930 on monday, the 15th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> greg, good morning to you. so the middle east, is it on the bnnk the middle east, is it on the brink of a all out war.7 israel vows revenge after iran against iran after their attack this weekend. world leaders have urged restraint. we'll have the very latest and different tone. >> meghan markle's brother thomas has been blasted for mocking her in a series of youtube videos . take a listen. youtube videos. take a listen. >> hey everybody, my name is meghan swamp donkey crotch and i was just showing off my new my new bump that i bought used on ebay out of . ebay out of. >> wow, what a peculiar family. >> wow, what a peculiar family. >> wow. the motoring group, the rac is urging ministers to reinstate the hard shoulder on was so—called smart motorways .

was so—called smart motorways. >> would you be pleased to see that change? >> and crumbling nhs buildings. more than 2000 are older than the health service itself. and of course that was created in 1948. are patients being put at risk ? risk? >> squatters, kitchen squatters in london have taken over a pub leased by gordon ramsay. as it's a commercial building, the police cannot remove them. does the law need to . the law need to. change? >> we're also going to be talking about the nhs trust , talking about the nhs trust, which has had all sorts of issues with patient care. but don't worry , they've got 21 don't worry, they've got 21 different forms of diversity plastered all over its marketing. god knows how much expense was it? the hell has happened to the nhs and why are ministers allowing it? >> yes, if you want to know what flag would represent you, if you are pansexual as opposed to are a pansexual as opposed to a heterosexual , we can tell you

heterosexual, we can tell you yes, they've got 21. >> we're going to go through them because some of them i've never of . never heard of. >> right. get in touch this morning. forward morning. gbnews.com forward slash. your say is the message board. first though the very latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> bev thank you. the top stories this morning escalating tensions in the middle east will be addressed by the prime minister in the commons this afternoon. the foreign secretary has confirmed raf jets shot down a number of iranian drones and missiles after hundreds were fired at israel at the weekend . fired at israel at the weekend. lord cameron says the uk will now consider further sanctions against tehran. the united nafions against tehran. the united nations has warned the middle east is on the brink and is urging israel not to retaliate. but the country's war cabinet is split on the timing and scale of any response. shadow defence secretary john healey says israel has the right to defend itself. >> we have a an important role

to play alongside allies as we did over the weekend. it's defensive action and it was in the face of a an utterly , the face of a an utterly, unprecedented and unacceptable iranian attack direct from iran as well as from , militia groups as well as from, militia groups in other countries . in other countries. >> the government's flagship rwanda policy faces another test as mps debate the latest amendments by peers. it's after the health secretary, victoria atkins , insisted flights to atkins, insisted flights to kigali should be taking off within weeks. she said the home office is ready to go , despite office is ready to go, despite the troubled bill still making its way through parliament. no airline has been named to transport the asylum seekers after rwanda state owned carrier turned down a request . police turned down a request. police say the man, who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in sydney, appears to have been targeting women. joel cauchi took a knife from his backpack

and killed five women and a male security guard. police believe the 40 year old suffered from schizophrenia and used drugs, including meth and psychedelics . including meth and psychedelics. he'd been known to police, particularly over the last five years, but hadn't been arrested or charged before he carried out the attack on saturday, and millions of people across the country will have access to new long distance rail routes . under long distance rail routes. under the new rail industry plans, open access services on seven routes are being developed, aiming to boost connectivity and increase competition and reduce fares . york based prospective fares. york based prospective open access company grand union trains plans to launch services between london euston and the city of stirling in central scotland, from june next year. it's also been given the go ahead to run trains between london paddington and south west wales . for the latest stories, wales. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news comment alerts now it's back to

andrew and . andrew and. bev. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with me bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, world leaders are calling for calm after israel has, of course, vowed to take revenge or to retaliate against iran after those 300 drone and missile attacks on saturday night. >> that's right. so these 300 missiles were dispatched by iran, 99% of which were brought down before entering israel, according to their defence minister, the british prime minister confirmed our involvement in shooting down some of missiles . some of those missiles. >> i confirm that our planes >> i can confirm that our planes did down a number of did shoot down a number of iranian attack drones. i don't want to pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of our pilots flying into the face of danger . of danger. >> well, joining now is >> well, joining us now is defence foreign affairs defence and foreign affairs editor at the telegraph. con coughlin. morning, morning coughlin. morning, con. morning bev. good morning. so what do we where do we start with this now? ihave where do we start with this now? i have so many questions really.

i have so many questions really. i guess what our audience might be most keenly interested in this morning is where does this leave us? great britain? what what role might we play now? going forward? and so far our actions have been significant. to what extent? well two points i pick up on bev. >> number one is i think we've demonstrated that we are a staunch and reliable allies of the israelis . the fact that the the israelis. the fact that the raf was was in action, disrupting this this missile attack just shows the strength of our support for israel. despite all the controversies over the gaza conflict. that's the first point i'd make. the second point is, is that through its actions , iran has now its actions, iran has now demonstrated unequivocally that it is a hostile state and we should treat it as such. i mean, i think for many years , i think for many years, successive british governments have given given iran the benefit of the doubt. and we've tried to negotiate with them.

we've tried to maintain diplomatic relations with them. but this attack is an attack , but this attack is an attack, just not just israel. but this is this just shows that iran is hostile to the whole whole of the west. and i think it's a wake up call for us, and we need to start looking at what the iranians are doing here in the uk . there's only a couple of uk. there's only a couple of weeks ago that an opposition iranian television presenter was stabbed to try and silence him here in london. so, you know, the iranians are not just active in the middle east. they're active here. and we should we should act accordingly. >> what confuses me about this, but everyone is now saying israel mustn't escalate, mustn't provoke, mustn't retaliate . how provoke, mustn't retaliate. how would we feel in this country if 300 cruise missiles and, drones were launched over the united kingdom? and luckily, we'd perhaps have brought most of them down, wouldn't we be outraged if the rest of the western world said we can't

retaliate? >> that's a very, very good point, andrew, it is, it is one of the absurdities of the modern world. and we've seen this since october the 7th, when hamas terrorists , backed by iran, terrorists, backed by iran, let's not forget, launched the most devastating terrorist attack in israel's history , and attack in israel's history, and what is the world done? the world has just been complaining about israel ever since. and the so—called starvation crisis in gaza, which, you know, is hamas propaganda to a large extent. i mean, you know, it is quite inconceivable, that, you know, we question israel when we've got dedicated and hostile regimes like iran and all the network of terror groups they support hezbollah, hamas, the houthi rebels, etc, we give them the benefit of the doubt . so as the benefit of the doubt. so as i say this, this needs to be a wake up call . and i was wake up call. and i was personally very pleased to see that the british government did not waver in coming to israel's support . but when it became

support. but when it became clear iran was going to launch this , this massive attack, if this, this massive attack, if they just again , on that point, they just again, on that point, we know that there was it was flagged up in advance by iran. >> if they were it had a deadly serious intent to inflict maximum damage. and death in israel. there had been no warning. there would have been no cobra meeting to discuss whether we should use our jets in the raf base in cyprus to bnng in the raf base in cyprus to bring them down. was it in a sense, iran wanted to show at home? we have taken on the dreaded israel , home? we have taken on the dreaded israel, but we deliberately didn't want to cause too much destruction for fear of what could follow. >> well, there is an element of that, andrew. and you know, anyone who follows iran closely will know that the mullahs that have controlled iran since the 1979 revolution are deeply unpopular . i 1979 revolution are deeply unpopular. i mean, there have been endless mass protests in iran against their their destruction of this, this one

straight country. so, yes, the ayatollahs are indulging in gesture, gesture politics to a degree . but, i mean, the degree. but, i mean, the israelis would tell you that, you know , these iranian claims you know, these iranian claims of forewarning are much overstated, and they certainly didn't give any indication of the scale of the attack, which didn't just come from iran, it came from all their proxies around the region, the houthis, groups in iraq, lebanon, etc. so, you know, i think we should take, you know, iran's claims to try and be a responsive international partner with a pinch of salt . pinch of salt. >> this, of course, correct me if i'm wrong, khan , but this, if i'm wrong, khan, but this, attack by iran over the weekend was because of the suspect israeli strike on the embassy compound in syria that killed the top revolutionary guards of iran. do we know for sure that that strike was israeli? i don't think they've claimed

responsibility, have they? >> well, the israelis never claimed responsibility. i mean, i've been covering israel in this part of the world for more than 40 years. i'm unfortunate . than 40 years. i'm unfortunate. and the israelis have this policy of never claiming responsibility . but, you know, responsibility. but, you know, if you look at the americans and others who watched this very closely have the closely and have the intelligence assets, there's little doubt that the israelis attacked this compound. but i would stress that this was no ordinary diplomatic compound . ordinary diplomatic compound. this was a command and control centre for the revolutionary guards , to control their guards, to control their terrorist infrastructure in the middle east. and it's very notable that the people killed in the attack were not diplomats. they were revolutionary guard commanders. so that says it all. really? >> yeah. okay khan, great to see you, con coughlin. pleasure, there. now jordan, iraq and lebanon have reopened their air spaces after closing them following the attack. but the british, our british travellers set to face disruption to our air travel with the ongoing

conflict. >> well, paul charles is the chief executive of the pc agency and he is mr airline and he's and he is mr airline and he's and he is mr airline and he's and he joins us now. and he is mr airline and he's and he joins us now . paul, i and he joins us now. paul, i read and hear that this is had the biggest impact on airspace since 9/11, certainly in the immediate aftermath of the, iranian attack, israeli airspace shut down completely. >> yes, certainly. i mean, if you disregard covid and of course, the shutdown during that period, then it is one of the largest uncertainties to hit the region. and that's what airlines don't like. uncertainty when you create a situation like this where you have objects in the air which are unidentifiable or which create uncertainty in airspace , airlines obviously get airspace, airlines obviously get very nervous about that. and the first inclination is to stop their planes flying, stop them taking off to the region or around the region. it becomes very difficult indeed. and in fact, there are several meetings taking place this morning among airlines , not just in the uk,

airlines, not just in the uk, but especially in europe, who are trying to work out what their flight schedules are going to look like over the coming days. should this uncertainty continue, because presumably there is a knock on effect, even if your flight isn't going towards that particular area, the disruption caused by those scheduling changes must reach far and wide . that's right. and far and wide. that's right. and in fact, we've already seen that with airlines like qantas, for example, who like many airlines , example, who like many airlines, overfly iranian airspace en route between australia and london, for example. and you, you have to bear in mind, iran is such a huge country that if you suddenly can't fly over iranian airspace, then your opfions iranian airspace, then your options are fairly limited. as to the other countries, you can fly to in such a direct way. so or fly over in a direct way so you can fly, of course, over saudi arabia . but that makes the saudi arabia. but that makes the journey much longer. that takes longer for passengers and the crew. it makes the schedules go out of kilter. and most importantly, at the moment, it

costs the airline much more in terms of their fuel bill because they're having to fly for a longer duration and if you add even an hour to a to a journey that means a lot of extra fuel on the plane. >> and are we seeing already paul >> and are we seeing already paul, disruption, cancellations, delays already as of as a result. >> we've certainly seen cancellations from the likes of qantas over flying or not over flying as they normally do, we've seen some delays to flights over the weekend because planes were out of place because suddenly airlines had to stop flying into tel aviv, for example, and into jordan. so yes, we've seen cancellations and delays over the weekend. now, obviously with this uncertainty as to whether israel will respond in some way this week, that means the airlines themselves are having to try and work out and get best advice from their governments as to whether, in fact, the region is going to be this uncertain all week, or whether they can start flying again into and around the

region. but certainly flying over iran is not going to be a possibility for most airlines anymore in the short tum. >> and it feels, paul, as though the aviation industry, the tourism industry in general, actually was back to good health after the pandemic and everything being grounded for so long. this is the last thing that that industry needs, isn't it? you're absolutely right. >> this summer is expected to be the busiest ever in aviation, capacity in terms of the number of flights and seats available is pretty well back to normal from where it was pre—covid. airlines obviously partly due to inflation, are charging more for their seats and therefore becoming much more profitable . becoming much more profitable. the same goes for hotels and car hire firms generally , everybody hire firms generally, everybody is doing really well, so they don't need this uncertainty at the moment to inject, uncertainty into their future profitability. and into their plans for the rest of the year.

they want things to be stable and normal, and that's what we're seeing in travel and tourism at the moment. bucha this of course. this region, of course. >> right. thank you so >> okay. all right. thank you so much charles the much, paul charles there, the ceo agency . ceo of the pc agency. >> and already the oil price is turbulent. it spiked enormously over the weekend. it's come right down today. we've checked but we'll keep an eye on that because of course they don't need much excuse do they. no petrol companies to put the price if the petrol in your price up. if the petrol in your tank. yeah. coming up next we're talking commons vote talking about that commons vote which to tomorrow. which is going to be tomorrow. on attempt stop on rishi sunaks attempt to stop young people smoking. remember bofis young people smoking. remember boris why boris johnson said last week why would the country of winston churchill want to ban cigars? so we're going to be talking to a churchill historian to say, what we're going to be talking to a church he historian to say, what we're going to be talking to a church he historia1 to say, what we're going to be talking to a church he historia ban? ay, what we're going to be talking to a church he historia ban? this hat

gb news. >> welcome back. 949. now. tomorrow. rishi sunak's new smoking ban will face its first commons test, with several

ministers undecided on whether to back the legislation. >> so the tobacco and vape bill means anyone turning 15 this year younger will never year or younger will never legally sold. cigarettes legally be sold. cigarettes >> the government says its smoking not be smoking itself will not be criminalised, who criminalised, so anyone who can legally tobacco will not legally buy tobacco now will not be prevented so in be prevented from doing so in the future. >> boris johnson , no, sorry. >> so boris johnson, no, sorry. speaking ahead of the bill last month, said this . month, sunak said this. >> he said if we want to build a better for our children, better future for our children, we need to tackle single we need to tackle the single biggest, preventable biggest, entirely preventable cause of ill health, disability and but boris and death. smoking. but boris johnson stuck, stuck, stuck his oar in it last week when he said what would winston churchill oar in it last week when he said what 'ofuld winston churchill oar in it last week when he said what 'ofuld �*fact ton churchill oar in it last week when he said what 'ofuld �*fact ton cthe:hill oar in it last week when he said what 'ofuld �*factton (the prime make of the fact that the prime effectually trying ban people effectually trying to ban people smoking effectually trying to ban people sm> nobody better to answer this question our very own, question than our very own, churchill historian rafe heydel—mankoo we often talk to you about royal issues. you were a member of the church society of venice. >> former member. yes. i'm >> former board member. yes. i'm very about very enthusiastic about churchill cigars, two of my churchill and cigars, two of my great so very great passions. so i'm very pleased to able to have this, pleased to be able to have this, this with today. the this chat with you today. the first thing we should say is because we've also a

because we've also had a government minister, victoria atkins, say atkins, coming out to say churchill in of churchill would be in support of this ban . how does she know? any this ban. how does she know? any churchill historian say, this ban. how does she know? any chu1know,|istorian say, this ban. how does she know? any chu1know, you're n say, this ban. how does she know? any chu1know, you're extremely iy, you know, you're extremely foolish churchill foolish to say what churchill would do. exactly. would or would not do. exactly. 2023 now yeah get 2023 it is now 2024. yeah get there. right. the man died in 1965. it's a very different world today to what it was then. and certainly i think, you know, but looking at the balance of evidence as a champion of liberty and somebody who was definitely opposed to state interference, i think he probably would be against the smoking ban. i have to say it should be said, actually, you know, he didn't smoke as much as people like to think towards the end of her life. i got to know churchill's daughter very well. end of her life. i got to know churcsoames, rghter very well. end of her life. i got to know churcsoames,1ghte|soames, ll. end of her life. i got to know churcsoames,1ghte|soames, and mary soames, lady soames, and went cigar dinners went to a few cigar dinners with her she said that, her as well. and she said that, you always had cigar you know, he always had a cigar in hand, he very rarely in his hand, but he very rarely actually smoked it. it more actually smoked it. it was more of a prop. actually smoked it. it was more of ilsrop. actually smoked it. it was more of (is itp. actually smoked it. it was more of (is it like a comfort thing? >> is it like a comfort thing? >> is it like a comfort thing? >> it was a comfort thing, but also it was part of his status symbol. everyone expected symbol. yeah. everyone expected to see him with that. there was always there always a cigar lit, but there were going out on the were always going out on the ashtray. that's why there

ashtray. and that's why there are always cigars are always churchill cigars coming him look relaxed. >> yeah. >> em- em— >> because you think about it when with roosevelt and when he was with roosevelt and stalin, big posts, stalin, it's those big posts, the conferences dividing up after always had the after the war. he always had the cigar, he? cigar, didn't he? >> roosevelt cigarette >> roosevelt had his cigarette holder, had his holder, and churchill had his had his cigar. and of course, the that there many the fact that there are so many churchill cigars coming up for auction didn't auction proves he didn't actually because actually smoke them, because they sitting still. actually smoke them, because the could sitting still. actually smoke them, because the could you sitting still. actually smoke them, because the could you still itting still. actually smoke them, because the could you still smoke till. actually smoke them, because the could you still smoke them >> could you still smoke them 70 years years on? oh, but they're >> 50 years on? oh, but they're sold as, as as i get you. sold as, as i as i get you. >> yeah, yeah. and our cigars included change of legislation. >> this is my camp because i actually support this bill on principle, just principle, as long as it just appues principle, as long as it just applies vapes. applies to cigarettes and vapes. and is people and the problem here is people have realise nobody who have to realise nobody who smokes cigarette will smokes today, a cigarette will ever be stopped from smoking by this the first this bill. that's the first thing note. this just stops thing to note. this just stops children, the age children, people under the age of ever starting to of 15 from ever starting to smoke well, or legally binding or legally buying. i don't or legally buying. and i don't think there's a mother or think there's a single mother or father country who would father in the country who would be their child started father in the country who would be smoke. their child started father in the country who would be smoke. andzir child started father in the country who would be smoke. and we :hild started father in the country who would be smoke. and we knowtarted father in the country who would be smoke. and we knowtarte the to smoke. and we know that the majority of cigarette in majority of cigarette smokers in this want quit, and this country want to quit, and they you support they wish you say you support they wish you say you support the of it. so i support it the aim of it. so i support it as as it doesn't apply to

as long as it doesn't apply to premium cigars , premium products like cigars, because you smoke 40 a day premium products like cigars, becigars,'ou smoke 40 a day premium products like cigars, becigars, right? smoke 40 a day premium products like cigars, becigars, right? that's ke 40 a day premium products like cigars, becigars, right? that's an 40 a day premium products like cigars, becigars, right? that's an hour day of cigars, right? that's an hour long smoke enjoyed once in a while. teenagers, can't it? it's in your mouth. teenagers can't afford that's afford a cigar. yeah, that's £50. it really? £50. right. so is it really? yeah. was £40 last yeah. i mean, it was £40 last yeah yeah. i mean, it was £40 last year. this year. that's how year. £50 this year. that's how much and how long. long will much and how long. how long will that that's about 45 that last? that's about 45 minutes hour, depending minutes to an hour, depending on whether good whether you're having a good conversation on conversation or if you're on your own, obviously. >> and many of those a day >> and how many of those a day would i have week. >> oh, i have two. a week. basically week. yeah. basically two a week. yeah. well, that's i mean. it's a well, that's what i mean. it's a very thing. and very different thing. and it's yeah, do with friends yeah, you can do it with friends over a drink rather than just having a smoke behind the bike sheds. different sheds. it's a very different sort of experience. >> it tell us >> but what does it tell us about rishi sunaks government, though? they though? the fact that they are clamping down on this because actually biggest actually one of the biggest pubuc actually one of the biggest public in public health triumphs in the last has been last couple of decades has been getting smoking, last couple of decades has been getting so smoking, last couple of decades has been getting so few1oking, last couple of decades has been getting so few people smoke actually. so few people smoke now compared to 20 years ago, is it maybe just a bit simple , this it maybe just a bit simple, this kind of a bit too authoritarian? >> well, we've seen the shocking rise in the number of children who are consuming vapes. so there's no reason to actually

think that vapes might not actually gateway to actually be a gateway drug to cigarettes and cannabis. you know, complete reversal of know, a complete reversal of what intention behind what the intention was behind behind first place. behind vapes in the first place. i think this is necessary. as i said, nobody today who's a smoker is going to be affected by this at all. we know that it's the single one, the single most of most preventable cause of illness in this country. my own mother lung two mother died of lung cancer two years ago. i know and you years ago. so i know and you know, the cost on the nhs as well is huge. so i think if you weigh things together, i think it's a sensible of it's quite a sensible piece of legislation. it's quite a sensible piece of legislatio think we do have to >> and i think we do have to also point out the fact that your not necessarily your cigar is not necessarily good health. no. your cigar is not necessarily gooyou health. no. your cigar is not necessarily gooyou can health. no. your cigar is not necessarily gooyou can getaalth. no. your cigar is not necessarily gooyou can get well, no. your cigar is not necessarily gooyou can get well, you don't >> you can get well, you don't need cigar, but the more need a cigar, but the more chance getting mouth cancer chance of getting mouth cancer than cancer, right? than lung cancer, right? yeah, yeah, than lung cancer, right? yeah, yeaokay. >> okay. >> okay. >> not advisable. although they do appetite. do suppress your appetite. so i say for my health say i smoke for my health because eat as a result. because i eat less as a result. very good. >> is that right? very good. >> everyt right? very good. >> every cloud.? >> every cloud. >> every cloud. >> okay. thank you. rafe. >> right. okay. thank you. rafe. great you. rafe great to see you. rafe heydel—mankoo. now keep heydel—mankoo. there. now keep your messages coming this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay your say. we'll be checking them while we take this little break with ellie the weather.

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could turn heavy in places, perhaps some localised flooding, but start to but it will gradually start to turn drier as we go turn a little drier as we go through the early hours of through into the early hours of tuesday leaving plenty tuesday morning, leaving plenty of around and the of clear skies around and the winds gradually to ease of clear skies around and the wirwellradually to ease of clear skies around and the wirwell ,|dually to ease of clear skies around and the wirwell , but lly to ease of clear skies around and the wirwell , but still to ease of clear skies around and the wirwell , but still a to ease of clear skies around and the wirwell , but still a chilly) ease as well, but still a chilly night under those clear skies. temperatures around 5 or 6 degrees in the north, perhaps a touch some rural spots. touch lower in some rural spots. tuesday much tuesday does start a much drier day, though plenty of sunshine as we head through the morning. there will be few there will still be a few showers around, particularly across england showers around, particularly acro across england showers around, particularly acro across parts england showers around, particularly acro across parts of england showers around, particularly acro across parts of wales gland showers around, particularly acro across parts of wales and d and across parts of wales and northern ireland too, and perhaps the 1 or 2 bubbling perhaps the odd 1 or 2 bubbling up across southeastern parts. but still be plenty up across southeastern parts. busunshine still be plenty up across southeastern parts. busunshine across be plenty up across southeastern parts. busunshine across northerny of sunshine across northern parts , quite parts of england, not quite as windy monday, windy as monday, and temperatures touch below temperatures still a touch below average or 13, maybe average around 12 or 13, maybe 14 degrees in the south and around 1011 in the north. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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>> 10 am. on monday, the 15th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce >> middle east on the brink, of course. israelis vowing revenge against iran after the missile attack this weekend, world leaders urging leaders there were urging restraint . restraint. >> well, in two hours time, the israeli war cabinet will meet once again. israel has said that it will respond , but at a time it will respond, but at a time and a manner of its choosing . and a manner of its choosing. >> and are we ready for rwanda? a cabinet minister suggests that flights sending asylum seekers to rwanda would take off within weeks . weeks. >> yes, boris johnson announced the plan to send people to rwanda two years and one day ago now the safety of rwanda bill back in the house of commons likely to become law this week, the government believes it's going to get people on flights in a few weeks. i'll bring you more shortly . more shortly. >> and meghan markle's brother

thomas, well, he's been criticised for mocking his sister in a series of youtube videos. have a listen . videos. have a listen. >> hey everybody, my name is me and swamp donkey crotch and i was just showing off my new my new bump that i bought used on ebay out of montecito . ebay out of montecito. >> what a nutcase. the motoring group, the rac is urging ministers to reinstate the hard shoulder on so—called smart motorways. would you be pleased to see them return? >> i mean, i'm going to talk to you about that nhs trust, aren't we? >> does that make you feel sorry for meghan markle? >> almost, which is an unlikely thing you'll ever hear coming from me . but i thing you'll ever hear coming from me. but i mean, thing you'll ever hear coming from me . but i mean, what an from me. but i mean, what an extraordinary family. because from me. but i mean, what an extrsisterary family. because from me. but i mean, what an extrsister ary familyforecause from me. but i mean, what an extrsister ary familyfor libel,3 the sister sued her for libel, defamation case was thrown out. that was samantha. now is that was samantha. now this is the and course she's the brother. and of course she's not to her father. not speaking to her father. perfect marry into the

perfect to marry into the windsor which to windsor family, which is, to be honest, dysfunctional to honest, pretty dysfunctional to let us know your thoughts this morning. >> gbnews.com forward slash yourself first though, the very latest with tatiana sanchez i >> -- >> beth thank you. the top stories this morning . escalating stories this morning. escalating tensions in the middle east will be addressed by the prime minister in the commons this afternoon. the foreign secretary has confirmed raf jets shot down a number of iranian drones and missiles after hundreds were fired at israel at the weekend. lord cameron says the uk will now consider further sanctions against tehran. the united nafions against tehran. the united nations has warned the middle east is on the brink and is urging israel not to retaliate. but the country's war cabinet is split on the timing and scale of any response. shadow defence secretary john healey says israel has the right to defend itself. >> we have a an important role to play alongside allies as we

did over the weekend. it's defensive action and it was in the face of a an utterly, unprecedented and unacceptable iranian attack direct from iran as well as from, militia groups in other countries . in other countries. >> the government's flagship rwanda policy faces another test as mps debate the latest amendments by peers. it's after the health secretary, victoria atkins , insisted flights to atkins, insisted flights to kigali should take off within weeks . she says the home office weeks. she says the home office is ready to go, despite the troubled bill still making its way through parliament. no airline has been named to transport the asylum seekers after rwanda's state owned carrier turned down a request . carrier turned down a request. police say the man , who fatally police say the man, who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in sydney, appears to have been targeting women. joel cauchi took a knife from his backpack at bondi junction and

killed five women and a male security guard. police believe the 40 year old suffered from schizophrenia and used drugs, including meth and psychedelics. he'd been known to police, particularly over the last five years, but hadn't been arrested or charged before he committed the attack on saturday, the first of four criminal trials against donald trump begins later today in new york. the former president has been charged in connection to a hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. mr trump faces a maximum of four years in jail if convicted , but could avoid jail convicted, but could avoid jail time and be fined instead . he's time and be fined instead. he's pleaded not guilty. the trial is expected to last 6 to 8 weeks. millions of people across the country will have access to new long distance rail routes. under the new rail industry plans, open access services on seven routes are being developed, aiming to boost connectivity, increase competition and reduce fares . york based prospective

fares. york based prospective open access company grand union trains plans to launch services between london euston in the city of stirling in central scotland, from june next year. it's also been given the go ahead to run trains between london paddington and south—west wales . and universal credit will wales. and universal credit will need to change to meet the challenges of an older and sicker population, to according a new report. the resolution foundation says the number of benefit claimants who are out of work due to ill health has almost doubled since 2013. the report both the benefit report says both the benefit system and the country have changed significantly since universal credit was introduced. the government recently announced changes to the credit scheme, aimed at encouraging people ill to seek people with ill health to seek work . for the latest stories, work. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to andrew and . bev.

andrew and. bev. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. it is 1005. you've been getting in touch at home, shauna said. now we know why megan's brother didn't get an invite the wedding. that's invite to the wedding. that's him youtube. him on youtube. >> who did get an invite to a wedding? mother. that was it. >> i presume that's, her half brother. >> yeah, the dad is the same dad. >> he looks like meghan markle's father , but different. father, but different. >> mom. because you're not talking to a father. she's not talking to a father. she's not talking to a sister or a brother. her sister sued for defamation lost. defamation and lost. >> a what a mess. yeah, >> what a what a mess. yeah, alan touch about this alan has got in touch about this smoking ban. he said they're not banning they're banning banning smoking. they're banning choices. for you, choices. yes, it's bad for you, but else decides what else but who else decides what else is harmful? alcohol, meats, fats, flying. certain news channels. it's the tip of a very dangerous iceberg. >> a lot of conservative mps >> and a lot of conservative mps are not going to support it, including course, including liz truss, of course, whose is this week, whose book is out this week, that's not going to get of that's not going to get a lot of publicity, is it? >> she's going struggle with >> she's going to struggle with this, on nigel, i this, but, she's on nigel, i think oh, good. yeah. think tonight. oh, good. yeah. so interesting. but so that'll be interesting. but a lot tories it. can't lot of tories say it. you can't leave want to buy

leave if people want to buy cigarettes, let them. yeah, because they're legally available . available. >> that's right. what about alcohol? completely well, it's very much this government. it's every government around the world becoming more and more micromanaging interfering in micromanaging and interfering in our lives. get out of our lives. >> and the labour party is supporting 100. >> well, of course they are, tim, who is a gb news member. thank tim smart thank you. tim says smart motorway should never have been forced upon us. motorways are in general because of the general dangerous because of the speed the volume. escape speed and the volume. the escape lane lives in the lane has saved many lives in the past and unfortunately it's taken of some taken the deaths of some innocent change innocent drivers to change the minister's be minister's minds. action must be taken return them taken immediately to return them back . we're taken immediately to return them back .we're going back to safety. we're going to be talking those be talking about those smart motorways reinstating of motorways and the reinstating of hard a hard shoulders, hopefully a little and what else? little bit later. and what else? yep, keep them coming. gbnews.com/yoursay say. >> well of course iran is the big story world leaders calling for calm. we've got in the studio with us our very own mark white, mark, you've had very white, mark, you've had a very busy weekend. 300, missiles,

drone . as i was talking, we were drone. as i was talking, we were talking to the defence sector, the telegraph. if iran really wants to inflict maximum damage on israel, they would not have telegraphed this in advance. >> yeah, to an extent. but these were not lemon popsicles. they were not lemon popsicles. they were throwing towards israel. they were fully laden explosive devices in the forms of, form of drones , ballistic missiles, drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, 331 of them luckily shot down by the us. the uk was involved to some extent. jordan, saudi arabia, all came together to ensure that the vast majority just didn't reach israeli airspace. but iran didn't know that when it was launching. just how effective those defences would be. and if a significant proportion of those missiles got through, then it could have done a lot of damage. there could have been a significant loss of life . now, significant loss of life. now, the areas that were targeted were in the northern golan heights , israeli military bases heights, israeli military bases up there in the negev desert,

again, israeli military bases down there. but there are thousands of armed forces personnel in these bases. luckily the missiles, it did impact an air base in the negev. seven of them didn't do much in the way of damage, but it could have been very different had the air defences not stood up to. >> and how significant was britain's involvement? four planes scrambled from the airbase at cyprus. sunak. paying tribute to the bravery of the pilots, they brought down about 20 missiles. drones or missiles? >> drones, the took out. yes. i mean, basically what what happened was that the uk has in that region anyway , typhoon jets that region anyway, typhoon jets that region anyway, typhoon jets that are based out of cyprus for up shade or operation shader, which is this long standing operation against daesh, islamic state in iraq and syria. and all these years on, they're still involved in that, taking out

these extremists and patrolling that airspace. they were ordered by the british government if drones or missiles came into your area of responsibility , your area of responsibility, vie, you have permission to take them out. so, yes , you're right, them out. so, yes, you're right, a small, relatively small number of the total, that iran and its proxies launched came into that area of responsibility, but still , you know, they still, you know, they contributed. and now, as a consequence, what we've got is even more in the way of uk combat jets and tanker aircraft going to this area. there is an escalation taking place here. despite the words that are coming out diplomatically from britain and others saying please think about what you're doing there are still reinforcing for there are still reinforcing for the potential that we are going to see an escalation in further down the road here. >> and of course, the western leaders, mark, have no choice now but to defend israel. the rhetoric around it has been very much . we will be with you. un

much. we will be with you. un unlimited amounts , like an unlimited amounts, like an infinite amount of support. they've heard from america and the uk. what does that mean now, in terms of our involvement? >> well, what it means effectively is if we see another large scale attack launched, remember, from sovereign, from the sovereign soil of, you know, another nation, a direct attack on israel by iran. thus far, it had always been its proxies in southern lebanon, in gaza, of course, through hamas. luckily for israel , they've been for israel, they've been degraded to such an extent that they can't fire to any degree their rockets at israel anymore. but they were still launching them from iraq, from proxies there and in syria as well. and of course, the houthis in yemen . of course, the houthis in yemen. but what it will mean for the uk to answer your point is that those extra combat jets that we're sending will without doubt be used in the defence of israel . if there is another significant wave, what we won't

get involved in, and the us have said as much as well, is any direct attack that israel might decide to launch on iran or its proxies in the coming days or weeks. >> strategically, what what has iran achieved here? because militarily they got they they inflicted no damage . but now, inflicted no damage. but now, just at the point when the international coalition surrounding israel was breaking down because of a perception they were going too far, too deep into gaza, now everybody is rallying around saudi arabia, jordan, arab states, america, foursquare, britain . the whole foursquare, britain. the whole issue now of cancelling arms sales to israel has been cancelled. it was a strategic error by the iranians. >> means, to quote our foreign secretary, lord cameron. actually, this morning was a double loss for iran. not only did this attack spectacularly fail, but they have succeeded in showing the world who the malign. yeah. influence in that region is so yes, you're right.

but of course, they have a lot of pressure from the hardliners in iran to respond as well. they see what happened on the 1st of april with this strike on the consulate in damascus that killed a number of top generals from iran. yes, from the quds force, who israel said were tantamount just to terrorists. anyway planning attacks through their proxies on israel . and their proxies on israel. and that's why, although they don't admit it publicly , this strike admit it publicly, this strike took place. but iran had to be seen. they say, of course, to respond to that under article 51 of the un charter, the right to self defence, they say now, as far as iran is concerned , they far as iran is concerned, they are now saying that it's concluded the next step is with israel. if israel responds well, it says it's going to respond. but the manner of its response will dictate how iran then responds to that . and the real responds to that. and the real difficulty with these , for tat

difficulty with these, for tat operations is the real, possibility of strategic error here. and you have a downward spiral into an ever worsening regional conflict. it has to be hoped that calmer heads will prevail. but from israel's point of view, they have said if this was the uk, this was any other western nation. would you for stand 330 missiles and drones coming to attack your sovereign country? >> the british prime minister said well, i've had a phone call from the united states. they don't want me to retaliate against whatever. there'd be an outcry this country. outcry in this country. >> that the question as >> that raises the question as to response in to whether israel's response in gaza been proportionate. gaza has been proportionate. following the 7th of october, if israel had rowed back a little bit on the relentless bombing of gaza the last however many gaza over the last however many weeks that has been now, iran wouldn't have been pushed. >> no they would. >> no they would. >> it's because they took out , >> it's because they took out, because i don't agree with that. >> it's because they took out

the military figures the the military figures in the concert in syria. why concert in syria. that's why they've retaliated. >> indeed. on >> well, yes, indeed. but on on the gaza question, think the gaza question, i think there's question to there's a legitimate question to be asked about israel. and getting more aid into gaza and whether it has done enough to ensure that aid supplies are still getting into what has been effectively a cut off, a cut off enclave. but in terms of the military action against hamas, remember hamas has been placing quite deliberately its armaments, its rocket launchers, its command and control bunkers in civilian areas , underneath in civilian areas, underneath hospitals, underneath kindergartens and alike, and of course, israel has got, from its point of view, to go after hamas . they say that actually the civilian casualties are not as high as hamas is claiming. there is significant civilian casualties, without a doubt. but what they say is never admitted by any of the medical

authorities in gaza is how many of the hamas terrorists have been killed in these attacks. but yeah, i think , you know, but yeah, i think, you know, israel certainly has some questions to answer in terms of the aid supplies. and there is tremendous pressure from the west on israel to ensure that more in the way of aid gets into gaza now. >> okay. thank you. mark. interesting developing situation. we will keep you abreast of any developments . abreast of any developments. now, nhs bosses have unveiled a banner that shows 21 different sexualities. some would call them genders, some call it, some call it an expensive waste of time. >> that would be me. >> that would be me. >> this is britain's newsroom on

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on gb news. with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> we've all got embarrassing relatives. but get much relatives. but can it get much worse than this? >> hey, everybody . my name is >> hey, everybody. my name is meagan swamp donkey crotch. and i was just showing off my new my new bump that i bought used on ebay out of montecito , so. ebay out of montecito, so. >> well, that's meghan markle's brother , thomas, joining us now brother, thomas, joining us now is, royal expert correspondent jennie bond. jennie, i've not been a great fan, to put it mildly, of meghan markle, but that exchange actually makes me feel sorry for her. he's bullying her. >> absolutely. i couldn't agree more. i mean, meghan has taken her fair share of criticism throughout our media, have throughout our media, i have to say. but you know what she's deaung say. but you know what she's dealing with now? these these posts , these youtube posts by posts, these youtube posts by thomas markle jr are the misogynistic, hate filled diet bnbes misogynistic, hate filled diet bribes, nasty, nasty monologues he call he calls her, an old hag dunng he call he calls her, an old hag during what he purports to be a,

a birthday message. it's vile, vile stuff. and i don't understand , quite frankly, why understand, quite frankly, why it's not taken off the internet. it simply shouldn't be allowed. >> but that's the whole problem, isn't it? with the internet, jenny, it's unregulated jenny, that, it's an unregulated wild . i mean, a tv or radio wild west. i mean, a tv or radio station wouldn't dream of putting that sort of stuff out. >> no, but these internet giants , they're taking down posts we just did, deleting them. i just don't know how bad it's got to be. you know, before they take this down. he is really a very unpleasant piece of work . unpleasant piece of work. >> i mean, look, we're showing it now. just a small clip, correct, a small clip. but i think the interesting thing i guess about this is this is meghan markle's half brother. jenny is that right? and how how does she move on in terms of the pubuc does she move on in terms of the public and the pr when she's got family members coming out and doing this sort of ridiculous broadcast about her, she

commented on it, what do you think she should do? >> say nothing, yes . i think she should do? >> say nothing, yes. i think think she should do? >> say nothing, yes . i think she >> say nothing, yes. i think she should do nothing. i think she should do nothing. i think she should take a leaf out of william and catherine's book. actually, the royal family's book here. and when they actually, the royal family's book underzre. and when they actually, the royal family's book under fire.\nd when they actually, the royal family's book under fire. notnhen they actually, the royal family's book under fire. not like| they actually, the royal family's book under fire. not like this,' came under fire. not like this, but came under fire from harry and meghan. they have maintained and meghan. they have maintained a very dignified silence. and that's a strategy that i think has and to fair, both has worked. and to be fair, both harry said harry and meghan have said nothing derogatory about their family over here for well over a year now. we've heard nothing at all, but for some reason, thomas. well, i think i know why thomas. well, i think i know why thomas markle is doing this. i don't know why i say for some reason, i mean, he is trousering money for this. he's pocketing cash , he's asking for tips and cash, he's asking for tips and he's getting them and he's getting quite a lot of viewers. 100,000 viewers watch the birthday tribute, in which he talks about an old hag and says how many facelifts she's going to need and all sorts of horrible stuff. so he's making money out of it. he is

profiting. i would actually say, prostituting himself, on the coattails of his very famous half sister and of course the other, the other sister, samantha. >> she was suing meghan. i can't even remember anymore. jenny. what? it was over , but that's what? it was over, but that's been thrown out. so this really is the ultimate dysfunction royal family, isn't it? >> i mean , you know, as your >> i mean, you know, as your strap line says, we do have embarrassing siblings and embarrassing siblings and embarrassing members of our family, but somehow it seems to me the royal family and the extended royal family have rather more than their fair share. >> well, n share. >> well, i mean, you know >> well, quite. i mean, you know , he might say, i'm just i'm trying see how many followers trying to see how many followers he we any idea how he has. do we have any idea how popular is on youtube? popular he is on youtube? >> i think it's i don't have the precise figure, but i did look up how many people he's got 36,000 followers, which isn't a lot, suspect hoping lot, but i suspect he's hoping for more after this. for a lot more after this. >> but if i had following >> but if i had been following him, jenny, unfollow him him, jenny, i'd unfollow him after outburst because it's after this outburst because it's juvenile. it's not just juvenile. it's not just juvenile. it's not just juvenile. it's spiteful. >> oh, it's as i say, it's

misogynist . it's hateful. it's misogynist. it's hateful. it's deeply unpleasant. i mean, it's vile , it's grotesque. and i vile, it's grotesque. and i don't know why anyone would want. it's not even funny. so i don't know why anyone would get pleasure out of watching it. >> okay. all right. thank you. jenny. royal correspondent jennie bond there. although i have irony, like have to say the irony, like meghan has had a lot of meghan markle has had a lot of that kind of stuff, not not quite like that, but she's had so much hate. yeah from the mainstream media as well. not just her brother . just her brother. >> well, she's. because she's because she's what she's done. she's rained endless abuse on the royal family in this country. yeah. and she, she's called she caused problems for the queen. she's slagged off catherine who's very popular. william. and if you marry into the royal family. well, she she pretty what she was pretty much knew what she was marrying stupid marrying into. she's not stupid and she's making money out of it, no wonder she's got a lot it, so no wonder she's got a lot of criticism. however, even somebody who's very somebody like me who's been very critical her, would say critical of her, i would say that's unfair. that's pretty unfair. >> you've been on tv in >> you've never been on tv in a wig. i've never been on tv in wig. >> and he looked ludicrous. the

thing was, jennie bond said it wasn't it was wasn't funny if it was sophisticated witty, you sophisticated and witty, you think, well, satire, think, yeah, well, it's satire, but isn't that's but that isn't satire. that's just abuse. awful, right? >> know your thoughts. >> let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com forward slash your say so. the rwanda bill is back in the commons today. mps are set to consider amendments from the house of lords. >> lords finally set to pass >> the lords finally set to pass through leaked through parliament. leaked documents show the scheme could cost billion in the cost us nearly £5 billion in the first five years, and that's to get of 30,000 migrants. so get rid of 30,000 migrants. so is worth it? get rid of 30,000 migrants. so is oh, rth it? get rid of 30,000 migrants. so is oh, is it? get rid of 30,000 migrants. so is oh, is it:? get rid of 30,000 migrants. so is oh, is it worth it? joining >> oh, is it worth it? joining us now is our political correspondent, katherine forster catherine, just remind us how we've got to this point . and is we've got to this point. and is there any possibility of these planes taking off in a few weeks, which is what we're now heanng weeks, which is what we're now hearing ? heanng? >> yes. well, it feels endless, doesn't it? it's two years and one day since the then prime minister, boris johnson, and the then home secretary , priti then home secretary, priti patel, announced this scheme, they said then if you come across the channel illegally on across the channel illegally on

a small boat, you will be sent on a one way ticket to rwanda. no ifs , no buts. two years on, no ifs, no buts. two years on, not a single person is there. but the government is hopeful . but the government is hopeful. the safety of rwanda bill back in the commons today , they will in the commons today, they will vote down all seven lords amendments . it will then go back amendments. it will then go back to the lords, back to the commons. expected to pass into law in the coming days , health law in the coming days, health secretary victoria atkins saying they expect to get flights off in the coming weeks. rishi sunak originally said spring well, that's the end of may and potentially the first week of june, so they might miss that deadline. but hey , after two deadline. but hey, after two years, i think they'll be happy with any flights to rwanda. but as you say , of course, huge, as you say, of course, huge, huge concerns around the cost. we've already pledged nearly 400 million. and now it's emerged that each migrant who eventually gets sent will cost an

additional 150,000. so if you do the maths, that's 4.5 billion. if 30,000 end up being sent. of course, some people still believe that not a single migrant is going to be sent to rwanda. there may still be legal challenges. care for calais. the charity is getting volunteers on board. they're going to target the people earmarked for deportation and try to mount legal challenges. of course, this bill is designed to block exactly that happening. meanwhile, labour reminding us, they say that, 120,000 people have arrived illegally since 2018. a third of them on rishi sunaks watch . his pledge to stop sunaks watch. his pledge to stop the boats not going very well at all. but if they can get people to rwanda, i think they will take that as a win. >> and catherine, on the issue of the airlines is we understand this, not a single commercial

mainstream airline wants to touch this with a bargepole because they think they'll be brand them. so it brand damage for them. so it would that the government would appear that the government will have to lease, planes, and privately and privately , which privately and privately, which will presumably be add to the cost even more . cost even more. >> well, yes. commercial airlines approached months ago about this this in the uk didn't want to have anything to do with it. rose indian airlines, the national airline of rwanda, doesn't want to be associated with it either. the raf , well, with it either. the raf, well, they're busy with their own, things, aren't they? so we still don't know. a few weeks out. how these people are finally going to get there. and of course, some of the homes that suella braverman went out to see with great fanfare a year or so ago, on one estate have subsequently been sold off to, locals . and of been sold off to, locals. and of course, the rwandan leader did

offer rishi sunak his money back if the whole thing fell apart, just a couple of months ago. but the government does believe that finally, finally, they are going to get people on planes. worth saying that sir matthew rycroft, the permanent secretary of the home office, is up this afternoon in front of the home affairs select committee . he's affairs select committee. he's going to be getting a real grilling on whether this scheme is value for money because of course, a lot of money, a lot of money being spent . money being spent. >> okay. thank you very much. catherine katherine forster there. >> and of course, they they'll get the amendments passed through the commons. then it goes back to the house of lords. are the house of lords going to play are the house of lords going to play silly? you know what? and play play silly? you know what? and play they going play ping pong or are they going to it is the will of to accept now it is the will of the to get it. the commons to get on with it. yeah, should just yeah, because they should just get and people are get on with it and people are just up with it. just get just fed up with it. just get the in air and see if the planes in the air and see if it's going to work as a deterrent. if it doesn't work as it's going to work as a d

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urging israel not to retaliate. but the country's war cabinet is split on the timing and scale of any response. shadow defence secretary john healey says israel has the right to defend itself . itself. >> we have a an important role to play alongside allies, as we did over the weekend . it's did over the weekend. it's defensive action and it was in the face of a an utterly, un precedented and unacceptable iranian attack. direct from iran as well as from, militia groups in other countries . in other countries. >> the government's flagship rwanda policy faces another test as mps debate the latest amendments by peers. it's after the health secretary, victoria atkins, insisted flights to kigali should take off within weeks. no airline has been named to transport the asylum seekers after rwanda's state owned carrier turned down a request, police say. the man, who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping

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7961 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> so still to come this morning, nhs bosses have unveiled a banner that features flags representing 21 different sexual preferences. this they include neutral, whatever that is, genderqueer, whatever that is, genderqueer, whatever that is, genderqueer, whatever that is, gender fluid, whatever that is, gender fluid, whatever that is demi romantic, ridiculous. and you can be a straight ally. oh, you're all welcome at one nhs hospital. that is a banner in a hospital. >> do you think they ever get around to looking after people's health? these idiots who come up with these mad, mad schemes, what does it achieve? >> what that puts people's >> what does that puts people's backs up? >> that's what it does. it causes huge resentment . and causes huge resentment. and we've seen kemi badenoch, the equalities minister, again, we've seen kemi badenoch, the equalittoday nister, again, we've seen kemi badenoch, the equalittoday they've|gain, we've seen kemi badenoch, the equalittoday they've got], we've seen kemi badenoch, the equalittoday they've got to be saying today they've got to be more robust in this equalities war. a stop to this nonsense. >> yeah. more of that, more of that after this quick break.

>> yeah. more of that, more of that agor this quick break. >> yeah. more of that, more of that ago anywhere.: break.

okay. we are joined now in the studio by former labour adviser, matthew laza and author and broadcaster emma woolf . right. morning. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. good morning. >> shall we talk about this nhs story, about this banner that shows emma 21 different genders? well, this is important because it shows that anyone that arrives at the hospital is welcome. welcome. if they're on the death bed, maybe they're not bothered being well, bothered about being made. well, just that we recognise just to know that we recognise whose you like to touch whose genitals you like to touch because. i'm sorry. this is about sexuality. >> is? well, about >> it is? well, it's about genden >> it is? well, it's about gender. identity. gender. it's about identity. this ludicrous. let's just be this is ludicrous. let's just be clear. is at royal stoke clear. this is at royal stoke hosphal clear. this is at royal stoke hospital, is one of the hospital, which is one of the worst. it's about a badly performing hospital and it's amongst one of the worst performing nhs trusts. not

surprising in the country. that and they have unfurled this flag 21 genders. gender 21 different genders. gender identities pansexual, identities include pansexual, polysexual, demi romantics, slow down polyamorous means you sleep with everybody. i'm not going to tell you what they all mean. genderqueer a straight ally, which means that you someone who is straight, but who actually supports lgbtq+ community supports the lgbtq+ community and then neutrois, what does that mean? neutrois means i have absolutely no idea what neutrois means, referring to one person. >> that one was new to me. >> that one was new to me. >> i can do some of the others if we're doing the quiz. >> who lacks a specific gender identity? so if you don't have a gender identity, i mean, you couldn't . couldn't make it up. >> it's a complete waste of time and and effort and at and money and effort and at a time in a hospital. matthew, thatis time in a hospital. matthew, that is one of the worst in the country. yeah, it's apparently they can't get their hips replaced operations done replaced and the operations done or trolleys, they're or lying on trolleys, they're going to really feel, oh, it's okay we've got these great okay that we've got these great flags gender id so what flags about gender id so what gets is you're it's gets me is you're right, it's one performing one of the worst performing trusts the country. trusts in the country. >> and there'll be a lot

>> and clearly there'll be a lot of in north staffordshire >> and clearly there'll be a lot of are in north staffordshire >> and clearly there'll be a lot of are awaitingh staffordshire >> and clearly there'll be a lot of are awaiting treatmenthire who are awaiting treatment who will this. i mean, will be angry at this. i mean, i don't think it's i don't think i think one, one banner probably would equate to about one hip operation. not that would equate to about one hip ope doing not that would equate to about one hip ope doing would, )t that would equate to about one hip ope doing would, would, that would equate to about one hip ope doing would, would, would not doing it would, would, would take it's, the impression it >> it's, it's, the impression it creates. >> absolutely. and i also think i think it's very, very i also think it's very, very tokenistic it strikes me tokenistic because it strikes me that diversity and that it's sort of diversity and inclusion team sitting down and thinking, can we do thinking, what can we do to be tokenistic rather than actually looking at care ? i mean, looking at patient care? i mean, there are, you know, clearly, lesbians , gay men, transgender lesbians, gay men, transgender people have different health care, have specific health care needs, obviously many of the same care needs, but some same health care needs, but some specific needs, and specific health care needs, and they be addressed in the they should be addressed in the health thing. mean, you health care thing. i mean, you know, couldn't health care thing. i mean, you knovtheir couldn't health care thing. i mean, you knovtheir same couldn't health care thing. i mean, you knovtheir same partner|ldn't take their same sex partner to be their bedside. obviously, be at their bedside. obviously, we're era now, we're in a different era now, but a big difference but there's a big difference between and putting between that and putting a putting banner up and what putting a banner up and what a patient said half of these patient said is half of these flags like flags are sexualities look like they the back they were dreamt up on the back of napkin. of a napkin. >> people waiting months and >> people are waiting months and even treatment, but >> people are waiting months and eve nhs treatment, but >> people are waiting months and eve nhs is treatment, but >> people are waiting months and eve nhs is moreeatment, but >> people are waiting months and eve nhs is more interested ut >> people are waiting months and eve nhs is more interested in the nhs is more interested in woke care woke pandering than taking care of sick patients. >> afraid a gay man and

>> i'm afraid i'm a gay man and i realise that i'd never i didn't realise that i'd never seen the specifically man seen the specifically gay man one which sort of one before, which it sort of green and turquoise going into into purples. into into purples. >> who invented these stupid symbols? >> well, i think the pride, the pride flag itself was very was a very important symbol. but i think now it's basically anybody who's microsoft paint, is who's got microsoft paint, is having and sticking their having a go and sticking their label on anything. i think one of the dangers is that it brings the whole issue equality into the whole issue of equality into disrepute, because it just seems a bit daft. it's when people are laughing . it's not a good look, laughing. it's not a good look, i find. >> i find this sort of thing embarrassing because i think it makes when they're makes people angry when they're actually for treatment. actually waiting for treatment. >> millions do have >> how many millions do we have on waiting list? on the nhs waiting list? >> i and i fear that >> i know, and i fear that people think, oh, these blooming gays, the gay people don't want this. >> well, i was actually speaking to a drink with to i was having a drink with somebody friday who somebody on friday who identifies and identifies as non—binary. and actually the conversation actually i had the conversation with and they said, with them and they said, actually, means actually, well, it means that they they identify they don't. they don't identify as but hang on as either gender. but hang on before anybody before we before we anybody blows they said blows a gasket. what they said was as when it comes

was that they as when it comes to health care, they would you know, absolutely fine know, they're absolutely fine with health care with their obviously health care being in their being delivered in their biological in this being delivered in their biolowasl in this being delivered in their biolowas male in this being delivered in their biolowas male . in this being delivered in their biolowas male . so in this being delivered in their biolowas male . so itin this being delivered in their biolowas male . so it seems to me case was male. so it seems to me that system isn't that the health system isn't actually to people who actually speaking to people who have of identities. have some of these identities. >> this unable identify? >> because w- >> well, because they think that they, they don't they, you know, they they don't like of it. i mean, like the aspects of it. i mean, i mean, you'd have to ask ask them more detail, ask them. them in more detail, ask them. well, asked more about well, i asked them more about this the nhs and this nhs, about the nhs and whether they, whether they felt that they, you know, they see the know, that they could see the other that people thought, other side, that people thought, well, we how you get well, how do we how do you get treated system? and they treated by the system? and they were to be treated a were happy to be treated by a male, nhs. you hope male, by the nhs. you just hope that has darth that the nhs has been darth talked about week puts a talked about last week puts a stop nonsense. stop to this nonsense. >> you see, it won't because the thing odd. it's very odd thing is very odd. it's very odd indeed that point, matthew, indeed at that point, matthew, because care, because actually in health care, your is your biological sex is absolutely your biological sex is absabsolutely. this and this >> absolutely. and this and this person identifies person who identifies as non—binary was absolutely fine with think that with that. and so i think that if were here with today, if they were here with us today, they would be saying this is a bit themselves, despite bit daft, themselves, despite being , you know, the being sort of, you know, on the radical edge. being sort of, you know, on the rad here'sge. being sort of, you know, on the rad here's the question. >> here's the question. stonewall hospital? stonewall who in that hospital? >> don't know. >> oh, well, i don't know. >> oh, well, i don't know. >> amanda pritchard , the

>> well, amanda pritchard, the chief executive of nhs, chief executive of the nhs, amanda , came under amanda pritchard, came under fire last may for listing 18 gender options on a form. so she's obviously quite keen on this. >> she's the chief exec, but they know how infuriating it is. they've had government ministers saying stop it, but they carry on. on. >> one on. >> one of the things >> this is one of the things about whole about of about the whole about both of the cass and, and, and the cass review and, and, and this of gender, gender, this sort of gender, gender, different identity stuff different gender identity stuff is ministers say something is that ministers say something and happens, that is that ministers say something and adds happens, that is that ministers say something and adds to happens, that is that ministers say something and adds to the pens, that is that ministers say something and adds to the frustrationthat just adds to the frustration people feel with politics, people feel with their politics, because nobody's because they feel that nobody's got on the lever, got their hands on the lever, that even if their levers pulled in doesn't to in whitehall, it doesn't seem to have anything. it doesn't actually on the actually change anything on the ground, including here in stoke on again, nobody's thinking ground, including here in stoke on agchildren. dy's thinking ground, including here in stoke on agchildren.dy|'m|inking ground, including here in stoke on agchildren.dyi'm walking about children. if i'm walking into that hospital. emma, if you're walking into hospital with and they see all with your child and they see all those flags and nice to those flags and it's nice to talk your children and talk to your children and educate and talk about educate them and talk about flags and talk to rather flags and talk to them, rather than looking your than just be looking at your phone. explain phone. how do i explain to my children you're in children if you're walking in there when younger? there when they were younger? what's a pansexual mummy? what's the what's an asexual? what's an intersex? a rainbow like?

intersex? what's a rainbow like? oh. the rainbow is that demi romantic? >> i would hope that. >> i would hope that. >> how do i have those conversations with children? >> why should you have? i mean, demi romantic isn't, of course, a sexuality. >> it doesn't make sense. i'm sorry. neutrois is the same as non—binary. haven't haven't sorry. neutrois is the same as non—binon. haven't haven't sorry. neutrois is the same as non—binon which en't haven't sorry. neutrois is the same as non—binon which identityan't sorry. neutrois is the same as non—binon which identity |i't sorry. neutrois is the same as non—binon which identity i am. decided on which identity i am. i'm neither male or female. straight ally . well, i hope straight ally. well, i hope we're all straight allies, but i.e. if we're straight, we support and we support the gay and lesbian community and not be an. >> and are these flags supposed to be saying all these people are welcome because that's the whole nhs everybody's whole point nhs everybody's welcome, everybody's welcome. >> every >> it says at the top every everyone welcome anyway. everyone is welcome here anyway. >> straight people. >> but not just straight people. wouldn't better? only wouldn't it be better? only you're if you're a you're only welcome if you're a straight who's ally straight person who's an ally of this nonsense. straight person who's an ally of this nonscould do something >> they could do something useful flags have useful with flags and have the flags of all different flags of all the different people who there. yeah, and people who work there. yeah, and you with you can have a conversation with your say, what's your youngster who say, what's that that that flag, mummy? what's that flag? be quite an flag? and that would be quite an interesting learning about interesting thing learning about different more. wouldn't that be more. >> have a public health >> we could have a public health kind informing people kind of poster informing people about obesity and about smoking and healthy, which and about staying healthy, which to trying

to me, i suppose, i mean, trying to me, i suppose, i mean, trying to the difference being to explain the difference being polysexual . polysexual and polyamorous. >> which either you, >> yeah, which is either you, you have sex with multiple you know, have sex with multiple people in a kind of sexual relationship way versus having relationships with multiple people that. no, no. >> i and so, you know >> and i and so, do you know what this does? makes me what this does? this makes me have to my children. exactly. >> are we saying no throuples in primary schools? >> know what no >> and i always know what no throuples primary schools? throuples. >> that? >> what's that? >> what's that? >> a throuple where there's >> a throuple is where there's three people relationship. three people in a relationship. you might be you mean there might be throuples primary school? throuples in primary school? >> no, no, i'm saying, i'm >> no, no, no, i'm saying, i'm saying, saying what. saying, i'm saying this is what. this i this this is what i mean. this is what. this what. this is what what. this is what. this is what this about. because. yeah. to this is about. because. yeah. to explain polyamorous, explain to explain polyamorous, you to of into throuples. >> this obsession >> where does this obsession with lives, with other people's sex lives, other and other people's genitalia and other people's genitalia and other lives come other people's sex lives come from the state from where? how did the state get obsessed with you get so obsessed with what you do in private live your in your private life? live your life well , it's almost gone from life well, it's almost gone from one extreme, hasn't it? >> state telling you >> with the state telling you what goes back to the what to do goes back to the tavistock clinic and the tavistock clinic and all the stuff, that stuff, and thinking that children change gender children can change their gender with the rest of it. >> well, exactly. >> well, exactly. >> review. >> well, exactly. >> shall review. >> well, exactly. >> shall we review. >> well, exactly. >> shall we very w. >> well, exactly. >> shall we very briefly talk about having

about gordon ramsay having squatters in his restaurant? >> been that restaurant >> i've been to that restaurant ihave. >> it's my local. >> it's my local. >> it's my local. >> it's a nice restaurant. so, gordon ramsay's restaurant near a near a former restaurant near regent's which the regent's park has now, which the property is trying to , property developer is trying to, sell is got squatters in it sell is now got squatters in it who in and who have got who are in and who have got signs up saying, squatters rights here and asking the local community. they're very well—heeled , local community in well—heeled, local community in regent's park to bring them gifts food . gifts of food. >> so they should be the alicia kearns is going drag them out. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> because they and >> because and they can't. and the police can't act the reason the police can't act is it's a commercial is because it's a commercial property and therefore absolute. >> has this been >> and this is the has this been allowed to happen? absolutely. >> and this is the has this been allow> and this is the has this been allow

things at the moment is i've had friends who've done this thing things at the moment is i've had friend�*isvho've done this thing things at the moment is i've had friend�*is called done this thing things at the moment is i've had friend�*is called done of is thing things at the moment is i've had friend�*is called done of living g which is called sort of living guardians, there's guardians, where when there's empty it's empty properties. now, it's actually a really good idea. people in housing need, people who are in housing need, they the they move in to protect the property there property by living in there whilst development. whilst they await development. >> temporarily >> and it was temporarily closed. emma, wasn't it, while >> and it was temporarily closeywasnma, wasn't it, while >> and it was temporarily closeywas ana, wasn't it, while >> and it was temporarily closeywas a changel't it, while >> and it was temporarily closeywas a change of it, while >> and it was temporarily closeywas a change of lease le there was a change of lease detail? and during detail? yeah. and during that penod detail? yeah. and during that period the squatters period of time, the squatters have and it. have moved in and made it. yeah. taking in taking the cats and dogs in there absolutely. there as well. absolutely. >> they've glued the lock shut. they're even up a storm they're even cooking up a storm in the kitchen. they've barricaded themselves in with kitchen on kitchen appliances. the sign on the is stone's throw the door this is a stone's throw from where grew up. it's the from where i grew up. it's the york albany. it's a york and albany. it's a beautiful building. it's actually elegant actually a very elegant building. chance to building. if you get a chance to look regent's park look at it. in regent's park near park, the notice near regent's park, the notice they've the this they've put up on the door, this is the right of squatters. take nofice is the right of squatters. take notice we this notice that we occupy this property, all there is property, and all times there is at one in at least one person in occupation. any or attempt occupation. any entry or attempt to these premises to enter into these premises without permission. to enter into these premises witisquatters.3rmission. to enter into these premises witisquatters. is1ission. to enter into these premises witisquatters. is therefore are squatters. is therefore a criminal as any of criminal offence as any one of us who physical possession us who is in physical possession is such entry without is opposed to such entry without our and drag our permission, go in and drag them our permission, go in and drag the we need to move on. thank you >> we need to move on. thank you so and emma. up so much, matthew and emma. up next, breaking news. the next, some breaking news. the highest migrants

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gb news. >> some breaking news now. yet another record number of migrants have crossed the channelin migrants have crossed the channel in a 30% rise from this time last year, more than 6000 have already arrived in 2024. thought they were stopping the boats. >> that's right. so joining us now in studio is our home security editor, mark white, this give us a bit more detail mark of these numbers. this give us a bit more detail maiwell,:hese numbers. this give us a bit more detail maiwell, they're imbers. this give us a bit more detail maiwell, they're certainly not >> well, they're certainly not stopping answer stopping the boats to answer andrew's question, 534 people crossed illegally yesterday in ten small boats. that is the single biggest daily total this year. single biggest daily total this year . and it takes the number to year. and it takes the number to more than 6200 for the year so far, which , to put that in far, which, to put that in context, is just under 30% up on where we were at the same point

last year. now, you remember last year. now, you remember last year. now, you remember last year the government was, trumpeting quite widely how their policies were working in terms of having a deterrent effect on the small boats crossing. it was down, they said, significant only last yean said, significant only last year, down by a third. well, that has been cancelled out effectively by what we're seeing now . now. >> and we know it was it was nothing to do with government. it was to do with the weather. >> everybody, the numbers were down, everybody ever down, everybody that we ever speak is an expert on speak to that is an expert on maritime environment in the engush maritime environment in the english channel, says it's to do with the weather and the government can say, as they did last year, oh , well, actually last year, oh, well, actually the number of days it was the number of days when it was feasible to cross were the same. what we heard the migrants what we heard from the migrants who we spoke to regularly throughout the course of last yearis throughout the course of last year is know the weather has been too rough to push these boats into the english boats out into the english channel. so of course, this news could not come at a worse possible time for the government

as again, the rwanda bill is back in the commons and there's a lot of tory mps, a lot of tories i know think the prime minister should just get on with this election early because if these boats continue to pour across the channel throughout the summer, that's going to make him look more weak, more hopeless. >> another target not achieved and a real issue and could become a real issue come the next general election. i think that's wait until october, november . october, november. >> i think that's a very pertinent point. you know, they might be able well, they will get rwanda bill through, but get the rwanda bill through, but will challenged in will it then be challenged in court? do you get bogged down by more in the way of lengthy legal action, human rights? and then there's there's great there's then there's a great unknown. you unknown. okay. they were, you know , in last year, right, in know, in last year, right, in that it was done by a third. whatever the reasons underlying that reduction were, what about the year ahead . they don't know. the year ahead. they don't know. it's the great unknown. and if suddenly we have a record year, it absolutely makes a mockery of rishi sunaks boast of being able

to get control and stop the boats coming across. >> they got the numbers down from albania because they did a deal with albania, but it's not working anywhere else. >> well, even that isn't all it is , you know, purported to be is, you know, purported to be because although albanians are not coming on the small boats anymore , what we're told is that anymore, what we're told is that they're coming in lorries and they're coming in lorries and they're being picked up by lorry drivers who are being bribed by these criminal gangs who have been picked up in eastern europe . and then they're taken to northern france, where they cross either by ferry or in through the channel tunnel in the backs of these lorries. so they're still coming to join in criminal activity here, to work in construction sites or wherever they might be doing , wherever they might be doing, but yes, they're not coming by boat. okay. >> disaster . boat. okay. >> disaster. thank you. mark. lots of you getting in touch about this at home. nick says, i don't understand why the rwanda dealis don't understand why the rwanda deal is being pursued. i'm deal is still being pursued. i'm sure i read that for every migrant we immigrant we send

there, we have to accept one of their migrants being their troubled migrants being sent in exchange. sent to us in exchange. why would that? would we want to do that? >> why don't turn the would we want to do that? >> wiround?t turn the would we want to do that? >> wiround? and turn the would we want to do that? >> wiround? and that's|rn the would we want to do that? >> wiround? and that's what; boats round? and that's what reforms yeah, well, reforms say you can. yeah, well, talking here's aidan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news cold winds. for most of us today, those cold winds bringing plenty of showers, but there will be some bright spells in between. chance of rainbows in places. we've seen a cold front move across the country overnight. that's clearing the southeast late morning, and once that clears, we're into this cold air flow from the northwest. gusty winds could cause some issues in 1 or 2 spots. 50 mile per hour gusts here and there. but that wind also bringing plenty of showers, showers lively in places , hail showers lively in places, hail and thunder, particularly

towards the northeast of the uk. in between a few sunny spells, although it's not going to feel warm in that wind. highs of 11 to 13 celsius the south, 8 to to 13 celsius in the south, 8 to 11 in the north through the evening and overnight we'll see further showers coming through, but eventually there'll be longer, drier and clearer spells developing and with lighter winds also developing, while temperatures will dip into the mid single figures, perhaps towards northwestern parts of the low single figures. so a touch of ground frost possible as we start off tuesday tuesday begins with further cloud and showers for eastern parts , in showers for eastern parts, in particular, 1 or 2 showers further west, developing as the day goes on. but all in all, fewer showers compared with today. a better chance of some sunshine in between lighter winds, and as a result, it's going to feel marginally less cold. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news as

i >> -- >> well . >> well. >> well. >> 11 am. on monday, 15th of april. this is britain's news. one gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning to you. so the middle east on the brink of war. revenge against war. israel vows revenge against iran after the missile attack this weekend, world leaders have urged restraint. but if iran did that to britain, what would we do in response ? do in response? >> and another surge in the small boats, a record number of migrants crossed the channel so far. 6000 arrived in the uk this year alone. >> trump on trial the former us president faces his first criminal trial over the hush money case in relation to the former adult tv star storm. lee daniels will give you all the details and this will resonate with you, we're sure. >> bring back our hard shoulders. that's the plea from

the rac to ministers to make our so—called smart motorways safer. >> gbnews.com/yoursay to get in touch with the program this morning. first, though, the very latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> beth thank you. the top stories escalating tensions in the middle east will be addressed by the prime minister in the commons this afternoon, the foreign secretary has confirmed raf jets shot down a number of iranian drones and missiles after hundreds were fired at israel at the weekend , fired at israel at the weekend, and lord cameron says the uk will now consider further sanctions against tehran. the united nations has warned the middle east is on the brink and is urging israel not to retaliate. but the country's war cabinet is split on the timing and scale of any response. shadow defence secretary john healey says israel has the right

to defend itself. >> we have a an important role to play alongside allies as we did over the weekend. it's defensive action and it was in the face of a an utterly , the face of a an utterly, unprecedented and unacceptable iranian attack direct from iran as well as from , militia groups as well as from, militia groups in other countries as 534 people were intercepted in the english channel yesterday, making it the highest number of crossings on a single day so far this year. >> it means the total number of small boat arrivals this year. now stands at a provisional total of 6265. it comes as the government's flagship rwanda policy returns to parliament, with mps due to debate. the latest amendments by peers . latest amendments by peers. three people have died and another is in a critical condition following a car crash

in north london. it happened near the staples corner retail park just before midday yesterday. five men, all thought to be in their early 20s, were in one car. police don't believe any other vehicles were involved in the incident. three people were pronounced dead at the scene and two were taken to hospital. the fifth man's injuries are not life threatening . the father of the threatening. the father of the man who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in sydney, has apologised for his son's actions. joel cauchi killed five women and a male security guard on saturday. police say they're investigating whether he was specifically targeting women. they believe the 40 year old suffered from schizophrenia and used drugs, including meth and psychedelics. andrew couch says his son was a very sick boy . very sick boy. >> i'm extremely sorry. i'm heartbroken for you . i look, heartbroken for you. i look, this is so horrendous that i can't even explain it. you're trying to get me to give you an

intelligent conversation . i intelligent conversation. i can't do it because i'm just devastated. i love my son. i made myself a servant to my son. when i found out he had a mental illness, i became his servant. i did everything because i loved that boy. did the first of four criminal trials against donald trump begins later today in new york. >> the former president has been charged in connection to a hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. mr trump faces a maximum of four years in jail if convicted , but could avoid jail convicted, but could avoid jail time and be fined instead. he's pleaded not guilty. the trial is expected to last 6 to 8 weeks. millions of people across the country will have access to new long distance rail routes. under the new rail industry plans , the new rail industry plans, open access services on seven routes are being developed aiming to boost connectivity, increase competition and reduce fares. york based prospective

open access company grand union trains plans to launch services between london euston and the city of stirling in central scotland, from june next year. it's also been given the go ahead to run trains between london paddington and south west wales. universal credit will need to change to meet the challenges of an older and sicker population, according to a new report . the resolution a new report. the resolution foundation says the number of benefit claimants who are out of work due to ill health has almost doubled since 2013. the report says both the benefit system and the country have changed significantly since universal credit was introduced. the government recently announced changes to the credit scheme aimed at encouraging people with ill health to seek work . for the latest stories, work. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to andrew and . bev.

and. bev. >> we're just talking about that interview there with the parents of the bondi junction killer from the weekend. it's really remarkable footage. we're going to try and show you some of it in the next hour. yeah, the parents are talking about the fact son had mental fact that their son had mental health being health problems from being young, you know, not young, young, you know, not young, young , but as young, you know, not young, young, but as a teen and getting into his 20s and, and their desperation and there but for the grace of god go any of us really. >> and it shows very honest with them because we think because we're about mental we're often talking about mental health oh, health here. we're saying, oh, yeah, clearly an issue yeah, but it's clearly an issue worldwide and he went worldwide. and, and he went badly off the rails. but how terrible a parent to be told terrible for a parent to be told when of a serial killer when you hear of a serial killer or somebody on the rampage in a shopping centre, and then you find your one find out it's your son and one of the officers who was of the police officers who was called scene discovered called to the scene discovered his one of the his own fiance was one of the six victims. how terrible is that? >> horrendous. and those parents of the killer, who of course was was shot by the police officer and died. you really need to hear what they have to say

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>> it's a very good point, and ray says who's paying? meghan's brother member gb brother ray is a member of gb news, ray. and news, thank you, ray. and whoever it is has the power to stop him. no one's paying. >> because what you if >> no, because what you do, if you do it on a youtube channel and get many viewers or and you get so many viewers or adverts automatically kick in and a revenue. so. but and you get a revenue. so. but but isn't but of course, youtube isn't properly don't properly regulated. they don't seem what goes on there. seem to care what goes on there. >> oh, it's very it's very tightly regulated. >> they letting >> well, why are they letting that unregulated now. that out unregulated now. >> won't breach any. that out unregulated now. >> but won't breach any. that out unregulated now. >> but not won't breach any. that out unregulated now. >> but not america each any. that out unregulated now. >> but not america e.think|y. that out unregulated now. >> but not america e.think it is. >> well no ofcom. no. but of course gb youtube has its course gb news youtube has its own. guideline lines in own. yeah. guideline lines in terms of content, but i'm not sure if it applies quite the same in america i think, because don't forget, every state is different. >> well yeah. >> well yeah. >> i think they are very >> but i think they are very strict. they have, have strict. they have, they have like guidelines of what like global guidelines of what you say. so you can and can't say. so there are certain words racist are certain words or racist racism. can't anything racism. you can't say anything like youtube. but he like that on youtube. but he won't any money won't be making any money off youtube on he's only got youtube on this. he's only got 36,000 you have to 36,000 followers. you have to have you have millions views before you even of youtube. >> it's publicity once. >> it's publicity once. >> yeah. and onslow has said £5

billion for rwanda. it wouldn't. wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a country and send people? is starting to look that way, isn't it, onslow. and would have been cheaper to buy some royal navy cutters to turn around those boats . boats. >> yeah, but because whatever reason, i mean , why is that not reason, i mean, why is that not happened? >> they always say 5 billion, a 5 billion, right? keep your messages coming. gbnews.com forward slash your say so world leaders have called for calm after israel has vowed revenge against iran after the drone attacks on saturday night. >> you know this always >> but you know this always happens with israel, doesn't it? i they triggered it. hamas i mean, they triggered it. hamas now iran sent over 300 now iran has sent over 300 missiles. have they got missiles. so why have they got to be calm? why can't they hit back? because of the absolute reverberations in that whole region. >> well, what they do, they syria, they they i suspect they won't bomb iranian soil. >> they'll bomb iranian allies, the hezbollah in lebanon, something like that . that's something like that. that's probably what they'll do. but they'll do something. and i think they should. >> area that being

>> well, one area that is being affected is travel. and affected now is travel. and joining us is travel editor at the sun, lisa minow. hello, lisa. see you. morning. lisa. good to see you. morning. morning it's easy, isn't morning again, it's easy, isn't it, to think, well, this is a long way away. it's not affecting us here and now at the moment. but obviously anybody that's flight that's going to get on a flight soon will presumably need to check disruption. this is check the disruption. this is going i mean, if you look at >> yeah. i mean, if you look at the actual incident on the night, on saturday night itself, that biggest single that was the biggest single disruption in air travel, or air services since 911. >> so, i mean, it gives you an idea of the impact that had in terms of so many airspaces closing down at the same time. obviously, traffic that's going from us over to asia, the east, to the east of the globe and had to the east of the globe and had to normally go over iran. it would normally go over iran . it would normally go over iran. it meant everybody was forced to funnel their way through the turkey or through egypt and saudi arabia. we saw all of those airspaces being closed and it did cause chaos. and you have to in mind, already to bear in mind, this is already on top the fact that we have on top of the fact that we have those flight restrictions over

russia ukraine the moment russia and ukraine at the moment because war. there and so because of the war. there and so that's already added up to sort of 4 hours to 6 hours to any flight that's going from the uk to somewhere like japan. >> and also lisa, that's going to probably impact on cost too, because if they have, if they're diverted, yeah, of course it's going to impact on cost. >> if it's taking you 4 to 6 hours longer to get somewhere, that's 4 to 6 hours more fuel that's 4 to 6 hours more fuel that has got to be addressed in the price. and what you've also seen is lots of flights at least a dozen airlines were cancelling flights flights flights or rerouting flights over the weekend and continue to do today. over the weekend and continue to do today . if you look at do so into today. if you look at the departure boards and arrival boards for at tel aviv airport in israel at the moment, many flights have been cancelled . and flights have been cancelled. and i think just gives you an i think it just gives you an idea the of, unrest that idea of the sort of, unrest that there is in the industry in terms of making sure that they're getting people there safely and across those regions safely. it really is quite safely. so it really is quite a sort of, you know, significant disruption to flights. disruption to global flights.

and lisa, the weather's getting nicer here. >> we had a lovely weekend didn't we? makes you start thinking about your summer holidays. around the holidays. it might be around the corner online and corner getting online and booking will booking something. this will probably be a blow to the international tourism industry as well, because i think if i was about to book a holiday, i might say , oh, i'm going to go might say, oh, i'm going to go for a cottage in devon again this year. i'm not to take this year. i'm not going to take the i think us brits are the risk, i think us brits are quite hardy, think we're not quite hardy, i think we're not going going to our going to stop going to our normal destinations that we've loved to many loved and gone to for many years. likes spain, years. the likes of spain, greece, italy, turkey. think greece, italy, turkey. i think we to go there we will continue to go there in our . i am slightly more our droves. i am slightly more concerned about how this is going destinations in going to impact destinations in the middle east, but coming into summer, that's not the summer, that's perhaps not the kind of time of year that we would be normally the would be normally visiting the likes dubai or places likes of dubai or places like that. going be very hot that. it's going to be very hot there then, but think that there then, but i think that could have impact on that or could have an impact on that or on just long haul travel in general. but i mean, definitely us brits, we're quite hardy. we will travel. the will continue to travel. the americans though, they they don't travel in

don't tend to like to travel in times conflict , don't tend to like to travel in times conflict, and don't tend to like to travel in times conflict , and they tend times of conflict, and they tend to sort of stay at home. very much so. yes >> okay. thank you. lisa. lisa, are there from the sun? yeah >> that's striking. the americans are the first. often they trigger lot of these they trigger a lot of these blooming and the blooming conflicts and the american stay home. we american people stay at home. we should course, should never forget. of course, george w when he became george w bush, when he became president states, president in united states, admitted country he'd admitted the only country he'd ever beyond america was mexico. >> right? yeah. >> is that right? yeah. >> is that right? yeah. >> staggering. made him >> staggering. and they made him president. states, president. the united states, not now. cosmopolitan no. >> gosh. >> not exactly. gosh. >> not exactly. gosh. >> moving on. we're >> right. moving on. we're joined now by the general lord richard dannatt , former head of richard dannatt, former head of the british army. oh, good morning , richard. i really wish morning, richard. i really wish we were talking to you on a different circumstances. it's this this conflict has felt a long way away from here. and yet this morning, it feels like it possibly is edged a little closer to british military forces. of course, just put that into some sort of context and perspective for us. >> yes. i think you're absolutely right, we could say hitherto it was somebody else's

problem and that quite properly, ukraine was much more important as far as we're concerned. and of course, it absolutely remains thatis of course, it absolutely remains that is the case. but, yes, over the last 36 hours, british forces , the royal air force, forces, the royal air force, have been involved in operations , against iranian, iranian missiles and drones. so it does bnng missiles and drones. so it does bring it very much to home. but i think we've got to put this in perspective. the iranian attack on israel really comes into the same category as the russian attack on ukraine. it was one sovereign state attacking the sovereign state attacking the sovereign territory of another country and not just doing so with token missiles, but with over 300 drones and missiles. this was a very major attack, and frankly, well done to the israelis and their allies that virtually all 99% of those missiles were destroyed and prevented further civilian casualties, in, in, in israel. and that was really quite a remarkable achievement . and not remarkable achievement. and not surprisingly, the israelis saying we're going to retaliate.

but this is where the big issue comes now . i think they need to comes now. i think they need to pause. they need to think very carefully. just what they are going to do next. and i think there's a case for what i might call massive restraint by the israelis at the present moment, just let this just just don't let this be thought yeah thought through. yeah >> i mean, two things i wanted to ask you, lord dannatt. i mean, was it right for britain to support israel in taking out some of those, drones? but but equally , what is a proportionate equally, what is a proportionate response by israel? we know that the president of the united states said to netanyahu, owen, the triumph because it's because everybody's rallying around behind israel. but what would be a proportionate response, in your because surely one is coming. >> well, maybe one is coming. i'm not sure that surely one is coming. is right. i think one needs to look at this, and analyse it. the israelis struck the iranian consulate in damascus because they had the evidence, correct. intelligence, as it turned out, that in that

building there were a terrorist commanders and they were attacked and they were killed, iran decided that it was going to retaliate. and it did. it signalled the fact that it was going to retaliate, which enabled the israelis and the americans and with other allies, the british and the french, to be prepared to counter that attack. and that's what happened attack. and that's what happened a saturday night, sunday morning. so you could say, this is two episodes, and that in a sense , that's a chapter that sense, that's a chapter that could be deemed to be closed from the israelis point of view. they've got to remember that all this has spilled out from october the 7th and from their retaliation and attack on hamas in gaza, where because of the fact that they've killed 33,000 plus gazans , many of those might plus gazans, many of those might be terrorists, but a lot of them are civilians, women and children. israel is hugely unpopular in world opinion at the present moment. so i think the present moment. so i think the israelis would do very well to pause, reflect and decide whether it really is in their

interest to retaliate further, to, to iran . and bear in mind to, to iran. and bear in mind also, the israelis defences are pretty sophisticated. their iron dome, and their air force , dome, and their air force, tehran, iranians not so sophisticated . if the israelis sophisticated. if the israelis were to launch an equivalent attack back in iran, there would be huge number of civilian casualties. i've got no doubt at all. and that would just put them on the back foot again. as far as world opinion is concerned, i think they should regard this as chapter closed regard this as a chapter closed and now on and concentrate. now on completing their mission in gaza, rooting out the remainder of the hamas fighters, and also making sure that the civilians in gaza get sufficient food. >> i hope you're right, but that's not really how netanyahu tends to respond in these situations, is it, no. >> i agree that there is a possibility that he might do he might decide to retaliate, but , might decide to retaliate, but, if there's an ounce of common sense amongst the senior leadership in israel, they will work out. actually, it's not in

their interest to do that. and of course, the other side of the coin, iran needs to think very closely about this, iran doesn't really want a major scrap with the united states, doesn't want a scrap with west, a major scrap with the west, iran can dial this up or it can dial down. it sponsors hamas, dial it down. it sponsors hamas, it it it sponsors hezbollah, it sponsors . it can sponsors the houthis. it can pull the strings here. and i think, that's why i think they were calculated in their retaliation when they signalled in advance they weren't surprised , probably, that most surprised, probably, that most of their missiles were shot down. i think this is a chapter that should be considered closed and that all sides should move on.and and that all sides should move on. and the israelis refocus themselves back on completing their mission in hamas, and also making sure that innocent civilians to death. civilians don't starve to death. >> general. >> okay. thank you, general. lord richard dannatt, the former head british army. i hope head of the british army. i hope he's yeah. he's right. well yeah. >> knows? >> who knows? >> who knows? >> cameron was talking >> david cameron was talking about this. he was this morning and i him say in an and i heard him say in an interview that netanyahu has to think with his head and not just

his heart. yes, actually, quite a nice yes. >> right. but he also made the point that lord dannatt was making and biden said this is a mistake the mullahs of iran mistake by the mullahs of iran because everybody's now rallying behind israel at a time when support was beginning to fade. yeah and this is and nobody's now talking about britain suspending arms to israel. suspending arms sales to israel. the have stopped the labour party have stopped saying that now exactly that. so he's he's got that on his side. >> your comments are brilliant, particularly about these flags in the nhs. we're going to get to those. >> it infuriates people doesn't it. >> a moment it infuriates them. but also being very but they're also being very funny which is what but they're also being very fun|viewers which is what but they're also being very fun|viewers are.nhich is what but they're also being very fun|viewers are. you1 is what but they're also being very fun|viewers are. you are what but they're also being very fun|viewers are. you are justt our viewers are. you are just brilliant out there. and in just a moment, we're going to talk about which cabinet minister is launching attack launching an attack on the gender of nhs gender cowardice of nhs politics. with britain's politics. you're with britain's newsroom .

gb news. >> 1122 with britain's newswatch. gb news. with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> we are joined by labour advisor matthew laza and author and broadcaster emma wolf in the studio. it's emma, being studio. it's lovely, emma, being at your kids are all at work when your kids are all off isn't it? know off school, isn't it? i know we're these endless we're still in these endless easter i've just got a easter holidays. i've just got a message my 15 year old message from my 15 year old going, where are mum? you going, where are you mum? you think know i'm on the think she might know i'm on the telly every morning, but she clearly no wasn't clearly has no idea he wasn't via who slashed your, via gb news, who slashed your, say, little of my three say, a little video of my three year around muddy year old rolling around in muddy something or other and just thinking, just thinking, yeah, you just these school thinking, yeah, you just these sch absolutely. >> absolutely. criminal. >> absolutely. criminal. >> your telly. >> kiki, turn on your telly. that's i am. home that's where i am. i'll be home at 12:30. right. don't go at 12:30. all right. don't go anywhere. right, emma, let's talk political talk about these political adverts. do you to start? >> yeah, i'll start with this. >> yeah, i'll start with this. >> is fascinating, isn't it? >> absolutely. look, it? >> absolutely. a >> absolutely. so look, for a long time we've thought that we are to the americans, are superior to the americans, where is. where political advertising, is. absolutely. and raising the money to pay for it is absolutely central to political campaigning . they're so campaigning. they're so political ads have been banned on tv since commercial on british tv since commercial tv came on in the early 50s, but

now they appearing on now they may be appearing on screens the first time due screens for the first time due to a loophole, which that itv to a loophole, which is that itv is considering taking on is considering taking them on itv, platform on itv, the streaming platform on its streaming platform, which it regards as its big growth engine. >> so that's like an app on your tv. >> so it's an app on your tv? >> yeah, like when you would watch netflix. so you would watch netflix. so you would watch iplayer. it's that. watch bbc iplayer. it's that. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> the itv equivalent of >> so it's the itv equivalent of bbc iplayer. the catch up service, use it on service, so you can use it on your phone. lot people your phone. but a lot of people use their tvs, smart tvs use it on their tvs, smart tvs as they from their as well, or they cast from their phone to the tv. so for the first time, you may be seeing american style political advertising, american style political advertiswho? >> but who? >> but who? >> will them? >> but who? >> you will them? >> but who? >> you will have them? >> but who? >> you will have a1em? >> but who? >> you will have a choice. >> you don't have a choice. >> you don't have a choice. >> now. that's the thing. >> now. that's the key thing. >> now. that's the key thing. >> you've got saturday >> you know, you've got saturday night. watching love >> you know, you've got saturday night. and watching love >> you know, you've got saturday night. and watyoug love >> you know, you've got saturday night. and watyou getve >> you know, you've got saturday night. and watyou get an island, and then you get an advert democrats and you advert for democrats and you can't fast forward. >> it goes the phone, >> through it goes the phone, off the tv. well, i don't off goes the tv. well, i don't know. depends how much you know. it depends how much you want or coronation you island or coronation street. you don't and if you don't have a choice and if you were a cynic here, there may be. i would you know which i would say, you know which i probably might say probably am one you might say link tories. remember link to the tories. remember when said that people when the tories said that people who lived abroad, just

who lived abroad, not just for five but could five years but forever, could vote? that was a big talking vote? and that was a big talking point when they when the electoral came the electoral law came out for the next election few weeks ago, next election a few weeks ago, well in was the well hidden in that was that the tories raising the election tories are raising the election spending 35 spending cap by 80% to 35 million. you're cynic, million. and if you're a cynic, you'd that might mean that you'd think that might mean that might the fact might be linked to the fact they haven't they haven't haven't stopped. they haven't done regulation done anything on the regulation of as streaming of advertising as streaming platforms have done, because that lot of that would give them a lot of headroom to buy ads on itv and other streaming platforms. >> to other streaming platforms. >> they to other streaming platforms. >> they would to other streaming platforms. >> they would have to other streaming platforms. >> they would have be to be. they would have to be very carefully regulated, in carefully regulated, because in america those america there are toxic. those ads, they're toxic. >> presumably it would it would be much of a free fall be much more of a free fall because they don't ads these because they don't ads on these streaming platforms don't come under regulation. under the same regulation. ofcom's i that ofcom ofcom's not i think that ofcom i think they'd have is think what they'd have is probably advertising probably the advertising standards of standards agency, the sort of the but not i don't the pre—vetting but not i don't think balance or think it's there's no balance or anything. whoever's the cash. >> so we get party political broadcast which everybody switches now we're switches off. and now we're going get too. mean, going to get ads too. i mean, would make people more. and would that make people more. and one with do you would that make people more. and one one with do you would that make people more. and one one wthese do you would that make people more. and one one wthese entertainment think one of these entertainment execs no one execs has said no one comprehends much is comprehends just how much is going spent on advertising going to be spent on advertising in election? in the next election? >> basically, lib are >> basically, the lib dems are

going meet their going to fail to meet their 35 million. even raise million. they won't even raise that but we're going that much money. but we're going to be bombed. this funny. to be bombed. this is funny. we're going to be bombarded across like youtube, across things like youtube, instagram, facebook and all the video services. love video streaming services. love island, everything like that, by the party, with the with the most money, with the deepest pockets and actually labour have got big financial supporters. >> i mean i mean it >> yeah. no, i mean i mean it would normally have been the tories who had. absolutely. and i been labour. i mean there's been labour. labour pleased that labour were very pleased that they're getting big donors they're now getting big donors back. they were basically disappeared corbyn disappeared during the corbyn family. of the family. one of the, one of the things love about british things i love about british politics the sainsbury family things i love about british pdavid the sainsbury family things i love about british pdavid sainsbury,|sbury family things i love about british pdavid sainsbury,|sbunwasnily , david sainsbury, who was the blair's science minister, is the biggest donor to the labour party. and yeah . and his party. and yeah. and his daughter is too. and his daughter is too. and his daughter is too. and his daughter is two wonderful fran and the other side of the and the on the other side of the equation, their cousin, lord sainsbury is the who died of candoveris sainsbury is the who died of candover is gave a £4 million donation in his will to the tories , which is the largest tories, which is the largest ever political donation. so that means everybody can shop at sainsbury's , whether you're blue sainsbury's, whether you're blue or somehow is or red. somehow the money is ending the political party.

>> i think people won't want it. i resent it. i think they'll resent it. >> younger people who >> but it's younger people who are going to be bombarded with this don't really this stuff and they don't really want, they're on a want, isn't it? and they're on a streaming. social media, want, isn't it? and they're on a stre going. social media, want, isn't it? and they're on a stre going. be social media, want, isn't it? and they're on a stregoing. be putcial media, want, isn't it? and they're on a stre going. be put them edia, want, isn't it? and they're on a stregoing. be put them right off. >> i think the key thing is on these streaming platforms, these streaming platform s, because a these streaming platforms, because a condition because it's a condition of unless pay the unless you pay for the subscription itv, have to subscription on itv, you have to have can't fast forward have ads, you can't fast forward to them. it's literally a captive and emma to them. it's literally a captiin and emma to them. it's literally a captiin america, and emma to them. it's literally a captiin america, it'sd emma to them. it's literally a captiin america, it's a emma to them. it's literally a captiin america, it's a boom ma says in america, it's a boom yean says in america, it's a boom year, an election year for all media companies because of advertising. i itv is advertising. and i think itv is thinking same when thinking the same here. when it's problems of its it's had a few problems of its own terms of declining ads. own in terms of declining ads. >> emma, about kemi >> emma, what about kemi badenoch weakness badenoch slamming weakness on woke been woke war? what's she been saying? woke war? what's she been say good badenoch once >> good for kemi badenoch once again, she has been at again, we say she has been at the forefront. she's really the forefront. she's been really , really and open. and , really honest and open. and she's outspoken about she's been outspoken about this. she's been saying that the cash report basically, you know, we need to start looking seriously at at the police, at politicians, at the whole gender issue . i politicians, at the whole gender issue. i think politicians, at the whole gender issue . i think that the cash issue. i think that the cash report has to be has to be a turning point for how we deal with trans children, how we deal with trans children, how we deal with gender dysphoria, how we

treat these kind issues treat these kind of issues because evading them , because there's no evading them, there's avoiding them, no there's no avoiding them, no matter we may matter how ludicrous we may all think is. but think that think it is. but i think that what's happened, people what's happened, i think people have genuinely have been genuinely, genuinely shocked if they didn't know about what's come out in about it at what's come out in in cas, but also about the recommendations about how, recommendations and about how, you know, the kind of child mutilation, the child abuse, i think, which has gone on medically, none the medical medically, none of the medical interventions solve gender dysphoria, none of that. what people clearly is , is, people need, clearly is, is, psychological support. we need to this becoming a kind of, to stop this becoming a kind of, you know, socially trendy thing to do . and we need to call a halt. >> i still a terrible, terrible , >> i still a terrible, terrible, dangerous intervention. i still think the police should be involved in this because some of these have had terrible these children have had terrible damage their bodies damage inflicted on their bodies and their by professionals and their minds by professionals who not have evidence . who did not have the evidence. >> but what does that do? it doesn't. doesn't them doesn't. it doesn't give them back puberty. doesn't doesn't. it doesn't give them backthem puberty. doesn't doesn't. it doesn't give them backthem pube their doesn't doesn't. it doesn't give them backthem pube their fertility. give them back their fertility. it them back it doesn't give them back their bodies, as a bodies, which had been as a deterrent. healthy genitalia have some of have been chopped off in some of this. talk. we've been this. let's talk. we've been trailing this. we haven't discussed this about

discussed it yet. this is about smart motorways. was smart motorways. yeah, it was a i was a year ago. they i think it was a year ago. they said the government said we're not any more. not going to build any more. >> there's a pause and >> yes. so there's a pause and now now the rac, the now it's now the rac, the motoring champion, as it were, has said hard shoulder has said that hard shoulder should reinstated on should be reinstated on all smart no ifs, no smart motorways, and no ifs, no buts. bring back the hard shoulder. >> and this is because there have a lot of accidents on have been a lot of accidents on these motorways. have been a lot of accidents on the vehicles nays. have been a lot of accidents on the vehicles have hit while >> vehicles have been hit while stationary. they've been hit from behind. there from vehicles from behind. there have fatalities . this have been fatalities. this is really, really dangerous. i mean, smart idea was it to mean, whose smart idea was it to come up with? >> i think it's insulting to have used that word too. >> i think because was >> i think because it was transport minister the time. transport minister at the time. yeah was, he was, but but he yeah he was, he was, but but he would guided by would have been guided by officials rest of it. >> but again, people should be they should hanging their they should be hanging their head saying, because we know head and saying, because we know people have died as a direct result of this, thought it result of this, who thought it was clever? >> well, that's good >> well, that's a very good question. the of question. so the risk of a killed and serious injury incident, you don't have incident, if you don't have a hard shoulder on smart hard shoulder on a smart motorway, increases 10, motorway, is increases by 10, and without hard and those without a hard shoulder were three times more

dangerous to break down on. overall, with, including less serious injuries in the middle of the night. >> if your lights aren't working or don't an emergency, or you don't have an emergency, it absolutely beggars it just absolutely beggars belief could think belief that anyone could think that they're supposed that safe and they're supposed to pick up to be cameras that pick this up and they don't always work, didn't exactly. didn't always work. exactly. >> the car >> and people get out of the car extremely, dangerous. extremely, extremely dangerous. and vulnerable and then they're very vulnerable drivers their vehicle drivers to be near their vehicle or vehicle. or in their vehicle. >> have killed in >> a number have killed in serious incidents has serious injury incidents has increased on three out the increased on three out of the five motorway experiment . five smart motorway experiment. >> and they're >> s it's appalling and they're still still there >> s it's appalling and they're stillthey're still there >> s it's appalling and they're stillthey're still still there >> s it's appalling and they're stillthey're still there, 1ere >> s it's appalling and they're stillthey're still there, which and they're still there, which is the rac clear that you is why the rac is clear that you can do it if you keep can only do it if you keep a hard shoulder. can only do it if you keep a hard in.e..der. can only do it if you keep a hard in.e..deyou've got if >> so i.e. if you've got if you've an extra, you do you've got an extra, you can do the smart things, the other smart motorway things, you've got to keep the hard shoulder the shoulder just to restore the hard shoulder. >> it's more a >> well, i think it's more a matter political will because matter of political will because they've sort of stuck, but they've sort of stuck, but they've themselves they've they've stuck themselves into smart motorways, smart motorways of motorways have become a kind of become that they because become a thing that they because they in amber, year they pause them in amber, a year ago, didn't them. ago, they didn't stop them. >> didn't reverse them. so >> they didn't reverse them. so you know. >> see, i travel e see, i travel on you know. >> see, i travel on the >> but you see, i travel on the m4 west london m4 an awful lot from west london out my parents are in out to see my parents who are in oxfordshire. that was closed oxfordshire. and that was closed

for a long time. was for such a long time. there was always for always a lane closed for a couple of years just to get. and now they've got to redo it all again. >> well, the department of transport really complicated, transport is really complicated, insisting is insisting that the pause is going they're not going to stay, but they're not committing to reversing so committing to reversing it. so the government not committing the government is not committing to ioc's to following the ioc's recommendation would so recommendation would operate so much single much better if every single highway every highway department of every local was for six local council was shut for six months, can stop months, so they can stop fiddling changing traffic fiddling and changing traffic directions and digging roads. directions and digging up roads. >> we know i say >> when we don't know if i say the low traffic the words low traffic neighbourhood, you're going to blow you? blow a gasket, aren't you? >> gasket. >> blow the gasket. >> blow the gasket. >> traffic neighbourhoods >> blow the gasket. >> appalling. neighbourhoods are appalling. >> tatiana sanchez waiting >> we tatiana sanchez is waiting very patiently for us. and matthew, thank so matthew, thank you. thank you so much. tatiana with the . news. >> bev. thank you. the top stories this hour. escalating tensions in the middle east will be addressed by the prime minister in the commons this afternoon. the foreign secretary has confirmed. raf jets shot down a number of iranian drones and missiles after hundreds were fired at israel at the weekend.

lord cameron says the uk will now consider further sanctions against tehran. the united nafions against tehran. the united nations has warned the middle east is on the brink and is urging israel not to retaliate, but the country's war cabinet is split on the timing and scale of any response. 534 people were intercepted in the english channel yesterday, making it the highest number of crossings on a single day so far this year. it means the total number of small boat arrivals this year now stands at a provisional total of 6265. it comes as the government's flagship rwanda policy returns to parliament, with mps due to debate. the latest amendments by peers . some latest amendments by peers. some breaking news to bring you now. there are reports of another knife attack in sydney, a live stream of a sermon at the christ good shepherd church showed a bishop being targeted by an armed assailant. that's before other worshippers tackled the

offender to the ground. the bishop is thought to be in a stable condition. will, of course, bring you more on this story as we get it . meanwhile, story as we get it. meanwhile, the father of the man who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in sydney on saturday has apologised for his son's actions. joel cauchi killed five women and a male security guard, police say they're investigating whether he was specifically targeting women . they believe the 40 year old suffered from schizophrenia and used drugs, including meth and psychedelics . for the latest psychedelics. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or go to gb news .com/ alerts . news .com/ alerts. >> for exclusive limited edition and rare gold coins that are always newsworthy , rosalind gold

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the question trump's lawyers insisting that he won't be able to get a fair trial in manhattan , will he? how will this jury selection go? just hearing about the process of that, i'll question them . they have to make question them. they have to make sure that they don't have various political biases. but is that possible? yeah. >> have an >> really doesn't have an opinion trump. opinion about donald trump. >> doesn't have an >> exactly. he doesn't have an opinion for months months. opinion for months and months. >> he's not going be able to >> so he's not going be able to do a lot of electioneering. >> and it could an >> and it could be an electioneering >> and it could be an eleywellzering enough. well, >> well that's enough. well, isn't that mad? >> if he's found guilty, >> but if he's found guilty, does is then out of the does that is he then out of the presidential race? >> no, because he compounded himself. long as on himself. as long as you're on the ballot. >> you could he could >> yeah. you could he could be behind elected behind bars and elected president united states. president of the united states. there's constitutional there's no constitutional preclusion against that. >> but we'll have the live shots of the donald jim mcmahon in washington, dc. >> thumbs up. >> thumbs up. >> edgington will be >> steven edgington will be telling more from from telling us much more from from the states, the the united states, the east coast, also over here in coast, but also over here in blighty. rwanda votes this afternoon the house of afternoon in the house of commons. will they finally shed those amendments ? will this

those lord amendments? will this bill finally become an act of parliament? and does , parliament? and if it does, could it open up a plethora of new countries to the rwanda roster? are we going to not only be sending illegal migrants to rwanda, but also sunny costa rica an option? >> it's an option. >> it's an option. >> they'll get the amendments through the commons. then it goes back to the lords tomorrow. are their lordships going to do the thing send it back unamended? >> this is the big, big question because it is in the hands, frankly, crossbench peers in frankly, of crossbench peers in the house of lords and the labour frontbench. they labour party frontbench. if they choose the lords labour party frontbench. if they chooslook, the lords labour party frontbench. if they chooslook, okay, the lords labour party frontbench. if they chooslook, okay, we'vethe lords labour party frontbench. if they chooslook, okay, we've we've'ds says, look, okay, we've we've done ping pong for long enough, then this week it could pass the commons. yeah, because it has to pass of course both houses. but if, if the lords say, you know what, we're going to tack on a couple of extra amendments then of course it goes back to the commons and then back to the lords again. so it could be another couple weeks. yet. another couple of weeks. yet. >> will hoping >> rishi sunak will be hoping and goes. and praying that it just goes. >> lordships on borrowed >> lordships are on borrowed time, frankly. >> lordships are on borrowed tim right. kly. >> lordships are on borrowed tim right. tom and thank >> right. tom and emily, thank you much. that and more

you so much. all that and more from midday now though, with britain's newsroom on gb news. don't go anywhere.

7:40 am. here in london. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with andrew pierce and bev turner. there are reports of another knife attack in sydney. >> a live stream of the sermon at the christ good shepherd church in a suburb of sydney, showed a bishop being targeted by an armed assailant for other worshippers, tackled the offender ground . the offender to the ground. the bishop was stabbed and is thought be in a stable thought to be in a stable condition. bring condition. we're going to bring you story as we get you more on this story as we get it, but pretty horrific. >> obviously, this comes >> awful. obviously, this comes very attack at very soon after the attack at the at shopping the weekend at the shopping centre junction, and centre at bondi junction, and the of the man who the father of the man who fatally stabbed six people on that occasion has apologised, spoken very openly with the

press there in sydney for his son's actions. have a look at what him and his wife had to say i >> -- >> i'm extremely sorry. i'm heartbroken for you . i look this heartbroken for you. i look this is so horrendous that i can't even explain it. you're trying to get me to give you an intelligent conversation . i intelligent conversation. i can't do it because i'm just devastated. i love my son. i made myself a servant to my son. when i found out he had a mental illness, i became his servant. i did everything because i loved that boy . that boy. >> so sad. and there. but for the grace of god, go. any parents? actually, and part of also what they said there he developed , paranoid developed, paranoid schizophrenia. the 40 year old 40 years old. i think he was living at home with his parents. the attacker from the weekend, and if you're just joining us, as we say, there's been another stabbing incident, this time at a church . it's christ the good a church. it's christ the good shepherd church in wakely in

sydney's west of sydney. >> it's this and it's the it's the assyrian church in sydney. so they're of a certain ethnicity , but it's repeatedly ethnicity, but it's repeatedly stabbed because i've seen the film. it's really shocking . film. it's really shocking. >> so this this church has a live youtube feed. there's so many churches actually do now so that if you can't be there in person, you could join the service. looks like do service. and it looks like do you it has 200,000 people you think it has 200,000 people following it on? >> so he's he's clearly >> yeah. so he's he's clearly a very charismatic figure, in, in sydney, you know, even nuns in the church are rushing to try to rescue him. >> honestly, what's what's going on the world, let me tell you on in the world, let me tell you what you're you've been saying at home. a lot of you getting in touch about the, migrants numbers, the record numbers from yesterday , people crossing over yesterday, people crossing over here, definition says paula of intercepted the boats. rnli pick up the boats , in the middle of up the boats, in the middle of the sea and bring them safely to england, where the terror attacks are. look after them. >> and there are service.

>> and there are taxi service. >> and there are taxi service. >> diablo has said >> yeah. and el diablo has said that they've stopped giving money the rnli because money to the rnli because of that. >> e- e" e astheir >> they see it as their compassionate because if compassionate duty, because if they migrants, legal they think these migrants, legal migrants. forget , are migrants. let's not forget, are in distress, i think it's their job. but at the same time , they job. but at the same time, they could there could be a could be there could be a british trawler in distress and they can't be rescued by the bannau because they're getting these people who've gone into these people who've gone into the sea knowingly and paid for the sea knowingly and paid for the privilege to it. the privilege to do it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> right. but if elm—- >> that's right. but if you work for job to for the rnli and yourjob is to rescue drowning the rescue drowning people in the sea, you couldn't stand by and watch drown. you just watch people drown. you just couldn't. you couldn't do that as a as a human with a with a heart, patrick's got in touch about this story , about the fact about this story, about the fact that itv might be taking ads , that itv might be taking ads, their streaming service, from political parties, which would be a first here. and patrick said, a similar thing happens when being a candidate for the police and crime commissioner, the party investing the most money buy the position. money can buy the position. i was an independent candidate having to find £5,000 deposit,

and the candidate spent and the tory candidate spent over £42,000, and they won because he could reach more of an audience. there's no such thing as a level playing field. the role is supposed be non the role is supposed to be non political. interesting. >> and what independent be >> and what independent will be able an ad on able to afford to put an ad on mainstream or mainstream television or a streaming service. they won't be able to. they just won't. yeah >> and it would put someone like reform and like you know they say the disadvantage the younger party it be the tories and party will it be the tories and laboun party will it be the tories and labthat's it will be tories >> that's all it will be tories and because labour have and labour because labour have the unions. the support of the unions. tories to big, big tories used to have big, big financial supporters, quite financial supporters, not quite as many as they used to have because such because they're in such a parlous politically. parlous place politically. that's right. i don't think it's a development at all. a very good development at all. >> it definitely >> no, it definitely is a massive change, donald massive change, up next, donald trump's historic hush money trial is going to begin in new york within the next couple of

gb news. >> so, on that breaking news, new south wales police have said officers have arrested a man and he's assisting police with inquiries. injured people inquiries. the injured people suffered non—life threatening injuries and being treated by ambulance paramedics. well, that's a relief. >> so donald trump is going to be the first former president ever to stand trial on criminal charges. >> today it's all about the hush, the so—called hush money payments to the porn star stormy daniels. >> so this could be the first of four criminal prosecutions against trump to go to trial this year, as he runs for a second time in the white house. this is extraordinary. >> this isn't it? well, we're going to talk now to us political journalist eric ham. eric, should ever eric, nothing should ever surprise donald trump. eric, nothing should ever surp ase donald trump. eric, nothing should ever surp as , donald trump. eric, nothing should ever surp as , what's donald trump. eric, nothing should ever surp as , what's yournald trump. eric, nothing should ever surp as , what's your name?jmp. and as, what's your name? beverley turner saying this could be the first of four trials. but even if there were four, even if he's convicted, he can carry on running for the presidency . i can carry on running for the presidency. i gather can carry on running for the presidency . i gather even if presidency. i gather even if he's in a police cell. >> well, that's true, but

actually, in this case, we're talking about 34 very low level felonies . and so, in fact, if he felonies. and so, in fact, if he is if he is convicted, he would be considered a first time felon, which would mean that he probably would not get jail time, but he would probably just face a huge fine and maybe, maybe probation. that's why so many people have actually dismissed the case that's taking place manhattan , because the place in manhattan, because the threat of actual jail time is so minimal in this case. >> and how is it going down in america, eric? this because often when anything when trump is the victim, it has the complete polar opposite effect on his fan base . it just on his fan base. it just galvanises them behind him . galvanises them behind him. >> well, yeah, that's true. donald trump is certainly going to i think, get a boost from his candidacy with his base here. but i think what we're also going to see is it's not the first time. i mean, it's the first time. i mean, it's the first time. i mean, it's the first time that we're actually seeing a former president go on trial for a criminal prosecution. so it's going to

be, i think, something that could have a dramatic impact on the election. and while it might not have an impact on where donald trump is going to be spending, his time between mar—a—lago and a prison cell, it certainly could actually thwart his chances of becoming president of the united states. >> just remind our viewers and listeners, eric, because it was a while ago , this it's been a while ago, this it's been dragging for time. dragging on for a long time. what is this trial all about? >> this is actually about falsifying business records. and while, of course many are looking at the hush money payment to a porn star, it's about the falsifying of business records and what an election interference. and that's the issue that the manhattan prosecutor has really zeroed in on. on what donald trump did, hiding this affair to actually use it to get elected and in fact, we have seen other presidential candidates actually tried for such a case, john edwards. and also, we have to

remember that michael cohen actually went to prison for this. and so that's what we're seeing play out, eric, trump supporters will say he's got no prospect of getting a fair trial in that particular american city. democrat attorney general , city. democrat attorney general, democrat dominated. do they have a point ? a point? >> no, not at all. i think what we're going to see take place is there are going to be hundreds of people that will come in. they will go through the voir dire process. and i think they will sit a jury that is actually impartial to this case. >> is it possible to find a jury that doesn't have a strong view , that doesn't have a strong view, a juror that doesn't have a strong view on donald trump? well look, donald trump is certainly a very polarising figure, and it's very interesting when you juxtapose it we of it against, you know, we of course, the death of oj simpson last week and of course, that that trial was the trial of the century. >> and i think we're going to see something very similar take place this case. and it's place in this case. and it's going to be, i think, very

difficult for both the prosecution and the defence to settle on 12 jurors who they believe can and will be impartial towards donald trump. but i think it's something that we will see happen. >> we can't have you here without asking how the without asking you how the american responding at american public is responding at the to joe and the moment to joe biden and particularly with events the particularly with events in the middle over weekend . middle east over the weekend. how's that playing out with the electorate? well of course, we know that joe biden has certainly had his issues in terms of how he has been viewed with handling the situation in gaza. >> and i think after the attack in in israel over the weekend, with so many of those drones and missiles were actually intercepted, i think this was a huge win for israel , for the huge win for israel, for the united states. the last thing the american people want to see is the united states dragged into another war in the middle east. but again, because the united states is so closely augned united states is so closely aligned with israel, i think this is still to be a very this is still going to be a very thorny issue domestically for president biden .

president biden. >> and, of course, he'll be hoping that his plea for restraint is heeded by netanyahu, a man not noted. for eric, restraint. >> absolutely. and i think, again , joe biden clearly has again, joe biden clearly has a netanyahu problem . and i think netanyahu problem. and i think thatis netanyahu problem. and i think that is going to be a problem that's going to dog him between now and perhaps either november and the election , or if he can and the election, or if he can find a way to get netanyahu to actually, stop his ongoing efforts both in gaza and i think sabre rattling against iran. >> just given the election in november . november. >> eric, i mean, it's very difficult. i wish we had a crystal ball to see how the middle east is going to pan out and what that might mean for biden. but traditionally, do presidents do well whilst being at war in an election ? what i'm at war in an election? what i'm saying is, would it be good for biden to be at war come november? >> well, typically presidential, right? they do get a bump at

war, we saw both bushes get a massive bump, but i think, americans not only are fatigued with war, but also because this is something that the united states, i think would look at biden and see biden as choosing to actually move forward in this war because he's so inextricably unked war because he's so inextricably linked to netanyahu. and i think that would be seen as as being more damaging for him. and we're seeing it now in the polls. even independent voters actually have his approval rating at 21. so it's a really low for him right now. >> okay. thank you. eric the brilliant us political journalist eric ham there. right. we are done for today andrew pierce. and i'm bev turner. >> oh yes. bev turner. >> oh yes. bev turner. >> so it is. are you sure emily and tom are here? we'll see you tomorrow morning at 930. see you then. >> a busy show for us today. not only are we questioning what on earth could israel do in order to strike back against iran, iran? and whether that could

affect us? >> but also, yes, the news just in another stabbing rocking sydney, this time in a church. we'll bring you the latest from the ground in australia . the ground in australia. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boiler is sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. cold winds. for most of us today, those cold winds bringing plenty of showers, but there will be some bright spells in between. chance of rainbows places as we've of rainbows in places as we've seen a cold front move across the country overnight. that's clearing the southeast late morning . and once that clears, morning. and once that clears, we're into this cold air flow from the northwest. gusty winds could cause some issues in 1 or 2 spots. 50 mile per hour gusts here and there. but that wind also bringing plenty of showers, showers lively in places, hail and thunder, particularly towards the northeast of the uk.

in between, a few sunny spells , in between, a few sunny spells, although it's not going to feel warm in that wind. highs of 11 to celsius in the south, 8 to to 13 celsius in the south, 8 to 11 in the north through the evening and overnight we'll see further showers coming through, but eventually there'll be longer, drier and clearer spells developing and with lighter winds also developing well . winds also developing well. temperatures will dip into the mid single figures, perhaps towards northwestern parts of the low single figures. so a touch of ground frost possible as we start off tuesday . tuesday as we start off tuesday. tuesday begins with further cloud and showers for eastern parts, in particular, 1 or 2 showers further west developing as the day goes on. but all in all, fewer showers compared with today. a better chance of some sunshine in between lighter winds, and as a result, it's going to feel marginally less cold. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on monday, the 15th of april. >> to strike or not to strike? israel weighs up whether to go big in its retaliation against iran. as allies warn against all out war. should israel strike back. >> as mps prepare to vote on the rwanda bill again today, leaked documents reveal britain wants to replicate the scheme with countries like botswana, or even sonny, costa rica and trump on trial . trial. >> within hours, donald trump will become the first us president ever to face a criminal trial. his supporters argue he will not get a fair one in democrat supporting manhattan , a news just in a bishop and several workers worshippers have been viciously attacked in another stabbing rampage in sydney, australia. >> we'll have the latest on the ground