news. >> hello. good afternoon, and welcome to gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua.| and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . i look so small here. look akua. i look so small here. look how would i get bigger? and for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headunes the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine. it's and of course it's it's theirs. and of course it's yours. debating, yours. we'll be debating, discussing we will discussing and at times we will disagree , but no one will be disagree, but no one will be cancelled. joining me in the cancelled. so joining me in the next hour, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour party adviser matthew laza. before we get started, let's get your latest news headlines . news headlines. >> thanks, nana a very good afternoon to you. it is 3:00 here in the gb newsroom. the russian president is continuing to link ukraine to last night's attack in moscow, which killed attack in moscow, which killed at least 133 people. the united states says it believes the attack was carried out by a

branch of the islamic state terror group known as isis. k a kyiv described russia's apparent attempt to blame ukraine as absolutely untenable and absurd. neither vladimir putin nor the fsb security service have presented any proof of a link with ukraine. in an address to the nation , vladimir putin said the nation, vladimir putin said it was an attack on the russian people and vowed justice would be served to all the executors, planners and those who ordered. >> this crime will be rightfully and inevitably punished. whoever they are and whoever directed them . let me repeat we will them. let me repeat we will identify and punish everyone who stood behind the terrorists who prepared this attack against russia, against our people . russia, against our people. >> cancer charities have praised the princess of wales for speaking out about her diagnosis, saying it will encourage others with concerns to visit their doctor. kate says she and william have been doing everything possible to process and manage the shock news

privately for the sake of their young family. privately for the sake of their young family . the king described young family. the king described her as courageous for choosing to speak out publicly about her condition. it's after the future queen on friday she queen revealed on friday she began a course of preventative chemotherapy last month . chemotherapy last month. >> it has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family, but i've had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which i'm so grateful . back in which i'm so grateful. back in january, i underwent major abdominal surgery in london, and at the time it was thought that my condition was non—cancerous. the surgery was successful , the surgery was successful, however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy , and i'm now in the chemotherapy, and i'm now in the early stages of that treatment . early stages of that treatment. >> well, gb news spoke to people on the streets of birmingham who said their well—wishes to the future queen. >> it's quite shocking really. she's kids , she's got >> it's quite shocking really. sifamily. kids , she's got >> it's quite shocking really. sifamily. i kids , she's got >> it's quite shocking really. sifamily. i think kids , she's got >> it's quite shocking really. sifamily. i think that's she's got a family. i think that's probably more upsetting probably the more upsetting thing about everything. the pubuc thing about everything. the

public doesn't public eye on things doesn't really the minute, really matter at the minute, does it was a brave does it? i think it was a brave decision and they've decision and i think they've just awakened people's minds to a troublesome cancer is and to be checked out themselves . be checked out themselves. >> yeah. it's very shocking really. and obviously, you know, it's 1 in 2 really. and obviously, you know, it's1 in 2 people are getting it's 1 in 2 people are getting cancer now. so i think we all should be a little bit more respectful and just let her get on and you know, to on with it. and you know, to recover family just on with it. and you know, to rec(off family just on with it. and you know, to rec(off her family just on with it. and you know, to rec(off her a family just on with it. and you know, to rec(off her a little mily just on with it. and you know, to rec(off her a little bit. just on with it. and you know, to rec(off her a little bit. you just lay off her a little bit. you know, i think she has a lot of scrutiny over the last few weeks. >> southgate says the >> gareth southgate says the controversy england controversy over the new england shirt high on of shirt is not high on his list of priorities, as they prepare to face kit has face brazil. nike's new kit has been over what it's been criticised over what it's described as a playful redesign of the saint george's cross , of the saint george's cross, with the prime minister warning against with the against messing with the national flag. but the fa defended the changes, saying it's a tribute to the 1966 world cup winning team. it's understood to be selling quickly. despite costing £125. the england manager says the three lions crest is the most important thing on the shirt . important thing on the shirt. more than 80 pubs, clubs and

sports centres across the country will receive a funding boost to help keep their doors open. it is part of the government's levelling up programme, which aims to create jobs support communities jobs and support communities amongst the local businesses, benefiting from more than £33 million worth of investment will be the pub, a much loved music venuein be the pub, a much loved music venue in newport , and the venue in newport, and the shrewsbury arms in kingstone, which will get its roof replaced. curtains will rise again at the edinburgh filmhouse, two years after it was forced to close . it follows was forced to close. it follows a grassroots campaign backed by the actors ewen bremner and bnan the actors ewen bremner and brian cox, and so the independent cinema will get funding worth around £15 million. and if you've ever wondered what happened to agatha christie's typewriter and who hasn't, well, the mystery is solved. it's set to go on display as part of a crime fiction exhibition at cambridge university library. her dictaphone will also be part of the show, along with a

typescript for her final novel, which featured the famed detective hercule poirot titled curtain . the exhibition murder curtain. the exhibition murder by the book, which opens today , by the book, which opens today, explores britain's fondness for fictional sleuths , from sherlock fictional sleuths, from sherlock holmes to jane tennison . you can holmes to jane tennison. you can get gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or going to our website . now it's going to our website. now it's back to . back to. nana. >> thank you aaron. it is fast approaching seven minutes after 3:00. six minutes even after 3:00. six minutes even after 3:00. this is gb news on tv onune 3:00. this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua coming up. i'll be bringing you the latest on the princess of wales's cancer announcement. live from windsor. then at 320, we'll have an update with what's been happening in russia, as more than 100 people have been killed in a catastrophic terror attack.

then, at 335, doctor pam spurr will be live to discuss what kate's announcement could mean for her close friends and family. and aman bogle is in the political spotlight this week as he talks about his role as chairman of the global britain centre and the week's political developments. that's coming up in the next hour. tell me what you think on everything we're discussing. email gb views gb discussing. email gb views at gb news. me at . gb news. com or tweet me at. gb news. com or tweet me at. gb news. so of course, the big news of the day the princess of wales has bravely told the world that she's undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. in an emotional video message that we watched last night, the princess said it was a huge shock and that the past couple of months have been incredibly tough for her family. let's a listen to what she let's have a listen to what she had say. had to say. >> take this >> i wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your

understanding . whilst i've been understanding. whilst i've been recovering from surgery , it has recovering from surgery, it has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family. but i've had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which i'm so grateful . in january, i underwent major abdominal surgery in london, and at the time it was thought that my condition was non—cancerous. the surgery was successful , the surgery was successful, however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy , and i'm now in the chemotherapy, and i'm now in the early stages of that treatment . early stages of that treatment. this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. as you can imagine , this has taken time. it has taken me time to recover from major surgery in order to start my treatment. but most

importantly, it has taken us time to explain everything to george, charlotte and louis in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that i'm going to be okay. as i've said to them, i am well and getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me healin on the things that will help me heal in my mind, body and spirit . having william by my side is a great source of comfort and reassurance too, as is the love, support and kindness that has been shown by so many of you. it means so much to us both . we means so much to us both. we hope that you'll understand that as a family, we now need some time, space and privacy . while i time, space and privacy. while i complete my treatment . my work complete my treatment. my work has always brought me a deep sense of joy, and i look forward to being back when i'm able . sense of joy, and i look forward to being back when i'm able. but for now, i must focus on making a full recovery . at this time, a full recovery. at this time, i'm also thinking of all those whose lives have been affected by cancer . whose lives have been affected by cancer. for whose lives have been affected by cancer . for everyone facing

by cancer. for everyone facing this disease in whatever form, please do not lose faith or hope. you are not alone . hope. you are not alone. >> what a beautiful woman. well, listen, i'm joined now by gb news royal correspondent cameron walker. cameron. so talk to me. where are you and what? obviously, we don't have any more information, but what can you tell us? >> well, nana, i'm outside windsor castle , and it was windsor castle, and it was within the grounds of windsor castle on wednesday that the princess wales recorded that special message to the british public. and since it was released at 6:00 last night, messages have been pouring in of love and support for the princess of wales and members of the public have been laying flowers outside the castle. this afternoon. one message, which accompanied a bunch of flowers said your royal highness, i wish you from the depths of my heart a certain and lasting recovery from this treatment, and my thoughts are with you at every

moment. and there are several more messages like that online and in our gb news inbox as well. clearly, for the princess, there's been a lot to process. this news being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing preventative chemotherapy , but preventative chemotherapy, but also for the prince of wales, whose father and wife are both battling cancer, and he will have to balance his constitutional role as heir apparent and future king, as well as being a father and a loving husband, as well, and supporting his young family. i'm told that the prince and princess will prince princess of wales's priority is very much their three young children prince george's ten, princess charlotte is eight and prince louis is five, and they wanted to tell the children about the princess condition at a time that was right for them. all three children are now off school. they are ten. they're on their easter holidays, which is why the princess decided yesterday was the right time to release that message to the british public, because the children are off school. therefore, they are protected in

the compounds of either windsor castle or norfolk, or somewhere else. kensington palace, understandably, does not want us to about the state of to speculate about the state of the princess of wales's health, other than the fact that she has cancer and she is undergoing treatments for that. she started that treatment at the end of last month. and even if we just go back to what the princess said there, she said, we now need some time, space and privacy to complete that treatment. clearly, she's 42 years old. she's going to be receiving some of the best medical care this country can offer. tributes have been pounng offer. tributes have been pouring in from those close to her. charles spencer, the of the brother of the late princess diana, said her message was showed incredible strength and poise. his majesty the king spokesperson last night told me that his majesty is proud of his beloved daughter in law and for her courage. james middleton, her courage. james middleton, her brother, posted on instagram saying over the years we have climbed many mountains together as a family. we will climb this one with too and even the one with you too and even the duke and duchess sussex

duke and duchess of sussex released a message support released a message of support from we wish from california, saying we wish health and healing for kate and the family and hope they are able do privately and in able to do so privately and in peace. that words , that peace. and that words, that sentiment privately and in peace is something which i think the princess clearly wants right now. she's putting her family first. prince william is putting his family first, and they want the time and space for the princess to heal. >> yeah, absolutely. cameron walker, very much. walker, thank you very much. well, i can now speak with reporters jack carson in reporters at jack carson in birmingham and also jeff moody, who is there in devon. i'm going to start with you, jack carson talk to me about, what people have been saying . have been saying. >> well, certainly the feeling that's been echoing here from the midlands and in, in birmingham, where i am today is, is that support really being passed on to princess catherine? a lot of people, as you were heanng a lot of people, as you were hearing there from from cameron, shocked really at the announcement of, you know, the speculation had been wild across

social media, even people that maybe didn't want to go down some of those mad conspiracy theories were still starting to wonder and starting to worry, of course, exactly about the condition of the princess of wales. so that announcement yesterday confirming that she has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will undergo treatment for that, certainly very shocking. but also actually some people quite angry that they feel like maybe because of that speculation , she's been that speculation, she's been forced this decision, forced into this decision, forced into this decision, forced be so public about her forced to be so public about her diagnosis. take a listen to what a few people on the high street told me a little bit earlier on. >> shocking. it's a private matter, really, and i think the media and the press had have hounded her for the last three months. absolutely shocking. just a just just let him be. it's a private matter between , princess private matter between, princess of wales and the prince of wales. just leave it at that how. >> now. >> yeah, yeah, it's very shocking, really. and obviously, you know, it's 1 in 2 people are getting cancer now. so i think we all should be a little bit

more respectful let her more respectful and just let her get and, you know, get on with it. and, you know, to recover family and to recover with her family and just her a little bit. just lay off her a little bit. you know, i think had a lot you know, i think she had a lot of scrutiny over the last few weeks. >> so she's got young kids, she's a family. i think she's got a family. i think that's probably more that's probably the more upsetting thing about everything. the public eye on things doesn't really matter at the it, well, we the minute, does it, well, we were knew that were shocked, but knew that there was something not right, you wouldn't keep things quiet for that long it wasn't it. for that long if it wasn't it. if there wasn't something that was wrong . was wrong. >> yeah. so as you can hear, there's some concern, of course, from the public, you know, in the past few months about exactly her condition , but exactly her condition, but actually from some of the people i've spoken to, grateful that she come actually she has come out and actually been publicly, that other been so publicly, that other side argument, you know, side of the argument, you know, there's around 3 million people in estimated to have in the uk estimated to have cancen in the uk estimated to have cancer. somebody diagnosed every 90s. message of support 90s. and that message of support at the end of her, of her video saying, you are not alone from the feeling i've got in birmingham, is going to bring a lot strength to a lot of

people. >> jack carson thank you so much. that's jack carson he's there birmingham. go to there in birmingham. let's go to jeff in devon. jeff moody, who's in devon. jeff, is the mood like jeff, what is the mood like there? been there? what have people been saying ? saying? >> well, very similar to what jack was saying really. first of all, a major sense of shock. we all, a major sense of shock. we all knew that she was ill, but nobody had any idea quite how serious it was. and people are very surprised at the announcement yesterday. a lot of feeling and support and sympathy for catherine as a person having to come to terms with this and also for the family at large. a lot of people saying to me, you know, the prince of wales now has his wife and his father both having this diagnosis, both in a very similar situation and a lot of people being very sympathetic for him. and of course, there's the anger too, that's beginning to spill into people saying, well, not only have they had to , well, not only have they had to, they've had to contend with these personal, very these very personal, very private , as they've had private issues, as they've had to do it in a very public way now. people saying, well, now. and people saying, well, why earth should have to

why on earth should she have to do did ? why should she do what she did? why should she have statement? we're have to make a statement? we're all to a private life. all entitled to a private life. we're all entitled to our we're all entitled to keep our own health issues private if we want to. and people feeling that she shouldn't really have had to have made that statement even if she wanted to, it wasn't something that people were feeling that she was perhaps forced that bit. forced into that a little bit. and overall people are saying, well, let's hope that now , now well, let's hope that now, now the announcement has been made, now that all of the speculation is over, we know what's wrong with her. let's hope that she can now be afforded the space and and most and the time and most importantly, the privacy to overcome this disease at her own pace. this is what people in south molton in devon have been saying to me this morning . saying to me this morning. >> it's absolutely tragic, absolutely tragic. i mean, you know , obviously, if it's true, know, obviously, if it's true, which , you know, hopefully it's which, you know, hopefully it's not too bad. you know, and, you know, obviously everything that's been going on in the last few months, you know, i was sort of obviously quite concerned,

but , you know, at the same time, but, you know, at the same time, she's, you know, she'd just be left to her own devices and, you know, hopefully get over this and live a normal life. >> i think she's a lovely lady. it just should be left alone to get on and, you know, just be left alone. >> really. >> really. >> it's nobody's business. >> it's nobody's business. >> what's wrong with them at the end day? end of the day? >> just because they're they >> just because they're who they are thinks they've are and everyone thinks they've got right to know everything are and everyone thinks they've got they tl to know everything are and everyone thinks they've got they don't.1ow everything are and everyone thinks they've got they don't. |»w everything are and everyone thinks they've got they don't. i justferything are and everyone thinks they've got they don't. i just think ng and they don't. i just think it's very sad for the whole family. >> her father in law herself, her husband, father has got her husband, his father has got cancen her husband, his father has got cancer. his wife possibly has cancen cancer. his wife possibly has cancer. whether it was all removed, having treatment for it , i just think it's very difficult for them and it's about time everybody left them alone . alone. >> you think about all the media speculation about it. >> it's like a school playground. in the school playground, you get the people saying what they want to say, when they want to say. it's a form of bullying. it's online

bullying . bullying. >> and i think people were also very moved by the message itself. somebody said to me, look, i'm not really a royal fan or supporter, but i did shed a tear when i heard her message, particularly when she said, look, anyone else who's facing this diagnosis and this disease , this diagnosis and this disease, you are not alone. that really rang true to an awful lot of people. back to you, nana. >> thank you jeff . thank you so >> thank you jeff. thank you so much as well to jack carson there to this is gb news if you're just tuned in, welcome on board. i'm nana akua it's just coming up to 19 minutes after 3:00. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up, doctor pam spurr will be live to discuss the impact of the princess of wales news on her family and of course, her three young children. and don't forget, you can touch and forget, you can get in touch and send me your well wishes to the princess to gb news at princess of wales to gb news at gbnews.com or tweet us at gb news. the latest on the news. next the latest on the devastating terror attack in moscow, where over 115 people are believed to have been killed by armed gunmen. this is

gb news. good afternoon. it's 22 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua . let's have a quick nana akua. let's have a quick look at what you've been saying about the princess of wales. robert says nana, you are so right. what a beautiful woman princess catherine is. with her kindness of spirit and consideration for others. ruby's beenin consideration for others. ruby's been in touch, she said. so sad to hear the faltering voice of the princess of wales trying to reassure her children, family and the nation that she's feeling well and getting stronger. we can only pray for a full recovery for the princess, but also king charles, and to give strength and fortitude to the of who has to the prince of wales, who has to be strong for his wife, the children and of course, his father . pat says, me and my father. pat says, me and my american family, friends and co—workers pray for princess catherine, prince william and

their children's health and happiness. we'll keep all of your well wishes coming in. you've got the address gbviews@gbnews.com. well, now at least 133 people are believed to have been killed following a devastating gun attack at a concert hall in moscow on friday, an affiliate of the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack, a claim that the united states says is credible. however, the deputy head of the russian national security council has suggested that ukraine was in fact responsible and has vowed vengeance . well, i'm joined now vengeance. well, i'm joined now by martin whitlock. whitlock is a historian and author. martin, i want to start with the notion that islamic state are responsible for this, it doesn't feel right , responsible for this, it doesn't feel right, but america say it's credible. how are they linked with russia? >> well, it's a reminder that russia has fought jihadists in the past , in russia has fought jihadists in the past, in the first russia has fought jihadists in the past , in the first chechen the past, in the first chechen

war, 1994 to 96, the second chechen war, 1999 to 2009, and in syria, where russia backed assad against islamic state and other groups in 2015 to 20 2016. >> so russia actually has a track record of having conflict with jihadi groups. there was recently a shootout between russian security forces and an afghan group with links to islamic state in ingushetia. that's an area of the northern caucasus, a region where russia has a history of conflict with jihadists and where earlier conflicts had spilled over from chechnya. so while they are now seeking to blame ukraine, i think that is really unconvincing because whilst the ukrainian secret service can be quite ruthless, the who're the who are, i don't think they have anything to gain from facilitating such an outrage. but there is a track record in russia, there were apartment bombings in 1999, in moscow and

other russian cities, though some people weren't so sure about whether, in fact, jihadists were behind that . jihadists were behind that. there was an attack on a theatre in moscow, amongst other attacks in moscow, amongst other attacks in 2002, and the appalling beslan school siege which killed many civilians, including children, in 2004. and so we need to remember that russia actually has had a front in conflict with jihadist groups . conflict with jihadist groups. it's not just the americans, you know, in the middle east. it's not just the americans, in iraq and afghanistan, the russians, too, have recently been in conflict with jihadist groups, and there are jihadist groups who feel they've got scores to settle with putin's russia. >> why do you then, putin >> why do you think, then, putin seems to be so quick to blame ukraine? what's in it for him? he's already bombing ukraine. there's not much more damage. he can do just the same damage. >> i think personally it's about consolidating support in russia behind him. obviously last week he won in inverted commas by a huge landslide, again in inverted commas , the russian

inverted commas, the russian presidential election. and i think this is part of the putin narrative that that everything tracks back to ukraine, that ukraine is an existential threat , the west is behind ukraine's threat. all these, you know, as seen by putin. and i think it's part of the narrative to try to bnng part of the narrative to try to bring everything back to ukraine dunng bring everything back to ukraine during the presidential campaign that led up to last weekend's elections, the war was front and central in so much of what he said. so whilst i am really completely unconvinced by this , completely unconvinced by this, asindeed completely unconvinced by this, as indeed are the americans and other intelligence analysts , i other intelligence analysts, i think putin is simply trying to rally people behind his war, and he's using this in order to do so . but i really do not think so. but i really do not think ukraine are involved in this. i think it is an affiliate of islamic state and the as we understand it, those who went in to commit this atrocious attack, many of them have actually been caught out. yes, yes, it does look as if the, russian security

service, the fsb and other security agencies have caught most of the people involved in this, so more may yet come out in due course. although obviously in putin's russia things are very often manipulated , controlled. so we manipulated, controlled. so we can't be sure of that. but the terrible attack on civilians, this is very much a hallmark of these jihadi groups. i mean, think of the terrible things that happened in london, on the underground, and on the buses. think about what happened at the bataclan , in paris, in the bataclan, in paris, in the appalling attack on that concert venue there, the attacks in brussels as well. so this has all the hallmarks of groups affiliated to islamic state, which go for these terrible high civilian casualty events to basically punish people they see as their enemies, whole communities, and draw attention to their cause. and they are totally without shame in this. they deliberately go to create huge civilian casualties. and

we've seen it again. this time the figures at the moment, i saw just before i came on, they're talking about 130 plus killed now 140 plus injured. so this really is a very, very serious atrocity that's taking place at this concert on the outskirts of moscow . the only, the only lack moscow. the only, the only lack of similarity with islamic state and those sort of terror groups is they usually , end up killing is they usually, end up killing themselves as well in the process. so they would never be caught. so it it does feel like potentially an isis attack. but again, it's unusual for the those who perpetrated it to still be alive . still be alive. >> that is a very good point. i think one of the things we may have to remember is that islamic state, if you like, is a very loose umbrella organisation and it has many groups affiliated to it. we have islamic state in the sahel it. we have islamic state in the sahel, in the south of sahara , sahel, in the south of sahara, we have islamic state operating against the taliban in

afghanistan, for example. so it is not a monolithic group. and it may well be that this particular group with with an affiliation towards islamic state is not part of the main organisation. and that may have meant there was a deviation from the usual way of behaving , the the usual way of behaving, the modus operandi of the group. but you are right that is a significant difference, and i have no doubt that intelligence agencies will be studying that and trying to work out what they understand in due understand from that in due course, because this is course, because normally this is not the case. normally they blow themselves up, they fight to the end so is a difference. end. so that is a difference. and will need to thinking and we will need to be thinking about the significance of that. but i say, islamic state is but as i say, islamic state is not a monolithic group. and that may explain or go partly may explain it or go partly towards explaining it. >> does the world need to be seriously worried now? and even on more heightened alert, what does do to us in the uk? does does it do to us in the uk? does this have some serious impacts on our security? >> well, i think it reminds us that whilst clearly over the last few months, a couple of

years, we've been very focused on ukraine and rightly so , the on ukraine and rightly so, the events since october the 7th have reminded us of the incredible turbulence, suffering and danger that emanates from the middle east. and this is a reminder that these kind of extreme groups , jihadi groups, extreme groups, jihadi groups, continue to pose a threat to the world community. and that includes to the uk as well. i have no doubt that at the moment, our own counter—terrori st moment, our own counter—terrorist organisations, mi5 , mi6 will counter—terrorist organisations, m15 , mi6 will be looking very, m15, mi6 will be looking very, very carefully at the state of alert in this country. because this doesn't mean to say it's about to happen in london, because it happened in moscow. about to happen in london, beycourset happened in moscow. about to happen in london, beycourse not. pened in moscow. about to happen in london, beycourse not. ianed in moscow. about to happen in london, beycourse not. i wouldn'tioscow. about to happen in london, beycourse not. i wouldn't wantv. of course not. i wouldn't want to people, it means to to alarm people, but it means to say this level of threat say that this level of threat can right across the can occur right across the world, and we not immune world, and we are not immune from it. and we must never let our guard drop. >> sort out our >> we need to sort out our police force, our armed forces and all our personnel and all our security personnel to make sure that we are protected. martin whittaker, thank you so much for talking to me. a historian author. me. he's a historian and author. good you . so it's

good to speak to you. so it's just coming up to 31 minutes after 3:00 if you've just tuned in. welcome on board. nana in. welcome on board. i'm nana akua. in. welcome on board. i'm nana akua . live tv, online akua. we're live on tv, online and digital radio. still to and on digital radio. still to come, i'm anne bogle will be joining me to shine a light on his global initiative as his global britain initiative as we the week's top we discuss the week's top political stories and as ever, don't keep those don't forget, keep those messages send messages coming. you can send them gb at gb news. com them to gb views at gb news. com or tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . news headlines. >> nana. thanks very much. good afternoon. from the newsroom. 331 a recap of the headlines this hour . 331 a recap of the headlines this hour. the russian 331 a recap of the headlines this hour . the russian president this hour. the russian president is continuing to link to ukraine last night's attack in moscow, which killed at least 133 people. the united states says it believes the attack was carried out by a branch of the islamic state terror group known as isis. k kyiv have described russia's apparent attempt to blame ukraine as absolutely untenable and absurd. neither

vladimir putin nor the fsb have so far presented any proof of a link. in a statement to the nation, president putin said it was an attack on the russian people and he vowed that justice will be served . cancer charities will be served. cancer charities here in the uk have praised the princess of wales for speaking about her diagnosis , saying it about her diagnosis, saying it will encourage others with concerns to visit their doctor . concerns to visit their doctor. kate said she and william have been doing everything possible to process and manage the shock news privately for they say, the sake of their young family. the king has called her courageous for choosing to speak out publicly about her condition . publicly about her condition. gareth southgate says the controversy over the new england shirt is not high on his list of priorities, as the team prepare to face brazil. nike's new kit has been criticised over what it's called a playful redesign of the saint george's cross, with the prime minister now warning against messing with the national flag. but the fa has

defended the changes, saying it's a tribute to the 1966 world cup winning team. the shirts understood to be selling quickly despite costing £125. in other news, campaigner and father of murdered schoolboy damilola taylor has died today at the age of 75 following prostate cancer . of 75 following prostate cancer. richard taylor's son was killed in 2000, in what became one of the uk's most high profile killings . the ten year old was killings. the ten year old was stabbed in the leg and left to die in a stairwell in south london. in the wake of his son's death. mr taylor set up the damilola taylor trust to campaign crime . campaign against knife crime. and more than 80 pubs, clubs and sports centres across the country will receive a funding boost to help keep their doors open. it's part of the government's levelling up programme , which aims to create programme, which aims to create jobs and support communities and it will also see curtains rise once again at the edinburgh filmhouse , two years after it

filmhouse, two years after it was forced to close. that follows campaign backed by follows a campaign backed by actors ewen bremner and brian cox. independent cinema will cox. the independent cinema will get a funding boost worth around £1.5 million. those are the headunes. £1.5 million. those are the headlines . plenty more to come headlines. plenty more to come throughout the afternoon, and in the meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code your screen. go to code on your screen. or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now it's gbnews.com/alerts. but now it's back . nana. back to. nana. >> thank you sam. coming up, its political spotlight , where aman political spotlight, where aman bogle will be joining me live to shine a light on this week's politics next, doctor pam spurr gives her take on how the princess of wales's family will be reacting to this devastating news and their relationships going forget going forward. and don't forget as to get in touch and send as well to get in touch and send us your well wishes to kate at gbviews@gbnews.uk tweet us at

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approaching 38 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news. we are live on tv, online and on digital radio. don't forget as well, you can download the gb news app. it's completely free. i'm nana akua. well, as of course, this is the big story. we've been talking about it and of course we will absolutely respect the privacy of the princess wales. but she's princess of wales. but she's been very brave. she told the world she's undergoing world that she's undergoing chemotherapy for cancer in an emotional message emotional video message yesterday , the princess said it yesterday, the princess said it was a huge shock and that the past couple of months been past couple of months have been incredibly family. past couple of months have been incjoining family. past couple of months have been incjoining me family. past couple of months have been incjoining me now family. past couple of months have been incjoining me now to family. past couple of months have been incjoining me now to talkmily. past couple of months have been incjoining me now to talk about so joining me now to talk about that impact is doctor pam spurr. she's a psychologist and commentator. doctor pam spurr , commentator. doctor pam spurr, it's a it's a frightening thing when someone discovers that they themselves have cancer and then to have to tell other people about it. can you talk to me about it. can you talk to me about the psychological impact that has and you know what you think catherine must have been going through . going through. >> it's a tremendous impact, and

we can't underestimate how people go through. it's almost like a grieving process. >> when you get a cancer diagnosis, people will get first go into a state of numbness and shock, and sometimes they they pass into despair and then angen pass into despair and then anger. you know, why me? and then with parents nana a real issue is feeling guilty. i'm supposed to be the protector . i supposed to be the protector. i don't want to be ill around my children and two thirds of women really struggle with that kind of guilt compared to 40% of men. i think men are better at compartmentalising those sorts of painful feelings. so i can imagine that catherine building up to telling the children probably felt this enormous sense of guilt. and it's totally unrealistic to feel that way, but it's a natural feeling , and but it's a natural feeling, and 1 in 2 of us in the uk will at some point have a cancer diagnosis . so she's right. we

diagnosis. so she's right. we are not alone. but it's how you go about it. if you're a parent, how you go about telling your children that is really crucial. yeah, because she there were some very specific words she used when she said age appropriate way when she was talking about imparting that news to them. >> and , and you know, children >> and, and you know, children are adorable and especially when they're so young, they would have been trying to protect their mummy as much as they can. and she said that to let them know that she's okay. and so again, the feeling that again, you get the feeling that the children take on almost a burden, they may feel burden, as though they may feel it's partly or there's some fault that's attributed to them . fault that's attributed to them. >> well, i think you've got a good point there, nan. a lot of children think especially slightly older children think, oh can't do oh my goodness, i can't do anything upset mummy or anything to upset mummy or daddy. whoever's got daddy. you know, whoever's got the because i'll just the diagnosis because i'll just make worse now when always make it worse now when i always give guidance of what i call give a guidance of what i call the three p's. if you've got the three p's. so if you've got to give this challenging information , you first plan it.

information, you first plan it. so if you have a partner with your partner, you plan and you think how your children might react. so you plan what to say next. you practice it. you go back and forth with each other and practice and think about the kind of questions your children might ask you and practice your answers and the reason why i say this is the more comfortable you are with the language you're going to use with them, the more comfortable they'll be. and the third p is you put it into action in a calm moment, not on action in a calm moment, not on a friday evening when the kids are tired after a long week of school. you have to really think when you're going to put this plan into action, and then that's when you're going be that's when you're going to be feeling calm , as calm as you feeling calm, as calm as you can. because children are emotional sponges. can. because children are emotional sponges . and if you're emotional sponges. and if you're really upset delivering this news, it will compound their confusion, their worry , their confusion, their worry, their upset. and the other point nana is remember , this is now a is remember, this is now a dynamic process for any family. for kate and william and other

families around the country, their feelings will ebb and flow. the children at some points won't really be thinking about it . other points they will about it. other points they will be thinking about like if be thinking about it like if mummy daddy's reacting badly mummy or daddy's reacting badly to so it does ebb and to chemo. so it does ebb and flow and it's a dynamic process and you have to answer their questions because they'll have more questions as this process goes on. and you just again have to use those three p's. plan it, you know, practice it and then put it into action. >> and very briefly, we've got about 30s left william, the way he has managed this has been exceptional. and, how do you think he must be feeling? >> i think every partner feels an enormous sense of this. what can i do? and many men in particular think, what can i say? i don't want to put my big man foot in it, you know, i don't want to say the wrong thing. and what i always tell men in that situation is just ask . ask your partner what ask. ask your partner what support they want ,

ask. ask your partner what support they want, you ask. ask your partner what support they want , you know, support they want, you know, just say, what do you want to tell me when you want to talk about it , and tell me when you want to talk about it, and tell me when you don't want to talk about it and you time out from you want to have time out from talking the big c men talking about the big c so men can really in there. if it's can really get in there. if it's the with the cancer and the woman with the cancer and really be supportive in that way by saying, i'm not sure by just saying, i'm not sure what to say, darling, help me because i want to help you. i'm here for you, doctor. >> pam spurr, thank you so much as ever. brilliant. thank you . as ever. brilliant. thank you. that was doctor pam spurr. it's just coming up to 44 minutes after 3:00 on the way. my monologue on the princess of wales's announcement. and don't forget to get in touch and send us your well wishes to her gbviews@gbnews.com, or tweet us at gb news. next political spotlight where joining me to shine a light as aman bogle will discuss the government's battle over rwanda, kemi badenoch and labour's

good afternoon. if you've just joined me. welcome. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. we're live on tv, onune channel. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua , and it's time now for nana akua, and it's time now for this week's political spotlight. and joining to shine a light and joining me to shine a light is aman singh bogle. he's the chairman of the global britain centre, has stood for centre, who has stood for parliament and championed parliament twice and championed britain's role around the world right . well, welcome. thank you right. well, welcome. thank you very much for joining right. well, welcome. thank you very much forjoining me. >> well, thank you for having me on your show. nana. >> i'm so curious. have you got a of hair in there or not much? >> oh, absolutely. i think a little bit more you little bit more than you perhaps. little bit more than you perhapsyes. is it sort afro >> oh, yes. is it sort of afro stylee or it just all flowing stylee or is it just all flowing locks flowing locks, they locks flowing locks, as they should be. >> but very proud of it and >> but but very proud of it and of course, wear the turban, as of course, i wear the turban, as with dignity to keep it. with the dignity to keep it. >> bet you it with the dignity to keep it. >> and bet you it with the dignity to keep it. >> and there's bet you it with the dignity to keep it. >> and there's almost u it with the dignity to keep it. >> and there's almost like it out and there's almost like a flow of wind as you go like that. your hair goes from that. and your hair goes from side to side. >> you should see me on my motorbike. >> really? you've motorbike? motorbike. >> r

and of course kemi badenoch talked all these talked about all these ezedi drives how the end, it drives and how in the end, it was working out that white men and in particular and white people in particular were penalised of were being penalised because of this of , let's talk this whole sort of, let's talk about that because people are always about this. always talking about this. >> well, look, i think, first of all, you know, this country is the greatest nation on the face of this earth for a reason. it is the nation where you can build a life. it's the best nafion build a life. it's the best nation to play, the best nation to earn, the best nation to work, nation to work, and the best nation to raise family. and the reason raise a family. and the reason for is rooted in three for that is rooted in three different things free enterprise is to get on with your life, free democracy so that can free democracy so that you can have a say in how you run, and the whole idea of free liberty that can be who you that you are. you can be who you are. i think we have are. and i think we have achieved that without having achieved all that without having to into this identity to delve into this identity laced politics of the day . you laced politics of the day. you know, it's rotting away. yet our nation, whether it's the left thatis nation, whether it's the left that is instilling it or bringing in the culture wars to bnngin bringing in the culture wars to bring in race into everything that surrounds us, it simply

isn't the case. the average man and woman out there couldn't care less about whether you're black, brown or white. they care about your character, what you bnng about your character, what you bring to the table, and where you're going. >> well, i couldn't say that more . and i get a lot of more. and i get a lot of comments from people saying, yeah, just pulling up yeah, but you're just pulling up the now. taken the drawbridge now. you've taken advantage i haven't advantage of it, but i haven't on contrary, i've never, on the contrary, i've never, even on the contrary, i've never, ever. think i've ever ever. i don't think i've ever really been positively discriminated. always discriminated. i've always literally written for jobs myself or yes, phoned them up and say, give me a job, look , and say, give me a job, look, britain is the greatest meritocracy in history of meritocracy in the history of the world. >> it's simple as that. the fact that we have today , got a indian that we have today, got a indian origin, prime minister, the most ethnically diverse cabinet in the history of this country . ethnically diverse cabinet in the history of this country. but putting the race aside, it's what people bring to the table as individuals, as what they believe in and what they want to achieve for this country. but i would argue that even more than that, look at the tapestry of the social fabric of this country and the way it's shaped. you know, people have been working in the britain's

national for before we national interest for before we got brexit done. you know, and those folks. so let's go back to the referendum, for example , the referendum, for example, some of the biggest constituencies to vote leave were people that are constituents dominated by people of ethnic minority origins. why is that? because most of us believe in britain's national interest. >> exactly. and a lot of us worked very hard to get where we are, and we had to go through the correct channels to do it. so it's very annoying seeing people in via boat and people coming in via boat and being everything. exactly. being given everything. exactly. >> every single >> i mean, look, every single dinghy that crosses channel dinghy that crosses the channel illegally in the face illegally is a slap in the face of single legal migrant of every single legal migrant who has jumped through endless hoops , the hoops of the home office, the foreign office, visa system foreign office, the visa system to country their home to make this country their home because they want to make this country home right country their home for the right reasons be honest, you reasons, let's be honest, you know, want to attract the know, we do want to attract the best the brightest, but we best and the brightest, but we also be attracting also don't want to be attracting every single illegal dinghy. well, no. >> em- e about this well, no. >> about this rwanda >> and what about this rwanda plan because obviously plan then? because obviously this be a this was supposed to be a deterrent, yet it's been deterrent, but yet it's been scuppered by lords again, scuppered by the lords again, although commons

although the house of commons don't listen to don't really have to listen to the indeed but we are >> no indeed not. but we are a democracy we believe in democracy and we do believe in our though, they are our elected though, so they are elected, they're still part elected, but they're still part of democracy. but would of our democracy. but i would argue leave the argue that we need to leave the echr would argue going echr and i would argue going back to the brexit referendum, we have the echr as we should have left the echr as part of getting brexit done because are being because we still are being dictated to by foreign courts. we shouldn't be. i mean, you have every left wing. >> i'm going to stop you in the middle of that because even though we have brexited, we have not advantage of the not taken advantage of the benefits brexit would have benefits that brexit would have brought we then brought us. so even if we then leave echr, we'll just be leave the echr, we'll just be outside organisation outside another organisation where taking the where we're not taking the benefits either. benefits of that either. >> would argue that, >> well, i would argue that, look, got brexit done for look, we got brexit done for three simple to three very simple reasons to make britain very global, not not but global. to not globalist, but global. to make britain great again, that we need to be looking beyond the european union now, a part european union now, a big part of that is no longer being dictated to by foreign courts or foreign jurisdictions. now look, going back to rwanda, the rwanda plan, when priti started it,

talking about it, yes, it would have acted as a deterrent to patel. priti patel as home secretary at the time, at at this minute, i'm not convinced it's going to act as a deterrent enough. because simply enough. yeah, because simply because because we haven't been able a single person able to deport a single person on to rwanda. on a plane to rwanda. >> also, we've embarrassed >> what? also, we've embarrassed ourselves we have given ourselves because we have given this free rein to people who are all appeals failed. here's all your appeals failed. here's some money join some more money to join our legal and try again. legal system and try again. yeah, no other country. >> absolutely it's >> absolutely bonkers. it's farcical. it's farcical, and it needs to be dealt with. the home office, i would argue, is way too big for its shoes . it needs too big for its shoes. it needs too big for its shoes. it needs to be broken up. you know, i call it the great blob and it acts against the interests of home secretary after home secretary after home secretary. look at pritt stick, look at suella and look at james. now they all have had fight the they all have had to fight the great blob in the home office. it has to be broken up. but going rwanda , i think we going back to rwanda, i think we should be doing the should be doing what the australians were doing. as australians were doing. or as i argued speech in october argued in a speech in october last that be, last year that we should be, yes, every single, yes, picking up every single, legal middle legal migrant in the middle of

the putting themselves the channel putting themselves in vulnerable in danger as a, as a vulnerable person and them, not on person and dropping them, not on the coast in dover, the kent coast in dover, but dropping back in france. dropping them back in france. >> well, i say we should have giant cruise ships around the perimeters and put them the perimeters and put them in the cruise of people pay cruise ship. a lot of people pay for holiday. but no, for that go on holiday. but no, that's unkind . that's that's not being unkind. that's just saying you get processed there so there's no you don't come on to shore until you're processed. once you're a process, determine where process, then we determine where you're going to go. >> we paid the french. i >> indeed, we paid the french. i think millions of pounds think tens of millions of pounds for they have been for what they have been unable to enforce law and on to enforce law and order on their shores, and i think their own shores, and i think it's about time that we went in and did it for them. >> and finally, rishi sunak can he survive? because, you know, look, i, i've always been a conservative and the labour party simply don't have anything particular to offer. >> we still don't know what keir starmer stands for. i mean, we know been lawyer for know he's been a lawyer for everything wrong in the everything that's wrong in the world, does he actually world, but what does he actually for stand for? stand >> would say that >> well, he would say that he's been lawyer protect and do been a lawyer to protect and do good things. >> well, i mean, protecting,

well, yes. >> let's not go into the detail, but let's not go into those details. >> i mean, sadiq khan is another one. i mean, he's another lawyer who's protected and defended one. i mean, he's another lawyer who'sveryacted and defended one. i mean, he's another lawyer who's very questionable ended one. i mean, he's another lawyer who's very questionable ideals some very questionable ideals and . but that's what you and ideas. but that's what you get labour party. get with the labour party. i mean, as rishi is mean, as far as rishi is concerned, i think, look, he's trying very difficult trying to do a very difficult job, but otherwise let's look at the are in front the options which are in front of us. yes. conservative voters are staying at home, and we need to give them far more to come out and vote for us. >> give them something to vote for, for goodness sake. i mean, aman, much for aman, thank you very much for coming thank you. coming to see me. thank you. >> very much. nana. >> thank you very much. nana. >> thank you very much. nana. >> of course, >> that is of course, i'm a mogul. he has been my political spotlight is gb news. we spotlight this is gb news. we are channel. coming are the people's channel. coming up, broadcast up, my amazing panel broadcast from lizzie cundy . from columnist lizzie cundy. also, former labour party adviser matthew lazor will be joining me. but next, my monologue on the beautiful princess of wales, princess catherine. i'll leave you with some weather, but keep those messages coming to us. vaiews@gbnews.uk com or tweet us at gb news. we'll read your messages out your messages for

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down into low single figures where could see touch of where we could see a touch of frost. by sunday for frost. by sunday morning. as for sunday itself, brighter sunday itself, well, a brighter day across the bulk of day in store across the bulk of the uk. still a few showers towards north and northwest. towards the north and northwest. lighter and lighter winds two tomorrow and with way of sunshine with more in the way of sunshine around. should more around. it should feel more pleasant about with pleasant out and about with temperatures to to temperatures climbing to 10 to 13 celsius 13 towards the 13 celsius 13 down towards the south southeast is 55 in south and southeast is 55 in fahrenheit, is close to fahrenheit, which is close to the average for this the seasonal average for this time in march. as we head into monday, we'll see more monday, though, we'll see more of an east west split developing in weather the uk. in the weather across the uk. outbreaks rain moving in outbreaks of rain moving in across west and southwest across the west and southwest starting heavy starting to turn quite heavy in places, some places, holding on to some sunshine towards north and sunshine towards the north and east. wintry showers east. 1 or 2 wintry showers towards the far north—east of east. 1 or 2 wintry showers tow uk, the far north—east of east. 1 or 2 wintry showers tow uk, and far north—east of east. 1 or 2 wintry showers tow uk, and as north—east of east. 1 or 2 wintry showers tow uk, and as we th—east of east. 1 or 2 wintry showers tow uk, and as we headast of east. 1 or 2 wintry showers tow uk, and as we head intof east. 1 or 2 wintry showers tow uk, and as we head into the the uk, and as we head into the coming week, things will generally unsettled generally turn more unsettled with to the with temperatures close to the seasonal rain never seasonal average but rain never too away. too far away. >> inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt as sponsors of boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> hello. good afternoon and welcome to gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. and for the next two hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now . hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's it's and of it's mine. it's theirs. and of course yours. be course it's yours. we'll be debating, discussing at debating, discussing and at times will disagree, but no times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me today is broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy. and also former labour party adviser matthew laza. before we get started, let's get your latest news headlines. >> nana, thanks very much. good afternoon. from the newsroom. it's exactly 4:00 and a recap of the headlines this hour. first to russia, where the president is continuing to link ukraine to last night's attack in moscow, which killed at least 133 people. the united states says

it believes the attack was carried out by a branch of the islamic state terror group known as isis. k kyiv have described russia's apparent attempt to blame ukraine as absolutely untenable and absurd. neither vladimir putin nor the fsb have presented any proof of a link with ukraine. well, in an address to the nation , president address to the nation, president putin said it was an attack on the russian people and vowed that justice would be served to all the executors, planners and those who ordered. >> this crime will be rightfully and inevitably punished. whoever they are and whoever directed them. let me repeat we will identify and punish everyone who stood behind the terrorists who prepared this attack against russia, against our people. >> well, back here in the uk, cancer charities have praised the princess of wales for speaking out about her diagnosis, saying it will encourage others with concerns to visit their doctor. kate says she and william have been doing

everything possible to process and to manage the shock news privately for the sake of their young family. the king has described her as courageous for choosing to speak out publicly about her condition. it's after the future queen revealed on friday that she had begun a course of preventative chemotherapy last month. >> it has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family , but i've had entire family, but i've had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which i'm so grateful . in which i'm so grateful. in january, i underwent major abdominal surgery in london, and at the time it was thought that my condition was non—cancer. thus, the surgery was successful . however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and i'm now in the early stages of that treatment . early stages of that treatment. >> we've been speaking to people on the streets of birmingham who sent their well wishes to the

future queen. >> it's quite shocking really. she's got young kids, she's got a family. i think that's probably the more upsetting thing about everything. the pubuc thing about everything. the public eye things doesn't public eye on things doesn't really the minute, really matter at the minute, does really matter at the minute, doei think it a brave >> i think it was a brave decision and i think they've just awakened people's minds to a troublesome cancer. is and to be checked out themselves. >> yeah. it's very shocking, really . and obviously, you know, really. and obviously, you know, it's 1 in 2 really. and obviously, you know, it's1 in 2 people are getting it's 1 in 2 people are getting cancer so i think we all cancer now. so i think we all should be little bit more should be a little bit more respectful just let her respectful and just let her get on it. and, know, to on with it. and, you know, to recover her family and just recover with her family and just lay her a little you lay off her a little bit. you know, i she has a lot of know, i think she has a lot of scrutiny over the last few weeks. >> in other news today, knife crime taylor crime campaigner richard taylor has the age of 75. mr has died at the age of 75. mr taylor's ten year old son, damilola, was killed in 2000. in what became one of britain's highest profile crimes. what became one of britain's highest profile crimes . the highest profile crimes. the devastating loss led mr taylor and his late wife, gloria, to set up a trust aimed at supporting disadvantaged young people. he had said his son's death was the result of enormous problems in society, but that he

wanted his legacy to be one of hope. gareth southgate says the controversy over the new england shirt is not high on his list of priorities , as they face brazil. priorities, as they face brazil. later, nike's new kit has been criticised over what its been described as a playful redesign of the saint george's cross, with the prime minister, rishi sunak, warning against messing with the national flag. but the fa has defended the changes, saying it's a tribute to the 1966 world cup winning team. it's understood to be selling quickly though. despite costing £125 and the england manager says the three lions crest is the most important thing on the shirt . more the most important thing on the shirt. more than 80 pubs, clubs and sports centres across the country will receive a funding boost to help keep their doors open. it's part of the government's levelling up programme, which aims to create jobs and to support communities. it also see curtains rise it will also see curtains rise once again at the edinburgh filmhouse, two years after it

was forced to close. that follows a campaign backed by actors ewen bremner and brian cox . the independent cinema will cox. the independent cinema will get a funding boost worth around £1.5 million, and if you've ever wondered what happened to agatha christie's typewriter, well , christie's typewriter, well, mystery solved. it's set to go on display as part of the crime fiction exhibition at cambridge university library . her university library. her dictaphone will also be part of the show, along with the typescript for her final novel, featuring the famed detective hercule poirot, murder by the book, which opens today , book, which opens today, explores britain's fondness for fictional sleuths from sherlock holmes to jane tennison and inspector morse . those are the inspector morse. those are the headunes inspector morse. those are the headlines more in the next half hour.in headlines more in the next half hour . in the headlines more in the next half hour. in the meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code there on your screen. or if you're listening on radio, you can visit our website gbnews.com/alerts .

website gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you sam, good afternoon and welcome on board. it's just coming up to six minutes after 4:00. i'm nana akua. this is gb news on tv , online and on news on tv, online and on digital radio. what an incredible couple. prince william and princess catherine. i don't even know them, but i love them . watching them love them. watching them together is like watching the queen and prince philip and indeed charles and camilla. true love. no sniping at the sidelines at other couples like you know who . no vendettas to you know who. no vendettas to settle, no attempts to destroy , settle, no attempts to destroy, no attempts to hog the pr limelight. none of that . just limelight. none of that. just love. love for each other and for love king and country. well, what an incredible man prince william has turned out to be. he's passionate about his role as future king. he has carried out his duties admirably and under immense pressure, whilst looking after his wife and family, setting an exceptional example to other men, and princess catherine, a doting

mother and kind soul, she oozes beauty and effortless compassion. you can see it a mile off. i've never heard anyone who has met her say anything but nice things about her. yesterday she bravely ended speculation of her diagnosis. >> in january, i underwent major abdominal surgery in london and at the time it was thought that my condition was non—cancerous . my condition was non—cancerous. the surgery was successful, however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present . my medical team present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy, and i'm now in the early stages of that treatment , early stages of that treatment, so messages of love have been flooding in from readers all over the world. >> joe biden, whose son beau died of brain cancer, was one of the first. both he and his wife , the first. both he and his wife, jill, have led an initiative to make cancer a thing of the past. in a statement, the king, who is also currently undergoing cancer treatment himself, said he is so proud of catherine for her

courage in speaking as she did and remains in the closest contact with his beloved daughter in law. even the sussexes reached out, offering health and healing. i feel so sad for catherine, but i know that she is having the best of care as she should and is surrounded by love. she's an incredible mother and she's our future queen. harry and meghan take note instead of putting your families under immense stress because you are angry, grow up. stop whingeing , and grow up. stop whingeing, and perhaps try and fix some of the damage and mental anguish you've caused. and meghan, for god's sake, go and see your dad. there's nothing attractive about an unforgiving hypocrite. you have both come across as heartless and in my view, your behaviour has been ugly . it's behaviour has been ugly. it's not too late though to clean up some of the mess you have made, but i suspect it is too late to win back the hearts and minds of the british and indeed the british people and indeed many the world. catherine many around the world. catherine is our brave queen in waiting and we wish her nothing but health love. well . soon.

health and love. get well. soon. so before we get stuck into the debate , here's what else is debate, here's what else is coming up today for the great british debate this hour. i'm asking, should corporations leave our alone ? as leave our flag alone? as politicians and public figures queue up to condemn nike's new england kit, should this be a wake up call to virtue signalling companies? then, at 450, it's royal roundup time. angela levin will be here with the latest from behind the palace walls on the menu will be reflecting on the news of the princess of wales's cancer diagnosis. ever, don't diagnosis. and as ever, don't forget to get in touch and send your wishes to princess your well wishes to princess kate gbviews@gbnews.com or kate to gbviews@gbnews.com or tweet at gb news. then at tweet us at gb news. then at five it's this week's difficult conversation on ryan. mark will be live in the studio as he addresses the terrifying epidemic of drink spiking sweeping the nation . that's sweeping the nation. that's coming up in the next hour. tell me what you think on everything we're discussing. email gbviews@gbnews.uk tweet me at

gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at . gb news. right. let's get started. let's welcome again to my panel broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy. and also former labour party adviser matthew laza. hello. i'm going to start with you, lizzie cundy. it's so sad, isn't it, to hear of katherine's diagnosis. >> i mean, i was on the way to the inspirational women awards where met, last night, and, where we met, last night, and, we were listening in the radio, and the cabbie actually afterwards said, can i pull over? and he was in tears. he had tears streaming down his face. and i have to say, the impact of this news has had on everyone, not just in this country, but globally. yeah and how loved katherine is. and she certainly has got the love not just of this nation of the whole world behind her, but what sad news. >> and it just goes to show cancer can is a real leveller. >> it can. >> it can. >> it can strike at any time ,

>> it can strike at any time, any age to anyone, even our royals and what sad news. but you know, my, my heart goes to william. i mean, who has? >> and there's children . >> and there's children. >> and there's children. >> poor children having to tell the children the sad news. and william has gone about his business with the with the world on his shoulders. yeah. and you know , i know he's born into know, i know he's born into this, you know, whole tradition and he's going to be our future king. but at the moment, you know, his wife comes first. >> what dignity though . absolute >> what dignity though. absolute dignity that he's shown. really lovely man. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i think that they've both been incredibly dignified. and the people haven't, the people who haven't, of course, internet course, are all those internet trolls last few trolls who over the last few weeks been saying such weeks have been saying such horrible and, you know, weeks have been saying such horrgoing and, you know, weeks have been saying such horrgoing to and, you know, weeks have been saying such horrgoing to saylnd, you know, weeks have been saying such horrgoing to say someoneznow, weeks have been saying such horrgoing to say someone i ow, weeks have been saying such horrgoing to say someone i know. i'm going to say someone i know. >> well, you know, i'll leave that to talk them. that to talk about them. >> no, let's talk >> no, no, let's not talk about them. absolutely. those them. absolutely. but all those people speculating people who've been speculating and because and sort of, you know, because they think it's fun, you know, this a human being a very this is a human being at a very difficult for her. and her difficult time for her. and her family, as well as all those who care for her. so i just hope the

one thing that comes out of this is who sort of, you is everybody who sort of, you know, picks up their phone and thinks funny tweet thinks it's funny to tweet something thinks it's funny to tweet som reminds themselves that just reminds themselves that actually , you know, that you actually, you know, that you know, that should think know, that they should think twice real people have twice and that real people have real as does the real feelings, as does the country the they country about the person they care much about. care very much about. >> i never got it. >> well, i never even got it. i didn't understand why there was >> well, i never even got it. i dibig: understand why there was >> well, i never even got it. i dibig speculation why there was >> well, i never even got it. i dibig speculation abouthere was >> well, i never even got it. i dibig speculation about the was a big speculation about the photograph and everything. i thought, alone, for thought, leave her alone, for god's and all silly god's sake, and all the silly things about, know, if she's things about, you know, if she's still you know, for me, still with it, you know, for me, she's with she's still with us. >> she? the mood? >> does she? on the mood? i mean, it's just daft, but some of pretty offensive, of them are pretty offensive, weren't know what, catherine? >> and you know what, catherine? she showed strength she just showed her strength and her through all her dignity going through all of this. then having this. and then having to do a video to all the rumours video to stop all the rumours and her whole family, you know , and her whole family, you know, having to watch her do that, i salute she's amazing. and, salute her. she's amazing. and, you know, we're all behind her and with her and supporting her in every way. >> yeah. and as i said in my monologue, note to harry and meghan that yes, i'm glad that they've reached out, but i would say megan to go and reach out

say to megan to go and reach out for her herself because this is not a good look if you really mean even if she goes with the family and to see catherine and they all reunite and everything , they all reunite and everything, there's still a level, a disingenuous where you're disingenuous look where you're prepared to do that for others, but not your own father. so i you know, i would say that if you know, i would say that if you want to fix a of the pr you want to fix a lot of the pr damage, meghan , i would go and damage, meghan, i would go and well, not just the well, i think it's not just the pr is it? pr damage, is it? >> it's also the emotional damage. >> yeah, absolutely. but i mean, you know, it should just be a reminder meghan is it's a reminder to meghan is it's a reminder to meghan is it's a reminder us all of the of the reminder to us all of the of the fragility us, you fragility of all of us, you know, and hope and you know, know, and we hope and you know, it looks like catherine is going to be okay her treatment. it looks like catherine is going to bywezay her treatment. it looks like catherine is going to bywezay her well. nent. it looks like catherine is going to bywezay her well. but. and we all wish her well. but it's reminder that, you it's just a reminder that, you know, can happen to any know, anything can happen to any of time. and therefore of us at any time. and therefore it's good to reach out to it's always good to reach out to those, even you've got some those, even if you've got some issues that. those who issues with that. those who fundamentally you love. >> look, i don't want >> and i know look, i don't want to talk meghan. no at all. to talk about meghan. no at all. but think the time but i think now is the time maybe should maybe that her and harry should really themselves really look at themselves and maybe to maybe do a public apology to kate to for that mean, awful things they said have things they have said they have written, in books,

written, done in books, interviews about this poor girl. yeah, terrible. i think it's now to say publicly, publicly for everyone to hear, we are sorry we were wrong. and then they can move on because this just shows how precious. well, we certainly don't need any more briefings like the ones we had after the photograph saying it wouldn't have from montecito. well, i sort of >> well, i even sort of slightly, in their message slightly, even in their message where they said privacy. and i felt that there was a dig in their message, even the their message, even with the word they hadn't word privacy, as if they hadn't been that's just my word privacy, as if they hadn't beenon that's just my word privacy, as if they hadn't beenon it. that's just my word privacy, as if they hadn't beenon it. yeah.|at's just my word privacy, as if they hadn't beenon it. yeah. it's just my word privacy, as if they hadn't beenon it. yeah. i mean, my word privacy, as if they hadn't beenon it. yeah. i mean, i'm take on it. yeah. i mean, i'm sure some of the viewers i think they need to is just show they need to do is just show dignified in silence. dignified dignity in silence. there there's there just feels that there's always there's always a dig, there's always a dig dignity. there's a dig in dig in dignity. there's a dig in dignity every time. >> absolutely. and i'm sure, you know, beings, feel know, as human beings, they feel for like the for catherine. like, like the rest they need to rest of us. but they need to stop pr machine. you know, stop their pr machine. you know, even implication, in even by implication, being in any way snide. any way sort of snide. >> because there's always >> and because there's always even was a snide even in there there was a snide dig, there's always these little digs. >> then e.- e you get the >> and then sadly, you get the trolls from all trolls that follow on from all of let's not forget of this. and let's not forget that william also lost his

mother. exactly. william has got his father , who was also his father, who was also suffering. absolutely. he lost his grandmother. suffering. absolutely. he lost his grandmother . there is so his grandmother. there is so much that william is going through . and as someone that through. and as someone that i know who you know, whose partner had cancer , you feel terribly had cancer, you feel terribly helpless. you. it's the worst feeling in the world to see someone you love going through this. >> and of course, he must be petrified that, you know, he went through losing his mother at very age. he will be at a very young age. he will be petrified. you i that petrified. you know, i pray that kate will absolutely and kate will be absolutely and thankfully the things. thankfully all the things. >> key thing think >> and the key thing i think nana is, the the as nana is, is the as the as they're coming weeks. we hope it's of weeks and not many it's sort of weeks and not many months. she gets better months. we hope she gets better as possible. but but as quickly as possible. but but treatment takes time, and therefore hope the therefore we hope that the endless speculation, you know, must give must stop. people must just give her and the family time for her to receive the treatment and hopefully make a full recovery. so it's all about all of us just just realising that they're human beings and that we need to show dignity as people by show dignity as a people by giving for the very giving them time for the very necessary treatment. >> as we know, stress >> and as we know, stress is a

killer in itself. absolutely. and we need to give her time to heal and i really do hope that meghan and harry do the right thing. and give public apology thing. and give a public apology to think that's really to kate. i think that's really necessary, and we all wish kate all the best and all our love. >> yeah, well, there you have it. well, keep your messages of support coming in as well. gb views at gb news. com or tweet us gb news. this is gb news. us at gb news. this is gb news. we people's channel. i'm we are the people's channel. i'm nana we're live tv, nana akua. we're live on tv, onune nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. still to come. royal roundup time levin will be here time angela levin will be here live to give us the latest from behind the palace walls on the menu as ever. obviously what's happening princess happening with princess catherine? stay tuned. keep those messages coming. but next it's the great british it's time for the great british debate hour. and debate this hour. and i'm asking, corporations asking, should corporations leave our flag alone? i've got to pull right now, asking you to pull up right now, asking you that. that's on x. what do you think? should corporations leave our flag alone? send me your thoughts. views gb thoughts. email gb views gb news. com or tweet me at gb news. com or tweet me at gb news. cast vote now.

good afternoon. welcome on board. it'sjust good afternoon. welcome on board. it's just gone 20 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. don't forget as well. you can watch the show live on youtube. i'm nana akua, and it's time now for the great british debate. this hour. and i'm asking, should corporations leave our flag ? nike's decision or flag alone? nike's decision or nike? is it nike or nike ? i'll nike? is it nike or nike? i'll go with nike bike, bike, nike's, nike's decision to redesign the cross of saint george on england's new kit for the upcoming euro 2024 tournament by adding purple and blue horizontal stripes, has continued to cause uproar , with continued to cause uproar, with even rishi sunak weighing in. i actually was quite impressed that keir starmer weighed in. this is the most passionate i've ever seen him about anything, the prime minister said simply that mess with that we shouldn't mess with national flags. and now england manager gareth southgate has given his thoughts on the change

too, that the new design too, saying that the new design was clearly not cross of was clearly not the cross of saint george and nike's reasoning behind it. it was lost on him . however, nike have on him. however, nike have sought to defend themselves by saying it never their saying it was never their intention anyone and intention to offend anyone and they wanted to celebrate they simply wanted to celebrate they simply wanted to celebrate the 1966 and their the heroes of 1966 and their achievements playful new achievements with a playful new design. that's code for. we wanted to get maximum pr and sell as much as we could. both nike and the fa have also stressed that there are no plans to adjust the kit between now and euro 2024, so the great british debate this hour i'm asking, should corporations leave our flag alone ? right. so leave our flag alone? right. so let's see who we got live. before we do that though, let's go live to presenter ben leo, who is there in wembley. go live to presenter ben leo, who is there in wembley . all who is there in wembley. all right, ben, what a go on. what is anybody. what are people saying about this purple and what colour is it. pink flag . what colour is it. pink flag. >> yeah. purple. blue. pink, yeah. good afternoon. from a very crisp and cold wembley. i should have brought my coat. do you know what most people have

said? it's much about said? it's much to do about nothing if honest. they said nothing if i'm honest. they said they really care. there's they don't really care. there's been few who have said, been a few people who have said, you the flag alone. you know, leave the flag alone. not of course, not least, of course, gareth southgate. night. and isn't southgate. last night. and isn't it only issue of it funny? it's the only issue of the is united. the year which is united. all the year which is united. all the political rishi the political parties rishi sunak, keir starmer, even the lib dems saying that nike lib dems all saying that nike should to the drawing should go back to the drawing board and rerelease the with board and rerelease the kit with a on the back. they a proper flag on the back. they released statement night released a statement last night saying going do saying they weren't going to do that, against that, and the game against brazil wembley behind me brazil at wembley behind me tonight will be the first time that senior wears the that the senior team wears the flag. harvey flag. interestingly, harvey elliott, liverpool elliott, who's a young liverpool star, he was playing for the under 21 seconds last night. he, put his collar up, he popped his collar. so the saint george's flag or the lack of it was disguised. whether that was intentional or not, i don't know. i'm joined by a couple of england fans with me now. we've got martin and his little boy, samuel. that right? oliver? samuel. is that right? oliver? sorry. i'd get that sorry. i knew i'd get that wrong. you, i? wrong. i told you, didn't i? what you think about the what do you think about the flag? it much, much a fuss flag? is it much, much a fuss about nothing? should they about nothing? or should they have be have just left it alone? to be honest, it's

honest, i think, like, it's probably bit probably a little bit disrespectful to, all the disrespectful to, like, all the die hard fans, like, die hard england fans, like, they've, it probably means quite a lot to them. >> and probably nike have just done him, like a, a done it for him, like a, a perspective of trying to bring everyone togetherness. do you perspective of trying to bring every> it's probably costing like a normal, family man of >> it's probably costing like a n01you , family man of >> it's probably costing like a n01you knowfamily man of >> it's probably costing like a n01you know what/ man of >> it's probably costing like a n01you know what/ mean? of >> it's probably costing like a n01you know what/ mean? ifyf >> it's probably costing like a n01you know what/ mean? if i it, you know what i mean? if i was buy one and bought one was to buy one and bought one for oliver, it's going to be like £200. so i don't think for oliver, it's going to be like! £200. so i don't think for oliver, it's going to be like! £thinkso i don't think for oliver, it's going to be like! £ think they're 't think it's i don't think they're trying the right sort trying to catch the right sort of with that of of people with that sort of price. is your first price. and this is your first england am i right, england game, am i right, both of first england game of you? my first england game and england game and oliver's first england game as oliver, what do you reckon >> oliver, what do you reckon the score is going to be, one nil england? the score is going to be, one nil yeah,]land? the score is going to be, one nil yeah,]landwho's gonna score, >> yeah, one. who's gonna score, rashford. rashford. is he starting because byakko starting tonight? because byakko saka out. he's arguably saka is out. he's arguably i'm an arsenal i'm going to an arsenal fan so i'm going to say but say he's our best player. but saka neymar's out for saka is out and neymar's out for the as well. the brazilians as well. >> i think i think

>> yeah i think i think obviously is so obviously saka is out. so i think i think they'll probably play think i think they'll probably play on the right and play foden on the right and southgate is pretty predictable. southgate is pretty predictable. so he'll play rashford so he'll probably play rashford on good stuff. look have a great >> good stuff. look have a great day. fantastic speak with day. fantastic to speak with you. actually do you you. and nana actually do you know i know there's been know what i know there's been a lot of ferrari this, but lot of ferrari about this, but as as the whistle goes as soon as the whistle goes tonight and the game off, tonight and the game kicks off, i think many england fans i don't think many england fans will thinking about on will be thinking about what's on the shirt. the back of the shirt. >> well, they'll >> no. maybe not. well, they'll be what's in the be looking at what's in the back of thank you very much, of the net. thank you very much, ben. leo, very good to talk to you. enjoy. nobody really you. enjoy. so nobody really cares. i but what do you cares. i care, but what do you think? me to discuss think? so joining me to discuss this, i've got, former labour mp, and trade mp, denis macshane and trade unionist paul unionist and broadcaster paul embry. going start embry. right. i'm going to start with dennis labuschagne. with you, dennis labuschagne. is it nothing? it all much ado about nothing? well well, i have to say what i heard keir starmer and rishi and somebody say the lib dems ed davey is now a football fan. >> i was a bit bewildered. we've got no cops on the streets. the nhs is meltdown. you know the list better than i do. nana and we're talking about a tiny little thing which you have to get a micro or magnifying glass

out find on a and it's out to find on a shirt, and it's not even the english flag. i'm just holding just just holding that up. just drawing it. >> no. >> no. >> well, don't >> no. >> well, >> no. » wen, >> well, i don't know if you can.the >> well, i don't know if you can. the english flag is a square. it stems from the battlefield, and it's got a cross that fills the square. this thing is a long traversal horizontal line and a much smaller vertical one. so are we. >> let's put it back up, dennis. we literally got the camera on. i'm so sorry. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> here you keep your >> here we are. you keep your hands we'll right try to hands still. we'll right try to make point. make the point. >> flag saint george has, >> the flag of saint george has, since medieval been since medieval times been a simple and it's simple square, and it's absolutely square. cross inside it. fella long it. this fella is a long traversal and a very short going up and down line . up and down line. >> i'm glad we did that, honestly. >> i mean , i just i love it. >> i mean, ijust i love it. that's that's england . i mean, that's that's england. i mean, we make a fuss about anything and nothing . and nothing. >> all right. paul andrew, what do you think about this? well i'm not terribly exercised about it, but i do understand why people might be because the

truth is now we are living through a period in this country where, if you like, the liberal and cultural elites are taking any opportunity they can to trash the traditions of the country , to trash the history of country, to trash the history of the country. >> we see it all the time, and i think people, when they see stuff like this , they are stuff like this, they are instinctively defensive. >> and when they see a big corporation like nike, which is well known for, you know, flaunting its woke credentials and pushing diversity as much as it can down people's throats when they see not interfering with the national flag in this way, particularly when and it is true that these colours are very similar to the trans colours. >> now, i'm not suggesting that there is a deliberate ploy on there is a deliberate ploy on the part of nike, in that regard, but i think people are probably right to be a little bit suspicious about the whole thing. look, i'm willing to give nike the benefit of the doubt on this occasion. they say that the

colours tribute to the colours are a tribute to the training the players in training kit of the players in 1966, with the blue the 1966, with the blue and the purple , and that that may be purple, and that that may be true, i do think it was true, but i do think it was silly . i true, but i do think it was silly. i think it's a silly true, but i do think it was silly . i think it's a silly move silly. i think it's a silly move rather than a sinister move. and if you united of the main if you united all of the main parties, political parties against you, you've probably done wrong. done something wrong. >> i believe >> you see, i don't believe they're , you know, the tribute they're, you know, the tribute to whatever, whatever, because i distinctly remember dylan mulvaney, which i'm pretty sure was and she, he, i almost was nike. and she, he, i almost said she he because they've almost done it to me now he was promoting sports bras for women. okay. so for me it feels like there is. yes. okay. they may say that it's to, you know, commemorate the players, but i don't really believe that at all. i just feel that there's more of another issue. maybe i'm turning into one of those. what are the what do you call those people? not the people who make up stuff. and then, the theory . up stuff. and then, the theory. yeah, conspiracy is one of those. yeah, but it is a bit close , isn't it? denis macshane close, isn't it? denis macshane am i am i turning into a

conspiracy theorist with this? >> not all. >> no, not at all. >> no, not at all. >> great fun. oh, paul's >> it's great fun. oh, paul's a very young man. very fluid, active man. but i'm active young man. but i'm old enough to have the 1966 enough to have watched the 1966 world remember? that's world cup. you remember? that's the we won something. the last time we won something. and the english ran out in and the english team ran out in the wales red. and i the colours of wales red. and i thought, what's going on? because the germans wore white and. well, perhaps we're being polite to the germans having beaten them in the war and that we let that that colour go first. be a bit serious. we let that that colour go first. be a bit serious . the first. so be a bit serious. the worrying thing for me is england out its old imperial out of its old imperial nostalgia, gives itself the right to put four different national teams, or britain does, into these tournaments. no other country does . france could country does. france could germany. there were two germanys. when again, when i was young. why don't they have two teams? and i'd be a bit nervous before making a huge fuss about that. do. that. they do. >> they to. >> they used to. >> they used to. >> they used to. >> they did. before the war there east germany . there was east germany. >> and the point, the point is, paul >> and the point, the point is, paul, that france also incorporated algeria, tunisia. now, we ought be careful

now, we ought to be careful until somebody seriously asks us why have you got the right to four teams of british players in these tournaments? and we've only got the right . only got the right. >> this has got nothing to do with the flag, though. no, no, no, no. then that's what we're talking about. we're talking about itself. about the flag itself. >> paul will >> you remember paul will remember he's very sound remember because he's very sound on years on this. when it was 20 years ago, the bnp and the ago, it was the bnp and the national. yeah, but the english defence, we took it back and thank god we did. >> we took the flag back. we didn't allow these to didn't allow these people to weaponize the weaponize it. and that's in the same we allowing same vein. should we be allowing companies like nike to make money out of it? because that's what doing. they're what they're doing. they're making capital and making political capital and pr out talking about out of us talking about it, whilst manipulate our flag whilst also manipulate our flag and make not resemble our and to make it not resemble our flag. that's just absurd. >> i think. i think the >> i think. i think look, the lesson if you're a big lesson is, if you're a big corporation and you've got the contract to do something like this, interfere the this, don't interfere with the national that's the thing. national flag. that's the thing. because you will run risk of because you will run the risk of getting as nike have getting blowback as nike have done on this occasion. i think actually probably in many respects the more important

respects now, the more important point the point was the point that the gentleman was being gentleman who was being interviewed by ben outside wembley minutes wembley stadium a few minutes ago terms of ago made, which was in terms of the price, the money that nike are from kits . it's are making from these kits. it's an racket. the cheapest an absolute racket. the cheapest shirt shirt , the shirt that this shirt, the cheapest can get for a child for a standard shirt is £65. now, i think that actually is a scandal. it's a racket and it goes to the heart of the question of whether football is a working class game anymore. i remember years ago, i'm a wolves fan. i used to get the wolves kit each year and it didn't cost very much all. when you've very much at all. when you've got paying least £65 got parents paying at least £65 and for the, you and sometimes more for the, you know, the higher quality versions the shirt , you have versions of the shirt, you have to ask that question whether it's a game for working class people. that outrage people. i think that outrage paul grandfather, i paul as a grandfather, i can assure you that lidl has very good english shirts for kids and not quite the posh ones. >> but of course, lidl is a german owned firm , so they're german owned firm, so they're serving up the english. yeah, obviously. >> and also look , my flag is the >> and also look, my flag is the british flag. >> the union jack i born in

scotland, part irish family . scotland, part irish family. >> okay, so no, i'm not sure. >> the flag of saint george. >> the flag of saint george. >> i'm going to stop you there. i'm going to stop you there because we're running out of time. didn't want time. not because i didn't want to your tirades to hear one of your tirades about you were young. how about when you were young. how much have got? not that much time have we got? not that long. it should. it long. but, yeah, it should. it should companies manipulating long. but, yeah, it should. it shotflag?mpanies manipulating long. but, yeah, it should. it shotflag? i panies manipulating long. but, yeah, it should. it shotflag? i don't; manipulating long. but, yeah, it should. it shotflag? i don't think, anipulating this flag? i don't think, actually, corporations should be allowed a allowed to. if they're using a national flag, they national flag, i think they should be paying licensing money to the anyway. should be paying licensing money t

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leave our flag alone? nike's decision to redesign the cross of saint george on england's new kit for the upcoming euro 2024 tournament, by adding purple and blue horizontal stripes, which, has, which doesn't look like the flag has caused lots of uproar. and even rishi sunak has weighed in as well as keir starmer, which to be honest, is the most animated i'd ever sort of seen him first. >> keir starmer was first. >> keir starmer was first. >> know he got in there first. >> i know he got in there first. it was terrible. yeah. >> is this cynic? >> oh, is this you cynic? >> oh, is this you cynic? >> the prime said >> now, the prime minister said simply mess simply that we shouldn't mess with national flags. i agree. and manager gareth and now england manager gareth southgate has given his thoughts on too. he said that on the change too. he said that the design was clearly not the new design was clearly not the new design was clearly not the of george, and the cross of saint george, and nike's behind it was nike's reasoning behind it was lost on him. however, nike sought defend themselves by sought to defend themselves by saying it was never their intention to offend anyone and they simply wanted to celebrate they simply wanted to celebrate the of 1966 and their the heroes of 1966 and their achievements with a playful new design. rubbish. it's all about pr , isn't it? it really is. they pr, isn't it? it really is. they said that there's no plans there

. they're not going to change it, by the way. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking should corporations just leave alone? well, leave our flag alone? well, let's what my panel make of let's see what my panel make of that. joined broadcaster that. i'm joined by broadcaster and lizzie also and columnist lizzie cundy, also former adviser former labour party adviser matthew seeing as matthew laza matthew. seeing as your leader spoke first, i your great leader spoke first, i get you, to speak. get to you, get to speak. >> i must tell him to speak more often. i know i've seen him so excited. >> p-a p“ >> seriously? well, he's a very passionate fan. passionate football fan. >> you know, some, as >> i mean, you know, some, as dennis saying, some dennis was saying, some politicians all politicians are all of all parties they have parties kind of feel they have to to be football fans, to pretend to be football fans, even not thing , even if it's not their thing, which i think is the worst thing even which i think is the worst thing ever. work for ed miliband, which i think is the worst thing ever. actually ed miliband, which i think is the worst thing ever. actually quite liband, which i think is the worst thing ever. actually quite intord, who is actually quite into sport, into sport, but he's not into football, baseball and football, he's into baseball and snooker other snooker and various other things. football is not his things. but football is not his big so think keir big thing. so look, i think keir was absolutely i think was absolutely right. i think the was the prime minister was absolutely right. it's completely daft, isn't it? i mean, mean, it's not even mean, it's i mean, it's not even as it's being changed for as though it's being changed for the pride flag for a particular reason just reason or something. it's just been for sort been changed for a sort of rather naff design no, of no, rather naff design of no, of no, of purpose. rather naff design of no, of no, of a purpose. rather naff design of no, of no, of a rainbow purpose. rather naff design of no, of no, of a rainbow putoyse. rather naff design of no, of no, of a rainbow puto you? >> a rainbow flag to you? >> a rainbow flag to you? >> a little but let's >> it's a little bit, but let's go lizzie. go to lizzie. >> no, i'm absolutely appalled

>> no, i i'm absolutely appalled at this. and bobby moore, who was the world cup 1966 football legend , would be turning in his legend, would be turning in his grave. it's nothing sacred anymore. let me just tell you a bit about nike. who are american brand, by the way, this is all about trying to make money and woke and it is political. and let me tell you, nike have no soul. they don't care. they don't care about football. they don't care about football. they don't care about this country . don't care about this country. and they certainly don't care about the football fans. i'm demanding that the fa literally takes away from nike and takes this away from nike and gives it to a british brand. i think it's disgusting . it's think it's disgusting. it's taking away our heritage. >> well, well, now you would say that they are doing this to garnish pr people to be garnish pr and people to be talking about it and that they do care. but at £125 a pop, well, that's the thing. >> but it seems to me i mean, the backfiring the pr is backfiring because just been air, just while we've been on air, the telegraph sports telegraph newspaper sports has newspaper sports desk has revealed the faa are going revealed that the faa are going to introduce a much tougher ,

to introduce a much tougher, checking regime, a new vetting process. that's. >> well, that's what i said. >> well, that's what i said. >> so. so they they told telegraph sport that they're going to urgent overhaul of how england are approved england strips are approved in future, because england strips are approved in future, worried because england strips are approved in future, worried that)ecause england strips are approved in future, worried that)ecaus(nike they're worried that nike's nike have said they will be messing with strip again the with the strip again for the tournament . well, looks tournament. well, also, it looks like going to do like the fa are going to do something, nike were the something, but nike were the ones dylan mulvaney and ones who had dylan mulvaney and that was a man dressed as a woman wearing a promoting a woman's sports bra. i don't think that ultimately adds to their sales well, but that the point is, saying they have point is, i'm saying they have an this is almost an agenda and this is almost rainbow i'm rainbow flag, is what i'm saying. >> we! saying. >> a political move. >> this is a political move. it's woke move and it's it's a woke move and it's causing diversity. and i hope all the players that are that are playing against brazil tonight, like harvey elliott did, put their up . so did, put their collars up. so this flag is hidden. yeah. and i hope they do that. i think it's disgusting and it's changing that. the flag is stripping us of our whole heritage and something unites all. something that unites us all. you , football is the great. you know, football is the great. >> absolutely. it's uniting the politicians it unites us

politicians because it unites us all. let's see what they think. because is nothing without because this is nothing without you let's you and your views. let's welcome great british voice welcome our great british voice on opportunity on the show, their opportunity to what they think about to tell us what they think about the we're discussing. to tell us what they think about the should re discussing. to tell us what they think about the should weiiscussing. to tell us what they think about the should we go ussing. to tell us what they think about the should we go to?ng. to tell us what they think about the should we go to? where where should we go to? where should we do we have a map? should we go? do we have a map? i go, is i wondered with? when i go, is there a map? >> no map. >> no map. >> oh god sake! sorry >> oh god sake! sorry >> someone's head will roll. >> someone's head will roll. >> yeah, but there is a flag. there is a flag. he's got a flag behind him. lee harrison, bristol. what are your thoughts on this? oh i can't hear you. is he talking? >> can you hear me? >> can you hear me? >> oh, i can now. yeah. it's always the way. when they say can you hear me? you can always hear that go on, carry on. hear that bit. go on, carry on. >> of course they should leave it know, it's it alone. nana. you know, it's disrespectful political. disrespectful and political. wokery, has no place wokery, in my view, has no place in . i'm up with it. in sport. i'm fed up with it. i actually blame the virtue actually don't blame the virtue signalling at signalling idiots at nike completely, understand it, completely, as i understand it, the fa actually signed off on it, so they're ultimately responsible . you know, they responsible. you know, they should have seen this woke politicised rubbish from nike and ask them to change it back.

>> and if they don't change it back, i hope the sales of these shirts fail miserably. back, i hope the sales of these shirts fail miserably . why would shirts fail miserably. why would you want to, know, would you want to, you know, why would you want to, you know, why would you wear it? you want to wear it? >> a ludicrous £125. >> play a ludicrous 125 £125. >> play a ludicrous 125 £125. >> insane. >> that's insane. >> that's insane. >> for an england shirt that that has this kind of woke abomination on it, i sincerely hope this is another case of go woke, go broke , you know, and woke, go broke, you know, and when i said when i saw the statement from nike saying it was a playful update and to celebrate the heroes of 1966, probably like most people, i just thought that was gaslighting nonsense. just thought that was gasligdoesn't)nsense. just thought that was gasligdoesn't look|se. just thought that was gasligdoesn't look anything like >> it doesn't look anything like the kit from 1966, but it does. >> however, i'm going to >> however, i'm not going to play >> however, i'm not going to play into the conspiracy theory too nana, but it does have too much nana, but it does have a look certain other flags. a look like certain other flags. >> that, isn't it? >> funny that, isn't it? >> funny that, isn't it? >> flag? >> the rainbow flag? >> the rainbow flag? >> yeah, but you know, >> yeah, yeah, but you know, slightly different this . slightly different note on this. when a lot younger nana when i was, a lot younger nana and lot fitter , i was lucky and a lot fitter, i was lucky enough to represent south west england playing ice hockey all around the world and standing for the national anthem. >> while you're wearing that flag your is a huge

honoun >> and it's why i partly why i'm so patriotic, and it was instilled in me in a young age. >> you know, these players are representing their country and being picked for england brings a huge amount pride and it is a huge amount of pride and it is dominantly symbolised by the saint cross. i can saint george's cross. and i can say that because i have worn it on a shirt representing my country and it you see that flag and you just think to yourself, you this this is it. you know, this is this is it. >> you know, this is brilliant. we're running time we're running out of time because got angela levin because i've got angela levin hot heels. if i don't get hot on my heels. if i don't get you off angela, i can't you off now, angela, i can't wait. i love angela. i wait. no, no, i love angela. i think afraid you've think we do. i'm afraid you've got harris, thank got to go. lee harris, thank you so for that. good to so much for that. really good to talk you. i'm not risking it. talk to you. i'm not risking it. i'm risking no, don't i'm not risking it. no, don't don't don't. she may be small, i'm not risking it. no, don't doni don't. she may be small, i'm not risking it. no, don't doni tell't. she may be small, i'm not risking it. no, don't doni tell you he may be small, i'm not risking it. no, don't doni tell you what.y be small, i'm not risking it. no, don't doni tell you what. listen,|all, but i tell you what. listen, this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. thank you so much. lee harris, my great british still to come. is british boss, still to come. is it time the plug on it time to pull the plug on rwanda? we'll be discussing that in great divorce in in the great british divorce in the with the next and the next hour. with the next and 11 be joining us live for 11 will be joining us live for our royal roundup. do our weekly royal roundup. do not

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welcome to gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. well, there's always something going on in the royal household, and this week has been no different. fact, it's been no different. in fact, it's been no different. in fact, it's been very difficult week for been a very difficult week for the family. who better the royal family. and who better to rundown on it than to give us a rundown on it than angela levin? royal biographer angela levin? royal biographer angela ? well, i angela levin? well, i mean, i heard you michelle dewberry heard you on michelle dewberry show yesterday talking about the news, and was crying. yeah, news, and i was crying. yeah, you were , i couldn't stop. you were, i couldn't stop. >> i just thought she was >> i just thought that she was the most remarkable woman. >> i'm going start crying is >> i'm going to start crying is the most remarkable because when she had this terrible news she was had this terrible news that she'd got cancer and she's now talking to us, she's talking about everybody else, really just a little bit about herself. she's talking about she wanted to wait so that each child she

could talk to so that they would understand it in their own way and there's a big difference between a little boy who's five as louis and, george . george who as louis and, george. george who is, who is ten, and charlotte, who seems extremely intelligent. so she wanted to do that and she said at the end, you know, people who have it that you are not alone and, you know, don't feel too bad. you are not alone. and i thought, here's this woman who's a very opposite of a me, me, me type of person and wants to help everyone else, even though she herself is in a very difficult position. and i thought , you know, she's 42, thought, you know, she's 42, she's been beautiful, she's been very athletic and she's been a marvellous princess. >> not put a foot wrong as everybody says about her, and yet she had this dreadful, decision of what to do about her own person that whether she

should say whether she should speak it, whether she should fight back to all the people who'd been so cruel or what. and very bravely, she decided to speak on her own. she hadn't liked making speeches. her and camilla don't like making speeches. it's quite understandable why it's very, very difficult. people handpick all the sorts of things. but she wanted to do that by herself, all alone and say that, but also be very positive. you know, i feel , well, be very positive. you know, i feel, well, i'm going to get better, but i have to look after myself. i realise that too. in other words , you know, she she's other words, you know, she she's somebody who doesn't put herself first. she put herself way down because she wants everyone else to be happy and fulfilled. and all her work with young children , because she knows that affects the whole of their lives. if you can get them reading, if you get them in a good family. and this she put in this speech that she

made, you know, it's enough to make anybody cry. actually, it was just amazing. and then you think she managed , of course, to think she managed, of course, to get something in about her husband, prince william . and i husband, prince william. and i thought that was lovely, too, that he's standing by none of these nonsenses about him having affairs or he didn't like her anymore. a cruel, absolutely cruel and, you think about him and what a difficult time he's had, you know, he lost his queen, his grandmother, his grandfather, his mother when he was very young. and now he's got the worry of his of his wife, who has done so much for him. she's made him understand what being a husband is like , because being a husband is like, because he came from a place where there wasn't a proper , marital wasn't a proper, marital relationship, and very, very difficult for him. and yet when he went out to do the engagements he had and he wanted to go to, you would never have known. so you think there is a man who would be a good king

because he knows what is expected of him, and i just thought it was very moving. and there were very, very lucky to have them. and i hope that the cancer has been found very early. it could very well be like that. and that she will make a full recovery because we really need her. >> we need them, we need those two. we really do. yes. and of course, harry and meghan sent message. >> it was a bland message, wasn't it ? well, i also thought wasn't it? well, i also thought that they shouldn't have just caught her. kent kate. kate, kate and the family. i've noficed kate and the family. i've noticed that they never record anything like , you know, the anything like, you know, the majesty, her majesty or you know, the princess. they don't want to do that. >> well , i want to do that. >> well, i think we'll take meghan more seriously when she goes to see her father. that's the first thing. i mean, if you're going to say this, then go see own dad. who's sick. >> she won't do that. >> she won't do that. >> she won't do that. >> she won't? no, not that i see. but what about queen camilla? because she's had to

step camilla? because she's had to ste|yes. well, very >> yes. well, it's very interesting queen interesting about queen camilla because said she would because everybody said she would ruin 30 ago when they all because everybody said she would ruin 3yher. ago when they all because everybody said she would ruin 3yher. thatgo when they all because everybody said she would ruin 3yher. that she hen they all because everybody said she would ruin 3yher. that she would ey all because everybody said she would ruin 3yher. that she would ruinl hated her. that she would ruin the whole monarchy and i thought she was absolutely appalling because wasn't to be a because she wasn't fit to be a queen, but she's actually proven very differently. she's actually holding up the royal family together and she's gone away. she doesn't like being in the footlights. i know that you told me. but she's gone very gently to do what she thinks is very important. and ireland is very important. and ireland is very important to her and to king charles. so she went on her own. she just did it. very few that she , charles, would have done on she, charles, would have done on his by himself. and she went and visited lots of people. and because she's very warmth , they, because she's very warmth, they, they really respond very well to her. and i remember she went a few years ago when things were quite difficult and she had this big lunch. they called it to celebrate, one of the queen's birthdays . and she sat there and

birthdays. and she sat there and people didn't like her at first, and then said afterwards that they were astonished that she was so easy to talk to. she was so un grand, but now she seems very regal, but very gently, and she looks as if she's having a lovely time. and i think this will help king charles, because he can see that she's doing a brilliant time and she's working incredibly hard. she's 76, 77. no. >> are they working well, the two of them. and yes, the family. >> yes. yes one nice thing we need to say. it's a princess eugenie's birthday today. she's 32. she's in, very happy with the family. she's a very easy person to get along with. so we can all wish her a very happy returns. >> happy birthday to you, princess eugenie and angela levin. thank you so much. thank you. that is the brilliant angela levin royal biographer. this gb tv, online this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. still to come. in my great british debate, i'm asking , is it time debate, i'm asking, is it time to pull on rwanda? up to pull the plug on rwanda? up

next, though, my difficult conversation mark. conversation with ryan mark. first get the first though, let's get the weather marco . weather with marco. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello! here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we're starting the weekend on a very showery note across the uk. quite a chilly north westerly air two. but do air stream two. but things do look brighter as head into look brighter as we head into sunday. pressure anchored sunday. low pressure is anchored towards north—east of the uk towards the north—east of the uk at moment, in that at the moment, feeding in that brisk westerly air stream brisk north westerly air stream and showers around and plenty of showers around too. to very too. we hold on to a very showery picture across the uk as we head this evening. still we head into this evening. still some ones around some some heavy ones around with some hail in places. but hail and thunder in places. but nofice hail and thunder in places. but notice go through the notice as we go through the overnight period, the showers will focused will tend to become more focused towards northern and north—west facing clear facing areas, so some clear spells developing and spells developing inland and towards south and east of towards the south and east of the uk. the winds just starting to down a touch to , but to ease down a touch to, but temperatures generally holding up at 4 to 6 celsius in towns and cities, but in rural spots

down single figures down into low single figures where we see a touch of where we could see a touch of frost sunday morning. as for frost by sunday morning. as for sunday a brighter sunday itself, well, a brighter day across the bulk day in store across the bulk of the a few showers the uk. still a few showers towards and northwest. towards the north and northwest. lighter and lighter winds two tomorrow and with in way of sunshine with more in the way of sunshine around, should more around, it should feel more pleasant and with pleasant out and about with temperatures to to temperatures climbing to 10 to 13 celsius 13 towards the 13 celsius 13 down towards the south southeast is 55 in south and southeast is 55 in fahrenheit, close fahrenheit, which is close to the average this the seasonal average for this time in march. as we head into monday, though, we'll see more of an east west split developing in the across the uk. in the weather across the uk. outbreaks moving outbreaks of rain moving in across the west and southwest starting heavy in starting to turn quite heavy in places , holding to some places, holding on to some sunshine the north and sunshine towards the north and east. wintry showers east. 1 or 2 wintry showers towards north—east of towards the far north—east of the as we head into the the uk, and as we head into the coming week, things will generally unsettled generally turn more unsettled with the with temperatures close to the seasonal rain never seasonal average but rain never too . too far away. >> looks like are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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moscow, which killed, we now understand, 143 people. kyiv have described russia's apparent have described—russia’s apparent to blame ukraine as attempt to blame ukraine as absolutely untenable and absurd. neither vladimir putin nor the fsb have presented any proof of that link with ukraine. meanwhile, the united states has strongly condemned the attack that the us intelligence services believe was carried out by a branch of the islamic state terror group in a statement to the nation, president putin said the nation, president putin said the terrorists can expect punishment and condemned what he called the barbaric attack. >> here is all the executors, planners and those who ordered this crime will be rightfully and inevitably punished. whoever they are and whoever directed them. let me repeat we will identify and punish everyone who stood behind the terrorists who prepared this attack against russia, against our people . russia, against our people. >> lord cameron has joined leaders around the world praising the princess of wales for what he's called her

remarkable strength. after she announced she was undergoing treatment for cancer . announced she was undergoing treatment for cancer. for cancer charities have also praised the princess catherine for speaking about her diagnosis, saying it will encourage others with concerns to visit their doctor. kate says she and william have been doing everything possible to process and manage the shock news privately for the sake of their young family. news privately for the sake of their young family . the king, their young family. the king, who himself was diagnosed with cancer in february , is said to cancer in february, is said to be in the closest contact with his daughter in law . his daughter in law. >> it has an incredibly >> it has been an incredibly tough of months for our tough couple of months for our entire family, i've had entire family, but i've had a fantastic team who have fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which i'm so grateful . in which i'm so grateful. in january, i underwent major abdominal surgery in london, and at the time it was thought that my condition was non—cancerous . my condition was non—cancerous. the surgery was successful, however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present . my medical team present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy, and i'm now in the

early stages of that treatment . early stages of that treatment. >> plenty of public reaction as well to that . we've been well to that. we've been speaking to people on the streets of birmingham who've been sending their well wishes to future queen. to the future queen. >> shocking, really. >> it's quite shocking, really. she's young kids, she's got she's got young kids, she's got a that's a family. i think that's probably more upsetting probably the more upsetting thing about everything. the pubuc thing about everything. the public doesn't public eye on things doesn't really the moment, really matter at the moment, does really matter at the moment, doei think was a brave >> i think it was a brave decision and i think they'll just minds to just awaken people's minds to a troublesome cancer is and to be checked out themselves. >> yeah. it's very shocking really. and obviously you know, it's 1 in 2 really. and obviously you know, it's1 in 2 people are getting it's 1 in 2 people are getting cancer now. so i think we all should be a little bit more respectful and just let her get on with and you know, to on with it. and you know, to recover family and just recover with a family and just lay a little you lay off her a little bit. you know, i think has a lot of know, i think she has a lot of scrutiny the few weeks i >> k- k other we've heard >> in other news, we've heard today knife crime today that the knife crime campaigner richard taylor has died at the age of 75 after a long battle with cancer . died at the age of 75 after a long battle with cancer. his ten year old son, damilola, was killed in 2000, in what became one of britain's highest profile

crimes. well, posting on social media, the home secretary , james media, the home secretary, james cleverly, has praised mr taylor's determination in the face of what he called huge personal tragedy. the loss led richard and his late wife gloria, to set up a trust aimed at supporting disadvantaged young people. he said his son's death was the result of enormous problems in society , but that he problems in society, but that he wanted his legacy to be one of hope. gareth southgate says the controversy over the new england shirt is not high on his list of priorities, as the team prepare to face brazil. nike's new kit has been criticised over what it described as a playful redesign of the saint george's cross, with the prime minister rishi sunak, warning against messing with the national flag. but the fa has defended the changes, saying it was a tribute to the 1966 world cup winning team. it's understood to be selling quickly though. despite costing £125 per shirt, the england manager says the three lions crest is the most important

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epidemic with an expert then for the great british debate. this hour i'm asking is it time to pull the plug on rwanda and all of this? as more than 500 migrants crossed the channel on wednesday , a record for the wednesday, a record for the yeah wednesday, a record for the year. and of course, after the house of lords inflicted further defeats on the government over the plan as ever. get in touch email gb views at gb news. com or tweet me at . gb news. so it's or tweet me at. gb news. so it's now time for this week's difficult conversations, and today i'm joined by ryan—mark parsons . now he's a familiar parsons. now he's a familiar face from his time on the apprentice and of course, on celebs go dating. however today ryan—mark is here to share a deeply personal, harrowing experience that transcends his pubuc experience that transcends his public persona because recently , public persona because recently, ryan—mark found himself in a nightmarish situation when his dnnk nightmarish situation when his drink was spiked during a night out in london. and what followed was a terrifying ordeal, so i think we should ask him exactly what that what happened? so ryan

marcus here to talk about this and also how to talk to us about raising awareness, too, because ihear raising awareness, too, because i hear that yesterday you were with theresa may. >> yes, was, i was in >> yes, i was, yes, i was in milton keynes at a conservative association and she was association dinner, and she was the guest speaker. and i raised issue with her one on one. and she thought it was a really admirable cause. and that's something i'm looking looking to champion mp for champion with greg smith mp for buckingham, who's been really supportive. and i'm going to meet him next week in the commons to discuss it further, because it's something i'm really passionate about and i think there needs to be some changes legislation, in changes in legislation, in addition measures have addition to measures that have already introduced last already been introduced last year cleverly, and year by james cleverly, and ensure feel safe ensure that people feel safe when they go out to drink. and thatis when they go out to drink. and that is really what i would like to see happen. >> so. so tell us what happened to you, how ago was it? and to you, how long ago was it? and just give us idea of roughly just give us an idea of roughly where where were. where where you were. >> it happened last year and >> so it happened last year and up until recently i haven't spoken about it. i didn't really talk about it with friends. and

last week i spoke to the mirror and i really just gave a tell all in terms of the ordeal. and it happened in the nightclub . i it happened in the nightclub. i was with friends, and prior to going to the nightclub , i didn't going to the nightclub, i didn't really have many drinks. i was pretty sober and then i momentarily went to the loo inside the nightclub. i ordered a drink before and i just left it on the side for probably about one minute, i'd say. and then as soon as i returned, i there was this. it was at that point that i thought that something is up because i had the drink, and then i had to go back to the loo because i just suddenly felt so dizzy. i mean, it was pretty instantaneous and it's a feeling it was a sensation that i've never experienced before. and then i started questioning , have started questioning, have i drank that much? it was complete delirium . and drank that much? it was complete delirium .and i again, i felt delirium. and i again, i felt dizzy . i had delirium. and i again, i felt dizzy. i had this delirium. and i again, i felt dizzy . i had this pounding dizzy. i had this pounding sensation and i was probably just sat on the loo in this

cubicle for about 20 minutes, just trying to figure out what on earth is going on. and whatever was in that drink was probably very strong, because i just remember feeling the impact of it pretty quickly. as soon as i had the drink that that i left on the side. and i, you know, that was my fault for leaving the drink on the side . i was the drink on the side. i was negligent, but people shouldn't be spiking in the first place. >> you know, that's that's the bottom line . if you leave your bottom line. if you leave your dnnk bottom line. if you leave your drink somewhere to mean that, you know, it's your fault. if it gets yeah, but obviously gets spiked. yeah, but obviously nowadays more , nowadays we have to be more, more there anybody more wary. was there anybody around or were talking around you or were you talking to or they may have done to anybody or they may have done that to do you have any that to you. do you have any idea ? idea? >>i idea? >> ihave idea? >> i have no idea. and a part of getting symptoms of getting getting the symptoms of getting spiked lot of a lot of spiked a lot of the a lot of your memory, your recollection of becomes very of what happened becomes very fragmented because of the drug. whatever's laced in the drink. and i entered a nightclub with friends, and then i can't remember much in terms of what

happened after i. its very broken, i left, i remember leaving the nightclub, i hurt my leg. so that's what i remember. i was with no one. i was alone outside the nightclub and then it becomes quite fuzzy. the next thing i remember , being locked thing i remember, being locked inside someone's car. two men were inside the car. they essentially held me hostage in the car. i was demanding they let me out. it became. it escalated pretty rapidly . i was escalated pretty rapidly. i was shouting and a part of getting spiked, which i realised after, is that you lose all sense of fear. so ordinarily i wouldn't be so brazen. i mean, these guys were pretty intimidating . that's were pretty intimidating. that's what i remember. i do have, again, faint memories. what i remember. i do have, again, faint memories . my phone again, faint memories. my phone was on charge for some reason. one guy was in the front, another guy was in the back. and i shouting, get another guy was in the back. and i me shouting, get another guy was in the back. and i me out shouting, get another guy was in the back. and i me out of shouting, get another guy was in the back. and i me out of thisiouting, get another guy was in the back. and i me out of this car! ng, get another guy was in the back. and i me out of this car! andjet let me out of this car! and i remember trying the handle. it was locked and eventually , was locked and eventually, somehow i was able to escape. and the next memory i have of that night was probably sunday morning at 9 am, and i was

sprawled across a bench , and it sprawled across a bench, and it was as people were arriving into london, completely mortifying. but again, i had no control soul, no fear, no sense of rationality. it was completely disorientating. i've never experienced anything like that. >> do you think those guys were trying to help you? because if they were charging your phone, obviously you don't maybe obviously you don't know. maybe they realised they were trying. they realised something odd had happened to you you a you and were keeping you in a safe place and charging your phone you said phone for you because you said potentially. >> do potentially. >> m |] potentially. » m >> i mean, i do remember i was covered oh no, it was covered in sick. oh no, it was their . their car. >> they put you in the car >> they even put you in the car covered with sick. >> it was it was >> well it was it was horrendous. but what do find horrendous. but what i do find strange they wouldn't strange is that they wouldn't let out after. because i do let me out after. because i do remember distinctly to remember distinctly shouting to let car using let me out of the car using various just various expletives, and i just needed out. just didn't needed to get out. i just didn't want to be trapped inside, around stranger's car reeking around a stranger's car reeking of sick. >> yeah, mean, but the >> yeah, but i mean, but the fact they even put you in fact that they even put you in the car whilst you have sick all over i, you and the over you, i, you know, and the fact that they're charging your phone. in

phone. but again, you're in a vulnerable . you don't vulnerable position. you don't know happened, you know what's happened, so you don't they're don't know whether they're good or well, that said, and my >> well, that said, and my memory so fractured, >> well, that said, and my me ofyry so fractured, >> well, that said, and my me ofyry events so fractured, >> well, that said, and my me ofyry events that actured, all of these events that happened i happened subsequently after i left quite left the club, i can't quite work i went from one work out how i went from one place to the other. i mean, the sequence what is so sequence of what happened is so beguiling so yeah, beguiling to me. so yeah, i mean, that is the thing with spiking. it's so powerful and it just leaves anyone who has been spiked, the victims of spiking in a completely and utterly vulnerable position. >> yeah, it is frightening. well, i'll tell you what we'll do. obviously stay with me, but i want to speak to somebody who, has a business or works alongside business deals alongside a business that deals with this kind of thing. so joining now is amanda friend. joining me now is amanda friend. she's operating officer she's a chief operating officer for drink.com. amanda for check your drink.com. amanda you heard ryan's story. harrowing, frightening. this must be becoming an all too familiar. you're hearing this a lot, right? >> yeah, yeah. it's terrible. >> yeah, yeah. it's terrible. >> and it's increasing every yean >> and it's increasing every year, it's very difficult to know what you can do to actually stop these people , so we do our

stop these people, so we do our best to basically try and inform people what they can do to keep safe, and, you know, always stay with your friends, and also have dnnk with your friends, and also have drink spiking tests with you as well, because then if you do get any kind of feeling could be dubious characters hanging around or something, then test your drink , there's no harm in your drink, there's no harm in doing that. yeah. >> have drinking strips that people can dip into a drink, and it will tell you whether there's any chemicals available. can people is this sort of thing. i guess! people is this sort of thing. i guess i would expect that clubs should be giving these out literally for free. you come in the club , you can check your the club, you can check your dnnk the club, you can check your drink anytime. >> yes , that's what we hope, >> yes, that's what we hope, we're going to be doing our best to try and persuade clubs to to, get, various tests in. we've got like, little sponsorship cards here that , you've got a test on

here that, you've got a test on either side and then on the back you can put your company logo and a strapline or something as well . and these could be behind well. and these could be behind the bar. so if anybody's feeling unsafe, they go up to the bar and then the staff can actually do a quick test for you. >> yeah. because they should. >> yeah. because they should. >> it also means that people. yeah, absolutely. means yeah, absolutely. and it means that people can get caught as well. we've had one case where, a pub phoned us up and said, thank you so much for your test. we were actually able to catch someone , because the person went someone, because the person went straight up to the bar, got that, got it tested , and she that, got it tested, and she could pinpoint who was. wow. could pinpoint who it was. wow. and police in and and they got the police in and he got taken away. so that was great. >> it's a serious crime. >>— >> it's a serious crime. >> we need more of that. >> we need more of that. >> can people find >> well, where can people find these? so people these? just briefly. so people can to go they can know where to go if they want to these these want to find these these drinking strips? drinking these strips? >> yep. you get them on. >> yep. you can get them on. check drink co.uk on the check your drink co.uk on the website there, we're also going to be producing some wristbands which i think you can just about see there, so these are going to

be available for festivals. or if you wanted to just buy one yourself, they're actually just starting to get into production now. so i've got the camera in the wrong place. >> that's okay we can say, but ultimately this the government should really involved in should be really involved in this really? should be really involved in thisabsolutely. yes. yeah, we've >> absolutely. yes. yeah, we've got to basically push for people to , for government to take it on to, for government to take it on board and do as much as they can to actually insist that, pubs and clubs have some kind of, test in place that they have brought legislation in, in europe, in spain, just recently , europe, in spain, just recently, and also in america, where every pub and club has to have a drink spiking test, and, and it can be it's, it's really good for the businesses as well because if people know that their venue is safe to go to because they've got drink spiking tests available, then people will deter spyker's going there and obviously encourage get more people coming .

people coming. >> amanda friend, thank you so much. that's amanda friend there. check your drink. com really good to talk to you. right. joining me is right. so joining me still is ryan mark. you two would that have helped you if there'd been some because you you some sort of because you had you already drink. was already drank the drink. was there you when already drank the drink. was therpicked you when already drank the drink. was therpicked up you when already drank the drink. was therpicked up your you when already drank the drink. was therpicked up your you vysee? you picked up your drink to see? because sometimes do get because sometimes you do get a sort feeling, oh, that sort of feeling, oh, that doesn't right. going to doesn't feel right. i'm going to quickly you have any quickly just. did you have any of that? >> well, yeah. mean, the >> well, yeah. i mean, the impact of drinking is and whatever the drink, whatever was in the drink, i mean, was pretty rapid. and mean, it was pretty rapid. and i did feel something didn't seem right when after i drank the drink. so having a testing strip would have been ideal. and the thing is, the window to get tested through urine is about 48 hours. so in order to even bring evidence to the police for a successful prosecution, you need to get tested within 48 hours. and also, i find that a lot of men and women, there's a stigma especially i find with men . and especially i find with men. and this is why i want to be so

pubuc this is why i want to be so public about this and raise awareness to destigmatize reports, because ultimately, the police need to receive these reports in order to rectify what's going on here and to deal with the prevalence of spiking, which is an epidemic across the uk. and this is what i'm looking to work with. greg smith on the mp for buckingham and like i said, i have conversations with him next week to hopefully introduce a bill, a ten minute bill we can campaign and bill where we can campaign and hopefully change legislation where any venue that serves alcohol would that be bars or nightclubs as a condition of their license , they should be their license, they should be providing drinks, covers and testing strips to provide reassurance for punters looking to just have a good night to feel safe and ultimately, as the other guests were saying, to deter people from going into these venues and spiking people, what does it come to that people actually think that that's something that you would do to somebody. >> i mean, why would you do that? to somebody and risk their

safety? disgusting. safety? it's disgusting. >> . yeah. >> absolutely. yeah. >> absolutely. yeah. >> well listen, ryan, mark, good luck all thank luck with all of that. thank you. seen you you. you've seen amanda. you should in touch with amanda should get in touch with amanda as you know. as well. but, you know. absolutely. should absolutely. you should collaborate and see what can collaborate and see what you can do. so i'm not do. because i'm so glad i'm not young but suppose young these days. but i suppose even people you, even old people like me and you, one be a target. one could be a target. >> the issue. yeah. >> that's the issue. yeah. >> that's the issue. yeah. >> anyone's a target. ryan—mark >> that's the issue. yeah. >> ai'ivoilhai'ik target. ryan—mark >> that's the issue. yeah. >> ai'ivoilhai'ik you et. ryan—mark >> that's the issue. yeah. >> ai'ivoilhai'ik you so ryan—mark >> that's the issue. yeah. >> ai'ivoilhai'ik you so much.mark >> that's the issue. yeah. >> ai'ivoilhai'ik you so much. youz parsons, thank you so much. you take care of yourself. that was the parsons. the coolest. ryan—mark parsons. that was his story. well, it's a serious needs be serious issue. it needs to be addressed. follow that addressed. we'll follow that case, bring him back case, and we'll bring him back and far he's got with and see how far he's got with it. but if you've just tuned in, welcome this news welcome aboard. this is gb news coming my panel will be coming up. my panel will be going in going head to head in the quickfire but next quickfire quiz. but next it's time for great british time for the great british debate hour. i'm debate this hour. and i'm asking, time to pull the asking, is it time to pull the plug asking, is it time to pull the plug on rwanda? you're with me. this don't go this is gb news. don't go anywhere

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the great british debate this houn the great british debate this hour. asking , is it time hour. and i'm asking, is it time to pull the plug on rwanda? 900 people have crossed the channel in boats in the last week. in small boats in the last week. more than 500 arriving on wednesday alone , now a record wednesday alone, now a record for the year, in fact. and despite this, still no flights have taken off to rwanda. but the government maintains that it wants to get flights to rwanda off the ground during the spring. now, that's not looking likely after the of lords likely after the house of lords inflicted fresh defeat on the government flagship government over its flagship bill, meaning a further delay to it becoming law. the legislation won't be back in parliament until the 15th of april. this is just a ridiculous. and get this, the secretary, james the home secretary, james cleverly one night trip to rwanda cost £165,000 on a private jet. so for the great british debate this all i'm asking is it time to pull the plug asking is it time to pull the plug on rwanda? well, joining me now, former chief immigration officer uk border kevin officer at uk border force kevin saunders, and broadcaster and lawyer . okay, i'm lawyer andrew eborn. okay, i'm going to start with you, kevin .

going to start with you, kevin. is it time to just pull the plug on this thing? it doesn't feel like it's going to go anywhere. >> good afternoon anna. no, it is not time. we have to persevere with every body persevere with rwanda every body in the know has said that the uk , if the uk wants to stop illegal migration, we need a deterrent and the deterrent? the big deterrent is rwanda . to get big deterrent is rwanda. to get rwanda through. it sends a message that we will not allow people to break the law by coming into the uk in this illegal and dangerous manner. so yes, we need to keep rwanda . the yes, we need to keep rwanda. the sooner the better you think? >> all right. andrew eborn , it's >> all right. andrew eborn, it's very simple. >> it's always a delight to share a studio with kevin from border farce. it's always a border farce. i thank you, that's a banksy. banksy always said border farce is the reality. i'll tell you. >> let's put this into perspective . perspective. >> it was abraham lincoln who said, if you count the tail of a

dog as a leg, how many legs does a dog have? well, the answer is still four, because you can't call a tail a leg. and that's exactly what's happening about rwanda. calling it rwanda. they're calling it a safe country. we have the absurd situation where britain's situation now where britain's just been said by the irish court is no longer a safe country, because we're going to send people to rwanda. the send people off to rwanda. the real this, kevin, real mischief of this, kevin, is, i you'll admit, is is, as i know you'll admit, is it's people traffickers who it's the people traffickers who need to be targeted. it's the people traffickers who neewe) be targeted. it's the people traffickers who neewe had targeted. it's the people traffickers who neewe had lastated. it's the people traffickers who neewe had last year, 29,437 >> we had last year, 29,437 people crossed the english channel successfully. >> they all came over here. rwanda can only deal with at the moment. >> 200, 200. >>- >> 200, 200. >> so you've got the rest of the thousands. >> it's not going to work on that sort of basis. >> what we need to do is target the real issue, and the real issue is the people traffickers. >> but what makes you think, andrew, just because you >> but what makes you think, andronly just because you >> but what makes you think, andronly initially because you >> but what makes you think, andronly initially becauswasu may only initially and it was an opening being opening number, so you're being a disingenuous to assume a bit disingenuous to assume that that is the full number. that's what said. it's that's not what they said. it's a starter nobody to be a starter. nobody wants to be one first of the 200. one of the first of the 200. let's honest . and you are

let's be honest. and you are creating a deterrent. you're creating a deterrent. so you're not wanting have to do not really wanting to have to do this. that is the point it, surely. >> i hope it's a deterrent because it is the whole point. nobody. don't know. we nobody. well, we don't know. we haven't yet. so haven't seen that yet. so clearly, numbers which clearly, the numbers which you quoted beginning your quoted at the beginning of your excellent introduction, the excellent introduction, when the threat almost there threat of rwanda is almost there now, hasn't now, that obviously hasn't deterred that they deterred people at all that they might sent there. i do might get sent there. i do believe, do that believe, i do believe that somebody will sent and so somebody will be sent and so piers will lose his piers morgan will lose his £1,000 bet with rishi. i do believe that they will be sent. but the point this it's about but the point is this it's about effectiveness. if you look at the the key. there's the mischief is the key. there's got the deterrent. but at got to be the deterrent. but at the the financial times the moment, the financial times estimated it was actually quarter million quarter of £1 million per immigrant . quarter of £1 million per immigrant. in the quarter of £1 million per immigrant . in the latest report immigrant. in the latest report i've seen, they're saying it's at so cost return at least 151,000. so cost return is not looking very good. >> yeah. but that again i think that's disingenuous because that's disingenuous because that's not a lifetime cost. that is an initial cost. that's not a lifetime cost. that is an initial cost . once that is an initial cost. once that person is in this country then the remaining cost there are other costs that you haven't even factored like are even factored in. like where are they live? we've got to they going to live? we've got to pay they going to live? we've got to pay that. everything else,

kevin. >> yes. well, it's a pleasure always to talk about this with andrew. he knows i won't agree with but , it's fantastic to with him, but, it's fantastic to talk about the people smugglers. let's talk about the people smugglers . we can't get hold of smugglers. we can't get hold of the people smugglers there in turkey . we can't send british turkey. we can't send british policemen to turkey to arrest people smugglers. he knows as well as anybody that we would have to work with the turkish authorities to try and get our hands on the people smugglers, and every time they catch one and every time they catch one and catching one is difficult enough, another two spring up. it's like cutting the head off the hydra. so let's try and trace the people smugglers. but let's not rely on it. you've got to have a deterrent, i said. three years ago, if you want to stop people coming to the uk, you've got to make the uk less attractive . and what do we do?

attractive. and what do we do? we make it more attractive . so we make it more attractive. so let's let's push on with rwanda . let's let's push on with rwanda. let's start seeing the planes go. let's see the three other african countries , which nobody african countries, which nobody wants to talk about at the moment that have expressed an interest in doing this as well. let's look at the var program as well, which has come out, and let's see if we can actually do something about this, because come on andrew, it's looking bit. >> we are embarrassing ourselves on the world stage frankly, with the house of lords stepping in and saying we're not going to do what the people the majority of the people have saying, the people have been saying, just might just do something and this might work. are turning work. and now rwanda are turning around to us and saying, we don't know whether we want to deal with anyway. absolutely. >> it's traditional pong >> it's a traditional ping pong with ping is with more pong than ping is what's happening. and it will do the it get the dance and it will get through. i can tell you it will get through. from point get through. from a legal point of view, always follows the of view, it always follows the same my point is same pattern. my point is absolute. need do absolute. we need to do something.more effective with

something more effective with that that that quarter of a million that the estimate? that quarter of a million that the wouldn't|te? that quarter of a million that the wouldn't that be better if >> wouldn't that be better if you gave reward for people you gave a reward for people disclose people disclose who these people traffickers disclose who these people trafyou ers disclose who these people trafyou only have person who >> you only have one person who could 250,000, and you could get that 250,000, and you stop the people traffickers. that interesting that would be an interesting approach. that would be an interesting app no, :h. it's like ahead >> no, because it's like ahead of head of a serpent. of the head of a serpent. another one will up. he's another one will spring up. he's already that. already said that. >> well, you can have many serpents, there's of serpents, but there's a lot of £250,000 on offer. if you're going on this, going to keep doing it on this, well, you'll just have well, then you'll just have loads people being paid loads of people being paid £250,000 whole £250,000 and the whole thing will carry on. >> be so naive, andrew. is >> don't be so naive, andrew. is he naive? kevin. he's he being naive? kevin. he's being isn't he? final being naive, isn't he? final word kevin. briefly word to you, kevin. briefly >> yeah, i mean, andrew's playing devil's advocate . playing devil's advocate. >> it exceedingly well, >> he does it exceedingly well, what got to do is stop what we've got to do is stop making the uk so attractive. and that's what's dragging the people here. it's because they think they've reached, el dorado when they. when they get to the uk, everything is free. that's what they want. and they can go to work as well. because working in the unregulated economy in

the uk is dead easy as we all know. so what that so rwanda, we've got to press on with rwanda and also i'm, i'm a big supporter of the voluntary assisted returns program var as well . well. >> well listen if only it were el dorado. that's somewhere else isn't it? spain thank you so much, andrew eborn . and also, much, andrew eborn. and also, kevin, kevin saunders. there you go. i should have thought of colonel saunders. colonel k, colonel saunders. colonel k, colonel saunders, kfc chicken. i'll about that next time. i'll think about that next time. thank you so much. right. so what think? that's their what do you think? that's their thoughts. are yours? thoughts. what are yours? but now time the great now it's time for the great british giveaway. got british giveaway. we've got a shopping gadget shopping spree, a garden gadget bundle, and £12,345 available. here's how there's still time to win our giveaway. >> packed with seasonal essentials. first, there's . an essentials. first, there's. an incredible £12,345 in tax free cash to be won, cash to make your bank account bloom. plus a spnng your bank account bloom. plus a spring shopping spree with £500

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good afternoon. there's 21 minutes to go. this is gb news. i'm nana akua. we are live on tv, online and on digital radio. it's time now for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, is it time to pull the plug on rwanda? 900 people have crossed this week. yes, in the small boats they have come in their droves. more than 500 of them arrived on wednesday, which is actually a record for the despite this, the year. and despite this, still no flights have off still no flights have taken off to but the government to rwanda. but the government maintains that it wants to get these flights off the ground dunng these flights off the ground during the spring. but that actually looking very actually isn't looking very likely. the house of lords likely. after the house of lords inflicted more defeats the inflicted more defeats on the government over the flagship bill, meaning further bill, meaning that a further delay to it becoming law and the legislation won't be back in parliament until the 15th of april. so all of that and then this home secretary, james cleverly, his one night rwanda trip, which cost more than £165,000, all of that on a private jet. so for the great british debate this hour, you literally couldn't make this up. i'm asking, is it time to pull

the plug on rwanda? well, let's see what my panel make of that. i'm joined by broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy also columnist lizzie cundy and also former adviser former labour party adviser matthew . i think i'll start matthew laza. i think i'll start with i'm going go with you, with i'm going to go with you, matthew are, matthew dalkin, because you are, well, labour well, you're from the labour party. get rid of party. you want to get rid of the rwanda plan, but then they don't have any other. don't appear to have any other. >> have got a plan. >> we have got a plan. >> we have got a plan. >> no, no. so answer to your >> no, no. so my answer to your question, of time question, in terms of is it time to plug on rwanda is to pull the plug on rwanda is a very yes. but of course very definite yes. but of course you well, it's been you would say, well, it's been an use taxpayers an outrageous use of taxpayers money and an outrageous distraction from really distraction from what we really should mean, should be doing. i mean, you said plane has should be doing. i mean, you said off plane has should be doing. i mean, you said off with plane has should be doing. i mean, you said off with asylume has should be doing. i mean, you said off with asylum seekers is taken off with asylum seekers is absolutely because absolutely right, partly because of party of the labour party and. >> no, well, because >> no, because, well, because well, i'll come back to that in >> no, because, well, because wsecond.:ome back to that in a second. >> but we should remind ourselves that like james ourselves that just like james cleverly, sent more home cleverly, we sent more home secretaries have secretaries than we have asylum seekers. point seekers. so what's your point to rwanda? point rwanda? so the point the point is a distraction. is that it's a distraction. what we should doing, which is we should be doing, which is concentrating the concentrating on smashing the criminal gangs and processing people the real people faster so that the real deterrent people that deterrent is if people know that they're in britain they're going to be in britain for a matter of days. >> but you heard said >> but you heard what kevin said there in turkey. we can't get

hold in turkey. that's hold of them in turkey. that's why head head of why the head of a head of medusa, like a medusa snake. >> them, obviously it's >> both of them, obviously it's tough, we is a new tough, but what we need is a new cross and cross border police force. and to anti—terror legislation to use anti—terror legislation about okay. okay, that's >> oh, okay. okay, so that's what we do. >> we were in government, >> if we were in government, that's what we should doing that's what we should be doing now. that's what we should be doing novlistening this that's what we should be doing nov listening this all >> listening anew. this all sounds how long does sounds very good. how long does it to up a cross border? >> well, i think it can take just months. no not just a couple of months. no not as long not as long as as long as. no, not as long as it's years, matthew. it's taken. years, matthew. >> no, because. >> no, because. >> because, already been >> no, because. >> talks jse, already been >> no, because. >> talks with already been >> no, because. >> talks with europol.lready been >> no, because. >> talks with europol. theiy been >> no, because. >> talks with europol. the andeen for talks with europol. the and others take will take others take years. it will take months. long? months. you know how long? >> to make one decision. >> just on the point about about about this ping pong thing between the house of commons and about this ping pong thing betihouse1e house of commons and about this ping pong thing betihouse1e lords, of commons and about this ping pong thing betihouse1e lords, of coisunak. and the house of lords, rishi sunak has week. has sent his mps home next week. labour whenever labour said we'll sit whenever you we the bill as you want. we accept the bill as come for it back from the come back for it back from the house we're ready to house of lords. we're ready to debate so it's not labour debate it. so it's not labour holding who says holding it up. rishi, who says it's priority, didn't bother it's his priority, didn't bother bringing rwanda is >> lizzie cundy look, rwanda is a dystrophic disaster, which is costing taxpayer millions a dystrophic disaster, which is cost millions, xpayer millions a dystrophic disaster, which is costmillions, nearly millions a dystrophic disaster, which is cost millions, nearly 500 ions and millions, nearly 500 millions. is getting millions. now nana is getting out of hand. it's not going to work. and rishi, the best thing

he can do, because he's about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike, get out of this motorbike, is get out of this job. because let me tell you, the boats are going to keep coming. the other day, 514 over in ten vessels, please. this is a disaster. it's a national security emergency. but let's do what italy did . which is what? what italy did. which is what? which you said it was a national security emergency . no more security emergency. no more people coming in this. we have to turn the boats around. yeah, we do need. >> we can do all that. but we still need a deterrent and to stop people. where are we going to put these people then? >> in the uk territories. why rwanda? we've got south of georgia, the falklands. georgia, we have the falklands. >> in the >> but the people in the falklands don't want these people. >> why should they have georgia? people. >> why there? they have georgia? why not there? >> don't them >> why they don't want them ehhen >> why they don't want them either. have a big you know, >> we could have a big you know, we've got the we've got the navy who there. we who could be there. we have we can do a big as you've said before, big cruise ship. put before, a big cruise ship. put them and them. we them on and process them. we have 129,000 that's still waiting processed . some

waiting to be processed. some are taking for years and years. it's costing us to put them in hotels over 8 million. my hotel locally , no one could go in locally, no one could go in anymore. it's full of, you know, military age men. >> but. lizzie, lizzie, i get this. but rwanda was an attempt to try and deter people. but the only that have deterred only people that have deterred rwanda are british. so the rwanda are the british. so the house , the labour house of lords, the labour party. and yet the british pubuc party. and yet the british public has said , look, we'll go, public has said, look, we'll go, we'll go with it, but you've got to get on with it. but it's all this delaying and dithering has made us look so stupid. there's not a plane taking off and it's already cost. not a plane taking off and it's alrewhat ost. not a plane taking off and it's alrewhat it's cost the taxpayer. >> what it's cost the taxpayer. it's and >> what it's cost the taxpayer. it's needs and >> what it's cost the taxpayer. it's needs to and >> what it's cost the taxpayer. it's needs to go and >> what it's cost the taxpayer. it's needs to go because ind >> what it's cost the taxpayer. it's needs to go because labour rishi needs to go because labour isn't against an offshore processing . processing. >> it's particularly the way the government decides to do it. because you said about the italians, the italians are trying do a as are trying to do a deal, as are other european countries where people in north people are processed in north africa closer where africa so much closer to where they're from with the they're coming from with the route they and route that they take, and therefore quicker. therefore it'd be much quicker. and that's and actually and that's and that's actually much the australian much more like the australian scheme. always scheme. rwanda is always but the labour party were against offshore modified the

>> you have modified the language. sorry. hold on. language. no, sorry. hold on. you've modified language so you've modified the language so that they can get away with now allowing offshore against offshore. >> just to be absolutely clear, we're against offshore processing done under processing where it's done under somebody we're somebody else's law. we're in favour doing you can do favour of doing it. you can do it where it's under it offshore where it's under british law, which is what the hauans british law, which is what the italians it will be italians are doing. it will be under italian law. no, no, it makes big difference that makes a big difference and that will get through the courts. that through the that would get through the courts. that would courts. nana yes, that would get through courts. through the courts. >> reversed rwanda if you. through the courts. >> yes, reversed rwanda if you. through the courts. >> yes, because d rwanda if you. through the courts. >> yes, because it'snanda if you. through the courts. >> yes, because it's sorda if you. >> yes, because it's so expensive. but nobody would have gone sitting here. gone if he was sitting here. >> these >> now, just who owns these boats? how many is he prosecuted? the prosecuted? who's running the crew? crew. prosecuted? who's running the creithat's crew. prosecuted? who's running the creithat's why we want to use >> that's why we want to use anti—terror legislation. absolutely. >> anti—terror . you to make >> anti—terror. you want to make some up now? no, we're some more laws up now? no, we're not them this show is not making them up. this show is nothing you and your nothing without you and your views. our great views. let's welcome our great british their british voices. their opportunity to on the show opportunity to be on the show and us what think and tell us what they think about the topics we're discussing. i've got full review. just review. oh my goodness. oh just three lie. i'm going to three sorry i lie. i'm going to start adrian. i'll go from start with adrian. i'll go from that shropshire. adrian, that end in shropshire. adrian, what make of this? is it what do you make of this? is it time to scrap. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> no logo. >> good. no logo. >> good. no logo. >> good, good. >> yeah.

>> em- 5 rwanda thing, >> this whole rwanda thing, it's. an it's. it's just become an expensive sham. >> it's all that's left to >> but it's all that's left to us moment . us at the moment. >> so we've got we've got to continue with it. >> i mean, unfortunately, i wish that we were as as what that we were as tough as what margaret might have margaret thatcher might have done might have sent margaret thatcher might have don boats, might have sent margaret thatcher might have don boats, our might have sent margaret thatcher might have don boats, our own night have sent margaret thatcher might have don boats, our own boats have sent margaret thatcher might have don boats, our own boats out; sent our boats, our own boats out into into the channel and into the into the channel and sunk these wretched things as they in. they come in. >> no, can't that, >> no, you can't do that, because then would die. because then people would die. you just sink the boat, do that. >> that's not right. >> that's not right. >> you can't do that . >> you can't do that. >> you can't do that. >> no, not unfortunately. you don't kill a load of don't want to kill a load of people. adrian, to people. adrian, i'm going to stop you there before you get yourself. >> don't to kill yourself. >> don't to kill a load >> you don't want to kill a load of people. >> you want to do that. >> you don't want to do that. no, no, we need. no, no, no, no, we need. >>— no, no, no, no, we need. >> but we do need to carry on with policy. because there with this policy. because there is there nothing for us. is there is nothing left for us. >> yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. expensive though it is. >> okay. expensive though it is. >> tea? okay. where's >> where's my tea? okay. where's my my cup. my cup? i haven't got my cup. lizzy. a cup. lizzy. give me a cup. >> one nana is it. >> one nana is it. >> yeah it have you got >> oh yeah it is. have you got gb mug as well? you gb news mug as well? there you go. let's go to you. jonathan jones cornwall, yeah. what's go. let's go to you. jonathan jone on cornwall, yeah. what's go. let's go to you. jonathan jone on that wall, yeah. what's go. let's go to you. jonathan jone on that cupl, yeah. what's go. let's go to you. jonathan jone on that cup jonathanihat's go. let's go to you. jonathan jone on that cup jonathan jones. that on that cup jonathan jones. jonathan. jonathan's frozen is frozen okay. let's go to frozen okay, okay. let's go to

let's to you , in watford frozen okay, okay. let's go to let's baum ou , in watford frozen okay, okay. let's go to let's baum ,u , in watford frozen okay, okay. let's go to let's baum , i, in watford frozen okay, okay. let's go to let's baum , i love vatford frozen okay, okay. let's go to let's baum , i love the 3rd david baum, i love the proposition that we, protest people over off shore and we stop the people there, the people we need to stop are not going to be stopped by the offshore process . offshore process. >> they are the legitimate people. we are talking about criminals who are not going to be worried about being processed in a boat in the channel to try and get them off shore, get them somewhere else sent back. you can't send boats into the channel and turn them around. that would be immoral and illegal. we have to have the random plan for the moment and then let them work on it. but so far all labour and everybody else going, it won't work. >> it's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong. >> the united nations send people to rwanda. >> it can't be that bad. a country. or are the un so corrupt that it's okay corrupt and idiot that it's okay for them. well obviously the rwandans are rightly insulted by our holier than thou attitude . our holier than thou attitude. like we are so much better than

them. let's be honest, a lot of them. let's be honest, a lot of the countries we trade trade with had their own with have had their own genocides and genocides not so long ago. and we don't about that. so i'm we don't mind about that. so i'm wondering this is all wondering what this is all about. david barham, about. but david barham, thank you much. the you so much. and also the fabulous adrian shropshire. fabulous adrian in shropshire. thank to talk to you thank you. lovely to talk to you both. jonathan both. same. jonathan just vanished with his tea. obviously i realise was frozen, i didn't realise he was frozen, but , i want to hear from but listen, i want to hear from you your views gb views you as well. your views gb views gbnews.com tweet gb gbnews.com or tweet us at gb news. but still to come, we're going to be discussing loads more and the quiz is on the way, so

good afternoon. if you just tuned in, where have you been? it's near the end of the show now. but don't worry, because it's now. but don't worry, because wsfime now. but don't worry, because it's time for the quickfire quiz. i'm nana akua, and that's the the show where i the part of the show where i test panel some of the test my panel on some of the other that have been other stories that have been hitting right now, hitting the headlines right now, joining and joining me, broadcaster and columnist also columnist lizzie cundy, also former party adviser. former labour party adviser. matthew right .

matthew laza right. so right. let's, lizzie cundy your buzzer, please. matthew laza your buzzer. right and please play along at home. question one which supermarket was the first this week to send customers into a when contactless a frenzy when contactless payments went down? was it a tesco or c little tesco b? sainsbury's or c little matthew laza he was b sainsbury's b, sainsbury's was sainsbury's, it was sainsbury's. you should have said tesco just in case it's sainsbury's, it was b. did you see who got there first? yes okay. >> you may think. >> you may think. >> yes. apparently it was. yes. the film, the question two the film oppenheimer has 13 nominations at the oscars this yeah nominations at the oscars this year. but how many awards did they take home? closest answer wins . okay, that wasn't you wins. okay, that wasn't you first, lizzie. i'm sorry. go on. no, matthew laza . lizzie cundy no, matthew laza. lizzie cundy ten. lizzie, seven. sorry, lizzie. oh, i feel so bad , i do. lizzie. oh, i feel so bad, i do. okay, true or false? i thought we'd have a little bit of chat here. true or false? okay. did

female gb olympian rebecca adlington announced she was retiring ? i hadn't finished the retiring? i hadn't finished the question. she's retiring. lizzie cundy. >> yes she did. >> yes she did. >> is it true? true >> is it true? true >> i'm going to say false because otherwise it's pointless i >> -- >> well, otherwise. because even though she's been convincing, she could be wrong and she's doneit she could be wrong and she's done it many times. she has. let's have are you let's have a look. are you right? it's false . ha ha . lizzie! >> lizzie, you now can't win just for fun now. lizzie. >> lizzie. no! i'm gonna pay a price for this in the green room . i'll fight to the end. yeah. so it's false. the people who advertised . well, it was a dame advertised. well, it was a dame laura. kenny. do you remember her? she's the cyclist. yes. she announced was retiring announced that she was retiring because to spend because she wants to spend more time family, bless her time with her family, bless her little heart. >> but she's won her medals. >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. and also, you get >> yeah. and also, as you get a bit older and also the cycling is a bit painful i. >> yeah my cycling skills >> yeah my, my cycling skills are that are not there on that bike. >> mum i'm >> keep moving. be like mum i'm 89 years old on the move. keep on dancing. yeah >> your mum likes to dance.

>> your mum likes to dance. >> she does. question four the royal mint, who are in charge of making british coins, have making all british coins, have released a set coins themed released a set of coins themed around but around a film franchise, but what franchise is it? is it a harry potter b avengers or c star wars lizzie cundy? >> harry potter , i think it is >> harry potter, i think it is harry potter. >> i'm going to say star wars . >> i'm going to say star wars. >> i'm going to say star wars. >> i'm going to say star wars. >> i can only take your first answer. >> see? so you're going to say c but you. yeah i know because you don't care. now it is c actually it's god. don't care. now it is c actually it's oh god. don't care. now it is c actually it's oh my. don't care. now it is c actually it's oh my bad. can i just say >> oh my bad. can i just say they've also they've also done a range around michael. range around george michael. >> bought one from my friend. >> oh did you. >> oh did you. >> who's leaving the country to go york and go to new york to work. and i'm going he's a big george going to take he's a big george fan he's got a george, coin fan and he's got a george, coin from the royal mint just arrived the day. the other day. >> let's hope he doesn't >> well, let's hope he doesn't spend is it spendable? >> well, let's hope he doesn't spe no. is it spendable? >> well, let's hope he doesn't spe no. is it syou dable? >> well, let's hope he doesn't spe no. is it syou can e? >> well, let's hope he doesn't spe no. is it syou can take it >> no. i think you can take it to of england, i'm to the bank of england, but i'm going to try and turn it into, like, a sort of necklace for him. >> that's good, because it'd >> oh, that's good, because it'd be you went. oh, be really bad if you went. oh, my i've spent coin. my god, i've just spent coin. >> but going a >> but it's going to take a little britain with him. little bit of britain with him. oh, you sir. oh, bless you sir. >> very kind. >> that's very kind. >> that's very kind. >> are thoughtful after all

>> you are thoughtful after all the advice. the good advice. >> lovely? right and >> isn't it lovely? right and final question final question. question five. what tree has just been what type of tree has just been voted of year? voted european tree of the year? come lizzie cundy, come on, lizzie cundy, oak, horse chestnut . horse. chestnut horse. >> chestnut horse. chestnut tree . the answer is a beech, a beech tree. is that anywhere near. >> did you get a single answer right there, lizzie? no, i'm sorry to say no, i did. >> no. sainsbury >> no. sainsbury >> you didn't know you would have. >> yeah, but anyway , on today's >> yeah, but anyway, on today's show, i've been asking when i'm all done. no at least one would have been good. yes. should corporations leave our flag alone? and according to our twitter poll , 62.9% of you say twitter poll, 62.9% of you say yes. and that is 7.1% of you say no. interesting well, so leave our flag alone. thank you so much to my panel from columnist lizzie cundy. lizzie cundy, thank you so much. thank you. and also former labour party adviser matthew lalor, thank you so much, matthew. i thought i'd get just at the end. and get that in just at the end. and a huge thank to you at home a huge thank you to you at home for company. i'll be back for your company. i'll be back tomorrow. same time, same place from with the

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and cities , but in rural spots and cities, but in rural spots down single figures down into low single figures where could see a touch of where we could see a touch of frost morning. for frost by sunday morning. as for sunday brighter sunday itself, well, a brighter day in store across the bulk of the still few showers the uk. still a few showers towards north northwest. towards the north and northwest. lighter tomorrow and lighter winds two tomorrow and with the way sunshine with more in the way of sunshine around, feel more around, it should feel more pleasant and with pleasant out and about with temperatures to temperatures climbing to 10 to 13 celsius . 13 down towards the 13 celsius. 13 down towards the south and southeast 55. in south and southeast is 55. in fahrenheit , south and southeast is 55. in fahrenheit, which is close to the seasonal for this the seasonal average for this time. . as we head into time. in march. as we head into monday, though, more monday, though, we'll see more of west split developing of an east west split developing in across the uk. in the weather across the uk. outbreaks moving outbreaks of rain moving in across west and southwest across the west and southwest starting heavy in starting to turn quite heavy in places, to on some places, holding to on some sunshine the north and sunshine towards the north and east. 1 or 2 wintry showers towards far north—east of towards the far north—east of the as we head the the uk, and as we head into the coming week, things will generally unsettled coming week, things will genetemperatures unsettled coming week, things will genetemperatures uns that warm feeling inside from boxt sponsors of weather boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

bofis boris johnson's come back in from the to cold lead the conservative party. well, we've got quite the return on our hands tonight, which easily tops all of that lot combined. yes, the one and only emily carver is back on the saturday five. >> what an introduction. thank you for having me . you for having me. >> along with albie amankona bentley or and benjamin butterworth tonight on the show. >> waspi women. what's the fuss ? >> waspi women. what's the fuss? >> waspi women. what's the fuss? >> jeremy hunt says £100,000 isn't a lot to earn. >> finally, kemi badenoch declares war on diversity. eqtu declares war on diversity. equity and inclusion. >> leave the saint george's flag alone , and we should be ashamed alone, and we should be ashamed of treating kate's health like a

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