gb news way. >> good afternoon britain. it is 12:00 on friday the 16th of february. jailed russian opposition politician alexei navalny and fierce critic of president vladimir putin has died. that's according to the prison service. there procedural checks on his death have now been initiated. we'll bring you the latest and prime minister in denial after suffering two historic by—election defeats , historic by—election defeats, rishi sunak insists the very low turnout shows there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer. turnout shows there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer . but enthusiasm for keir starmer. but with reforms surging , is he with reforms surging, is he leading his party to electoral extinction and i love my family. prince harry tells good morning america he is grateful he could spend any time with king charles, and that he hopes the cancer diagnosis can heal his rift with the royals.

right as i just mentioned, the breaking news today, the russian opposition politician alexei navalny, he is known as one of the most vocal and persistent critics of president president vladimir putin. he has been imprisoned for many years. he has died. that's according to the prison service over there. and really, what does this mean for the state of democracy? what does this tell us about the state of democracy in putin's russia? this man was someone who was fiercely critical. he was some of the only opposition in the country. again imprisoned. and now is reportedly dead. what does this tell us about democracy in russia or the lack of it? many. this will be seen to be. many will assume this may be a political assassination of sorts. it may be seen like that globally. we will bring you the very latest, as we hear it. but first, let's get your headlines

with sofia . thanks emily. with sofia. thanks emily. >> good afternoon. it's 12:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . and as you've been newsroom. and as you've been heanng newsroom. and as you've been hearing our top story this hour, jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny has reportedly died in prison. that's according to a russian prison service which said he felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness, reports suggest. the russian president has been told of the cause of death, though a spokesperson for the kremlin offered no details . the kremlin offered no details. widely considered, vladimir putin's most outspoken critic, mr navalny had been serving a 19 year prison sentence seen by many as politically motivated. he was moved to a penal colony in the arctic in december, more than 1000 miles northeast of moscow , which is one of the moscow, which is one of the toughest jails in russia. labour scored a double win in by elections overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party. jen kitchens

wellington with 45.8% of the vote, the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damien egan won kingswood with just under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. as labour leader sir keir starmer says, the results show how the country is crying out for change and we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night . night. >> i think it's very clear that that people are crying out for change across the country . um, change across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results . but there both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go . long way to go. >> meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak says the

circumstances facing his party are challenging but insists labour doesn't have a plan. midterms by elections are always difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstances of these by elections were, of course, particularly challenging. >> now , i think if you look at >> now, i think if you look at the results very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering their priorities. do to show people that we are deliithat's their priorities. do to show people that we are deliithat's whateir priorities. do to show people that we are deliithat's whateir fabsolutely and that's what i'm absolutely determined also shows determined to do. but also shows that there isn't huge that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm the of enthusiasm for the alternative in keir starmer and the labour that's the labour party. and that's because have a plan. because they don't have a plan. and don't have a plan, and if you don't have a plan, you can't deliver change you can't deliver real change and general election and when the general election comes, message comes, that's the message i'll be to country. stick be making to the country. stick with plan because is with our plan because it is starting deliver change starting to deliver the change that wants needs i >> meanwhile, the reform uk party best result yet in party saw its best result yet in a by—election, grabbing 13% of the in wellingborough . the the vote in wellingborough. the party more than 10% party also secured more than 10% of the in kingswood of the vote in kingswood reforms. wellingborough candidate ben habib hailed the results remarkable , while results as remarkable, while party leader tice says party leader richard tice says it's proof that time is up for the tories and labour's new

kingswood mp has been quick to blame what he called rishi's recession for helping to deal a double blow to the tories . jamie double blow to the tories. jamie and egan said that 14 years of conservative government have sucked the hope out of the country. his comments came as official figures show the uk supped official figures show the uk slipped recession at the slipped into recession at the end of last year, with the economy shrinking to 0.3% in december . economy shrinking to 0.3% in december. around economy shrinking to 0.3% in december . around 700,000 december. around 700,000 households will start receiving a cost of living payment today, more than 7 million eligible uk households have already received £299 payments, the third in a series totalling up to £900. the money will be paid directly and those eligible do not need to do anything to receive it . a spike anything to receive it. a spike in consumer spending has seen retail sales bouncing back after a dismal christmas shopping period. january recorded the largest recovery in sales since april 2021, defying forecasts and suggesting britain's economy may be on the mend. despite slipping into recession in december, the strongest result

was seen in food retailers, with sales increasing by nearly 3.5. draghi and prince harry will reportedly discuss his father's health in an interview with us television today. promos for the good morning america program suggest the duke of sussex will speak about the king's cancer diagnosis, with the program's correspondent , will reeve. it correspondent, will reeve. it would be the first time harry has discussed his father's health publicly. a tv crew has been following the prince and meghan markle as they visit sporting champions in whistler village the invictus village ahead of the invictus games next year , and greece has games next year, and greece has become the first country with a christian orthodox majority to legalise same sex marriage. many lgbt campaigners struggle to contain their emotion as they watch the result unfold from the galleries. the changes will also see same sex couples given adoption rights in a rare show of parliamentary consensus . adoption rights in a rare show of parliamentary consensus. this despite objections from church officials . and for the latest officials. and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com

slash alerts . now it's back to . emily. >> as you just heard, russian opposition leader alexei navalny has died in prison, according to the local penal service , navalny the local penal service, navalny was serving sentences in an arctic facility on charges of extremism and fraud following his very vocal opposition to vladimir putin's regime across the country. our security editor mark white, has the story by far vladimir putin's most high profile political opponent, alexei navalny , remained defiant alexei navalny, remained defiant to the last. >> an outspoken critic of the kremlin who refused to remain silent even after his conviction on criminal charges, which his supporters say were politically motivated . no one. and now those motivated. no one. and now those same supporters say putin's regime is the prime suspect in the unexplained death of the

opposition politician . navalny opposition politician. navalny fell ill, complaining of severe stomach pains , unable to eat stomach pains, unable to eat because of the severity of his symptoms as he was transferred to a prison medical facility. friends family and his legal team suggested he may have been the victim of poisoning . a the victim of poisoning. a deliberate attempt by russian authorities to silence him. the government in moscow has dismissed any such suggestion , dismissed any such suggestion, but for navalny it wouldn't be the first time he'd fallen victim to a poisoning attempt . victim to a poisoning attempt. in the summer of 2020, he fell violently ill aboard a passenger plane while on a trip to cyber area. he was flown to germany and treated by doctors there, who concluded that he'd been poisoned by novichok , the same poisoned by novichok, the same nerve agent was used against former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia

in salisbury in 2018. the kremlin stands accused of regularly using poison as a means of targeting outspoke . means of targeting outspoke. critics of the regime or perceived traitors to the russian state. in 2006, in one of the most high profile incidents, kremlin critic alexander litvinenko was poisoned with the radio active isotope polonium 210. he suffered an agonising few days before dying in a central london hospital. >> new opposition is appearing . >> new opposition is appearing. it is being generated now and navalny played an important role in it. but at the same time this opposition requires new ideology. the death of alexei navalny means vladimir putin now rules virtually unchallenged. >> many of the critical voices who once spoke out against the russian leader , now jailed,

russian leader, now jailed, forced into exile or, like navalny , are dead by the time he navalny, are dead by the time he launched his full scale invasion of ukraine. many opponents who once tried to hold the putin government to account have been silenced . there is widespread silenced. there is widespread and understandable concern at the news of alexei navalny's death, but getting proper answers about the cause of death will be next to impossible . will be next to impossible. people, like so many similar incidents in the past that the kremlin will simply insist any allegations of foul play are far fetched. mark white, gb news. >> well, thank you very much for that. mark white, we can now bnngin that. mark white, we can now bring in our reporter, charlie peters, for more on this breaking story now, charlie, breaking story. now, charlie, this one of the most this man was one of the most vocal , persistent critics of the vocal, persistent critics of the kremlin . kremlin. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> and in just a month, a month time , there is going to be a

time, there is going to be a presidential election in russia. we know that the other leading critic of president vladimir putin, boris nadarzyn, is not going to be able to contribute to that election. he is the only other critic of the war in ukraine who was going to be on the ballot box, but the electoral commission has removed him on account of some apparently false signatures . so apparently false signatures. so with navalny's death, that leading international critical voice of the rule of vladimir putin has now gone . we've heard putin has now gone. we've heard from the tass news agency in the last hour that the kremlin has been informed of navalny's death. putin is aware, but it has reportedly no further information on the cause of his death. we've heard also from navalny's team from similar sources saying that his press secretary has no further information on his death. however, his lawyer is travelling to the area in the

penal colony in the north of russia . to get further info . russia. to get further info. nation. there has also already been some international reaction to this news. as you can imagine , emily, it is causing significant shockwaves around the international security and diplomatic establishment. the french foreign minister saying in the last ten minutes that navalny paid with his life for challenging a system of oppression , navalny must have oppression, navalny must have known when he returned to russia in january 2021 that he was choosing to sacrifice his life over the political life of the country that he was fighting for i >> -- >> yes, charlie and many will assume that this is a political assassination on tell us why people might be quick to assume that. >> well, vladimir putin has regularly used nerve agents to challenge and target and ultimately destroy his political orindeed ultimately destroy his political or indeed diplomatic rival.

there's been no shortage of former allies of the russian president being found dead in mysterious circumstances . we mysterious circumstances. we know, of course, you know, the most clear piece of evidence to create that assumption at this stage is that navalny was previously poisoned in august 2020, when the nerve agent novichok was found in his system by german medics who saved his life in berlin . a report there life in berlin. a report there did also implicate the fsb, the to the heirs to the kgb, where vladimir putin formerly served, that group, the fsb were also implicated in poisonings in salisbury in 2018 of a former kgb double agent. so poisonings are known methods and tactics and procedures of the russian state and its international security apparatus. in particular. so the attention will, of course, there go

straight towards that as the leading cause of navalny's death. but we'll await further information as more news comes out on the cause of that death. the prison service , when the the prison service, when the news was broke, did say that he felt ill and collapsed and resuscitated . methods were resuscitated. methods were carried out. but were unsuccessful. and that's all we have at the moment. >> well, thank you very much indeed for bringing us that latest charlie peters there. now rishi sunak has tweeted in the last few minutes, he says this is terrible news as the fiercest advocate for russian democracy , advocate for russian democracy, alexei navalny demonstrated incredible courage throughout his life. my thoughts are with his life. my thoughts are with his wife and the people of russia, for whom this is a huge tragedy. so those are the words of our prime minister, rishi sunak , he says. alexei navalny sunak, he says. alexei navalny demonstrated incredible courage throughout his life , and he'll throughout his life, and he'll be remembered as a huge tragedy. now let's get the words of the executive director of the henry

jackson society, doctor alan mendoza here. um, alan, you follow very closely what's happening in russia . um, are you happening in russia. um, are you surprised by this . surprised by this. news? i am very sorry for that. we can actually hear doctor alan mendoza there, but this is the news that alexei navalny has died in prison. news that alexei navalny has died in prison . according to the died in prison. according to the pfison died in prison. according to the prison service . there, he was prison service. there, he was one of the most the most vocal , one of the most the most vocal, fiercest campaigners and opposition leaders against, of course, vladimir putin in russia and the kremlin. we can bring back doctor alan mendoza. i believe his line has been restored. alan, your reaction ? restored. alan, your reaction? >> well, um, obviously be shocked, but not surprised . um, shocked, but not surprised. um, shocked, but not surprised. um, shocked because you know, this is a prisoner who has been allowed to die or been murdered in prison, but not surprised because, of course, mr navalny had been threatened numerous

times by the regime. he'd been poisoned beforehand . um, he was poisoned beforehand. um, he was constantly , uh, punished, even constantly, uh, punished, even in jail, in punitive isolation issues like that. and it was obvious that they wanted to be rid of him. so sadly , he, um, he rid of him. so sadly, he, um, he himself said the last time he was sentenced on one of these sham , uh, you know, sort of sham, uh, you know, sort of crimes he was alleged to have committed. will last committed. my sentence will last either as long as i live or as long as the regime survives. and sadly , it would be the former. >> and i believe alan, you were. let us all know on twitter not too long ago that you've been put on a sanctions list yourself i >> -- >> well, yes , obviously i don't. >> well, yes, obviously i don't. thankfully face a threat that mr navalny did in the control of the regime, but it's quite clear that people who oppose putin on any are slapped down on any level are slapped down on sanctions lists. there's been loads of, you know , sort of loads of, you know, sort of activists in the uk who have been similarly, you know, been similarly, um, you know, tarred with that brush. um , tarred with that brush. mps um, think tank leaders , business think tank leaders, business people. i mean, it's extraordinary . basically, there extraordinary. basically, there is a regime that brooks no dissent and it will take any

action. it feels it is warranted to do, whether that ranges from sanctions at the mild end to murder at the top end in order to stop people from critiquing it and opposing its nefarious actions. and this news comes, of course, only a week after vladimir putin gave his most pubuc vladimir putin gave his most public interview with former fox news host tucker carlson. >> i don't believe he was asked about the state of democracy in russia . is that about the state of democracy in russia. is that a about the state of democracy in russia . is that a coincidence ? russia. is that a coincidence? >> well, i think putin is clearly feeling emboldened. frankly um, i think he sees the wrangling that's going on over us aid to ukraine. i think he sees, you know, the sort of mess the us election is in. i think he looks at things like tucker carlson coming on bended knee to him in moscow and listening to his nonsense for, you know , his nonsense for, you know, hours on end. and i think he feels he can get away with anything. it's really anything. and it's really in incumbent free world to incumbent upon the free world to remind can't. and incumbent upon the free world to remin

weekend. say from the munich security conference. you security conference. do you believe focus believe that this will focus minds ? i think certainly minds? i think it certainly will. mean , navalny was a will. i mean, navalny was a brave, courageous man who has paid his life with paid for his life with opposition to an evil regime that to concentrate minds in that has to concentrate minds in all democracies and just to confirm, alan, does this essentially now mean that there is no opposition to vladimir putin's rule in russia ? well, putin's rule in russia? well, the remains opposition. i want to highlight the case of vladimir kara—murza , another vladimir kara—murza, another opposition leader, also previously poisoned by putin, who is in jail right now. vladimir is a dual british citizen , of course, as well. and citizen, of course, as well. and i would expect people to be redoubling efforts to save him from a similar fate given there has now been a track record of opposition leaders in russia being knocked off at various times by the putin regime . times by the putin regime. >> and of course, lastly, the presidential election set for march in russia . impact of this? march in russia. impact of this? well we knew that putin was going to win it anyway. >> and the idea that there's any serious opposition that's going

to be allowed on the ballot. i mean, don't forget, in the past, navalny being navalny was stopped from being on people have on the ballot. other people have removed because they removed themselves because they know just a sham election . know it's just a sham election. of course, he's going to be re—elected because he going re—elected because he was going to the ballot regardless. to stuff the ballot regardless. so this has made no difference in regard. but tells you in that regard. but it tells you how this regime how paranoid this regime is, even certainty of victory, even with certainty of victory, it still must see its opponents die rather than allow any form of expression . varne. of expression. varne. >> well, thank you very much indeed for your time, doctor alan mendoza, who is the executive director the henry executive director of the henry jackson is jackson society, which is a foreign affairs think tank. well uh, as we look ahead , let us uh, as we look ahead, let us know. let me know what you think about that breaking news coming from russia. but up next, we're going to be looking at the very latest on harry's latest on prince harry's bombshell interview. who has he spoken to? not a british broadcaster, but good morning america. has he spilled the beans on his relationship with his father, king charles? this is gb news, britain's news

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>> welcome back to good afternoon britain. it's 1222 now, of course, the conservative party did suffer yet another calamitous night yesterday as they lost both the wellingborough and the kingswood by elections to labour. sir keir starmer's party overturned two large conservative majorities in both seats, with the labour leader saying the results showed the country is crying out for change. meanwhile, rishi sunak sought to downplay the defeats, of course, by blaming low of course, by blaming very low turnout , but of course, by blaming very low turnout, but did of course, by blaming very low turnout , but did acknowledge turnout, but did acknowledge that conservatives have that the conservatives have worked do well . to discuss worked to do well. to discuss this further, i'm joined by gb news political editor christopher who is in christopher hope, who is in wellingborough and gb news south west reporter jeff west of england reporter jeff moody, is kingswood. moody, who is in kingswood. christopher i'll start with you . christopher i'll start with you. how big a loss was this for the conservatives? i guess the generous spin is that there was a low turnout out and that perhaps there weren't as many labour votes as there could have

been. >> that's right, that's right. emily totally right. i mean, in a sense, the tory vote sat on its hands as it has done for the past two years, really, since bofis past two years, really, since boris johnson was removed from power by his own mps. boris johnson was removed from power by his own mps . over my power by his own mps. over my right shoulder you see a picture of jen kitchen, the new 28 year old labour mp for wellingborough, replacing peter bone. wellingborough, replacing peter bone . of course, the by—election bone. of course, the by—election in wellingborough kingswood, in wellingborough and kingswood, where skidmore had left a where chris skidmore had left a seat which won't be exist after the next general election, were neither which the next general election, were neith sunak which the next general election, were neith sunak wanted which the next general election, were neith sunak wanted whave . he rishi sunak wanted to have. he didn't up to campaign here. didn't turn up to campaign here. very cabinet ministers did. very few cabinet ministers did. these were, um, a by elections which the party, the tory party, didn't want to have at all. they had to have them because of the need of mps leaving need of these mps leaving parliament. it has been parliament. and it has been really the tory really awkward. the pa tory party biggest party has slumped to its biggest fall ever. um, it's fall in support ever. um, it's the biggest loss of vote share to labour since the second biggest since since the second world war. a real disaster. and you're seeing then, of course, though also the reform party,

uh, surge joining the reform party led by richard tice. of course, that party now on 13% of the vote from o, course, that party now on 13% of the vote from 0, because they didn't stand in 2019, the labour's been on a victory lap here in wellingborough after being in kingswood earlier this morning . and earlier i spoke to morning. and earlier i spoke to ellie reeves, the shadow cabinet minister. >> we're absolutely not complacent about anything. it's a fantastic result for us here in wellingborough. we fought for every vote and we will fight for every vote and we will fight for every vote and we will fight for every vote at a general election i >> -- >> ian, were you surprised by how well you've done have been a few recent days. few issues in recent days. there's u—turn, over £28 there's a u—turn, over £28 billion green spending, billion of green spending, problems rise of problems with the rise of anti—semitism claims in some parts the party. yet parts of the party. and yet voters more labour. voters here want more labour. >> well, you know, i've been out in the doorstep in in wellingborough and when you speak voters, say that, speak to voters, they say that, you know, fed up with you know, they're fed up with the way the conservatives have mismanaged economy. mismanaged the economy. people are in their are paying more in their mortgages. we're now in recession. feel as though recession. people feel as though they more and getting they are paying more and getting less. and that was the message loud and clear in this

by—election that was ellie reeves, the labour party national campaign coordinator, talking to me moments ago here in wellingborough . in wellingborough. >> and there are some voters there shouting at us as i drove past. but what's interesting, i think, uh, here emily, is what might happen with the tory party this weekend because the rising support for reform is worrying some tory mps. a statement just dropped here from miriam cates and danny kruger from the new conservatives. they are demanding that the tory party, the government does some more. obviously conservative things, notably commit to withdrawal from the european convention on human rights and cut taxes for working families, including lowering the rate of income tax and raising these punitive thresholds that so many people are being dragged into because of high inflation. that will be the conversation , i think, in, the conversation, i think, in, in tory seats , tory households, in tory seats, tory households, this weekend. what can this government do to more to appeal to the tory vote? get those

voters out. but because currently the party is being squeezed by a resurgent labour party, which surely must now look nailed to win the look nailed on to win the election , and also a getting, election, and also a getting, growing and bigger and bigger reform. uk party. and that's a big worry for rishi sunak. >> absolutely, christopher. and just before i bring in jeff moody, who is of course in kingswood, christopher , an kingswood, christopher, an absolutely terrible night for the liberal democrats too. but i also think it's important to have a look at actually who is now going to be an mp, this jen kitchen, she's 27 years old, studied politics at university. um, i believe has been working in the charity sector. we're getting some very new young potentially in experienced people into the houses of parliament. >> yeah. you say an experience, i say exciting. i think there's no actual qualification to be an mp. you hold an office? yes. um, she's a big fan of taylor swift. she's been telling me this morning. um, yeah. i mean, she's been telling me this morning. um, yeah . i mean, the morning. um, yeah. i mean, the lib dems are nowhere. they were

nowhere in these seats back in 2019. they weren't really in the game. these elections, this these two by elections are all about and how about labour, the tories and how the damage that reform uk is doing , the damage that reform uk is doing, mainly in the kingsville by—election because the swing was great in king, in was so great here in king, in wellingborough. more wellingborough. but i think more young is young people in parliament is great. they'll advocating great. they'll be advocating for issues care issues that young people care about. issues that young people care about . and jen kitchen, 28, about. and jen kitchen, 28, a swiftie , is one of those very nice. >> thanks, christopher. nice. >> thanks, christopher . okay, >> thanks, christopher. okay, jeff, jeff moody , you are in jeff, jeff moody, you are in kingswood. tell us, what's the mood there after labour won? >> well, the people of kingswood had their say yesterday , didn't had their say yesterday, didn't they? they voted in a labour mp . they? they voted in a labour mp. and then today it's our turn to have our say, to and have our say, to try and interpret those results and see what can read from them. and what we can read from them. and i think we can glean i think we can get glean a couple interesting things couple of interesting things from down here in from these results down here in kingswood. firstly, it was very much a one issue election . the much a one issue election. the cost of living everybody here, when i've talked to people on the streets , that is all they the streets, that is all they want to talk about. they all say

the thing uniformly that the same thing uniformly that they are existing and not living. they have no to money do anything other than the very basics and when governments change, there's a sea change every few years, isn't there ? we every few years, isn't there? we had 1 in 1979. in 1997, and in 2010, and there's usually a lot of hope around those sea changes. things can only get better. as tony blair said . um, better. as tony blair said. um, margaret thatcher, quoting francis of assisi , um, there's francis of assisi, um, there's hope and there doesn't seem to be that hope here. the tories lost that election , but they lost that election, but they labour haven't necessarily won it in as greater numbers as they thought. they had a much bigger majority here in 1997, a much bigger1 in 2001 and a much bigger1 in 2001 and a much bigger1 in 2005. they say that elections are lost rather than won, and i think that's very

much the case here. the tories, the right wing vote has been split, as we've been discussing all morning, reformed it extremely well here and in fact, if, um, reform hadn't put a candidate forward and if everybody that voted reform had voted conservative, we'd have a very different picture here today. okay. so very much that split of the vote has influenced people's decisions and has, as has done so badly for the tories . but also it's very much a sense of hopelessness . yes. sense of hopelessness. yes. there isn't as far as i can see, that sense on the streets of yes, we've changed the government, we've changed the mp for here. let's change the government nationally, people aren't thinking like that at the moment . they've got too much of moment. they've got too much of their own personal problems to deal with. they're too busy trying to make ends meet . and trying to make ends meet. and that, i think, is leading for an election that was very lacklustre . the turnout was was

lacklustre. the turnout was was not particularly strong, particularly seeing as as the parties were very, very strong. labour was very, very strong in in leafleting, in putting up posters and knocking on door to doors . they really put doors. they really put everything they have into that. but that to my mind, that hasn't changed. and as well as it could have done, because i don't sense that hope here that you get when you have a big sea change. i feel that people are beyond hope at the moment, and that is something that rishi sunak really needs to address. now, before we go any further. >> well, geoff, you paint a bleak picture , but i'm sure it bleak picture, but i'm sure it is a story that rings true in many areas of the country. thank you very much indeed. jeff moody there, who's in kingswood. and of course, christopher hope, who we in we spoke to first in wellingborough after those historic conservative historic defeats, conservative defeats in both kingswood and wellingborough. now i want to show a of now of show you a bit of a map. now of course , this comes with a health course, this comes with a health warning. this may not be the case. come the general election,

but this map shows but essentially this map shows those shows. if the wellingborough by—election, if the swing was repeated across the swing was repeated across the country at the general election, you would see an absolute wipe—out for the conservatives. you'd see the labour party win a majority of 470. you can just see those little slivers of tory blue there. but the rest of england , there. but the rest of england, um, as well as some of the other parts of our great nation, also covered in red. so labour would have 560 seats. uh, conservatives down 357. so that's if the wellingborough by—election result can be extrapolated to the rest of the nation. so when rishi sunak says says that there's no great enthusiasm for keir starmer, he may well be right. but at the moment it does seem that people want a change of government. can he possibly claw it back? that is the question that he will be asking himself. but in just a few moments, we'll let me know what you make of the two

by—election results. of course, a for the party . a surge for the reform party. see the lib dems well rendered , see the lib dems well rendered, practically irrelevant . uh, let practically irrelevant. uh, let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. but in just a few moments we'll have more on that breaking news that alexei navalny died in prison. the navalny has died in prison. the ukrainian president zelenskyy says it's obvious he was killed by putin. this is good afternoon britain on . gb news. britain on. gb news. >> it's 1233. britain on. gb news. >> it's1233. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. these are your headlines. in the gb newsroom. these are your headlines . as rishi sunak your headlines. as rishi sunak has described alexei navalny as a fierce advocate for russian democracy, who demonstrated incredible courage. the jailed russian opposition leader reportedly died in a remote penal colony . that's according penal colony. that's according to a russian prison service which said he fell unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost unconsciousness . ukraine's lost unconsciousness. ukraine's president said moments ago that it was clear russia was to blame, accusing vladimir putin of using the death to protect

his position, reports suggest the russian president has been told of the cause of death, though a spokesperson for the kremlin offered no details, is widely considered. mr putin's most outspoken critic, mr navalny had been serving a 19 year prison sentence seen by many as politically motivated . many as politically motivated. labour scored a double win in by elections overnight night, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party. jed kitchen snatched wellingborough with a 45.8% of the vote, the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. labour leader sir keir starmer welcomed the results, but says the party will continue fighting i >> -- >> we're lam >> we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night. i think it's very clear that people are crying out for

change across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party. and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results . but there both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go . long way to go. >> meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak says the circumstances facing his party are challenging, but insists labour doesn't have a plan . labour doesn't have a plan. >> midterms by elections are always difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstance of these by elections were, of course , particularly challenging course, particularly challenging . now, i think if you look at the results , very low turnout the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering priorities, delivering on their priorities, and i'm absolutely and that's what i'm absolutely determined also shows and that's what i'm absolutely dete there d also shows and that's what i'm absolutely dete there isn't also shows and that's what i'm absolutely dete there isn't a also shows and that's what i'm absolutely dete there isn't a huge also shows and that's what i'm absolutely detethere isn't a huge amountws that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm for the alternative in keir starmer and the labour party . and that's the labour party. and that's because they don't have a plan. and have a plan, and if you don't have a plan, you deliver real change. you can't deliver real change. and the election and when the general election comes, message i'll

comes, that's the message i'll be the country. stick be making to the country. stick with plan it is with our plan because it is starting deliver the change starting to deliver the change that and that the country wants and needs. >> and latest stories , >> and for the latest stories, sign news alerts by sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen gb news. com screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts

radio. >> welcome back. it's 12.39. you're watching. good afternoon britain. and of course we'll be bringing you reaction and updates on the story that alexei navalny has died. according to prison officials in russia . lots prison officials in russia. lots of questions to be asked. we'll bnng of questions to be asked. we'll bring you the very latest and reaction as it comes. but first, prince harry has given his first pubuc prince harry has given his first public interview since his father, king charles, was diagnosed with cancer last week. the duke of sussex is currently in canada, ahead of the invictus games . in canada, ahead of the invictus games. right. in canada, ahead of the invictus games . right. let's find out

games. right. let's find out what exactly he's had to say to good morning america with our royal correspondent, cameron walker. now, cameron, am i right in thinking this isn't the first time that prince harry has given good morning america an interview ? interview? >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> he has indeed given an interview, uh, before your. but i think what's really surprising about this one is that we've been led to believe really over the last few weeks, or at least the last few weeks, or at least the last few weeks, or at least the last month, that prince harry and indeed meghan have turned a corner. >> they're not going to talk about their family. they're going to focus very much on their philanthropy . anthropic their philanthropy. anthropic work invictus games, their philanthropy. anthropic work is invictus games, their philanthropy. anthropic work is why invictus games, their philanthropy. anthropic work is why harrylvictus games, their philanthropy. anthropic work is why harry is:tus games, their philanthropy. anthropic work is why harry is in s games, their philanthropy. anthropic work is why harry is in canadas, which is why harry is in canada at the moment supporting wounded veterans. night, i get veterans. then last night, i get a statement from prince harry's spokesperson in, uh, attacking a piece written in the telegraph and saying that harry and meghan, the couple will not be broken. and then i wake up this morning to news that he's giving an interview to good morning america. now, the interview itself has not aired yet. we have seen of clips have seen a couple of clips which have leaked so far. i

think the biggest line that we've got at the moment is that when he was asked about whether or not king charles's , uh, or not king charles's, uh, illness could perhaps reunify the family , prince harry said, the family, prince harry said, and i quote , yeah, i'm sure any and i quote, yeah, i'm sure any illness, any sickness brings families together. now to be fair to prince harry, he did try and pivot his answer away to talking about the families of invictus veterans , but he still invictus veterans, but he still had obviously put himself in a position where he could be asked by an american journalist about his father . by an american journalist about his father. he also said he was grateful to spend time with king charles in that half an hour or so meeting he had at clarence house last week, following the king's cancer diagnosis. ipsis. um, but it's playing into that narrative again . is he really narrative again. is he really going to be has he now taken the spotlight off of the invictus games and put it back on himself andindeed games and put it back on himself and indeed the royal family? because if he wants to reconcile, as he says he does in this clip ,

reconcile, as he says he does in this clip, uh, reconcile, as he says he does in this clip , uh, talking about this clip, uh, talking about private conversations perhaps isn't the best way to do so. but we don't know yet how much detail he is given to good morning america. it could just be very much a brush past it seems to the couple are a seems to me the couple are a little bit all over the place at the moment, but know, it's the moment, but you know, it's supposed about the supposed to be about the invictus games. >> they've refresh of >> they've had this refresh of their website . meghan markle their website. meghan markle is then briefing the papers about her position on the website and the controversy over that . and the controversy over that. and then to answer a question on on good morning america, relating to the king and all. and he only he only was in the uk to meet the king for about 45 minutes or so. his meeting was, can he really say that illness reunites the family? it all seems rather odd. >> yeah, he was in the country for 25 hours or so. it is fairly odd just how much stuff has happened to with the duke and duchess of sussex. this week. we first we first had their websites read brands with the

controversial , uh, royal crest controversial, uh, royal crest or meghan's royal crest, and whether or not they are capital raising on their royal title of sussex, not necessarily them being part of the royal family, but sussex at least, which is a royal title. then we had a very pubuc royal title. then we had a very public hit back from harry's spokesperson about the telegraph article, and now we've got this interview. they're clearly ramping up their media appearances . the challenge for appearances. the challenge for harry and meghan is are they going to pivot those media, uh, appearances, which he appears to have tried to do in this answer by putting the spotlight back on the invictus games or or is he using it to elevate his status in hollywood, which is, of course , always a problem. but course, always a problem. but you have to remember , harry and you have to remember, harry and meghan need a hell of a lot of money in order to a keep up their lifestyle, and b pay their security bill. their montecito mansion cost of pounds. mansion cost millions of pounds. reportedly, there was a very hefty mortgage on it which clearly needs paying off. plus is clock security.

is round the clock security. none that comes cheap, and none of that comes cheap, and montecito not cheap place montecito is not a cheap place to either. so do need to live either. so they do need money. had a lump sum from money. they had a lump sum from netflix from netflix, a lump sum from spotify, but at some point that money will run run out. so money will run out, run out. so what next step ? what is their next step? >> this is the problem. i >> well, this is the problem. i mean, the clip prince mean, from the clip of prince harry talking to good morning america, it does seem as though he's not particularly comfortable in talking about king charles and the cancer diagnosis. and the question of reunification . of the family, reunification. of the family, but on the other hand, that's what people want to know. that's what people want to know. that's what these broadcasters want to know. that's what the world wants know. they talk to wants to know. when they talk to prince harry. unfortunately for him, status comes prince harry. unfortunately for him, his status comes prince harry. unfortunately for him, his ties status comes prince harry. unfortunately for him, his ties to status comes prince harry. unfortunately for him, his ties to the tatus comes prince harry. unfortunately for him, his ties to the royal:omes from his ties to the royal family. yeah, and that is a huge problem for him. >> and i'm surprised he put himself in that position where he could asked about his he could be asked about his father. clearly, it was a relatively friendly journalist. he to push too hard he wasn't going to push too hard to try and get prince harry to reveal private information about his father from the clip. so far, prince harry has not done so and as i said, he did try and

pivot away. back to the pivot it away. back to the invictus uh, did invictus games. uh, but did he necessarily need to do an interview? prince william and catherine and king and queen, for hardly ever for example, hardly ever, ever do media interviews. the last time prince spoke to a time prince william spoke to a journalist in singapore for journalist was in singapore for the earthshot prize, which he set up. it was very much set up. but it was very much a brush past. was a couple of brush past. it was a couple of very it was couple of very it was a couple of questions and was solely questions and it was solely about, the, the, you know, about, uh, the, the, you know, his his work as a member of the royal family and if prince harry did truly just want to shine a spotlight on the invictus games, perhaps the cynic in me would say that all he needed to do was turn up and do what he has been doing quite successfully in trying winter trying out all these new winter sports which injured veterans will do, did he will be able to do, did he necessarily to an necessarily need to do an interview? would necessarily need to do an intervihe ? would necessarily need to do an intervihe would would necessarily need to do an intervihe would need would necessarily need to do an intervihe would need to ould necessarily need to do an intervihe would need to do d necessarily need to do an intervihe would need to do . but argue he would need to do. but as said, we need to watch the as i said, we need to watch the full interview first before that full analysis. yes >> course, he says, >> and of course, he says, i love my family, which i'm sure he does deep down. but when you see the strains and the lack of communication, particularly with his well, it does

his brother, as well, it does make people think, you know, should you even be discussing this of thing in public? this type of thing in public? but you very much. that's but thank you very much. that's all we've got time for cameron walker, correspondent. walker, our royal correspondent. on interview between on that interview between prince harry america . harry and good morning america. now we're to be right back now we're going to be right back with your views on that breaking news alexei navalny has news that alexei navalny has died of have died in prison. lots of you have been getting touch with your been getting in touch with your reaction. says reaction. rishi sunak says the politician and activist demonstrated incredible courage throughout his life. is he a hero in your view

radio. >> welcome back. it's 1249. you're watching good afternoon britain . and a lot of you have britain. and a lot of you have been getting in touch about the breaking news this morning that the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has died in jail. now, of course, he was one of the country's most vocal vocal faces . critics of vladimir vocal faces. critics of vladimir putin and his regime, many will see this as potentially a

political assassination on the part of vladimir putin. now sam, from cardiff, says nothing will change. they beat sergei magnitsky to death in prison eight weeks before he was due to be released. bill browder's red noficeis be released. bill browder's red notice is a must read to find out what is going on in russia. yes, i know that book. i've actually read it myself . um, actually read it myself. um, marianne such sad news. marianne says such sad news. a man who showed tremendous courage in standing up to putin in a way that not many would have strength do. a brave have the strength to do. a brave man alexei, she says . and man rip alexei, she says. and michel, this is shocking news. to hear of navalny's death . what to hear of navalny's death. what a great, courageous man he was to die for his beliefs and his love of russia, she says. he was recently moved 1200 miles further into siberia to a place renowned for cruelty . my heart renowned for cruelty. my heart goes out to his wife and children . they can't torture you children. they can't torture you any more . and carl in barry, you any more. and carl in barry, you know, has also got in touch with similar. this is the breaking news this morning, of course, that alexei navalny has died in prison. now, we've also heard

from rishi sunak , who has from rishi sunak, who has tweeted out a statement . he says tweeted out a statement. he says this is terrible news. he calls him the fiercest advocate for russian democracy. alexei navalny demonstrated incredible courage throughout his life. my thoughts are with his wife and the people of russia for whom this is a huge tragedy. those are the words of rishi sunak. um, keep your views coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. we'll get to some more later in the show, but let's return to harry's explosive interview , because explosive tv interview, because in last few minutes , good in the last few minutes, good morning dropped morning america has dropped a clip, which will bring you clip, which we will bring you very , very shortly. but first very, very shortly. but first we're going to speak royal we're going to speak to royal butler grant. harold grant, thank you very much indeed . is thank you very much indeed. is it a bit naff talking to good morning america as a prince? >> it's not something that the royals normally do. as cameron mentioned , when it comes to mentioned, when it comes to interviews , they don't really interviews, they don't really say much, especially with health. so it's quite unusual. but again it's cameron's mentioned it was obviously an interview about the invictus games and the interview very cleverly. obviously asked about his rightly

his father, quite rightly as well obviously checking his father, quite rightly as well his obviously checking his father, quite rightly as well his father obviously checking his father, quite rightly as well his father isiviously checking his father, quite rightly as well his father is and sly checking his father, quite rightly as well his father is and it/ checking his father, quite rightly as well his father is and it wasecking how his father is and it was interesting when harry actually described the fact that he loves his family and was grateful for that and also made that time and also made reference to the fact that these kind what brings kind of things are what brings families together. so i was wondering that wondering if maybe he said that purposely, kind of draw purposely, just to kind of draw that to fact that purposely, just to kind of draw that he to fact that purposely, just to kind of draw that he is to fact that purposely, just to kind of draw that he is looking fact that purposely, just to kind of draw that he is looking to ict that purposely, just to kind of draw that he is looking to actually maybe he is looking to actually make amends with his family ? make amends with his family? >> i don't know, it all sounds a bit vague and awkward to me. from i've seen so far . from what i've seen so far. anyway. i'm not sure he feels very comfortable talking about his family . said i love my his family. said i love my family, but the evidence suggests that , um, i'm not. i'm suggests that, um, i'm not. i'm not sceptical that he does love his family , but more that he's his family, but more that he's not showing it. perhaps >> shapps hmm. as you said , the >> shapps hmm. as you said, the little clip, he doesn't look that, uh, as you said, comfortable and the reason i think he's not comfortable is i'm sure this will have not been endorsed royal household. endorsed by the royal household. you said to you know, they've not said to him. and about him. i'll go and talk about your meeting father, meeting with your father, because are because those meetings are always the is always very private. the fact is obviously grateful for obviously said he's grateful for that and i'm sure how that time and i'm not sure how much might have said

much more he might have said about it, but those kind of meetings are private. and i think emily going think the problem is emily going forward, doing forward, that if he keeps doing interviews they're just interviews, even if they're just certain interviews where he talks about those private moments it's it moments with the family, it's it can be frowned upon unless it's backed by the royal household. and thing i should and the one thing i should quickly princess quickly mention is princess diana in interview recently diana in an interview recently talked final moments diana in an interview recently talkeher final moments diana in an interview recently talke her mother. final moments diana in an interview recently talke her mother. youl moments diana in an interview recently talke her mother. you know, ents diana in an interview recently talke her mother. you know, they with her mother. you know, the day died. that's day her mother died. and that's a again, remember a huge thing. again, remember the family to speak like a huge thing. again, remember the but family to speak like a huge thing. again, remember the but thatiily to speak like a huge thing. again, remember the but that would ;peak like a huge thing. again, remember the but that would have like a huge thing. again, remember the but that would have been that, but that would have been bad. that supported the king, the household. kind the royal household. this kind of much, of interview is very much, i believe, harry. uh, just believe, just harry. uh, just speaking off the cuff. i mean, fundamentally, the problem for prince a lesser prince harry and to a lesser extent , um, prince harry and to a lesser extent, um, meghan is that they are global superstar stars because of their ties to the royal family and whatever interview, whatever questions they're asked, people are always going to want to know what's happening with the royals and what is their relationship with the royal family currently. >> so there's no escaping it. >> so there's no escaping it. >> absolutely, emily. that's an absolute fact. i mean, even as a

former member of the household, you know, people always ask me about what it's like to be within that organisation, to have a member the royal have been a member of the royal household. and just a household. and that's just as a staff for being staff member for them being family still family family members and still family members. the day, members. at the end of the day, of is a huge interest. of course, is a huge interest. but said, that they but as you said, that they become of global, uh, become these kind of global, uh, superstars, celebrities . superstars, royal celebrities. and the unusual and that's that's the unusual thing you know, fact, thing you know, the fact, the fact down the fact they've gone down the celebrity other celebrity route, which no other royal done before. royal has really done before. >> yes. they only want to be asked about royals their asked about the royals on their own terms, which is understandable . but then, of understandable. but then, of course, with their website and their branding and everything, they much that to be they very much want that to be part their branding as well. part of their branding as well. there's conflict there, and there's a conflict there, and i'm they've quite i'm not sure they've quite worked out exactly what their relationship to the royals is going to be going forward . but going to be going forward. but thank much. that's all going to be going forward. but thank got much. that's all going to be going forward. but thank got time much. that's all going to be going forward. but thank got time for. :h. that's all going to be going forward. but thank got time for. former's all going to be going forward. but thank got time for. former royal we've got time for. former royal butler grant harrold always great to you. now great to speak to you. now we're coming chief jens coming up. the nato chief jens stoltenberg has stoltenberg, says russia has serious questions to answer over the death of alexei navalny. we're going to have the very latest after this short break. this is good afternoon britain

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>> good afternoon britain . it is >> good afternoon britain. it is 1:00 on friday the 16th of february. jailed russian opposition politician alexei navalny and fierce critic of president vladimir putin has died, according to the prison service. procedural checks on his death have now been initiated. we'll bring you the latest and reaction , prime latest and reaction, prime minister in denial after suffering two historic by—election defeats, rishi sunak insists the very low turnout

shows there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer. but with reform's surging, is he leading his party to electoral extinction? and i love my family , prince harry tells good morning america he is grateful he could spend any time with king charles, and that he hopes the cancer diagnosis can heal his rift with the royals. and as i said, we're getting more reaction to the reported death of alexei navalny, one of the fiercest critics of vladimir putin, one of the only opposition voices is in the country. of course , rishi sunak country. of course, rishi sunak has said this is terrible news. as the fiercest advocate for russian democracy, navalny demonstrated incredible courage throughout his life. zelenskyy the ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy has blamed the russian president, vladimir putin for the death of alexei navalny, who died in an arctic penal code

colony. navalny, he says navalny was obviously killed by putin. he was speaking . from berlin, he was speaking. from berlin, where he is signing a security deal with germany. keir starmer has also tweeted out a statement saying navalny showed incredible , impossible courage in his fight russian democracy. his fight for russian democracy. his death terrible news for the death is terrible news for the russian people, he says. his thoughts are with his friends and family the anti—putin and family and the anti—putin campaigner bill browder has said he is shocked. i'm completely shocked and devastated. i feel terrible for his family, terrible for his family, terrible for his family, terrible for all the people of russia that were hoping there could be a brighter future here, through like him. it's through someone like him. it's interesting to think how much how this might strengthen the resolve of the west, including the united states in the defence of ukraine and its territory . of ukraine and its territory. see, this may have an impact. this may be a bit of a watershed moment when it comes to that conflict . of course, putin sat conflict. of course, putin sat down with tucker carlson in what

was a very controversial interview , and i don't believe interview, and i don't believe tucker asked him about the state of democracy and asked him about navalny, who, of course, was imprisoned . and but keep your imprisoned. and but keep your thoughts coming through. you have been giving your reaction, many of you saying that he was a courageous and courageous man and that your thoughts are with his let's get your his family. but let's get your headunes his family. but let's get your headlines with sofia . headlines with sofia. >> thanks, emily. good afternoon. it's 1:03. >> thanks, emily. good afternoon. it's1:03. i'm sofia afternoon. it's 1:03. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom , and wenzler in the gb newsroom, and some breaking news to bring to you. emergency services are responding to an incident at the port of new haven in east sussex. after a group of migrants were discovered in the back of a lorry. gb news has been told that some of the migrants require medical attention. emergency services are responding to the incident and are assisting border force personnel who leading the personnel who are leading the response. witness say a number of people were taken from the back of a cross—channel freezer

lorry . we'll back of a cross—channel freezer lorry. we'll bring you more lorry. and we'll bring you more on get it now. jailed on this as we get it now. jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny has reportedly died in prison . that's according to a prison. that's according to a russian prison service which said he felt unwell after a walk and lost consciousness . rishi and lost consciousness. rishi sunak described him as a fierce advocate for russian democracy who demonstrated incredible courage . ukraine's president courage. ukraine's president said earlier that it was clear russia was to blame , accusing russia was to blame, accusing vladimir putin of using the death to protect his position . death to protect his position. widely considered mr putin's most outspoken critic, mr navalny had been serving a 19 year prison sentence seen by many as politically motivated . many as politically motivated. kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov says the prison service is making checks to ensure , as far making checks to ensure, as far as we know, currently, in accordance with all existing rules, everyone is checking everything for clarification and so on. so on. >> so on. >> there's no need for any special instructions because there's a certain set of rules that everyone is now following.

labour has scored a double win in by elections overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party >> gen kitchen snatched wellingborough with a 45.8% of the vote, the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. labour leader sir keir starmer says the results show the country is crying out for change and we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night . night. >> i think it's very clear that people are crying out for change across the country . um, they across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results . but there

both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go . long way to go. >> meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak says the circumstances facing his party are challenging but insists labour doesn't have a plan for midterms. >> by elections are always difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstances of these by elections were , of course, elections were, of course, particularly challenging . now, particularly challenging. now, i think if you look at the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering on their priorities, and i'm absolutely and that's what i'm absolutely determined to do. but also shows that amount that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm the of enthusiasm for the alternative in keir starmer and the labour party. and that's because they don't have a plan. and if you don't have a plan, you can't deliver real change. and general election and when the general election comes, the message comes, that's the message i'll be country. be making to the country. stick with because it is with our plan because it is starting change starting to deliver the change that wants and needs. >> and the reform uk party saw its best result yet in a by—election, grabbing 13% of the vote in wellingborough. the party also secured more than 10% of the vote in kingswood reforms. wellingborough

candidate hailed the candidate ben habib hailed the results remarkable , while results as remarkable, while party richard tice says party leader richard tice says it's proof that it's time for is up for the tories. prince harry has suggested that the king's cancer diagnosis could lead to a reconciliation in his family. speaking to the good morning america program in the us, the duke of sussex said that he loved his father and he was grateful to spend time with him dunng grateful to spend time with him during fleeting visit during a fleeting visit to london week. but he told london last week. but he told abc news correspondent will reeve conversations he'd reeve that conversations he'd had with his father about his health will remain private . health will remain private. >> i jumped on a plane and went to go and see him as soon as i could. how was that visit for you emotionally? >> um, look, i love i love my family. >> the fact that i was the fact that i was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend any time with him, i'm grateful for that. what's sort of your outlook on his health of your outlook on on his health that stays between and him? that stays between me and him? >> in the family can >> an illness in the family can have galvanising of have a galvanising or sort of reunifying effect for a family. is in this is that possible? in this case? yeah, sure. yeah, i'm sure. >> mean, you know, i've

>> i mean, you know, i've throughout all these families, i see a day to day see it on a, on a day to day bafis see it on a, on a day to day basis and greece has become the first country with a christian orthodox majority to legalise same sex marriage. same sex marriage. >> same sex marriage. >> many lgbt campaigners struggle to contain their emotion as they watch the result unfold from the galleries. the changes will also see same sex couples given adoption rights in a rare show of parliamentary consensus , despite objections consensus, despite objections from church officials . and for from church officials. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . it's back to. emily and to our main story russian opposition leader alexei navalny has died in prison , according to the in prison, according to the local penal service. >> now, navalny was serving sentences in an arctic facility on charges of extremism and fraud that was following , of fraud that was following, of course, his vocal opposition to vladimir putin's regime across the country . our security the country. our security

edhon the country. our security editor, mark white, has the story judith raanan by far vladimir putin's most high profile political opponent , profile political opponent, alexei navalny, remained defy giant to the last. >> an outspoken critic of the kremlin who refused to remain silent even after his conviction on criminal charges, which his supporters say were politically motivated . no one. and now those motivated. no one. and now those same supporters say putin's regime is the prime suspect in the unexplained death of the opposition politician , friends, opposition politician, friends, family and his legal team suggested he may have been the victim of poisoning in a deliberate attempt by russian authorities to silence him, the government in moscow has dismissed any such suggestion , dismissed any such suggestion, but for navalny it wouldn't be the first time he'd fallen victim to a poisoning attempt . victim to a poisoning attempt. but in the summer of 2020, he fell violently ill aboard a

passenger plane while on a trip to siberia . passenger plane while on a trip to siberia. he passenger plane while on a trip to siberia . he was flown to to siberia. he was flown to germany and treated by doctors . germany and treated by doctors. there, who concluded he'd been poisoned by novichok , the same poisoned by novichok, the same nerve agent was used against former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia . skripal and his daughter yulia. in salisbury in 2018. the kremlin stands accused of regularly using poison as a means of targeting outspoken critics of the regime or perceived traitors to the russian . state. in 2006, in one russian. state. in 2006, in one of the most high profile incidents, kremlin critic alexander litvinenko was poisoned with the radioactive isotope polonium 210. he suffered an agonising few days before dying in a central london hospital . hospital. >> new opposition is appearing . >> new opposition is appearing. it is being generated now , and

it is being generated now, and navalny played an important role in it. but at the same time , in it. but at the same time, this opposition requires new ideology. >> the death of alexina ani means vladimir putin now rules virtually . unchallenged. many of virtually. unchallenged. many of the critical voices who once spoke out against the russian leader, now jailed, forced into exile or, like navalny , are dead exile or, like navalny, are dead . by the time he launched his full scale invasion of ukraine. many opponents who once tried to hold the putin government to account have been silenced . account have been silenced. there is widespread and understandable . concern at the understandable. concern at the news of alexei navalny's death , news of alexei navalny's death, but getting proper answers about the cause of death will be next to impossible. like like so many similar incidents in the past, the kremlin will simply insist any . allegations of foul play any. allegations of foul play are farfetched. mark whyte, gb

news thank . you very much, mark. news thank. you very much, mark. >> we can now bring in our reporter, charlie peters for more on this breaking story. charlie, we're beginning to hear reaction often from international finally from . international finally from. ukraine to. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> because in the last hour, significantly more reaction than we did when news first broke. president zelenskyy saying that it's obvious that he was killed, referring to what he believes was a deliberate assassination by . vladimir putin or his by. vladimir putin or his government on navalny. we've . government on navalny. we've. also heard from the eu council president charles michel, saying that the russian regime is solely responsible for his death, and the latvian president has gone one step further, saying whatever of saying whatever you thought of navalny, brutally navalny, he was brutally murdered. . in murdered. we've also seen. in the last few moments dmitri peskov, the russian press secretary, saying that the prison service is conducting all of its necessary checks and

clarifications. have no clarifications. they have no further information. they say, and i think it's unlikely we're going to get more transparency or from kremlin or information from the kremlin than that the moment. but as than that at the moment. but as the hours go by, more international reaction and indeed condemnation will continue to follow . the us are continue to follow. the us are taking a slightly more cautious approach than the eu rep resentatives jake sullivan, the national security adviser, saying if confirmed, this death is a terrible tragedy and the us secretary of state's blinking saying that if confirmed and this is a sign of weakness and rot within the russian regime . rot within the russian regime. by rot within the russian regime. by contrast, the german finance minister said that putin had tortured navalny to death and the nato secretary—general . the nato secretary—general. stoltenberg saying that russia has serious questions to answer. is this a sign of regime weakness as its war in ukraine

enters its third year? remember when that war was launched and the invasion started in february 2022? it was posted towards the russian people as a three day invasion to kyiv. well, we're now in a grave stalemate over . now in a grave stalemate over. 250,000 russian soldiers either killed or wounded in fighting last year, according to independent observers. observers is this putin entering a moment of crisis . of crisis. >> and charlie, the kremlin is very much on the defensive. the foreign ministry spokeswoman has essentially said that, uh, the immediate reaction, she says of the leaders of nato countries to the leaders of nato countries to the death of navalny in the form of accusations towards russia, is self—incriminate . she says is self—incriminate. she says there are no medical tests results yet, and the west is already making conclusions suggesting everyone jumping suggesting everyone is jumping to conclusions. well . navalny to conclusions. well. navalny was already poisoned in 2020 and august of that year he was poisoned by the mostly russian

used nerve agent novichok on a flight out of siberia. >> he went through five months of treatment in berlin, where german doctors saved his life. a combined . media report there did combined. media report there did determine that fsb agents, the successor of the kgb, were implicated in that poisoning and also linked novichok to his grave illness. he surprised many by returning to russia in january 2021, reportedly choosing to prioritise his political life over his personal life and at the time when those accusations of the use of novichok, which is harvested solely within russia when those accusations were flying around and were landed squarely at the at the kremlin in vladimir putin, said if someone wanted to poison him, they would have finished him off. well, the reason why we are hearing those accusations again is because navalny has died, reportedly

after losing after a short walk, losing consciousness. after a short walk, losing co the ousness. after a short walk, losing co the lastess. after a short walk, losing co the last ten minutes from in the last ten minutes from some sources , as cited at the some sources, as cited at the local hospital for the ik three penal colony, where navalny was receiving care, that they attempted to resuscitate him for over 30 minutes. so that's perhaps why that defensive posture is being taken by the russian spokesman. >> and what's for sure is that this is a man who has gone through hell. i wonder, just lastly, what impact this might have on the ongoing debate in the states about this $60 the united states about this $60 billion military aid package to ukraine could this focus minds on the importance of supporting that country? well, two days ago, lord cameron, the foreign secretary, urged his american . secretary, urged his american. friends to do the right thing and to vote forward. >> this package, saying that he did not want to see the world showing weakness to putin like it towards hitler in the it showed towards hitler in the 19305. it showed towards hitler in the 1930s. he referred to 1930s. he also referred to russia's invasion in georgia in

2008, and that invasion of crimea and much of the donbas region in 2014. this has no doubt resuscitated the debate inside washington on the capital with regards to that $60 billion aid package, it's passed the senate , but republican leaders senate, but republican leaders in the house of representatives are expected to vote it . down are expected to vote it. down the russian issue and the war in ukraine has certainly fallen off the international agenda in washington, especially with the war gaza raging on. israel, war in gaza raging on. israel, of course, being a close ally of washington . but there are almost washington. but there are almost certainly be hopes in washington, sorry, in ukraine that this death and navalny's death, that tragedy could refocus . s american foreign refocus. s american foreign policy and possibly even aid towards ukraine. >> yes. and we'll be speaking to . a ukrainian politician later. in the show to get the ukraine

reaction to. but thank you very much, charlie peters. now let's speak with the conservative mp for sutton and cheam, paul scully. now, of course i scully. now, paul, of course i want you on the want to get you on the by—election result. but first, rishi your leader, has rishi sunak, your leader, has said, , alexei navalny, the said, uh, alexei navalny, the fiercest advocate for russian democracy. he demonstrated incredible courage throughout his your reaction ? his life. your reaction? >> yeah. emily. hi, emily. >> yeah. emily. hi, emily. >> look, he was a russian hero and a hero to many others in that region as well. >> uh, it's sad news. >> uh, it's sad news. >> you talked about bill browder . at the beginning being shocked. >> i don't i'm afraid. i wish i was shocked. um, we've seen too many people either poisoned, uh, falling of hotel windows falling out of hotel windows and, and now falling ill and, uh, and now falling ill after he's clearly been, after a walk. he's clearly been, uh, for the last time. uh, silenced for the last time. and i hope what his death will cause is, uh, and what i would expect him to have expected is for the west to step up and actually look at this now and say enough is enough . this is say enough is enough. this is russia. this is what russia is all about. so i hope his life is

not, um, gone in vain. >> and what does that look like? what what would it look like for our country to step up ? of our country to step up? of course, we know in the states there's the ongoing debate over there's the ongoing debate over the military aid the $60 billion military aid package to ukraine, controversy all over in america . for some, all over in america. for some, what might that look like? step stepping this country? stepping up in this country? well for us we have to. well i think for us we have to. uh, support ukraine in their , uh, support ukraine in their, uh, um, their, their fight for liberation . liberation. >> uh, we can't just sit there and roll over because it's sort of like, um, you know, with the donbas being, um, in russian hands at the moment, it's like saying, giving up kent, uh, to, to an aggressor. so we've got this is on our doorstep . this is this is on our doorstep. this is in europe. and it also has that economic, uh, point of view for us, as well as obviously a fight for freedom . for freedom. >> and of course, david cameron, the foreign secretary, former prime minister, has been very

vocalin prime minister, has been very vocal in his support for this military package. been military aid package. he's been encouraging to step up. >> and if we believe in >> yes. and if we believe in freedom, if we believe in democracy, believe in a democracy, if we believe in a free a and a free, free europe and a and a free, uh, area around and around the russian centre gravity. russian uh, centre of gravity. and believe that have and if we believe that we have to to sort out the to have to sort out the economics of energy security as well as that pressure that putin is bringing on, we have to keep on at fight, supporting the ukraine. >> let's move on to the >> now, let's move on to the by—election result . by—election result. disappointing for you . disappointing for you. >> yeah, it really is. i mean, i think it was, um, you know, i'd expected , uh, unfortunately at expected, uh, unfortunately at this midterms, um, uh, to, to have lost both those, uh, by elections, sad as it is, because i think the two candidates ran good campaigns . i think the two candidates ran good campaigns. um, um, but it is what it is. i think there were a lot of people that stayed at home. uh, there were also a lot of people that use the fact that it's not going to change the government of the country. um, in by elections, midterms, by to able to by elections, to be able to register their their protest that we're not doing enough as

register their their protest that seee not doing enough as register their their protest that see itnot doing enough as register their their protest that see it to doing enough as register their their protest that see it to tackle enough as register their their protest that see it to tackle these|h as register their their protest that see it to tackle these big; they see it to tackle these big issues around globe issues that are around the globe economically, . and all economically, migration. and all of these issues. yes >> and rishi sunak, he did claim that low turnout might have had a lot to do with how the conservatives fared. he talked about, uh, you know, the fact that aren't coming to that people aren't coming out to vote in the way that they might at a general election, it is at a general election, but it is true party are true that reform party are surging , surging polls, surging, surging in the polls, which eating into your vote. which is eating into your vote. then, course, the labour then, of course, the labour party, lots and lots of people out there are desperate for a change in the government, even if rishi sunak right that perhaps there isn't this fantastic level of enthusiasm. yeah i mean, look, turnover turnout was about half of what you'd expect a general election. >> and so what you're getting down to is core votes. and it's, uh, it's clear at the moment that, uh, uh, labour voters reform voters are way more motivated to come out and vote than conservatives at the moment. and it's something i found when i've been out

canvassing in my own area and in other that, at the other areas that, uh, at the moment, voters are moment, conservative voters are saying, act in saying, please get your act in order. us some to order. give us some something to get some conservative get behind some conservative values and a vision to get behind as well. stop the infighting within the party. um, and that's something that we've really got to tackle asap if we're going to, um, if we're going to have a reasonable prospects at the next general election, because that's what feeds the of reform and feeds the like of reform and other parties. the dissatisfaction, than dissatisfaction, rather than necessarily out necessarily setting out a positive vision of what this country might be over the next five years. >> and lastly, as usual, when the don't fare the concern natives don't fare too the too well, it reignites the debate over tax cuts. >> backbench members calling for tax cuts to try and improve the fortunes of the conservatives is that all you you've got as party? >> no, i think we've got to set our vision. i think tax cuts is a single measure budget that will last. you know, that won't necessarily bed in unless you've got around it. uh, and got a vision around it. uh, and any tax that do get put in any tax cuts that do get put in place think have got to affect

place i think have got to affect a wide amount of people to that fiscal drag. tackling tax thresholds about when people are going higher rates, uh, going into higher rates, uh, being higher being dragged into the higher rate, these kind of things that's tens of that's affecting tens of thousands, of thousands thousands, hundreds of thousands of nurses . and public of people, nurses. and public sector people that wouldn't necessarily be expected to . be necessarily be expected to. be suddenly paying a high rate. that's what we've got to look at now. but we've also got to set out a vision. housing what are we going to do for young people? what are we going to do about, uh, about migration in a sensible that's achievable. sensible way that's achievable. politics art the possible. >> yeah. guess problem >> yeah. i guess the problem is that well, you've that people think, well, you've had years to set out that had many years to set out that vision and vision has vision and that vision has changed depending on who's been the leader of the party. >> stopped >> people have stopped listening. to listening. i think we've got to actually, you know, realise that, that that, recognise that and actually change our tack to have actually change our tack to have a vision. a real positive vision. >> yeah. course, if >> yeah. and of course, if lifting people out of taxes is fantastic many people's fantastic music to many people's ears, but then you see jeremy hunt of the papers, hunt on the front of the papers, uh, know, apparently, uh, uh, you know, apparently, uh, not against £0.02

not deciding against that £0.02 income, drop. so it's, you know, >> uh, drop. so it's, you know, we're hearing one thing from, from some members of the conservative party and then another from the chancellor. >> well, i guess that's my shot. look, what i've you is my look, what i've told you is my shopping list. um, but, you know, be know, the chancellor will be heanng know, the chancellor will be hearing all those things. hearing all of those things. he'll it together in he'll have to put it together in a but he'll have that a budget, but he'll have that challenge that, you know, the challenge that, you know, the challenge out challenge is clearly set out now, by—election has now, and the by—election has sort what we sort of drawn that what we already frankly, into already knew, frankly, into stark reality. disappointing already knew, frankly, into stark forlity. disappointing already knew, frankly, into stark forlity. clearlyippointing already knew, frankly, into stark forlity. clearly um,nting already knew, frankly, into stark forlity. clearly um, but; already knew, frankly, into stark forlity. clearly um, but we night for us. clearly um, but we now know what we need to do. >> well, good to speak to you, paul scully, conservative mp for sutton thank you very sutton and cheam. thank you very much. keep your much. and please do keep your thoughts on by—election thoughts on the by—election results lots of results coming in. lots of different interpretation of what they mean . the surge for reform, they mean. the surge for reform, liberal democrats rendered irrelevant. out of irrelevant. conservatives out of touch is the cost of living to blame. let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. but coming up, the latest from prince harry's explosive in tv interview in the united states, he's chosen to speak to good morning america . don't go morning america. don't go

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radio. >> welcome back. it's 127. you're watching. good afternoon britain. now lots of you have been getting in touch about the by—election results. lots of different theories. i'm going to get to them very shortly. but first, harry has given first, prince harry has given his first public interview since his first public interview since his father, king charles, was diagnosed with cancer last week. now the duke of sussex is currently canada ahead of the currently in canada ahead of the invicta games, but been invicta games, but he's been talking good america. talking to good morning america. shall some reaction to shall we get some reaction to that bombshell interview with our cameron our royal correspondent cameron walker? now, cameron, tell us, what has he said? what do we know? >> well, it looks like we'll receive . he's the abc news receive. he's the abc news journalist interview. prince harry has basically shadowed him throughout three in throughout this three days in canada . it's the one year canada. it's the one year countdown to the invictus games, the set up by prince harry the games set up by prince harry to help wounded veterans , to help wounded veterans, similar to the olympics. but obviously there's some winter sports for the first time sports in it. for the first time even

sports in it. for the first time ever. um, but i suppose the big headuneis ever. um, but i suppose the big headline is he is asked about his father and the cancer diagnosed this. so let's hear what prince harry has said. >> how did you get the news that the king was ill? >> i spoke to him. >> i spoke to him. >> and what did you next? >> and what did you next? >> i jumped on a plane and went to go and see him as soon as i could. how was that visit for you emotionally? >> um. >> um. >> look, i love i love my family. the fact that i was the fact that i was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend time with him, i'm spend any time with him, i'm grateful that. sort grateful for that. what's sort of on his health of your outlook on on his health that me him? that stays between me and him? >> illness in the family can >> an illness in the family can have or sort of have a galvanised or sort of reunifying effect a family. reunifying effect for a family. is in this case? is that possible? in this case? >> yeah, sure. >> yeah, i'm sure. >> yeah, i'm sure. >> i mean, know, i've >> i mean, you know, i've throughout families, throughout all these families, i see day to day see it on a, on a day to day bafis see it on a, on a day to day basis um, you know, again, the basis. um, you know, again, the strength of family unit strength of the family unit coming together just physically strength of the family unit cominin:ogether just physically strength of the family unit cominin california,ust physically strength of the family unit cominin california, how hysically strength of the family unit cominin california, how haveally being in california, how have you the fact that you processed the fact that there's so happening back there's so much happening back with your family where you come from ? i have my own family. from? i have my own family. right? so as we all do. right. so you my family and

so um, you know, my family and my life in california is, is as it is. you know, i will i've got other trips planned and that would take me through the uk or back to the uk. um, so, you know, i'll stop in and see my family as much as i can. >> he didn't seem particularly comfortable talking about comfortable talking there about his think it was his family, but i think it was very interesting that he is clearly not prepared to reveal private information about his father's father's diagnosis , he father's father's diagnosis, he said when asked. that stays between me and him, and i think there will be a sigh of relief at buckingham palace that prince harry maybe appears to be turning a bit of a corner and not talking about his private life with the royal family and trying to focus the interview instead on the work he's doing with invictus. but of course, this is just one interview and i think it's going to be a long way to go to. if he does want to reconcile with his family. but as he said at the end of that clip there, he very much is expected to return to the uk at

some point or transits through the united kingdom, and would like to see his family in terms of his relationship between his father and himself. i think that's slightly that's perhaps slightly strengthening. or at least there is some kind of bonds there. william and harry, on the other hand, i think there is a very, very long way to go . i very long way to go. i understand are not understand they really are not on terms whatsoever. on speaking terms whatsoever. clearly not see his clearly he did not see his brother william when he was back in the united kingdom following king charles's diagnosis. king charles's cancer diagnosis. uh, but some other things he said in his interview, which i thought was quite interesting saying, he living saying, is that he loves living in usa and has considered in the usa and has considered emily becoming a us citizen. but that's not a priority for him. so i mean, i mean, that's incredible . i think becoming incredible. i think becoming a us citizen because i suppose he'd have to denounce possibly king charles as his head of state. plus, next week there is a court hearing in washington , a court hearing in washington, um, about his us visa situation and the, the department of homeland security having to reveal that information , bearing

reveal that information, bearing in mind in his memoir, spare that he talks about illegal drug use. so it's all getting maybe a little bit messy . little bit messy. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> very interesting indeed that he that he's . he would divulge that he's. thinking of becoming a us citizen in, um, that he's considering it anyway, the choice of words i found quite interesting with regards to seeing his father, king charles. he says the fact that i was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend any time with him, i'm grateful for that . does that i'm grateful for that. does that suggest that he's surprised that he was able to spend any time with him? why? why would he not be able to spend any time with him? >> well, i think over the last few years, clearly there has been a huge rift between prince harry and the working royals with spare and the netflix series and all the promotional interviews to do with his book, where heavily criticised where he did heavily criticised the and the people the royal family and the people working for them . um, but i working for them. um, but i suppose we'll have to wait and see if that reconciliation is possible. >> yes. well, thank you very

much indeed, cameron. and please do bring us any updates if you hear anything else from that interview with good morning america. coming up, i will america. now coming up, i will be joined by a ukrainian mp as president zelenskyy says, it's obvious that putin is behind the death of alexei navalny. that's after your headlines with severe i >> -- >> thanks, emily. it's 1:33 >> thanks, emily. it's1:33 a.m. sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. two men have been arrested and six people have been taken to hospital after migrants were found in the back of a lorry haven's ferry of a lorry at new haven's ferry port. gb news has been told that some of those found inside the truck require medical attention. emergency crews are currently at the scene and are assisting border force personnel who are leading response. witnesses leading the response. witnesses say several people were taken from back of a cross—channel from the back of a cross—channel freezer lorry jailed . russian freezer lorry jailed. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has reportedly died in prison . has reportedly died in prison. that's according to a russian prison service , which said he

prison service, which said he felt unwell after a walk and lost consciousness. russia's sunak described him as a fierce advocate for russian democracy, who demonstrated incredible courage. ukraine's president said earlier that it was clear russia was to blame, accusing vladimir putin of using the death to protect his position. widely considered mr putin's most outspoken critic , mr most outspoken critic, mr navalny had been serving a 19 year prison sentence seen by many as politically motivated . many as politically motivated. labour scored a double win in by elections overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party. gen kitchen snatched wellingborough . with snatched wellingborough. with 45.8% of the vote, the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. labour leader sir keir starmer says the result shows how the country is crying out for change. but prime minister rishi sunak said it has insisted that

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radio. >> welcome back. you're watching and listening to good afternoon britain on gb news now let's return to our lead story. that russian opposition leader alexei navalny . has russian opposition leader alexei navalny. has died in prison. according to the local penal service. now navalny was serving sentences in an arctic facility on charges of extremism and fraud following his vocal opposition to vladimir putin's regime across the country. ukrainian president zelenskyy has made a statement. he says it is obvious that putin is behind the death. let's cross to kyiv and speak to ukrainian mp kira rudik. thank you very much indeed. we've heard what zelenskyy has to say that vladimir putin must be behind this death. your reaction ? this death. your reaction? >> well, of course it is him.

who else? >> it could be. >> it could be. >> if you have a country where the leader is a war criminal and has already been known for killing and murdering his opponents, or his previous, um , opponents, or his previous, um, uh, allies like prigozhin, so what would you think? like who can be behind, uh, alexei navalny's death? i think it is very important for the whole democratic world to realise that this is yet another confirmation that you cannot make a deal with putin, you cannot agree with putin. you can strike, cannot strike an agreement with him because he is a terrorist and he is a war criminal, and he will just act as he pleases, as it pleases him, and he will, uh, continue killing whoever he wants. he will not stop until he stopped. and we in ukraine intend to do that. and we have been doing that for the last two years now , of course, the years now, of course, the kremlin is saying, oh , no, no,

kremlin is saying, oh, no, no, the west is jumping to conclusions here. >> we don't know why this man died . died. >> and well , died. >> and well, you died. >> and well , you know, the >> and well, you know, the issue, emily, is that we would never know what ever putin will say. will remain in history. however as with all the previous incidents, the international spectators will not be allowed in. uh, and russia will not share any information that will bnng share any information that will bring like some kind of clearance on what happened . clearance on what happened. right. so we will have to live with, uh, the information that is available to all of us. and this information is pretty obvious as that, uh, first of all, putin is known for going after his political, um , um, uh, after his political, um, um, uh, people who do not agree with him. and second, of course, is uh, uh, that it, uh, it is not the first time something like this is happening and this is a paranoid man, vladimir putin. >> if this death is attributable

to vladimir, which many , many to vladimir, which many, many people believe it to be, shows a sense of paranoia could be because what we observe and what we have observed during his , uh, we have observed during his, uh, recent interview to tucker carlson, he lives in a very parallel world where he is indeed paranoid, and he , uh, indeed paranoid, and he, uh, thinks of himself as some kind of great world leader . of great world leader. >> and, um, he doesn't have any regret for human lives and doesn't put any price on it. so it is very likely that kremlin is behind the killing of alexei navalny . navalny. >> and your hope is perhaps that this may focus our minds, particularly in the united states, who are still debating this $60 billion military aid package for ukraine when it's yet to go over the line . yet to go over the line. >> we hope that , first of all, >> we hope that, first of all, the us congressmen and women

will, uh go on and uh , uh, will, uh go on and uh, uh, fulfil the promise that president biden has made on behalf of american people to stand with ukraine for as long as it takes . and death of alexei as it takes. and death of alexei navalny is just yet another confirmation to what was obvious a long time ago, and what we have been telling the world a long time ago, there is no illusion that the war will be stopped by the talks. the war will be stopped if we unite our resources and arm ukrainian people so we can fight russia back. we cannot fight empty handed. back. we cannot fight empty handed . but we have a army of handed. but we have a army of soldiers who are ready and who are being very successful in fighting russia back. so you need to arm us so we can stop putting in all of his attempts to restore soviet union and russian empire . russian empire. >> well, thank you very much indeed for your time. kira rudik, who is of course, a ukrainian mp, live from kyiv. thank you very much. now, in just a few moments , my panel

just a few moments, my panel will be with me for more reaction to the death of alexei navalny and of course, those by—election results

radio. >> it's 147. you're watching good afternoon britain with me. emily carver. so let's continue to get reaction to this breaking news on alexei navalny's death. joining me for more on this evolving story is political consultant alex deane and the journalist, broadcaster benjamin butterworth. thank you very much indeed for joining butterworth. thank you very much indeed forjoining me, butterworth. thank you very much indeed for joining me, alex, you were just watching the reaction from the ukrainian mp there. >> yeah, i thought that was a powerful interview . powerful interview. >> but i think people who have crossed putin already uh, crossed putin already know, uh, the story. >> putin of course , authorised >> putin of course, authorised the murder in this country of alexander litvinenko using a state refined isotope, polonium 210. he might as well assigned a note saying, i did this. vladimir putin. there's no subtlety here. >> indeed, subtlety is the enemy of putin's objective, which is

to say the world, if you to say to the world, if you cross will die. cross me, you will die. >> and what's happened >> and that is what's happened to a man who may to alexei navalny, a man who may have had his flaws but had one shiny quality he was willing to stand vladimir putin. and stand up to vladimir putin. and for he has died. stand up to vladimir putin. and for benjaminis died. stand up to vladimir putin. and for benjamin . died. >> benjamin. >> benjamin. >> i think that's >> i mean, i think that's exactly right. >> i mean, i think that's exactly know what? putin has >> you know what? putin has shown and again shown us time and time again is that has no respect for the that he has no respect for the rules by which most of the rest of the world exists. >> and i think that brings should bring into sharp focus the decision making that the kind of decision making that the kind of decision making that the the moment the us is having at the moment in congress about whether they should military aid to should give more military aid to help ukraine, because here is a man that, as you say, has killed on has killed his on british soil, has killed his main opposition leader in a way that we all knew was coming, including he'd including navalny himself. he'd said in past and he is said it in the past and he is continuing to wage war on ukraine. i think this naivety that seems to be spreading among some sections of the right, at least in the us, that putin is actually not some kind of heir to hitler as david cameron implied in a comment earlier this week. i think this should

bnng this week. i think this should bring into sharp focus just how aggressive he's willing to be, and just how little he cares for opposite action unless it is forceful opposition . forceful opposition. >> yeah. do you believe it will when it comes to congress, i don't believe i hope i hope that the americans will support the fighters of ukraine in the way that i believe them to deserve, but to pick on what benjamin but to pick up on what benjamin was think there's was saying, i think there's naivety in at least two. >> i agree with your point, but i naivety in at i think there's naivety in at least two other areas. the first is where have is on the left where people have fallen notion that fallen for this notion that ukrainians are nazis. >> as they >> you know, as soon as they were certain not were called nazis, a certain not all of the left, obviously, but some people the have some people on the left have fallen some people on the left have falland the second, >> and the second, extraordinarily, marxism extraordinarily, is marxism broadcasters they broadcasters who, because they gained access to vladimir putin, suddenly permitted the most suddenly were permitted the most fawning and weak and naive kind of interviewing by tucker carlson. i cannot imagine how he feels today . he when he goes feels today. he when he goes over and becomes what can only be called a useful idiot for the putin's regime and allows him to give this bizarre, sprawling interview where and asked, why did invade ukraine? well, did you invade ukraine? well,

says, let's take us back says, well, let's take us back to 1300 and the black death. and you on and just and he goes you go on and just and he goes out the gumdrop out and talks about the gumdrop smiles on the streets of smiles on the, on the streets of russia and how happy people are in so in the supermarkets and so forth. the very week that forth. and in the very week that pathetic interview drops, putin's opposition is putin's main opposition is murdered custody. murdered in custody. >> , this is the thing, >> well, this is the thing, isn't it, benjamin? >> russia is an amazing country with a cultural history that is beautiful in so many ways. but then to see someone like tucker carlson have this sort of softly, softly approach with a dictator of this kind, and then we get this news a week later, the certain dark irony to it. >> yeah. i mean, look, i think the vast majority of the world's media were so naive as media were not so naive as tucker carlson was. >> wasn't against him >> and i wasn't against him doing interview . you know, doing the interview. you know, it's that it's about two hours long that imagine people have imagine lots of people have watched point. but the watched by this point. but the fact challenge fact is that he didn't challenge putin. , cave to his putin. he was naive, cave to his instincts. there's no doubt. instincts. and there's no doubt. you know, i love visiting soviet, former soviet countries. i absolutely

i find them absolutely fascinating. architecture is fascinating. the architecture is incredible. focus on that incredible. but to focus on that as he did is a mistake because you what is going on in you know what is going on in ukraine, in a very ukraine, it is in a very perilous position. you know, they're their arms, their people are worn down at the moment. it's a critical point . russia it's a critical point. russia had been doing a lot less , uh, had been doing a lot less, uh, attacks, airstrikes late last year because they were building up their resources to try and take advantage of ukraine being in this rut of the delay from the eu and the us giving aid and giving the same scale of aid . giving the same scale of aid. and i think we're at a critical point. you know, the fact is that if we don't continue to give the amount of military force and money that ukraine needs , then what you're going to needs, then what you're going to do is waste the last two years because russia will take advantage of that . advantage of that. >> and listening to some conservatives in the states, though, there is an though, alex, there is an argument a lot of people argument which a lot of people will really buy will listen to and really buy into the idea that , of course, into the idea that, of course, there are so many domestic priorities. people point to the fact that the us can't control

their own border issues, and then the idea of $60 billion extra aid being given to ukraine. it's a hard sell. >> it is a hard sell. and isolationism has always been in american politics in their blood , if you like, both sides of , if you like, on both sides of the political aisle. but a mature state is capable of doing more than one thing at once, and you well think you've you may very well think you've not provision right on not got your provision right on your border . the your southern border. the numbers that were being discussed the chairman discussed by the chairman of republicans your republicans abroad on your channel absolute jaw channel were absolute jaw dropping. notion bringing dropping. the notion of bringing in than 33 of in populations larger than 33 of the american states, i thought, was extraordinary statistic. was an extraordinary statistic. but you can try and deal with that. whilst still realising that. whilst still realising that helping people oppose vladimir putin's invasion of a country in the most significant front line environment in the world, right now is in your national interests . it's not national interests. it's not just a bit of human, um, humanitarian activity. it's not just a bit of goodwill. it is directly in the western powers interests that putin doesn't win interests that putin doesn't win in ukraine. so, as i say, a

mature state can do more than one thing at once. you can recognise you've not got things right on your southern border or people debate whether people can debate whether they've not, but they've got it right or not, but also ensure that putin also seek to ensure that putin doesn't in ukraine. doesn't win in ukraine. >> exactly. i mean, >> yeah, exactly. i mean, this is in the self—interest of the west. we're seeing west. you know, we're seeing increased clearly. and the us commentator tucker carlson referenced rightly, referenced this quite rightly, actually, there is a new actually, that there is a new axis forming between autocracies. you're seeing not just china and russia , but other just china and russia, but other countries, north korea trying . countries, north korea trying. to get in on. they're forming . to get in on. they're forming. an axis that is actually very powerful in a way that if you go back to the cold war, they didn't have this kind of power because didn't have the because they didn't have the financial you financial resource. and if you look what is doing in look at what china is doing in the way that it funding all the way that it is funding all sorts infrastructure sorts of infrastructure projects in caribbean in african and caribbean countries, his the idea that when there is this very proactive move happening from an alternative in alternative eastern axis in the world, that we would then have countries us is coming countries like the us is coming back from its position as trying to know, the to help, you know, the world orders. understood but

to help, you know, the world orrcourse, understood but to help, you know, the world orrcourse, military,)d but to help, you know, the world orrcourse, military, we're but of course, our military, we're always constantly told how depleted it is. >> we need more there >> so we need more money. there too, as well as being sent abroad. but does this vindicate too, as well as being sent abroad happened this vindicate too, as well as being sent abroad happened here vindicate too, as well as being sent abroad happened here with:ate too, as well as being sent abroad happened here with alexei what's happened here with alexei navalny? does this vindicate or at least bolster david cameron's tough, tough approach with the states? >> in my view 100, in my view. >> in my view 100, in my view. >> i mean, there is a rich irony that now navalny was murdered in the same week that the americans are debating whether or not to support the ukrainians. there's a rich irony, too, in the fact that it it happened the same week carlson week the tucker carlson interview you could interview dropped. but you could not find a more pointed example of where absolutely of where putin is absolutely wrong the rest of the world wrong and the rest of the world and opposing invasion of and opposing his invasion of ukraine right. after all, ukraine is right. after all, people who lead political systems throughout the world have their opponents . it's putin have their opponents. it's putin first and foremost. now who's killing them? >> well, yes, and now there is no real opposition at all. not any. well, i mean, he was an incredible man , but i'm not sure incredible man, but i'm not sure if he was a real opposition because he wasn't given the chance. >> he was imprisoned. exactly

>> he was imprisoned. exactly >> he, uh, you know, i think it's incredibly i'm going to have end there, benjamin. have to end it there, benjamin. >> coming back to >> but we'll be coming back to you later on in the show, because coming up, men have because coming up, two men have been arrested and six people have been taken to hospital after the after migrants were found in the back lorry newhaven back of a lorry at newhaven ferry we'll be live on the ferry port. we'll be live on the scene straight short . break >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again, i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast. we do have some pretty wet weather on the cards we go through later cards as we go through later tomorrow, but for the time being, largely dry being, it's a largely dry picture. that's because we do have ridge of high have a weak ridge of high pressure uk, it's pressure across the uk, and it's this quieten down pressure across the uk, and it's tilittle quieten down pressure across the uk, and it's tilittle (thaten down pressure across the uk, and it's tilittle (that being down pressure across the uk, and it's tilittle (that being said,wn a little bit. that being said, there still some showery there are still some showery outbreaks rain around at the outbreaks of rain around at the moment, these will moment, and a few of these will continue we through continue as we go through the end day. some clear skies end of the day. some clear skies through night, through the start of the night, particularly towards the east before thicker cloud

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it's 2:00 on friday the 16th of february. the jailed russian opposition politician alexei navalny and fierce critic of president vladimir putin has died while being held in a russian prison world leaders have already begun to point the finger at vladimir putin and the kremlin for their part in his

death. we'll have the latest , death. we'll have the latest, but also a prime minister in denial after suffering two historic by—election defeats , historic by—election defeats, rishi sunak insists the very low turnout shows there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer. turnout shows there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer . but enthusiasm for keir starmer. but with reform, surging is he leading his party to electoral extinction? ian and i love my family, prince harry tells good morning america he is grateful he could spend any time with king charles, and that he hopes the cancer diagnosis can heal. his with the royals . but his rift with the royals. but can it? now you've been getting in touch on all of the main news today. sheila has said with regard to rishi and the by—election result. she says how can rishi sunak say this is a midtum election and these results are to be expected? does he not realise are only few realise there are only a few months go before a general months to go before a general election is due? she goes on to say at 73 years of age, i've seen it all before, but

admittedly i've never known the country in such broken state. country in such a broken state. we jeff moody earlier, we spoke to jeff moody earlier, who kingswood, one who was in kingswood, where one of elections was , and he of the by elections was, and he he painted a picture, a pretty bleak picture of people just being concerned about the cost of living, trying to get make it through essentially each day, not having enough money, and that a lot of people are disinterested in what politicians have to say. as a whole. are we the british public, really the losers here? i do think that rishi sunak is right to talk about the lack of great enthusiasm for keir starmer, but that's certainly not enough for him to get a tory victory. and collins says rishi should resign and suella braverman should replace him. i believe that's the only hope for the conservatives at the next election. is that right? the conservatives at the next election. is that right ? could election. is that right? could you would you like to see another leadership election? is rishi sunak the wrong man for the job at this late stage in the job at this late stage in the game? would that just be utter me what utter madness? let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.uk com but first, let's get your

headunes but first, let's get your headlines with sofia . headlines with sofia. >> thanks, emily. it's 2:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the foreign secretary says vladimir putin should be held accountable for the death of alexei navalny. lord cameron said the russian president had fabricated charges against the opposition politician, and that no one should doubt the dreadful nature of his regime. his comments come after ukraine's president said earlier that it was clear russia was to blame for mr navalny's death at a remote penal colony in the arctic. us vice president kamala harris says the united states is working to confirm the death at thing, that it would be a further sign of russian president's brutality . kremlin president's brutality. kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov says the prison service is investigating claims . claims. >> as far as we know currently, in accordance with all existing rules, everybody is checking everything for clarification and so on. there's no need for any

special instructions because there's a certain set of rules that everyone is now following . that everyone is now following. >> two men have been arrested and six people have been taken to hospital after migrants were found of a lorry at found in the back of a lorry at new haven's ferry port. news found in the back of a lorry at nev1beenen's ferry port. news found in the back of a lorry at nev1 been told erry port. news found in the back of a lorry at nev1 been told that port. news found in the back of a lorry at nev1been told that some news found in the back of a lorry at nev1 been told that some of news found in the back of a lorry at nev1 been told that some of those has been told that some of those found inside the truck require medical attention. emergency crews are currently at the scene and assisting border force and are assisting border force personnel who are leading the response. labour has scored a double win in the by elections overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party jen kitchen snatched wellingborough with 45.8% of the vote. the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. labour leader sir keir starmer says the result shows the country wants change.

>> we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night . i by—election results from last night. i think it's very by—election results from last night . i think it's very clear night. i think it's very clear that that people are crying out for change across the country . for change across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go . long way to go. >> meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak admits the circumstances facing his party are challenging but insists labour doesn't have a plan. >> midterms by elections are always difficult for incumbent government , and the government, and the circumstances of these by elections were, of course, particularly challenging . now, particularly challenging. now, i think if you look at the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to that we are to show people that we are delivering their priorities, delivering on their priorities, and i'm absolutely and that's what i'm absolutely determined to do. but also shows that huge amount that there isn't a huge amount of for the of enthusiasm for the alternative of in keir starmer and the labour party . that's

and the labour party. and that's because plan. because they don't have a plan. and if you don't have a plan, you can't deliver real change. and when the general election comes, the message i'll comes, that's the message i'll be making country. stick be making to the country. stick with our plan because it is starting deliver the change with our plan because it is startthe deliver the change with our plan because it is startthe countryar the change with our plan because it is startthe country wants change with our plan because it is startthe country wants and ge with our plan because it is startthe country wants and needs i >> -- >> in other news, around 700,000 households will start receiving a cost of living payment today , a cost of living payment today, more than 7 million eligible uk households have already received the £299 payment, the third in a series totalling up to £900. the money will be paid directly and those eligible do not need to do anything to receive it . and anything to receive it. and prince harry has suggested that the king's cancer diagnosis this could lead to a reconciliation in his family. speaking to the good morning america programme in us , the duke of sussex in the us, the duke of sussex said loved his father said that he loved his father and he was grateful to spend time with him during a fleeting visit last week. but visit to london last week. but he news correspondent he told abc news correspondent will reeve that conversations he'd with his father about he'd had with his father about his health will remain private . his health will remain private. >> i jumped on a plane and went to go and see him as soon as i

could. how was that visit for you emotionally? um, look, i love i love my family. the fact that i was, the fact that i was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend any time with him, i'm grateful for that. what's of your outlook what's sort of your outlook on on stays on his health? that stays between him. between me and him. >> an illness in the family can have or sort have a galvanising or sort of reunifying effect for a family. is possible in this case? yeah. >> i'm sure. i mean, you know, i've throughout these i've throughout all these families, it on a, on a families, i see it on a, on a day to day basis and greece has become the first country with a christian orthodox majority to legalise same sex marriage. >> many lgbt campaigners struggle to contain their emotion as they watch the result unfold from the galleries. the changes will also see same sex couples given adoption rights in a rare show of parliamentary consensus. despite objections from church officials . and for from church officials. and for the latest story , sign up to gb the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . emily

back to. emily >> now, later in the show, we're going to be going live to new haven to speak to ray addison, our reporter , because it seems our reporter, because it seems there is an incident that is developing migrants have developing there. migrants have been back of been found in the back of a lorry port. six people lorry by sussex port. six people have been taken to hospital, two arrests made. this arrests have been made. this seems to major incident. seems to be a major incident. helicopter ambulances, police cars on the scene. we're going to be getting the very latest from our reporter, ray addison, later on in the hour. but first, prince harry has given his first pubuc prince harry has given his first public since his public interview since his father , king was father, king charles, was diagnosed cancer last week. diagnosed with cancer last week. this is what he had to tell good morning america about effect morning america about the effect of his father's illness has had on his family. >> how you the news that >> how did you get the news that the was ill? the king was ill? >> um, i spoke to him. >> um, i spoke to him. >> and what did you next? >> and what did you next? >> i jumped on a plane and went to go and him as soon as could. >> how was that visit for you emotionally? >> um, look, i love i love my family. the fact that i was, the fact that i was able to get on a

plane go and see him and plane and go and see him and spend with him, i'm spend any time with him, i'm grateful that. what's grateful for that. what's sort of outlook his health of your outlook on on his health that me and him? that stays between me and him? >> illness in the family can >> an illness in the family can have galvanising or sort of have a galvanising or sort of reunifying family. have a galvanising or sort of re|thating family. have a galvanising or sort of re|that possible family. have a galvanising or sort of re|that possible in family. have a galvanising or sort of re|that possible in this:amily. have a galvanising or sort of re|that possible in this case? is that possible in this case? yeah sure. is that possible in this case? yeai sure. is that possible in this case? yeai mean, re. is that possible in this case? yeai mean, you know, i've >> i mean, you know, i've throughout these families, throughout all these families, i see it on a, on a day to day basis. um, you know, again, the strength of family unit strength of the family unit coming physically coming together, just physically being california , how have being in california, how have you processed the that you processed the fact that there's much happening back there's so much happening back with your family you come with your family where you come from have family. from? i have my own family. right? so as we all do. right. so um, you know, family and so um, you know, my family and my life in california is as it is. you know, i will i've got other trips planned , um, that other trips planned, um, that would take me through the uk or back to the uk. um, so , you back to the uk. um, so, you know, i'll stop in and see my family i can. family as much as i can. >> hmm. that seemed a little bit uncomfy, able to say the least. let's get some reaction to the interview with our royal correspondent, walker . correspondent, cameron walker. little toe curling there for little bit toe curling there for me, a little bit uncomfortable.

prince harry being asked about his, uh , family. yeah. his, uh, family. yeah. >> he looked kind of equally >> and he looked kind of equally uncomfortable . emily, this uncomfortable. emily, this interview set up for prince interview was set up for prince harry to promote the invictus games, which she set up in 2014 to help wounded vets . as it's to help wounded vets. as it's the one year countdown to the invictus canada. uh right now, which is why they're doing the interview . but of course, interview. but of course, inevitably he was asked about his father, just a couple his father, who just a couple of weeks was diagnosed weeks ago was diagnosed with cancer. weeks ago was diagnosed with cancer . sinner he weeks ago was diagnosed with cancer. sinner he did confirm that king charles spoke to him , that king charles spoke to him, um, about the diagnosis. so that's how prince harry found out, which is what we had been briefed anyway. but of course, heanng briefed anyway. but of course, hearing it from the horse's mouth something slightly hearing it from the horse's mouth butething slightly hearing it from the horse's mouth but ithing slightly hearing it from the horse's mouth but i thinkslightly hearing it from the horse's mouth but i think itghtly hearing it from the horse's mouth but i think it was' different. but i think it was very interesting and telling that clearly referred , used that he clearly referred, used and willing go into and was not willing to go into any details about king charles's private health prognosis, which could come as a welcome relief to buckingham palace. but at the same time , prince harry has put same time, prince harry has put himself in a position where he could be asked by a journalist about his father . um, because

about his father. um, because that's of course going to be the headunes that's of course going to be the headlines rather than perhaps what prince harry would want to do, is talk about the do, which is talk about the invictus games. >> yes. and cameron, it seems to me that he wants to differentiate quite clearly between his family life in california . california. >> yeah. and of course , the >> yeah. and of course, the royal family, his father, his brother and the rest of the family back in the uk. says, i have my own family, as we all do. right? my family and my life in california is as it is. i've got other trips planned that would take me through the uk. or back to the uk. i will stop in and see my family as much as i can. very vague and also unsure when he's talking about the royal family and when he's talking about his immediate family . in california. family. in california. >> yeah, i think he certainly carved out a new life for himself in california, and he very much alluded to that within the meghan and the interview with meghan and his prince archie his two children, prince archie and princess lilibet. he was saying doing great. saying they were doing great. but course, said, but of course, as you said,

emily, wants to see his emily, he wants to see his family as much as possible. as he says in the interview, when he says in the interview, when he is in uk. for he is back in the uk. for various engagements or things, he's got going who is he he's got going on. but who is he talking about here? seeing his family? i presuming it's his father because he's already seen his father . but it to his father. but when it comes to william, brother , and him william, his brother, and him meeting physically in person, i would suggest that's absolutely not going to happen any time soon. they have not been on speaking terms for a number of years now . of course, prince years now. of course, prince harry accused his brother of physically attacking him in his memoir, spare something at kensington palace has never commented and suspect commented on and i suspect probably never will. um, but the reconciliation between his father and himself perhaps a lot easier than the reconciling between his brother and himself , between his brother and himself, and whether that's going to be medium to long terme. we simply don't but it looks like by don't know. but it looks like by only giving vague details about his private family matters , his private family matters, perhaps there's some path to reconciliation . but of course, reconciliation. but of course, it's very days, and it's it's very early days, and it's only interview. it seems to

only one interview. it seems to me that he's probably not going to be travelling back to the u.k. often. to be travelling back to the uk uh, often. to be travelling back to the uk uh, he yften. to be travelling back to the u.kuh, he makes it clear that >> uh, he makes it clear that his family is in california , and his family is in california, and he'll make a few trips . maybe he'll make a few trips. maybe when something big arises , but when something big arises, but probably not that frequent , i probably not that frequent, i imagine. but, uh, thank you very much, karen walker, our royal correspondent, bringing us the latest from that , uh, interview latest from that, uh, interview on good morning america with prince harry, which was a rather uncomfortable watch when he was asked about royal family asked about the royal family and, of course, his father, king charles. now, in other news, russian opposition leader alexei navalny has died in prison. that's according to the local penal service. now, navalny was serving in an arctic serving sentences in an arctic facility on charges of extremism and fraud. but of course, this was all following his vocal opposition to vladimir putin's regime across the country . our regime across the country. our security editor, mark white, has the story by far. >> vladimir putin's most high profile political opponent, alexei navalny remained defiant to the last. an outspoken .

to the last. an outspoken. critic of the kremlin who refused to remain silent even after his conviction on criminal charges, which his supporters say were politically motivated and no one soledar and now those same supporters say putin's regime is the prime suspect in the un, explained death of the opposition politician. friends family and his legal team suggested he may have been the victim of poisoning . a victim of poisoning. a deliberate attempt by russian authorities to silence him. the government in moscow has dismissed any such suggestion , dismissed any such suggestion, but for navalny , it wouldn't be but for navalny, it wouldn't be the first time he'd fallen victim to a poisoning attempt . victim to a poisoning attempt. in the summer of 2020, he fell violently ill aboard a passenger plane while on a trip to siberia . he was flown to germany and treated by doctors there , who treated by doctors there, who concluded he'd been poisoned by

novichok. the same nerve agent was used against former russian spy was used against former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury in 2018. the kremlin stands accused of regularly using poison as a means of targeting outside critics of the regime or perceived traitors to the russian . state. in 2006, in one russian. state. in 2006, in one of the most high profile incidents, kremlin critic alexander litvinenko was poisoned with the radio active isotope polonium 210. he suffered an agonising few days before dying in a central london hospital. >> new opposition is appearing . >> new opposition is appearing. it is being generated now and navalny played an important role in it. but at the same time this opposition requires new ideology i >> -- >> the death of alexei navalny means vladimir putin now rules

virtually unchallenged. many of the critical voices who once spoke out against the russian leader, now jailed , forced into leader, now jailed, forced into exile or , like navalny, are dead exile or, like navalny, are dead by the time he launched his full scale invasion of ukraine. many opponents who once tried to hold the putin government to account have been silent . but there is have been silent. but there is widespread and understood concern at the news of alexei navalny's death . but getting navalny's death. but getting proper answers about the cause of death will be next to impossible . like so many of death will be next to impossible. like so many similar incidents in the past, the kremlin will simply insist any allegations of foul play are farfetched . mark white, gb news. farfetched. mark white, gb news. >> well, thank you, for mark, providing some very important context there. we can now bring in our reporter, charlie peters, for more on this breaking story. i understand you have some

updates, some more information . updates, some more information. >> that's right. emily, in the last ten minutes, yulia navalny , last ten minutes, yulia navalny, the wife of alexei navalny, was just speaking at the munich security conference during a speech hosted by kamala harris , speech hosted by kamala harris, the us vice president. she entered the room and sat in the front row and then took to the stage to say , if this news is stage to say, if this news is true , then we must join forces true, then we must join forces and destroy putin. she also went on to say that putin must be punished for these actions, but stressed that she didn't know if it was the truth right now, reaffirming that putin and the russian regime regularly lie and issue propaganda. now, she was speaking there and received an extraordinary standing ovation from world leaders in the audience. she will no doubt give further comments later today at the munich security conference. we can expect further reaction also from other world leaders. about an hour before she spoke, we also heard from vitali

klitschko, the mayor of kyiv, who said that everyone and anyone who opposes putin and his regime either ends up in prison or is killed . and we also heard or is killed. and we also heard from the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who said that russia is responsible for navalny's death. >> first and foremost, if these reports are accurate , our hearts reports are accurate, our hearts go out to his wife and to his family . beyond that . go out to his wife and to his family. beyond that . his go out to his wife and to his family . beyond that . his death family. beyond that. his death in a russian prison and the fixation and fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that putin has built . system that putin has built. russia's responsible for this will be talking to the many other countries concerned about alexei navalny, especially if these reports bear out to be true. >> well , reports of navalny's

>> well, reports of navalny's death have certainly come as a surprise to his family. >> we heard from his mother earlier today who said that on monday she spoke with him when he was at prison on the 12th, and she said he looked happy, alive and healthy. now, of course , those reports coming out course, those reports coming out of the ik three penal colony, where he has been kept since december, the 25th challenge, very gravely . those reports will very gravely. those reports will wait for further information at this time. but dmitri peskov , this time. but dmitri peskov, the us sorry, the russian spokesperson for president putin, saying that the necessary reviews and checks by the prison service will now be taken. >> mhm. okay >> mhm. okay >> well thank you very much indeed. charlie peters, our reporter, bringing us the very latest from the death of alexei navalny. now up next, rishi sunak reacts after what was a pretty disastrous night for his party, losing two more seats to laboun party, losing two more seats to labour. is it a sign of things to come? what was going on? this

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radio. >> it's 223. you're watching and listening to good afternoon britain on gb news. now as we've been discussing , of course, the been discussing, of course, the conservative party did suffer quite a calamitous night yesterday as they lost both the wellingborough and kingswood by elections party . elections to the labour party. now sir starmer's party now sir keir starmer's party overturned two large conservative majorities in both seats, with the labour leader saying results the saying the results showed the country is crying out for change. meanwhile, rishi sunak sought to downplay the defeats by blaming very low turnout . but by blaming very low turnout. but he did acknowledge that the tories do have work to do. you could say that again now to discuss this further, i'm joined by gb news political editor christopher hope in no, i'm not. i am joined by olivia utley very different from christopher hope. thank you very much for joining

me. now, the day after by elections, are any election for that matter. everyone has a theory of what happened, what went wrong for the conservatives what went right for labour? um tell me, were there any surprises here? >> well, i think the top line, as we journalists call it, is that the conservatives did very, very badly indeed. we were expecting the conservatives to do badly, but i think they did worse than we were predicting. >> there are sorts of really >> there are all sorts of really depressing stats for cchq to be mulling over today. the tories have now lost more by elections in this parliament than in any time since the 1960s. >> if the swing in wellingborough of just over 28% was repeated across the whole country, obviously that's very , country, obviously that's very, very unlikely to happen. but if you want to extrapolate those results literally , then you see results literally, then you see the conservatives ending up with something like 12 seats in the whole of parliament. this was a very bad night indeed. and of course , they were being squeezed

course, they were being squeezed on both sides. labour did pretty well and reform managed to get 13% of the vote in wellingborough, leapfrogged the lib dems in both constituencies. >> there will be those in the conservative party now and in fact we've already heard, um , fact we've already heard, um, miriam cates and danny kruger , miriam cates and danny kruger, the front runners of the new conservatives, basically suggesting that the conservatives need to now take a leaf out of reforms book. >> they need to look properly at immigration, they need to cut taxes, etc. etc. there will be more calls for that as we get closer and closer to a general election, because the conservatives right , really conservatives right, really can't afford be haemorrhaging can't afford to be haemorrhaging votes towards reform . the fly in votes towards reform. the fly in the ointment for labour. it was a very good night for labour and there is no getting away from that. but the fly in the ointment for labour is that there is not a sort of wave of enthusiasm for keir starmer and his party. the turnout both his party. the turnout in both constituencies was low. it was under 40% and actually in both

constituencies labour got fewer votes than labour did in the last election, when they lost . i last election, when they lost. i mean, that in a way, doesn't really matter. elections are won on who goes out to vote. but if labour manages to win purely because the conservative vote has simply collapsed, then governing might actually be quite difficult for them . they quite difficult for them. they might not have very long in power, and without that sort of 1997 crest of enthused ism, keir starmer might have a bit of a tough time, but long story short, it was a very, very bad night for the conservatives. they will tell you , i've spoken they will tell you, i've spoken to conservatives today who say that wellingborough that in wellingborough in particular, the fact that the local association chose, uh, the disgraced peter bone's girlfriend as their candidate was a real drag on the vote. but that doesn't really explain away these by—election results. and it doesn't explain away the trend of by—election results that we've seen over the last seven months, where the conservatives have been haemorrhaging these huge , huge

haemorrhaging these huge, huge majorities. rishi sunak said this morning that these were sort of midterms , um, blues. sort of midterms, um, blues. well, this isn't midterms. sort of midterms, um, blues. well, this isn't midterms . this well, this isn't midterms. this is months before a general election . and pretty much election. and pretty much everyone inside the conservative party feeling very weary and party is feeling very weary and is beginning to say that the game is up . game is up. >> well, thank you very much indeed. olivia utley, our political correspondent there, live westminster. so let's live from westminster. so let's now get the views of telegraph columnist tim stanley. tim, thank you very much for joining me on the show . you've heard me on the show. you've heard olivia giving all the context there, a little bit of detail on there, a little bit of detail on the results. what's your overall takeaway from what we saw last night and absolute disaster for the conservatives >> they're going to lose the next election . labour is going next election. labour is going to win a very sizeable majority. the interesting thing i thought was the performance of reform, uh, it's right. we're not quite sure where their votes have come from. they might have drawn as much from labour as they did from the conservatives and also, let's cautious reforms doing let's be cautious reforms doing well reforms, standards , but

well by reforms, standards, but not by ukip standards . well by reforms, standards, but not by ukip standards. in well by reforms, standards, but not by ukip standards . in 2015, not by ukip standards. in 2015, in wellingborough , ukip took in wellingborough, ukip took about 20% of the vote and i think even came in second place. so they're doing they're doing well, but they haven't quite hit the farage years levels of success. but nonetheless, if you go over to kingswood, the reform vote was the difference between the tories winning or losing the seat. that leaves the prime seat. and that leaves the prime minister with a very tricky decision to make. does want decision to make. does he want to try and win people back from laboun to try and win people back from labour, which perhaps means moving the centre , moving towards the centre, trying to recapture a few reform 7 trying to recapture a few reform ? remain type voters? ? a few, uh, remain type voters? or does he try and get back the reform style voters lean into the red wall, try and get the working class back on side. so not only a very bad night, but it's not clear strategically what the tory party now does to rebuild its coalition. >> yeah, very difficult for rishi sunak to rebuild that coalition. it's not been coalition. but it's not been a brilliant week up till this point for keir starmer. lots of scandal accusations of

anti—semitism had no impact on the result. i mean, some people have been writing in to me saying, uh, a huge, a huge portion of voters were voting by post. that would have been days ago . ago. >> yeah. you're absolutely right. he has had a difficult week . anti—semitism has returned week. anti—semitism has returned . and i would say to all commentators , hold your horses commentators, hold your horses until correct me if i'm wrong, february the 29th, not next thursday, but the thursday after that. when we'll have the rochdale by—election now that's going to be very interesting thing. labour ought to have won that very comfortably in a landslide . right. but of course landslide. right. but of course there's been controversy with labour's official candidate around allegedly anti—semitic remarks. labour has dropped that candidate. he remains on the ballot and that means we don't quite know what's going to happenin quite know what's going to happen in this muslim and working class seat. it's possible that reform will do very well. simon danczuk is running. he used to be the mp, so would be good test for so that would be a good test for them. but it's also possible

that galloway will do that george galloway will do very well. who's trying to stoke up local anger about labour's views israel . so yeah, views on israel. so yeah, nationally labour doing well. it's still going to win. it's going to get a very healthy majority. there are these majority. but there are these problems within its coalition and it has and for a long time it has assumed it could coast on the comfortable and loyal support of muslim voters. but keir starmer is triangulation project has actually tested that. and in rochdale we'll see if that bit of the labour coalition is starting to break away. yes >> and we could see the number of independents in certain constituencies taking quite a lot of the vote share away from laboun lot of the vote share away from labour. if israel, gaza remains so front and centre in so many voters minds. but tim, what on earth has happened to the liberal democrats? they have they been rendered completely irrelevant ? irrelevant? >> no, don't don't rule them out i >> -- >> these were two seats where they essentially gave up campaigning. and by the way , an campaigning. and by the way, an important thing to bear in mind with kingswood is it won't even exist at the next election. so really was on really all the focus was on wellingborough. i as a

journalist bothered to journalist only bothered to go to we weren't to wellingborough. we weren't taking seriously. to wellingborough. we weren't takirthis, seriously. to wellingborough. we weren't takirthis, this seriously. to wellingborough. we weren't takirthis, this wasn't seriously. to wellingborough. we weren't takirthis, this wasn't good jsly. and this, this wasn't a good test the lib dems. they test seat for the lib dems. they will still matter. they are still regarded as threat to still regarded as a threat to the in the south. the the tories in the south. at the next election. i just don't think in percentage national terms they're ever going to do as the as well as they did in the mid—noughties and the curious thing about the lib dems, given how they have struggled to how long they have struggled to get their get into government, how their whole is changing whole raison d'etre is changing the electoral system so that they can get into government, they can get into government, the never the lib dems have never recovered from the five minutes that they were in government, and up you turning on and they ended up you turning on many their core policies. and they ended up you turning on many their core policies . the many of their core policies. the pubuc many of their core policies. the public still resents them for much and much of that. and this impression that they were a new way doing politics was just way of doing politics was just blown out of the water by how they actually behaved when they were i were in power. so nationally, i don't their vote is ever don't think their vote is ever going to return to what it was. don't think their vote is ever goirthey return to what it was. don't think their vote is ever goirthey retur will what it was. don't think their vote is ever goirthey retur will matter. was. don't think their vote is ever goirthey returwill matter. i'm. but they still will matter. i'm sitting sevenoaks in kent. sitting in sevenoaks in kent. the dems the the lib dems swept the town council elections. they could end up taking some really surprising seats on election night. >> yes, middle class voters who don't want to vote labour but

uh, can't, uh, vote conservative ehhen uh, can't, uh, vote conservative either, may well win . they're either, may well win. they're just very lastly , and perhaps just very lastly, and perhaps this is my own prejudice, but i want your view about the calibre of these new two labour mps, both very young, limited experience, perhaps , but that's experience, perhaps, but that's what starmer wants, isn't it? >> he wants young people who are just very genial. >> he wants young people who are just very genial . and very nice just very genial. and very nice and who just are the product of the party machines. but i dropped by on labour's campaign in wellingborough and i was really struck by the youth of the people there, and that they were just really, really nice. it was like stepping back in time 90s when new time to the late 90s when new won. labour i'm just about old enough and enough to remember that. and labour of the labour was the wave of the future next generation future and the next generation wanted support can wanted to support it. you can often parties who's often tell with parties who's going to by the kind of the going to win by the kind of the character people character of the people supporting and labour supporting them, and labour right what the tomorrow right now is what the tomorrow people we shall see. thank you >> well, we shall see. thank you very much indeed for your time, tim stanley, is, of course, tim stanley, who is, of course, a columnist now coming a telegraph columnist now coming up live newhaven, up, we're live in newhaven, where ambulances and police are

currently to currently responding to a situation where two men have been arrested, six people have been arrested, six people have been taken to hospital . but been taken to hospital. but first, your headlines. >> it's 232. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the wife of in the gb newsroom. the wife of alexei navalny has warned that the reported death of her husband will not go unpunished . husband will not go unpunished. speaking at the munich security conference earlier, yulia navalny said vladimir putin must be held personally responsible for the atrocities he's committed . her comments come committed. her comments come after the foreign secretary said the russian president had fabricated charges against the most vocal critic, which saw him detained in a remote penal colony in the arctic. ukraine's president says it's clear russia is to blame for mr navalny's death . us vice president kamala death. us vice president kamala harris says the united states is working to confirm the details, adding that it would be a further sign of russian president s brutality . two men

president s brutality. two men have been arrested and six people have been taken to hospital after migrants were found in the back of a lorry at new haven's ferry port. gb news has been told that some of those found inside the truck require medical attention. emergency crews are currently at the scene and assisting border and are assisting border force personnel leading personnel who are leading the response , and labour scored a response, and labour scored a double win in by elections overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party. jen kitchen snatched wellingborough with 45.8% of the vote, the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. labour leader sir keir starmer says the results show how the country is crying out for change. but prime minister rishi sunak has insisted labour doesn't have a plan . and prince doesn't have a plan. and prince harry has suggested that the king's cancer diagnosis could lead to a conciliation in his family. speak to the good morning america programme in the

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radio. >> it's 238. you're watching and listening to good afternoon britain. now let's bring you some breaking news from new haven, ambulances haven, where ambulances and police currently responding police are currently responding to what is seems to be a very big situation. two men have been arrested, six people have been taken to hospital. the police there, the sussex police say that several illegal migrants were found back of were found in the back of a lorry at the local ferry port, trying to gain access the uk . trying to gain access to the uk. all right, let's get the latest

with reporter, ray addison, with our reporter, ray addison, who scene. ray, what who is on the scene. ray, what is going on? >> well, a real major response here from emergency services this morning in the port of new haven. emily a sussex police border force and several ambulances as well, responding as migrants were reportedly found in the back of a lorry. >> now that's believed to be on the seven sisters ferry , which the seven sisters ferry, which until just a few minutes ago actually was docked here, uh, at the at the port of new haven. now that had come over from dieppe in the morning. sussex police saying that border force are the lead agency on this case and that two men have now been arrested, one on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry into the united kingdom and the other for entering the uk illegally . for entering the uk illegally. now, as you were saying, six migrants. we've been told, have been taken to hospital, rushed there by ambulance . however, there by ambulance. however, luckily no fatalities have been

reported at this stage. we have heard a comment from the local mp for lose as well. maria caulfield . she posted on x caulfield. she posted on x saying that she was very, very concerned by these reports and she thanked emergency workers for responding so quickly. as i was saying, just a few minutes before we came on air that seven sisters ferry did depart, but i had spoken to a number of passengers before coming on air to you now, and obviously they've had a fairly significant delay and were wondering what was going on. a lot of concern as that ferry did leave locals here applauding. so a lot of relief that things are back on track, seemingly with the ferry now departing. >> any idea ? >> any idea? >> any idea? >> ray, you may not know this yet, but any idea where these migrants were coming from or who the person facilitating this, uh, crossing were . uh, crossing were. >> well, certainly at this stage, emily, as you'd imagine, there's certainly more more

questions than answers. but as soon as we do get that information, i'll bring it to you here first on gb news. well thank indeed. thank you very much indeed. >> who's on the >> ray addison, who's on the scene new well, this scene in new haven? well, this rather get your rather shows just to get your reaction. bringing back my panel reaction. bringing back my panel. benjamin and panel. benjamin butterworth and alex shows with all the alex dean shows with all the focus . alex, on the small boats. focus. alex, on the small boats. people are, of course , taking people are, of course, taking other routes. >> there are other methods . and >> there are other methods. and of course it does in one way speak to the actions the french have taken going out and slitting boats on beaches slitting boats on the beaches and trying stop people coming slitting boats on the beaches and tthese stop people coming slitting boats on the beaches and tthese people )eople coming slitting boats on the beaches and tthese people smugglersing over. these people smugglers amongst the worst kinds of criminals in the world who take thousands of pounds to smuggle people across many safe countries to come to the united kingdom. it shows how wicked they are. your report rightly said , thank goodness said, thank goodness no fatalities this incident have fatalities in this incident have been but someone will been reported. but someone will die in the back of a very cold lorry , um, soon enough. and the lorry, um, soon enough. and the hard part about this, everything i've just said is easy to say. the hard part is this when people say they want to make it easier for people to get

approval for our asylum process, when people say that they they approve of our 75 or whatever it is, circa 75% rating is, circa 75% approval rating for who come to the uk for people who come to the uk unlawfully and then claim asylum. higher than asylum. much, much higher than our european neighbours. the consequence of that, the consequence of that, the consequence of that, the consequence of being seen as a soft is that people put soft touch, is that people put themselves when they themselves in danger when they put themselves and their children come children in danger and come here. in the end, they some people, the rate will go people, the death rate will go up, because we up, people will die because we are as soft touch. are seen as soft touch. >> well, we don't know the full circumstances. of course, of the people trying to people who are trying to illegally come into the country and of course, the person who facilitated this all, don't facilitated this all, we don't know, arrests know, although we know arrests have it does show have been made, but it does show the determination, doesn't it, benjamin? >> it does. and if you were to go back 20 years, these lorries were the main way in which people were illegally coming into the country . and actually into the country. and actually there significant there has been a significant fall in the number of people who illegally tried to enter the country way . and so i think country this way. and so i think your original point that maybe country this way. and so i think you focus nal point that maybe country this way. and so i think you focus nal quote that maybe country this way. and so i think you focus nal quote unquote, be the focus on quote unquote, stopping the boats might explain

some people trying to go back to this method. and i think it shows why our government and the french government on french government have to be on board all fronts, because, board on on all fronts, because, as know, it doesn't matter as you know, it doesn't matter what about the levels what you think about the levels of what they of immigration and what they should know, should be, you know, illegal smugglers abusive smugglers are incredibly abusive and they are people that do not care about bettering the lives of these individuals. all they want line their pockets want is to line their pockets and illegal. and they and that's illegal. and they should face should they should face horrendous consequences. >> it's the >> and alex, of course, it's the truth. we've seen with many cases flow of people cases since flow of people entering country illegally. entering the country illegally. they up in the asylum they then end up in the asylum process and very difficult to ever deport people. >> yeah. and that's the other absurdity for me. some of the reasons we've seen for refusals on deportation , some of the on deportation, some of the reasons we've seen for approval of who were given of asylum, people who were given asylum because they said that they disapproved of hamas , who they disapproved of hamas, who go on be, um , arrested and go on to be, um, arrested and prosecuted for being hamas supporters in this country. people who claim that they are, um, news be devoted to christianity . they fail any christianity. they fail any bafic christianity. they fail any basic test of being a christian

when asked questions , whether it when asked questions, whether it be, uh, about how many disciples there were and so forth. just don't know the first thing about christianity. but we're getting our church is getting suckered into supporting fake into basically supporting fake asylum we are being asylum claims. we are being taken for a ride in the end, we are entitled to decide who comes to this country and the manner in which they come. i believe in being generous in our asylum seeker and being generous in our refugee system . for genuine refugee system. for genuine asylum and genuine asylum seekers and genuine refugees seeking fleeing peril and seeking refuge , what instead and seeking refuge, what instead we're getting is allowing economic migrants to bluff their way through a system, and we are knowingly turning a blind eye to those claims. and the consequence is people putting themselves in danger like this. after want to talk after the break, i want to talk to voter apathy, to you about voter apathy, because these by because the turnout for these by elections was very low. >> but, um, benjamin, uh , in >> but, um, benjamin, uh, in light of that, do you think people have given the main people have given up on the main parties it comes to fixing parties when it comes to fixing the asylum system, whether you're liberal towards immigration or not?

>> do you know what i mean? that may well be popular opinion, but i actually don't think that's the explanation. i think the fact is that we live in an age where it has never been more possible and more accessible for people to try and illegally enter countries , and you've enter countries, and you've never had a fundamental problem, which is that you have many countries far away from our shores that are unstable, that have walls that have political instability. you have the problem of climate change. that's going to become more significant on parts of the world being uninhabitable. and i think there is a significant look the united policy look at the united states policy choices very much, uh, but choices can very much, uh, but increase the numbers that, uh, i think it's probably slightly i think it's probably slightly i think the people migrating into the us are probably slightly different to the people different to the main people that we issue with, and that we have an issue with, and i there is collective i think there is a collective naivety in our political system to the fact that this is only going to become a more significant problem because the nature the world and how nature of the world and how people get around it has fundamentally changed, and i think. >> right. but i think they need

to be more border controls, even more important. >> uh, i will that >> um, uh, i will leave that just for now, we're just for now, because we're going to go to a quick break. but back, we'll be but when we come back, we'll be taking dive into last

radio. >> now, at one point, we haven't talked about enough. i don't think is the level of voter apathy, turnout was well down in those by elections last night . those by elections last night. and i want to get the thoughts of political consultant alex deane and journalist and broadcaster benjamin butterworth on this one. how concerned should we be, about the should we be, alex, about the number who number of people who are bothering number of people who are bot i aring number of people who are boti think it's a really a >> i think it's a really a relevant and reasonable thing to ask, but i can tell you that i think the political establishment won't care. was establishment won't care. i was i'm old enough have been on i'm old enough to have been on air broadcasting night air doing broadcasting the night that police that we introduced our police and commissioners , and the and crime commissioners, and the turnout elections turnout for those elections was much worse these much worse than these by elections the low teens. elections down in the low teens. and people said, well, and some people said, well, that's the end of that's going to be the end of this then. but here this system then. but here we still with police crime

still are with police and crime commissioners, a political generation onwards at the general election, will general election, turnout will tick people tick back up again and people will it doesn't matter. will say, it doesn't matter. i think to a think it does matter to a degree, in answer to your degree, but in answer to your question, no one's to care question, no one's going to care at levels. at the highest levels. >> . and did the >> yes. and did the conservatives have night conservatives have a bad night for of course. did they for them? of course. did they make a few odd choices? a couple of odd choices when it came to candidates making lot candidates, maybe making a lot of choices. candidates, maybe making a lot of i choices. candidates, maybe making a lot of imean,:es. candidates, maybe making a lot of i mean, is. candidates, maybe making a lot of i mean, i guess you're >> i mean, i guess you're referring to wellingborough, where girlfriend referring to wellingborough, wipeter girlfriend referring to wellingborough, wipeter the girlfriend referring to wellingborough, wipeter the man rlfriend referring to wellingborough, wipeter the man thatend referring to wellingborough, wipeter the man that was of peter bone, the man that was forced to resign the seat. i think that was a pretty bad look . look, on the one hand, the candidate they chose was an experienced councillor . experienced tory councillor. she'd parliament before , she'd run for parliament before, but actually peter bone had basically said to the tory party, you either pick her or i'll against you. so they i'll run against you. so they were very difficult were put in a very difficult position, that rishi were put in a very difficult positio never that rishi were put in a very difficult positio never visited that rishi were put in a very difficult positio never visited the it rishi sunak never visited the constituency , in kingswood , constituency, but in kingswood, the bristol, gloucestershire seat, you had a turnout of about 37, which is lower than most by elections have been. and so it is an underwhelming result. but it's a constituency that's not

going to exist in a matter of months, which is why actually, i thought there was quite the audacity the conservative mp audacity of the conservative mp that in protest . you that resigned in protest. you know, he was going to lose his seat. >> @ have a oil and gas. >> he didn't have a oil and gas. >> he didn't have a oil and gas. >> he didn't have a seat to fight anyway. so think fight anyway. so i think actually that's the voters saying, this is a bit of saying, well, this is a bit of a waste of our however, waste of our time. however, i don't argument don't accept the argument when people say in this case, you know, where labour's had significant swings, oh, it doesn't mean much because the voter low. voter turnout was so low. i think very clear what think it's very clear what voters trying to say, and voters are trying to say, and that's that they're sick the that's that they're sick of the tories of proportion. that's that they're sick of the torilabour of proportion. that's that they're sick of the torilabour well, 'oportion. that's that they're sick of the torilabour well, 'op0|did|. that's that they're sick of the torilabour well, 'op0|did they >> labour did well, but did they do actually building the do well in actually building the number voters for them? >> of course, the prime minister's response this morning has been i'm seeing has been i'm not seeing a significant towards the significant surge towards the labour party. their vote hasn't gone up, particularly. he's got half you see much half a point. you don't see much of of enthusiasm for the of a surge of enthusiasm for the conservative party either. in fact, it's the collapse the fact, it's the collapse of the conservative party's vote party. which a member. which of which? i'm a member. it's the collapse of the conservative vote. that it's the collapse of the c0|inervative vote. that it's the collapse of the c0|in my:ive vote. that it's the collapse of the c0|in my view, vote. that it's the collapse of the c0|in my view, the vote. that it's the collapse of the c0|in my view, the bigte. that it's the collapse of the c0|in my view, the big story at is, in my view, the big story here. you're going to here. and if you're going to convince who voted for convince people who voted for you last time, 2019 is not that long ago going to convince

people come you're people that to come out, you're going do something going to have to do something different current modus different to the current modus operandi. not kid operandi. so let's not kid ourselves. for ourselves. disastrous night for the conservative party. and that's kind start and end that's kind of the start and end . we're going to go . but if we're going to go beyond you do have a point beyond that, you do have a point about the two by elections that were lived in were just fought. if i lived in a wasn't going to a seat that wasn't going to exist in a few months time, and the told us he was going the mp that told us he was going to tum and we voted to serve a full tum and we voted for him said, do you know what i've something better do. i've got something better to do. i'm and i'm off, which is basically and i'm off, which is basically and i chris skidmore a i like chris skidmore on a personal that's what personal level. but that's what he forced needless he did. he forced a needless by—election his own personal by—election for his own personal preferences and pursue preferences to go off and pursue a career in academia. you two fingers completely fingers up as a completely rational the rational response from the electorate . and for electorate. and as for wellingborough, electorate. and as for wellin out 'ough, electorate. and as for wellin out forjh, electorate. and as for wellin out for sexual assault forced out for sexual assault issues and you his issues and then you pick his girlfriend. i it's mental madness. >> absolutely mental madness. madness. >> absolute.y mental madness. madness. >> absolute madness. madness. madness. >> absolute madness. in mean, ., >> absolute madness. i mean, benjamin , of course you wouldn't benjamin, of course you wouldn't vote for conservative or the reform party. >> no, we have perfect balance because i'm a labour party member. yeah, exactly. >> perfect >> excellent. always perfect balance this panel. but, uh, balance on this panel. but, uh, do of those do you reckon some of those reform voters in wellingborough and kingswood push comes to

shove when it comes to the next election? would perhaps vote conservative? i think that reform is clearly a very serious threat. >> the first thing i'd say is that i really don't like this argument, though. it makes sense from strategy view of from a strategy point of view of the saying, oh, we'll the tories saying, oh, we'll vote and you'll let vote reform and you'll let labouring. it's that that's vote reform and you'll let lab> strategy. you'd go >> it's the strategy. you'd go for, except that the real way to bnng for, except that the real way to bring people would the bring people back would be the same people back same thing, to bring people back from those to from reform as those going to laboun from reform as those going to labour, would to govern labour, which would be to govern more coherently and to have less of chaos. more coherently and to have less of and haos. more coherently and to have less of and htdon't think that's >> and i don't think that's going to change much. >> people stopped >> alex, if people just stopped listening to politicians across the board, no, i don't think they the board, no, i don't think thei think actually people >> i think actually people genuinely listen to our political they political debate. they may listen increasing amount political debate. they may liscynicism, increasing amount political debate. they may liscynicism, buticreasing amount political debate. they may liscynicism, but ,reasing amount political debate. they may liscynicism, but, you ng amount political debate. they may liscynicism, but, you know, ount political debate. they may liscynicism, but, you know, you of cynicism, but, you know, you go out in the country and say,

what prime minister promised he'd do by the end of the, um, of this parliamentary tum. they've idea the they've got a fair idea of the promises far along is promises and how far along he is towards you ask people, towards them. if you ask people, what difference make to what difference would it make to have in have the labour party in government, you disagree government, you may disagree with most with their opinion, but most people a view. so no, i people have got a view. so no, i don't have stopped don't think people have stopped listening. the listening. i think that the difference now towards difference we face now towards times in past twofold. times in the past is twofold. the first is the rising influence of social media and online, which is going to be tested to an unparalleled degree at next election, not least at the next election, not least because it looks we're because it looks like we're going to polls at the same going to the polls at the same time as the americans and the opportunity with opportunity to interfere with democratic processes. >> khan about >> sadiq khan talking about the use exactly. and the second thing >> sadiq khan talking about the uswe'vetly. and the second thing >> sadiq khan talking about the uswe've gotand the second thing >> sadiq khan talking about the uswe've got shorter second thing >> sadiq khan talking about the uswe've got shorter attention|ing is we've got shorter attention spans. read books. spans. we used to read books. now articles. we to now we read articles. we used to read articles. now read read articles. now we read tweets know, we tweets and, and, you know, we used listen to tiktoks. we used to listen to tiktoks. we used to listen to tiktoks. we used to listen to tiktoks. we used to to speeches. used to listen to long speeches. now very, very short clips. >> right. well thank you very quickly. five seconds. >> right. well thank you very quiylzly. five seconds. >> right. well thank you very quill thinkye seconds. >> right. well thank you very quill think it'saconds. >> right. well thank you very quill think it'sacondsto be the >> i think it's going to be the nastiest seen. >> i think it's going to be the nast i st seen. >> i think it's going to be the nasti think seen. >> i think it's going to be the nasti think the seen. >> i think it's going to be the nasti think the fact seen. >> i think it's going to be the nasti think the fact that sen. >> i think it's going to be the nasti think the fact that you and i think the fact that you can put stuff on social media where we've never where as we've never had political i think where as we've never had politica i think where as we've never had politica big i think

where as we've never had politica big shift. i think where as we've never had politica big shift. we'llhink where as we've never had politica big shift. we'll see that's a big shift. we'll see for the first time properly. >> could be vicious >> yes. it could be very vicious indeed. note, that's all indeed. on that note, that's all we have time thank you very we have time for. thank you very much. and benjamin much. alex deane and benjamin butterworth. me butterworth. that is all from me today. on monday today. i'll be back on monday with ben leo. i believe tom harwood a off, but harwood is taking a day off, but up martin daubney. up next it's martin daubney. a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello again! i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast , but we do have weather forecast, but we do have some pretty wet weather on the cards as we go through later tomorrow, but for the time being, it's a largely dry picture. because picture. that's because we do have weak ridge of high have a weak ridge of high pressure uk , and it's pressure across the uk, and it's this that's quieten things down a little bit. that being said, there still some showery there are still some showery outbreaks of rain around at the moment, and a few of these will continue as we go through the end the some skies end of the day. some clear skies through of the night, through the start of the night, particularly towards the east, before of thicker cloud before a swathe of thicker cloud pushes its way into western

parts, likely to parts, and this is likely to bnng parts, and this is likely to bring drizzly outbreaks of bring some drizzly outbreaks of rain, the west. rain, particularly in the west. for most, though, staying relatively perhaps relatively mild, perhaps a little fresher than some recent nights. temperatures in many nights. but temperatures in many places holding high single places holding up in high single figures not double digits. figures if not double digits. the chance of any sunshine the best chance of any sunshine tomorrow across parts of tomorrow will be across parts of scotland in the east. first scotland and in the east. first thing, however, it is going to turn increasingly cloudy as we go through the day, and so sunshine will become a bit more limited. a few spots drizzly limited. a few spots of drizzly rain time before this rain for a time before this swathe of wetter . weather feeds swathe of wetter. weather feeds in from the west and this could cause some localised flooding in a few places. again, a mild day. temperatures are well above average the time of year. average for the time of year. highs of around or 16 highs of around 15 or 16 celsius. bit of uncertainty as celsius. a bit of uncertainty as to quickly rain pushes to how quickly that rain pushes eastwards away, but eastwards and clears away, but it push away we it is likely to push away as we go through morning, go through sunday morning, but could start at least in could be a wet start at least in the southeast. otherwise sunday does largely dry does look like a largely dry day. just few spots of rain day. just a few spots of rain around before something more unsettled next week by unsettled comes next week by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers spots of weather on

>> good afternoon . it's 3 pm. >> good afternoon. it's 3 pm. happy friday and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. coming up on today's show, we'll cross live to newhaven, where six migrants have been taken to hospital after they were found in the back of a refrigerated lorry . we'll have refrigerated lorry. we'll have all the latest on that, ray addison will be on site. are we seeing a resurgence of return to lorries being the best way into the uk now we're seeing a clampdown on boats . clampdown on boats. >> we'll have all the latest from newhaven . from newhaven. >> plus of course, the morning after the night before. i'll have look back on yet another have a look back on yet another miserable night for rishi sunak after tories lost two more after the tories lost two more crucial by—election seats ahead of what looks to be a carnage election coming up and prince

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