gb news. >> 930 on wednesday, the 3rd of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning. thank you. we're glad to be back together now. workers now. three british aid workers killed. have killed. world leaders have condemned israeli condemned the fatal israeli missile is it actually a missile strike. is it actually a war crime? the former head of the army is going to join us in just a moment. >> a teacher in birmingham has been banned for islam been banned for saying islam will over the world and will take over the world and calling westernised girls lunatics. values at lunatics. our british values at risk . cause the players gonna risk. cause the players gonna play, play, play , play, play and play, play, play, play, play and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate , hate, hate baby i'm just

hate, hate, hate baby i'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake , shake and ka ching. >> for taylor swift, the pop sensation has officially reached billionaire status after forbes released their latest rich list . released their latest rich list. and gen z students are cutting back on alcohol and late night drinking. >> but are they now ruining the hospitality sector for the rest of us, or are they setting a good example and dazzled by the lights? >> do you remember we talked about a little while ago. about this a little while ago. the bright led bulbs the glare from bright led bulbs on car headlights is set on modern car headlights is set to reviewed the to be reviewed by the government. about time tonight, craig. i think we can take some credit for that decision . for that decision. >> i can't take no credit for taylor swift's fortune . i've taylor swift's fortune. i've never bought a thing of hers, never bought a thing of hers, never bought a thing of hers, never bought one of her records or download it. and i've never downloaded anything. >> anyway, i'm quite a fan. i have to say. i've been a bit old

school, though i did buy a taylor swift cd because the girls wanted playing the car. >> didn't know they still sold cd. well, quite. >> was a little while ago, >> this was a little while ago, but a billionaire that's mainly because she packs stadiums because she packs out stadiums all world. get involved all over the world. get involved this gb views at gb this morning. gb views at gb news. the email address. news. com is the email address. we've lot to get through we've got a lot to get through first though. the very latest news sam francis. news with sam francis. >> bev and andrew thank you very much. i was hoping andrew might give us a taste of one of taylor's top hits, but sadly not. it'sjust taylor's top hits, but sadly not. it's just gone 9:30 and we start with the top story this houn start with the top story this hour. the prime minister is demanding answers from israel after seven aid workers, including three british nationals, were killed an nationals, were killed in an israeli air strike. john chapman, james henderson and james kirby were delivering vital food supplies to the region when that convoy was hit. the group, from the charity world central kitchen, had coordinated their movements with israel's military before setting off in two armoured cars marked with that ngo's logo. israel

says the airstrike , though, was says the airstrike, though, was a mistake that followed misidentification of a target. well, rishi sunak has said that the attack was appalling and that far too many aid workers and civilians have lost their lives . in response, the head of lives. in response, the head of the world central kitchen charity has paid tribute to those seven aid workers who were killed in gaza. erin gall described them as heroes and beautiful souls whose lives were lost as they were returning from a full day's mission, giving their best selves to the world. she said their smiles, their laughter and voices are forever embedded in our memories as. laughter and voices are forever embedded in our memories as . at embedded in our memories as. at least seven people have died and more than 700 are understood to have been injured after taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years. this was the moment the quake struck .

the moment the quake struck. tremors were recorded as high as 7.7 magnitude at around 8:00 this morning. that was just as people were heading off to work and school. now rescue workers are searching for trapped survivors after many buildings collapsed and landslides were triggered . downing street says triggered. downing street says that the prime minister remains confident in his pledge to stop the boats. that's despite record arrivals so far this year. almost 800 people crossed the engush almost 800 people crossed the english channel over the easter weekend , bringing the total to weekend, bringing the total to more than 5400 for the year so far, number 10 says, though , far, number 10 says, though, there is a range of different reasons for what it has described as fluctuating, fluctuating numbers, including changing weather conditions and people smuggling gangs evading authorities. and the king will open balmoral castle to the pubuc open balmoral castle to the public this summer, giving cunous public this summer, giving curious visitors a rare glimpse inside the royal estate. guided tours will offer a peek inside the castle's ballroom and a

special look at the king's collection of watercolours and even outfits worn by the royals. tickets are starting at £100 and they're likely to sell fast, with just 40 available each day . with just 40 available each day. that's the latest from the gb newsroom for now. plenty more to come with andrew and bev throughout the morning. remember to sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news. it is 935 andrew pierce and me bev turner this morning. >> so you'd have heard about the death of three british aid workers killed after being hit by an israeli missile strike. james henderson, 33, john chapman, 57. they both served in the royal marines, were named alongside james kirby, a former army rifleman sniper army rifleman and sniper marksman. army rifleman and sniper marksmajoining us now is >> well, joining us now is general lord richard dannatt, the former head of the british army . good morning to you, army. good morning to you, richard. thanks joining us

richard. thanks forjoining us again . when looking at the again. when looking at the detail deaths of these detail of the deaths of these men, it's very difficult to conclude that they weren't deliberately targeted. and to some extent hunted down. their cars were clearly marked with the world central kitchen logo. they had gps trackers, sos beacons and following an approved idf route, and each car was hit each time. the passengers who were injured were given put in the next vehicle. and then that car was hit. and this happened repeatedly until these men lost their lives. is do you conclude the same as us, that it looks deliberate ? that it looks deliberate? >> well, it looks deliberate on the evidence that we have in front of our eyes and the reports that we've received. now, the idf are saying that it's a mistake. but actually, if it's a mistake. but actually, if it's a mistake. but actually, if it's a mistake, it's a series of mistakes and one has to understand that they must have had eyes on their targets to watch them go from one vehicle to another vehicle to another

vehicle. their explanation would be that they assume that they were terrorists. but, given that charity workers and aid workers are giving their coordinates to the idf and the vehicles were marked as as relief vehicles , marked as as relief vehicles, it's very hard to conclude that, this is anything other than deliberate. i mean, it may well have been a misguided, deliberate action on the part of whatever operator was operating those missiles. but, it's an absolute tragedy . shouldn't have absolute tragedy. shouldn't have happened. and i'm afraid there's a wider point, which is rather indicative of, despite what the idf is saying, is that the two indiscriminate nature of the way that they're using violence in gaza, the and this isn't obviously , we're all very obviously, we're all very saddened, and it's brought it home to us because three of these people who died were british. >> but think it's 196 british. >> but think it's196 aid >> but i think it's196 aid workers have died in this war. and of course you do. these things can happen . but if this things can happen. but if this strike against these aid workers was deliberate, it's a war crime, isn't it?

>> well, it's certainly contrary to all the norms of law of war. and there are legal protections for humanitarian workers in conflict situations, and particularly given that their car, their vehicles were marked as aid vehicles, there really is no excuse at all, the idf says the israelis say that they're going to have an inquiry. and i think given the scale of this tragedy, they must have an inquiry. it must be transparent. it it must be rapid, and we must know what the answer is. and if there were israeli military people , culpable of what they people, culpable of what they would call a mistake , then would call a mistake, then action must be taken against them. this kind of thing is just not acceptable. and as you say, 196 aid workers were told have lost their their lives. that, frankly, over the last six months is equally unacceptable and is a direct result of this strike against these aid workers. >> lord dannatt, vast amounts of aid were turned away. one great ship has returned to cyprus. you

know better than anybody that starvation is a well known, well tried and trusted military technique. whether it's stalingrad or malta, perhaps that's what netanyahu is trying to achieve to starve them into submission. >> well, he's certainly using , >> well, he's certainly using, as it would seem, all means available to try and achieve his aim of completely destroying hamas. now, the israelis say that hamas could end this war today, tomorrow, by just, declaring unilateral surrender. well, they won't do that. they're objective is the destruction of the israeli state, the israeli state's objective is the destruction of hamas and netanyahu is determined, it would seem, to fight this through to the finish , but they must do it much more carefully. they must protect innocent civilians. they certainly must protect aid workers , and they must not use workers, and they must not use famine as a weapon of war. it's perfectly acceptable to track down terrorists and to kill them, or arrest them or whatever they choose to do . but but they choose to do. but but innocent civilians must be

protected and aid workers and indeed medical facilities must also be protected , lord dannatt, also be protected, lord dannatt, i really want to ask you about johnny mercer , the veterans johnny mercer, the veterans minister. he's obviously challenging this order for him to hand over the names of the whistleblower soldiers. this is he's been asked to identify alleged atrocities. people who committed alleged atrocities in afghanistan by the sas . what's afghanistan by the sas. what's your opinion on the very difficult position that he finds himself in? >> well , johnny's in a difficult >> well, johnny's in a difficult position because the judge has placed him in in that difficult position. the fact of the matter is that what johnny is doing is upholding the right of those who have got information they have got information that they think made available think should be made available to an inquiry, to find its way to an inquiry, to find its way to the inquiry in a way that they can trust. and it's really a question of protecting the identity of whistleblowers. now, if , if a potential whistleblower if, if a potential whistleblower can't trust an elected , a member can't trust an elected, a member of parliament, a government minister, then i think things have come to a pretty poor pass.

and the whole point really is, is that johnny has given the information , the inquiry has got information, the inquiry has got that information, and there is absolutely need for the names absolutely no need for the names of those witnesses to be made public. and many journalists have protected their sources over the years. they haven't been thrown into jail for that. and i think it's the judge picking the wrong fight at the wrong time with the wrong picking the wrong fight at the wrong tjohnnyh the wrong picking the wrong fight at the wrong tjohnnyh thigot ong person. johnny has got a fantastic record as the fantastic track record as the minister of state for veterans affairs, in looking after the interests of veterans and serving people. so for the judge to pick on him and threaten him with with jail is, as i said, it's the wrong battle at the wrong time. the issue is protecting the identity of whistleblowers and allowing them to have the confidence to come forward, to give information to the inquiry. and the inquiry is already benefiting from the information that johnny has given them. >> just ask you, lord >> can i just ask you, lord dannatt , if he to go to dannatt, if he were to go to jail as a result of this, there would be an outcry, wouldn't there? and there should be. >> leading that there? and there should be. >> i leading that there? and there should be. >> i think leading that there? and there should be. >> i think it's ding that there? and there should be. >> i think it's quite hat

outcry. i think it's quite ridiculous . the outcry. i think it's quite ridiculous. the judge has picked, as i said, twice now, the wrong battle with the wrong person time, yes, person at the wrong time, yes, of course, johnny wants to uphold his personal integrity. but fundamental principle but the fundamental principle here is that of the ability of whistleblowers to make information available to an inquiry, to a trial, whatever, and for their identity to be protected and that's the issue. i think the judge needs to reflect long and hard over what he is actually doing at the present moment. >> okay. thank you so for >> okay. thank you so much for your time, lord richard dannatt there. now let's go back to this story about aid workers story about the aid workers being the conservative story about the aid workers beirfor the conservative story about the aid workers beirfor the the conservative story about the aid workers beirfor the isle |e conservative story about the aid workers beirfor the isle |e (wight,ative story about the aid workers beirfor the isle |e (wight, who mp for the isle of wight, who sits foreign affairs sits on the foreign affairs select bob seely, select committee, bob seely, joins now. good morning. bob joins us now. good morning. bob your reaction to this story, do your reaction to this story, do you agree that it looks deliberate? although if so , that deliberate? although if so, that is very serious situation . is very serious situation. >> okay. morning. morning, andrew. condolences to the families , first and foremost, i families, first and foremost, i think they they sounded like impressive men with impressive military records. we don't know

is a simple answer. whether it's a war crime, a mistake is not a war crime. not having some kind of targeting process could be so . so i think i would be very wary about that. the important point, bev, here, is that this has been happening to a lot of palestinians, who haven't been involved necessarily with hamas and who have been killed in a similar way, and the amount of people who are being killed who are innocent and not part of this conflict looks like, that it is very high, and the reason why this is impacting in the media is because there are seven of them. they will westerners , of them. they will westerners, and three of them were brits , and three of them were brits, that's the point, isn't it? i think i think bob ,196 aid think i think bob, 196 aid workers have died altogether. is that a sign that israel, of course they are. it's legitimate to take the war back to hamas after what happened on october the 7th. but is israel now just being too indiscriminate, too

careless, almost too reckless , i careless, almost too reckless, i think the answer, sadly, is probably yes. and i say that as someone who believes that israel absolutely has the right to self—defence and in in international humanitarian law, there are two principles, the right to use military force when other measures fail. and absolutely, israel has the right to do that, but also it has to do it with humanity. and an important part of humanity. when looking at international law, war crimes, geneva conventions, is whether you're doing things proportionately and i think there is an argument and a strong argument now that israel isn't doing things in proportion often, and the strategy of levelling gaza and being willing to endure very high civilian casualties is going to do huge damage to the state of israel. >> okay. all right, bob, good to see you. bob seely there, mp for the isle of wight, who also has a military background, actually, and his family and giving us his take on that. >> the next thing the labour people on the left of the labour party will clamouring for us party will be clamouring for us to our sales to

to stop our arms sales to israel. that'd the next thing. >> and i think that's probably sensible, i can't lie. well, we had that chaotic had that, that chaotic situation, didn't where had that, that chaotic situatwas didn't where had that, that chaotic situatwas the |'t where had that, that chaotic situatwas the vote where had that, that chaotic situatwas the vote on ilhere had that, that chaotic situatwas the vote on thee there was the vote on the ceasefire or not, which just fell disarray, with lindsay fell into disarray, with lindsay hoyle, few hoyle, speaker, just a few months so very months ago, so it's very difficult, isn't it, when our politicians, prime politicians, when our prime minister called for minister even hasn't called for a ceasefire calling for humanitarian pause, this stuff is to happen, right? right. >> up next is the hospitality sector in peril. we're going to tell you about these gen z lot. they're shunning alcohol, late night a load of balls. >> gen z, you're very down with the saying gen is very the kids saying gen z is very american. andrew, is it z or z? well, people do say gen z, but obviously we're british, so we say generation z. oh well, they're you read it because it >> and you read it because it said it on the screen. late night drinking not really called at all.

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know the chain revolution? andrew, i vaguely heard of it, but i've never been in it. well, the kids call them revs. they, they it's got more than a 50 bars and 20 pubs across the uk. well, it's suspended trading, they put the blame on gen z or generation z. z customers who are. what age are they under 27. >> so 18 to 27. >> shunning alcohol, turning away from late night drinking. >> so is it gen z that are ruining our hospitality industry? to debate this, we're joined by william lees jones, the owner of j.w. lees pubs in manchester, the greatest city in the and the social the world and the social commentator good commentator joana jarjue. good morning to you both, william, if we can come to you, first, is it the younger generation that are just not upholding that proud tradition of hitting the pub like we brits tend to do, i think the younger generation view pubs and bars differently to perhaps you and i do. and so revolution bars used to be our biggest customer. they actually

set up in ashton—under—lyne in manchester, and i remember at the time it was when the licensing act, changed how bars and pubs operated in the late night market. >> okay. and joanna, is that true? that is it. your generation ? how? i presume generation? how? i presume you're younger than 27. you certainly look. it is the pub and a bar somewhere that you would want to go on the weekend night . night. >> well, i've actually just missed out on being gen z, but thanks so much for bev. i'm a firm millennial. i'm 30, but now i've actually found myself not wanting to go to pubs and bars, and i think that it's quite unfair, really, to say that gen z themselves are the ones ruining hospitality. they were going through a of living going through a cost of living crisis. think everybody's crisis. i think everybody's cutting also the cutting back. but also the younger generation are always the that we always blame the ones that we always blame and well, you should and say, oh well, you should be saving house. it's harder saving for a house. it's harder now. my day, blah blah now. back in my day, blah blah blah. shouldn't be buying blah. you shouldn't be buying avocados. blah. you shouldn't be buying avocados . well, maybe you avocados. well, maybe you shouldn't buying of shouldn't be buying shots of vodka well, and you should be vodka as well, and you should be

saving for a deposit for a mortgage. i think that times are changing they're it changing and they're doing it for their health, and i completely respect for that. >> joanna, isn't it because quite a lot of the younger people forgive me treading people forgive me for treading into know very little into an area i know very little about, but spend more on about, but spend more time on their phones devices and their phones and devices and gadgets. at home gadgets. perhaps at home communicating with their mates, and do. having a couple of and they do. having a couple of pints the pub, the pints around the pub, around the table, the pub . table, in the pub. >> no, i don't think so. i think that, you know, gen z will still hang out, you know? and granted, they might sit in the same room and down and have their heads down on their the entire but their phone the entire time, but actually they go to festivals. and i think that they just see going out as a treat. going out as more of a treat. and might be on their and there might be on their phone it and ing phone filming it and tiktok ing it and snapchatting it, but i think it's just not appealing think it's just not as appealing to like, i think to them anymore. like, i think we know the dreaded fear of we all know the dreaded fear of when wake up with when you wake up with a hangoven when you wake up with a hangover. call hangxiety . hangover. i call it hangxiety. it makes your mental health so much worse. and i think that gen z we know that suffer from mental health, lot more than mental health, a lot more than other generations at the moment, and healthiest

and it's just the healthiest thing for them to do, and i actually respect them for taking that route. >> william , ironically, of >> william, ironically, of course, health from course, our mental health from our generation was normally improved night with improved by a night out with your mates the pub and maybe your mates in the pub and maybe meeting stranger having meeting a stranger and having a snog the end of the night. snog at the end of the night. they're missing out this lot, aren't they? >> they are. and think >> i think they are. and i think that's, you know, we run pubs, we're an old established family business, and one of the big frustrations from government is that, the physical landscape of being on the high street is expensive. and so whether it's business rates or whether it's vat, it's really hard work. and i think that one of the things that, the younger generation perhaps don't respect is things like, for instance, booking multiple tables that people are thinking , multiple tables that people are thinking, we're going to go out on friday, let's book four tables in four different places and show up for one of and only show up for one of them. and so you then get into a situation where you go , well, situation where you go, well, should we start taking deposits and , you know, you want and actually, you know, you want to make it easy for people to

come in and spend their money in the hospitality sector . but the hospitality sector. but people not turning up, for instance, is just impossible to be able to run a business with that sort of thing going. that's unfair there. >> i think that's unfair. how do you know that? it's just gen z doing that. there's loads of people book tables and don't people who book tables and don't turn up. think that it's turn up. i think that it's unfair to just say that it's just generation who just the younger generation who do kind of take do that. do you kind of take people's when you take people's ages when you take bookings, and there like a bookings, and is there like a trend a graph that can trend and a graph that you can kind that? trend and a graph that you can kin�*go that? trend and a graph that you can kin�*go on. that? trend and a graph that you can kin�*go on. william. no no, i no, >> go on. william. no no, i no, i don't, but i, i'm sort of double your age, which makes me feel terrified because my kids are your age and the thing is that my kids do this and they think it's normal. >> think it's terrible. >> and i think it's terrible. and yes, a different and so, yes, it is a different generational attitude, it's something about thinking that relying on your tech, isn't it? well, i've booked a table online. i'll just have it. there's had there's no they haven't had a conversation person. they conversation with a person. they haven't at somebody, haven't looked at somebody, a manager and they manager in the eye, and they haven't. there's no connection, isn't there in this lack of

connection means that, like you say, just go. well, it say, kids just go. well, it doesn't matter. booked doesn't matter. i've just booked a but why are they having a table. but why are they having to book tables the first to book tables in the first place? that would be my place? william that would be my question. >> if you want the best >> well, if you want the best table , you probably need to book table, you probably need to book it. one of the things it. and one of the things that we uk is we we have in the uk is that we have really terrible weather. and the sun comes out, and so when the sun comes out, everybody outside , everybody wants to sit outside, but you can't take bookings outside. and so, of course, the walk in market's really, really important if you want to go out for a nice meal at 8:00 on, a friday night, you want to be able to book a table, but i think when you book a table, you have a responsibility to turn up. yeah. okay well thank you both. it's interesting isn't it. william lees—jones there, the owner of j.w. lees pubs and social commentator joana jarjue. >> i go to the pub >> see when i go to the pub i just turn up at a pub. >> those days are sort of going, unfortunately. andrew know unfortunately. andrew i know it's isn't it. i think it's a shame, isn't it. i think we are losing and i'd like to have drink bar. me too. have a drink at the bar. me too. >> i know it's really nice, right? >> get in touch this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com. know

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>> 10 am. on wednesday, the 3rd of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> those three british aid workers who were world workers who were killed. world leaders condemned a fatal leaders have condemned a fatal israeli missile strike. but is this a war crime? this now a war crime? >> you think british >> do you think that british values might be at risk? a teacher in birmingham has been banned for saying that islam will take over the world, and calling westernised girls lunatics and the fakes the fake stamp scandal. >> the royal mail even more problems. it's investigating problems. it's investigating problems with new barcoded stamps, which see customers hit with fines . with fines. >> and can you believe it, there might be a hosepipe ban in coming despite the wettest 18 months on record, britain could face you guessed it, water shortages this summer. cause the players gonna play, play, play,

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with immediate effect. israel, though, says that the airstrike was a mistake that followed misidentification of a target in a call last night with israel's prime minister rishi sunak said the attack in gaza was appalling and that far too many aid workers and civilians have lost their lives . and it comes after their lives. and it comes after lord david cameron told his israeli counterpart that major changes were needed to protect aid workers. labour mp darren jones told gb news this morning that answers are needed. >> this should not have happened. aid workers are supposed to be protected. they should not be targeted by military forces in a war zone. their vehicles , their convoy their vehicles, their convoy were clearly marked the route they were taking had been pre—notified and israel now has to answer questions as to how this unimaginable circumstance could have happened in the first place, and they should do so quickly. the difficult thing, then, is that the consequence of this is that it makes it harder for aid to be made available to

people who so desperately need it in gaza. >> well, following that attack in gaza, the head of the world central kitchen charity paid central kitchen charity has paid tribute to the seven aid workers who were killed. aaron gore described them as heroes and beautiful souls who lives beautiful souls who whose lives were lost as they were returning from a full day's mission, giving their best selves to the world. and she added that their smiles, their laughter and voices are forever embedded in our memories. voices are forever embedded in our memories . at least seven our memories. at least seven people have died and more than 700 have been injured after taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years. for those watching on television, this was the moment that the quake struck. well, tremors were recorded as high as 7.7 in magnitude at around 8:00 this morning. that was as people were heading to work and to school. rescue workers are now working to recover more than 70 estimated to be trapped after buildings collapsed and

landslides were triggered . here landslides were triggered. here in the uk, downing street has said that the prime minister remains confident in his pledge to stop the boats, despite record arrivals across the channel. this year. almost 800 made the journey over easter weekend totalling more than 5400 so far this year. number 10 says, though , there is a range says, though, there is a range of different reasons for what it's described as fluctuating numbers, including changing weather conditions and people smuggling gangs evading authorities. a spokesperson said that breaking the business model of smugglers remains the government's priority . network government's priority. network rail is to invest £2.8 billion in protecting railways from extreme weather, following several high profile faults and delays. the government owned company says the funds will be used to recruit nearly 400 extra drainage engineers , and to train drainage engineers, and to train hundreds of operational staff to better interpret weather forecasts. it's after several incidents of delays and faults,

including thousands of passengers who were stuck for hours on trains near paddington in london in december without power due to a fault with overhead wires . three suspects overhead wires. three suspects in the stabbing of a journalist working for iran international television have left britain. that's according to metropolitan police. counter terrorism officers are leading the investigation following that attack outside a home in wimbledon, the home of that journalist . the suspects, journalist. the suspects, identified through cctv, abandoned a vehicle linked to the incident before leaving the country, reportedly via heathrow airport. iran international is a tv channel based here in the uk and is known for its independent coverage of iran. it has, however, though faced various threats from the iranian regime before, including a plot to kill two of its presenters in 2022 and the king will open balmoral castle to the public this summer, giving curious visitors a rare glimpse inside the royal

estate . it's the first time the estate. it's the first time the pubuc estate. it's the first time the public has been allowed inside since the original castle was purchased by queen victoria and prince albert in 1852. guided tours will offer a peek inside the ballroom and a look at the king's collection of watercolours and even outfits worn by the royals. tickets, though, start at £100 and they are likely to sell out fast with just 40 available each day . just 40 available each day. those are the latest headlines for more. you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code there on your screen. or, if you're listening on radio, go to gb news. common alerts . gb news. common alerts. >> what is the time? it is 1007 with britain's news tom moore gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so three british aid workers have been killed after being hit by an israeli missile strike there. >> james henderson , who was 33. >> james henderson, who was 33. john chapman, 57. they both served the royal marines and served in the royal marines and they alongside they were named alongside james kirby, rifleman and

kirby, a former rifleman and sniper marksman. >> look at those fantastic , fit >> look at those fantastic, fit young men with their lives ahead of them. and earlier we spoke to bob seely, former soldier and tory mp for the isle of wight. >> it was a simple answer. whether it's a war crime, a mistake is not crime. not mistake is not a war crime. not having kind of targeting having some kind of targeting process could be. so i think i would be very wary about that. the important point, would be very wary about that. the important point , bev, here, the important point, bev, here, is that this has been happening to a lot of palestinians, who haven't been involved necessarily with hamas and who have been killed in a similar way, and the amount of people who are being killed who are innocent and not part of this conflict looks like, that it is very high, sam fawzi, who's a great friend of this program , great friend of this program, barristers with us. it's pretty clear, isn't it, in law , clear, isn't it, in law, humanitarian relief workers are protected under the international criminal court by various un conventions. if they are indiscriminately or deliberately targeted . ed, it's

deliberately targeted. ed, it's prima facie war crime, isn't it? yes i think so. >> the and your words are absolutely right there . it's the absolutely right there. it's the indiscriminate nature of this thatis indiscriminate nature of this that is really problematic. and i think many people would be, would be very surprised if israel would deliberately targeting aid workers. but if they were, then that would be without a doubt a war crime, but it's also problematic if israel are acting in a way that's so indiscriminate that aid workers or civilians are getting disproportionately caught up in this. and it's this has been the problem from the very start of the conflict that israel is operating in a theatre that is the most densely populated place, or one of the most densely populated places in the world. and it's fighting this battle like it's fighting in the desert with, you know, with large munitions. >> they would argue, wouldn't they, sam, that they would argue that , hamas they, sam, that they would argue that, hamas cruelly exploit

their own people. they used their own people. they used their own people as human shields. the hostages, they've still got over 100 hostages. they've still operate from that labyrinth of tunnels. >> and they're right there is evidence that hamas are using human shields. there's also evidence that the idf used human shields as well. so both sides in this conflict are, are and that in itself is a war crime that in itself is a war crime that both sides in this conflict are committing. but the international law and international law and international humanitarian law, which is the law of war, the geneva conventions, is really clear on this. the what the other side does doesn't justify what you do . it doesn't give you what you do. it doesn't give you carte blanche. so if the other side are using human shields, you still have a responsibility to adjust your battle plan to make sure that civilians are, are are protected. so saying, well, hamas are using human shields, so it's okay for to us almost carpet bomb built up areas that doesn't cut the mustard. you've got a

responsibility to figure out a way to achieve your objectives without compromising civilians, or without disproportionately compromising civilians . compromising civilians. >> we all remember the 7th of october and those horrific , october and those horrific, distressing images, the lamentable attack on civilians on that particular day. but we're now almost six months on from that point, sam and what we'll be going on from a legal point of view behind the scenes to bring this to some sort of resolution. >> well, it's very difficult to bnng >> well, it's very difficult to bring it to a resolution from a legal point of view, actually, you've got the ongoing case at the international court of justice , which is to do with justice, which is to do with genocide that's been brought by south africa . and indeed, yeah, south africa. and indeed, yeah, that's been bought by south africa and south. the reason just just to make that clear, all countries have a legal duty to intervene if they think that genocide or war crimes are happening. so that's that's a duty that falls on on everybody.

and that's why south africa brought its case. you've also got an investigation by the international criminal court that's looking at crimes against humanity. and in particular, i think they'll be focusing on forced displacement . and you've forced displacement. and you've got, i think, 1.7 million people in gaza , which is significantly in gaza, which is significantly more than half the entire population , are now displaced as population, are now displaced as a result of what's going on. but again, that's not going. the law isn't going to end the conflict. it's politics that will end the conflict . and while western conflict. and while western countries like the uk and the us and germany are prepared to support the likud government, then it's likely that the conflict will will continue. >> well, it's the united states , >> well, it's the united states, really, isn't it? and with an election coming up this year, presidential election, is biden really going to turn his back on israel for powerful lobby israel for hugely powerful lobby in think it's very unlikely >> i think it's very unlikely that any of them will do that. yes, it's the united states and i if biden were to lose i think if biden were to lose this election , you get you get

this election, you get you get a trump presidency, then i think you'll you'll see even more enthusiastic backing of likud because likud and the sort of their far right coalition which is in power in israel is more ideologically aligned with the maga movement. but it's also it's also the uk. i mean, both both of the major parties have been very unwilling to go go very far in calling out israel and saying, look what you're doing clearly isn't working because you're not eliminating hamas. you're creating a massive groundswell of anger against israel. arguably, what the likud strategy is the best recruiting tool from for hamas, because it's creating a whole new generation of, of angry, angry people in gaza who hate, hate israel and the cost of all this is now tens of thousands of civilian lives . and that's just civilian lives. and that's just not acceptable. but we don't have politicians who are willing

to say that at the moment, netanyahu is doomed the moment this this military conflict ends because he's great reputation as the protector of israel. >> mr security evaporate with the sheer audacity of that. the hamas raid on october 7th, which was shocking in the numbers of people it killed, but shocking that they were able to do it. >> absolutely. and the obviously, netanyahu's entire strategy with palestine was, until that point, not his entire strategy. a plank of his strategy. a plank of his strategy with palestine was up until that point, to facilitate funds to hamas in order to keep the palestinian hamas and the palestinian authority divided and to avoid the idea of a of a two state solution . and so that two state solution. and so that strategy massively failed. he now has a political incentive to keep this war going on for as long as possible. and when . and long as possible. and when. and he also has an incredible amount of sort of unaccountable power in israel. he's an an incredibly

strong position , and when you strong position, and when you have that situation, it makes it really difficult to see an end to the conflict because no one's got an interest in bringing the conflict to an end. >> and while you're here, i just want to ask you about the other big legal story from this week, which was the hate crime and pubuc which was the hate crime and public order act in scotland. the police have said they're not going investigate j.k. going to investigate j.k. rowling do rowling for her tweets, how do you that news? because it you greet that news? because it kind makes bit of a it kind of makes a bit of a it makes a mockery of this law, doesn't it? because if the police aren't to with police aren't going to act with against which against jk rowling, which i don't think should , she don't think they should, she said, and arrest me. said, come and arrest me. they're not going anybody they're not going to. is anybody going to this threshold? going to reach this threshold? >> think i mean, think the >> i think i mean, i think the jk was acting incredibly jk rowling was acting incredibly immaturely there in sort of desperately begging for someone to not immature defiance. >> i would say defiance in the face of a tyrannical policy. >> well, i think it wasn't because she what she was defiant was in, in the face of an imagined policy, which was this, this myth that the policy bans

misgendering, which it doesn't. the policy and the law is very, very clear in saying that when applying this law, you've got to respect, controversial opinions, including those those that offend and jk rowling and her her sort of cabal had had misinterpreted this and told everyone that this was this was going to ban misgendering. so she then kind of put on her little performance, not even in scotland, somewhere else, saying, come and arrest me, come and arrest me, come and arrest me. and the police said, well, no, because that's not law. no, because that's not the law. >> we're not going to it's >> so we're not going to it's not controversial to a man not controversial to say a man who transitions to a woman is not is woman . it's still not is not a woman. it's still a man that's not trump controversial. >> well, terms of the >> well, it's in terms of the law. it's not it's not banned by that law. so expressing that but expressing that opinion is fine. >> but it's not controversial, is it. >> but isn't it? >> but isn't it? >> unless in the opinion of a reasonable person, what is a reasonable person, what is a reasonable person? i would consider us all to be reasonable

people, but have very people, but we have very different this different opinions on this and whether will stirring up whether it will be stirring up hatred does that hatred again. what does that mean? and people did report mean? if and people did report her tweets said that by her tweets and said that by doing series of tweets doing a series of tweets pointing men who had pointing out men who had transitioned to be and transitioned to be women and were imprisoned, wanted to be imprisoned in women's prisons, some absolutely some people could absolutely interpret that as wanting to stir up hate, but the police didn't. >> so the reasonable person is a really well established , really well established, literally hundreds of years old legal concept that we use in every single aspect of the law. and it means that the court looks at the range of reasonable opinions . and so it's given an opinions. and so it's given an instruction to the courts to say, look , do what you always say, look, do what you always do. in this case, look at the range of opinions, and this this allows a protection for free speech, while at the same time stopping people from infringing others free speech by bullying them into silence. and this is what that, that law was designed to, to stop it didn't come from a partisan place. it came from a cross party initially an

independent commission led by a retired judge, then a cross—party consensus. and the idea is to say , yes, if you want idea is to say, yes, if you want to say, i believe that i, i believe in gender essentialism or whatever, that's fine. you express that. what you can't do is say, i believe in gender essentialism. and i think all trans people are paedophiles. and that's that's an example that that has has come out. people have tweeted that and therefore sort of stirring up against the community, but then still just words, sam. >> still just words. >> still just words. >> but words have an impact and your right to say stupid things. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, that's i mean, thank god perspective. god for my perspective. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> never come on here and >> you never come on here and say things, but we have say stupid things, but we have run out of time, sam. right, still this morning, still to come this morning, the former ofsted has warned former head of ofsted has warned that feelings must not that adult feelings must not be put before children's needs. what thing to say. what a radical thing to say. >> blimey, this is britain's newsroom.

gb news. 1021 you're with britain's news on gb news. landry, pierce and bev turner. the panels here. >> they're here with us. mike parry and former labour mp stephen morning in the stephen pound. morning in the studio. morning. studio. good morning. >> in the flesh. >> tyson in the flesh. >> tyson in the flesh. >> stephen, what is that badge on tie ? on your tie? >> the last ship i ever >> that is the last ship i ever served in hms grafton. how nice . served in hms grafton. how nice. yeah, yeah, a duke class, right ? yeah, yeah, a duke class, right? rather appropriate for you. older. >> well, talking of water hose , >> well, talking of water hose, talking of war. hosepipe ban. mike parry , how is it possible mike parry, how is it possible that after having the 18 months of the wettest weather on record, we're going to be facing it? >> it is completely unbelievable. can i just show this to the camera? this is new road, which is worcester county cricket ground. it floods every winter and it has done for the last 20 or 30 years. when are they going to work out a way of containing this water? and maybe

putting it into an underground reservoir somewhere in worcestershire? because the other picture we see in this part of the world all the time is that cathedral that's always surrounded flooded surrounded by water and flooded in tewkesbury. happens in tewkesbury. yeah, it happens every if we know it's every year. so if we know it's going to happen, it has for the last 20 or 25 years. why on earth haven't we made plans? one of the reasons is because although it's one of the wettest countries in the world, we don't contain the water in enough reservoirs, build a reservoir. we not only have we never built a reservoir for the last 30 years, but we need to cover our reservoirs because the summer reservoirs because in the summer the evaporates. that's the water evaporates. and that's why got no water. why we've got no water. >> water companies are >> these water companies are a complete disgrace and joke, and one of them is about to go bust. >> thames water at every single level. i think ken level. i mean, i think of ken dodge, one his last jokes, dodge, one of his last jokes, which is the hosepipe ban, doesn't bought doesn't bother me. i bought a hosepipe last year, but but look, the reality is you've got a real problem with infrastructure here. i think infrastructure here. and i think the if you at the real problem, if you look at it, you're absolutely right, to andrew, on andrew, put your finger on the water companies, been

water companies, they have been pumping billions into pumping billions, billions into the of their the bulging pockets of their shareholders. putting the bulging pockets of their shareiintozrs. putting the bulging pockets of their shareiinto infrastructure. putting the bulging pockets of their shareiinto infrastructure. yeah.g them into infrastructure. yeah. how can we the country which has more rainfall than almost anywhere county donegal, anywhere outside county donegal, that's with that's right, end up with droughts year? that's right, end up with dro no ts year? that's right, end up with dro no .; year? >> no. >> no. >> and but, stephen, here's a political issue for you because thames water could go bust. it could bust. when labour is in could go bust. when labour is in power, keir starmer going power, it's keir starmer going to take it into public ownership because labour to take it into public ownership becalpolicy labour to take it into public ownership becalpolicy taking labour to take it into public ownership becalpolicy taking lwater to take it into public ownership beca|in. licy taking lwater to take it into public ownership beca|in.|ndeeding lwater to take it into public ownership beca|in. indeed it] lwater to take it into public ownership beca|in. indeed it was. water to take it into public ownership beca|in. indeed it was. ander back in. indeed it was. and then eu turned. >> well, i think the reality was that economy was such that the economy was in such a state at that time. the the, the government couldn't afford to actually take back. but the actually take it back. but the reality you can just reality is you can just stand back happen because back and let this happen because look happening look what's happening with some of companies. look of the train companies. look what's happening with some of the that happened in the banks that happened in the early go, i was early days when they go, i was going something you going to say something up, you know, collapse, who know, when they collapse, who has step in us for we has to step in us for we taxpayers. yeah, we have to do it time. i think margaret it every time. i think margaret thatcher, her soul, thatcher, god rest her soul, would spinning in grave would be spinning in her grave if thought this great if she thought that this great privatisation of the water industry, ended with privatisation of the water indusit's ended with privatisation of the water indusit's ended ded with privatisation of the water indusit's ended upi with privatisation of the water indusit's ended up with.'ith privatisation of the water indusit's ended up with. no

what it's ended up with. no regulation, no over control, being a bunch of being owned by a bunch of venture and a lot venture capitalists and a lot from australia. >> yeah, yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. the the the £7 billion that the, the shareholders paid in dividends. >> how many reservoirs would that pay? >> was about to say you could >> i was about to say you could build reservoir for about £500 build a reservoir for about £500 million. is an absolute million. okay it is an absolute disgrace way the money's disgrace the way the money's gone i think should gone and what i think should happen future of thames happen for the future of thames water capitalism water is just let capitalism take it goes, bust, take its path and it goes, bust, it goes bust, it goes bust and then to rely the then you have to rely on the business principles to put it back again. otherwise back together again. otherwise if it's nationalised, we're all going have pay to keep it going. >> it's just briefly, there's no competition anyway because you and i mean, has to and your i mean, my water has to come one water company. come from one water company. >> i have choice. exactly. >> i have no choice. exactly. >> i have no choice. exactly. >> as if you're going >> it's not as if you're going to kitchen, now, shall to your kitchen, say, now, shall i some thames water today, i have some thames water today, or some southern water? >> you know. but andrew in his house says she'll have everyone water out of this sparkling. but look, the reality is that it's one the basic principles of one of the basic principles of economics. a does not economics. a monopoly does not serve the consumer. no, because quite monopolies quite simply, monopolies drive the the service the price up and the service down. because what else? there's

no ipsis. well, what's the point of regulating? no ipsis. well, what's the point of rigulating? no ipsis. well, what's the point of h thinkng? no ipsis. well, what's the point of h think people feel so >> i think people feel so strongly the situation strongly about the situation with water this country. with water in this country. i think a proper vote winner. think it's a proper vote winner. i think labour came and i think labour came out and said, we to build said, we promised to build x number of reservoirs. >> i totally agree, i live in a i live in a penthouse. right? so i've got a go on at the time. i can look down and my street runs down like that to the main road. and when it rains, the street becomes a river, because all the gnds becomes a river, because all the grids that we used to have when i was a little kid , where the i was a little kid, where the rain water went down, are all bound up with leaves and twigs, rain water went down, are all bortheylp with leaves and twigs, rain water went down, are all borthey don't] leaves and twigs, rain water went down, are all borthey don't go aves and twigs, rain water went down, are all borthey don't go downind twigs, rain water went down, are all borthey don't go down there 'igs, so they don't go down there anymore. it straight down anymore. it goes straight down the the the bottom the road, the road at the bottom floods. guess what? two days floods. and guess what? two days later gone. why can't later it's all gone. why can't they that water? they contain that water? >> why can't they capture the risk of it's a perfect risk of saying it's a perfect storm? problem you've got storm? the problem you've got there that the councils can there is that the councils can no afford pay no longer afford to pay for people clean the people to street clean the streets same way that streets in the same way that they so you've got that they did. so you've got that contributes to the blocking of the drains, blocking of the sewers. like the of sewers. but i like the idea of mike in penthouse. always mike in the penthouse. i always think that they named the

magazine home magazine after his home somewhere balmoral. somewhere right now, balmoral. >> whether any of >> i don't know whether any of you have visited. you must. >> yes, of course. i've been to balmoral more than once in many occasions. >> really? >> yes. >> yes. >> when i was doing the royal >> so when i was doing the royal beat, king charles the beat, well, king charles the third is obviously feeling third now is obviously feeling the crisis as the cost of living crisis as well, because he's opening up the rooms for the first time. >> mike. >> mike. >> yeah, he is, but i'm getting a worried about because a bit worried about this because i going to be a i think it's going to be a supply demand situation. supply and demand situation. >> apparently tickets supply and demand situation. >> goingently tickets supply and demand situation. >> goingently yeah tickets supply and demand situation. >> goingently yeah only:ets supply and demand situation. >> goingently yeah only 40 are going to be. yeah only 40 are going to be. yeah only 40 are going to available each are going to be available each week. any 40 a day? i week. okay, any 40 a day? i think 40 i'm sorry, 40 think 40 a day. i'm sorry, 40 a day. you're right, could cost anything from £100 to £175. i can see a black market opening up right okay. people are up right away. okay. people are going to get in there. yeah, they're they're going to. you know, the scalpers will get in there. they'll ticket. but there. they'll get a ticket. but it a magnificent thing. this, it is a magnificent thing. this, isn't it. to be able to have a look around one one of the great you know, it was queen. it's you know, it was the queen. it's monarch buildings in the world. you know, it was the queen. it's mo the1 buildings in the world. you know, it was the queen. it's mo the queen'sgs in the world. you know, it was the queen. it's mo the queen's favourite world. you know, it was the queen. it's mo the queen's favourite home. >> the queen's favourite home. >> the queen's favourite home. >> and apparently get >> and apparently you get afternoon that £100. afternoon tea for that £100. >> you probably get prince >> yeah, you probably get prince andrew you as

andrew showing you around as well. not all good news. well. so it's not all good news. but yeah. look i have to say, occasionally feel completely occasionally i feel completely unworthy. and i'm here at the table have had dinner table with. you have had dinner with blair at chequers. with tony blair at chequers. you've been in out of. you've been in and out of. >> oh, i'm sorry. >> was many years ago. it was >> it was many years ago. it was many, years ago . many, many years ago. >> you're welcome. >> you're welcome. >> and of course, next week he resigned. you know, you've resigned. but, you know, you've beenin resigned. but, you know, you've been in and out of balmoral and, you know, what have done? you you know, what have i done? you know, stood outside know, i've stood outside buckingham peering buckingham palace, peering through m ajesty. majesty. >> give w.- >> never give you a reality. >> never give you a reality. >> it's. i think mike put his finger on it. going to be finger on it. it's going to be a very, very limited amount of people access to. and the other thing you go thing is, it's like when you go to and actually, to buckingham and actually, i have been to buckingham palace once you don't get to once or twice, you don't get to see much. simply the see much. you simply see the royal portrait or the royal portrait gallery or the gardens. only interesting gardens. the only interesting thing saw at a royal thing i ever saw at a royal garden party was denis healey relieving behind a tree. relieving himself behind a tree. >> charming. >> charming. >> charming. >> yeah, charming. >> yeah, charming. >> would you >> that would put you off politicians wouldn't it? >> of course. people think they're to get when people they're going to get when people go buckingham palace go to the buckingham palace garden. what i find amazing, they load up their plates with they load up their plates with the like it's going out of

the food like it's going out of fashion is unbelievable. the food like it's going out of fash then is unbelievable. the food like it's going out of fash then they is unbelievable. the food like it's going out of fash then they gornbelievable. the food like it's going out of fash then they go back evable. the food like it's going out of fash then they go back eva more and then they go back for more and i'm amazed that just and more. i'm amazed that just people, happens people? people, what happens to people? >> interesting >> well, what's interesting about party? about the royal garden party? you the only thing they you know, the only thing they say these tiny little say are these tiny little cucumber sandwiches with no crusts. also crusts. that's right. and also iced coffee they don't give booze. >> no booze at all. >> no booze at all. >> any booze? >> any booze? >> no, no, no. >> but if anybody's in any sort of queen is home of a uniform, the queen is home and them. so, the and straighten them. so, the number people i saw squeezing number of people i saw squeezing into the uniform the last war 30 years just talk. >> let's just talk. >> let's just talk. >> we just talk briefly >> should we just talk briefly about that the former about the fact that the former head of ofsted has? amanda spielman said it's more spielman has said that it's more important children get the important that children get the right schools than right care in schools than upsetting adults feelings. a rare sense. rare glimpse of common sense. mike rare glimpse of common sense. mikyeah, is a rare glimpse of >> yeah, it is a rare glimpse of common sense. this is a terribly tragic isn't it? because tragic case, isn't it? because it teacher who was so it involves a teacher who was so heartbroken even the heartbroken that even the coroner inquest her coroner at her inquest into her death said her death, death said that her death, suicide two months after her school was downgraded from the top grade down to the bottom grade, even the coroner said that led to her death. it was factor. >> i think it was a factor

rather than the main cause played a part exactly. >> contributed to that was the word used in. let's get that right contributed to. but you can see that that says everything to you. this head teacher devoted her life to teacher had devoted her life to serving the children, to making the school the best, to trying to, you know, do her job at the to, you know, do herjob at the to, you know, do herjob at the to the very high standard. and somebody clearly is not a somebody who clearly is not a very pleasant person came along and said, okay, you were top, now you're bottom. i don't know why that happened, but shouldn't there be rule that you can there be a rule that you can only downgrade school by only downgrade the school by 1 degrees at a time, rather than going top to bottom ? no, of going from top to bottom? no, of course you shouldn't. >> course you can't say >> of course you can't say schools. should chaotic. schools. you should chaotic. look, school look, i've been a school governor for most of my adult life. various there life. and various schools. there are which are just are some schools which are just simply awful. simply flipping awful. >> this was a great >> yeah, but this was a great school. >> yeah, but this was a great sch well, hang >> yeah, but this was a great schwell, hang on a second. >> well, no, hang on a second. what i'm saying school can go what i'm saying a school can go from good. i think of the from good. i think one of the problems with ofsted is it's a one word thing. good. one word thing. it's good. outstanding poor requires improvement. and that's too brief. thing about brief. yeah. the odd thing about this the parents obviously this is the parents obviously love ofsted because

love the ofsted reports because it benchmark for it gives them a benchmark for the the teachers the school and the teachers don't it because, you know don't like it because, you know who likes to be, you know, to be probed in particular way. probed in that particular way. >> mark. >> mark. >> yeah. indeed. >> yeah. yeah. indeed. >> yeah. yeah. indeed. >> well can the school >> so well how can the school have got so over such have got so bad over such a short period of time? >> can happen, mike. it can happen. >> this headteacher was one of the best. ruth perry, her name. >> we just heard the two words. what lockdowns that's what were the lockdowns that's hit schools hard because a lot of teachers. hit schools hard because a lot of tbutiers. hit schools hard because a lot of tbut that wasn't the head >> but that wasn't the head teacher's fault. was no. teacher's fault. was it? no. >> that's but it does >> that's right. but it does explain why some schools will have recovered better some way. >> in this interview, amanda spellman says she's not backing down. have down. she's would wouldn't have done she done anything differently. she still that report still would have that report would same would have been the same for that school. obviously that school. she obviously regrets her. regrets what happened to her. yes, yes. but she said we've yes, yes. but but she said we've got to put the children first. not offending adults. >> also got >> yes. but you've also got to make for the make some allowances for the circumstances surrounded make some allowances for the circischoolces surrounded make some allowances for the circischool at; surrounded make some allowances for the circischool at the surrounded make some allowances for the circischool at the timejrrounded make some allowances for the circischool at the time thernded the school at the time the inspections were and the inspections were made and the relative conditions. >> couple >> i think there's a couple of things about ofsted. firstly, you any you you don't get any notice. you get phone call at 4:00 on the get a phone call at 4:00 on the tuesday to say we'll be in on wednesday well wednesday morning. well that's quite wednesday morning. well that's

qui'that's i'm saying that >> that's i'm saying that is absolutely course absolutely right. of course there's of course there's pressure. of course there's pressure. of course there's there's tension there's tension. there's tension with the other with exams. but look the other problem don't problem is that they don't actually other than problem is that they don't a> oh, miss, mm- >> oh, miss, miss, so sorry we have of time. the have run out of time. the playground off. playground bell has gone off. sam francis waiting sam francis is waiting very patiently news patiently for us with the news headlines. >> good morning from the gb newsroom. it'sjust >> good morning from the gb newsroom. it's just after 10:30. the headlines this hour. the prime minister is demanding answers from israel after seven aid workers, including three british nationals, were killed by an israeli air strike. john chapman , james henderson and chapman, james henderson and james kirby were delivering vital food supplies to the region when their convoy was hit. the group, from the world central kitchen charity had coordinated their movements with israel's military before setting off in two armoured cars marked with that charity's logo. israel

has said the airstrike was a mistake that followed misidentification of a target. the prime minister here in the uk has said that the attack was appalling and that far too many aid workers and civilians have already lost their lives. the head of the world central kitchen charity, in response to that incident, has now paid tribute to the seven aid workers who lost their lives . erin gause who lost their lives. erin gause described them as heroes and beautiful souls whose lives were lost as they were. she says, returning from a full day's mission, giving their best selves to the world. in the last hour, selves to the world. in the last hour , we've heard that a man has hour, we've heard that a man has been stabbed to death on the outskirts of a migrant camp near dunkirk in france. the camp currently houses around 200 migrants in tents and other makeshift structures. police say the migrant died at the scene less than an hour after emergency services were called . emergency services were called. no witnesses have yet come forward and authorities haven't so far identified any suspects ,

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gb news. greg. good morning. 1038. let's have a look at what we've been saying at home. thank you for your messages on whether generation z or gen z the generation z or gen z as the kids and andrew call them. john says, i've got an 18 year old son.the says, i've got an 18 year old son. the reason they don't drink is because they've grown up seeing their get into seeing their parents get into a state drink bars in

state when they drink bars in town centre, such as bury. i know well, john, are just know it well, john, are just full of undesirables and often they're bars. they're a trouble in these bars. berry, many towns, has a berry, like many towns, has a knife crime problem as well. berry, like many towns, has a knife don't problem as well. berry, like many towns, has a knife don't feel)lem as well. berry, like many towns, has a knife don't feel safe. as well. berry, like many towns, has a knife don't feel safe. i; well. berry, like many towns, has a knife don't feel safe. i guess they don't feel safe. i guess some kids so sad. and some of these kids so sad. and natasha of course there'll some of these kids so sad. and na an 1a of course there'll some of these kids so sad. and na an element)f course there'll some of these kids so sad. and na an element of :ourse there'll some of these kids so sad. and na an element of money,�*|ere'll some of these kids so sad. and na an element of money, but'll some of these kids so sad. and na an element of money, but it be an element of money, but it could fear. out the could be fear. going out to the pub safe these days . it pub isn't safe these days. it never that safe. let's be never was that safe. let's be honest, not how much honest, i'm not sure how much more dangerous now. honest, i'm not sure how much mo no,angerous now. honest, i'm not sure how much mo no, and rous now. honest, i'm not sure how much mo no, and lots now. honest, i'm not sure how much mo no, and lots of now. honest, i'm not sure how much mo no, and lots of you»w. honest, i'm not sure how much mo no, and lots of you are >> no, and lots of you are getting in touch about the hosepipe infuriating, hosepipe ban. it is infuriating, isn't 18 months isn't it? we've had 18 months of almost rain. it hasn't almost continual rain. it hasn't stopped. no, it's stopped. stopped. no, it's never stopped. this weekend . and we're already this weekend. and we're already talking about hosepipe ban, hosepipe restrictions hosepipe bans and restrictions in the summer. bernard says until they nationalise water until they nationalise all water companies, will change. companies, nothing will change. judnh judith says. couldn't the smaller kept for smaller reservoirs be kept for emergencies, or at least in areas they be areas where they might be helpful but of helpful to farmers? but of course they're just selling them off says, can off and someone else says, can you we're you somebody tell me why we're being privatised you somebody tell me why we're being companies privatised you somebody tell me why we're being companies forvatised you somebody tell me why we're being companies for the ;ed off water companies for the run off from our properties? they should pay from our properties? they should pay water pay us for recovering the water for to use to sue us. for them to use to sue us. >> yeah, and i genuinely think this be a vote winner. this would be a vote winner. there's so many people sitting on moment and on the fence at the moment and feeling politically homeless.

whichever political party comes out we are going to out and says, we are going to sort out the water situation and we're do it like this we're going to do it like this and give us a plan, don't just say we're to it out. and give us a plan, don't just sayand'e to it out. and give us a plan, don't just sayand starmerto it out. and give us a plan, don't just sayand starmer got it out. and give us a plan, don't just sayand starmer got into out. and give us a plan, don't just sayand starmer got into quite >> and starmer got into quite a lot of trouble week for his lot of trouble last week for his response shocking response to those shocking figures pollution response to those shocking figures into pollution response to those shocking figures into our pollution response to those shocking figures into our rivers, pollution is going into our rivers, because was a limp wristed, is going into our rivers, becaurkneed, s a limp wristed, is going into our rivers, becaurkneed, pilifulip wristed, is going into our rivers, becaurkneed, pitiful response. knock kneed, pitiful response. that's got to get that's right. they've got to get tough with these water polluters. >> and says the water >> and cowell says the water companies really don't care. it's all about money and profit, carol, isn't it? how come a country like spain manage it so well? yes. this year they've struggled little rain, struggled with very little rain, but on year in but they manage year on year in boiling perhaps. boiling hot weather. perhaps. would to them would they need to look to them for answers? >> well, they certainly need some a muslim some answers now. a muslim teacher. good. i'm pleased to say, has been banned for life after suggesting islam was going to take over and take over the world. that is , and claiming world. that is, and claiming westernised girls were lunatics . westernised girls were lunatics. >> so aqib khan taught english at harborne academy in birmingham . he was sacked after birmingham. he was sacked after a misconduct found that he was

undermining fundamental british values. >> well, we're joined now by the former chairman of the conservative muslim forum, mohammed amin, who's i think you're now. mohammed i think you're now. mohammed i think you're a campaigner for the you're now a campaigner for the liberal think , yes, liberal democrats. i think, yes, i paid a member of the liberal democrat and i should do democrat party and i should do more campaigning than i actually do. >> n do. >> i am a strong do. i am a strong supporter. >> but i am a strong supporter. >> but i am a strong supporter. >> we're very glad you're not campaigning now because you wouldn't talk to wouldn't have time to talk to us. has quite us. this has been quite a contrast the way school has contrast the way this school has handled if you handled this teacher. if you compare him with the teacher who was in, i think it was batley grammar school who's still in hiding after using a cartoon of the prophet muhammad , a device the prophet muhammad, a device that had been used in other lessons before . this teacher in lessons before. this teacher in harborne has been dealt with swiftly and it seems to me correctly . correctly. >> well, all i know about this case is what i read in the media. but from what i have read in the media, i would not want this teacher anywhere near my children when they were young.

and i think it's the right decision to remove him, whether the ban should be for life or ten years until he gets re—educated is a different issue, certainly the way he issue, but certainly the way he was behaving at the moment is he's not fit to be in classroom. >> some of the other things that he said , he said he he wouldn't he said, he said he he wouldn't date a female doctor because she earned £70,000 and he couldn't be with a woman who earned more than him. and of course, these are these are statements he's made to pupils. he are these are statements he's made to pupils . he told pupils made to pupils. he told pupils that the baby of a woman over the age of was more likely to the age of 30 was more likely to be than a wife having be disabled than a wife having one with her cousin . and these one with her cousin. and these sort of tap into this idea of this stereotype, of a very extreme muslim view of the world. how damaging is it to islam ? islam? >> well, first of all, it shows this person's own massive ignorance about islam , the ignorance about islam, the prophet muhammad, peace be upon him. when he was a young man, he

worked for a wealthy widow. she was his employer. so he's complaining about her woman doctor earning more than him. the prophet muhammad worked for a woman islam does not go in for gender inequality. it recognises the equality of men and women before, before god. and eventually that woman proposed to him that they get married and they got married. khadija do you think sometimes there's a misunderstanding there? >> muhammad in terms of the cultures of some countries , cultures of some countries, which is a culture and a politics from some islamic, islamic countries, compared to the religion itself ? the religion itself? >> absolutely, islam is not a misogynistic religion. unfortunately, there are far too many muslim men who are misogynistic. many muslim men who are misogynistic . going back to we misogynistic. going back to we were talking about the teacher in batley , mohammed, a real he in batley, mohammed, a real he was attacked by people in the

local community who thought what he was doing by using the cartoon of the prophet muhammad was unacceptable. self—appointed champions by the way of local education. but the school didn't support the governors support him, the governors didn't he's didn't support him, and he's still hiding three years still in hiding three years later. that is unacceptable, isn't it ? when muslim muslim isn't it? when muslim muslim community leaders get together to behave in that way? if i would say that about any community leaders, if they behaved in that way, yes it is. >> i read dame sarah khan's report on extremism , which had a report on extremism, which had a whole chapter on the berkeley situation , and this teacher was situation, and this teacher was badly let down by all the authorities that should have supported in the school, the local authority, the police . and local authority, the police. and we have to stand up to self—appointed leaders of the muslim community because in many cases they speak for nobody but themselves as we've seen with this teacher, often they themselves don't know very much about islam, and they give everybody a bad name.

>> you know, we had a moment of just quiet. then when i think when you said there's too many muslim men who are misogynistic and you know why? i think it and do you know why? i think it caught us off guard? because you're very rarely hear you're very, very rarely hear of men. say that men. muslim men say that publicly . it's very reassuring publicly. it's very reassuring to hear you say that. but why don't we hear that as frequently as i think we should from other muslim men calling out old fashioned, outdated and misogynistic, if that's the word you want to use, attitudes towards women quite often. >> i think people are afraid that their friends won't talk to them afterwards. i think it's really important that regardless of whether you , regardless of of whether you, regardless of whether it's political views, nothing to do with islam or any other issue, everybody should always stand up and speak out for what they believe rather than what is socially acceptable to other people. >> have you lost friends for the fact that you will come out and say things like that then,

because it is unusual to hear, no, haven't, but that's no, i haven't, but that's because the friends that i have had first place are had in the first place are generally very sensible people. >> but it only a few weeks >> but if it only a few weeks ago, about a week ago, totally different context, i was talking to somebody who is a climate change denier, and i white british person, a cambridge graduate, and i told him exactly what i thought about climate change denial, because that's the way that i believe in behaving, but that's but you remain friends with him or not? >> because obviously i'm happy to remain friends with him. >> whether carry on >> whether he will carry on talking we'll find out . talking to me, we'll find out. >> well, we're always happy to talk to you. >> finally this, this >> and just finally this, this teacher lifeband the right teacher is a lifeband the right thing. can't see his thing. because i can't see his views are so extreme. mohammed. how could possibly be. compromise. >> i always believe in the possibility of repentance and change. which is why i'm sceptical about lifetime bans. but i would want strong evidence

that his views have changed before i let him anywhere near a classroom again. >> okay. all right. always happy to you . a chairman, a former to see you. a chairman, a former chairman of the conservative muslim amin , now muslim forum, mohammed amin, now now lib dem democrat, he he now a lib dem democrat, he he said some he also said, by the way, displayed a photograph of himself shirt off to himself with his shirt off to the pupils. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the to the girl pupils. >> to the to the girl pupils. who's who described who's who he described as lunatics best. lunatics the best. >> the best thing is that i think what we have to take from this is that the review into his behaviour concluded that he was wrong, and i, for one, am reassured by that. they didn't just give him a second chance and say we know we'll talk to you about how to how to treat girls and the examples to set to young women. yeah so sacked. young women. yeah so and sacked. >> glad for >> and i'm glad he's set for life because . because if the life because. because if the views are that extreme . views are that extreme. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean what's he doing now though. that's the other question. yeah. right up next, why of best selling why one of the best selling authors thinks the authors of all time thinks the trans hate crime laws trans row and hate crime laws have a bit. harry potter,

have gone a bit. harry potter, we didn't write that you with britain's

gb news. so good news. police scotland have said that jk rowling will not face prosecution. >> i wish they had gone for her because that would have been a really celebrated battle and arrest and court case. and i bet she's privately a little disappointed. >> well, she might carry on goading them, of course, under the snp's new hate crime laws, she series of social she made this series of social media posts she was calling trans women and men. she did a whole series of posts, basically identified about ten different, fairly high profile trans people , some of whom were in prison for sex offences against women. and then she said, isn't it wonderful all these women? at the end, she said, of course i'm joking. women, joking. they're not women, they're response , they're all men. in response, she hoped women in scotland would the would be reassured by the decision. let's to >> well, let's talk to the scottish or elaine scottish comedian or elaine miller .

miller. >> elaine, she is my woman of the year , jk rowling, i think the year, jk rowling, i think she's fantastic. she's brave, courageous . and i wonder whether courageous. and i wonder whether you agree with me. maybe she's just a little disappointed that the police haven't come after her. >> now there's still time. he came. bill's only been open for a day. >> yeah . do you think she's >> yeah. do you think she's right? the way she's speaking out ? out? >> yes. i'm. i'm. i think i'm not alone in being enormously grateful for jk rowling's willingness to put herself at risk of arrest , because there risk of arrest, because there are many, many of us that are really concerned and that being a woman in scotland is now practically illegal. you're not allowed to talk about yourself in fact, based way without out running the potential of upsetting somebody else and being reported to the police. it's absolutely ludicrous and we are not going to tolerate it. >> and for comedians to i mean, you live dangerously. that's part of part of why we laugh and

why we pay money to go and see you. is this law going to impinge on what you can and can't say? >> i think time will tell. can't say? >> i think time will tell . i >> i think time will tell. i mean, there's already you know, there is no rule , no law that there is no rule, no law that protects you against the risk of being offended. and certainly as far as comedy goes, if you don't like what you're hearing, you can leave. but you don't need to stay and be subjected to it. there was a case in many years ago with count dankula, who landed up being convicted for a hate crime because he had a pretty edgy joke , that was pretty edgy joke, that was perceived to be anti—semitic . perceived to be anti—semitic. and, i don't think it was, but he was convicted under it, and that had an impact on the way that had an impact on the way that comedians were making jokes. and at the time, there was a lot of comedians speaking up about it. this hate crime was a lot of comedians speaking up (hast it. this hate crime was a lot of comedians speaking up (has exactlys hate crime was a lot of comedians speaking up (has exactly the te crime was a lot of comedians speaking up (has exactly the same ne was a lot of comedians speaking up (has exactly the same impact bill has exactly the same impact , the comedy has , but the comedy industry has been it will be very been very quiet. it will be very interesting to see what happens at edinburgh fringe festival at the edinburgh fringe festival in , because the they have in august, because the they have 3000 shows on in august there.

it's the biggest arts festival in the world and they've just been gagged. i don't know how they'll manage it. >> there's strange >> there's so many strange elements to the wording of this legislation, aren't there? elaine this idea that you could be guilty of stirring up hatred, and it based on the characteristics of religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. some people are saying the women should be included in that. i don't want as a woman to be in that. actually, i can choose if i'm offended not by something offended or not by something that says . that somebody says. >> because you're a grown up bev, it might be because i'm a grown up. >> yeah , the wording of the >> yeah, the wording of the like, i'm not a lawyer. i've no real idea. all i can do is read the legislation and draw some conclusions. and, the problem with it, there doesn't seem to be any definitions whatsoever . be any definitions whatsoever. so what do they mean by stirring up? i don't understand, i did andrew doyle gig on tuesday night and i took a spurtle on

stage with me . the tool that you stage with me. the tool that you would use to make your porridge and said, if i'm stirring with a spurtle, is that stirring up? it might well be, because this might as well be, because this law is actually ludicrous . law is actually ludicrous. >> so sorry elaine, we have to wrap it up. elaine >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather hit brought to you in association with the met office. a bit of a north south split today. drier, brighter towards the south, but further north there's a quite a bit of rain around . heavy persistent rain around. heavy persistent rain around. heavy persistent rain across parts northern rain across parts of northern ireland southern scotland ireland and southern scotland this morning. all of this breaking a little bit. so breaking up a little bit. so turning showery as we turning a bit more showery as we go the afternoon, but go through the afternoon, but nonetheless staying pretty wet. although the north although across the far north northwest scotland mostly northwest of scotland mostly dry. also decent dry bright dry. also some decent dry bright weather across central southern england. some bright sunny spells, scattering of spells, just a scattering of showers to watch out for.

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gb news. way. >> 11 am. on wednesday, 3rd of april. britain's newsroom here on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so, three british aid workers have tragically been killed. world leaders condemned world leaders have condemned a fatal israeli missile strike. is it a war crime ? former head of it a war crime? former head of the british army, general lord richard dannatt, gave us his thoughts. >> certainly contrary to all the norms of law of war, and there are legal protections for humanitarian workers in conflict situations , and particularly situations, and particularly given that their car, their vehicles were marked as aid vehicles, there really is no excuse at all. >> it's the fake stamp scandal that just keeps on going. royal mail is investigating problems with new barcoded stamps, which has seen genuine customers hit with fines as and new grading

system. >> please for our five teachers in england believe that a new system of inspection should be introduced for them instead of ofsted . cause the players gonna ofsted. cause the players gonna play, play play, play, ofsted. cause the players gonna play, play play, play, play ofsted. cause the players gonna play, play play, play, play and the haters gonna hate, hate hate hate hate baby . hate hate baby. >> well, apparently that was taylor swift . the taylor swift. the >> well, i wouldn't know if you didn't sell me on the autocue. >> so she is a pop sensation. i do know that she's reached billionaire status after forbes reached reached their latest rich list. and it's nothing to do with me because i've never bought a thing she's ever made. or listen something she's bought a thing she's ever made. or li�*sung, something she's bought a thing she's ever made. or li�*sung, ever|ething she's bought a thing she's ever made. or li�*sung, ever .�*thing she's ever sung, ever. >> oh, and dazzled by the lights . remember this the glare from bright led bulbs on modern car headlights is set to be reviewed by the government about time .

to. we were saying that we would pay andrew pierce to sing taylor swift . swift. >> i would do it for a cup of tea, but as i do not know, a single song, the name of, title of lyrics, there'd be of or any lyrics, there'd be nothing to say. it'd be like looking a goldfish, well , looking at a goldfish, but well, what do think? what do you think? >> at news. com >> gb views at gb news. com i love taylor swift. she did a very good documentary on netflix. she works really hard. amazing work ethic, but she is one of those pop stars who i can sing shake it off. i was dancing to it when they were playing it. luckily the pictures up, to it when they were playing it. luciily the pictures up, to it when they were playing it. lucii can't pictures up, to it when they were playing it. lucii can't really'es up, to it when they were playing it. lucii can't really tell up, to it when they were playing it. lucii can't really tell you. |p, to it when they were playing it. lucii can't really tell you. our but i can't really tell you. our back catalogue earned her back catalogue that's earned her £1 she also has most >> she also has these most amazingly lucrative concert tours, doesn't she? >> yeah, that's where she takes the money she packs in the crowd. >> so maybe i'll go and listen to some taylor swift later. but i don't know how to download music. be music. that's going to be difficult out. difficult to get out. >> is vinyl . yeah, right. >> his lp is vinyl. yeah, right. here's very latest news here's the very latest news with sam .

sam francis. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much. good morning. from the newsroom on air for an hour and andrew is still refusing to sing. there's still hope, though. got an hour left. though. we've got an hour left. let's attention, let's turn our attention, though. to gaza. prime though. now to gaza. the prime minister is demanding answers from after seven aid from israel after seven aid workers, including three british victims , were killed in an victims, were killed in an israeli air strike. john chapman , james henderson and james kirby were working for world central kitchen when their convoy was hit. they were delivering vital food supplies and had coordinated their movements with the israeli military before setting off in two armoured cars marked with that ngo's logo. the charity says it has now suspended operations in gaza, with immediate effect. israel says the airstrike was a mistake that followed misidentification of a target . in a call last followed misidentification of a target. in a call last night with israel's prime minister, rishi sunak said the attack in gaza was appalling and that far too many aid workers and civilians have already lost their lives . and it comes after

their lives. and it comes after lord cameron told his israeli counterpart that major changes were needed to protect aid workers as well. labour mp darren jones told gb news earlier that answers are needed. >> this should not have happened . aid workers are supposed to be protected . they should not be protected. they should not be targeted by military forces in a war zone. their vehicles, their convoy were clearly marked. the route they were taking had been pre—notified aid. and israel now has to answer questions as to how this unimaginable circumstance could have happened in the first place, and they should do so quickly. the difficult thing, then, is that the consequence of this is that it makes it harder for aid to be made available to people who so desperately gaza , the desperately need it in gaza, the head of the charity world central kitchen, has now paid tribute to those seven aid workers who lost their lives in that attack in gaza . that attack in gaza. >> erin gause described them as heroes and beautiful souls who she said lives were lost as they

were returning from a full day's mission, giving their best selves to the world. and she added that their smiles, their laughter and voices are forever embedded in our memories. in other news, today, at least seven people have died and more than 700 have been injured after a taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years. if you're watching on television, this was the moment that that quake struck . well, as that that quake struck. well, as you can see and hear there, those tremors were recorded as high as 7.7 in magnitude around 8:00 this morning, local time, as people were heading to work and to school. rescue workers, though, are now working to recover . more than 70 believed recover. more than 70 believed to be trapped after buildings collapsed and some landslides were also triggered . a man has were also triggered. a man has been stabbed to death on the outskirts of a migrant camp near dunkirk in france . that camp

dunkirk in france. that camp currently houses around 200 migrants in tents and other makeshift structures. police in france say the man died at the scene less than an hour after emergency services were arrived at the scene. no witnesses have yet come forward and authorities haven't identified any suspects . haven't identified any suspects. royal mail is investigating problems with new barcoded stamps after a gb news investigation found people were being charged £5 to receive their post. it's after some stamps were found to be counterfeit, despite senders insisting they brought them from a reputable source. well, a spokesperson for the royal mail says that barcoded stamps do help to reduce fraud and that they're working hard to eradicate any counterfeit stamps . network rail is to invest £2.8 billion to protect railways from extreme weather, following several high profile faults and delays. the government owned company says the funds will be used to recruit nearly 400 extra

drainage engineers , and to train drainage engineers, and to train hundreds of operational staff to better interpret weather forecasts. it's after several instances of delays and faults, including thousands of passengers who were stuck for hours on trains near paddington station in london last year without power due to a fault without power due to a fault with overhead wires . a teacher with overhead wires. a teacher in birmingham has been banned indefinite from teaching after he described girls from western backgrounds as lunatics, and said that muslims will take oven said that muslims will take over. an investigation found that aqib khan undermined so—called fundamental british values of individual liberty and mutual respect. well, our west midlands reporterjack mutual respect. well, our west midlands reporter jack carson mutual respect. well, our west midlands reporterjack carson is midlands reporter jack carson is outside mr khan's former school, harborne academy, the teaching regulation agency , has found regulation agency, has found that he committed unacceptable professional conduct. >> conduct which including calling westernised girls lunatics and also sharing a topless photo to a group chat which included students . now, which included students. now, the panel did consider the workload and stress of his life

as a teacher, but found his actions to be calculated and motivated . he can appeal the motivated. he can appeal the order to the high from order to the high court from march 2026, and the king will open balmoral castle to the pubuc open balmoral castle to the public this summer , giving public this summer, giving cunous public this summer, giving curious visitors a rare glimpse inside the royal estate. >> it's the first time the pubuc >> it's the first time the public has been allowed inside since the original castle was purchased by victoria, and purchased by queen victoria, and prince albert in 1852. those guided tours will offer a peek inside the ballroom and a look at the king's collection of watercolours, and even outfits worn by the royals . tickets worn by the royals. tickets start at and they're likely start at £100 and they're likely to out fast, with just 40 to sell out fast, with just 40 on offer each day . that's the on offer each day. that's the latest from the newsroom . for latest from the newsroom. for now, you can, of course, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go gbnews.com/alerts . now, go to gbnews.com/alerts. now, though, it's back to andrew and bev a taste of taylor swift.

bev for a taste of taylor swift. >> a taylor swift shake it off free zone right, it's 11 await you with britain's newsroom on gb news now. >> three british aid workers have been killed after being hit by an israeli missile strike. >> james henderson, who >> they are james henderson, who was 33. john chapman, 57. they were royal marines and they were both royal marines and they were both royal marines and they were alongside james were named alongside james kirby, army rifleman, kirby, a former army rifleman, and sniper marksman, some breaking news, on this . breaking news, actually on this. the family of james kirby have just this statement . just released this statement. they've said as a family, we are utterly by the loss utterly heartbroken by the loss of our beloved james kirby, alongside the other six individuals who tragically lost their lives . individuals who tragically lost their lives. he will be remembered as a hero. >> and they go on to say that james understood the dangers of venturing into drawing venturing into gaza, drawing from in the from his experiences in the british forces where he'd british armed forces where he'd served tours served bravely served tours in bosnia and afghanistan. >> gentleman, they say >> a genuine gentleman, they say james was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone , even a helping hand to anyone, even in the face of senseless violence. james lost his life trying to save others. he will never know what a void he's

left. our family will never be the same. >> so sad, so sad. >> joining us now to talk more about this is our home security edhon about this is our home security editor, white. mark, editor, mark white. mark, i mean, it home you mean, it brings it home when you hear those the hear those words from the family, somebody's son, family, that's somebody's son, brother, , lover, brother, cousin, lover, whatever. and far too young and, but one of 194 aid workers who've been killed, they know when they go into these conflicts, they are risking everything . everything. >> yeah. i mean, i've met many people like james as we all have, that have travelled to areas that are pretty unsafe and nuts, to put it mildly. areas that are pretty unsafe and nuts, to put it mildly . as far nuts, to put it mildly. as far as gaza is concerned, you're right to point out just how dangerous it is for the aid workers . it's now more than 200 workers. it's now more than 200 who have been killed since this war began. most of them actually attach to the un aid agency in gaza, unrwa. but charities as well , clearly, that are gaza, unrwa. but charities as well, clearly, that are being ianedin well, clearly, that are being invited in now by israel ,

invited in now by israel, increasingly so in this particular charity world. central kitchen has a very good relationship with the israeli government. it was encouraging them to come in and do more work and even though they'd only been going in gaza a few months, they'd already handed out 42 million meals to people in gaza. so their work was vital . and so their work was vital. and what these guys were doing with the teams was offering that level of protection. you know, they're ex—forces they're able to liaise with the israeli military to talk about the kind of the routes they would take. >> and they talk about they've telegraphed everything in minute detail about where they were going, where they were going to be. how could the israelis be. so how could the israelis not have realised? this is it. >> i mean it.- >> i mean , it.— >> i mean , it's a it. >> i mean , it's a catastrophic >> i mean, it's a catastrophic blunder on the part of the israeli military here, there's no doubt it. and they no doubt about it. and they i mean, they're not trying to deny it. putting their hands it. they're putting their hands up this. but there's up to this. but there's obviously investigation to

obviously an investigation as to what caused this. i mean, they do point out it was at night, you know, even though you talk about zones, it's about de—conflicted zones, it's about de—conflicted zones, it's a hot mess in gaza. there's nothing truly de—conflicted and mistakes can happen in war. and clearly that's what happened here. i mean, people talk about the fact that, you know, there was a logo of the world central kitchen on the roof of at least one of the vehicles. well, it was at night. you're never going to see it anyway, so mistakes was at night. you're never going to syhappen.way, so mistakes was at night. you're never going to syhappen. it's, so mistakes was at night. you're never going to syhappen. it's horrifictakes was at night. you're never going to syhappen. it's horrific .ikes was at night. you're never going to syhappen. it's horrific . and can happen. it's horrific. and the consequences are that multiple nationalities, not just palestinians, but people from around the world have been caught up in this. and of course, our attention turns to it now. but thousands of palestinian ins have been killed in recent months that don't get the same level of attention, as well as the brits that we've we've heard about . there was an we've heard about. there was an australian female aid worker and a polish guy as well that lost their lives. is this going to be a tipping point, do you think, in this conflict in terms of the

world mood and support for the relentless bombing of gaza, i think we have already reached that point where israel's allies are now urging them behind the scenes. scei'ies. >> scenes. >> but even now publicly, to start getting more aid in there , start getting more aid in there, to do more, to protect the aid workers who are carrying out those vital humanitarian jobs , those vital humanitarian jobs, and also to push with a greater degree of enthusiasm. they the, the ceasefire talks to try to get a more meaningful ceasefire in there. of course, there's still 150 people being held hostage by hamas that have got to be factored into this as well . and israel will. they've said right from the beginning, of course , they would entertain course, they would entertain a ceasefire, but they can't do it while hamas is still in there and operating and still firing rockets into israel and still posing a threat . i mean, we

posing a threat. i mean, we heard just in recent weeks that hamas had moved back into the al—shifa hospital in northern gaza. they, the israeli military, had gone back in there. everybody very critical of the israeli military for doing that, but not as critical of hamas for cynically going back in to a hospital conflict , back in to a hospital conflict, complex again. >> okay. all right. thank you. mark mark white there. so, gb news investigation now , the news investigation now, the royal mail is having to look into problems with new barcoded stamps after our investigation found that britons are being charged £5 for their post. >> it's not just gb news now. it's picked up on the front of the daily telegraph today. but let's this let's not forget we brought this story you two months ago. story to you two months ago. well, joining us now in the studio gb news ecom digital studio is gb news ecom digital finance editorjessica studio is gb news ecom digital finance editor jessica sheldon, who got the story in the first place. jessica, congratulations. this story is gathering momentum. gathering momentum. it's gathering pace. just to us what you just explain to us what you discovered and where we are today. yeah. >> so it's something of a mystery, really, which good mystery, really, which is good news royal mail will news that royal mail will investigate, gb news

investigate, but a gb news investigation earlier this year found that people were sending stamps bought at reputable places, such as post office and shops, with post offices in them and supermarkets and the small variety, but rather than the recipient getting the letter, they would get a note through they would get a note through the door, asking them to pay £5 because the stamp, as it turned out, had been deemed counterfeit. now, we've just published a news story on this , published a news story on this, just minutes ago, which reports a person who sent a letter to their sister and it was deemed counterfeit. but two other stamps from the same book were not deemed counterfeit , stamps from the same book were not deemed counterfeit, and they got through perfectly fine. >> well, very strange , >> well, that's very strange, isn't it? >> surely you would expect a whole book to be counterfeit. so that would mean, therefore, that the checking isn't the checking system isn't working properly? maybe. >> i think this why we >> well, i think this is why we need investigation as need need some investigation as people uk are being people across the uk are being affected , and there's a lot of affected, and there's a lot of concern for vulnerable people who are having to go out to the

collection office and, and pay the fine, and £5 is a lot of money. >> it's bad enough to pay £1.40, whatever it is, for a flippin stamp in the first place. but now a £5 fine as well. then you've got to post letter you've got to post a letter again, and, know, businesses again, and, you know, businesses have small have been affected. small businesses sent things businesses have sent things via royal stamps . royal mail using these stamps. and then the customers have complained that they've they've had an extra £5. so had to pay an extra £5. so obviously a concern for reputation there very much if and if you're a granny that puts and if you're a granny that puts a little bit of money in a birthday card for your grandchild, and you don't have birthday card for your gribe child, and you don't have birthday card for your gribe aiild, and you don't have birthday card for your gribe a grannyi you don't have birthday card for your gribe a granny .you don't have to be a granny. >> by the way, the stamp on uncle, can be uncle like uncle, you can be an uncle like me who sends checks to his nephews and nieces. >> exactly . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> always with a stamp on. so that they could be getting that means they could be getting from andrew a flippin £5 bill. >> that's right. that's how it works, isn't it? it's the recipient that has to pay, not the person who sent it. yes, that's the issue, so hopefully we'll find out some some details with royal mail investigating. but i think it's really

important they do and explain what's gone on because otherwise it's just going to be more concern about sending posts. >> some are just >> some and some people are just going when they get going to think when they get told i ain't paying told £5, please, i ain't paying it it be an important it. so it could be an important piece correspondence that it. so it could be an important piece neverispondence that it. so it could be an important piece never going ence that it. so it could be an important piece never going to :e that it. so it could be an important piece never going to getiat it. so it could be an important piece never going to get ,t they're never going to get, because they're going to because they're simply going to refuse which refuse to pay the £5, which would my response, would probably be my response, actually, yes. i'm not paying that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> jessica , let's look what >> jessica, let's look at what the have in the royal mail have said in response. they say that they take the illegal production of counterfeit seriously. counterfeit stamps seriously. since the introduction of barcoded we've been able barcoded stamps, we've been able to significantly reduce stamp fraud through added security features. >> they go on to say we're working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation. if you've had similar problems with stamps, email us at money at gb news. co.uk. we're keen to hear from you. they say it this new system is better. it's since this new barcode systems come in that you've broken this story, that there's a problem with them. yeah.i there's a problem with them. yeah. i don't remember hearing about fraudulent stamps before. >> well, i'm not sure. i just

want to get to the bottom of what has gone on, so hopefully we'll find some answers. well well we'll find some answers. well welthank you much. we'll find some answers. well welgood. you much. we'll find some answers. well welgood. right much. >> good. right >> good. right >> write the email address again. money at gb news. .uk uk. if you've been affected by this, then jessica and her team will be waiting with their inbox to see what you've got to say. >> and if you are watching nephews and nieces, i'm still going to be you my going to be sending you my checks now. >> to come. >> still to come. >> still to come. >> pierce is going to >> andrew pierce is going to sing taylor swift song, >> andrew pierce is going to sing it taylor swift song, >> andrew pierce is going to sing it off. ylor swift song, >> andrew pierce is going to sing it off. atir swift song, >> andrew pierce is going to sing it off. at least it song, >> andrew pierce is going to sing it off. at least he'sig, shake it off. at least he's going to dance to it. that's what i'm going insist upon. what i'm going to insist upon. don't britain's

george. >> storm babet. >> storm babet. >> andrew. pierce 1121. >> andrew. pierce 1121. >> you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pierce. bev turner. oh, now we've got some. we've got mike parry. we've got a challenge here. there are some lyrics on the screen here. >> you're supposed to read this, right, but i don't know the tune. stay out too

tune. i stay out too late. >> do do do do i stay out too late. >> got nothing in my brain. >> got nothing in my brain. >> brain. >> brain. >> that's what say. >> that's what people say. that's people say . well that's what people say. well that's what people say if that's what you shake it out man. shake it out. if that's what you get £1 billion for i'm in the wrong job. >> what. bland boring. >> what. bland boring. >> well you see i think you're being very harsh here because this is woman my dreams, this is the woman of my dreams, taylor because she is the taylor swift. because she is the first female self—made billionaire. now, i have an innate fear of poverty. okay, i wake up in the middle of the night sometimes thinking if i lose everything, what am i going to sorry absolutely survive. to do? sorry absolutely survive. absolutely. right. so what i've got is on the one hand, i got to say is on the one hand, i admire this woman enormously, but. but what i can't do is i can't put her into the music hall of fame alongside people like john lennon and david bowie and queen, because i've never heard one of her records. i wouldn't know one if i heard one. and those that i have heard when people have said, that's a taylor swift record, they all seem exactly the same

seem to sound exactly the same to me. >> i think that's hang on, hang on a second. i think she's a genuine poet. and i in genuine poet. and i think, in all honesty, i you belong all honesty, i mean, you belong with me when she says, you know, all honesty, i mean, you belong with she when she says, you know, all honesty, i mean, you belong with she wears she says, you know, all honesty, i mean, you belong with she wears high;ays, you know, all honesty, i mean, you belong with she wears high heels,)u know, all honesty, i mean, you belong withshe wears high heels, high ow, she she wears high heels, high wears sneakers, she's in the cheer in the cheer squad. i'm in the bleachers. you belong. it's beautiful. sounds beautiful. it's. that sounds like drivel to me. >> i'm sorry. like drivel to me. >> it i'm sorry. like drivel to me. >> it rhymes. ;orry. like drivel to me. >> it rhymes. it ry. like drivel to me. >> it rhymes. it scans. it's got a good music. although, admittedly, think rose admittedly, i think liz rose wrote that with her. >> exactly >> she's not exactly shakespearean , is it? shakespearean, is it? >> well, i mean, shakespeare wasn't shakespearean at the time. >> no , no, it's a bit more. >> no, no, it's a bit more. >> it's a bit more like pam ayres. >> yeah , it is, is. >> yeah, it is, it is. >> it's like nursery rhyme. >> it's like a nursery rhyme. it's exactly. i am the it's not exactly. i am the walrus, is it? and. and you know, the walrus in kuwait. know, i am the walrus in kuwait. acid fuelled sergeant pepper's lonely club band. some of lonely hearts club band. some of the greatest lyrics ever written. it doesn't matter along that, i'm afraid. but i admire the woman. she's a huge success and she deserves all her wealth. >> through the bathroom window and she deserves all her wealth. >> 'a rough the bathroom window and she deserves all her wealth. >> 'a silverthe bathroom window and she deserves all her wealth. >> 'a silver spoon. hroom window and she deserves all her wealth. >> 'a silver spoon. iroom window and she deserves all her wealth. >> 'a silver spoon. i mean, 'indow like a silver spoon. i mean, some beatles stuff was. some of the beatles stuff was. >> listen to all >> when did you listen to all this? based. this? but that was based. >> like every >> i know that, like every generation had music that generation has had music that the listen to and music generation has had music that the the listen to and music generation has had music that

the the older to and music generation has had music that the the older people music generation has had music that the the older people listen to, that the older people listen to, but is more profound now but that is more profound now than any other time in than at any other time in history. isn't it the fact that the richest musician in the world, none of us, can really sing her songs? nobody's sort of crossed the generations anymore. >> but that's because you >> yeah, but that's because you don't anymore. >> up this lp, it on >> pick up this lp, put it on your record, play , lift the your record, play, lift the needle and put it on, and then stand there listening. i wouldn't where find. wouldn't know to where find. >> you have top of the pops. >> don't have top the pops. >> don't have top of the pops. absolutely right. good point. and to and i wouldn't know where to start in all start about this though in all honesty, talking about honesty, we're talking about this 2023. this is since 1923, 2023. >> billionaires have come. >> these billionaires have come. there's richest people there's the ten richest people in all men. in the world. they're all men. yeah. you know eight of them are american. they're american. you know, they're people jeff bezos people like sort of jeff bezos and think one and people and then i think one of the louis vuitton guy of them is the louis vuitton guy and the french. and then and he's the french. and then this handbags ambani. but this handbags ambani. so but in the last 12 months. so where has all come from? all this money come from? >> in the last 12 months, there have been 141 new billionaires. >> . >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable. >> it's been the biggest money printing exercise. >> this is what post—pandemic transference of wealth since the pandemic. >> but then we've ever seen.

>> but then we've ever seen. >> isn't this wealth creation at its best? when people know it is? when people say the world is doomed and people are getting poorer, we're not. we're all getting richer. we're all getting richer. we're all getting richer. we're all getting richer. no we're not. yeah, hang on, hang on. if yeah, but hang on, hang on. if bezosis yeah, but hang on, hang on. if bezos is getting richer because he expanding, expanding he keeps expanding, expanding amazon, more people around the world for amazon . no world are working for amazon. no more. they are. >> robots are like robots. >> robots are like robots. >> well, somebody's got to make the somebody's got to the robots. somebody's got to manufacture the robots. >> contracts. and his >> zero hour contracts. and his great farm sheds , great big battery farm sheds, you know, in the middle of the countryside. >> contracts are very popular with people. well i work on >> contracts are very popular wzero people. well i work on >> contracts are very popular wzero hourseople. well i work on >> contracts are very popular wzero hours contract.ill i work on a zero hours contract. >> lot of people, a of us >> a lot of people, a lot of us do lot . a lot of us do. do a lot. a lot of us do. >> it's a choice. >> absolutely. >> it's a choice. >> labourtely. is going take >> it's a choice. >> lewhen ely. is going take >> it's a choice. >> lewhen they is going take >> it's a choice. >> lewhen they forming take >> it's a choice. >> lewhen they form the take government. >> i know, surely yes, >> yeah, i know, but surely yes, we're protect surely we're going to protect surely the this country we're going to protect surely the say this country we're going to protect surely the say we're this country we're going to protect surely the say we're going; country we're going to protect surely the say we're going; ckgo try who say we're going to go for growth. and at how these growth. go and look at how these guys yeah, yeah . and guys did it. yeah, yeah. and they by producing goods they did it by producing goods that afford and at a that people can afford and at a low price cost. and they work a lot of them, america in particular in low tax economy, a

lot of them had government contracts. that's what i'm saying . and that's how it works. saying. and that's how it works. >> exploiting workers whilst being to take advantage of being able to take advantage of financial systems, which only government contracts transnational corporations can get near. whilst the usual small business owner can't even get a loan from the bank. >> but business rates are crippling small and medium enterprises in this country of course they are. >> the future of this economy in this country is the small and medium enterprise. >> more. >> not any more. >> not any more. >> think should be >> you think so? it should be because if we lose that, then we lose everything. >> well, i agree. lose everything. >> hell, i agree. lose everything. >> i mean, i agree. lose everything. >> i mean, bev, i agree. lose everything. >> i mean, bev, bill gree. lose everything. >> i mean, bev, bill gates, £128 billion. how does he exploit people? computers people? he provides computers which make the world go round. how is he exploiting anybody? >> by buying up all the farmland in at the moment. he's in america at the moment. he's now become the biggest landowner in so that farmers and in america, so that farmers and we talk about that all the time in america, so that farmers and we 1no. about that all the time in america, so that farmers and we 1no longerthat all the time in america, so that farmers and we 1no longer raise all the time in america, so that farmers and we 1no longer raise cattle time in america, so that farmers and we 1no longer raise cattle tone can no longer raise cattle to feed us or a very big place. >> america, you have to buy an awful lot of land. >> is it? >> is it? >> has he? he's he's the biggest landowner america.

landowner in america. >> also bought up whole >> he's also bought up a whole load so what load of cattle farms. so what happens is south america, happens is in south america, people the people are chopping down the trees create cattle people are chopping down the trees to create cattle people are chopping down the trees to thattate cattle people are chopping down the trees to that demand,3 people are chopping down the trees to that demand, which people are chopping down the treilonger that demand, which people are chopping down the treilonger exist. hat demand, which people are chopping down the treilonger exist. well,emand, which people are chopping down the treilonger exist. well, that's which no longer exist. well, that's no longer and longer applied in america. and guess it contributes guess what? it contributes to global a global warming. and we're on a downward slide. >> is he doing >> so why is he doing it? >> so why is he doing it? >> because power. and influence. >> he can power and >> because he can power and influence more money. >> because he can power and inflshockinglymore money. >> because he can power and inflshockingly .iore money. >> shockingly. >> shockingly. >> and b because he actually needs these vast great farms to have put all his it solar panels on them as well. >> know , i mean, we're >> and you know, i mean, we're joking about taylor joking about the taylor swift. >> not going agree , are we? >> yeah, we do on this because as much listen, applaud as much as listen, i applaud hard applaud aspiration, hard work, i applaud aspiration, i in so many i applaud capitalism in so many ways. but you're the role model deeply wrong at the moment in terms of the transference of wealth the top, whilst wealth up to the top, whilst everybody else the bottom. everybody else at the bottom. >> i find >> do you know what i find amazing this? remember amazing about this? remember when watch films when we used to watch films about, evil criminals ? about, you know, evil criminals? and i'm thinking moonraker, and i'm thinking of moonraker, you film where you know, the bond film where there was a man so rich he was able to launch his own space rockets into and you rockets into space. and you thought, course, that thought, oh, of course, that can't real life . and can't happen in real life. and no these guys are

no half of these guys are launching own space no half of these guys are launchi into own space no half of these guys are launchi into space.n space rockets into space. >> so, so rich. there's a story in today's somebody in today's paper. somebody who stole a £48 million golden toilet. that from blenheim palace. >> it used to belong to winston churchill. >> so you say, sir, what do you do if you've got all that money? guess what? you buy a golden toilet. >> whoever this moron is who stole it, where does he or she think they're going to flog it? >> be >> because it's going to be quite conspicuous. >> because it's going to be quite c0ibeenious. >> because it's going to be quite c0ibeen banged up in a nick >> he's been banged up in a nick in northants and he just confessed to it. >> should we, should we talk about sir keir starmer. we've not an awful not really mentioned an awful lot the show lot of politics in the show today, because they're lot of politics in the show tod on because they're lot of politics in the show tod on holiday. )ecause they're lot of politics in the show tod on holiday. iecaihe'shey're all on holiday. but he's targeting apparently who targeting voters apparently who are building. stephen, are pro house building. stephen, what's about ? what's this story about? >> yeah, well, the story is about the one hand, every about is on the one hand, every politician we've to politician says we've got to build out build our way out of homelessness. got homelessness. we've got to provide housing. on the provide more housing. on the other hand, say i'm other hand, people say i'm absolutely more other hand, people say i'm absollbuilding, more other hand, people say i'm absollbuilding, but more other hand, people say i'm absoll building, but hey,iore other hand, people say i'm absollbuilding, but hey, nowhere house building, but hey, nowhere near so. so near that yard. so. so what? so what starmer has said is what keir starmer has said is and matthew pennycook, who's our housing spokesperson, has said there's a lot of what we call grey belt. it's not green belt andifs grey belt. it's not green belt and it's not urban.

>> stephen, i've had a pound for the heard politicians the times i've heard politicians say you make the say this. how do you make the planning release planning authorities release the land? you that? land? yeah. how do you get that? how get the housing how do you get the housing elements the local planners? >> a thing planners? >> appg >> there's a thing called appg planning >> there's a thing called appg plaigovernment sets the ppgs. >> there's a thing called appg plaiiyou'venent sets the ppgs. >> there's a thing called appg plaiiyou've gott sets the ppgs. >> there's a thing called appg plaiiyou've got variousie ppgs. >> there's a thing called appg plaiiyou've got various planning and you've got various planning policy guidelines, mostly to do with proximity guidelines . with proximity to guidelines. exactly. but you can enforce them want to. now, at the them if you want to. now, at the moment , them if you want to. now, at the moment, you've them if you want to. now, at the moment , you've got place in moment, you've got place in kent, over country where kent, all over the country where people to build and people are trying to build and the authorities simply people are trying to build and the toauthorities simply people are trying to build and the to consumer simply people are trying to build and the to consumer pressure ly people are trying to build and the to consumer pressure down bowing to consumer pressure down that, you know, the sharp elbows called nimbyism. yeah >> and that's why i've got a housing exactly. housing shortage. exactly. there's to put. there's not enough land to put. if get on a train at king's if you get on a train at king's cross or euston, go the cross or euston, you go to the north—west, liverpool or manchester. after greater london has expired. and you know the arsenal emirates stadium is behind . the rest of it is behind you. the rest of it is usually fields. then until he gets the north—west, there is plenty this country plenty of land in this country which commandeer which we could commandeer and build houses on. that would bnng build houses on. that would bring price housing. bring down the price of housing. it ease the problem we've it would ease the problem we've got with illegal immigration and i think politicians have got to get tougher and insist on doing

it . it. >> they won't because they'll be worried about losing votes in the community. the local, local community. >> here's the odd thing on >> well, here's the odd thing on the the times the front page of the times today, says, today, there's a story. it says, actually, winner in actually, it's a vote winner in actually, it's a vote winner in a of a large number of constituencies, which i find quite extraordinary. but, you know, big a drill know, they've done a big a drill down they found down on this. and they found that actually that some people actually in favour. my favour. but look, i mean, my daughter first daughter moved into her first flat and the site of flat and she's on the site of the old wix's builders merchants down hanwell. and you know, down in hanwell. and you know, and these are modern buildings. and the time said, oh, and at the time she said, oh, no, can't them there. no, you can't have them there. but, know, a young woman, but, you know, a young woman, you daughter you know, my daughter has just had she and had a first baby, and she and her living in her husband are living in a place, they never, place, and they could never, ever bought on the of ever have bought on the sort of house that in, house that i live in, a semi—detached suburban house. yeah, i think it's different sorts also got sorts of houses. we've also got to recalibrate the mortgage system long system and go into long, long mortgages don't have mortgages so people don't have to come with 20, 30, 40% of to come up with 20, 30, 40% of the cost of 35 years. to come up with 20, 30, 40% of the maybe 35 years. to come up with 20, 30, 40% of the maybe it's years. to come up with 20, 30, 40% of the maybe it's that;. to come up with 20, 30, 40% of the maybe it's that new. it >> maybe it's that new. was it which i've forgotten which burnside introduced it. we did it the other £5,000 it the other week. £5,000 deposit. to £500,000. >> you can get a very, very long period. >> but do we want to get people into that level of debt all over

again? did that before. again? we did that before. >> look, we want again? we did that before. >mean, look, we want again? we did that before. >mean, you look, we want again? we did that before. >mean, you know, look, we want again? we did that before. >mean, you know, somebody want again? we did that before. >mean, you know, somebody who's i mean, you know, somebody who's a for balmoral, a regular visitor for balmoral, probably sees through probably sees this through a different prism what i do. different prism to what i do. but what i see is people who are actually i mean, living actually living, i mean, living in from one bedsit to another, one another so can one flat to another so they can have chance and they're in have a chance and they're in many spending 2 or £3000 many cases spending 2 or £3000 a month on rent. they should be paying month on rent. they should be paying a mortgage to get paying as a mortgage to get something at the end of it. right. something at the end of it. rig well, have come to the end >> well, we have come to the end of our discussion, gentlemen, stephen, and we're just getting warmed up. we're just getting warmed up. but we're now warmed up want what he thinks >> i want to know what he thinks about singing. about our singing. >> headlines. >> he's got the headlines. >> he's got the headlines. >> very good morning to you from the gb newsroom . it's just after the gb newsroom. it's just after a 11:30. and we start with comments from david cameron, who has described the deaths of three british aid workers in gaza as dreadful . and he says gaza as dreadful. and he says that we should mourn the loss of the brave humanitarian workers john chapman, james henderson and james kirby were delivering vital food supplies in the region when their convoy was

hit. they were part of a group of seven aid workers from the world central kitchen charity . world central kitchen charity. they'd coordinated their movements with israel's military before setting off in two armoured cars marked with the ngos logo. meanwhile, the head of the world central kitchen charity has paid tribute to those seven aid workers who were killed in that incident. erin gauze described them as heroes and beautiful souls whose lives were lost as they were returning from a full day's mission. giving their best, she said to the world. in other news, a man has been stabbed to death on the outskirts of a migrant camp near dunkirk. the camp currently houses around 200 migrants in tents and other makeshift structures . police in france say structures. police in france say the migrant died at the scene less than an hour after emergency services arrived. no witnesses have yet come forward and authorities haven't so far identified any suspects , and the identified any suspects, and the king is set to open balmoral

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must now be investigated. >> it wasn't hate , it was just stupid. >> it's quite incredible. i think it was quite hateful, actually. i i, i mean, it's quite incredible that 3000 of these complaints have already gone in. and i want to are, gone in. and i want to ask, are, are has humza yousaf actually put physical safety of put the physical safety of scottish people under risk with these new hate crime laws? why? because the police 3000 complaints. how much time and resources is that going to take? how many people are going to have to sit there and look through all these tweets or look through what something might have happened, investigate a crime someone saying something. >> knock on someone's door because overheard >> knock on someone's door because in overheard >> knock on someone's door because in the overheard >> knock on someone's door because in the privacy ard >> knock on someone's door because in the privacy of something in the privacy of someone's home, and it's investigating feelings. >> that's all it is. it's about investigating someone's feelings. how did this make you feel? >> feel? this was hateful . well, >> feel? this was hateful. well, of course, it's entirely subjective. >> of course it is. >> but this is why there's also a question mark. now, we know that rowling , they have not that jk rowling, they have not dared go after her on a criminal level yet. but police scotland

refused to answer this question. has the incident of jk rowling's twitter thread been logged as a non—crime hate incident? and so far, police scotland have refused to answer that question, meaning it's quite possible that on the servers and the notebooks and the logs of police scotland are what jk rowling said, not as are what jk rowling said, not as a crime but as a non—crime hate. >> but she's going to stand by every scottish woman. >> isn't she disappointed they didn't arrest her? because it would fantastic. didn't arrest her? because it wotwell, fantastic. didn't arrest her? because it wotwell, i fantastic. didn't arrest her? because it wotwell, i thinkastic. didn't arrest her? because it wotwell, i think the. didn't arrest her? because it wotwell, i think the big >> well, i think i think the big question here is if it was someone who wasn't rich and someone who wasn't as rich and as as famous, would as powerful and as famous, would they the they have had a knock on the door? would, and door? yes, they would, and they'd been told they'd have at least been told about their behaviour or cautioned, i can't believe it, but they're terrified it but they're terrified of it because worldwide because she's got a worldwide platform. they don't arrest her, >> but if they don't arrest her, then surely that means they can't any other women who can't arrest any other women who commit the crime? commit the same crime? >> joke. it's a message. >> what a joke. it's a message. >> what a joke. it's a message. >> and we shouldn't forget that the scotland the labour party in scotland backed this. yeah, they backed

it to the hilt. so what are they going to do here? they're going to bring it with. they form a government england and wales government in england and wales which will. it's extraordinary. >> looking the numbers, >> looking at the numbers, over 70 for it and only 70 msps voted for it and only around voted against it. so around 30 voted against it. so that's just the scottish that's not just the scottish nationalist party and labour nationalist party and the labour party lib dems, party in scotland. the lib dems, the greens well. this was a the greens as well. this was a coalition against free speech, really was. >> and it's all about the fact that it will restrain people, prevent them from having good, robust debates on difficult topics. and that is all we need topics. and that is all we need to do, isn't it? i've always said hate speech requires more speech. is that what they want? the solution to hate speech is more speech. yeah, educate people are saying stupid and people who are saying stupid and discriminatory and prejudice things. also, i think there is a place for hate in the world. yeah. hate is. >> i saw you saying that yesterday. how hate is just a emotion. >> yeah. we sit here hating a lot things. we talk about lot of things. we talk about sometimes each other, quite often often. often quite often. >> no comment. but hate is a normal emotion, a human reaction

to things. >> and if we don't have hate, we don't do good. so let's not try and quash hate, shall we? let's also inspire hate in the also not inspire hate in the wrong direction, but feeling passionately about, first of all, let's not bottle up hate. >> yes , let's not, let's not >> yes, let's not, let's not keep this sort of in a crusade of anger within ourselves to then spurt out, not with words , then spurt out, not with words, but perhaps with violence. >> maybe sometimes people do need >> maybe sometimes people do neeyeah. i mean, i feel like >> yeah. i mean, i feel like i need to every day, you know need to vent every day, you know , sits with you next to me talk just just only love on me. >> only when i bring up an obscure historical 27 we were heanng obscure historical 27 we were hearing a lot about yesterday. >> yeah. section one, particularly the communications act today is your act 2003. and today is your lucky. your lucky. lucky. today of your lucky. we might staircase might hear a lot about staircase six and 18 metre long staircases. so there you go . staircases. so there you go. anyway, we'll leave you. >> we'll leave you for now. >> we'll leave you for now. >> interesting. afternoon >> interesting. this afternoon it the chat it will be, despite the chat about staircases . it will be, despite the chat about staircases. emily and tom here from midday. for now ,

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it's 1141 with britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pearson . bev turner, we are pearson. bev turner, we are going to listen to your emails here, right? no one, no group should be in that bill. this is the scottish hate crime bill. we've all got a right be we've all got a right to be offended offended. offended and be offended. can you trying you imagine dave allen trying to do religious routine? do his religious routine? >> oh, wow, these days are so funny. >> oh, wow, these days are so fun those jokes. >> oh, wow, these days are so fun thise jokes. >> oh, wow, these days are so fun this isiokes. >> oh, wow, these days are so fun this is interesting from >> this is interesting from alex. she. i run alex. he says he or she. i run a small theatre in central small charity theatre in central scotland, and i've just been contacted by authorities in conjunction contacted by authorities in conjunctic asking names scotland, asking for the names of comedians who will be performing. >> alex, tell us who you are, your charity. we need to do more about that. that's a very interesting story. >> and gemma says, are you seriously telling me you haven't ever listened taylor ever listened to taylor swift? >> andrew did you >> andrew i am gemma. did you must by order of the peaky

blinders, i implore you, you cannot be taken seriously in today's society by anyone. >> don't her work , >> if you don't know her work, have a listen, andrew. cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, players gonna play, play, play, play, play, and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, baby i'm just gonna shake . now i baby i'm just gonna shake. now i think the stitching is up here, andrew. because you've got the lyrics here i can't find them. here they no that's not here they are. no that's not them. well, apparently we're going . he's not going to sing along. he's not playing, is he . play play play playing, is he. play play play play playing, is he. play play play play play in the haters gonna hate . hate. >> hey hey hey i think i've done taylor swift. >> i'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. >> the lyrics are exactly. >> the lyrics are not exactly. >> the lyrics are not exactly. >> we're not winning him over. >> we're not winning him over. >> no. >> we're not winning him over. >> and the haters gonna hate, hate, shake shake shake. hate, hate shake shake shake. blimey. how you blimey. is that. is that how you get a billion pounds? >> then come up brilliant lyrics. >> you've got to put your back into though, right. into it though, right, right. and about the and jeff has said about the housing, are your panellists kidding. that housing, are your panellists kiddirmore that housing, are your panellists kiddirmore houses. that housing, are your panellists kiddirmore houses. so that housing, are your panellists kiddirmore houses. so thet housing, are your panellists kiddirmore houses. so the prices build more houses. so the prices will come down. in what country will come down. in what country will happen, gary is also will that happen, gary is also got in touch about this death of

the uk aid workers. yesterday he said that sunak's response was weak and wrongfully full of compliments , whereas the compliments, whereas the australian prime minister's response was worthy of tragedy . response was worthy of tragedy. we're lacking leadership. we need other people to replace sunak, starmer, khan, rowley, justin welby. they all lack the quality of true leadership. that's why we've lost you. >> never too old to love taylor swift because david says i'm 72 and swift's songs and i think taylor swift's songs are brilliant . andrew is being are brilliant. andrew is being critical, but same time, critical, but at the same time, meetings never listened to meetings have never listened to her records, rachel says. you'd think that money, think with all that money, taylor buy some taylor swift might buy some clothes prancing clothes instead of prancing around . well, around in her underwear. well, rachel, i agree. rachel, i quite agree. >> mj's said, ask yourself >> and mj's said, ask yourself why are tv ads all old? catchy tunes memorable? unlike new music? that is true. there's something about we can bop along to a song like, well, some of us can, it off, but actually can, shake it off, but actually it's not necessarily you're not going to you're not going to go, are you going to singing are you going to go home singing that in your head?

>> no, no. >> no, no. >> the hovis song, the hovis >> but the hovis song, the hovis advert, music. >> f hum that for me? music. >> not hum that for me? music. >> not now.ium that for me? music. >> not now. i've that for me? music. >> not now. i've done.or me? music. >> not now. i've done. i've e? music. >> not now. i've done. i've done my singing. it's his first day back after his holiday. my singing. it's his first day baci after his holiday. my singing. it's his first day baci beter his holiday. my singing. it's his first day baci bet his s holiday. my singing. it's his first day baci bet his wishesay. my singing. it's his first day baci bet his wishes back on >> i bet his wishes back on houday >> i bet his wishes back on holiday still come. is holiday right? still to come. is it ofsted? well four it time to act ofsted? well four out of five teachers seem to think . why might that be? think so. why might that be? maybe they just don't like robust criticism. this is britain's newsroom

gb news. so the more than four out of five teachers in england think that ofsted should be axed. they believe that schools watchdog has as many problems. >> of course, this follows the death of the primary school teacher , head teacher ruth teacher, head teacher ruth perry, her life perry, who took her own life last year while waiting for an ofsted report which downgraded her to inadequate, the her school to inadequate, the lowest rating. lowest possible rating. >> do we need to scrap the >> so do we need to scrap the watchdog and start all over ' 7 in. again? >> well, joining us to debate this is edmund barnett ward, a

parent at ruth's school and principal at lvs ascot, christine conniff. good morning. to you both, so where do you stand on this, then, christine? is ofsted not fit for purpose ? yes. >> you have to have a regulatory body , but as it stands, it's not body, but as it stands, it's not fit for purpose and there needs to be change. >> and i know they've responded. >> and i know they've responded. >> since this, this happened, but it's still not gone far enough. >> and there's, also a questionnaire and a consultation at the moment called the big listen, which i looked on this morning, which is very in depth, but probably too in depth. >> do need to change >> but they do need to change for a number of reasons. >> and it because it's too, >> and is it because it's too, too inadequate too simplistic, it's inadequate or about 3 or 4 or there's just about 3 or 4 definitions. it's not nuanced enough. >> exactly. so for example, the definition of inadequate that could be so broad and it can be very serious or something that could be fixed very, very quickly sometimes before an inspection can, you know, finishes. >> and i think therefore it is

very unfair and terribly stressful on a headteacher at the end of day carries the responsibility for that school. >> obviously very >> edmund, it was obviously very stressful for ruth perry. the coroner that the ofsted coroner said that the ofsted report contribute to report did contribute to her death. your take on death. so what's your take on this issue, well, i think it's very similar. to be honest, i don't think that ofsted needs to be abolished . i think it needs be abolished. i think it needs to be reformed. and i think there are major systemic issues with it that need to be addressed. but it is undoubted that schools need regulation and, i don't see i see the idea of abolishing ofsted as being a sort of arbitrary, position because we still need to have regulation and we will always need regulation and therefore, if you abolish ofsted, you're just going to end up with another regulator . so it'll be another regulator. so it'll be another regulator. so it'll be another body, better to take

what we have and make it fit for purpose . purpose. >> edmund, what happened at your school in caversham , at ruth school in caversham, at ruth perry's school, to see such a downgrading in such a short penod downgrading in such a short period of time? >> well, the issues that that , >> well, the issues that that, that led that's there's a very complex answer to that question because, it wasn't just simply a question of what was discovered. it's the interpretation of what was discovered . and but was discovered. and but effectively, it amounts to a very , minor set of, of, of, very, minor set of, of, of, clerical , oversights that as clerical, oversights that as that were easily rectifiable within a very short space of time. in fact, the inspectors themselves at one stage said to a governor that it would have been easy to rectify the problems within a few weeks.

>> so is that one of the problems, christine, then, that the ofsted reports can deem a school to be inadequate on a matter of bureaucracy , not matter of bureaucracy, not necessarily that the children aren't getting a good education. >> yeah, 100. and i've read the report as well, and i was really quite shocked and saddened by what i, what i read, because it was unnecessary and i think is that you know, the recommendations that come out from a bit more empathy from that are a bit more empathy and . ing. heard and understanding. ing. i heard you shouldn't be, you say that. shouldn't it be, did teachers not like robust criticism? but i think should criticism? but i think it should be rigorous evaluation in be more rigorous evaluation in and we to be held to and we have to be held to account. but think account. but i think there's a level of empathy as that level of empathy there as that needs. so example, our needs. so for example, our school back in school was inspected back in september report september and the report inspector checking in with inspector kept checking in with me every once a day at least. are you okay? how are you feeling? how are your staff feeling? how are your staff feeling? because at the end of the day, it's an exercise to make sure children are safe and getting a education. it's getting a good education. it's not take an absolute not there to take an absolute beating and people will take that. definitely. you know, definitely , i would

definitely personally, i would take it personally if something like me. like that happened to me. >> a way, this i say >> but in a way, this i say because i say my concern. >> amanda spellman, in this interview, her interview, she's given her concern. is that this concern. christine, is that this will go the other way and that the, the a new inspection regime will be worrying about what the adults think, i.e. you teachers, when it should be about ensuring the best education for the kids. you've got to strike the right balance here. >> you do. >> you do. >> but i come on that . yes. >> but i come back on that. yes. sorry. i, amanda spielman has consistently held this same straw man argument that our problem is with the idea of regulation. our problem is not with the idea of regulation. our problem is with the system that causes consistently causes serious mental health issues, is driving a retention problem in the education sector , where it's the education sector, where it's causing teachers to not want to

be senior leaders because of the potential consequences of an ofsted inspection , the fact that ofsted inspection, the fact that their entire career and reputation can be flushed down the toilet at the whim of a an inspection process that is not transparent or accountable in the decisions it makes . the decisions it makes. >> well, it's a complicated issue. i'm so sorry. we could talk about it for a lot longer and we will pick it up another day with but edmund barnet day with you. but edmund barnet ward, parent at ward, they're a parent at the school perry the school that ruth perry was the head. cunniffe, head. and, christine cunniffe, the scotland . right. >> i'm a big fan of amanda spellman, by the way. >> i like a lot of what she has to say. >> right. i'll be back on dubois at 6:00 tonight. we will back >> right. i'll be back on dubois at 6: at tonight. we will back >> right. i'll be back on dubois at 6: at tonitomorrowill back >> right. i'll be back on dubois at 6: at tonitomorrow morning. k >> right. i'll be back on dubois at 6: at tonitomorrow morning. up here at 930 tomorrow morning. up next. britain next. good afternoon. britain emily and tom are right there. >> see you tomorrow. >> see you tomorrow. >> yes . we want to know today on >> yes. we want to know today on the whether your view has the show whether your view has changed on the israel gaza war. this, course, in light of the this, of course, in light of the death, the killing of three british aid workers by the

israeli defence forces, calls are mounting to cease arms trades and has the snp's speech laws started to fall apart in front of its own eyes. >> see what we mean after this ? >> see what we mean after this? >> see what we mean after this? >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. there will be some quite persistent rain, particularly across the northeast through the rest of the day, further south it the day, but further south it will turn much drier. >> however, further rain will arrive the southwest this arrive into the southwest this evening. a result evening. that's as a result of this approaching front . this approaching weather front. but got this but for now, we've got this lingering front that lingering weather front that will persistent heavy rain will bring persistent heavy rain to of southern to parts of southern scotland, northeast in particular, northeast england in particular, but also many areas of eastern scotland. also quite a cold scotland. it's also quite a cold wind here. further south it will turn much drier, will stay largely cloudy, but i think across coast that's across the south coast that's where there's the best chance of seeing any sunny breaks this afternoon won't bad afternoon. it won't feel too bad in sheltered sunshine. highs

in any sheltered sunshine. highs of across the of 16 degrees across the southeast afternoon through southeast this afternoon through this evening. it should stay dry for central areas, but another batch of rain will arrive into the later and that the southwest later on and that will northeastwards will push northeastwards throughout night, bringing throughout the night, bringing many midlands quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp midlands quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp night. midlands quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp night. and midlands quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp night. and theninds quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp night. and then ajs quite throughout the night, bringing mdamp night. and then a second a damp night. and then a second band rain arrives into the band of rain arrives into the southwest through the early hours. this one could turn quite heavy bring some quite heavy and will bring some quite persistent, lived heavy persistent, long lived heavy rain, bring some rain, so that could bring some tncky rain, so that could bring some tricky travelling conditions. for you that are for those of you that are on thursday morning travelling on thursday morning across the southwest, but also into midlands and into parts of the midlands and then through the southeast as well north and elsewhere well further north and elsewhere across many areas of the uk. it will turn much drier through the day it's quite day and where it's been quite damp across the damp recently across the northeast it will be a much dner northeast it will be a much drier day on thursday, still largely cloudy, but there will be some sunny breaks here and there the sunshine we'll there and in the sunshine we'll see 15 or 16 degrees. see highs of 15 or 16 degrees. that's for now. you that's all for now. see you later . later. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on wednesday, the 3rd of april. >> now , as three brits are >> now, as three brits are killed in an israeli strike on their aid convoy calls mount for britain to suspend arms sales to israel . could the deaths of john israel. could the deaths of john chapman, james henderson and james kirby prove to be a watershed moment in this war? >> overwhelmed scottish police have received thousands of hate crime referrals since the snp's new speech laws came into effect this week. even first minister humza yousaf has now been reported himself. we have all the details and a teacher in birmingham has been sacked for undermining british values after he claimed islam will take over and westernised girls are lunatics. >> how could such a man be allowed to teach for quite so