something completely different in eyes of the public, often in the eyes of the public, often isn't someone to be trusted. >> yeah, well, let's test that theory now, because i'm joined by john woodcock, also known as lord peer lord walney. he's a life peer and a former labour mp and a tremendous fellow, got to say, been studio before. been in the studio before. thanks us, lord thanks forjoining us, lord walney. so a flagship policy, one of the blue riband events, if you like, in labour's trophy cabinet. it'sjust if you like, in labour's trophy cabinet. it's just been dropped spectacularly. a huge u—turn, £28 billion. will the public just finally think that, after all, sir flip flop really is the

biggest u—turn in britain? i think they'll be fine. >> look , they they shouldn't >> look, they they shouldn't have gotten themselves into this position with the, the amount of time that it's taken them to change the to change the position. but it, it was a mistake to have put the figure on it in the first place. they shouldn't have done it back in 2021. and it is clearly become an albatross round around their neck. and i think that here the and rachel are absolutely right to realise that . well, one, it's to realise that. well, one, it's the right thing to do to be economically responsible and show that you are going to be disciplined with the finances, but also in in the electoral calculation , they are calculation, they are significantly forgive me, i'm so sorry . they are significantly sorry. they are significantly greater risk if they um, if they then uh, are able to be attacked for an economic black hole than if they actually take the difficult action now to close it i >> -- >> and do you think this is

finally the end of ed miliband's political career? i mean, this was his baby, wasn't it? he introduced all of this stuff and now it's got the old chop. is that the end of red . ed though? that the end of red. ed though? >> i'm sure ed will absolutely live to fight another day as he as he always has. i mean, uh, i think it's unfortunate that, um , think it's unfortunate that, um, that those who . were in favour that those who. were in favour of keeping the figure bought such a public rearguard action to do so because they have made this thing look really messy in a way that i think probably the pubuc a way that i think probably the public will all, if they're paying public will all, if they're paying attention, will have noticed. but ultimately, as i say, they've come into the come down in the right place and i and i think that they now need to lean in to the fiscal responsibility, which rachel is clearly doing . but they also, clearly doing. but they also, i think, have to take significant remedial steps with their base of supporters who do really care

about this agenda , to about this agenda, to communicate that the figure was always unrealistic and it was always unrealistic and it was always going to be buffeted around by the economic currents of the time, but that the overall committee want to net zero is still there. now, that may not may not be something. martin, you are necessary , martin, you are necessary, hugely behind or all of gb news viewers. but it is does remain labour's position on and they need to shore up uh the support for, for those who recognise that it's an important place that it's an important place that it's an important place thatitis that it's an important place that it is an important direction that the next government is going to need to push on with. >> okay. lord walney, i'm also joined in our studio by our political correspondent olivia utley. she's got a question for you, olivia. far away. >> well, what i find interesting and bit strange about this is and a bit strange about this is as recently as tuesday, i think it starmer sounded as it was keir starmer sounded as though he was right behind the £28 billion a plan. do you £28 billion a year plan. do you think it was rachel reeves who pushed keir starmer to make this

decision ? rachel is clearly decision? rachel is clearly taking the, uh, the mantle of economic responsibility very seriously and rightly so , and is seriously and rightly so, and is driving this through the government. >> and you would imagine then, uh, that keir has tried to navigate a course . it's been no navigate a course. it's been no secret that the, um, that he's been very close to, to ed miliband , uh, over the years and miliband, uh, over the years and would not have wanted to , um, would not have wanted to, um, uh, readily to , to disappoint uh, readily to, to disappoint him. as i say , they've ended up him. as i say, they've ended up in the right place . but the way in the right place. but the way that they have done it is really messy. and i hope that internally they are now looking at this and saying, no, we can't afford to keep doing this. um, and that actually keir and rachel have a huge amount of authority . um, they have taken authority. um, they have taken the labour party to the position in the polls that that they are from , from the, the place of from, from the, the place of complete hopelessness, which it was when, when i left it.

they've come founded the expectations of people like me to be on the cusp of government. now so they can call the shots within the shadow cabinet. and i hope that they, um, that they really do that now . and the really do that now. and the remaining months that we have before general election. >> lord, i to ask you about >> lord, i want to ask you about the vladimir putin interview, specifically the fact he says that he's ready to negotiate. if the party were to get the labour party were to get into power the next election, is putin the kind of person that you think the party you think the labour party should down with to try and should sit down with to try and end the war in ukraine? no >> not. and glad >> absolutely not. and i'm glad you've asked me about this. i think it's really important that those sitting in those of us who are sitting in relative comfort, though less comfort than we, uh, often acknowledge in, in the west, do not take the words of this lying dictator at face value. um you're talking he was talking like, uh, russia was in, uh, the flush of economic success. the opposite is true. yes look, there are difficulties about the split that has happened , uh,

split that has happened, uh, since the war in ukraine started. but the, the but the russian economy is suffering and it is much smaller than, um, than those of, uh, of the allies of ukraine. we can absolutely afford to go the distance . and afford to go the distance. and in fact, we cannot afford to step back. so putin is not an ally or a potential ally or a negotiator for peace. we have to finish the job in in ukraine. it's really important , i think, it's really important, i think, that we in the west understand that. >> okay. i want to quickly ask you about something i know you're passionate about. you've campaigned on a lot in the past and that is the banning of wearing masks in public, particularly protests. particularly at protests. and we've result this . we've seen a result on this. this a bill has been this week, a bill has been passed. you must be delighted . passed. you must be delighted. >> i'm really pleased that the government has, um, uh , has government has, um, uh, has acting on the recommendation which are currently in the system , in my view, and are system, in my view, and are taking action on masks and flares and fireworks for which

it's most people think it's absolutely nonsense that they could ever be taken , uh, they could ever be taken, uh, they could ever be taken, uh, they could ever be taken, uh, they could ever be, uh, taken on protests anyway , now, i think it protests anyway, now, i think it it as this bears out, protests anyway, now, i think it it as this bears out , actually, it as this bears out, actually, the government may need to go further in the way that it bnngsin further in the way that it brings in the power to giving the power to police, to ban masks. but it's really important that they are recognising it and it can make a real difference. uh to the to the power of police to be able to sort out the majority of people who tend to turn up to march on marches to do so peacefully. and the troublemakers who want to hide their identity and often cause mayhem on our streets . that's mayhem on our streets. that's not the kind of country that we want to be. uh, and it's a really important and welcome step in the right direction. >> well, the police have got the bill. the big question is, have they got the will to enforce it? but lord walney, you very but lord walney, thank you very much joining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. always pleasure. have always a pleasure. have a fantastic thank you fantastic weekend. thank you very lots more still

very much. now lots more still to between now and 5:00. to come between now and 5:00. and i'll talk the syrian and i'll talk about the syrian immigrant who's in dover, who's trying smuggle back trying to smuggle himself back across the channel and out of britain . but the police won't britain. but the police won't let him . you couldn't make it let him. you couldn't make it up. but first, there's your latest news headlines with sam francis . francis. >> it's just gone. 430. the latest developments after prince harry's phone hacking claim against the mirror was settled today we're hearing that piers morgan has now responded, accusing the duke of sussex of what he called ruthless intrusion into the private lives of the royal family. he says for financial gain. it comes after prince harry's claim against mirror group newspapers was settled earlier today . he settled earlier today. he singled out the former daily mirror editor, saying he knew what was going on when phones were hacked for stories written about the royals . following about the royals. following today's hearing, harry's lawyer said that mirror group newspapers would interim newspapers would make an interim payment of £400,000 in damages

as the israeli israeli prime minister has announced a plan to evacuate civilians from rafah in southern gaza, along side a strategic effort to defeat remaining hamas fighters in the region . it comes as region. it comes as international pressure on israel intensifies , despite criticism intensifies, despite criticism from the us president and warnings from aid groups , israel warnings from aid groups, israel launched a deadly air strike on rafah, the last refuge for many gazans, raising concerns about a potential high death toll . potential high death toll. washington has emphasised the need for israel to consider the plight of civilians before any further military operation in rafah, with joe biden describing israel's response as over the top here in the uk, rishi sunak has said that president putin's accusations that the west and nato are the cause of the ukraine war are clearly ridiculous. speak to tucker carlson, the russian president said the invasion was necessary to prevent ukraine from posing a threat to russia by joining nato. putin also told carlson that he has no interest in

expanding the war or having any dialogue with the us president unless he says certain demands are met in 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 . biden recall key life events. biden has also been accused of keeping classified national security material at home, but he won't face criminal charges . and for face criminal charges. and for the latest stories , you can sign the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com forward slash alerts . well, labour has alerts. well, labour has ditched its flagship green policy , but its flagship green policy, but it's the tories who are paying farmers not to farm their land. >> we'll have all that plus plus we're going to have lots more on putin. an extraordinary

interview last night. we've already had conversations about is it time to negotiate? lord walney, their labour peer , said walney, their labour peer, said absolutely should never absolutely not. we should never be down people like be sitting down with people like vladimir putin, robert fox, defence analyst at the evening standard , said. perhaps we will standard, said. perhaps we will have to perhaps negotiate. actions are already underway . is actions are already underway. is that the way we're going? meanwhile putin is selling millions and millions of barrels of oil every single day to india and china. they don't seem to care about his human rights record or the fact he's at war. and the economy in russia is booming . we're also talking and booming. we're also talking and now we're crossing live because the met police have given an update on the manhunt for abdul ezedi and gb news. reporter theo chikomba joins me now to give us the update. theo just been in that press briefing. what's the latest? >> yes. well, the metropolitan police just now have confirmed that there main working hypothesis . is that abdul is hypothesis. is that abdul is a de facto fell into the river.

now, that, of course, is a working hypothesis. it's not definitive at the moment , but definitive at the moment, but they are working along those lines. they do say that they've had around 3000 pieces of information. that includes information. that includes information from members of the . information from members of the. pubuc information from members of the. public and they've had over 500 calls. and of course, we do know that they've carried out some of those in addresses those raids in addresses associated with abdul ezedi in the north tyneside area in the nonh the north tyneside area in the north east. now, of course, this is an investigation which is continuing just over a week after that , a suspected chemical after that, a suspected chemical attack took place in clapham involving a 31 year old woman who was known to azadi, including her two children. the police did confirm just now that she remains in hospital, but she hasn't yet spoken to the police as she's still ill at the moment. but of course , what we moment. but of course, what we may see in the coming days is search teams on the water going through the thames, but it's a

difficult one, they said, because of the speed of the water at the moment, particularly around this time of the year. but they are going to be continuing those searches on the ground and on the water. now. they say it's likely that a bodyis now. they say it's likely that a body is able to resurface after about 28 days, but of course, thatis about 28 days, but of course, that is just a figure they've put out there. it could be soonen put out there. it could be sooner. it could be later. but of course they are working through every line of enquiry as part of this investigation . part of this investigation. there was also a point about his behaviour when it came to that last cctv footage. we saw around 11:30 on wednesday last week about his behaviour and cctv footage that the metropolitan police have seen shows him looking over the railings, which they say is consistent with going into the river. but they're looking to confirm that through some of the footage that they have and just finally they are also working with transport for london, particularly buses , for london, particularly buses, which may have gone past in that area to see if they will have

any footage which might help them with all of their lines of enquiry to establish what has happened to abdul ezedi and theo i >> -- >> this 5mm >> this would be entirely consistent with the paper trail , consistent with the paper trail, if you like, of cctv imagery. as we know, london, one of the most photographed and monitored cities in the world, and the evidence trail seemed to go to the river. there last seen by battersea. of course , also battersea. of course, also vauxhall bridge and earlier southwark bridge. they i used to work in that area and it was a well known suicide hot spot for people jumping into the river thames. so much so, in fact, at one point there were six suicide attempts on one single day and southwark council was contemplating installing jump nets on all of the bridges. so perhaps the fact that he simply vanished by a bridge and there's been no head nor tail of him anywhere in the country since then. all the evidence , um, theo then. all the evidence, um, theo seems to point to this theory

now . how. >> now. >> yes, well, the metropolitan police say that it is a working hypothesis, and they drone that throughout this press conference. so they are going to be looking at cctv footage to see whether that is the case. but they do say it's consistent with what they have seen so far. so of course that footage from buses, for example , or maybe buses, for example, or maybe others who have dash cam footage who would have gone past around that time on wednesday evening, we'll be able to assist the police to establish whether or not he did enter the water, but they are saying that they're looking through all lines of inquiry, considering the hundreds of information that they've received from members of they've received from members of the public and others. but of course, that working hypothesis is that he fell into the river. >> okay, theo chikomba , thank >> okay, theo chikomba, thank you very much for that. just to bnng you very much for that. just to bring viewers up to date with the latest, the police have just announced at a press briefing there to theo chikomba the main

working hypothesis now for the disappearance of chemical attacker abdul ezedi is they believe he fell into the river. this would be consistent with cctv imagery which pictured him on a number of london's bridges on a number of london's bridges on first on southwark bridge and then on um , vauxhall bridge and then on um, vauxhall bridge and then on um, vauxhall bridge and then on um, vauxhall bridge and then on battersea bridge. they're all quite close to each other just to get, if you don't otherjust to get, if you don't know, london. and as i said, 3000 pieces of information got to the police, including 500 calls. calls. the last cctv image theo just told us there from this press briefing shows azady looking over the railings on a bridge. and so that has led them to believe now their main working hypothesis is that azady jumped off a bridge into the river. they also said that a body can stay underwater for as long as 28 days before it surfaces. but of course, because of course, there are incredibly strong currents in the river

thames, it runs very deep by london's bridges , and a body london's bridges, and a body could be carried a long, long distance away from the point of entry. um, theo also said now the police may step up investigating , the police may step up investigating, um, the police may step up investigating , um, the water investigating, um, the water itself, but of course it's a so long ago now. ten days ago . ten long ago now. ten days ago. ten days ago, that that body. really, if this is the case and it's the main hypothesis, it's not confirmed. and this is just the police's latest line of inquiry. they believe it to be the case. um, ten days is a long time ago. that body would have been swept a long, long way downstream. a . dramatic downstream. a. dramatic development in the manhunt for abdul ezedi. we'll have more on that, of course, throughout out the joining to the show. joining me now to discuss this is former is former metropolitan police senior investigating officer peter kirk. peter welcome to the kirk. and peter welcome to the show. so a dramatic development peter and the people were hypothesising about what may have happened. this seems to be a significant development

because of course the cctv imagery simply dried up around london's bridges and a key piece of information. peter, the last image the police have on record of abdul ezedi . he was looking of abdul ezedi. he was looking over the railings of a bridge . over the railings of a bridge. >> yeah , i mean, the longer it >> yeah, i mean, the longer it had gone on with him not being seen by anybody, the less likely it became he was still in the uk and alive. um it's very difficult to stay hidden for any great length of time . great length of time. >> and he was very obvious . um, >> and he was very obvious. um, it was a hypothesis right from the beginning . and the more the beginning. and the more these sightings seem to show him being sort of, uh, not having a particular plan going up and down in different directions . down in different directions. um, always close to the river here. >> um, having come back to it from having been at king's cross, uh, then it became a hypothesis that became more and more strong compared to the

others . others. >> uh, as the police say he could be if he has gone into the river, um, then his body could be there for, uh, a very long time. um 28 days without any obstructions. but if he's got, uh, into the river and then has got caught on, uh, underneath, maybe one of the more barges or involved in any of the mooring ropes and chains that, uh, uh , ropes and chains that, uh, uh, are found all the way really along the thames through central london. then it could be even longer . um, london. then it could be even longer. um, yeah. >> and peter , peter, the >> and peter, peter, the waterborne investigation in itself now will be a highly organised and technical affair , organised and technical affair, um, all sorts of factors, as you say . what are the barriers say. what are the barriers between the potential points of entry and downstream ? also the entry and downstream? also the meandering of the river will have an impact of where, um, flotsam, jetsam, bodies, anything in the thames is most likely to be washed up. do you think the police will commence

with that sort of investigation, or is it simply too soon to tell how far the body may be from the point of entry? >> um, i suspect the police will have been having some searches made of the river, uh, right from the start, but they'll now intensify and they'll be done with a greater sense of purpose. uh, the tidal flows of the thames are well known, but of course , we don't know for sure course, we don't know for sure by the sound of it. where exactly? he went into the river. um, and so there could be a wide range . i think battersea bridge range. i think battersea bridge was mentioned at one point, um, which is a long, long way from the others around several bends in the river. um, that basically he could pop up out of the water anywhere between been sort of greenwich and teddington. um bodies don't always go in one direction because of course, the river is tidal, so it will go out towards the sea as the tide goes out and then come back in again as the tide comes back in and again, any obstructions will

will interfere with that process as well. so it's usually around 10 to 14 days that bodies tend to pop up out of the water. so if he has gone into the river, i would expect him to be popping out of the water very shortly. um, but whether anybody sees him is another matter. and another factor in this, of course, peter , is that the police will have a significant amount of experience and data on this because all of these bridges along the thames, of course, are known suicide hotspots. >> i was just saying early on, i used to work right by southwark bridge and it was so bad. one time there were six suicide attempts on one day and the situation got so bad the police were thinking about installing jump were thinking about installing jump nets to prevent bodies getting down. that didn't happen and as a significant number of suicides take place on those bridges, they presumably will have data about where those bodies emerged. so they will have a more , um, is there such have a more, um, is there such a thing as a more localised area

of where to search or actually , of where to search or actually, is it are the tides so strong it could be literally anywhere ? could be literally anywhere? >> i've been involved in several cases over the years where bodies have gone into the river. um and we've been trying to work out to where focus the searches . out to where focus the searches. uh, and this is some time ago now . so, you know, the data will now. so, you know, the data will have improved and the science will have improved then . will have improved since then. um, but , yes, will have improved since then. um, but, yes, they'll have an idea from the various points that they think he may have gone in one where and the time when that happened compared to the incoming and the outgoing tides , incoming and the outgoing tides, um, they'll have some idea where to start looking . um, that can to start looking. um, that can be quite precise . but as i said be quite precise. but as i said earlier, it depends on them knowing for sure. exactly where and when he went into the river so that they can work out what the prevailing tides were at that time. at that point . that time. at that point. >> and of course, peter, we'll also have things like seasonality, the rainfall, which will affect the downward flow of

the river. but the police will have all of this. presumably, they'll be able to map this very precisely. now using technology de fluid dynamics, the meanderings of the river, past evidence of where bodies were located , um, when they can cross located, um, when they can cross correlate against the point of entry which bridget was . so, as entry which bridget was. so, as you say , 10 to 14 days. we're you say, 10 to 14 days. we're now on that 10th day. we could be expecting some evidence in the next few days if this fits that pattern . that pattern. >> yes, indeed. and if, as i said before, the body hasn't become snagged on any ropes or chains or underneath any boats , chains or underneath any boats, or been caught on any passing boats . so there's a there's boats. so there's a there's a number of variables that you simply don't know . number of variables that you simply don't know. um, so a body could disappear forever. some have um, or they could turn up a very, very long way away out towards gravesend or whatever . towards gravesend or whatever. >> and of course, as the river thames goes further out, it becomes incredibly deep and incredibly dark , incredibly incredibly dark, incredibly cold, especially at this time of

yeah cold, especially at this time of year. so the conditions, if any police frogmen teams go down, will be incredibly complex and demanding . demanding. >> yeah, it's not something that they will be doing underwater searches for. uh, unless they've got a very specific location and then they may do localised search around the area . uh, but search around the area. uh, but because the river is so tidal, um, it's not something they're going to be, uh , spending a lot going to be, uh, spending a lot of time on. it will be surface searches , um, by thames division searches, um, by thames division officers in, in, uh, inflatable craft, probably. um possibly using a helicopter for the longer stretches . um, longer stretches. um, unfortunately, the heat seeking equipment is not going to have any effect at this time. it will be the prevailing temperature of the water. if he's in the river. um, but shore based searches as well. they'll be speaking to the houseboat occupiers dog walkers, people who go around on the shoreline looking for bits and

pieces of bottles and who knows what anybody that might be around the river. keep your eyes open. um, because, like i said, this next few days is likely to be, uh, when the decomposition process, if he's been in since those early days, the decomposition process produces enough gases for him to become buoyant again and come back to the surface. >> well, peter kirkham, excellent insight. there former metropolitan police senior investigating officer peter kirkham has worked on a number of these cases in the past. the dramatic development police believe the latest working hypothesis is that abdul ezedi entered the river thames via a bndge entered the river thames via a bridge , and now that now turns bridge, and now that now turns to a waterborne search for britain's most wanted man, abdul ezedl britain's most wanted man, abdul ezedi, the chemical attacker . ezedi, the chemical attacker. we'll have lots more on that story. of course, during the show. but before that, we know all about the thousands of people who have crossed the channel the uk in channel and arrived in the uk in this direction . but now it turns

this direction. but now it turns out there's one illegal immigrant who to the immigrant who wants to go the other can't. the 25 other way, but he can't. the 25 year syrian says he feels year old syrian says he feels trapped in this country and has been trying to leave for an astonishing five months. but he says that every time he tries to get on a lorry bound for france, the police catch him. you can't make this stuff up. well, joining me now to discuss this, this astonishing case is immigration lawyer hardeep singh bhangal immigration lawyer hardeep singh bhangal. welcome to the show . bhangal. welcome to the show. yep. always a pleasure , martin. yep. always a pleasure, martin. people are finding this story. this is the equivalent of , like, this is the equivalent of, like, somebody trying to break into a prison. how on earth can it be the case that somebody wants to leave the country, and the cops won't let them ? won't let them? >> yeah, i mean, it's crazy to the average person, but the fact is, though, he's probably got no documents to cross a border. >> um , also, i've realised that >> um, also, i've realised that the traffickers he's mentioned they want £1,800 to take him . they want £1,800 to take him. >> he's frozen solid now. >> he's frozen solid now. >> we've always said that

traffic is . so . traffic is. so. >> okay. we've . lost harjit bang >> okay. we've. lost harjit bang single. um, the. this case is astonishing. this guy came here apparently five years ago . um, apparently five years ago. um, he was living in a hotel in leeds , and, um, bazball. and leeds, and, um, bazball. and five months ago, he was kicked out of that hotel, a 25 year old syrian salah al—din is his name. um, he was working on the black market when he shouldn't have been. so he got kicked out of his asylum hotel. of course. paid for by the taxpayer at that point was his his application for asylum was was thrown in the bin . and so he decided to start bin. and so he decided to start living rough. he then went . to living rough. he then went. to the coast because he was trying to get somebody to smuggle him out of the country. we got somebody who got who got him into the country . he wanted to into the country. he wanted to be smuggled out, but the police

wouldn't let him. we've got huabis wouldn't let him. we've got hijab is back with us now. hijab singh banga, we have comms again. are you there? captain >> we have, we have. >> we have, we have. >> we. >> we. >> okay. we can hear. so tell me about legalities this. about the legalities of this. because presumably he in because presumably he came in illegally. can't he just illegally. why can't he just clear illegally ? clear off illegally? >> he hasn't got any documents. um, so he hasn't got any travel documents to, to go to be documents to, to go and to be sent back . and plus no one's sent back. and plus no one's probably willing to accept him. the he get out is the only way he can get out is to come back through, probably the he came. the way he came. >> that's smuggled. >> and that's being smuggled. now. the smugglers want £1,800 to back. to take him back. >> you know, the >> so, um, you know, the government essentially. >> but there'd be explicit >> but then there'd be explicit and involved in illegal activity . and this again, to . and this goes again, to martin, once what we've also mentioned, we always mentioned on show that it the gangs on the show that it is the gangs that are in control of our borders. we have control borders. we don't have control of despite us of our borders, despite us claiming it's these claiming to have and it's these gangs dictating who gangs who are dictating who comes who goes out of our comes in and who goes out of our country. and it's absolutely crazy that these gangs are operating on these shores, selling tickets to france for

£1,800. and on france selling tickets to the uk for about 3 or 4 grand a pop. it is absolutely lunacy . and that's his extent of lunacy. and that's his extent of how the border force and the home office has lost control . i home office has lost control. i totally agree with that. and oftentimes times hijack people are coming to this country illegally. known criminals, felons . we saw that a lot with felons. we saw that a lot with the albanians and then when they get arrested nicked, they get arrested or nicked, they don't stick around do don't want to stick around to do porridge. up smuggling, porridge. they end up smuggling, getting back the getting smuggled back out of the country in the same way they came back, not necessarily in dinghies, in backs of dinghies, but in the backs of lorries, as you said. and in fact, allah al—din has said that two of his mates have actually jumped back to jumped onto lorries back to france. precise manner. france. and this precise manner. it's . it's insane. >> yeah, it's absolutely crazy . >> yeah, it's absolutely crazy. >> yeah, it's absolutely crazy. >> and once again, we listen, despite what this government has told you about or told us about being in control and, you know, being in control and, you know, being in control and, you know, being in charge of the borders, and going to the and we're going to get the numbers and know what numbers down and we know what we're doing and this policy and that policy. >> in fact, the proof is in the

pudding. you know, when you actually talk to the migrants , actually talk to the migrants, the government no control. the government has no control. the running on the gangs are running free on our borders and on the french borders. >> and in europe, they're in total control . total control. >> this needs to be done by a european wide cooperation . you european wide cooperation. you know, their borders need to be made secure. >> um, potentially . we don't >> um, potentially. we don't know who's coming in and who's going out. >> and that's the state of the country at the moment. it's there for everyone to see. >> we heard it here on gb news and he said, i'm a talented plasterer. >> how about letting me work ? >> how about letting me work? well unfortunately, asylum seekers aren't allowed to work for at least a year. after a year , 12 months, they can ask year, 12 months, they can ask for permission to work only if their claim hasn't been decided, so they won't be allowed to work. >> i mean, i think he got chucked out when caught him chucked out when they caught him working he didn't go working one day. he didn't go back so they back to his hotel, so they chucked him out . that's how chucked him out. and that's how strict policy is on that. so strict the policy is on that. so instead of making use of his talent, there he is. >> underneath

>> look, living underneath a boat , looking a ride out boat, looking for a ride out says it wasn't worth him coming in. >> this wasn't all streets paved with gold. >> that's another myth. >> that's another myth. >> busted. >> busted. >> um, you know, he's neither here or there, and he's pretty much, uh , at the of these much, uh, at the mercy of these gangs.if much, uh, at the mercy of these gangs . if they want to take him, gangs. if they want to take him, they will otherwise , that boat they will otherwise, that boat will his future . it's a story will be his future. it's a story where you feel hardeep singh being out there every day is april fools day in britain. when it comes to immigration. thank you very much for joining us. huab you very much for joining us. hijab immigration lawyer hijab single immigration lawyer and a great fan of the show . and a great fan of the show. what on earth is going on? when we have things like that? it's just simply mind now, just simply mind boggling. now, a l just simply mind boggling. now, a , huge a reminder of this, our huge breaking news, the metropolitan police attack police think chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi has gone into the river thames. we'll have on that after have loads more on that after this . this. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsor of weather on . gb news. >> good afternoon, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest

weather update from the met office for gb news the weekend's should bring most of us some sunshine, but there will still be a few showers around and sunny to begin with. there'll be snow across northern scotland still falling here the still falling here at the moment. office yellow moment. the met office yellow warning mostly over warning in place, mostly over the but some of the the hills, but some of the higher routes pretty tricky higher routes here pretty tricky as snow builds up and as that snow builds up and there's a gusty wind blowing through central and southern scotland and northern ireland. it's outbreaks of rain, the heavy the day, heavy showers of the day, clearing england and wales. clearing from england and wales. so places will be dry so many places here will be dry with spells through with clear spells through the night. bit misty. night. could turn a bit misty. most places staying above freezing actually a good freezing and actually for a good chunk of and wales, chunk of england and wales, it'll be a fine day. tomorrow starts pretty and damp in starts pretty dull and damp in southern further wet southern scotland. further wet weather by weather in northern scotland by the end of the afternoon. the snow really confined to the tops of hills. be rain at of the hills. it'll be rain at lower levels, but still cold lower levels, but still a cold wind blowing here and through the day. showers will come into wales southwest england. wales and southwest england. elsewhere, said, elsewhere, though, as i said, many and bright and many places dry and bright and quite actually double quite mild actually double digits the digits for many, maybe into the teens south. teens across the far south. still pretty cold in northern

scotland, wet weather scotland, the wet weather clearing the northern clearing away over the northern isles sunday. there will isles during sunday. there will then plenty of showers coming then be plenty of showers coming in to parts of in during sunday to parts of wales , central and southern wales, central and southern england and parts of western scotland and northern ireland too. but some parts of the east may stay dry. it could be pretty drab, on mist drab, though, on sunday, mist and sticking around and low cloud sticking around for much the day and just for much of the day and just generally compared generally a greyer day compared to saturday, temperatures to saturday, and temperatures are touched but close to are touched down but close to average year. average for this time of year. goodbye >> looks like . things are >> looks like. things are heating up. boxed boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news .

>> good afternoon . it's 5 pm. >> good afternoon. it's 5 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. and let's get straight now to the news. we broke in the last

half hour. the metropolitan police have said their main working hypothesis over chemical attacks suspect abdul is attacks suspect abdul ezedi is that he's, quote, gone into the river thames. we can hear now from commanderjohn river thames. we can hear now from commander john saville river thames. we can hear now from commanderjohn saville . from commander john saville. noon. so further update in relation to our manhunt for azadi . azadi. >> yesterday we released images of him being on chelsea bridge at just before 11:30 pm. on the evening of the attack. the last 24 hours we have meticulously been viewing all of the available cctv in and around the chelsea bridge area, and we've also worked with transport for london in accessing the cctv from their buses . it is our now from their buses. it is our now main working theory that azadi has actually gone into the thames from chelsea bridge . all thames from chelsea bridge. all of our work thus far has not seen him come off the bridge . we

seen him come off the bridge. we are in contact with his family in order to pass that news on, and to provide the necessary information and support for them , because of course, i'm sure they will also be very worried about what's happened to him and what he has done. i'd like to thank the hundreds of members of pubuc thank the hundreds of members of public who have come forward that's been incredibly helpful . that's been incredibly helpful. our thoughts, of course, remain with our victim and our thanks for the members of the public that intervened that evening and our officers who also suffered secondary injuries. our marine support unit will be carrying out some searches of the thames, but as you can imagine, at this time of year, the thames is very fast flowing and our expertise is. and the experts from the oceanography departments that are supporting us would indicate that it may be some time if someone has gone in the water at this time of year, for a person to surface , and sadly, they may

to surface, and sadly, they may never actually be found . thank never actually be found. thank you.thank never actually be found. thank you. thank you . you. thank you. >> so you've got a man with significant facial injuries moving through really busy train stations in london at prime time hours. >> you managed to get quite far. how is it that your officers weren't able to get him ? well, weren't able to get him? well, weren't able to get him? well, we didn't know where he'd gone. >> as soon as he fled the scene. so naturally we used all of our available resources to quickly start searching for him . but as start searching for him. but as you can imagine, if someone gets down onto the tube without us knowing it , then it takes some knowing it, then it takes some while to be able to trace all of the available routes that he may have taken. we were very closely with our colleagues from british transport police, who very quickly we were at the main terminus with pictures and identification of who was , but identification of who was, but it would appear that he was able to get on to trains and make his

way up onto the surface . yes. way up onto the surface. yes. um, down in clapham, i think. >> tell us about his behaviour on the bridge. we've seen use. >> so he has been following the thames as you will have known from previous cctv . he, um, when from previous cctv. he, um, when he gets to chelsea bridge his demeanour appears to change. i think i would describe him previously as having been walking sort of purposefully , as walking sort of purposefully, as if he knew where he was going . if he knew where he was going. he was walking at a reasonable pace. he was walking at a reasonable pace . as he gets onto chelsea pace. as he gets onto chelsea bridge, he does cross the bridge more than once, and then when he gets back to the centre, he appears to be moving from the railings back to the pavement and looking over the edge of the railings. so a distinct change in how he's been moving about. so there's been, he's been he was on the you were looking for him for about 8 or 9 days. >> yes. why do you think it took so long to get to this point

where you now believe what you believe? >> well, it's our previously updated. we've got hundreds of officers who are very skilled in manhunts, fugitive hunts and following. cctv is one of those primary lines of enquiry. following. cctv is one of those primary lines of enquiry . but i primary lines of enquiry. but i can assure members of the public would appreciate that when you're on the tube network, the possibilities of what lines you take, what stations you get on and off, and if particularly if there are stations where there's more than one line, the permutations of where you can go are many and varied, and there are many and varied, and there are thousands of cameras that need to be watched and followed very carefully in order that you don't miss him. so that's very painstaking work. it has taken seven days to follow him for about four miles, and for four hours, but the hundreds and hundreds of hours of footage and the literally thousands of cameras that have had to be watched carefully because if you make a mistake and you miss him, or you follow the wrong person , or you follow the wrong person, then clearly your enquiries are

in big trouble . in big trouble. >> you've said this is your main hypothesis . hypothesis. >> now what happens to the other lines of inquiry that you're following? >> well, we will still continue with those . with those. >> um, it would be fair to say that the cctv has obviously been a very main line of inquiry, for obvious reasons , but there have obvious reasons, but there have been a lot of other inquiries being carried out which has led to, uh, eight warrants being executed across the country and other inquiries is being undertaken . so whilst there is a undertaken. so whilst there is a very strong likelihood and probability that he's gone in the water, there will be some further enquiries to still continue in order for us to be as sure as we can of exactly what happened in the lead up to and following the awful attack that evening . that evening. >> can you tell us anything more about the victim? >> sadly , she remains in the >> sadly, she remains in the same condition in as she has been since the attack in the

care of the nhs, sedated and not able to speak to police and our thoughts remain with her and her young children. >> do any investigations still carry on in newcastle ? carry on in newcastle? >> we are working very closely with our colleagues in northumbria who have been excellent and it has been a nafion excellent and it has been a nation wide effort with british transport police , northumbria transport police, northumbria police and other forces who've had calls come in, potential sightings and potential leads. so yes, we will still be continuing further enquiries elsewhere in the country . elsewhere in the country. >> does the victim know ? you >> does the victim know? you know, she said she sedated. does that mean she doesn't know what's the update correct. yes okay . okay. >> thank you. thank you very much. everybody thanks for your help over the last week . yes. help over the last week. yes. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> it's been very good. >> it's been very good. >> massively . >> massively. >> massively. >> okay. that was commanderjohn >> okay. that was commander john saville there with the press briefing on the missing person and the manhunt now turning to a missing person of abdul ezedi believed to have jumped into the

river thames. and i'm joined by theo chikomba at new scotland yard. theo um, people joining us on the show this afternoon, can you bring us up to date dramatic developments now this increasingly looks like it's turning into the search for a body who was caught on. >> yes. well, the latest press briefing , >> yes. well, the latest press briefing, uh, by >> yes. well, the latest press briefing , uh, by the briefing, uh, by the metropolitan police concluded around half an hour ago, in which they confirmed that they're working . hypothesis. the they're working. hypothesis. the main one now is that abdul ezedi fell into the river. now, his last whereabouts were at the chelsea bridge. this is through cctv footage, which they were able to see him on there at around 11:30 in the evening, a few hours following that. suspected chemical attack. now there's been a question about an observed observation about his behaviour . observed observation about his behaviour. once he was walking on that bridge, seen going up and down, and then it's not quite clear whether some vehicles went past where he was last seen. and then he all of a

sudden disappeared. but what they do say is that all the evidence at the moment say it's consistent with him falling into the river. now, of course, in the river. now, of course, in the last few days there have been investigating, not just here in london, but in the north—east in north tyneside, where raids were carried out at premises which are connected to abdul azadi. this included a takeaway where he worked . now, takeaway where he worked. now, of course, they have also confirmed that they received around 500 calls and 3000 pieces of information, which includes from members of the public, which they have thanked everyone who has been in touch . now, of who has been in touch. now, of course, the search is not just on land now. it's going to be on the water. we're going to be seeing marine specialists who specialise in this area are going to be the water in the going to be on the water in the coming days, but they do say, considering the weather that we have moment, fast flowing have at the moment, fast flowing water, be days before water, it could be days before they see any signs of body and they see any signs of body and they said it could take up to 28

days before a body is seen on the thames. now, of course, they also confirmed that they will be supporting abdul azad's family and of course, the 31 year old woman and her children as well. she remains in hospital. she's currently sedated . and hasn't currently sedated. and hasn't been able to speak to the police, as she's still ill, recovering from the attack, which took place last week. but for now, though, the investigation as the investigation continues as the metropolitan police continue to put all the pieces of the puzzle to establish what happened . to establish what happened. >> okay, theo chikomba, thank you for that update. and just to repeat some of that, if you're joining us on the show, um, commander john saville of the metropolitan police just gave a press working press briefing. the working hypothesis manhunt for hypothesis of the manhunt for abdul ezedi, the chemical attacker last wednesday night, ten days after he went missing. the working hypothesis is he jumped off of chelsea bridge. the last cctv imagery of azadi shows him going to and fro from

the railings and standing near them. so the working hypothesis now he went over into the thames and commander saville said marine support units will now commence searching the river thames, but also underline the fact that because of the time of yean fact that because of the time of year, the thames is very fast flowing . the body could have flowing. the body could have been carried a scant amount of distance downstream and in fact , distance downstream and in fact, he said, the body may never be found . that's the latest abdul found. that's the latest abdul ezedi believe now to have jumped off a river and now it looks like the manhunt is turning into a hunt for a body . we'll have a hunt for a body. we'll have lots on that story. of course, dunng lots on that story. of course, during the rest of the show, but moving on now to vladimir putin's blockbuster interview with american journalist tucker carlson . an almost two years carlson. an almost two years after russia invaded ukraine, putin revealed that he's ready to hold negotiations to end the war. in fact , the russian

war. in fact, the russian president even claimed the war could have been over 18 months ago. but boris johnson stepped in and stopped it. >> i think you're saying you want a negotiated settlement to what's happening in ukraine, right? and we made it. >> we prepared the huge document in istanbul that was initialled by the head of the ukrainian delegation. he affixed his signature to some of the provisions, not so. all of it. he put his signature and then he himself said, we were ready to sign it, and the war would have been over long ago. 18 months ago, however , prime minister ago, however, prime minister johnson came , talked us out of johnson came, talked us out of it, and we missed that chance. we may go back and forth endlessly , but they stopped endlessly, but they stopped negotiations . is it endlessly, but they stopped negotiations. is it a mistake ? negotiations. is it a mistake? yes. correct it. we are ready. what else is needed ? what else is needed? >> so putin might say he's ready. he wants to negotiate. he

said in that interview an extraordinary two hour interview that the sanctions aren't working, the bombs aren't working, the bombs aren't working . america can't stop and working. america can't stop and won't stop him. he's ready to talk. the big question is, is vladimir putin the kind of person that the west should be talking to? the international criminal court have issued arrest warrants for putin, the united nations have issued reports accusing him of wilfully killing, torturing , raping and killing, torturing, raping and other sexual violence , accusing other sexual violence, accusing him of war crimes, including the deportation of children to the russian federation. but putin had the demeanour in that interview of a man preparing for a forever war, a long, grinding conflict and well—funded because, of course , offloading because, of course, offloading millions of barrels of oil every single day to china and india. the russian economy has gone up by 3% during the war. as a consequence of that. and putin is shovelling all of that money into armaments. should we talk to this guy or should we dig in?

thatis to this guy or should we dig in? that is the biggest political question of our time. and at the same time as that interview with putin was being aired last night, joe biden was giving more ammunition to people like me who think he's getting a bit unfit for office. the us president was hitting back at claims in an official report that he was, quote, an elderly man with a poor memory when he mixed up the presidents of mexico and egypt, as you do . biden was talking as you do. biden was talking about how he intervene to help humanitarian aid to get into gaza from egypt . gaza from egypt. >> as you know , initially , the >> as you know, initially, the president of mexico, sisi , did president of mexico, sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. i talked to him. i convinced him, open the gate . my convinced him, open the gate. my memory is not good. my memory is fine. my memory. take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen?

you i guess just forgot you know, i guess i just forgot what going on. what was going on. >> well, he runs the free world, but a lot of people think this guy can't be trusted to run a bath. and i'm joined now by david dunn, who's a professor in international politics at the university of birmingham . university of birmingham. welcome show. um, welcome to the show. um, professor dunn, what do you think about this criticism? the an actual court case, a report that came out saying that they wouldn't prosecute , um, wouldn't prosecute, um, president biden over those documents that he took home because he wouldn't have remembered doing it. so it's actually now gone beyond people saying this guy is not in control of his faculties. to had actually recognised in actually been recognised in a report that officially, he's got a memory. is he fit for office? >> well, the report of course was written by a republican lawyer appointed by, uh, president trump. so he had an axe to grind . president trump. so he had an axe to grind. but president trump. so he had an axe to grind . but certainly it axe to grind. but certainly it does. biden. no favours to have an official report like this talk about the fact that he clearly has memory problems . but

clearly has memory problems. but in one respect, actually, he's telling us nothing new. uh, everyone can see that the biden has memory problems. and in one sense, actually , uh, the fact sense, actually, uh, the fact that everyone's focusing on that aspect of the report is, is missing the fact that the report also said that he wilfully withheld documents. so in some ways, the news cycle focus on the on the memory issue. uh, it distracts away from the fact that it also suggested that actually he was guilty of wilfully returning documents . wilfully returning documents. um, so there's two questions and two ways we can you can look at this report. but the wider question in terms of his fitness for office, um, uh, the there's clearly evidence of him misspeak in a number of occasions and getting names wrong. but actually, joe biden's done that for about 40 years, actually , for about 40 years, actually, he's someone who speaks, uh , badly. >> he stumbles. >> he stumbles. >> he stumbles. >> he stutters, uh, and actually , he makes mistakes. >> uh, he's not unique in that respect . um, so it's interesting

respect. um, so it's interesting how he's judged compared to trump because trump, of course, also makes mistakes. >> he confused nancy pelosi with nikki haley. uh and he's also got the name of, uh, nikki haley. uh and he's also got the name of , uh, the got the name of, uh, the president of turkey wrong, confusing him with viktor orban . confusing him with viktor orban. so, uh, when people are telling lies 24 hours a day as these individual often are, uh, it's easy for them to be picked up on details like this . details like this. >> you cannot seriously be suggesting , david, that that suggesting, david, that that biden's critical faculties are on a par with donald trump's. i mean , come on, we're entering a mean, come on, we're entering a precarious situation in world geopolitics where we have the emergence potentially of a war in the middle east. and now somebody wants to negotiate potentially from america with vladimir putin. and the guy that could be doing that is joe biden , somebody that i personally wouldn't trust to find a matching pair of socks. >> well, again, it depends what you're comparing with. but to listen to some of the things that donald trump says, they clearly show him to be, um ,

clearly show him to be, um, unhinged or unhinged is a much worse situation than having a few confusions of the names of world leaders , uh, in terms of world leaders, uh, in terms of actually their capacity to be president. i think, uh, most people observing this, uh, would say that that the greater risk is the election of donald trump, uh, not the election . uh, not the election. >> why? why would you say that? i'm interested in why you would say that based on the fact, for example, that donald trump didn't us into any wars . didn't take us into any wars. and anyway, this is a democratic mandate. people should vote for who they think is best. i mean, how do you draw the comparison that somebody who clearly, um, putting politics to one side, it looks like he's struggling. it's starting to look a little bit unfair, a bit cruel. people i know who are psychic trick doctors look at looking at biden, and they're saying to me, if i was his doctor, if he were my patient, i'd be saying, this guy needs to get some help. it looks like he's got a mental condition of deteriorate. cohen.

>> yeah. going back to the point about trump, uh, you say he didn't get into any wars. that was more luck than judgement. if you memoirs of everyone you read the memoirs of everyone who was in the white house with him, the book by bob him, if you read the book by bob woodward that it compiles , uh, woodward that it compiles, uh, interviews from everyone who was there, it was very clear that trump was contemplating a military strike against north korea as a consequence of his twitter spat with comparing the size of their buttons and calling little rocketman. uh but trump stopped that conflict . trump stopped that conflict. >> he sent warships into the area and pulled it back from the brink. people say that his unpredictability was a virtue. there >> well, he stopped that conflict by virtue of the fact that given a huge concession to meeting the north korean leader, a concession that hadn't been granted legitimacy hadn't been granted. and, uh , kim jong un granted. and, uh, kim jong un managed to actually pull the wool over donald trump's, uh, eyes on that occasion by promising him denuclearisation. the threat went away because

trump got his stomach and got the photographs and kim's diplomacy was more successful, uh, in terms of the threat to world politics, i think there's no question that most reasonable academics and other analysts would regard trump as a bigger threat than a mildly memory informed joe biden. >> okay, that's one way of looking at it. david durham, professor in international politics at the university of birmingham, thank you very much for joining us on the show. now, forjoining us on the show. now, what would you do with an extra £1,500 each month for an entire year? well, you could win that in our great british giveaway as 18 grand in cold hard cash . it's 18 grand in cold hard cash. it's up for grabs. and here's how you could get your claws on it. >> there's an incredible £18,000 in cash to won be in the latest great british giveaway . totally great british giveaway. totally tax free cash that you could do whatever you like with. that works out to be an extra £1,500 to play with each month for a whole year. >> money to make each month just

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you'd expect by environmental groups and trade unions. but sir keir says they've done the right thing and i think the british pubuc thing and i think the british public appreciate us being straight and saying because of the damage that the tories have done to the economy, we can't now do everything that we wanted to do. >> i'd much rather be straight with the british public than make a promise that i can't keep. so those commitments that we've made to green prosperity plan power 2030, plan clean power by 2030, all those commitments remain and they're costed. but we they're fully costed. but we can't now afford to make new investments that we otherwise would have done because of the damage that's been done to the economy. i want a manifesto that is costed, affordable and is fully costed, affordable and deliverable. i will not make the mistake that the tories have made of making promises in the manifesto that we deliver . manifesto that we can't deliver. >> well, here we go again , and >> well, here we go again, and i'm joined in the studio by our political correspondent olivia utley. welcome to the show again, olivia. they call him sir

flip flop. this even by his standards, is a massive u—turn. >> well, it really is, martin. it's an absolutely screeching u—turn. not only was this £28 billion year a part of billion a year a key part of labour's green policy environmental policy, but it was also really the labour party's economic sort of cornerstone. theidea economic sort of cornerstone. the idea of a green , green the idea of a green, green industrial revolution getting britain growing again through green jobs was what differentiate labour from the conservatives . now it'll be conservatives. now it'll be fascinating to see how the pubuc fascinating to see how the public reacts to this. i mean, if they react at all, it might end up just being one of those stories that doesn't have cut through, as they say. but it might be that the public are quite relieved with this announcement. we've seen before, when backs from when rishi sunak backs down from green policies, normally at polls pretty well, but it might be that the public don't like the idea of their future prime minister, not being able to stick to his word on something so, so important, particularly as as reading between as though as as reading between the looks though the the lines it looks as though the shadow pushed the shadow chancellor pushed the leader opposition into

leader of the opposition into changing his policy. superb. >> well, to discuss this further, joining me now is a conservative mp for east worthing tim worthing and shoreham, tim loughton. welcome to the loughton. tim, welcome to the show. sir keir starmer has show. so sir keir starmer has been at it again. he's flip flopped time guess flopped and this time guess what? blaming you guys . what? he's blaming you guys. >> you can't make it up really, can you martin? >> i mean, this is a major, major commitment that labour made and strung everybody along with all the stuff about great green industrial revolution . green industrial revolution. >> and they've been tantalising the public with it, you >> and they've been tantalising the public with it , you know, the public with it, you know, for months and months and months and all of a sudden they can't afford it and they're blaming it. >> all interest rates have changed. well interest rates are now on the way down. >> hopefully very soon. >> hopefully very soon. >> and they haven't changed for now more than six months. >> so to blame somebody >> so trying to blame somebody else the fact that came else for the fact that they came up policy, up with a grandiose policy, which no way paying which they had no way of paying for, is pretty rich. >> and to do it, you know, before the election, they're not

even breaking their promises from either side government. from either side of government. >> bode well for what >> it doesn't bode well for what they do believe in. they actually do believe in. this was one of the few things where labour appeared to have some of a plan, but it some form of a plan, but it disintegrated very quickly . disintegrated very quickly. >> just don't have a plan >> they just don't have a plan for a green economy, actually, and certainly no of paying and certainly no way of paying for it. >> $- $— ? could i ask you for it. >> could i ask you about >> tim, could i ask you about that extra ordinary interview with putin that we saw with vladimir putin that we saw emerge overnight ? with vladimir putin that we saw emerge overnight? right. and putin is ready to negotiate. my question to you is, is vladimir putin the kind of person that a western democracy, maybe even the conservative party, should be sitting down with to try and end this war? yes or no? >> absolutely not. he is a man not to be trusted. >> you cannot believe a word he he says. >> he's broken all sorts of . >> he's broken all sorts of. international laws trying to claim that everybody else has caused the russians to invade ukraine. he absolutely has the power to bring this to war an end by withdrawing his troops

from sovereign ukrainian territory and stop the threats and the war crimes that he's been committing. and now this useful idiot of an american journalist giving him this platform without really challenging him as any credible journalist from gb news or anybody else would, uh, is . anybody else would, uh, is. i mean, it's a complete pantomime of an interview, frankly. >> okay. tim i'm also joined in the studio by our political correspondent olivia utley. she has a question for you, tim. well i was fascinated in that interview with vladimir putin, with almost obsession, with his almost obsession, it seemed, with boris johnson. >> he mentioned him >> i think he mentioned him three times, and at one point he suggested that boris johnson was to prolonging to blame for prolonging the war. what make of that . what do you make of that. >> well, there's something he's got in common with keir starmer. it's everybody else's fault, uh, isn't it? um, i'm boris is a very high profile figure. he was obviously key to, uh, rousing . obviously key to, uh, rousing. western support for, uh, vladimir and the ukrainians. he

remains a very popular figure in, uh, in ukraine. um, and so obviously, he's public enemy number one still in the eyes of, uh, the, the current, uh, russian , uh, dictatorship. russian, uh, dictatorship. >> so i'm not surprised in, in that, but , >> so i'm not surprised in, in that, but, you >> so i'm not surprised in, in that, but , you know, the that, but, you know, the russians will blame everybody else except themselves. >> this is entirely self—inflicted . did. self—inflicted. did. >> okay . thank you very much for >> okay. thank you very much for joining us on the show, tim loughton, tory mp for east worthing and shoreham have a fantastic weekend and olivia utley thank you very much for joining the studio and joining us in the studio and likewise to you now, there's still lots more to come between now and 6:00. i'll have the shocking story of anti—semitism rife once again amongst students , this time at one of the country's top universities. but first is your latest news headunes first is your latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. it's just gone 530 leading the

news tonight. it's. now it's just gone 530 leading the news tonight. it's . now believed news tonight. it's. now believed that chemical attacker abdul ezedl that chemical attacker abdul ezedi, who injured a mother and her two daughters, may have fallen into the thames in a briefing at scotland yard in the last hour or so, police said their main working hypothesis is that he has gone into the water. but they say no body has yet been found. the metropolitan police say that the 35 year old was seen on cctv leaning over the railings of chelsea bridge just before . 11:30 pm. last just before. 11:30 pm. last wednesday evening . that was four wednesday evening. that was four hours after the incident in south london. that, though, was the last time he was seen. police have also added that the victim attack, a 31 year victim of the attack, a 31 year old mother, is, they say, still very in hospital and unable very ill in hospital and unable at this moment in time to speak to news, to officers. in other news, piers morgan has evening piers morgan has this evening accused of sussex of accused the duke of sussex of ruthless intrusion into the private of the royal private lives of the royal family. says financial family. he says for financial gain, here's former daily

gain, here's the former daily mirror speaking to mirror editor. speaking to reporters . invading . the reporters earlier. invading. the privacy of the royal family is utterly reprehensible and on that i share prince harry's opinion. >> i just wish he'd stop doing it. >> that comes after prince harry's claim against mirror group newspapers was settled earlier today. >> he had singled out the former daily mirror editor, saying that he knew what was going on when phones were hacked for stories written royals. written about the royals. following hearing , following today's hearing, harry's said that harry's lawyers have said that the newspapers the mirror group newspapers would interim payment of would make an interim payment of £400,000 in damages as meanwhile , the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu , has benjamin netanyahu, has announced a plan to evacuate civilians from rafah in the south of gaza , alongside a south of gaza, alongside a strategic effort to defeat remaining hamas fighters in the region. it comes as international pressure on israel intensifies, despite criticism from the us president and warnings from aid groups , israel

warnings from aid groups, israel has launched a deadly air strike on rafah, which is the last refuge for many gazans. it's raised concerns about potential high death toll washington has emphasised the need for israel to consider the plight of civilians before any further military operation in rafah, with joe biden, president of the united states, describing israel's response as over the top and back here in the uk, rishi sunak has said that president putin's accusations that the west and nato are the cause of the ukraine war are clearly ridiculous. speaking to tucker carlson, the russian president said that the invasion was necessary to prevent ukraine from posing a threat to russia by joining nato. putin also told carlson that he has no interest in expanding the war or having any dialogue with the us president, unless he says certain demands are met and rishi sunak's personal tax documents have revealed that he paid over £500,000 in uk tax last year. the prime minister's earnings include nearly £1.8

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forjoining us on the show. two things to talk about. there's an astonishing article today by matthew firth saying the reverend matthew first, then there is a veritable industry , there is a veritable industry, probably thousands of kc of asylum seekers convert to christianity. how does that make you feel as a man of the cloth? well i think we're pointing the gun in the wrong direction or the telescope in the wrong direction. >> um, there's nothing wrong with churches trying to explain who jesus is, and particularly to muslims, because if you want to muslims, because if you want to choose between jesus and mohammed, jesus is a great deal more attractive. >> there's a there's >> actually, there's a there's a phenomenon muslims becoming phenomenon of muslims becoming being christianity being converted to christianity through their own private experiences of christ. >> it's really rather exciting . >> it's really rather exciting. and in iran, uh, there's talk about christian muslims living as muslims in the daytime and christians at night—time. >> the whole phenomenon of >> so the whole phenomenon of bringing people jesus is part bringing people to jesus is part and parcel the dna of being a christian. >> the problem is with the muslim lawyers who use muslim asylum lawyers who use a number of ways of getting around

the law to get asylum to work for their clients and the asylum tribunals who are required by law to look at religious conversions , but appear to have conversions, but appear to have no understanding of what's involved, and particularly no accountability afterwards. so i think i think matthew's absolutely right. >> there's a scam going on here. >> but you shouldn't blame the churches for it. >> well, why not? who do you blame happening blame then if it's happening routinely, as says here, routinely, as he says here, a veritable industry on an industrial scale, thousands of cases. he saw 20 himself of people being baptised almost on a conveyor belt, as he puts it, who's culpable if the church, the churches are doing it? >> well, if people come to the church and say, i want to be a christian, i'd like to be a baptised, um, then a process of some kind of process takes place. what what we can't assume they're bogus. we haven't. don't have any means for assuming they're bogus or authentic. >> presumably the churches

believe they're authentic because otherwise they wouldn't do it. but the but the problem comes. nobody would mind if people come and get baptised. they only mind because the asylum services are using it as asylum services are using it as a mechanism for granting people, residents in this country . so residents in this country. so it's the asylum services and the government who need to find some robust and sensible, informed process of discovering whether this is authentic . i don't think this is authentic. i don't think you can blame the churches for saying we want to baptise you. >> gavin , can i ask you >> gavin, can i ask you a question? which is, um, may appear blunt or in poor appear a bit blunt or in poor taste? it's this abdul taste? and it's this abdul yazidi, um, convert to christianity. the working hypothesis. we had a police press conference earlier on this show is that he's now jumped into the river thames, and it looks increasingly like they're now searching for a body and not a living manhunt situation. people like yazidi, if they converted to christianity and now they've passed away, were people like him go to heaven . people like him go to heaven. >> oh, goodness me. you want to

ask about heaven ? well, um. ask about heaven? well, um. that's easy because one of the things that jesus says is that none of us are in a position to judge each other's souls. uh and the good news about christianity was that one of the thieves on the cross asked for forgiveness at moment, and jesus at the last moment, and jesus specifically gave to him. i'm specifically gave it to him. i'm much about as much more concerned not about as edith soul, which is in the hands god , but about his hands of god, but about his body. how are the police deciding that ? that he's killed deciding that? that he's killed himself there's no evidence himself when there's no evidence for seems to me for that? um, that seems to me to be much more suspicious than the state of his soul. so i think i think that's that's enormously problematic. can i just say that that a colleague of mine who's a journalist has discovered how azadi became a christian? approached a very christian? he approached a very elderly in elderly baptist pastor in newcastle who who was , you know, newcastle who who was, you know, ever so well—meaning , um, but ever so well—meaning, um, but perhaps not not the most alert person in the world. and through duping this elderly baptist pastor , he got himself some form pastor, he got himself some form of baptist certificate. i think you can see that in these

circumstances , his it's people circumstances, his it's people playing the game who ought to be held accountable for this. not not not an elderly man whose kindness and generosity of spirit was taken advantage of. and ultimately, this is being facilitated by the government and the asylum service services . and the asylum service services. and they're the ones who need to tighten up and take responsibility for the way they apply responsibility for the way they apply their laws. >> thank you very much for >> okay. thank you very much for your expert analysis, gavin ashenden, to ashenden, always a pleasure to you. a great weekend. you. have a great weekend. and there's of there's more evidence of anti—semitism among uk students. activists chanted death to zionists at a rally at the university of birmingham this week. disgraceful scenes i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel .

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spreading its tendrils throughout all of society. and now on a university campus in britain , um, pro—palestinian britain, um, pro—palestinian activists seemingly ordering jewish people off campus. what on earth is going on? >> uh, thank you for having me on. so we've really seen an unprecedented rise in anti semitism in the united kingdom and the aftermath of the october seventh massacre. um i'm originally from israel and i've lived in the uk for 12 years now, and there's truly not been anything like this . i was a anything like this. i was a student at the university of bristol and i graduated in july , bristol and i graduated in july, and the situation currently on our campuses is really nothing we've seen before and where do you think this is coming from? >> is it bad tuition ? is it bad >> is it bad tuition? is it bad academics , people learning to academics, people learning to drive, if you like, through bad tuition? is it the professors, the people, the academics? are they the one that are to blame for this ?

for this? >> so i think it's a real combination of factors. i mean , combination of factors. i mean, pnor combination of factors. i mean, prior to october the 7th and in the aftermath of october 7th, we've seen , um , the sort of we've seen, um, the sort of islamic extreme anti—semitism seep , um, islamic extreme anti—semitism seep, um, into the mainstream in the united kingdom, the sort of anti—semitism ism that we saw for decades , um, in the arab and for decades, um, in the arab and muslim world has now become a fixture, um, in the west , east, fixture, um, in the west, east, in the united kingdom, including on our university campuses and i think that's been enabled by universal cities and the police not taking strong enough action when these incidents occur in the result of that is that there is simply a lack of deterrence for anti—semites , um, to commit for anti—semites, um, to commit these sorts of horrific, um, you know, um, acts that we've seen throughout our country since . throughout our country since. october the 7th and aviv, do you think? >> i think you've raised a great point there. the fact we don't see robust police, for example,

at the street protests in london and elsewhere across the uk, where people are crying for jihad and they're wearing full face masks . some even had kids face masks. some even had kids in fancy dress as hamas terrorists . and this isn't terrorists. and this isn't getting clamped down upon. and that emboldens anti—semites on campuses . campuses. >> precisely . i mean, you know, >> precisely. i mean, you know, i wasn't born in the uk, but i've been here for 12 years. i love this country. i was brought up on british values. um you know, all my formative years were here. and what we see on a weekly basis on the streets of london and throughout our country, um, people who just reject british values and reject the values of this country , we, the values of this country, we, um , there's been a huge rise in um, there's been a huge rise in anti—semitic incidents. but it's not just the jewish community that's been bearing the brunt of this . we've seen people climbing this. we've seen people climbing on warm memorials, people on a warm memorials, people assaulting police officers. it's just a total reject rejection of the values of this country and what we need , like you said, is

what we need, like you said, is a robust response from the police , um, so that people will police, um, so that people will not be emboldened to perpetrate these sorts of things . these sorts of things. >> do you think these anti—semites , as well as anti—semites, as well as obviously hating jews , they hate obviously hating jews, they hate the west, and specifically they hate everything britain stands for ? for? >> absolutely. i mean , um . you >> absolutely. i mean, um. you know, like i said earlier, you don't need to be british, um, to embrace british values. you can be born in this country. you could have immigrated to this country, and you can embrace the values this country . country, and you can embrace the values this country. um, and values of this country. um, and we see people who completely reject these values. um, it really is, i think, on attack on this , um, and its values this country, um, and its values . and at the moment, the jewish community in the uk is bearing the brunt of this, but it really is societal problem. um, is a wider societal problem. um, if people think they can get away with perpetrating , um, acts away with perpetrating, um, acts of violence , um, or other um, of violence, um, or other um, assaults, verbal or physical, against jewish people, well, they'll think, okay, well, if we

can get away, um, with doing this with the jews, we can get away with, you know, everyone, we can mug people . we can, um, we can mug people. we can, um, break into shops. um and it's important that the police in the country take the most robust action with anti—semitic incidents to send a message, um, to people perpetrating them, um , to people perpetrating them, um, to people perpetrating them, um, to deter them from doing, um , to deter them from doing, um, these sorts of crimes from committing anti—semitic attacks . committing anti —semitic attacks. um, committing anti—semitic attacks. um, but also from committing you know, any form of, uh, of , uh, know, any form of, uh, of, uh, crime . crime. >> okay. i'm going to have to leave it there . aviv, thank you leave it there. aviv, thank you so much forjoining us and bravely sharing your stories. i'm so sorry. this this happens to you, um, your co—founder of atid, a uk based advocacy organisation led by young jewish people. you know, it sickens and saddens me that seemingly every week on this show, we're having this same conversation from war memorials to campuses as these placards, these banners, posters

being ripped down of kidnapped victims . we had the cousin of a victims. we had the cousin of a kidnapped victim in the studio a couple of weeks ago. i was moved to tears by her plight. couple of weeks ago. i was moved to tears by her plight . um, this to tears by her plight. um, this is still going on. unchecked. unabated the police aren't clamping down on it neither are the campuses. it's a bit of a heavy moment to end the show on, but i'm afraid these sorts of conversations that we must be having. thank you so much for joining me on the show from 3 to 6 pm. all week. i'm the martin daubney show. i'll be back on monday . there's going to be monday. there's going to be a huge week ahead in politics, but after the after, this is dewbs & after the after, this is dewbs& co with michelle dewberry. you have a fantastic evening and thanks as ever for your viewership . cheers . viewership. cheers. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> good afternoon, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. the weekend should bring most of us some sunshine, but there will still be few showers around and be a few showers around and certainly with, certainly to begin with, there'll snow across northern there'll be snow across northern scotland falling here at scotland still falling here at the moment. office yellow the moment. a met office yellow warning , mostly warning in place, mostly over the but of the hills, but some of the higher routes here pretty tricky as that snow builds up and there's wind blowing as that snow builds up and there's centralwind blowing as that snow builds up and there's central andi blowing as that snow builds up and there's central and southern through central and southern scotland northern scotland and northern ireland. it's of rain , the it's outbreaks of rain, the heavy of the day heavy showers of the day clearing from england wales. clearing from england and wales. so places here will so many places here will be dry with spells through the with clear spells through the night turn a bit misty. night could turn a bit misty. most staying above most places staying above freezing and actually for a good chunk england and wales, chunk of england and wales, it'll be a fine day tomorrow. starts dull and in starts pretty dull and damp in southern . further southern scotland. further wet weather scotland by weather in northern scotland by the of the afternoon. the the end of the afternoon. the snow confined tops snow really confined to the tops of be rain at of the hills. it'll be rain at lower levels, but still cold lower levels, but still a cold wind blowing here and through the showers come into the day. showers will come into wales southwest england. wales and southwest england. elsewhere, said, elsewhere, though, as i said, many bright and many places dry and bright and quite actually double quite mild actually double digits many, maybe into the digits for many, maybe into the teens across far south.

teens across the far south. still pretty cold in northern scotland. the wet weather clearing the northern clearing away over the northern isles during there will isles during sunday. there will then be plenty of showers coming in sunday parts of in during sunday to parts of wales, so central and southern england and parts of western scotland and northern ireland too. but some parts of the east may stay dry. it could be pretty drab, though. on sunday, mist and around and low cloud sticking around for much the day and just for much of the day and just generally a day compared generally a greyer day compared to temperatures generally a greyer day compared to touched temperatures generally a greyer day compared to touched tbuteratures generally a greyer day compared to touched tbut close �*es generally a greyer day compared to touched tbut close to are touched down but close to average time of year. average for this time of year. goodbye. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

michelle dewberry. and this is dewbs& co coming up tonight. did you manage to stay awake during that first half an hour of the putin interview? if you managed to get past that, you might have noficed to get past that, you might have noticed that he basically said that boris johnson was was responsible for scuppering negotiations in the war in . negotiations in the war in. ukraine what do you think to that? do you believe that or not? and when it comes to abdul ezedi now, please reckon he's more likely than not off more likely than not jumped off a and died. do you think a bridge and died. do you think that's true, or do you reckon it's the police covering for their incompetence not their own incompetence and not being able to find him? i'll be talking a detective talking to a former detective about also, doctors about that. also, junior doctors there voted go on strike there voted to go on strike again for another five do again for another five days. do they your support or they still have your support or not? and get this, she's sunaks tax return has been published. he's paid over half £1 million in tax on earnings that are above £2 million. last year. some people i can tell you their