good afternoon. and a very, very happy monday to you. it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show, as the world stares down the barrel of all out war in the middle east, the prime minister is today set to speak on the issue, and we'll bnng speak on the issue, and we'll bring you rishi sunak speech and sir keir starmer's response live from the commons in around about 30 minutes time. and it's a busy day for prime minister as mr day for the prime minister as mr sunak's rwanda bill sunak's flagship rwanda bill once again pongs back to once again ping pongs back to the the day after the commons the day after a record 500 asylum seekers arrived by small boats. the big question is this the same as ever? will a single flight ever leave for rwanda? next up is

donald trump's trial for alleged hush money paid to porn star stormy daniels . kicks off in new stormy daniels. kicks off in new york. we'll ask a simple question can the former president ever get a fair trial in america? and the rac is imploring the government to scrap all smart motorways after more than 50 vie deaths? and we'll speak to a campaigner whose husband was killed on a smart motorway by lorry in 2019. and that's all coming up between now and 6:00. once the show always an absolute joy to have your company on this monday. what a week ahead we've got. we're staring down the barrel of war in the middle east. the prime minister about to address the nation . we wait upon his the nation. we wait upon his words with bated breath. sir keir starmer will respond. joe biden is saying israel should take the victory . iran biden is saying israel should take the victory. iran is biden is saying israel should take the victory . iran is saying take the victory. iran is saying we exercise restraint. macron is

saying that iran responded with far too much aggression. we really are on a knife edge. we'll be crossing to the house of commons in about 30 minutes. time for that. we'll also discuss throughout the show what that means for us here in britain, increased divisions on our own streets. could it mean booming oil prices? yet more pounds and pence going out of our pockets because of wars in faraway lands? get in touch all the usual ways. send your comments in. this is much your show as it is mine. send your views in and post your comments by gbnews.com/yoursay by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay or say i'm logged in. you see my mush? keep it clean . i'm ready mush? keep it clean. i'm ready for you out before the end of the show, but before that, let's steam into your headlines and it's tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories former us president donald trump has described the start of his

hush money trial as an assault on america. he was speaking at a new york courthouse as he prepares to face the first of four criminal trials. he's been charged in connection to a case involving hush money paid to an aduu involving hush money paid to an adult film star, stormy daniels. he faces a maximum of four years in prison per charge. if convicted, however, it's more likely he'd avoid a jail time and be fined instead. the trial is expected to last 6 to 8 weeks. it is the first time ever that a us president, weeks. it is the first time ever that a us president , former or that a us president, former or current, has faced a criminal trial , a current, has faced a criminal trial, a political current, has faced a criminal trial , a political persecution. trial, a political persecution. >> this is a persecution like never before. nobody's ever seen anything like it. never before. nobody's ever seen anything like it . and again, anything like it. and again, it's a case that should have never been brought. it's an assault on america and that's why i'm very proud to be here. this is an assault on our country . and it's a country country. and it's a country that's failing. it's a country that's failing. it's a country that's run by an incompetent man who's very much involved in this case. this is really an attack

on a political opponent. that's all it is . all it is. >> president trump escalating tensions in the middle east will be addressed by the prime minister, rishi sunak, in the commons this afternoon , soon, commons this afternoon, soon, the foreign secretary has confirmed jets shot down 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 . 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 as well as from, militia, groups in other countries . in other countries. >> 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 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 . three people have died 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 midnight. five men, all thought to be in their early 20s, were in one car. police do not believe any other vehicles were involved in the incident. three people were pronounced dead and two others were taken to hospital . while were taken to hospital. while the man's injuries are not the fifth man's injuries are not life threatening , emergency

life threatening, emergency services now removed the services have now removed the wreckage vehicle . two men wreckage of the vehicle. two men have been jailed after police found cocaine hidden inside blocks of cheese . just over £17 blocks of cheese. just over £17 million worth of cocaine was seized from the blocks of cheese after officers raided a unit in blackburn last may. 46 year old saleem chaudhry has been jailed for 27.5 years for admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine and money laundering whilst rachel mohabbath has been jailed for 16 years. a man has been arrested following reports of another stabbing in sydney. a live stream of a sermon at christ the good shepherd church in the suburb of wakeley , shows a suburb of wakeley, shows a bishop being targeted by a man before worshippers tackled the offender to the ground. it's not yet clear what he was armed with. new south wales police has confirmed those being treated suffered non—life threatening injuries as .

suffered non—life threatening injuries as. meanwhile, suffered non—life threatening injuries as . meanwhile, the injuries as. meanwhile, the father of the man who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in sydney has apologised for his son's actions. joel couch she 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 psychedelics. andrew couch says his son was a very sick boy . his son was a very sick boy. >> i'm extremely sorry. i'm 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. 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. >> and the fbi has confirmed it's on board the cargo ship darlie in maryland, carrying out

a criminal investigation into the baltimore bridge collapse. last month, six people were killed when a cargo ship lost power and hit the structure. the washington post says the federal criminal investigation will partly focus on whether the crew knew the vessel had serious problems with its systems before it left the port. work to clear the wreck and restore traffic through the shipping channel is ongoing . for the latest stories , ongoing. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . martin. >> thank you tatiana. now there's only one place to start today, and there's a nervous wait for israel to make its next move after iran's attack on saturday night. and of course, iran sent around 350 drones and missiles at israel, and a small

number were shot down by raf jets . foreign secretary lord jets. foreign secretary lord david cameron has urged israel to be smart as well as tough by not escalating the conflict. well, i'm joined now by our homeland security editor, mark white. mark, welcome to the show . we are awaiting rishi sunak prime minister to address the commons in about 25 minutes time. sir keir starmer to follow joe biden, saying take the win . joe biden, saying take the win. emmanuel macron saying iran's attack was disproportionate but lord cameron urging israel to think with its head as well as its heart. mark white the middle east is on a knife edge. >> well, it is, and everybody is watching what the next move from israel will be. the war cabinet has been meeting in israel over the last couple of hours to discuss what those options would be. sources are saying from the israeli government that all opfions israeli government that all options remain on the table. all opfions options remain on the table. all options are open for israel

here. but clearly, if israel decides to attack iran directly on iranian soil, and there is no way that we could imagine that iran would not respond to that. again, with more in the way of missile and drone strikes. and in fact, they have said very publicly that that would be their next option as far as they're concerned. they say that they're concerned. they say that the action took place on the action that took place on saturday night has concluded saturday night has now concluded . but if israel was to respond, then they would respond again in a very significant way, a way that would be more powerful, they say, than the 331 missiles and drones that were launched on saturday night. and then you have the potential , martin, for have the potential, martin, for this downward spiral into a very dangerous situation with a regional war erupting in the middle east. >> and, of course, mark, that would mean the wider region being pulled in and the raf have

already been involved. there's a huge conversation domestically about the continued supplying of weapons israel. mark, do you weapons to israel. mark, do you think once again, britain could be pulled into a war and a far away land? >> well, the uk won't get, we're told, involved in any action that israel take in terms of action against iran. but of course, if iran comes under, if israel comes under attack again from iran, in something similar to the manner that it did on saturday, then the uk, the us and other allies, it seems, will be there to protect israel in that event, but there is a great deal of concern , an deal of concern, an understandably so from the uk, the us and other allies about the us and other allies about the potential ramifications of this escalating into a regional war. we have sent more typhoon combat jets to cyprus, along with support aircraft , those

with support aircraft, those tanker aircraft to help with the operations . operation shader. operations. operation shader. this is the operation in syria and iraq against the islamic state terror group that's been ongoing for some time. but those jets are also under instructions that if there is an attack on israel again, and any of those drones or missiles come into their area of responsibility, then they can do as they did at then they can do as they did at the weekend when they shot down about a dozen of those drones. but all kinds of ramifications. martin, if this does escalate in terms of what it will mean for the oil price , for the price and the oil price, for the price and disruption to the aviation sector, not to mention the potential for our forces out in that region and our diplomatic consulates to be directly targeted as well. >> okay. mark white, thank you for that update. will, of course, join you throughout the

show for continued updates. now it's reported that at least two tory mps will boycott the government's ede event this afternoon over its support of israel . israel. afternoon over its support of israel. israel. i'm joined in the studio by naveed asghar, who's the deputy chairman of the conservative muslim forum, and also down the line by the chairman of sunday people and also the chairman of the glasgow conservative and unionist association . there we go. got association. there we go. got that right, naveed, welcome to the studio. so why is this boycott going ahead? you'd think this would be a day to come together, a day to celebrate. and yet it seems to have been made political. who's threatening to away ? threatening to stay away? >> i'm from, as you see from the news reports, there's some mps probably staying away and some peers said that they are peers have said that they are not going to attend. but i'd like to highlight that these events are for the public. they're not political events and they be politicised they should not be politicised by from any political they should not be politicised by and from any political they should not be politicised by and events any political they should not be politicised by and events like political they should not be politicised by and events like a)litical they should not be politicised by and events like a diwali, party and events like a diwali, vaisakhi, easter, christmas are celebrated for all the communities and this is an

opportunity for people up and down country who have done down the country who have done well in field, be it the well in their field, be it the nhs, armed forces and, you know, volunteers and people from business background entrepreneurs and, you know , entrepreneurs and, you know, whole swathes of people. and it's usually a highlight of their probably a lifetime, especially they're especially if they're not somebody that's politically involved events. involved to attend these events. >> world, that would >> in an ideal world, that would be the case. yet we just said they're at least two conservative are staying conservative mps are staying away. who why? away. who and why? >> not privy to the names of >> i'm not privy to the names of those people i see in the media. there's some names being mentioned. i've not been directly baroness hallett . directly baroness hallett. wolsey has been one of the names that's been mentioned here. you know, i would always again come back thing that i think back to the thing that i think is people is important for people to attend engage attend these events, to engage with politicians , to engage with politicians, to engage with, with senior with, engage with senior ministers, have frank ministers, mps and have frank discussions . and they have discussions. and if they have any that are concerning any issues that are concerning them actually discuss these them to actually discuss these issues the politicians. issues with the politicians. staying or boycotting staying away or boycotting is never going know, get never going to, you know, get your word across to them. >> used to seeing those on >> well, used to seeing those on the left and the the political left and the labour falling out over

labour party falling out over their gaza, their party's position on gaza, not much from the not quite so much from the conservative baroness conservative side. baroness warsi has in the past, in warsi has said in the past, in 2014, she quit david cameron's then cabinet, saying the government's policy over gaza was morally indefensible . was morally indefensible. presumably she feels the same again now. >> most likely, and here's the thing. look, the government has a lot of decisions to make. the government has got to think of geopolitical the geopolitical situation. the international situation. and of course, of course, there's lots of competing voices within government wanting different things. the government has to look the interests look out for the interests of the obviously look out for the interests of the population obviously look out for the interests of the population the obviously look out for the interests of the population the unitediously the population of the united kingdom, we've seen , there's kingdom, as we've seen, there's been escalation over the been an escalation just over the last days and does the last couple of days and does the uk to be involved and get uk want to be involved and get further and involved in these things? it's a decision for government. >> we're looking very smart. we're and enjoy the we're about to go and enjoy the event yourself, aren't you? >> a great time. >> thanks for joining time. >> thanks forjoining us in studio navalny. now, iran's >> thanks forjoining us in studioattackny. now, iran's >> thanks forjoining us in studioattack on now, iran's >> thanks forjoining us in studio attack on saturday 's >> thanks forjoining us in studioattack on saturday night drone attack on saturday night came a before reports came just a day before reports claimed is stirring claimed the country is stirring the of religious prejudice the pot of religious prejudice by protests outside by stoking protests outside schools on the streets of schools and on the streets of the well i'm joined by

the uk. well i'm joined by doctor paul stott, who's the head of security and extremism at policy exchange. welcome to the show , doctor stott. very, the show, doctor stott. very, very concerning report that, this islamic group was responsible for stirring up the protests. something very dear to my heart, something i've reported on a lot. and that was outside the batley grammar school, they seem to be the islamic centre of england, almost the enemy within. tell us more about them. more to the point, they seem to have received a lot of money from taxpayers during covid almost a quarter of £1 million of taxpayers paying for the privilege this, of this, privilege of this, of this, disruption . disruption. >> good afternoon. martin, what our report focuses on, whole series of issues with regards to iran and its, its intent, and its approach towards, the united kingdom. but really the, the sort of modern campaigns against blasphemy that we've had, originate with the, the rushdie

affair, with the fatwa on, on salman rushdie that the iranian government, issued in, the ayatollah khomeini issued in 1989. and i'm afraid those, those problems have have continued the rushdie fatwa was neven continued the rushdie fatwa was never, rescinded. and we saw in 2022 a series of protests outside cinemas where a film, the lady of medina was accused of, of blasphemy. and those protests , we chart, originate in protests, we chart, originate in iran . and the ongoing protests iran. and the ongoing protests are about blasphemy. it's be very hard to imagine them without that impetus that comes from iranian actors. and we don't really have a policy for deaung don't really have a policy for dealing with this. and that's one of the things that we're we're calling for really , is the we're calling for really, is the government to look much more seriously. what we refer to as iranian subversion and, it's been described here. >> the islamic centre for

england is the voice of iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah . supreme leader, the ayatollah. well, they've just launched a massive drone attack on israel. if they are behind the school protest in batley and also the movie protests, the lady of heaven, what do you think should be done about them? i mean, do these people have a rightful place to exist like this in britain? or is this crossing the rubicon into something more sinister? >> doctor stott well, the islamic centre of england was established back in the 1990s. it's had four different directors in that time , and each directors in that time, and each was appointed by iran's supreme leader. now, the islamic centre of england is, is in maida vale. so the high profile in a series of controversies it's hosted events in the past, commemorating the islamic revolution which brought ayatollah khomeini to power. when qassim soleimani of the irgc , the revolutionary guards irgc, the revolutionary guards in, in iran, was assassinated ,

in, in iran, was assassinated, there was a commemorative event held at the centre . and it's held at the centre. and it's that sort of action which has brought the attention of the charity commission, who've been investigating it now for some time. i think over a year. and one of the things we stress in the report is really it's time for the, the charity commission to get its skates to on look at this organisation, properly because it doesn't do anybody any good for these things just to, to just drift on if you like. it's, it's time for the authorities to get a grip. >> it seems astonishing that £4 million in the bank yet got a quarter of £1 million from the taxpayer during lockdowns . and taxpayer during lockdowns. and behind that protest outside batley grammar school , that batley grammar school, that that's all these years later to this day, three years, in fact, that teacher is still in hiding. thank you very much for joining us. doctor paul stott, who's the head of security and extremism at policy exchange . now, still at policy exchange. now, still plenty of time to grab your chance to win a greek cruise,

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welcome back 324. i'm martin daubney on gb news and gb news. viewers can see live pictures now from the house of commons, where rishi sunak will soon make a statement about iran's drone and missile attack on israel. that's around about 3:30, five,

six minutes time. and of course we'll bring that to you. live as it happens. but before that, the rwanda bill is back in the house of commons today, mps are discussing the flagship legislation after the government suffered a number of defeats in the house of lords last month. and it comes a day after 534 migrants crossed the channel on small boats yesterday alone, over 6000 people have now arrived illegally in the uk in 2024, and that's an increase of 28% on this time last year. well, let's cross now to downing street and speak with our political correspondent, catherine forsyth . catherine, catherine forsyth. catherine, groundhog day once again , round groundhog day once again, round and round we go. more ping pong than a youth club . now rwanda is than a youth club. now rwanda is back in the commons. what can we expect today ? expect today? >> yes it is. hello, martin. mps are back here after their break

of two and a half weeks. the recess was for easter and they will be voting on the house of lords amendments that they set before easter in the house of commons later this afternoon and into the evening. they'll be about seven votes on the amendments that will be put forward. we expect all of those to be rejected. then it will go back to the house of lords tomorrow and back to the house of commons the day after. we expect it will all be done and dusted, potentially, potentially by thursday. now the government is saying they are confident of getting flights off within a few weeks. rishi sunak originally said in the spring of course, the spring ends at the end of may. i asked his spokesman that in the lobby briefing a bit earlier they wouldn't be pinned down. but they did say as soon as possible they were asked to about the number, the highest number in one day this year was

coming across yesterday. and they did say that yes , those they did say that yes, those numbers were unacceptable. and this is why it is important to pass the bill and i think worth reflecting. it's now two years and one day since the then prime minister, boris johnson, and the then home secretary, priti patel , announced this plan, the idea was you come illegally on small boats, you will be sent on a one way ticket to rwanda and that will act as a deterrent. two years on, not a single minor but lots of home secretaries. but the government does believe that finally, finally they are within touching distance of getting people on flights to rwanda. of course, we don't know how they're going to get there because rwanda airlines doesn't want to take them. our commercial airlines don't want what they see as the reputational damage . the raf reputational damage. the raf have got their own commitments . have got their own commitments. that's one of the details we're yet to hear. how these people

are going to get there, but it's looking hopeful at last for the government after two years. >> well, katherine forster perhaps they'll sprout wings and flap them and make it there safely. katherine forster, thank you very much for joining us live from downing street. and joining me now is the former minister under david cameron's cabinet, norman baker. norm, welcome to the show. i mean , welcome to the show. i mean, even i'm getting cynical about this, norman. now, two years later, £5 billion today. they think that the rwanda scheme will cost over five years, £1 billion a year for 30,000 migrants, £150,000 a pop. and yet not a single person has taken off. how do you sum up the situation, norm ? situation, norm? >> this is a ridiculous and a dangerous bill, which will achieve nothing. and the government has been deeply stupid to have invested so much political capital in it. there were 55,000 asylum applications in the last nine months of last

yeah in the last nine months of last year. now the government is talking about 300 migrants going to rwanda . and indeed, if that to rwanda. and indeed, if that figure is even reached, because the rwandan government got fed up and disposed of some of the accommodation that was going to use for the migrants and so it isn't going to be any sort of deterrent whatsoever. it's going to cost a fortune. it's going to cost 1.8 million per applicant to be sent to rwanda . and as to be sent to rwanda. and as alex carlisle, has pointed out , alex carlisle, has pointed out, it'd be cheaper to put them up in the ritz full time than to send them to rwanda at that cost. it's also a dangerous bill, because what the bill does is say that black is white up is down, right is left, rwanda is safe . rwanda is not safe. it's a safe. rwanda is not safe. it's a country where you can be imprisoned for being gay. it's a country which is involved in a civil war in east congo. it's a country where dissent is not tolerated. and the government has also said that the courts cannot rule on this matter. has also said that the courts cannot rule on this matter . the cannot rule on this matter. the courts have been excluded from

any consideration of this government bill, which is deeply undemocratic. the government recently had a definition of extremism of those who are threatening democracy. perhaps you themselves , norman. >> this bill might limp through. but do you expect a single migrant to ever get to rwanda? because surely it overcomes the commons vote. it will then face attacks by lawyers, by ngos, by charities, by the echr. it seems that the entire machine of the establishment will stop this no matter what. do you think? as christopher hope has bettered with rishi sunak, a single pint of beer and not a single person will ever leave these shores to go to rwanda? >> well, i think they might get a few off the ground, i don't know, i mean, i don't know how they're to there. it's they're going to get there. it's pointed in your report, none pointed out in your report, none of the airlines to touch it of the airlines want to touch it with a bargepole. but if we with a bargepole. but even if we get over to rwanda, what is get 300 over to rwanda, what is that achieved? nothing.

that achieved? it's nothing. it's amount of the it's a microscopic amount of the refugees are here. it refugees who are coming here. it really pointless . and really is quite pointless. and the has been deeply really is quite pointless. and the to has been deeply really is quite pointless. and the to invest has been deeply really is quite pointless. and the to invest in|s been deeply really is quite pointless. and the to invest in its een deeply stupid to invest in its political capital in this way, when are more concerned when people are more concerned about , about the state about the nhs, about the state of really, this is, of the economy, really, this is, the government's last right from this bill. they can get it through, but it will achieve nothing . nothing. >> okay. norman baker, thank you for joining us as ever. frank forjoining us as ever. frank and forthright shooting from the hip. love it. thanks forjoining us mate . there's lots more still us mate. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. and sunak, i said, is and rishi sunak, as i said, is about make a statement about about to make a statement about iran's drone and missile attack on the house of on israel in the house of commons. you can see pictures there of debate heating up there of that debate heating up and we'll that to you and we'll bring that to you live. course, as rishi sunak live. of course, as rishi sunak the prime minister and sir keir starmer gives his response. but first it's time for your latest news headlines. and it's tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories donald trump has lost a second bid to remove the judge

in his hush money criminal trial. he claimed justice juan merchan had a conflict of interest because his daughter works for a political consulting firm with democratic clients. the former us president has been charged in connection to a case involving a payment to adult film star stormy daniels. he faces a maximum of four years in prison per charge if convicted. however, it's more likely he'd avoid a jail time and be fined instead . the prime minister is instead. the prime minister is due to make a statement in the commons shortly on the escalating tensions in the middle east following iran's drone and missile strike against israel at the weekend. he has just arrived to the house of commons. we'll be hearing from him shortly. the government has confirmed the raf helped shoot down a number of drones. the uk has also rejected a claim by tehran that it gave advance nofice tehran that it gave advance notice of the attack . 534 people

notice of the attack. 534 people were intercepted in the english channel yesterday, making it the highest number of crossings in 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 midnight. five men, all thought to be in their early 20s, were in one car. police do not believe any other vehicles were involved in the incident. three people were pronounced dead and two others were taken to hospital . for the were taken to hospital. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts .

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and let's cross. now live to the house of commons, where rishi sunakis house of commons, where rishi sunak is making a statement following iran's drone and missile attack on israel. mr speaken missile attack on israel. mr speaker, on saturday evening, iran sought to plunge the middle east into a new crisis . east into a new crisis. >> they launched a barrage of missiles and attack drones over iraq and jordan and towards israel . the scale of the attack

israel. the scale of the attack and the fact that it was targeted directly at israel are without precedent . it was without precedent. it was a reckless and dangerous escalation . if it had succeeded, escalation. if it had succeeded, the fallout for regional security and the toll on israeli citizens would have been catastrophic. but mr speaker , it catastrophic. but mr speaker, it did not succeed in support of israel's own defensive action. the united kingdom joined a us led international effort, along with france and partners in the region, which intercepted almost all of the missiles saving lives in israel and its neighbours. we sent additional raf typhoons to the region as part of our existing operations against daesh in iraq and syria, and i can confirm our forces destroyed a number of iranian drones. can confirm our forces destroyed a number of iranian drones . we a number of iranian drones. we also provided important intelligence , surveillance and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for our partners . mr speaker, reconnaissance support for our partners. mr speaker, our reconnaissance support for our partners . mr speaker, our pilots partners. mr speaker, our pilots put themselves in harm's way to

protect the innocent and preserve peace and stability . i preserve peace and stability. i spoke to the raf earlier today. they are the best of the best and i know the whole house will join me in expressing our gratitude . mr speaker, with this gratitude. mr speaker, with this attack, iran has once again shown its true colours. they are intent on sowing chaos in their own backyard on further destabilising the middle east. our aim is to support stability and security because it is right for the region and because although the middle east is thousands of miles away, it has a direct effect on our security and prosperity at home. so we are working urgently with our allies to de—escalate the situation and prevent further bloodshed. we want to see calmer heads prevail, and we are directing all our diplomatic efforts to that end. yesterday i spoke to my fellow g7 leaders. we are united in our condemnation of this attack. we discussed further potential

diplomatic measures , which we diplomatic measures, which we will be working together to coordinate in the coming days. i will also shortly be speaking to prime minister netanyahu to express our solidarity with israel in the face of this attack, and to discuss how we can prevent further escalation. all sides must show restraint . all sides must show restraint. mr speaker, our action reflects our wider strategy in the middle east, which i have set out in this house previously. i believe there are three vital steps to put the region onto a better path. first, we must uphold regional security against hostile actors, including in the red sea and we must ensure israel's security that is non—negotiable. it is a fundamental condition for peace in the region. in the face of threats like we saw this weekend, israel has our full support . second, we must invest support. second, we must invest more deeply in the two state

solution. that is what we have been doing over the past six months, including working closely with the palestinian authority so that when the time comes, they can provide more effective governance for gaza and the west bank. mr speaker, it is significant that other regional partners actually help to prevent a much worse attack over the weekend. it reminds us how important the attempts to normalise relations between israel and its neighbours really are. and it holds out precious hope for the region. third, mr speaken hope for the region. third, mr speaker, the conflict in gaza must end hamas, which is backed by iran, started this war. they wanted not just to kill and murder , but to destabilise the murder, but to destabilise the whole region. this weekend they rejected the latest hostage deal , which offered a road to a ceasefire . it is israel's right ceasefire. it is israel's right andindeed ceasefire. it is israel's right and indeed its duty to defeat

the threat from hamas terrorists and defend its security . vie and and defend its security. vie and i want to be clear, nothing that has happened over the last 48 hours affects our position on gaza. hours affects our position on gaza . the appalling toll on gaza. the appalling toll on civilians continues to grow . the civilians continues to grow. the hungen civilians continues to grow. the hunger, the desperation, the loss of life on an awful scale. the whole country wants to see an end to the bloodshed and to see more humanitarian support going in the. the recent increase in aid flows is positive, but it is still not enough. positive, but it is still not enough . we need to see new enough. we need to see new crossings open for longer to get in vital supplies. and mr speaken in vital supplies. and mr speaker, i want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the three british aid workers who were killed in gaza john chapman, james kirby and james henderson. they were heroes. the children of gaza for who they were risking their lives to feed, need a humanitarian pause

immediately leading to a long term, sustainable ceasefire that is the fastest way to get hostages out and aid in and to stop the fighting. israelis and palestinians alike deserve to live in peace, dignity and security, and so do people across the entire region. in conclusion, mr speaker , conclusion, mr speaker, saturday's attack was the act not of a people, but of a despotic regime. and it is emblematic of the dangers that we face today. the links between such regimes are growing. tel aviv was not the only target of iranian drones on saturday. putin was also launching them at kyiv and kharkiv. and who was the sole voice speaking up for iran yesterday, seeking to justify their actions? russia? the threats to stability are growing not just in the middle east, but everywhere here. and we are meeting those threats time after time with british

forces at the forefront . it's forces at the forefront. it's why our pilots were in action this weekend . it's why they have this weekend. it's why they have been policing the skies above iraq and syria for a decade. it's why our sailors are defending the freedom of navigation in the red sea against the reckless attacks of the iran backed houthi militia. it's why our soldiers are on the ground in kosovo, estonia, poland and more. and it's why we have led the way in backing ukraine and will continue to back them for as long as it takes. when adversaries like russia or iran threaten peace and prosperity , we will always and prosperity, we will always stand in their way, ready to defend our values and our interests, shows ear to shoulder with our friends and our allies . with our friends and our allies. and i commend this statement to the house. >> leader of the opposition keir starmer . starmer. >> thank you, mr speaker. i would like to thank the prime minister for advance copy of his

statement and for the regular briefings on the developing situation in the middle east. i also thank the prime minister for his warm tribute to your father, mr speaker, doug hoyle , father, mr speaker, doug hoyle, a great servant of our party, respected by all who knew him. i also join the prime minister in offering our solidarity with the victims of the horrific attack in sydney and in recognising the heroism of the three british aid workers killed in gaza while working for world kitchen . working for world kitchen. turning to the events of this weekend, we support the defensive action taken by the uk over the weekend alongside our international allies against the iranian attacks on israel, and we welcome the prime minister's call for restraint. once again. we all salute the professionalism and bravery of our armed forces. we also support the raf planes being sent to the region to bolster operation shader. their efforts are vital for a safer world. mr

speaken are vital for a safer world. mr speaker, there can be no doubt that the attack perpetrated by iranian forces this weekend has left the world a more dangerous place . it targeted innocent place. it targeted innocent civilians with a clear intent to destabilise the region . it must destabilise the region. it must be wholly condemned by all. but, mr speaker, let us also be clear . a full scale conflict in the middle east is in no one's interest. it is a path that can only lead to more bloodshed, more instability, and the unleashing of forces that are beyond the ability of anyone to control . mr speaker, the control. mr speaker, the combined defensive action this weekend was a success, and because of that , lives were because of that, lives were saved as a result . escalation is saved as a result. escalation is not inevitable in repelling the

attack. israel showed strength and courage. it must now show the same strength and courage to de—escalate . that has to be the de—escalate. that has to be the primary objective . mr speaker, primary objective. mr speaker, thatis primary objective. mr speaker, that is the responsibility of all sides and every partner. we must be resolute and united in our support for the collective security of israel, jordan and other partners in the region. but tensions remain very high. we must proceed calmly , we must proceed calmly, carefully and with restraint, because if diplomacy takes centre stage and it must not, then we also need to be clear, diplomatic premises should not be targeted and attacked. that is a point of principle. but as the condemnation from our g7 allies rightly notes, iran's response this weekend was unprecedented, a further step towards the destabilisation of

the region and the risk of escalation. and nobody in this house should be or is under any illusion. this is a regime that sponsors terror across the middle east and beyond , that middle east and beyond, that murders and represses its own people and supports putin's war efforts in ukraine. so can the prime minister update the house on any new steps he is taking with our international partners to pursue sanctions against the regime ? and can he clarify what regime? and can he clarify what steps he is taking to limit the power of the revolutionary guard to glorify terrorism here in the uk ? mr speaker, whilst there is uk? mr speaker, whilst there is no justification for iran's actions , we cannot be naive to actions, we cannot be naive to the fact that one of the drivers of tension in the region is the ongoing war in gaza . six months ongoing war in gaza. six months ongoing war in gaza. six months on from the horrific hamas terror attack, hostages remain separated from their families.

thousands of innocent palestinians have been killed. and now more than a million people face the imminent threat of famine. so i urge the government again , to use every government again, to use every ounce of diplomatic leverage that we have to make sure that aid to gaza is unimpeded and drastically scaled up . alongside drastically scaled up. alongside that, we reiterate our call for an immediate ceasefire for hamas to release hostages and for a return to a diplomatic process that can rekindle the hope of a two state solution . mr speaker, two state solution. mr speaker, it is right that we condemn iran's action. it is right that we work with others to defend the security of our allies and it is right that we seek the end of conflict in gaza . but this is of conflict in gaza. but this is a moment for restraint, of conflict in gaza. but this is a moment for restraint , because a moment for restraint, because escalation will only lead to further destruction. and for the

sake of all those still caught in the horror and violence that must be avoided. thank you, mr speaker . mr speaker. mr >> mr speaker, i thank the honourable gentleman for his support of the government's actions with regard to what might happen going forward. ultimately, israel has a right to self—defence, as any state does, and the g7 leaders spoke yesterday and unequivocally condemned iran's attack and expressed full solidarity and support to israel and its people. but as a foreign secretary said this morning, this is a time to be smart as well as tough . israel has well as tough. israel has successfully repelled incredibly , successfully repelled the iranian attack, and iran is even more isolated on the world stage and as others have said, we would urge them to take the win . would urge them to take the win. at this point, we want to avoid further escalation and bloodshed , and he's right that it would be deeply destabilising for the

region and risks more lives and all our diplomatics at this point will be geared towards that goal. in partnership with our allies. next, just turning to iran, as the behaviour of the iranian regime, as i've said previously, including the actions of the irgc, poses a significant threat to the safety and security of the uk and our allies. and yesterday at the g7, we agreed to work together on further measures to counter the iranian regime and its proxies. it was agreed that we should coordinate those actions and that work is now underway and obviously at the appropriate time, either i or ministers will update the house. we have already sanctioned, as he will know, over 400 iranian individuals, including the irgc , individuals, including the irgc, individuals, including the irgc, in its entirety. we have a new sanctions regime to enable us to what gives us more extensive powers to designate, sanctions that we put in place at the end of last year and, of course, the

national security act. it creates new offences for espionage and foreign interference and means that our security services have the powers that they need to deter, disrupt and detect threats of a more modern nature from states like iran. and lastly, with regard to diplomacy for israel and the region , we are and the region, we are absolutely committed to a two state solution and working very hard, using all our efforts to bnng hard, using all our efforts to bring that about, particularly over the last few months, building up the capability, as i said, of the palestinian authority, so that they have the technical and administrative capability that is necessary when the moment comes for them to provide effective governance . to provide effective governance. governance in the west bank and gaza. governance in the west bank and gaza . it is absolutely my view gaza. it is absolutely my view and the government's view that israelis and palestinians should have the opportunity to live side by side in peace with security, dignity and opportunity . and i'm proud of opportunity. and i'm proud of the role that the united kingdom is playing. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> foreign affairs select committee alicia kearns. >> you, mr speaker.

>> thank you, mr speaker. my condolences of your condolences on the loss of your father . father. >> okay. and that was rishi sunak prime minister speaking in the house of commons on the escalating situation between iran and israel and sir keir starmer responded, i'm joined now by our home and security edhon now by our home and security editor, mark wyatt. mark, sir keir starmer saying this is a moment for restraint. rishi sunak also saying we do not want any more bloodshed, although he did add he stands in solidarity with israel and he said it is israel's right, its duty to destroy hamas. >> yes. and he said that as far as israel was concerned, that of course , that right to defend course, that right to defend itself and the uk's commitment to the defence of israel was absolute. but he is echoing keir starmer in saying that he wants israel to show restraint here, to show that it is smart as well as tough to , in rishi sunak's

as tough to, in rishi sunak's words, echoing those of president joe biden to take the win. now, i'm not sure that israel see the actions that happened over the weekend as a win. as such, this was a state on state attack, an attack on their sovereign territory by by iran from its own territoy for the very first time, and an attack that involved the launching of hundreds of drones and missiles. yes, thanks to the cooperation of allies like the us , the uk, jordan and even us, the uk, jordan and even saudi arabia , they were able to saudi arabia, they were able to destroy the vast majority of these munitions before they reached israel. the real concern that israel has is this sets a precedent. what you've had up until now is proxies in the region , in southern lebanon, in region, in southern lebanon, in the form of hezbollah, of

course, hamas in gaza, the houthis in yemen , other groups houthis in yemen, other groups in, syria and iraq that have launched attacks on israel. but never before has iran launched attacks from its own soil. israel is very concerned now that that rubicon has been crossed, that in future crises, then this could well be the response from iran. so factoring that in, that's where they are now in terms of where the war cabinet is, they will respond quite what that respond will be response will be, we're not sure. but clearly the, the allies of israel want it to be a measured response and an intelligent response that perhaps stops this downward escalation into a very violent regional conflict. thank you, mark wyatt, for that summary. >> and rishi sunak also paid special respect to raf pilots

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. and a happy monday to you. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, as the world stares down the barrel of all out war in the middle east, prime minister rishi sunak has just announced with with the israeli prime minister later today, he will speak with him and insists that western allies should de—escalate the situation in the middle east. now it's a busy day for the prime minister as his flagship rwanda bill once again ping pongs back to the house of commons the day after a record 534 arrived by small

boats. will a single flight ever leave for rwanda? next up, as donald trump's trial for alleged hush money paid to porn star stormy daniels kicks off in new york, we'll ask can the former president ever get a fair trial ? president ever get a fair trial? and the rac is imploring the government to scrap all smart motorways after more than 50 deaths on them, and we'll speak to a campaigner whose husband was killed on a smart motorway by a lorry in 2019. and that's all coming up between now and 6:00. welcome to the show. always an absolute pleasure to have your company. well, we've just heard from the prime minister, rishi sunak, and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, in the house of commons. both have spoken on the escalating situation between iran israel and the middle iran and israel and the middle east, for calm

east, both calling for calm heads a considered heads calling for a considered response . we'll have full response. we'll have full analysis on that, but i want to hear from you. what do you think about it? should we be getting dragged into yet another war in a away land? what could it a far away land? what could it mean for soaring oil prices? petrol prices , the pounds and petrol prices, the pounds and the pence in your pocket? these walls always have an impact. but can we just let iran in and the ayatollah wreak havoc across the region ? and a report out today region? and a report out today saying islamic foundations within london, doing their best to destabilise events on british soil, they were behind the protests outside the batley grammar school. three years on, that teacher is still in hiding. can we afford to ignore this or should we ignore it at our peril 7 should we ignore it at our peril ? get in touch. there's a new way to do that. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash your say log on, you'll see my mush. leave comments if you're polite. i'll read a few out before the end of the show.

but first, let's tear into your news headlines and it's polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom this afternoon is that the prime minister has just said he's going to be urging his israeli counterpart to show restraint following and following iran's drone. and missile attack. rishi sunak told the commons he's going to be speaking to benjamin netanyahu later reiterate the uk's later to reiterate the uk's solidarity with the country and to discuss how to prevent further escalation of violence in the region. if you're watching on television, you can see suella braverman there in the house of commons. speaking about this at the moment, the prime minister earlier on went on to say that iran is intent on sowing chaos in its own backyard , further destabilising the middle east. >> speaker, with this attack, iran has once again shown its true colours. they are intent on sowing chaos in their own

backyard on further destabilising the middle east. our aim is to support stability and security because it is right for the region and because although the middle east is thousands of miles away , it has thousands of miles away, it has a direct effect on our security and prosperity at home. so we are working urgently with our allies to de—escalate the situation and prevent further bloodshed . bloodshed. >> well, that was rishi sunak a short time ago . also in the short time ago. also in the commons, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, had his say. he said iran's attack has left the world a more dangerous place. >> mr speaker, there can be no doubt that the attack perpetrated by iranian forces this weekend has left the world a more dangerous place. it targeted innocent civilians with a clear intent to destabilise the region. it must be wholly condemned by all. but, mr speaken condemned by all. but, mr speaker, let us also be clear . a

speaker, let us also be clear. a full scale conflict in the middle east is in no one's interest . interest. >> now, in other news, today, 534 migrants were intercepted while crossing the english channel yesterday, making it the highest number of crossings on a single day so far this year. that means the total number of small boat arrivals this year stands at a provisional total of 6625, and that comes as the government's flagship rwanda policy returns to parliament, with mps due to debate. the latest amendments by peers in the united states. donald trump has lost a second bid to remove the judge in his so—called hush money criminal trial. he's claimed the presiding judge had a conflict of interest because his daughter works for a political consulting firm with democratic clients. the former us president has been charged in connection with a case involving payment to an adult film star.

if convicted, he could face a maximum of four years in prison per charge. but it's more likely he'll avoid a jail time and be fined instead , said arriving at fined instead, said arriving at the court a little while ago , he the court a little while ago, he described the start of the trial as an assault on america , as as an assault on america, as political persecution. >> this is a persecution like never before. nobody's ever seen anything like it. and again , anything like it. and again, it's a case that should have never been brought . it's an never been brought. it's an assault on america and that's why i'm very proud to be here. this is an assault on our country. and it's a country that's failing. it's a country that's failing. it's a country that's run by an incompetent man who's very much involved in this case. this is really an attack on a political opponent. that's all it is. >> donald trump now, three people have died and another is in a critical condition following a car crash in north london. it happened near the brent cross shopping centre just before midnight, five men, all thought to be in their early

20s, were in one car. police don't believe any other vehicles were involved in that incident. three people pronounced dead at the scene, two others taken to hospital. the fifth man's injuries. we understand not life threatening . now two men have threatening. now two men have been jailed after police found cocaine hidden inside blocks of cheese. just over £17 million worth of cocaine, in fact, was seized from inside those blocks of cheese after officers raid . a of cheese after officers raid. a unit raided a unit in blackburn in lancashire last may. well, 46 year old saleem chowdhury has been jailed for 27.5 years for admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine and money laundering whilst radio mohabbath has been jailed for 16 years. in australia, 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 actions. joel cauchi killed five women and a male security guard at the weekend. police say they're investigating whether he was specifically targeting female victims . they believe the female victims. they believe the 44 year old suffered from schizophrenia and used drugs, including meth and psychedelic drugs as well. andrew couch says his son was a very sick boy. >> i'm extremely sorry. i'm 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 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. >> the father of joel cauchi speaking there now in the united states, the fbi has confirmed it is on board the cargo ship carrying out a criminal investigation into the baltimore

bridge collapse, which happened last month. six people were killed when a cargo ship lost power and hit the structure , power and hit the structure, sending it tumbling into the water below like a pack of cards. the washington post is saying the federal criminal investigation will partly focus on whether or not the crew knew the vessel did have serious problems with its systems before it left port. meanwhile, work to clear the wreck and restore traffic through one of the busiest shipping lanes in the eastern united states is ongoing . that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan that qr code on your screen right now, or go to gb news .com/ alerts . to gb news .com/ alerts. >> thank you polly. now, of course, there's only one place to start this hour, and there's a nervous wait for israel to make its next move after iran's attack on saturday night. and iran, of course, sent around 350

drones and missiles at israel, and a small number were shot down by raf jets . now, rishi down by raf jets. now, rishi sunak said in a statement to mps. iran showed its true colours with the attack and that the uk was working with allies to de—escalate the situation in. >> it was a reckless and dangerous escalation . if it had dangerous escalation. if it had succeeded, the fallout for regional security and the toll on israeli citizens would have been catastrophic, mr speaker, with this attack, iran has once again shown its true colours as they are intent on sowing chaos in their own backyard on further destabilising the middle east. our aim is to support stability and security because it is right for the region and because although the middle east is thousands of miles away , it has thousands of miles away, it has a direct effect on our security and prosperity at home. so we are working urgently with our allies to de—escalate the situation and prevent further

bloodshed as well. >> a short while ago, in response in the commons, sir keir starmer said a full blown conflict in the middle east is in no one's interests. >> we support the defensive action taken by the uk over the weekend , alongside our weekend, alongside our international allies against the iranian attacks on israel, and we welcome the prime minister's call for restraint once again. we all salute the professionalism and bravery of our armed forces, a full scale conflict in the middle east is in no one's interest. it is a path that can only lead to more bloodshed, more instability, and the unleashing of forces that are beyond the ability of anyone to control . to control. >> well, i'm joined now by our home and security editor, mark white. so, mark, it seems some political unity today, our aim is to support stability. we want

to see calmer heads prevail. that was rishi sunak countered by sir keir starmer , who said by sir keir starmer, who said this is a moment for restraint. yeah both of them pretty much unhedin yeah both of them pretty much united in that response that response, on israel really calling on israel to be restrained in the in the response that it now comes up with. >> and we know of course, that this afternoon the israeli war cabinet has been meeting for a second day within that cabinet there are splits. there are those that want israel to go in hard against iran or others that support, to an extent, what is being said by joe biden of the us that was echoed there again by rishi sunak in the commons, which is take the wins. the allies here in the form of the us, the uk, we had jordan , saudi us, the uk, we had jordan, saudi arabia, france all stepping in to ensure that those hundreds of missiles and drones did not reach, for the most part, israeli airspace , and then try

israeli airspace, and then try to come up with a response, knowing that israel will have to respond , that will be respond, that will be intelligent and that will not, escalate the situation further . escalate the situation further. >> okay. mark white, thank you for joining us with that summary there. and i'm joined now in the studio by foreign affairs and defence analyst james marlow . defence analyst james marlow. james, welcome to the studio. i was struck by, different messages coming out from rishi sunak there because on the one hand he was saying, we need to have calm heads. we need to, go for a ceasefire , sir keir for a ceasefire, sir keir starmer saying this is the moment for restraint, but rishi sunak was saying that hamas, which is backed by iran , they which is backed by iran, they started this war. it is israel, right ? its duty to destroy hamas right? its duty to destroy hamas . and then he points out, hamas rejected another ceasefire yesterday . why should israel yesterday. why should israel exercise restraint ? and from the exercise restraint? and from the

one hand, they have the duty to wipe out hamas. why should they show restraint? everybody seems to be telling israel to calm down. wonder if they'd do the down. i wonder if they'd do the same if their nation were attacked and it's not just you, martin, who has that question mark. >> actually 90% plus of the >> it's actually 90% plus of the israelis , plus a huge amount of israelis, plus a huge amount of people across the world who are wondering how you do wondering how you actually do this. president says right this. president biden says right now it's a situation. lord now it's a win situation. lord cameron the same thing. cameron says the same thing. it's situation. take the it's a win situation. take the win and walk away from the table. but how do you do that when you're actually at this time fighting a war, one of the largest wars that has taken place in the middle east for many, many years, six months, in fact, today is 192 days. that the october the 7th attacks occurred inside of israel , 133 occurred inside of israel, 133 hostages still being held somewhere . in gaza, probably in somewhere. in gaza, probably in the south, probably in rafah. you've still got the red alert system going off. it went off just a short time ago before i

came into the studio in the north of israel. that means hezbollah still firing their daily northern daily rockets into northern israel lebanon. so israel from southern lebanon. so the common denominator over here is shiites in syria, iraq, is the shiites in syria, iraq, the houthis in yemen, of course, hezbollah in lebanon, hamas , hezbollah in lebanon, hamas, islamic jihad or not, just backed by iran , but financed by backed by iran, but financed by iran, trained by iran . and also iran, trained by iran. and also they're getting their weaponry from iran. so that means that when you respond to the houthis, when you respond to the houthis, when you respond to the houthis, when you respond to hezbollah, which israel's doing right now, when you respond to hamas and islamic jihad and all the other mujahideen groups inside of gaza, you're responding, in effect, to iran . effect, to iran. >> so in that sense is there is there an argument, if you like, for going straight for the head of the snake? why go for hezbollah or why go for hamas . hezbollah or why go for hamas. if the source of the issue, the

source of the funding, the source of the funding, the source of the of the conflict, if you like, is iran, there will be those within israel who would like to strike on iran directly. would that be catastrophic for the area and for world peace? >> that this is from the >> i feel that this is from the west point of view right now in the uk , in europe, and certainly the uk, in europe, and certainly right now in the united states, especially as you're heading right now in the united states, especiala as you're heading right now in the united states, especiala november, |eading right now in the united states, especiala november, theing right now in the united states, especiala november, the fifth towards a november, the fifth general election inside the states, probably this election. my states, probably this election. my feeling is towards the end of november, there's some european elections. you don't want to make this very volatile world even more volatile by actually doing what most people are thinking, but they cannot actually bring themselves to say those words. and that is that eventually the west is going to have to have a showdown, a real showdown, a proper war with iran. now only 15% of the people, the iranian people in iran, back the revolutionary guards , back, the ayatollah ali guards, back, the ayatollah ali khamenei, 15. guards, back, the ayatollah ali khamenei,15. it could be during

these strikes on to israel on saturday night to feel a little bit more solidarity with your country, iran, maybe another 5 to 10. that brings it up to maybe 25. the vast majority of iranians literally loathe the islamic republic leadership, the regime. they want it gone . regime. they want it gone. they're waiting for the west to step in there. actually believe it or not, the demonstrations on the streets, what we see in london and some in new york and in washington and perhaps in manchester are actually they include a lot of iranians , include a lot of iranians, iranians who are completely opposed to the regime . so opposed to the regime. so they're waiting for this opportunity because whilst this war has been taking place in gaza and then beforehand , we gaza and then beforehand, we focus very much on ukraine and russia. and then there was covid, where's iran? iran has been flying under the radar, building up its enriching uranium, making more centrifuges . it's actually the jcpoa agreement, which donald trump

was totally against. but for some reason, obama backed it. one of the well, there were many, many arguments against it. and i had many arguments. one of them it never actually even them was it never actually even talked missiles talked about ballistic missiles from the iran side. now, those ballistic missiles could already hit israel. they can hit anywhere in the middle east. they can actually hit eastern europe. those ballistic missiles, which iran are making right are not the middle right now are not for the middle east. they're not for israel. it's for berlin, paris, it's actually for berlin, paris, london dc . and london and washington dc. and once the war starts to rise up and start talking about this and looking for that date to hit, we're in a 1930s moment right now. and this 1930s moment is that chamberlain feeling is, let's not upset adolf hitler. let's not push this . we just let's not push this. we just come out of a world war. we just don't want to do this. >> great. so fascinating stuff. thanks for your input there. that's james marlowe, foreign affairs defence analyst. affairs and defence analyst. thanks the thanks for joining us in the studio. superb stuff. now donald trump arrived at court trump has arrived at court and his historic hush trial, his historic hush money trial, and becomes the first former

and he becomes the first former us president to stand trial on criminal charges , accused of criminal charges, accused of falsifying business records to disguise a payment made to porn star stormy daniels shortly before the 2016 election. and this could be the first of four criminal prosecutions against trump to go to trial this year. he runs for a second terms in the white house. i'm joined from new york now by matthew schmitz, founder and editor of compact. welcome to the show, matthew . so welcome to the show, matthew. so from over this side of the pond, there's only one question. can donald trump possibly get a fair trial in new york? >> i live in new york county. that's manhattan, where the trial is taking place , 87% of my trial is taking place, 87% of my neighbours voted for joseph biden in the 2020 presidential election. so it's going to be hard for trump to get a fair hearing. people know a lot about trump. have their minds made up pretty strongly about him one way or the other, it's worth

looking at the underlying matter here and the political background . this case was background. this case was brought by alvin bragg, our elected prosecutor , for when elected prosecutor, for when bragg was elected, he promised to downgrade violent crimes like armed robbery , from felonies to armed robbery, from felonies to misdemeanours, in certain cases. and as the da of new york, he has, set records for downgrading felonies to misdemeanours. what's notable here is that this is a case in which what should be at most, a misdemeanour offence , falsifying business offence, falsifying business records with intent to defraud was upgraded to a felony. that was upgraded to a felony. that was done. so that bragg could get around the statute of limitations in new york. and, it indicates that, in the eyes of a lot of legal observers , a lot of legal observers, a regrettable politicisation of what should be a neutrally administered, law . administered, law. >> and matthew, donald trump, of course, maintains that this is

politically motivated. is there any chance of a prosecution here, or is the process itself the punishment ? the punishment? >> so yeah , there there is >> so yeah, there there is a good chance that trump will be convicted , there are very strong convicted, there are very strong legal arguments that could lead the jury to, say, convict him only of the misdemeanour. if he's convicted only of a misdemeanour, then the conviction would be tossed out. because of that statute of limitations , trump is accused limitations, trump is accused of, using personal funds to pay what should have been a campaign expense. what should have been a campaign expense . basically, payments for expense. basically, payments for stormy daniels at the porn star he's alleged to have had a relationship with, payments for her to sign a nondisclosure agreement, aka hush money, of course, if trump had used campaign funds to pay for this, he likely would have been charged by a democratic, you know , prosecutors with improper know, prosecutors with improper use of campaign funds , so he use of campaign funds, so he would have been skinned, you know, one way or the other. you

know, one way or the other. you know, it's a juicy underlying story , it's embarrassing for the story, it's embarrassing for the candidate that he's entangled with this woman in some way and felt that there was something embarrassing enough there that he needed to conceal it, it's kind of opens up his supporters, many of whom are religious and, professor, uphold moral values . professor, uphold moral values. it opens them up to charges of hypocrisy or inconsistency . but hypocrisy or inconsistency. but legally it's a very, very thin . legally it's a very, very thin. >> okay. thank you very much for joining us. that's matthew schmitz, founder and editor of kompakt. thanks for joining schmitz, founder and editor of kompakt. thanks forjoining us live new york on the trump live from new york on the trump trial ongoing. of course, we'll bnng trial ongoing. of course, we'll bring you the latest throughout the show. now, rwanda bill the show. now, the rwanda bill is in the house of commons is back in the house of commons once again today. more than 6000 people now the people have now crossed the channel including 534 channel this year, including 534 just yesterday with those boats ever stop? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

now we've got some breaking news just coming in about prince harry's security arrangement when he visits the uk. and let's cross straight now to our royal correspondents. cameron walker, for the latest. cameron bring us up to speed. >> yeah. good afternoon. martin. well, prince harry, he has lost, the high court has refused prince harry permission to appeal to the court of appeal in his case against the home office over his police protection . when over his police protection. when he stood back as a working member of the royal family, the home office decided to change the level of police protection. he was in the uk. so he got when he was in the uk. so he lost that in february. but now what the judge is saying is that prince harry's lawyers argued that prince harry should not have to pay 50 to 60% of the home office's legal costs. now, prince harry's lawyers argued that the judge partly degrees, so the partly agrees. but the

judge says that prince harry has to pay 90% of the home office's costs, but that means that 10% of the government's cost is still paid for, we think, by the taxpayer . so what we what taxpayer. so what we what happens now? prince harry can directly appeal to the court of appeal directly appeal to the court of appeal, over these over these court costs, over the judge's decision. but the judge at the end of the day has has refused. prince harry, permission to appeal this particular challenge. he had from the home office. >> thank you. cameron walker. prince harry loses again. now moving swiftly onwards, the rwanda bill is back in the house of commons today. mps will discuss the flagship legislation after the government suffered a number of defeats in the house of lords last month . let's cross of lords last month. let's cross now to downing street to speak with our political correspondent , olivia utley. olivia, welcome to the here we go again. to the show. here we go again. it's rwanda . it's groundhog day in rwanda. >> it is groundhog day, and this week really feels all a bit

farcical. the commons will be voting tonight on that rwanda legislation. it's thought that they will vote down all of the amendments that the lords put in just a month ago. the government, although sometimes it like it does it doesn't feel like it does have pretty majority in have a pretty big majority in the commons. will almost the commons. it will almost certainly down those certainly vote down those amendments. tomorrow that amendments. then tomorrow that will will go back will get the bill will go back to lords in what's known as to the lords in what's known as parliamentary ping pong. the lords amend the bill lords will likely amend the bill all over again the following day. the commons will vote down those amendments eventually those amendments and eventually sooner later, it's thought sooner or later, it's thought that the lords will realise that it's a lost cause and eventually peers will stop turning up to the upper house. and by probably the upper house. and by probably the end of the week that rwanda legislation will be passed on. obviously, that is not by any means the end of the government's problems. the government's problems. the government is very much expecting legal challenges , but expecting legal challenges, but rishi sunak is still saying that he wants to keep to his timetable. he said that he wanted to migrants leave for wanted to see migrants leave for rwanda by the spring. well, it is very much spring here, but i

think what he means by that is by the end of may. so that's the sort of timescale we're looking at. but mps are still being pretty tight lipped on how many migrants can expect see migrants we can expect to see fly okay. thank forjoining >> okay. thank you for joining us from downing street, us live from downing street, olivia utley, and joined in olivia utley, and i'm joined in the for more reaction to the studio for more reaction to this the political this by the political correspondent the spectator , correspondent at the spectator, james hill. james, more ping pong than the paris olympics. and that's when the fun starts, really, isn't it ? we're really, isn't it? we're expecting this to limp through, maybe with tattered wings, which is a good metaphor, really, because no flights seem to be taking off any time soon. do you think that point the entire establishment, the lawyers, the charities, the ngos, they will go into overdrive to stop this? >> we've already seen a lot of this in recent days, actually. and care for calais, for instance, have they're instance, have said they're going dozens, if not going to hire dozens, if not hundreds legalvolunteers. going to hire dozens, if not hundreds legal volunteers. so hundreds of legal volunteers. so every someone who's every time you get someone who's going deported on this going to be deported on this scheme there'll scheme taken to rwanda, there'll be a case why they can't actually be sent there. you know, people know, there will be people looking paperwork, looking into their paperwork,

their they their history, etc. why they can't there. and so can't be sent there. and so really, we will see at that really, we will then see at that point what the government's really of terms of their really made of in terms of their mettle. within government mettle. people within government i've speaking to are i've been speaking to are saying, haven't been, i've been speaking to are sayi know, haven't been, i've been speaking to are sayi know, thisen't been, i've been speaking to are sayi know, this six been, i've been speaking to are sayi know, this six months you know, using this six months time the of time for nothing. the time of this building through, this building going through, we've been stress testing everything, we've everything, making sure we've got the armour. so got no chinks in the armour. so they're confident of we they're confident of it. and we just to see you in court. just have to see you in court. >> it's going be expensive. >> it's going to be expensive. £5 billion in five years. is the cost leaked by the home office today? and that's for only today? they. and that's for only 30,000 migrants. astronomical 30,000 migrants. an astronomical amount might amount of money. you might as well them world cruise. >> but i think this is the key point, is that really everyone involved thing like, point, is that really everyone involywhat thing like, point, is that really everyone involywhat do thing like, point, is that really everyone involywhat do youing like, point, is that really everyone involywhat do you reallylike, point, is that really everyone involywhat do you really do? well, what do you really do? they've pulling their they've been pulling out their hair saying, look, hair and they're saying, look, at a plan of at least we've got a plan of deterrence. labour got deterrence. labour hasn't got that. i had it put to me today by tory who said that, for by one tory who said that, for instance, want instance, you know, labour want to with the eu. to do more work with the eu. well, has even worse well, the eu has got even worse problems in the problems with us in the mediterranean. if problems with us in the meclookinean. if problems with us in the meclookinethe if problems with us in the meclookinethe kind if problems with us in the meclookinethe kind of if problems with us in the meclookinethe kind of a if problems with us in the meclookinethe kind of a number you look at the kind of a number of small boats arriving there. so sure what the so i'm not really sure what the kind silver bullet to is. kind of silver bullet to is. and what government stressing kind of silver bullet to is. and what goythatnent stressing kind of silver bullet to is. and what goythatnentactually;ing today is that it's actually not just bullet,

just one sort of silver bullet, it's of weapon in it's just one sort of weapon in the as a whole. and in the armoury as a whole. and in fact, we a revolt last week fact, we saw a revolt last week around precise issue, around this precise issue, james, course, the james, because of course, the allocation illegals allocation of the illegals arriving bloc allocation of the illegals ara'ing bloc allocation of the illegals ara'ing of bloc allocation of the illegals ara'ing of a bloc allocation of the illegals ara'ing of a deal bloc allocation of the illegals ara'ing of a deal that bloc allocation of the illegals ara'ing of a deal that was loc is a part of a deal that was rejected poland hungary. is a part of a deal that was reje do d poland hungary. is a part of a deal that was reje do d think|d hungary. is a part of a deal that was reje do d think|d mightjary. is a part of a deal that was rejedod think|d might be i. >> do you think that might be a part happen if the part of what could happen if the labour into labour party were to come into power? up power? that cosying up to brussels, taking brussels, that would mean taking more, brussels, that would mean taking mo well, would very much, >> well, that would very much, very certainly >> well, that would very much, very that certainly >> well, that would very much, very that because, certainly >> well, that would very much, very that because, mean, ly >> well, that would very much, very that because, mean, you think that because, i mean, you have what we're going think that because, i mean, you ha be what we're going think that because, i mean, you ha be offering what we're going think that because, i mean, you ha be offering innhat we're going think that because, i mean, you ha be offering in returne're going think that because, i mean, you ha be offering in returne'ryou»ing to be offering in return if you want deal. the obvious want to have a deal. the obvious reason haven't seen much reason why we haven't seen much movement few years reason why we haven't seen much mo�*youent few years reason why we haven't seen much mo�*you know, few years reason why we haven't seen much mo�*you know, the few years reason why we haven't seen much mo�*you know, the eu, few years reason why we haven't seen much mo�*you know, the eu, for/ years on, you know, the eu, for instance, in terms of migration, is has instance, in terms of migration, is enough has instance, in terms of migration, is enough of has instance, in terms of migration, is enough of problem has instance, in terms of migration, is enough of problem already. instance, in terms of migration, is weough of problem already. instance, in terms of migration, is we wantof problem already. instance, in terms of migration, is we want to problem already. instance, in terms of migration, is we want to problem of'eady. do we want to take more of these? the these? and i don't think the answer these? and i don't think the ansjames, political editor, >> james, our political editor, chris bet with the chris hobbs, got a bet with the prime rishi sunak prime minister. rishi sunak a single that single pint of beer that not a single pint of beer that not a single leave single migrant will leave for rwanda before the general election. beer election. do you think that beer is that it's probably election. do you think that beer is 48. that it's probably election. do you think that beer is 48. probably)robably election. do you think that beer is 48. probably safe.)ly 52, 48. it's probably safe. >> that point. >> a new brexit on that point. what apt place to what an ample and apt place to leave it. thanks forjoining us in the studio. political correspondent spectator . correspondent at the spectator. james pleasure. james heale always a pleasure. now still to now there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, and all your prices could see a large spike if the conflict in the middle east continues to escalate. and what impact could

this have on the british economy and the pounds and the pence in your pocket? we'll have all that. but first, it's time for your latest headlines. and your latest news headlines. and it's middlehurst. it's polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the prime minister has said he'll urge his israeli counterpart to show restraint following iran's drone and missile attack on israel. rishi sunak has been speaking in the commons today saying he's going to speak to benjamin netanyahu later and reiterate the uk's solidarity with israel, but discuss how to prevent further escalation of violence in the middle east. the prime minister saying iran is intent on sowing chaos in his own backyard. further destabilising the middle east. here at home, 534 migrants were intercepted while crossing the english channel yesterday. that makes it the highest number of crossings on a single day so far this year. it means the

number of small boat arrivals this year now stands at a provisional total of 6625, and it comes as the government's flagship rwanda policy returns to parliament, with mps due to debate. the latest amendments by peers . and within the last half peers. and within the last half an hour, we've heard a judge has ordered prince harry to pay 90% of home office legal costs after losing a case concerning his personal security. the duke of sussex had argued the court should reduce the amount he was required to pay by more than half. he launched legal action against the home office for cutting his police protection after he stopped being a full time working of royal time working member of the royal family and in the states, donald trump has lost a second bid to remove the judge in his hush money criminal trial after claiming there a conflict of claiming there was a conflict of interest. the former us president has been charged in connection with a case which involves a payment to an adult film star. if convicted, he could face a maximum of four

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i >> welcome back. it's 438. i'm martin daubney. >> welcome back. it's 438. i'm martin daubney . this is gb news martin daubney. this is gb news now. oil prices surprising . fell now. oil prices surprising. fell this morning despite iran's reprisal attack on israel over the weekend. but escalating geopolitical tensions are still threatening to push those oil pnces threatening to push those oil prices up. with brent crude now trading at a high average of around $90 per barrel. a surge which could drive up fuel and energy costs around the world once again. well, joining me now in the studio is liam halligan gb news, economics and business editor with on the money . liam, editor with on the money. liam, always an absolute joy to have you here. you talk about this with huge authority. you always get it right . and the facts of get it right. and the facts of the matter is when these things

kick off in lands that seem far away, inevitably the impact is felt in british purses and pockets. tell us why this time? >> well, let's be completely clear, martin. the oil price has been cranking up quite a lot for quite a few months now, way before this attack on israel by iran. an unprecedented attack directly by israel, by iran on israel, not by proxies , not by israel, not by proxies, not by houthi rebels, not by hezbollah in lebanon, but directly from iran. so we are in new territory and what really happened over the weekend is i've literally just been on the on on the phone with somebody in iran , a very with somebody in iran, a very highly regarded journalist in iran , the regime is testing us iran, the regime is testing us out . the, the, the fact that out. the, the, the fact that they're attacking israel . yet they're attacking israel. yet they're attacking israel. yet they did give some warning to limit the human collateral damage, though, of course, any damage, though, of course, any damage on humankind is, is reprehensible, the oil price has

come. it hasn't actually gone to the moon today because i think international decision makers can see, okay, this probably isn't going to escalate. airlines are reinstate cutting flights in israeli airspace either today or tomorrow. no one's downplaying for a single second how important this is. i just called it unprecedented because it is. but the markets are understanding way before the media, as they always do. they're always ahead of the media. people were betting real money with genuine insight and knowledge, and if they get it wrong, they get the sack . so wrong, they get the sack. so it's a hard old world in financial markets in that sense. and they're thinking actually , and they're thinking actually, this probably isn't going to escalate. and that's why the oil price has behaved the way it was. but let's just have a quick look at a graphic because look at a graphic here, because i reaching for the i can see you reaching for the graphic with your eyes. you're saying to me, liam, where's the graphic gave them? i graphic we gave them? liam i crave there oil crave them and there it is, oil

turmoil. you go. the turmoil. there you go. the headune turmoil. there you go. the headline earning their turmoil. there you go. the headlirthere. earning their turmoil. there you go. the headlirthere. so earning their turmoil. there you go. the headlirthere. so let'sng their turmoil. there you go. the headlirthere. so let's be their turmoil. there you go. the headlirthere. so let's be clear, money there. so let's be clear, martin. the oil price was at $91 a barrel as we went into this weekend . i wrote a column in the weekend. i wrote a column in the sunday telegraph yesterday, a column which i actually wrote on friday before this attack, column which i actually wrote on friday lcrikey,his attack, column which i actually wrote on friday lcrikey, oil'sttack, column which i actually wrote on friday lcrikey, oil's $911, saying, crikey, oil's $91 a barrel. that's up 25% since mid—january. that's a 25% surge in mid—january. the oil price was $73 a barrel. so imagine a 25% increase in the main, most important fuel in the world. is it no wonder that petrol and diesel prices have been creeping up in the last few weeks. these higher oil prices, they push up inflation. course, we just inflation. of course, we just had an inflation number out of america at end of last america at the back end of last week. up from 3.2 to america at the back end of last wee that up from 3.2 to america at the back end of last wee that means) from 3.2 to america at the back end of last wee that means the m 3.2 to america at the back end of last wee that means the federal» 3.5. that means the federal reserve us central bank probably won't cut interest rates in the next month or two, which makes it as i show in the graphic, harder for the bank of england to cut interest rates any time

soon. now, if the bank of england cuts interest rates or raises interest rates or whatever it does, that's not going to impact iranian—israeli relations or global oil markets. of course it's not. but it's just really difficult sort of in terms of credibility for the central bank to be lowering interest rates when the oil price is going up, pushing headune price is going up, pushing headline inflation up rather than inflation coming down. now, when the inflation number comes out on wednesday for march, it will probably be, you know, quite low. it may even start with one a might be 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 or it might be 2.5. it will certainly be a lot closer to the bank of england's 2% target than it currently is. right. so that means that the bank of england should then be able to raise interest, lower interest rates very, very soon. but it can't if the oil price is high. and that's the danger here for everyone in the uk. anyone with a mortgage, anyone with any kind of debt, anyone with savings who maybe wants to see interest

rates high, what's rates stay high, what's happening between iran and israel, even though without downplaying it for one moment, there does seem to be a sense that escalations probably being contained. and that's demonstrated in the oil price. this still has the potential if it does really deteriorate. and there is an escalation, you're talking $100 oil, $120 oil. the sky's the limit if this escalates. but the signs are, for now, fingers and toes crossed that it isn't going to escalate . and that's not me escalate. and that's not me saying that. that's people in global who follow global oil markets who follow this stuff very, very closely 24 hours a day. >> liam halligan, as ever, complicated geopolitics, economics boiled down. so even people like me can understand. fantastic stuff. thanks for joining me. i'll be testing you later. the best mate. thank you. now, don't miss out on your chance to win a ten grand greek cruise. a luxury travel bundle and a whopping £10,000 in cash

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>> tonight on farage. live at 7 pm. on gb news. an exclusive interview with liz truss. and i promise you, she doesn't hold back. >> i was the only conservative in the room. yeah >> welcome back. it's 448. i'm martin daubney on gb news with my name in front of me. now, lots of you have been writing in and i'll be reading out some of those comments shortly. but first, and road safety first, the rac and road safety campaigners are urging ministers to scrap smart motorways and

reinstate hard shoulders with concerns over their safety. now, over 50 deaths are now being unked over 50 deaths are now being linked to the road scheme , and linked to the road scheme, and this comes a year after prime minister rishi sunak slashed all future smart motorway developments across the country. well, i'm joined now by claire mercer, spokesperson for smart motorways kill claire, welcome to the show. now, i understand you tragically lost your husband on a smart motorway. and since then, you made it your life's mission to try and get rid of the things. tell me why you think they need to go . think they need to go. >> because what started as a small incident that should have just been a bad start to the day, turned into an absolute catastrophe that took the lives of one of which was of two people, one of which was only 22 years old, and it was just a minor bump. but because there was no hard shoulder so they couldn't get their vehicles out the live running line, and there nothing over the

there was nothing over the barrier that except 30 foot there was nothing over the barrietheyt except 30 foot there was nothing over the barriethey couldn't 30 foot there was nothing over the barriethey couldn't get foot there was nothing over the barriethey couldn't get outt there was nothing over the barriethey couldn't get out of. drop. they couldn't get out of. they couldn't go over the barrier. then a minor bump turned into a horrific catastrophe . catastrophe. >> and many people, claire, who've broken down on smart motorways, my mrs. broke down the fuel injectors, went my mrs. and kids were in a car. i was petrified, luckily there was an ability for them to get over the barrier and get into a field, but the car took so long to get picked up over four hours. they were freezing cold. how do you think these ideas ever got off the ground? claire? what in what world is removing a hard shoulder an essential safety feature? in what world did that ever get signed off? >> i have no idea. i don't understand how it even got into the planning stage, because it should. you know , somebody should. you know, somebody brought it up at a meeting somewhere, and then people have just gone with it, and it should have shot down first have been shot down in the first mention, just mention, because it's not just that , you mention, because it's not just that, you don't have any way to pull over, but how do emergency

vehicles get through? i mean, even it too for my even when it was too late for my husband alexander , who they husband and alexander, who they were, killed were, they were killed instantly. they they were instantly. but they they were killed at 815 in the morning, but bodies were still on but their bodies were still on the road at 5:00 at night because even get because they couldn't even get the coroner through with the coffins. can't get coffins. so if you can't get a coroner through once, it's too late, you can't get an ambulance through second late, you can't get an ambulance throughcan second late, you can't get an ambulance throughcan you second late, you can't get an ambulance throughcan you ? second counts, can you? >> well, claire, it's a devastating story for you to relay , and i'm grateful for you relay, and i'm grateful for you doing that. and also , you know, doing that. and also, you know, good on you for using that tragedy to spur you on to become a campaigner like this. how much would it mean to you if, if these motorways were struck off on a personal level, would you feel like you'd really achieved something on behalf of your late husband then? indeed, all the other bereaved families who've lost loved ones to smart motorways? >> well, yes. i mean, it would just mean that jason's death wasn't in complete vain, you know , at least at least we'd know, at least at least we'd managed to achieve something from that. i do get other families of people that are

injured, or you know, lost someone contacting me, but most of the they're to they're of the time they're to they're too broken by what has happened too broken by what has happened to out . but we do have to reach out. but we do have a small group that i call the broken hearts club. and between us, we keep fighting to make sure others do. because sure that no others do. because you mentioned, sunak's announcement last year. well, i'm now in contact with two people that have been horrifically injured since his announcement . so, you know, announcement. so, you know, we've just got, you know, sunak dismissing a year ago. yeah, we'll sort it. and in that time, two more people have been maimed and others killed. and countless others killed. i mean, the killed figure is a lot more than it was 53 that more than 50. it was 53 that i knew of over two years ago. and that's why i took 53 coffins to westminster. but it just keeps going up and up and up, and it's not going to improve . and these not going to improve. and these patch job that they keep applying like extra refuge areas, they don't do anything. your car is not going to break down where it's convenient and it doesn't help the emergency vehicles get through either. >> claire, we know that

>> now, claire, we know that rishi sunaks team watch the show , what would you like to say to him ? him? >> flick the switch. just flick the switch. it would take a second. that's all you need to do. it doesn't cost hundreds of thousands. it doesn't cost the £980 million that they've allocated to keep compromising and sticking plaster jobs on and sticking plasterjobs on these things. just flick the switch and turn the turn. the first lane off. now >> okay. claire mercer, thank you so much forjoining us on the show and being so candid and open with your story. spokesperson for smart motorways kill there. now i've had a load of emails from you guys. i'll get through a quick couple here, on iran's attack on israel, nicholas says this israel could ask rishi, you can't even protect your own borders. how can you protect and lecture us on ours? and david says there's a clear narrative going on here. iran advertises that it will attack israel with hundreds of missiles and drones, and the allies shoot all down,

allies then shoot them all down, mostly before they even reach israel. next thing , mr sunak is israel. next thing, mr sunak is jumping up and telling us he saved the world from disaster. a bit of a cynical take there, i think paula says this israel isn't fighting a country. they are fighting an ideology that spread across the globe and even reached british streets. keith says this if we don't deal with iran now, then we will have to deal with them later at a greater cost. in life. iran seems to be behind all of the trouble in the middle east. now plenty to bring you up in the next hour. we'll be discussing more in iran, of course. rwanda. that's ping pong back to the house of commons for votes. will a single flight ever get off the ground? and of course, prince harry, who's just lost a right of an appeal, he's lost a legal case, will have a full update on that. we've got tons to get through in the next hour. before all that , keep your views all of that, keep your views

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. and a happy monday. it's 5 pm. and a happy monday. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of all across the of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show, as the world stares down the barrel of all out war in the middle east, prime minister rishi sunak announces that he will speak. he will speak the israeli will speak with the israeli prime minister later today and insists that western allies to de—escalate the situation . and de—escalate the situation. and indeed, it's been a busy day for the prime minister as once again his rwanda flagship poll, the bill once again ping pongs back to the house of commons the day after a record 534 arrived by small boats. the big question is will a single flight ever leave

for rwanda? and as donald trump's trial for alleged hush money paid to porn star stormy daniels kicks off in new york, we'll ask can the former president ever get a fair trial ? president ever get a fair trial? and there's news of a high court defeat for prince harry. and that's all coming up in your next hour. well, it was the show. always an absolute joy to have your company. so the prime minister, rishi sunak , spoke earlier about rishi sunak, spoke earlier about the escalating tensions in the middle east, asking for calm heads echoed by sir keir starmer , the leader of the opposition. what does that mean for us here in britain? iran sent over 300 drones directly, an unprecedented attack on to israel. and yet the world seems to be saying you have no real right to respond. keep calm and carry wonder , would say, carry on. i wonder, would say, would they say the same thing if

over 300 drones had come across their border? should we get involved in this this war in a far away land, or can we afford can we not afford to get involved ? after all, it would involved? after all, it would mean utility mean soaring oil prices, utility pnces mean soaring oil prices, utility prices and hitting us in our pockets here in britain. get in touch all the usual ways and there's a new way you can get in touch. you send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay log on. you'll see my mush. drop some comments and i'll read out a bunch before the end of the show. but before all of that , show. but before all of that, it's show. but before all of that, wsfime show. but before all of that, it's time for your news headunes headlines and it's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is, as you've been hearing, minister has hearing, the prime minister has been saying he's going to be urging counterpart urging his israeli counterpart to show restraint following iran's drone and missile attack on israel. rishi sunak told the house of commons this afternoon

he's going to be speaking to benjamin netanyahu later on today. benjamin netanyahu later on today . he'll be reiterating the today. he'll be reiterating the uk's solidarity with israel, but also discussing how to prevent an escalation of violence in the region. the prime minister says iran is intent on sowing chaos in its own backyard , further in its own backyard, further destabilising the middle east. mr speaker, with this attack, iran has once again shown its true colours . true colours. >> they are intent on sowing chaos in their own backyard and on further destabilising the middle east. our aim is to support stability and security because it is right for the region and because, although the middle east is thousands of miles away, it has a direct effect on our security and prosperity at home. so we are working urgently with our allies to de—escalate the situation and prevent further bloodshed . prevent further bloodshed. >> well, the prime minister's words were echoed by the labour leader , sir keir starmer, to leader, sir keir starmer, to speaker can be no doubt

speaker there can be no doubt that the attack perpetrated by iranian forces this weekend has left the world a more dangerous place. >> it targeted innocent civilians with a clear intent to destabilise the region. it must be wholly condemned by all but mr speaker, let us also be clear. a full scale conflict in the middle east is in no one's interest right now. >> in other news, today, 534 migrants were intercepted while crossing the english channel yesterday, making it the highest number of crossings on a single day. so far this year. that means the number of small boat arrivals this year now stands at arrivals this year now stands at a provisional total of 6625. it comes as the government's flagship rwanda policy returns to parliament, with mps due to debate the latest amendments by peers this evening . now a judge

peers this evening. now a judge has ordered prince harry to pay 90% of home office legal costs after losing a case over his personal security. the duke of sussex had argued the court should reduce the amount he was required to pay by more than half. he launched legal action against the home office for cutting his police protection , cutting his police protection, after he stopped being a full time working member of the royal family. he in the united states, donald trump has lost a second bid to remove the judge in his so—called hush money criminal trial. he claimed the presiding judge in the case had a conflict of interest because his daughter works for a political consulting firm with democrats btec clients. the former us president has been charged in connection with a case involving a payment to an adult film star arriving at the court a little earlier on today, he described the start of the trial as an assault on america . america. >> this is political persecution. this is a

persecution. this is a persecution like never before. nobody's ever seen anything like it. and again, it's a case that should have never been brought. it's an assault on america and staying in the united states. >> the fbi has confirmed it has opened a criminal investigation. now into the baltimore bridge collapse. six people were killed when a cargo ship lost power , when a cargo ship lost power, veered out of control and hit the structure last month, a spokesperson says. fbi agents have now been on board the vessel. earlier, the washington post suggested the investigation will look at whether or not the crew knew the ship had serious problems with its systems before it left port. here, two men have been jailed after police discovered cocaine hidden inside blocks of cheese . the class a blocks of cheese. the class a drugs with a street value of just over £17 million, were seized after officers raided a unit in blackburn in lancashire last may, making the discovery. saleem chowdhury has been jailed

for 27.5 years for admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine, as well as money laundering, while rochdale mohabbath was jailed for 16 years. that's the latest news. for the latest stories do sign up to gb news alerts, scan that qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> thank you polly. now there's only one story in town today, and rishi sunak will urge israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to show restraint in response to iran's missile and drone barrage, amid concerns the middle east crisis could spiral out of control. and iran sent around 350 drones and ballistic missiles at israel, and a small number were shot down by raf jets . and mr sunak told mps that jets. and mr sunak told mps that iran showed its true colours with the attack, and that the uk

was working with allies to de—escalate situation . de—escalate the situation. >> it was a reckless and dangerous escalation . if it had dangerous escalation. if it had succeeded the fallout for regional security and the toll on israeli citizens would have been catastrophic, mr speaker, with this attack, iran has once again shown its true colours as they are intent on sowing chaos in their own backyard and on further destabilising the middle east. our aim is to support stability and security because it is right for the region and because, although the middle east is thousands of miles away, it has a direct effect on our security and prosperity at home. so we are working urgently with our allies to de—escalate the situation and prevent further bloodshed . bloodshed. >> in response, sir keir starmer said a full blown conflict in the middle east is in no one's interests . well, join me now is interests. well, join me now is the ceo of the jewish news syndicate , alex traiman. alex,

syndicate, alex traiman. alex, welcome to the show . welcome to the show. >> thank you so much for having me . me. >> it's an absolute pleasure. so, british prime minister rishi sunak a short while ago said in the house of commons, that it is israel's right, its duty to destroy hamas, while at the same time saying this is a moment for restraint. may i ask you , alex, restraint. may i ask you, alex, how does it feel when israel is subjected to an unprecedented barrage of drones and missiles directly from iran? for the first time, not via proxies such as hamas, hezbollah or the houthis, but a direct attack? and yet, around the world, people are asking you to restrain yourselves . how does restrain yourselves. how does that make you feel? >> well, i think that you said here that we've been attacked by these three proxies, which are all funded by iran for months, these three proxies, which are all six ded by iran for months, these three proxies, which are all six months, 'an for months, these three proxies, which are all six months, relentlessly 1s, for six months, relentlessly attacks from hamas, hezbollah, the houthis, all of which are being organised, orchestrated by iran. and now iran is shot

ballistic missiles at us that reach israel in ten minutes time. you know, if even one of those had gotten through and it could have destroyed an entire city block, and they sent over 100 ballistic missiles and the largest amount of drone attacks everin largest amount of drone attacks ever in the history, people don't want a war, open war between israel and iran, but iran continues to develop this axis of fire, axis of terror around israel, and at the same time are developing nuclear weapons. there will be a war in the middle east. israel has the has obligation to make sure has the obligation to make sure that that war happens before iran has deliverable nuclear weapons, that it could put on top of those ballistic warheads . top of those ballistic warheads. >> and do you feel that this is the , the ayatollah the iranians, the ayatollah testing the west, do they sense weakness in the west? no desire, perhaps, for an enraged political escalation of this, because we have a presidential election in america. we have a european wide elections in a couple of months time. we, of course, have a general election in britain. and yet it

constantly seems, alex traiman, that behind the scenes it always seems to be iran stoking up the tensions . tensions. >> absolutely. they're they're testing israel's resolve right now, and they are testing, the united states and the uk. if there's no response to this, iran is going to be able to claim an incredible victory to its people that israel depends solely on the united states and the uk and others for its defence, and that they can bully, and the regional bully, and become the regional hegemony in this in this middle eastern region , they're eastern region, they're certainly testing. if they get away with it, you can assure , be away with it, you can assure, be assured, that this will be the new status quo, and they will only continue to escalate attacks israel via proxies attacks on israel via proxies or directly future . directly in the future. >> but, alex, a direct assault on iran could lead to a full escalation across the region. what would you like to see happen? >> well, i mean, how are we not already in a full escalation again, you know, we've seen the destabilisation of iraq, syria ,

destabilisation of iraq, syria, lebanon, yemen, gaza, israel is being simultaneously being hit by by five countries. you know, we had, missiles coming at us from iraq the other night. in addition to iran by from yemen, from lebanon at the same time. i mean, what what will it for take the world to not think we're already in this full fledged conflict? know , if we want already in this full fledged co calm’ know , if we want already in this full fledged co calm the know , if we want already in this full fledged co calm the tensions,f we want already in this full fledged co calm the tensions, great/ant to calm the tensions, great israel to that . israel would be open to that. have all the proxies stop firing on we can get to on israel and then we can get to a situation of quiet in the region . region. >> okay. super. thanks for joining us. live from jerusalem and that was alex traiman, who's the ceo of the jewish news syndicate. thank you very much for on show. and for joining us on the show. and sir keir starmer said in the house of commons that a full blown conflict in the middle east is not in anyone's interests. >> we support the defensive action taken by the uk over the weekend alongside our international allies, against the iranian attacks on israel , the iranian attacks on israel, and we welcome the prime minister's call for restraint .

minister's call for restraint. but once again, we all salute the professionalism and bravery of our armed forces. a full scale conflict in the middle east is in no one's interest. it is a path that can only lead to more bloodshed, more instability and the unleashing of forces that are beyond the ability of anyone to control . and anyone to control. and >> well, i'm now joined by the executive director of the henry jackson society, doctor alan mendoza . welcome to the show, mendoza. welcome to the show, doctor mendoza. so we've just seen the prime minister, rishi sunak, calling for calm sentiment, echoed by the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer. and yet we spoke to a correspondent in jerusalem there saying what right does the west have israel to tell it to calm down? and historic barrage of drones and ballistic missiles and continually, it seems, those pulling the levers of the tensions of the iranians? >> well, yes. i mean, iran is

quite clearly the malefactor in the region. it is quite clearly the region. it is quite clearly the country that is causing disturbance not just to its neighbours , but far beyond as neighbours, but far beyond as well. and i have some sympathy, obviously, view from obviously, for the view from jerusalem the jerusalem on this were the missile and drone barrage that israel, was subjected to on saturday night coming to our shores. i can't believe for a moment that, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition would be suggesting that we sit back and do nothing. now obviously, want see obviously, we don't want to see war. who wants war. there's no no one who wants to escalation . but the to see an escalation. but the reality that for 75 years, to see an escalation. but the realstate that for 75 years, to see an escalation. but the realstate lhi israel'5 years, to see an escalation. but the realstate thilsrael hasears, to see an escalation. but the realstate thilsrael has survived the state of israel has survived in a hostile environment by taking like iran taking threats like iran seriously rather than sitting back. and it's not going to do something different this time, particularly when that has particularly when that state has repeatedly called for its eradication. >> and you believe, doctor >> and do you believe, doctor mendoza, that if we appear impotent to the iranians over this, it could have an impact on british streets? a report out today by the policy exchange think tank showing that the

islamic centre of england, based in london and maida vale, received a quarter of £1 million of covid relief during the pandemic , despite having £4 pandemic, despite having £4 million in the bank calling itself the voice of iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah on london's streets. we have to appear resolute and strong, do we not? because this could have an impact on british streets. >> well, yes, the reality is , >> well, yes, the reality is, unfortunately, that iran has established its agents on uk soil for some time. and we know this not simply because of linkages like the one you've just discussed, which have been known for some time, but we've also seen it in the assassination attempts against iranian journalists in exile in london, the threats to iranians in exile in london from other sources. so we know that iran has got agents on the ground here. we know that iran is looking to spread its malign influence in the uk as well, and spark incidents here. so it makes perfect sense that we do start to crack down on iran

rather than appease it and allow it continue down this it to continue down this dangerous that the regime it to continue down this detaking.; that the regime it to continue down this detaking. it that the regime is taking. it >> so into me, doctor mendoza , >> so into me, doctor mendoza, was that the islamic centre of england have been discovered as being behind the protests outside schools , particularly outside schools, particularly the batley grammar school protest. three years on, that teacher is still in hiding. do you think it's acceptable that, groups such as the islamic centre of england, who are even allowed to operate in britain if they're behind such events, such as that where people's livelihoods are ended, they are forced into hiding via what appears to be back door blasphemy laws. and yet they still operate. still no action is taken. is that right ? is taken. is that right? >> well, that particular institution has been under charity commission investigation for some time, ever since there was vigil there for the was a vigil there for the murdered terrorist qassem soleimani. and so that put them firmly in the sight of the charity commission. but this new

report will no doubt add fuel to the idea that we the fire of the idea that we should not be allowing british charities have foreign charities that have foreign linkages in this way that might even dictated to by foreign even be dictated to by foreign powers, and then perhaps get out on the streets of the uk and try and disrupt at british life. thatis and disrupt at british life. that is clearly something that should cracked down on should be cracked down on immediately. there are measures the government could about the government could take about charities . there are charities like that. there are measures the government could take, irgc take, like proscribing the irgc straight away to send a message to is enough. to iran that enough is enough. we're tolerate it we're not going to tolerate it any more any longer. >> stuff. thank for >> great stuff. thank you for joining us on the show. doctor alan mendoza, director alan mendoza, executive director at the henry jackson society. thank you. i get lots more of that story on our website. and thanks to you . gbnews.com is the thanks to you. gbnews.com is the fastest growing national news website in the country. it's got breaking news and all of the brilliant analysis that you've come to expect from us here @gbnews so thank you very much. now to a setback for prince harry in his initial bid to bnng harry in his initial bid to bring an appeal has been refused

after he lost a high court challenge over a decision to change the level of his personal security when he visits the uk. well, i'm joined now by gb news royal correspondent cameron walker. cameron a defeat for prince harry. bring us up to speed. >> back slightly in february , >> back slightly in february, the court dismissed prince harry's claim against the home office over its decision not to provide him with the same degree of police protection when he is in the uk. then the judge in the uk. and then the judge ordered prince harry to pay all of the office's legal of the home office's legal costs, which clearly comes from taxpayers money, which was reported by the telegraph with a freedom of information request to be more than half £1 million. now, prince harry's lawyers argued that prince harry should not have to pay between 50 and 60% of those legal costs. that is because they say the home

office delayed providing the relevant information about the committee, which makes the decision about prince harry's change in security arrangements, which meant that prince harry's team had then had to refile claims and presents more evidence, which became part of his challenge. the judge agrees that the home office, the home office's delay, was, in his words, sanctionable, but did not agree that the cost should be slashed by more than half. so in summary, prince harry is liable to pay 90% of the home office's costs, which the judge describes sir peter lane as modest but still significant, still a significant reduction. so what happens now? well, the high court has refused. prince harry, as you said, your introduction permission to appeal to the court of appeal to prince harry permission to appeal to the coweitherppeal to prince harry permission to appeal to the coweither give. to prince harry permission to appeal to the coweither give up prince harry permission to appeal to the coweither give up orince harry permission to appeal to the coweither give up or he; harry permission to appeal to the coweither give up or he can rry permission to appeal to the coweither give up or he can ask can either give up or he can ask the of appeal directly to the court of appeal directly to give the green light for him to bnng give the green light for him to bring another challenge. >> want to watch? thank you, as even >> want to watch? thank you, as ever, for bringing us up to speed. that's gb news royal speed. and that's gb news royal correspondent cameron walker. excellent . now there's

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news. now, later in the show , news. now, later in the show, across live to the united states. to get reaction to that, donald trial, which is donald trump trial, which is going on as we speak. full reaction as it happens. but before that, the rwanda bill is back in the house of commons once again today, and mps are discussing the flagship legislation after the government suffered a number of defeats in the house of lords last month. this comes as 534 migrants were intercepted while crossing the engush intercepted while crossing the english channel yesterday alone. the highest number of crossings on a single day so far this yean on a single day so far this year, putting the total now to around about 6250. well, i'm joined now by our political edhon joined now by our political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to the show . so, chris, welcome to the show. so, chris, it's groundhog day round and round we go back, back. the rwanda bill comes. would it limp through time ? through this time? >> that's right in my hands. here are the seven different

changes to the safety of rwanda bill made by members of the house of lords. in a few hours time. members of parliament. mps will probably vote to reject all seven and send them back to the house of commons. there has been some movement here though. this is time it's is the second time it's happened. some happened. there has been some movement today from the government , home secretary government, home secretary james cleverly government cleverly has said the government will publish if the lords accept this , an annual report on the this, an annual report on the impact of the rwanda bill on modern slavery and trafficking victims. that's to try and get baroness butler—sloss to drop one of her amendments to this bill, other amendments are looking for the law to try to get the government to be forced to declare rwanda unilateral, be a safe country, have due regard for international law and exempting afghan illegally arrived migrants who come here from being flown to rwanda if they've worked alongside the british, many in the labour party thought that that last one

would have been supported by the government. but the government is firm on all seven and is holding firm on all seven and at wills on. at the battle of wills goes on. this democracy . it's this is called democracy. it's the elected mps against the unelected peers. but the hope of the whips, the government whips at the moment is that by thursday all this will be settled and the safety of rwanda bill will be on the statute book and then it's up to the courts and then it's up to the courts and lots of solicitors will be sharpening their quills, their pens and getting ready to try and find ways to stop . maybe as and find ways to stop. maybe as many as 150 legally arrived migrants being sent to rwanda for the first time. and that moment will be a moment of celebration for conservatives and some concern for and maybe some concern for laboun and maybe some concern for labour. labour has said if they win power, they will axe the rwanda plan, even if it's proven to be a success. so they don't want any. i doubt they don't. they don't want this take off they don't want this to take off and to be a success. and the government, of course, is hoping they election, they can fight the election, saying for the saying vote for us and for the rwanda other rwanda scheme because the other lot will axe it. >> well, christopher, i admire

your optimism. will, though, sharpen quills, be entering the hide of the prime minister. will this be death by a thousand paper cuts with of paper cuts with echoes of brexit? chris hope, thanks for joining us live from westminster hall. now in the hall. i'm joined now in the studio by former studio by the former parliamentary under—secretary of state for immigration, kevin foster. kevin welcome to the studio. round and round we go . studio. round and round we go. more ping pong than the paris olympics. it feels like this bill been back and forth, bill has been back and forth, back and forth, back forth. bill has been back and forth, bathisnd forth, back forth. bill has been back and forth, bathis the orth, back forth. bill has been back and forth, bathis the end back forth. bill has been back and forth, bathis the end game? forth. bill has been back and forth, bathis the end game? are orth. bill has been back and forth, bathis the end game? are wei. is this the end game? are we finally going to get the rwanda bill over the line? >> well, i hope so. i think what we'll see later today is a fairly firm majorities in the house to reject the house of commons to reject the lords amendments. and let's be clear what the lords amendments are about. these aren't about tweaking or telling are about. these aren't about tw< something or telling are about. these aren't about tw< something could or telling are about. these aren't about tw< something could be telling are about. these aren't about tw< something could be written us something could be written slightly better. they're about trying sabotage the whole trying to sabotage the whole plan by opening up routes to challenge, chances challenge, giving people chances to claim things, to delay being removed. of removed. that's what a lot of what a lot of this is about. so hopefully, colleagues, we'll have majorities

have a big some firm majorities to send to the lords. to send this back to the lords. and peers and then hopefully the peers will finally get the message that this is now time let that this is now time to let this through the this go through and let the government get on with dealing with comes on with an issue that comes up on the in the doorsteps that's in our mailbags people mailbags and that people want to see dealt with. >> for mentioning the >> forgive me for mentioning the b word, this feel like b word, but this does feel like brexit the lords brexit all over again. the lords lords revolting. denying what the people want. and are we about to repeat history in that sense? we're going to see the ngos, the charities , the ngos, the charities, the lawyers, the luvvies, the lineker ites, all the usual suspects. are they going to go into overdrive and just do everything they can to frustrate this? >> well, i think you're right, martin. we'll certainly see a range of people make all sorts of attempts to try and block this. one of the things they probably won't be doing is rushing home rushing to ring up the home office volunteer take office to volunteer, to take part in the community sponsorship perhaps part in the community spons( someone perhaps part in the community spons( someone themselves 1aps part in the community spons( someone themselves selves. house someone themselves selves. but what we will see is them is various check the various attempts to check the difference with the core difference with brexit. the core difference this time round is the clear the government has a clear majority in the of commons majority in the house of commons that reject

that it can exercise to reject lords amendments and say to peers that this voice of peers that this is the voice of the elected house. it's the voice of what the british people want is want to see done, and it is now time bill time to let this bill pass. >> we get the bill. >> okay, we may get the bill. have we got the will? have we got get this done? got the will to get this done? because all the tough talking so far has amounted to not a single sausage being flown to rwanda , sausage being flown to rwanda, not a single asylum seeker, nobody has gone there. chris hoban, political editor, has got a bet with rishi sunak. a single pint of beer that nobody will be flown to rwanda before the general election . what do you reckon? >> well, i think we can get this done, but you're absolutely right, martin. we now need, once we through, we got the legislation through, we now need to get on and deliver . and it possible to deliver. and it is possible to get underway. what get this plan underway. and what we need is if i was still in the home i'd be looking home office, i'd be looking at having one, a pool of people ready processed, go ready to be processed, to go through decision making where we've made number we've already made a number of decisions. around decisions. well, perhaps around cases to fence off attempts to suddenly that suddenly remember things that they, funnily enough, didn't think to mention to the home office before until they knew

they a they were getting on a on a plane rwanda. i'd be game plane to rwanda. i'd be game planning, working through all the scenarios of actually getting the plane off the ground. it will a big ground. it will be a big logistical operation to actually do done do it. you know, having done removal flights when i was in the home office, they are not easy things to do. this will be a lot of challenges around it. but yes, we can we can get this done need get on and done and we need to get on and deliver course this done and we need to get on and depart course this done and we need to get on and depart widercourse this done and we need to get on and depart wider solution is done and we need to get on and depart wider solution to is part of a wider solution to deaung is part of a wider solution to dealing boats in the dealing with the boats in the channel dealing with the boats in the channel, and it still means we still need to be engaging with france about what more they could to could do in their waters to stop people ultimately , people crossing, but ultimately, this is about breaking the fundamental that fundamental business model that people traffickers, which is, if you here, where can we then you get here, where can we then send you if we can't send you back france where you left, send you if we can't send you bewe france where you left, send you if we can't send you bewe can't nce where you left, send you if we can't send you bewe can't send/here you left, send you if we can't send you bewe can't send yous you left, send you if we can't send you bewe can't send you to>u left, send you if we can't send you bewe can't send you to yourzt, if we can't send you to your home country it's home country because it's someone a someone like a sad syria or a country refuses point blank country that refuses point blank to immigration returns to accept immigration returns that we now have, actually, there is a safe third country we can send you to that's an expert in refugee resettlement and those that breaks that fundamental model that

fundamental business model that the small boats, small boats crisis on. okay kevin crisis is based on. okay kevin foster, i admire your optimism and get the and let's hope you get the result you want. >> but there's lots more >> but still, there's lots more to between now and 6:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'll between now and 6:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'll tellneen now and 6:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'll tell your now and 6:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'll tell you why. and 6:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'll tell you why. young:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'llare l you why. young:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'llare saying/hy. young:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'llare saying ouryoung:00. >> but still, there's lots more to i'llare saying ouryowto:00. people are saying our vie to saying to the uk are moving to the fatherland, they're clearing off to germany. why is that ? but off to germany. why is that? but first, it's time for your latest news headlines. and polly news headlines. and it's polly middlehurst. >> let's bring you up to date then with the latest top stories this hour. the prime minister says he's going to be urging his israeli to show israeli counterpart to show restraint following iran's drone and on israel. and missile attack on israel. rishi sunak told the commons he's going to be speaking with benjamin netanyahu later on today reiterate both the uk's today to reiterate both the uk's solidarity with the country, but also to discuss how to prevent further escalation of violence in the region . the prime in the region. the prime minister saying iran is intent on, quote , sowing chaos in its on, quote, sowing chaos in its own backyard, further destabilise the middle east. 534

migrants were intercepted while crossing the english channel yesterday. that makes it the highest number of crossings on a single day so far this year. it also means the number of small boat arrivals in the uk now stands at a provisional total of 6625, and it comes as the government's flagship rwanda policy returns to parliament once again , with mps due to once again, with mps due to debate. the latest amendments by peers and a judge has ordered prince harry to pay 90% of home office legal costs after losing a case over his personal security. the duke of sussex had argued the court should reduce the amount he was required to pay by the amount he was required to pay by more than half. he launched legal action against the home office for cutting his police after being police protection, after being stopped from being a full time working the royal working member of the royal family, and donald trump has lost a second bid to remove the judge in his so—called hush money criminal trial after claiming there was a conflict of interest. the former us president has been charged in

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it's not working . i loved it's not working. i loved arguing, i loved arguing, i spent all my time arguing. i hate being told what to do, and i hate the government telling other what to do. other people what to do. >> and yes, she voted remain but said liked the spirit of brexit. >> i like it, i like the it was disruptive. i yeah, exactly. and i enjoyed the sort of popular sentiment of it and the fact that people were actually engaging in politics and on a major british institution. >> she says we should abolish it. should we stick with the supreme court? >> no, we should abolish it. should we? we should abolish it. >> at p.m. should we? we should abolish it. >> at pm. on gb news should we? we should abolish it. >> liz at pm. on gb news should we? we should abolish it. >> liz trussat pm. on gb news should we? we should abolish it. >> liz truss unfilteredyn gb news should we? we should abolish it. >> liz truss unfiltered . gb news for liz truss unfiltered. >> welcome back. it's 5.39. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news now. donald trump is currently on trial in new york and the first president to face criminal charges in his case involving hush money allegedly paid to stormy daniels . well,

paid to stormy daniels. well, when he arrived at court earlier, trump said the case was an outrage and political persecution. we'd expect that, wouldn't you? well, join me now to share the details . this gb to share the details. this gb news america's video editor, steve edgington . steve, welcome steve edgington. steve, welcome to the show. an absolute delight. so it's certainly grabbed all the headlines. what's happening today ? what's been happening today? >> well, came to court today basically so that they could start to pick the jury for the trial that's upcoming. now, trump faces several criminal trials. this is the only one that he'll likely face before the election in november. and what it's about is that basically, trump's campaign gave $130,000 to a porn star, stormy daniels, allegedly to cover up some kind of, affair or something that happened in 2006. and trump has now being put on trial in new york over allegations that basically, his campaign didn't file the payment

properly. so these are campaign finance, sort of criminal conviction , but based on conviction, but based on campaign finance regulations . campaign finance regulations. and trump, you know, he says that as you rightly say, he says the democrats are going after him. he says the judge is biased and should recuse himself because his daughter, worked for the democrats . and the judge the democrats. and the judge himself also gave money to the democrats and joe biden. very small amount of money, but still . so trump says all of these criminal convictions are basically, a political, politically motivated from the democrats to try and shut him down ahead of november. >> superb. that's steve edgington. thanks for joining >> superb. that's steve edgington. thanks forjoining us from washington dc. an excellent journalist. and we've seen plenty of steve. of course, plenty more of steve. of course, before on november before that election on november the 5th promises to be fireworks. i'm sure now in the studio by jennifer ewing, who's a for republicans a spokesperson for republicans overseas uk. always a delight to have you. thanks for having me.

the studio is there a very, very real prospect that donald trump could lose his case? he could be prosecuted because he's in new york. it's a it's a state very , york. it's a it's a state very, very stacked against him. could this go badly wrong for donald trump? >> look, it could and i think the case cuts both ways. right. we've seen that the left very much thinks that all of these cases are going to sort of discredit donald trump. right. but all it's doing is discrediting one of our fine institutions, which is the criminal justice system. it's very, very transparently political, right. and even people who are not fans of donald trump are saying, let the voters decide , right? a jury in voters decide, right? a jury in new york, which, as you said, very, you know, one sided, i believe it voted, new york city, 88% for biden. right. so it's the jury is most likely, you know, not going to be in favour of donald trump. so it could go wrong for him, that's what we'll be watching over today. you know, it's the start of the jury selection that's really

important. i'm told that they were given 42 pages of things that could ask and not ask that they could ask and not ask to get a feel, you know, while the lawyers decide who they want to put on the jury, the one thing they have been told not to ask, which find ask, however, which i find interesting, is who they voted for in 2020, which think it's for in 2020, which i think it's relevant. right since we have the rematch again, that would be something to know. they talk about social and other things. >> ask you, jennifer, how >> can i ask you, jennifer, how on earth do you find a jury in new that doesn't an new york that doesn't have an opinion about donald trump? i mean, the most opinion about donald trump? i mean, people the most opinion about donald trump? i mean, people in the most opinion about donald trump? i mean, people in all; most opinion about donald trump? i mean, people in all; namerica . famous people in all of america. he resides in new york. trump tower there. nobody's short tower is there. nobody's short of an opinion. is it even possible to get a jury that's never heard of him or is neutral? >> no, i don't, it's the answer. no it's not, you know, and i think, look , this entire thing think, look, this entire thing is the process is the punishment . what they what are they getting out of this? even if they don't get a conviction ? they don't get a conviction? they're getting weeks. they're getting 6 to 8 weeks. where president where in this jail, president trump, former president trump must show up single must show up every single day

for the case. it's not like a civil trial where you don't have to show up . so they're getting to show up. so they're getting him off the campaign trail for 6 to 8 weeks in the lead up to an election . that's election interference. >> trump is found >> now, if trump is found against, presumably he would appeal. this would get shoved down the road. would that go beyond november? the fifth and the presidential election? any road it could. >> and if you look, they've tried to rush everything, you know, to get done before, to do as much damage as possible before the election. and it does matter, you know, even though this is the weakest of all the cases.i this is the weakest of all the cases. i mean, let's be honest, this an nda case, right? cases. i mean, let's be honest, this somebody|se, right? cases. i mean, let's be honest, this somebody paying|t? cases. i mean, let's be honest, this somebody paying somebody about somebody paying somebody to, not disclose an alleged affair. this has been going on since alexander hamilton , you since alexander hamilton, you know, was, paying, i believe the husband of somebody he had an affair with. so while it's not savoury , it's frivolous. and, savoury, it's frivolous. and, i think it's going to backfire on the left. >> i was about to ask you that

because historically, until now, at any rate, you know , there at any rate, you know, there hasn't really been a glove land on fact , every on trump's chin. in fact, every time he appears in court, it seems to boost his coffers, boost his ratings. is that is that happening now? >> absolutely . i think they >> oh, absolutely. i think they sent fundraising message sent out a fundraising message today to get people to start sending more campaign money. and of course, we know that that mug shot that ended up on t shirts and baseball hats and everything raised absolute fortune. and raised an absolute fortune. and to your point about every time this happens, he he sort of does better. you know, you look back, what, nine months ago and, ron desantis trump were sort of desantis and trump were sort of neck and neck. and then all of a sudden these very , sort of sudden these very, sort of politicised indictments started coming trump zoomed coming out and trump zoomed ahead. because, again, if you are a fair person , which are a fair minded person, which i'd like to think most americans are, you can see, that this is wrong. if you don't like trump, don't vote for him in november. >> okay. well, thanks for joining studio. joining us in the studio. jennifer , spokesperson for jennifer ewing, spokesperson for republicans overseas always republicans overseas uk, always a delight to have you in the

studio. thank you. now loads of you have been getting in touch today using our new web page, gbnews.com forward slash your say. to read out say. and i'm going to read out some of those comments in a few minutes. coming minutes. loads have been coming in. i martin daubney on gb news, britain's

>> earlier on breakfast. >> earlier on breakfast. >> we're all still talking about those drone attacks in israel on saturday night. we stand by the right for israel to defend itself and will step up, as we did over the weekend. >> development of the iron dome defence system is really being done as much in america as it's being done in israel. >> the people in israel were in their bomb shelters. and, and it was a it was a particular, stressful time, with the sounds of drones and planes overhead the entire night long. >> this is harry's one. but there was meghan centre stage, and she stood there with holding the treasurer from six.

>> it's breakfast on gb news. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> welcome back. it's 550. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now is it time to say our vie design to the united kingdom? well, grand designs tv presenter kevin mccloud has told britain's struggling first time buyers to move to germany, where the housing market apparently is healthy. well, joining me now to discuss this is property expert russell quirk. russell. welcome to the show. always an absolute joy- to the show. always an absolute joy. now, kevin mcleod is famed for his, stance on remain. let's not make this about brexit though. does he have a point? should young brits be leaving the motherland instead to the motherland and instead go to the motherland and instead go to the fatherland , no he doesn't. the fatherland, no he doesn't. i think he should stick to architecture. and, one programs about weird and wonderful properties across britain, the reality is, i mean, germany , reality is, i mean, germany, ironically, has got one of the

weakest economies in europe right now. britain is far stronger economically than germany , but the really odd germany, but the really odd thing is germany is very famous for being a rental market or a market dominated by rental, and in fact, the rate of home ownership, as in owner occupancy in germany is only 49% of the population actually own their own homes. in britain, it's about 65. so this is quite an odd and curious thing for kevin macleod to say , especially macleod to say, especially across the backdrop of news just last week from the bank of england that as a proportion of total buyers, first time buyers in britain are at pretty much their highest level ever. in britain are at pretty much their highest level ever . so their highest level ever. so i don't know what it is with kevin macleod. and maybe you know, the gary lineker's and the emma thompson's and the hugh grant's of this world, charlotte church and wanting to and so on that keep wanting to rubbish and talk down britain. why do they do that? and frankly, if they want to

continue to do that, why don't they go germany themselves? continue to do that, why don't the well, germany themselves? continue to do that, why don't the well, russell, ny themselves? continue to do that, why don't the well, russell, it themselves? continue to do that, why don't the well, russell, it can't selves? continue to do that, why don't the well, russell, it can't be ves? >> well, russell, it can't be that because, kevin macleod is also talked up the huge opportunities in holland, the netherlands , denmark, netherlands, denmark, scandinavia. in fact, almost every other north european country and canada, the markets are far healthier. there lots more diverse opportunities. it seems to be uniquely britain that's going down the toilet . that's going down the toilet. >> well, look, i'm no fan of the current government as i think you know . martin, look, you you know. martin, look, you know, issues around know, we have some issues around housing in terms of lack of supply for sure, but look, people are still managing to buy homes, you know, the transaction level in this country in terms of the amount of people that actually property . vie actually buy a property. vie it's people it's about a million people every the whilst there every year. so the whilst there is a supply issue and successive governments certainly haven't built enough homes to go round, whether for resale or, whether that's for resale or, you know, social housing, social rent or affordable homes, you know, despite fact know, actually, despite the fact that some people would say that house prices here are completely

unaffordable , the reality in unaffordable, the reality in terms appetite and enthusiasm terms of appetite and enthusiasm , the actual data says that people are still buying houses here and frankly, i'd much rather live here than in, you know, as say , know, in germany. as i say, which is got much an which is got a pretty much an open policy on immigrants open door policy on immigrants from anywhere and everywhere across and as i say, across the planet. and as i say, across the planet. and as i say, a much weaker economy than britain. so i think it's a very odd thing for kevin macleod to say. as i say, look, the say. and as i say, look, the flights from stansted, heathrow and gatwick, kevin, are very, very cheap to frankfurt and hamburg . off you go, mate. hamburg. off you go, mate. >> yeah. russell, you brought a wry smile to the jaded old lips when you said we should be saying auf wiedersehen to kevin macleod lineker et al. macleod and gary lineker et al. always a pleasure, my mate, to have you on the show. that was russell quirk, property expert. now you'll be sending your emails the show. want emails throughout the show. want to read out a few? of course. the topic is the escalation the big topic is the escalation of britain, getting involved in the conflict in the middle east. and on that matter. bob says this dear rishi sunak, do not

wage war on my behalf, especially ones that you have no right poking your nose into. do not put our sons and brothers and the people of britain's lives in peril to further your standing on the international stage, on rwanda and small boats, ian says this we need big safe boats to same ta ta same day back to france. it's the only way declare of a state of emergency and do it. and finally, on smart motorways , finally, on smart motorways, which we covered in the show, thomas says this around 50 people are dead because some idiots came with the idea of idiots came up with the idea of smart motorways. it was obvious to everyone on their dog that they would cause deaths, but yet still they carried on. thank you very much for getting in touch throughout the show and keep those in now. those views coming in now. that's all from me for now, but dewbs& co is up next. and don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel, followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew bev. and of andrew and bev. and then, of course, tom and emily with

course, it's tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. and of course you have my ugly mush back at 3:00 tomorrow. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news, but now it's your weather and it's aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb views. >> hello again. welcome to the met office weather forecast. it's going to be a blustery afternoon with further heavy showers coming through. they do ease on with the chance of ease later on with the chance of clear spells developing overnight , but generally low overnight, but generally low pressure is in charge of our forecast for the rest of the day. low pressure sitting in the nonh day. low pressure sitting in the north sea, bringing a gusty and cold northwesterly wind with it. these showers are going to be lively where they occur. hail and thunder are a possibility, but do to but they do tend to ease overnight , with clear spells overnight, with clear spells developing, the showers becoming

more confined to eastern parts along with the gusty wind and with plenty of clear spells towards western and northwestern parts . temperatures will dip parts. temperatures will dip into the mid single figures, parts. temperatures will dip into the arid single figures, parts. temperatures will dip into the arid slowerfigures, parts. temperatures will dip into the arid slower injures, parts. temperatures will dip into the arid slower in 1res, parts. temperatures will dip into the arid slower in 1 or, perhaps a bit lower in 1 or 2 sheltered spots, so a touch of ground frost here and there as we begin tuesday, but otherwise plenty bright weather. first plenty of bright weather. first thing still be some cloud and showers the east coast, showers along the east coast, and further showers will bubble up the day gets going up as the day gets going elsewhere, but there'll be fewer showers and there'll be more sunshine compared with today , sunshine compared with today, with temperatures responding a little better. 14, perhaps 15 in the south, 11 or 12 further north, with lighter winds feeling more pleasant . wednesday feeling more pleasant. wednesday starts off with a frost in places. clear spells first thing. plenty of sunshine through the morning though, although there will be some cloudier skies. returning to northern later and a few northern ireland later and a few showers elsewhere. all in all, it's looking like an improved picture as we end the week. higher pressure, drier weather, that warm feeling inside from

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