a leading action brought by a leading civil liberties group. this as the government's independent adviser, says some extreme protest groups should be proscribed. >> in this hour. we'll hear from the government on how it intends to compensate the victims of the infected blood scandal. this as calls grow for former health secretary lord ken clarke to be stripped of his peerage. >> and rishi sunak has spoken to gb news exclusively during his visit to austria, where he's looking for cooperation to tackle illegal . tackle illegal. immigration. >> so much for brexit britain being by itself. rishi sunak is finding ally after ally in europe. the austrian chancellor saying that the rwanda scheme is a fantastic idea. 15 eu countries now looking to do third country deals with african states to manage migration , and

states to manage migration, and the g7 summit being hosted in italy this summer. italy, a growing partner of the united kingdom, one of those countries that's also looking to do deals like rwanda. >> it's very interesting, isn't it? it's >> it's very interesting, isn't it.7 it's almost like we're leading the way when it comes to this issue. i mean, we were reporting over the last couple of months how ursula von der euanne of months how ursula von der elianne herself is moving towards these things. you had president macron in france saying that these type of schemes are beyond the pale. they do not match with our european values and the like. i won't do a french accent. you do a very. i started and ended quickly. i don't want i don't want to offend anyone. but yes, it seems like the mood music is changing a little and actually people are realising you can't have returns agreements or with every single country around the world and that actually doing a deal with a third country maybe is the only way to tackle this problem. >> it's so interesting. the praise that the austrian chancellor has heaped on rishi sunak. he's a sort of centrist conservative chancellor of

austria, but country after country is now saying actually, if you need, if you want to manage migration, you need somewhere to deport people with no right to be in your country. back to . and that's a safe third country. >> yeah. well, let us know what you make of it. do you think that britain could actually be leading the way when it comes to the migration crisis? when it comes to combating illegal immigration? let us know. gbnews.com forward slash. your essay is the way to get in touch. let's get the headlines with tatiana. >> emily. >> emily. >> thank you. the top stories this hour . a passenger has died this hour. a passenger has died dunng this hour. a passenger has died during turbulence on a flight from london heathrow to singapore. singapore airlines has confirmed there were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board. a number of people were also injured. in a statement, it said the aircraft diverted to bangkok andifs the aircraft diverted to bangkok and it's now working with the local authorities to provide as much assistance as possible to those affected . singapore

those affected. singapore airlines also offered its deepest condolences to the family of those deceased . in family of those deceased. in other news, victims of the infected blood scandal will find out today how the government will compensate them when it makes a statement in the commons. the prime minister apologised yesterday after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal, blaming failures on successive governments, the nhs and blood services . since the and blood services. since the 19705, 30,000 and blood services. since the 1970s, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions. around 3000 have since died. chancellor jeremy around 3000 have since died. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has pledged to pay victims back as part of a £10 billion package. the prime minister says there must be justice and accountability for any wrongdoing . wrongdoing. >> what's happened over decades has been a failure on multiple levels, and it's important that yesterday was a day for the to community be heard, and they have waited an incredibly long

time for justice have waited an incredibly long time forjustice and for the time for justice and for the truth. that's why i rightly , as truth. that's why i rightly, as prime minister, offered an unequivocal apology to everyone affected by this appalling scandal the infected, the affected, everyone impacted in the community. they have fought under considerable pressure, facing prejudice over many decades. >> shadow cabinet minister nick thomas—symonds says yesterday was a profound moment for the country, but victims should not have gone through what they did. >> the fact that it isn't just this awful scandal we've got the hillsborough scandal as well. we've got the windrush scandal, we've got the post office horizon scandal and how it is that there are people who are putting protecting their own reputations, protecting the reputations, protecting the reputation of institutions above the public interest. he talked about a cultural change. there's not a single policy lever to pull to make that possible. that's going to require leadership. and that's what we have to dedicate ourselves to do, not just now, but in the

months and years ahead . months and years ahead. >> the prime minister says illegal migration has become truly one of the defining issues of our time. as he visits vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about the issue , a chancellor about the issue, a red carpet was rolled out as rishi sunak was greeted by austria's karl nehammer. the prime minister has said the two are deepening cooperation on illegal migration, and agreed that schemes like the uk's rwanda plan are needed to tackle the issue in europe. 15 eu countries, including austria, signed a letter calling on the european commission to tighten migration policy and to look at third country schemes. their meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs . tackle people smuggling gangs. meanwhile, during a visit to essex police headquarters, the home secretary has insisted the government is still determined to stop the boats as migrant channel crossings near 10,000 for the year so far. james cleverly has said people

smugglers have changed the way they operate. when he was questioned over why the number of migrants arriving in the uk continues to rise, he blamed laboun continues to rise, he blamed labour, saying the rwanda scheme has been delayed because of the delaying tactics of the labour party . the delaying tactics of the labour party. the high court has ruled that the regulations, which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protests, were unlawful civil liberties . group unlawful civil liberties. group liberty brought legal action against the home office over protest regulations last year. the government measures lowered the threshold for what is considered serious disruption to community life . they also community life. they also allowed police officers to take into account any relevant cumulative disruption of repeated protests. well, in today's ruling, two judges ruled for the group, finding the home office acted out of its powers . office acted out of its powers. a woman has died after a dog attack in a house in east london, with police seizing two xl bullies from the property. the metropolitan police says the victim was in her 50s and the incident happened yesterday.

officers say she was pronounced dead at the scene and the two registered dogs were seized after being contained in a room from the 1st of february this yean from the 1st of february this year, it became a criminal offence to own the xl bully breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate. it 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 back to tom and . emily. tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:07. now let's start with that breaking news. a person has died and multiple others have been left injured after severe turbulence on a flight from london heathrow. >> yes. well, joining us now for more is gb news homeland security editor, mark white. mark, i understand this was a flight from london heathrow to singapore . what do we know? singapore. what do we know? >> well, yes, this was a flight, the late evening flight that

left from london heathrow airport bound for singapore last night . and as it neared its night. and as it neared its destination, we believe somewhere over the bay of bengal somewhere over the bay of bengal, it hit severe turbulence. we think related to thunderstorms in that area. as a consequence , the aircraft, consequence, the aircraft, rather than continuing on to singapore, made an emergency landing at the nearest airport, which was the international airport in bangkok. you're looking at images we've obtained that purport to show the end site and the interior of that aircraft, and you can see items that have just been strewn around because of the severe turbulence inside that aircraft. there is also which you can't quite see from there towards the top of the image, a blanket that is covering. we understand the body of a passenger who succumbed to their injuries as a result of being thrown around

the cabin. 20 others, at least have been injured as a result of what is not unknown. i mean, injuries through turbulence . injuries through turbulence. these are known. they happen from time to time . however, it from time to time. however, it is very rare indeed for there to be a fatality on commercial airliners as a result of turbulence. since 2009, about 150 people have been seriously injured as a result of turbulence during flights on commercial airliners, but no one has died since 2009, there have been fatalities in non—commercial airliners related to turbulence that has brought down those aircraft . you're down those aircraft. you're looking there at shots on the ground at the international airport in bangkok , with a fleet airport in bangkok, with a fleet of ambulances lined up to evacuate the injured from that singapore airlines. it's a

triple seven 300, the larger variant of the 777 jumbo jet. >> now mark, this was a flight going from to london singapore. two highly developed cities in highly developed countries. a lot of wealth, a lot of technology. it's surprising , technology. it's surprising, frankly, that it would happen on this route . this route. >> yes. i mean, especially singapore airlines. you know, thatis singapore airlines. you know, that is their home turf. they are more than aware of what the potential flying conditions are like in that area. i've been speaking to a very senior aviation source, a contact of mine who tells me that particularly around the bay of bengal , that area, it is bengal, that area, it is notorious for turbulence from thunderstorms and thunderstorms that can pop up very quickly. there's two types of turbulence, really, that an aircraft will encounter . there's clear really, that an aircraft will encounter. there's clear air turbulence, which you get no

warning about at all. it happens very high altitude, often caused by the jet streams of other aircraft where an aircraft can suddenly plummet. you know, many feet in the space of just a second or two. and that can cause injuries because there's no warning. then there's the turbulence that comes from storm activity. that's the one that weather radar should be able to point out. but this aviation source has also been telling me that there are known issues with the weather radar on the boeing triple seven aircraft, the 300 variant. so not the 777 200, but with the 300 variant, the variant that will have been used in this particular occasion. and that relates to the weather radar settings, which on automatic can sometimes give miss readings. so a pilot can see ahead that there might be thunderstorm activity that could be producing potential ,

be producing potential, turbulence. but when they get closer to that event , it closer to that event, it suddenly, turns out that that was a misreading . and there is was a misreading. and there is nothing. and the opposite is also true, that on occasions it does not show up , some does not show up, some turbulence. in fact, this source told me that he once got into significant difficulties because the radar ahead was showing that the radar ahead was showing that the there was no thunderstorm activity of any consequence . but activity of any consequence. but then when he got on top of it, clearly there was so there are some issues that are known about by pilots in the industry. we'll have to wait until the formal investigation to determine whether this was an issue, a weakness in the radar systems on board the 777 300. yes. >> please do let us know if you hear anything on the details of how this happened and how those injuries were sustained. thank you very much indeed. mark white, home and security editor here @gbnews. worth just reading out one comment from nick. he says he's flown out to singapore

dozens of times, and he says the turbulence over the indian ocean and the himalayas was quite violent at times, with the plane dropping up to 100ft in a couple of seconds . so clearly this is of seconds. so clearly this is a route that where turbulence is , route that where turbulence is, is customary. >> but then you'd expect that singapore airlines and the experienced pilot, the experienced pilot, the experienced staff, many of those passengers will be repeat passengers. this seems like something beyond anything that has happened in recent history. well, certainly terrifying, moving on now. giving police more powers to deal with protests is unlawful. >> well, that's according to the high court, who's ruled the government and home office acted outside their powers when lowering the threshold for when the police can intervene in such protests. >> yes. very interesting indeed. joining us now is our political correspondent, olivia utley to tell us a little more about the detail here. olivia, i understand this was brought by the civil liberties group , the civil liberties group, liberty, aptly named, who claimed that the government acted unlawfully by trying to crack down on protests. tell us more .

more. >> well, exactly. this is a really big blow for rishi sunak. he brought in these measures to crack down on protests. really, what it was was the pro—palestinian protest in london, and he brought them in these new measures in through a pretty controversial route. instead of using primary legislation, which is what you hear debated in the commons , hear debated in the commons, which was very seriously scrutinised, he used something called a statutory instrument, which has much, much lower scrutiny. essentially, he pushed it through the back door and there was immediately a pushback from this . there were lots of from this. there were lots of civil liberties campaigners who said that the government here had sort of clouded the waters. the threshold for something which is considered to be disruptive behaviour is something which caused major disruption to everyday life. instead the government changed that wording. so instead of major disruption , it was more major disruption, it was more than minor disruption. now the court has said today that that change means that protesters

exercising their rights to protest are now facing serious criminal sanctions and that the government went too far, went outside the scope of what it was supposed to do. so it has been ruled unlawful. this is really, really awkward for rishi sunak, particularly as there is a new report by lord wollny, a government adviser, out today, which we expect is going to , which we expect is going to, advise that the government has more powers to crack down on protesters, specifically those who are affected by protests, those who can't get to school or to work or ambulance , which are to work or ambulance, which are disrupted, could sue the protesters directly . and the protesters directly. and the government is said to be in support of this report. and the measures recommended in it. well, trying to introduce measures like that off the back of this high court judgement, which is essentially said that the government went too far in clamping down on protests,

clamping down on protests, clamping down on civil liberties, according to the high court. it's bad news for the government . government. >> well, olivia utley, thank you so much for laying all of that out for us. let's speak now to barrister stephen barrett on the legal particulars here, because stephen, it's hard to see how the government thought they had a case here from one angle. i mean, they tried to they tried to change this law with primary legislation. the house of lords says no, of course you need to pass a law through both houses for it to become law. so instead they used secondary legislation. henry the eighth powers, statutory instruments , which the statutory instruments, which the court has in this instance struck down. >> yes. >> yes. >> i mean in one from one point of view, it's an admission by the government that primary legislation was necessary because they tried to get primary legislation through. >> so why bother not using as if a statutory instrument was available ? why wouldn't you do available? why wouldn't you do that first? why do it second? so

there are very serious questions i mean, i think that's probably the strongest ground for the government losing. there were then two other grounds put before the court and very fortunately those were rejected because if those had gone through , i probably would have through, i probably would have exploded, they, they really are just outrageous. they were. it would be advancing miller too, if you remember miller two and really getting the court to be a rival to parliament. and that's what's going on a lot of these campaigners want courts to be a rival power based parliament. >> stephen, just explain what those other grounds that liberty failed on, what they tried to get the court to strike this legislation down over. >> so they tried to, get the court to look at parliamentary intention and to say that this could never have been what parliament intended, which is i mean, that's just so constitutionally wrong. it just doesn't it just doesn't need to shouldn't need to be explained to them. it's wrong on all sorts of, bases and levels and they also tried, to say that they

subvert parliamentary sovereignty , by, by using this sovereignty, by, by using this method, by going behind the house of lords, if you like. but really, what is going on here, tom and emily, is that the failure is the met police okay. thatis failure is the met police okay. that is the primary failure. they are the met police are refusing to use the powers that they have now. i mean that the government lost on ground one, which is a technicality over the meaning of the word serious. which is a technicality over the meaning of the word serious . and meaning of the word serious. and whether serious can can mean what the what they we define it as well. quite frankly, what i see in london every saturday is serious. i'm not i you know, as far as i'm concerned, the metropolitan police already has powers. the commissioner just went on the telly and cried and claimed he did it. he managed to find an awful lot on saint george's day. that was a remarkable reverse ferret by by the met commissioner, in that instance , and the secondary instance, and the secondary problem is that the house of lords thinks that it can, it can run the country and do exactly what it likes. and it may well be that the constitutional change in the composition of the house of lords, which used to

have the benefit, there is a real benefit in hereditary peers because you have a bunch of people who don't deserve to be there, who know it, and we know it, and as a result, they sort of do their job properly and they don't overstep the mark. whereas now we've got a bunch of people who believe they are there on merit. and i'm past no comment. >> i mean, stephen, i think you're absolutely right that if the police did their jobs, they do have the powers already to clamp down on the excesses of protests and the government is trying to get the police to act in the way that they see fit. and by introducing more legislation which makes things ever more complicated and allows for these types of rulings from the high court and the like. but there's a bit of a messy picture today, because we've got this high court ruling against the government, against the government's clampdown on protests. you've then got a report that we're expecting from lord wollny, who is an independent adviser on such things. he's expected to make recommendations that clamp down further on the extremes of protest, where exactly does the government go with this? i do

wonder if this report is now going to be published today, or whether they'll wait a little after this judgement. the timing is pretty terrible for the government. >> well, london is getting out of out of hand. i mean, it's getting almost completely out of control . i, you know, i went and control. i, you know, i went and visited on the weekend with my young child and my elderly father, and i was worried for their safety. you know, you just this is a very concerning period of time that we're living through a muscular government would bring back if they need primary legislation to change, and i don't think they do. so a muscular government could do one of two things. they could get the home secretary to flip the metropolitan commissioner's ear and get him to actually do his job. and if and if they won't do it that way, they can tell off the police and crime commissioner, which is sadiq khan. but the metropolitan, the home secretary, still has traditional historic role here. and the second one is that they could bring back primary legislation. and if the house of lords act like self—indulgent children, as they apparently are now wont to do, then you just pushit now wont to do, then you just push it through with the parliament act and just get it. >> that takes years. stephen isn't one of the problems here

that we're running up to the end of this parliament. this parliament only stretches until december and there isn't time to do all of the sort of salisbury addison stuff that would that would override the house of lords. >> no . well, i don't think you >> no. well, i don't think you even bother going. going that that way. i think you just use the parliament acts in a much more muscular way. remember, we must govern ourselves in times of emergency and just declare this an emergency. i mean, i don't understand on what level. it isn't an emergency. >> well, i'm sure liberty would have a lot to say about that. stephen i'm sure liberty would, would come out again and try to strike legal action against the against the government. stephen i'm really sorry. we're going to have to leave it there. it's been fantastic to talk to you as ever and get your expertise on these legal matters. really good stuff. thank you very much. a big question, isn't it? how does the government deal with this? they clearly want the police to do more. they're trying through legal action are difficult. >> my favourite thing about all of this was that liberty stood outside the court, holding up a big banner saying, defend democracy. when the one house

that they were fighting against was the democratic house, what they were upholding was the will of the unelected house of lords through the unelected courts. yeah, i don't quite see how that's upholding democracy. if there are three sort of parties to this, this whole situation. i mean, they were they were going against what the commons had voted for. >> and >> and this >> and this report, >> and this report, we >> and this report, we await >> and this report, we await to drop this report into how to, well, crack down further on on protests. really that's what it's about, anyway, coming up, a police task force set up to tackle child grooming gangs has made hundreds of arrests in its first year. we'll have the very latest on that after the break. stay with us. this is good afternoon, britain. we're on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:26. now. a dedicated police task force is being set up to

bnng task force is being set up to bring down child grooming gangs. well, it was set up and has supported police forces in england and wales to make hundreds of arrests in its first year of operation. yes >> so in the last 12 months, the crackdown team of expert investigators and analysts has helped police forces arrest over 550 suspects, identify and protect over 4000 victims and build up robust cases to get justice for these appalling crimes. >> well, joining us now in the studio is gb news reporter charlie peters and charlie , you charlie peters and charlie, you have reported more than most on the grooming gang scandal that has afflicted this country. has this task force made a meaningful impact? >> i think it has. and the key to that has been its collection of data for so long, several national inquiries and reports said that many local authorities , and indeed police forces, were failing to accurately and properly record data about abusers, about victims , and abusers, about victims, and about the scale and the extent

of group localised child sexual exploitation. that scandal ran on for several decades. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in october 2022 said that several police forces were still failing to carry out that duty, and as late as december last year. the police watchdog also said that several forces were still failing in their use of data. but this national force, supported by the national police chiefs council and the national crime agency, has trained up some 400 specialist officers and they've interacted with all 42 police forces in england and wales , forces in england and wales, getting long term data analytics into the forces to build up a data base and understand the extent and scale of this abuse. earlier today, i spoke to laura farris, the safeguarding minister, about one particular scenario involved with cracking down on grooming gangs. and that's about deportations because it's all well and good

understanding the issue. what's also important is once you've secured the convictions for foreign offenders , is to deport foreign offenders, is to deport them to the country of origin. in one particular case, rochdale, in 2012, two ringleaders were convicted for six years in prison for appalling two year campaign of abuse in greater manchester. they were released from prison in november 2014 after serving just two and a half years in jail. now they've been fighting deportation orders since then for over nine years, but the nationality and borders act, introduced in 2022, permits the state to apply visa sanctions on countries that don't accept deportations. here's what laura farris had to say about that . farris had to say about that. >> i'd have to look into the details of which people they haven't had. >> they haven't accepted as returns. >> but it is a principle of our domestic law that if a person has a sentence of two years or longer and they're not a british

national, they qualify for automatic deportation following the conclusion of their sentence. so the deportation of foreign national offenders is embedded in our law. >> and from what you're saying, although i don't know the exact detail, yes, it sounds sensible . detail, yes, it sounds sensible. >> well, the minister says it sounds sensible to apply visa sanctions to countries such as pakistan where grooming, gang grooming , gang offenders are grooming, gang offenders are reportedly failing to be deported and accepted by those countries . it's understood that countries. it's understood that the visa sanction tool that the government has, that it can apply as a part of this act, is being resisted by civil servants in the foreign office . but it's in the foreign office. but it's a power they have. it's a power they could use. and the minister for safeguarding, while praising this task force today , also says this task force today, also says that it would be sensible to apply that sanction to pakistan and other countries that have not accepted grooming gang offenders who should be deported. >> i mean, that is shocking that two of the ringleaders in the rochdale grooming gang scandal, two and a half years in prison, two and a half years in prison, two and a half years in prison,

two and a half years, and we can't we can't deport so far, yes . horrifying. yes. horrifying. >> really, really horrifying. >> really, really horrifying. >> that's not justice, is it, that's not justice. two and a half years in prison for something as heinous as a grooming gang. terrible. terrible. and we're going to be crossing to the house of commons very shortly, because we are due to hear what that compensation will be, how it will be allocated. i believe we'll get detail on that too. and this, of course, is the blood, infected blood scandal. contaminated blood scandal. contaminated blood scandal. contaminated blood scandal that we were talking about yesterday. >> now, it is contentious because whilst there are thousands of people who have died , many more thousands died, many more thousands affected, the phrase is infected and affected because it's the families who've lost loved ones, the people who've lost jobs because of the stigma of hiv that was given to them, or a family member by the nhs, there is this most extraordinary clamour for compensation . clamour for compensation. justly, deserved compensation .

justly, deserved compensation. the question is over scale and feasibility estimates range from 10 billion to even higher and £10 billion for context. well, it cost about half of that to provide an aircraft carrier for this country. i mean, we're talking about two aircraft carriers worth of compensation. >> it's a huge amount of money. and we've been told that it won't come out of the nhs day to day public spending. but it will be interesting to know how this money will be handed out, how it will be allocated, will it be over a number of years because, of course, £10 billion to come straight out of the treasury in one go is a huge , cost to the one go is a huge, cost to the taxpayer. will it be funded by borrowing ? will it be funded by, borrowing? will it be funded by, more taxes in the longer term? i think we shall see. >> suggested it is funded by borrowing. but of course, what all borrowing is, is deferred tax , and potentially higher tax, and potentially higher inflation. i mean , this is what inflation. i mean, this is what america is finding right now with its big deficit spending.

american inflation ticked up in the last two quarters, whereas in the uk, inflation is thankfully still going down. but when there are big spending commitments like this made. let's hope that markets have pnced let's hope that markets have priced this in. yeah. because if they haven't it could affect inflation. >> and it will be interesting to know just how many people are going to be receiving this compensation. whether there'll be different tiers of compensation. so if you are a direct victim of this scandal, if you were infected because of this contaminated blood, you've spent your life with hiv or hepatitis. as a result, will you receive more compensation than those families of the victims that have been affected in many different ways? as you said, losing their jobs , being treated losing their jobs, being treated like pariahs, perhaps in their community as a result of this, not being listened to by civil servants, doctors , the nhs servants, doctors, the nhs itself. so we await to see. we'll bring you that as we get it. >> as soon it. — >> as soon as the it. >> as soon as the minister, john glen, gets up on his feet, we'll bnng glen, gets up on his feet, we'll bring you that. but in the

meantime, let's head to our news bulletins. >> tom. thank you. the top stories this hour. a passenger has died during turbulence on a flight from london heathrow to singapore. singapore airlines has confirmed there were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board. a number of people were also injured. in a statement, it said the aircraft diverted to bangkok andifs the aircraft diverted to bangkok and it's now working with the local authorities to provide as much assistance as possible to those affected. singapore airlines also offered its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased . victims family of the deceased. victims of the infected blood scandal will shortly find out how the government will compensate them when it makes a statement in the commons that is starting just now. the prime minister apologised yesterday after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal, blaming failures on successive governments , the nhs successive governments, the nhs and blood services since the

19705, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions. around 3000 have since died. chancellor jeremy around 3000 have since died. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has pledged to pay victims back as part of a £10 billion package. the prime minister says illegal migration has become truly one of the defining issues of our time. as he visits vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about the issue, the prime minister has said the two are deepening cooperation on illegal migration and agreed that schemes like the uk's rwanda plan are needed to tackle the issue in europe. they're meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs . tackle people smuggling gangs. the high court has ruled that prince harry cannot broaden legal action against news group newspapers to include allegations against rupert murdoch , a judge has ruled the murdoch, a judge has ruled the allegations against mr murdoch should not be allowed to be

taken to trial. let's take you to the house of commons now, where paymaster general john glenn is giving a statement on the infected blood scandal. >> the prime minister spoke about the anguish that the infected blood scandal brought to those impacted by it . to those impacted by it. >> i want to reiterate his words and apologise again today. >> i am sorry . and apologise again today. >> i am sorry. the prime minister also spoke on behalf of the whole house of our gratitude to sir brian langstaff and his team for completing his comprehensive report , i think comprehensive report, i think seven volumes, 2500 pages and of our appreciation of all those who came forward as part of the inquiry . it who came forward as part of the inquiry. it was the who came forward as part of the inquiry . it was the greatest inquiry. it was the greatest privilege of my ministerial career to have met over 40 representatives of the infected blood community in cardiff,

edinburgh, belfast, berm , edinburgh, belfast, berm, bingham and leeds. as we finalised our response to compensation for this appalling tragedy , the whole community's tragedy, the whole community's bravery through immense suffering is what has enabled justice today and i know that many of them will be watching in the gallery . i want to honour the gallery. i want to honour them , their fortitude through them, their fortitude through their unimaginable pain. as i lay out a more detailed response to sir brian's second interim report on compensation , we will report on compensation, we will provide the house with a further opportunity to debate the inquiry's full report after the whitsun recess . the government whitsun recess. the government will also respond to each recommendation in full, as quickly as possible, within its

comprehensive response to the report . mr speaker, the prime report. mr speaker, the prime minister confirmed yesterday that the government will pay comprehensive compensation to those who have been infected and affected as a result of this scandal , and affected as a result of this scandal, and i will now set out to the house. the scheme the government is proposing . and of government is proposing. and of course, more details of the scheme will be published online today. scheme will be published online today . we are establishing the today. we are establishing the infected blood compensation authority, an arm's length body, to administer the compensation scheme . a shadow body has scheme. a shadow body has already been set up and an interim ceo has been appointed . interim ceo has been appointed. and today i am delighted to announce the appointment of sir robert francis as the interim chair of the organisation . the

chair of the organisation. the experience and the care that sir robert will bring to this role will ensure that the scheme is credible and trusted by the community. his support in delivering this scheme will be invaluable . mr speaker, those invaluable. mr speaker, those who have been infected or affected as a result of this scandal will receive compensation . to be crystal compensation. to be crystal clear , if you have been directly clear, if you have been directly or indirectly infected by nhs blood and blood products or tissue contaminated with hiv or hepatitis c, or have developed a chronic infection from blood contaminated with hepatitis b, you will be eligible to claim compensation under the scheme and where an infected person has

died , but would have been died, but would have been eligible under these criteria . eligible under these criteria. the compensation will be paid to their estate and this will include where a person was infected with hepatitis b and died during the acute period of infection . but mr speaker, sir infection. but mr speaker, sir bnan infection. but mr speaker, sir brian could not have been clearer. it's not just the harm caused by the infections that requires compensation, it's also the wrongs suffered by those affected that must also be compensated for. so when a person with an eligible infection has been accepted onto the scheme, their affected loved ones will be able to apply for compensation in their own right. that means partners, parents, sibs , children and friends and sibs, children and friends and family who have been who have acted as carers of those who are

infected are all eligible to claim . now, i am aware that claim. now, i am aware that being asked to provide evidence of eligibility will likely be distressing, so i am determined to minimise that as much as possible. and i am pleased to confirm today that anyone already registered with one of the existing infected blood support schemes will automatically be considered eligible for compensation . mr eligible for compensation. mr speaken eligible for compensation. mr speaker, i would also like to give thanks to the dedication and hard work of professor sir jonathan montgomery and the other members of the expert group who were critical in advising on how the government could faithfully translate the recommendations of sir bryan for the scheme . and in line with our the scheme. and in line with our previous commitment, we will pubush previous commitment, we will publish the names of those experts today . now, in

publish the names of those experts today. now, in his report , sir bryan recommended report, sir bryan recommended compensation be awarded with respect to the following five categories. an injury impact award acknowledging the physical and mental injury caused by the infection . a social impact award infection. a social impact award to address the stigma or social isolation as a result of the infection . an autonomy award infection. an autonomy award acknowledging how family and private life was disrupted dunng private life was disrupted during this time. a care award to compensate for past and future care needs of anyone infected. and finally, a financial loss award for past and future financial losses suffered as a result of the infection . the government infection. the government accepts this recommendation with two small refinements informed

by the work of the expert group and designed for simplicity and speed. two other principles that sir bryan asserted. first, the care award will be directly awarded to the person with the infection or their estate, and second, the financial loss award will be paid either directly to the person with the infection or where an infected person has tragically died before the establishment of the scheme. their estate and affected persons who were dependent on them . now, sadly, many people them. now, sadly, many people have links to multiple individuals who were infected or both infected themselves and affected by another's infection , affected by another's infection, so multiple injury awards will be offered to reflect the scale of the loss and suffering . the

of the loss and suffering. the scheme will be tariff based and we will be publishing an explanatory document including examples of proposed tariffs on gov.uk . however, mr speaker, gov.uk. however, mr speaker, this is not the end. over the next few weeks, sir robert francis will seek views from the infected blood community on the proposed scheme before its terms are set in regulations to make sure that the scheme will best serve those that it's intended for now, sir robert has welcomed the government's proposals as positive and meaningful , the government's proposals as positive and meaningful, and he will set out more details on engagement with the community shortly. the inquiry recommended that the scheme should be flexible in its awards of compensation, providing both for a lump sum or regular payments. we agree , and that is why the

we agree, and that is why the awards to living infected or affected persons will be offered affected persons will be offered a lump sum or periodical payments , and where the infected payments, and where the infected person has died, estate representatives will receive compensation as a single lump sum to then distribute to beneficiaries of the estate. as is appropriate. we will also guarantee that any payments made to those eligible will be exempt from income , capital gains and from income, capital gains and inheritance tax , as well as inheritance tax, as well as disregard from means tested benefit assessments. and we will also ensure that all claimants are able to appeal their award . are able to appeal their award. both are an internal review process in the infected blood compensation authority and, where needed, the right to appeal to a first tier tribunal and our expectation is that

final payments will start before before the end of the year. mr speaken before the end of the year. mr speaker, if you would permit, i would like to return to the house when the regulations are laid later this year to make a further statement on on an update on the delivery of the compensation scheme . but i know compensation scheme. but i know from my discussions with the community just how important the existing infected blood support scheme payments are to them . i scheme payments are to them. i recognise that many people, sadly rely on these payments and they are rightly keen to understand what the government's intentions are and i want to provide reassurance to all those out there today that no immediate changes will be made to the support schemes . payments to the support schemes. payments will continue to be made at the same level until the 31st of

march, 2025, and they will not be deducted from any of these compensation awards . from the compensation awards. from the 1st of april 2025, any support scheme payments received will be counted towards a beneficiaries final compensation award. this will ensure parity between support scheme beneficiaries regardless of whether they were the first or the last to have their compensation assessed by their compensation assessed by the infected blood compensation authority , and we will ensure authority, and we will ensure that no one, no one, receives less in compensation than they would have received in support payments . now, mr speaker , i payments. now, mr speaker, i recognise that members of the infected blood community are still dying. each week from their infections , and there may their infections, and there may be people. indeed, there will be

people listening today who are thinking to themselves that they may not live to receive compensation . so i want to compensation. so i want to address those concerns, to . address those concerns, to. today i'm announcing that the government will be making further interim payments ahead of the establishment of the full scheme payments of £210,000 will be made to living infected beneficiaries. those registered with existing infected blood support schemes , as well as support schemes, as well as those who register with the support scheme before the final scheme becomes operational and the estates of those who pass away between now and payments being made. i know that time is of the essence which is why i'm also pleased to say that they will be delivered within 90

days, starting in the summer , so days, starting in the summer, so that they can reach those who need it. that they can reach those who needit.so that they can reach those who need it. so urgently. most now, mr speaker, before i conclude, i would like to turn to the matter of memorialisation many of those who were infected by contaminated blood or blood products have since died or died without knowing that their suffering and loss will be fully recognised either in their lifetime or at all. the lives of most of those who have died remain unrecognised , and i note remain unrecognised, and i note sir brian's recommendations on memorialisation across the uk and the government will address those recommendations in detail as part of our wider response to this report . so, in conclusion, this report. so, in conclusion, mr speaker , i know that the mr speaker, i know that the whole house will want to join me in thanking sir brian and the inquiry for the work that they have done and pay tribute to all

those who have been caught up in this terrible tragedy and battled for justice for so long. yesterday was a day of great humility for everyone implicated by this inquiry , and today i can by this inquiry, and today i can only hope with the inquiry's report published and with our firm commitment to compensate those touched by the scandal. the infected blood community knows that their cries for justice have been heard. mr speaken justice have been heard. mr speaker, i commend this statement to the house. >> can i just say lots of members want to get in and all members want to get in and all members will get in. i now come to the shadow secretary of state, nick thomas—symonds. >> well, there we had it. john glenn, government minister, outlining the compensation scheme for those that were both infected and affected by the contaminated blood scandal.

those that were directly contaminated will be getting full compensation . and those full compensation. and those that were infected but died well , full compensation will be given to their estates and those who were who cared for those who were infected, and indeed those who lost financially by whatever means. they will also be compensated. there will be interim awards of compensate in this summer of £210,000, but thatis this summer of £210,000, but that is just the start , because that is just the start, because the full compensation will be rolling out in the months ahead . rolling out in the months ahead. >> yes, indeed, that 210,000 they acknowledged there that there will be people who may pass away before the main compensation comes and is available. people will have to apply, although people who are already members of a support group will be treated quickly with these claims for compensation. but yes, interesting partners, parents, siblings, carers, friends who've

acted as carers , all those acted as carers, all those affected, as you said, infected and affected by this scandal will be receiving compensation . will be receiving compensation. i don't believe he gave a total figure of how much this will cost. i presume they don't know exactly how much this will cost. it depends how many people come forward and apply for this compensation. it may well take rather a long time for the government and the authority who's in charge of this now to come to answers to for everyone who applies. but that is the intention, as it stands . intention, as it stands. >> and it should be said that john glenn also said that all of this compensation is completely tax free. both of income tax , tax free. both of income tax, but also of inheritance tax. let's cross now to our political correspondent olivia utley, who is listening to the statement . is listening to the statement. and olivia, this is a huge moment in the history of this government. this will be looked back upon . back upon. >> well, absolutely. and it's a massive breakthrough for those

victims of the scandal who have been begging for some sort of financial redress for , in some financial redress for, in some cases, up to 45 years now. the government has essentially accepted all of the recommendations in sir brian longstaff's report. the big question today was when will payments start to be made and thatis payments start to be made and that is a question which john glenn did start to answer. interim payments will be made from within 90 days from the summer. not entirely clear what the summer means there. and final payments will start to come out by the end of the year. he also made clear that anyone who is already receiving compensation, help from the government because of the scandal will continue to receive that help until at least the compensation has started to come in so no one will be worse off with the compensation than they would have been under the current scheme . as it stands, it current scheme. as it stands, it was interesting to see jeremy hunt sitting there nodding

along. he did a moving interview with the sunday times at the weekend saying that, successive governments had failed to address this, including himself as the health secretary back in the david cameron government. he said that he wanted to, unrwa, right those wrongs for the sake of a constituent of his who he spoke to about this on multiple occasions until that constituent's death in 2015. he is there nodding along, obviously this is going to be a tough on the treasury purse strings, but jeremy hunt has said that sometimes it's a case of just doing the right thing . of just doing the right thing. there will be a question, probably for another day, really, about whether this possibly £10 billion package will mean that hunt isn't able to cut taxes before the next election. we think that because this is going to be paid for out of borrowing rather than everyday spending, it probably won't affect what the government is doing. also, it'll be interesting to see whether there will be another budget now before the next election,

because this , package takes up because this, package takes up all fiscal headroom. that just shows the size of it and the number of people who have been affected by it in some way. really, really shocking scandal, the full extent of which we didn't really know until yesterday. we've now had that full apology from the government and some details of the compensation scheme. it'll be really interesting to see what the victims make of it. >> yes. very interesting indeed. as you say, an enormous package of compensation . and he did also of compensation. and he did also say that the tariffs will be published online on the government website. so i imagine that will update how much exactly people can claim for as a result of this scandal. there are, of course , many people are, of course, many people getting in touch saying compensation is all well and good and it will be greeted. i'm sure people will be appreciative that finally they finally they are getting compensation. but also lots of people getting in touch to ask whether anyone will be individually held to account on this. we know we've heard calls for ken clarke , lord calls for ken clarke, lord kenneth clarke to lose his

peerage. where are we with all of that ? of that? >> well, i think that's a really interesting question, which we haven't yet got an answer to. what does justice look like after something like this? there are calls brian longstaff in his report, singled out individual ministers, among them . you ministers, among them. you mentioned ken clarke. there are calls for him to be stripped of his knighthood. tony blair was also singled out. he said that in 1996, i think it was that he felt sorry. 1999. it must have been he felt sorry for the victims of the infected blood scandal, but he didn't think an inquiry would do any good. will he be held to account for those comments which may have delayed this compensation even further down the line? of course, getting to the bottom of who exactly was responsible for the scandal in the first place is very, very difficult indeed . very, very difficult indeed. andy burnham, the labour mayor of manchester, is calling is calling for charges of corporate manslaughter to be brought perhaps against sort of whole civil service departments. but

the people who were responsible for this at the very beginning have obviously long since retired or in some cases may have died themselves. so actually punishing the individuals who were responsible will be very difficult indeed. it will probably be a question of holding ministers to account. those ministers who were responsible for pushing this can further and further down the road. >> well, olivia, thank you very much for bringing us all of that. much more

>> well. good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's1:oo on tuesday, the 21st of may. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood now. rishi sunak has spoken to gb news exclusively during his visit to austria, where he's looking for cooperation to crack down on illegal immigration. we'll hear his full interview in just a few minutes. and the government has revealed how the victims of the infected blood

scandal will be compensated. >> this as calls grow for former health secretary lord ken clarke to be stripped of his peerage . to be stripped of his peerage. all those details to come and at least one passenger has been killed and dozens injured in severe turbulence on a flight from to london singapore. >> we'll keep you updated on this developing story. >> now, our political correspondent, katherine forster has been meeting with rishi sunakin has been meeting with rishi sunak in vienna, talking about how the united kingdom is potentially leading the way when it comes to migration policy. the austrian chancellor has a lot to say about the rwanda policy. >> yes . is it policy. >> yes. is it almost as if he may wish to copy and paste the deal? perhaps not with rwanda, perhaps with another third country? we know that ursula von der elianne has started thinking about this. she's certainly considering which countries she

could do it with. morocco. >> right. tunisia and egypt were the two that she mentioned just a few weeks ago. but there are many countries that the eu is looking to do deals with, as a bloc, but also specifically and perhaps further , 15 eu countries perhaps further, 15 eu countries now looking to follow this sort of rwanda model. it will be really interesting to see what rishi sunak has had to say about his private meeting with the austrian chancellor in the chancellery. there in vienna. >> yes, i'm sure rishi sunak, the prime minister, will be wanting to pitch himself to the country to the british audience that he is the man leading the way when it comes to illegal immigration and that he is committed , as he says, so many committed, as he says, so many times, time and again, to stopping the boats. very interesting to hear what catherine asks him. i'm sure she'll ask him about his stopping the boats pledge. i'm sure she'll ask him about the protests, the clampdown on protests. what that might look like, particularly in light of this high court ruling to, and many other things, i'm sure. >> indeed. and we're getting

that interview in five minutes time, so don't go anywhere . but time, so don't go anywhere. but also, it's important to note that the austrian chancellor karl nehammer, has said that asylum proceedings should happen in safe third countries. the uk is a pioneer for this model, a pioneer. so rishi sunak, in his brief visit to vienna, has got a european leader to say that the uk is a pioneer with its immigration model . that is a immigration model. that is a pretty impressive diplomatic feat. >> absolutely . and please do >> absolutely. and please do also let us know what you make of what we just heard on the compensation for those who were infected and affected by the scandal. what did you make of it? is it enough? do you think that there should be more accountability when it comes to former health secretaries? when it comes to people within the nhs that covered this up allowed it to keep going . didn't make it to keep going. didn't make enough of it at the time. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch. let's get the headunes get in touch. let's get the headlines with tatiana.

>> emily, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. the prime minister says illegal migration has become truly one of the defining issues of our time . as he visits vienna for time. as he visits vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about the issue , a chancellor about the issue, a red carpet was rolled out as rishi sunak was greeted by austria's karl nehammer, the prime minister has said the two are deepening cooperation on illegal migration, and agreed that schemes like the uk's rwanda plan are needed to tackle the issue in europe. their meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs . tackle people smuggling gangs. speaking exclusively to gb news, the prime minister says the numbers prove progress is being made and flights to rwanda will take off this summer. >> numbers are down by around a third. they were down by around a third last calendar year as well, so we are making progress. and just this year, in fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. that's 2000

people more than we did last yeah people more than we did last year. so that shows the progress we're making and including within that are 1700 foreign national offenders. again 400 more than last year. so yes , we more than last year. so yes, we are making progress. of course, there's more to do. i've been very clear that i won't stop until we have stopped the boats . until we have stopped the boats. >> stay with us on gb news to see that full interview, that exclusive interview in just a couple of minutes time . in other couple of minutes time. in other news, the first victims of the infected blood scandal will receive their final compensation payment before the end of the yeah payment before the end of the year. speaking in the house of commons, paymaster general john glenn said that all relatives of victims of the infected blood scandal can also apply for compensation . the inquiry compensation. the inquiry published its final report into the scandal yesterday , blaming the scandal yesterday, blaming failures on successive governments. the nhs and blood services since the 1970s. governments. the nhs and blood services since the 19705. 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions . around 3000 have transfusions. around 3000 have since died, while paymaster

general john glenn made that statement just a few moments ago, where he also apologised to victims and said the scheme will be flexible . be flexible. >> those who have been infected or affected as a result of this scandal will receive compensation . to be crystal compensation. to be crystal clear , if you have been directly clear, if you have been directly or indirectly infected by nhs blood or blood products or tissue contaminated with hiv or hepatitis c, or have developed a chronic infection from blood contaminated with hepatitis b, you will be eligible to claim compensation under the scheme . compensation under the scheme. >> a passenger has died during turbulence on a flight from london heathrow to singapore. singapore airlines has confirmed. there were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board. a number of people were also

injured. in a statement, it said the aircraft diverted to bangkok andifs the aircraft diverted to bangkok and it's now working with the local authorities to provide as much assistance as possible to those affected . singapore those affected. singapore airlines also offered its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased . the high family of the deceased. the high court has ruled that prince harry cannot broaden legal action against news group newspapers to include allegations against rupert murdoch. a judge has ruled the allegations against mr murdoch should not be allowed to be taken to trial, stating they added nothing material to the case. news group newspapers is accused of unlawful information gathering on prince harry since the age of nine, which it denies . and the high court has ruled that the regulation which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protests were unlawful. civil liberties group liberty brought legal action against the home office over protest regulations last year. the government measures lowered the threshold for what is considered serious disruption to community life. they also allowed police officers to take

into account any relevant cumulative disruption of repeated protests. in today's ruling, two judges ruled for the group, finding the home office acted outside of its powers . and acted outside of its powers. and acted outside of its powers. and a woman has died after a dog attack in a house in east london, with police seizing two xl bullies from the property. the metropolitan police says the victim was in her 505 and the incident happened yesterday. officers say she was pronounced dead at the scene and the two registered dogs were seized after being contained in a room from the 1st of february this yean from the 1st of february this year, it became a criminal offence to own the xl bully breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. corach rambler. it's now back to tom and . emily. tom and. emily. >> well, it's 108. good

afternoon britain. now the prime minister is in vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor to seek cooperation to crack down on illegal migration. >> well, during the visit, he spoke exclusively to our political correspondent, katherine forster. here's what he had to say. >> prime minister, we're here in vienna today. you've been talking with the austrian chancellor. how is what you're doing here going to help stop the boats? because it's not going terribly well at the moment, is it? >> well, it's been good to be here in austria talking with chancellor nehammer about tackling illegal migration. and the austrians share our view that tackling illegal migration is one of the great issues of our time . it requires urgent our time. it requires urgent attention and the only way to fully solve this problem is to embrace new, bold novel solutions like the use of safe third countries for removals. that's something that the austrians believe. and indeed, what we've just seen in the last few weeks is 15 eu countries. actually, all making the same point that that's what this this

requires . point that that's what this this requires. that's point that that's what this this requires . that's why point that that's what this this requires. that's why our rwanda scheme is so important. we are pioneering something new. i said when i first got this job, that where britain leads, others would follow when it comes to tackling illegal migration and you can see that that is now clearly the case. and i've had very constructive dialogue today with the chancellor here in austria about what more we can do to work together and again, to lead this conversation in europe. as we are seeing others are seeing what we are seeing, that the only way to fully solve this problem is to have a deterrent. make sure that you can remove people to a safe third country. that's how you break this. criminal gangs. it should be us that decide who come to our country and not them i >> -- >> but prime minister, you've pledged to stop the boats very explicitly so far this year. the numbers are up 35% on where we were last year. nearly numbers are up 35% on where we were last year . nearly 10,000 were last year. nearly 10,000 people have made that crossing this year. and do you regret making that pledge so ferm stop the boats because it's impossible, isn't it? certainly before the next election ? no. before the next election? no. >> it's very important to me

that we do stop the boats because it's a basic matter of fairness. it's simply wrong that people are jumping the queue, coming to our country illegally, putting pressure on public services, undermining that sense of fairness that's so central to our national character and perilously risking their lives in the process. and as we've seen, tragically, children have lost their lives being exploited by these criminal gangs. so i am absolutely convicted in my belief that the right thing to do is everything in our power to stop the boats. that's why we're pioneering the rwanda scheme. and actually, over the past 12 months, if you look at the last 12 months, the numbers are down by around a third. they were down by around a third last calendar year as well. so we are making progress. and just this yeanin making progress. and just this year, in fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. that's 2000 people more than we did last year. so that shows the progress we're making and including within that are 1700 foreign national offenders. again 400 more than last year. so yes , we are making

last year. so yes, we are making progress. of course, there's more to do. i've been very clear that i won't stop until we have stopped the boats. that's why the rwanda scheme is so important. and as you can see from my conversations here in austria and what's coming out of multiple other european countries, everyone else is seeing what we've seen that you must have somewhere to return people so you can have a proper deterrent, because that's the only way to fully solve this problem. >> talking about rwanda, the home office seems to have lost a load of people that were earmarked for removal . earmarked for removal. >> people are going across into ireland, etc. and there's going to be legal challenges and some of your own ex ministers thinks you're never you're never going to get flights off the ground. are you still saying you're going to get regular flights going to get regular flights going through the summer, and if so, how many people do you think you can send before the election? >> well, i do believe that that's what we will do. >> and i set out very comprehensively all the preparations that we've put in place to make that possible. this summer. i'm not going to get into the specific

operational detail because we don't want to compromise the integrity of those operations, but we've trained hundreds of caseworkers, secured an airfield, booked planes , have airfield, booked planes, have escorts, identified the cohort. so all that work is ongoing so that we can not just get the first flight off in july, but then have a multiple rhythm of flights thereafter so that we can create the deterrent that we know is necessary to solving this problem. and lots of people will have their views on this, but i'm not going to apologise for doing something bold, for doing something novel and ambitious, because that is what is required to stop this problem. anyone who says that you can stop the boats without something like this, without having somewhere to return people to if they come here illegally, is not being straight with the british public. now, labour are very clear on this. they believe in giving people who have come here an illegal and come illegally an amnesty to stay. right. they don't believe in returning people. they don't believe in a deterrent. well, the rest of europe is clocking on that you need a deterrent. 15 eu countries just all signed a declaration a week or so ago saying that you need to have returns to safe third countries,

because that's the only way to stop the incentive for people to come. they recognise that we've led on that conversation. it's only the labour party who seem to think that that's not necessary. they don't care about stopping the boats, whereas i'm determined to do everything i can so that that's what we achieve. >> figures for legal migration are out this thursday. it was three quarters of a million last time. borisjohnson three quarters of a million last time. boris johnson pledged to get it below, what, 230,000 it was when they won that majority . was when they won that majority. and it's not going to get down to that. it's not really good enough, is it? on legal migration either. yeah, the levels of legal migration that are inherited are just simply too high. >> and that's why i've taken more significant action than any prime minister in recent history to bring the levels down. we've tackled student dependants , tackled student dependants, people abusing social care, visa. we've raised the threshold of salaries that people need to earn before they come here. so they're not undercutting british workers. and we're already starting to see the impact of those changes. in the first three months of this year, the visas issued across our main

visas issued across our main visa categories were down by a quarter , were down by a quarter. quarter, were down by a quarter. thatis quarter, were down by a quarter. that is a significant drop. it shows that our plan to bring illegal migration down is working . there's more to come working. there's more to come because more of our measures are kicking in thereafter after. so people can be reassured that we have a plan that plan is working. we will bring these levels of legal migration down because i believe, like many people, that they are simply too high and unsustainable. >> finally, prime minister, big football match at the weekend . football match at the weekend. add southampton or leeds. one of them is going to the premier league. you're a massive supporter of southampton . which supporter of southampton. which would you pick if you could choose southampton? >> going to the premier league or are you winning the next election? >> well, it was great to be at saint mary's on on friday night with my family. it was a really special moment for the club, for the players, for the manager. in fact, the whole the whole city was celebrating, you know, never experienced an atmosphere like that at saint mary's for, for years. it was really brilliant. i'm really delighted for everyone looking forward to sunday, hoping that che adams is

fit and we can march back up to the premier league. here we come. >> prime minister, thanks so much for talking to us, andrew. thanks very much. thank you . thanks very much. thank you. >> the slimy little politician avoiding that important question at the end. but it's an obvious answer. >> obviously winning the general election. oh i don't know. >> well, people i mean, i don't have a football team myself, but i imagine people hold football teams really quite close to their hearts. >> not if you're, you know, running to be the prime minister, to be honest. i mean, surely you've got to say i want to be the prime minister. i want to be the prime minister. i want to win the general election. that's why i'm doing this pledge to stop the boats. >> but very interesting, the state of the global economy. i'm not sure being the prime minister right now is perhaps the most fun job in the world. >> well, no, but very interesting what he had to say about illegal immigration, very much pitching himself as the pioneer in europe, telling us that 15 other eu countries are trying to pursue similar schemes, that we're the first to do it. people are following us. do you believe him? do you believe those flights are going to take off? he's saying labour

is a pro amnesty when it comes to illegal migration. if they don't, they're not in favour of a safe third countries. then you know, where are people going to go once they come here illegally? so some strong stuff from rishi sunak there . i guess from rishi sunak there. i guess the question is whether you believe he can achieve it all in time for the next election. >> well, he's talking about this steady drumbeat, this steady rhythm of flights over this summer . of course, not a rhythm of flights over this summer. of course, not a single flight has left one of those official deportation flights. of course, there have been some people who've gone voluntarily, but that's not really what the rwanda scheme is all about. once those flights start going, will be the moment of truth for this government. >> really? absolutely. i mean, he said, they've returned 10,000 people and 1700 foreign criminal offenders, which is good news, presumably for our national security. shall we speak to our political correspondent olivia utley, who was listening to that interview? olivia, as you heard, rishi sunak very much setting himself out as a pioneer when it comes to cracking down on illegal migration. i guess the question is whether the public believe that he can achieve what

he says . he says. >> well, it was an interesting point that sunak made about being the front runner of sending migrants to third countries. and he does have a point. there are other eu countries who are now considering sending migrants to third countries, whether that is a result of sunaks action or whether they were going to do it independently, we can't be sure. but as you say, emily, the question is, is it really going to happen? sunak said at first that we would see flights off the ground before the spring. that didn't happen, mainly because that legislation took such a long time getting through. first the commons and then the lords. it was laid out back in january and it took emergency legislation. it took nearly five months before it was actually passed into law in parliament. and now we are still to see flights take off. we are expecting them to start going quite soon. and sunak has said that he is expecting a steady drumbeat, although interestingly in that interview he didn't actually put a figure on how many migrants he expects to see

flying off, which really you think he should be able to do if there is going to be this steady and regular passage of migrants leaving from britain to rwanda, he obviously wants to wait for a general election until hopefully for him, the dividends of the rwanda scheme have been realised and he did sound pretty confident there that they would be. i thought it was interesting at the beginning when catherine asked him whether he regrets saying that he wanted to stop the boats, because of course, let's remember that rishi sunak didn't say that he wanted to send migrants to rwanda. specifically. he said that what he wanted to do was stop the boats. even if this steady drumbeat carries on throughout the summer , the opposition will the summer, the opposition will say back to him that the boats still have not been stopped. there are still plenty of migrants coming over here who just can't be removed. and as catherine pointed out, the numbers of migrants coming over here this year are actually higher than last year. it does look almost impossible for rishi sunak to succeed. now, that

said, if those flights do start taking off by the end of the summer, then it is possible that voters sort of begin to cut him a bit of slack if things are moving in the right direction, then they might forgive him for not actually being able to fulfil his promise of stopping the boats altogether . the boats altogether. >> all about momentum, as politics often is, olivia utley , politics often is, olivia utley, thank you so much for joining us. live from westminster. >> yes, he desperately wants to get that message across that if, if we don't continue with his plan on the rwanda, then illegal immigration will continue at the current levels. but let's move on to the developing story. a person has died and multiple people have been left injured after severe turbulence on a flight from london heathrow, joining us now for more is gb news home and security editor, mark white, who's been following this story . what do we know now? this story. what do we know now? >> well, we just received some dramatic new video actually from tyler and from servo bomb international airport , in international airport, in bangkok, where this singapore airlines flight diverted to. and

this is in the moments after that aircraft landed a fleet of ambulances on the tarmac. there some of the injured being wheeled out in wheelchairs , wheeled out in wheelchairs, others on stretchers, and they've set up triage tents as well, colour coded , of course, well, colour coded, of course, for the severity of the injuries , on the tarmac there itself, some of the less seriously injured being taken away , by injured being taken away, by buses, but we are told more than 20 of the passengers on that aircraft were injured. one fatality at this stage after that aircraft encountered severe turbulence just as it was crossing the bay of bengal, heading to its destination of singapore . it had taken off from singapore. it had taken off from london heathrow airport last

night. the ten 15 flight from london heathrow, bound for singapore , when it experienced singapore, when it experienced those issues , in the afternoon those issues, in the afternoon local time, as it was crossing the bay of bengal, it would have been beginning its descent shortly after that anyway, to head to singapore for, we can see from some of the images that came on flight radar , showing came on flight radar, showing that the aircraft dropped pretty quickly in a space of a few minutes, from 37,000 to 31,000ft. so some 6000ft in the space of just a few minutes , space of just a few minutes, which would appear to, chime in with what some of the witnesses on board have been telling reporters. and this is some video on board, actually, you can see one of the overhead luggage bins severely dented there. and that's a common cause of injuries to passengers. those not strapped in can be thrown out of their seat,

not strapped in can be thrown out of their seat , collide, with out of their seat, collide, with the luggage bins above and suffer, some quite significant head injuries, so, as i say , the head injuries, so, as i say, the passengers were saying that suddenly the aircraft tilted upwards and, those that could braced . and then there was this braced. and then there was this very sudden descent as the aircraft fell, a few thousand feet . so the cause will clearly feet. so the cause will clearly still have to be established. but we know , according to but we know, according to reports from singapore , reports from singapore, airlines, that there was severe turbulence in the area . turbulence in the area. >> this is just the most extraordinary story given that this is a developed airline , a this is a developed airline, a professional airline to developed rich cities, a flight that has been done many, many times. it seems like the most extraordinary freak accident. >> yes, but it's not uncommon. i

mean, it's a very reason why airlines recommend that when you're in the cruise , heading to you're in the cruise, heading to your destination, if you're in your destination, if you're in your seat, you should remain with your seatbelt fastened, albeit loosely , just in case albeit loosely, just in case they suddenly hit unexpected added turbulence. and of course, you've got some turbulence . they you've got some turbulence. they know about where the seatbelt warning signs will come on, and they'll ask you to go back to your seat. but this can happen very suddenly and without warning. >> well, thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security editor, bringing us the latest. i mean, that footage really brings to light just how serious this, incident has been. that emergency response there , that emergency response there, very severe indeed. we'll bring you any breaking news on that front , but, you any breaking news on that front, but, in you any breaking news on that front , but, in other news, front, but, in other news, a woman has been mauled to death by two registered xl bully dogs in east london. >> we're asking whether the laws to control this breed go far enough that next, you're watching. good afternoon, britain on .

gb news. >> well. very good afternoon. britain to you. it's 127. >> well. very good afternoon. britain to you. it's127. and the community secretary, michael gove. he's been speaking this morning in london condemning the rise in anti—semitism in the uk following the october the 7th attacks. yes. >> he stated that the organisers of pro—palestinian and marches are not doing enough to stop some demonstrators spreading anti—jewish messages. let's take anti—jewish messages. let's take a listen . a listen. >> and we know now that it is genuinely dangerous for people to be openly, clearly, proudly jewish, near these marches at a time when we're all encouraged to be our whole authentic selves, to celebrate our identity, to be out and proud. there is only one group told that they and they alone can

only be tolerated on terms set by others. jews the organisers of the marchers say that there are jewish people on their demonstrations, but they are only safe if they deny what is dear to so many jewish people . dear to so many jewish people. the safety of people in israel, if they are to be accepted on these marches, then they must knuckle under , accept the calls knuckle under, accept the calls to globalise the intifada or to end the zionist entity. they have to obey the rules laid down by others. those march organisers who reserve the right to tell jews both where they should live in the world and how they should live on our streets . they should live on our streets. >> well, this speech by michael gove has been delivered on the same day that lord walney is set to publish a landmark report on political violence and disruption, and also ahead of the publication of the government's counter—extremism action plan, which is coming in the coming weeks. >> well, let's make sense of all of that now with the director for schools and youth

programming at stand with us, yehuda fink, thank you so much for joining us. this is a huge, forjoining us. this is a huge, huge issue across the country, and one of the things that michael gove said today is that jewish people, so very often throughout history have been the canary in the coal mine of hate and authoritarianism. is that what we're seeing today ? what we're seeing today? >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> thank you for having me , what >> thank you for having me, what michael gove said this morning is what we expected him to say. >> it's the sort of thing that we educate about, anti—semitism is something that we have been monitoring at stand with us for many, many years and we have seen the trends grow and explode in the last few months since october 7th. and us jews, as a community are very, very good at raising the alarm bell when we are uncomfortable, we see clear warning signs of anti—semitism getting out of hand because anti—semitism does come with other elements of extremism, which can challenge the very bafic which can challenge the very basic values of western society

that we have grown so much to love and cherish and what's been going on since october 7th has highlighted that both in the war in israel and gaza and on the streets of london, particularly, yehuda, it's clear that the pro—palestinian marches are central to michael gove's comments. >> he spoke about how not enough has been done to stop anti—semitism within those marches . we're also expecting marches. we're also expecting this report to come out on the excesses , looking to potentially excesses, looking to potentially prescribe some of these groups that are conducting and organising these protests. where do you stand on that? where do you stand on the right to freedom of protest and also protecting the jewish community and other communities from hate ? and other communities from hate? >> i think it's absolutely essential that the right to protest, freedom of speech is protected in this country . and i protected in this country. and i accept that there are many of those who want to go onto the streets and support the palestinian cause . and i think palestinian cause. and i think many of those who support the

israeli cause will understand where they're coming from. however, we've seen these marches weekly for months now, and from the very 1st march, we saw an explosion of anti—semitism on whether they be on placards , on signs and on placards, on signs and chants, whether it be in other languages calling for the destruction of jews , and the destruction of jews, and the thing that michael gove highlighted, which is something i think is important, is that, yeah, i would say the majority of those going on those marches don't necessarily agree with those sort of chants and those placards, but they haven't done anything, to stop them or haven't done enough. they haven't done enough. they haven't told them to stop. they haven't told them to stop. they haven't just shouted them down, that may not be for many reasons, but we've learned from the past from horrible lessons in the second world war that those who stood by and did nothing, unfortunately, allowed things to escalate . the things to escalate. the holocaust didn't start in 1939. there were clear warning signs for nearly a decade beforehand, with the rise of extremism, extremism in germany and good

people doing nothing allowed the holocaust to take place . now, holocaust to take place. now, we're not saying that the holocaust will take place again, but when we talk about the phrase never again, we mean that we do not allow this sort of thing to rise in our country and the fact that we've seen this week and week out for months, and really very little has been done about it, is what concerns the jewish community so much. if you hear someone doing something or saying something that's anti—semitic, call them out , anti—semitic, call them out, stop them. continue with your right to protest. but please think about how this affects the jewish community as well . jewish community as well. >> it's a strong message, in concert, of course, with michael gove's speech today, lord walney setting out, recommendations for the government when approaching all sorts of what he defines as extremist groups . he doesn't extremist groups. he doesn't mention any by name, but he's suggesting that some might even be proscribed . are there be proscribed. are there elements within these, pro—palestinian marches that cross that threshold, in your view ?

view? >> i think that there might be some elements i don't want to. i haven't read the report. everything's been fully released yet, and i don't want to put certain organisations on the spot. when we talk about extremism, we need to think about , you know, what people are about, you know, what people are talking about on the streets of our country, and particularly in our country, and particularly in our universities, over the weekend, we standwithus uk released a survey that was published in the daily mail and other news publications, where we ran a survey amongst over 1000 university students in the uk. and we asked them very basic questions. and one of them was, do you think that the october 7th massacre could be considered a terror attack ? nearly 30% said a terror attack? nearly 30% said that they actually think it's an act of resistance, and just a little over 35% actually agreed with the statement that it's a terror attack . we also asked terror attack. we also asked questions about whether it would be it would expect someone who is visibly jewish on campus, regardless of their views regarding the, israeli, israeli, palestinian issue , to expect to palestinian issue, to expect to face anti—semitism on campus. palestinian issue, to expect to face anti—semitism on campus . an

face anti—semitism on campus. an overwhelming number of 45% said they should expect to receive anti—semitism on campus, and those numbers are even higher. russell group universities. >> it's a shocking set of statistics. yehuda i'm afraid that's all we've got time for this afternoon. but, you to think of stand with us uk really appreciate your time on that important issue. yes. >> but coming up as a dog owner is mauled to death by her own registered xl bully dogs. is mauled to death by her own registered xl bully dogs . we're registered xl bully dogs. we're asking, is the government going far enough with its new legislation, with its crackdown on bully xl's? >> emily. thank you. the top stories this hour. the prime minister has addressed the issue of illegal migration during a visit to austria. rishi sunak says eu countries are starting to recognise places like rwanda are essential in tackling the problem, with 15 states calling on the european commission to tighten migration policy. speaking exclusively to gb news, the prime minister says the numbers prove progress is being

made to stop small boats and flights to rwanda will take off this summer. >> the numbers are down by around a third. they were down by around a third last calendar year as well. so we are making progress . and just this year, in progress. and just this year, in fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. that's 2000 people more than we did last year. so that shows a progress we're making. and including within that are 1700 foreign national offenders. again, 400 more than last year. so yes , we are making progress. so yes, we are making progress. of course, there's more to do. i've been very clear that i won't stop until we have stopped the boats . the boats. >> victims of the infected blood scandal will be given interim payments of £210,000 for the most urgent cases, while the final scheme becomes operational. speaking in the house of commons, paymaster general john glenn also said all relatives and victims of the blood scandal can apply for

compensation. the inquiry published its final report into the scandal yesterday , blaming the scandal yesterday, blaming failures on successive governments, the nhs and blood services. since the 1970s, services. since the 19705, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions around 3000 have since died . a passenger has died since died. a passenger has died dunng since died. a passenger has died during turbulence on a flight from london heathrow to singapore. singapore airlines has confirmed. there were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board. it'5 passengers and 18 crew on board. it's now said 18 people have been hospitalised and another 12 are being treated in hospitals. a passenger , who spoke to the a passenger, who spoke to the reuters news agency said the turbulence to led those not wearing seat belts hitting overhead cabins . in a statement, overhead cabins. in a statement, it said the aircraft diverted to bangkok and it's now working with local authorities to provide as much assistance as possible to those affected. singapore airlines also offered its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. for the

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good afternoon. britain. it's 1:41. now, a dog owner has been mauled to death by her two

registered xl bully dogs in the latest tragedy involving this now banned breed. yes. a forensic tent that had been put up outside her home while investigations are continue. >> the ban that came into force at the end of last year was enforced in an attempt to prevent further attacks like this, involving xl bully dogs, but clearly this is still a big problem. so what's the next step? do we need even tighter laws to control this breed? >> well, joining us now is the dangerous dog trainer, john gardner. john, thank you for making the time for us. i suppose you're welcome a lot of people will have thought that once this ban came into force at the start of the year, this dangerous breed of dog would stop killing people. but clearly, the ban that , i suppose clearly, the ban that, i suppose puts on restrictions on dogs in public. this happened in a private home that this this poor woman was mauled to death. does the ban go far enough, in short, no . 110. >> no. >> i think the government has taken the easiest and the

cheapest option. and as you can see, it hasn't solved the problem. and it will continue to not solve the problem. >> i mean , john, lots of people >> i mean, john, lots of people when we spoke about this ban, we had all sorts of voices. come on, people who've had xl bully dogs for years. and they maintained to us, they maintained to us, they maintained and they made the argument and they put it strongly that if you're a good owner, if you're a responsible owner, if you're a responsible owner, there is no risk from these xl bully dogs. this is this woman was mauled to death by her own pets that she'd registered with the government, with the authorities. so does this show that actually you can be the best owner in the world, but these dogs can be lethal regardless , i think it's i think regardless, i think it's i think it's a lot more complex than being a good owner. what constitutes being a good dog owner? you know, what criteria are you using to, say that any one person is a good dog owner , one person is a good dog owner, there's a saying i used last time i was on your program. this isn't my saying, it's an american trainer that came up

with it, but it is very relevant. and that is, some dogs can be owned by anyone. that is, you can give the dog, to any member of public, any ability. and that dog isn't going to be a problem. it isn't going to be a danger to them. it isn't going to be a nuisance, there are other dogs that, can be owned by people as long as they've had training or they've had some kind of help professionally with that dog. but there are a group of dogs that, can't be owned by anyone. not by myself, a professional , they're just professional, they're just simply not safe to be owned by members of the public. and that is where the problem lies. i don't think that , euthanizing don't think that, euthanizing all the xl bullies in the country is fair. and again, i don't think it will solve the overall problem, what we have to do is look at a different way of legislating this , of controlling legislating this, of controlling dogsin legislating this, of controlling dogs in this country , john. dogs in this country, john. >> there'll be those that point to the history of the xl bully

dogs and indeed the bulldogs that were so tragically bred for fighting 100 years ago that these the lineage has been bred for, for power , for strength, for, for power, for strength, for, for power, for strength, for, for power, for strength, for, for want of a better word, inhumanity, indifference towards suffering caused to other beings. and often it's other dogs that are attacked by these xl bullies , is there any xl bullies, is there any justification for keeping this violent lineage around , given violent lineage around, given that this is what these dogs, in most cases have been bred to do? >> i think i think you're absolutely right for a small section of that breed of the xl breed, there are different bloodlines in every breed of dog, and there is a small section, a small bloodline of xl bullies which fit into the description you just use. they shouldn't be on the streets, they shouldn't be in people's houses, and more importantly, they shouldn't continue to be bred. however. however, in

fairness , there are a lot of xl fairness, there are a lot of xl bullies and i've met a fair few that are actually really they're just they're literally sweet little lambs. if you excuse the cliche and, and i think to take an attitude where euthanizing and look, we're actually talking about a cull here, killing all the xl bullies, all the ones you can see on the screen at the moment. that's simply not fair. if it's solved the problem, i, i could, i could take that bitter pill, but it will not solve the problem. and actually anyone that sits, on any platform and says, yep, kill them all. well, i think that's easier said than done. and i think you would have to be a very cold hearted person to be a very cold hearted person to turn up to some of the family homes that i know some of them very high profile and take these dogs away literally from children, and cull them and kill them, i think the problem is that the answer to the problem,

isn't as simple as filling a form in online. it means spending a little bit of money and making a bit of effort. and that's exactly what the government haven't done. >> yes, i'm sure there'll be people watching and listening to this show today who own xl bully dogs themselves, and they've registered with them with the authorities, and they will insist that actually, this dog is a good dog and they can keep it safe and keep themselves safe. so very difficult question, but thank you so much, john gardner. you are a dangerous dog trainer. thank you very much indeed for your time. we don't know exactly what happenedin we don't know exactly what happened in this case. we know that she's been pronounced dead, by the hand of her xl bully dogs. but previous cases, it's been where someone's tried to break up a fight between dogs and has got mauled as a result of that. i mean, really dramatic scenes when these dogs get, get angry. >> yes. and some of these defences, some of these stories, it's just a perfectly sweet little dog or not even little huge dog. perfectly sweet. huge, enormous , muscular dog, can just enormous, muscular dog, can just snap like that . and you don't

snap like that. and you don't know which ones are going to snap and when, horrifying. but we must get on to other stories, because coming up, one passenger, of course, has been killed and dozens injured in this severe turbulence on a flight from to london singapore. we've got much more latest news on this, including new

break. >> right. it's150. break. >> right. it's 150. let's break. >> right. it's150. let's pick up on that. developing story. a person has died. multiple have been left injured after severe turbulence. shook a flight from london heathrow . london heathrow. >> well, joining us now for more is gb news home and security edhon is gb news home and security editor, mark white. and mark, what more do we know? >> well, we're just dipping back into the story every time we get more info nation on video from that area and the latest images that area and the latest images that we've received here @gbnews show the moments after that

aircraft landed and showing the precarious nature of the extraction process of those who've been clearly quite significantly injured by this, they are being very gingerly taken out by by those specialised stretchers, backboards , effectively to get backboards, effectively to get them out of the aircraft by those firefighters and other medics. and that's because, of course, the nature of the injuries that many will have suffered will be head, neck and spinal injuries, because in these situations of hitting severe turbulence , if people are severe turbulence, if people are not strapped in their seats, they're often thrown out of their seats, tossed upwards into their seats, tossed upwards into the luggage bins above their head, causing those significant injuries. and of course, we know that one person is reported to have died and more than 20 others injured. and clearly , others injured. and clearly, from these images that you're

seeing inside the aircraft, you can see the damage from the overhead luggage compartments as well. where, yes, the oxygen masks have come down, but actually some of the panelling has been buckled and destroyed as well, probably by the impact of some of those passengers being thrown up into those luggage compartments. so, a tried and tested emergency operation at this busy international airport in bangkok , but very significant emergency service resources that were sent. now, you can see from some of the still images there, the damage to the overhead compartments, the oxygen masks that have come down. but clearly, anyone being forced up at a rate of knots into those overhead compared elements is potentially, going to be suffering some significant injury, so those are the latest

images, coming out from bangkok , images, coming out from bangkok, taken by the passengers on board that aircraft as the emergency services were able to board it and to take those passengers off one by one, the injured passengers before those , that passengers before those, that were not injured were allowed to exit that aircraft. >> well, thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security editor. you'll be back with us if we receive more footage and more details of this, what must have been a absolutely horrific incident for those on board. >> i'm sure we can all imagine a time when we've been on a plane andifs time when we've been on a plane and it's been a bit bumpy, but my goodness, no, nothing. anything that quite compares to the level of disruption here. and of course, we can't forget in all of this injured and one death. >> yes, absolutely shocking footage. we'll bring you more developments as and when we get them. stay with us. lots more to come, including, rishi sunak. on illegal immigration in vienna.

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reach 20 or 21 degrees across the far northwest of scotland and through those evening. this evening, those showers are going to continue to move quite slowly so they could bring quite a lot of rain in a short space of time. some heavy showers across the far north of scotland. they shouldn't bring too much disruption, but they could bring some pretty unpleasant conditions for a while. heavy showers continuing across the western areas of northern ireland, so that could bring some disruption on the roads. for those of you travelling this evening, as well as across wales and the southwest, where they could be, particularly slow moving. so do take care if you're travelling through this evening, take a closer look at the weather warnings on our website. if you'd like to. now through this evening, this heavy rain wrapped around an area of low pressure will push into eastern areas of england. that's going to become a more dominant feature through wednesday. so some heavy rain across northeastern england and some low cloud mist and fog across the eastern coast of scotland as well. but plenty of cloud around and heavy rain. so it's going to be another mild start to the day on wednesday, but there'll be less in the way of sunshine as that heavy rain continues to pivot around this area of low

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:00 on tuesday, the 21st of may. i'm tom harwood , and i'm may. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. more pictures and information. have emerged on this tragic story in which at least one passenger has been killed and dozens injured. it happened during severe turbulence on a flight from london to singapore . we'll keep london to singapore. we'll keep you updated on this developing

story and the shocking figures from a special police team cracking down on child grooming gangs. >> it's arrested hundreds of suspects and protected more than 4000 victims in its first year of operating . of operating. >> and after a woman is mauled to death by her two registered xl bully dogs, there are growing questions on whether the law goes far enough to control this dangerous breed. >> and tom, the work and pensions minister, he's got a lot to say about how british businesses need to put british workers first. he's saying that because the government is clamping down on immigration, or at least is setting the path to do so, british businesses are going to have to actually recruit british workers . they're recruit british workers. they're going to have to train them up. they're going to have to give them jobs , and they're going to them jobs, and they're going to have to fill their gaps with brits. >> am i am i am ijust sort of

getting too old because i swear i've heard this before. >> i think it was it was gordon brown who developed the phrase british jobs for british workers, although i'm not quite sure it ever materialised . it sure it ever materialised. it seems like we've heard this promise again and again and again. >> i think you might be right, tom. but he's saying businesses need to hire an extra 300,000 british workers following what they call the clampdown on immigration. so that's training up the unemployed for jobs in all sorts of different areas . i all sorts of different areas. i guess the question is whether that work pays enough for people to want to do those jobs. these are jobs in hospitality. these jobs may be in social care, they may be low paid jobs within the nhs and other industries in this country. so it's a tall ask. >> it is a conundrum in our economy that we have a million job vacancies across the united kingdom, but also millions of people on out of work benefits. i mean, it doesn't quite make sense when you think about it like that. and we've spoken before on this program. so many times about what the work and pensions secretary has said about people who are taking,

leave from work or or signing off for various sickness related benefits and, and there are legitimate questions to be asked over some of those sickness benefits, whether it is best place, if someone is feeling a bit nervous, if they can sign off from work. i mean, in my view, businesses have for so long taken advantage of cheap labour from abroad. >> surely it is the right thing to prioritise british people for british jobs and get them off benefits, get them into employment, get them contributing to the economy. surely that's common sense. let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay should businesses prioritise british workers ? but let's get your workers? but let's get your headunes. headlines. >> emily, thank you very much. the top stories this hour from the gb newsroom. the prime minister has addressed the issue of illegal migration during a visit to austria . rishi sunak

visit to austria. rishi sunak says eu countries are starting to recognise places like rwanda are essential in tackling the problem , with 15 states calling problem, with 15 states calling on the european commission to tighten migration policy. speaking exclusively to gb news, the prime minister says the numbers prove progress is being made to stop small boats and flights to rwanda will take off this summer . this summer. >> the numbers are down by around a third. they were down by around a third last calendar year as well, so we are making progress. and just this year, in fact , we have returned 10,000 fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. that's 2000 people more than we did last year. so that shows the progress we're making. and including within that are 1700 foreign national offenders. again, 400 more than last year. so yes , we are making progress. so yes, we are making progress. of course, there's more to do. i've been very clear that i won't stop until we have stopped the boats. >> the first victims of the infected blood scandal will receive their final compensation payment before the end of the

yeah payment before the end of the year. speaking in the commons, paymaster—general john glen said that all relatives of victims of the infected blood scandal can apply the infected blood scandal can apply for compensation. the inquiry published its final report into the scandal yesterday, blaming failures on successive governments, the nhs and blood services . since the and blood services. since the 19705, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions , owns products and transfusions, owns around 3000 have since died . around 3000 have since died. john glen made a statement in the house of commons, where he also apologised to victims and said the scheme will be flexible i >> -- >> those who have been infected or affected as a result of this scandal will receive compensation . varne to be compensation. varne to be crystal clear , if you have been crystal clear, if you have been directly or indirectly infected by nhs blood, blood products or tissue contaminated with hiv or hepatitis c, or have developed a

chronic infection from blood contaminated with hepatitis b , contaminated with hepatitis b, you will be eligible to claim compensation under the scheme . compensation under the scheme. >> a passenger has died during severe turbulence on a flight from london heathrow to singapore. singapore airlines has confirmed. there were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board. it'5 passengers and 18 crew on board. it's now said 18 people have been hospitalised and another 12 are being treated in hospitals. a passenger , who spoke to a passenger, who spoke to reuters news agency said the turbulence led to those not wearing seat belts hitting overhead cabins . in a statement, overhead cabins. in a statement, it said the aircraft diverted to bangkok and it's now working with the local authorities to provide as much assistance as possible to those affected. singapore airlines also offered its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased . the high family of the deceased. the high court has ruled that prince harry group newspapers to include allegations against

rupert murdoch. a judge has ruled the allegations against mr murdoch should not be allowed to be taken to trial, stating they added nothing material to the case. news group newspapers is accused of unlawful information gathering on prince harry since the age of nine, which it denies , and the high court has ruled that the regulations , which that the regulations, which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protests were unlawful. civil liberties group liberty brought legal action against the home office over protest regulations last year. the government measures lowered the threshold for what is considered serious disruption to community life. they also allowed police officers to take into account any relevant cumulative disruption of repeated protests in today's ruling, two judges ruled for the group, finding the home office acted outside of its powers . and acted outside of its powers. and acted outside of its powers. and a woman has died after a dog attack in a house in east london, with police seizing two xl bullies from the property. the metropolitan police says the victim was in her 505 and the

incident happened yesterday. officers say she was pronounced dead at the scene and the two registered dogs were seized after being contained in a room from the 1st of february this yeah from the 1st of february this year. it became a criminal offence to own the xl bully breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate . for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. comment now back to tom and . emily. tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain at 2:07. now the work and pensions secretary has unveiled plans to get unemployed brits back to work. yes. >> outlining the welfare reforms, mel stride says he will build an economic model based on british talent whilst putting an end to british businesses reliance on foreign workers . reliance on foreign workers. that's the aim anyway. >> tackling economic inactivity, getting more people off welfare and into work, unlocking british

talent as part of a new economic model that moves away from a reliance on overseas labour and creating a benefit system that is fit for the future. sustainable fair and compassionate . compassionate. >> well, i'm delighted to say that gb news economics and business editor liam halligan joins us now with on the money . joins us now with on the money. liam, this was a bold statement from the work and pensions secretary, but it feels like stuff that we've heard before. >> we have heard this kind of stuff before, tom. we hear it often just before general elections or when general elections or when general elections are in the offing. you and emily were talking earlier about the time when gordon brown used the phrase british jobs for british workers. i remember that, i remember reporting it. it was two thousand and seven. and back then, net immigration

to the uk was 273,000 in that yeah to the uk was 273,000 in that year, two thousand and seven. of course, last year it was 745,000. and the latest figures show an annual increase in the population, net of 640 odd thousand. so we're in a different world, but the concerns are the same. but just more intense. there are an awful lot of vacancies , as you said lot of vacancies, as you said earlier, rightly so. and yet there are many, many people in this country on out of work benefits. the official number is 1.5 million on out of work benefits, but many analysts say that if you add up people on incapacity benefit, if you add up people on universal credit who aren't working and other benefits , it's not as if the benefits, it's not as if the department for work and pensions put these numbers in a press release. you have to really rummage around the national database using passwords and so to on get these numbers. but it's more like 4 to 5 million people who are on out of work benefits. some of those people, of course, should be receiving

those out of work benefits because they need help from the state. that's absolutely fine. but many people would say particularly post—covid, that many of them millions, perhaps , many of them millions, perhaps, are receiving out of work benefits for relatively minor mental health issues. and that should stop . that's what mel should stop. that's what mel stride is talking about. he's trying to serve up some centre right policies just before an election, as have downing street over recent weeks. >> yeah. what exactly is he proposing? because from the headlines, it seems that he's saying we're clamping down on immigration. therefore businesses need to stop relying on cheap foreign labour and hire british. does the government have the authority to tell businesses to do that? how involved can they get in how businesses recruit? or is this just a numbers game ? you're not just a numbers game? you're not going to have access to these people, so therefore you're going to have to hire brits. >> i don't think it's a numbers

game, emily, because i think it will be very hard to clamp down on immigration, removing, lowering the numbers that we've seen in recent months and years in any meaningful way in the short to medium term. this will take time. and it's not as if the government can, you know, order, firms who they should employ . as long as they're employ. as long as they're employing people legally, then they're going to do that. so this is about hard cash. now you'll remember as we came out of covid and people realised , of covid and people realised, crikey, we haven't got enough hgv drivers. crikey, there are all these supply chain issues. the government did offer up money for firms to train new hgv drivers. three 3000 odd pounds. they did offer for money firms to take on apprentices in certain sectors . what mel stride certain sectors. what mel stride has said today is that kind of post—covid measure for hgv drivers is going to be extended, but it's going to be spread across other sectors too. so it's not just about, mel stride would say political slogans .

would say political slogans. it'5 would say political slogans. it's actually about giving firms cash. if they take on british workers for apprenticeships and so on. of course, we've been talking about these kind of things for years and implementing them is so difficult . also, it'll be difficult. also, it'll be difficult. also, it'll be difficult to ascertain, you know, what is a british worker who is a british worker? the there are lots of , if you like, there are lots of, if you like, sort of grey areas and doubts about people's actual status, and it strikes me also that this is going to be something that labour are going to have to follow. the tories are very keen to put clear blue water between themselves and labour when it comes to immigration. when it comes to immigration. when it comes to immigration. when it comes to welfare , not least comes to welfare, not least because many conservatives are going over to reform because they think that the government over many years has been too lax in this area. but it's very hard to paint yourself as a government that's committed to bringing down immigration, that's committed to tackling the sort of hard core of welfare dependency in this country ,

dependency in this country, where it's seen to be unjustified by many other voters. it's hard to really say that credibly when immigration numbers have gone up so hugely in recent years. as i say, the increase is massive. back in 1997, when the government of which gordon brown was a part, came into office, net immigration into this country was 50,000 people read my lips, 50,000 people. we've just had 750,000 odd. and we're still well above 600,000. a lot of people are really concerned about this issue, and that is why the tories are saying what they're saying. whether or not they're saying. whether or not they're believed is another question. >> well, liam halligan, thank you so much for bringing us the detail around this story, because it is the detail that really does matter here. economics and business editor liam halligan there frustrating because a lot of people voted for brexit because they wanted a different type of economy . different type of economy. >> they wanted to stop the overreliance of business on, on,

on cheap foreign labour from abroad, and it's true too, that the labour party are kind of following this . i mean, wes following this. i mean, wes streeting was saying how the nhs is far too reliant on doctors and nurses and other staff from abroad . they're all talking the abroad. they're all talking the talk when it comes to this sort of british jobs for british workers. but how difficult is it going to be in practice for our economy to, you know, stop wean ourselves off, to wean us off the drug of cheap, cheap jobs ? the drug of cheap, cheap jobs? >> the care sector is perhaps the biggest example here. care social care is so very expensive. i mean, many , many expensive. i mean, many, many families will know the pain of trying to afford this. and that is even with rafe really low wages, really, really low wages that frankly , many brits do not that frankly, many brits do not want to take on. i mean , if want to take on. i mean, if you're going to have a lot more brits working in social care, then suddenly wages are going to go up, the cost of that care is

going to go up. the reverberations and the knock on effects , i think are a huge i effects, i think are a huge i think a lot of people would say care workers are paid a pittance and they should be rewarded as such. >> but then perhaps more of us should look after our own families. but i know that's, harder than it, well, it may appear there are all of these second order effects that there need to be considered, and you sort of see how a politician getting into government saying, of course you want to shut down this visa route, then gets in and says, okay, which taxes am i going to have to raise in order to fund that? but i mean, when you look at those out of work benefits numbers, i mean 4 to 5 million people, i mean, that is crazy. surely, surely we don't need that many people on out of work benefits. but perhaps you disagree. let us know, coming up, dog owner is mauled to death by her two registered xl bully dogs. we're asking is the government going far enough when it comes to banning this breed?

>> good afternoon. britain. it is 2:19. to some breaking news. now to bring you. that's happenedin now to bring you. that's happened in the last few minutes. we've learned new information on the person who has died on this tragic flight from heathrow to singapore. well all is confirmed as a 73 year old british man. >> yes. we also now know that seven on board are critically injured and there are 23 who have suffered moderate injuries, 16 with slight injuries and one crew member has also been injured. well joining us now for more is gb news home and security editor mark. quite shocking the extent of the injuries aboard this flight. we now know that a british man in his 70s is, is now dead. >> yeah, we're getting more information all the time from thai authorities who've just been holding a news conference at the main international

airport in bangkok, and they have confirmed to us that the 73 year old british man has succumbed to his injuries. but also they said that he may have suffered a cardiac event . but suffered a cardiac event. but whether that was brought on by his injuries or not, we don't know at this stage , but they are know at this stage, but they are telling us now that from initial reports of some 20 injured, 64 is the total number of injuries on board that flight. you can see these latest images of the, ginger way in which the fire fighting authorities are taking some of the injured out on backboards. some of the more seriously injured . we're told seriously injured. we're told that seven of the injured passengers are described as having suffered critical injuries. what happened? according to passengers on the flight that have been speaking to reporters, is that those who

were not strapped into their seats were suddenly thrown up into the air, and smashed into the baggage , areas, the baggage the baggage, areas, the baggage bins above their heads . and we bins above their heads. and we can see from the images, some of the damage to those baggage bins and to the areas, of course , and to the areas, of course, where the oxygen masks drop down, as well as some of those damaged, some of the oxygen masks having been deployed, dunng masks having been deployed, during this emergency. and according to authorities , as or according to authorities, as or at least to the passengers, the aircraft itself dropped thousands of feet. flight radar suggests some 6000ft from 37,000 to 31,000ft. in a matter of just a few minutes, just as the aircraft was exiting the bay of bengal aircraft was exiting the bay of bengal, heading towards thailand, and immediately diverted to the closest

international airport . that international airport. that being, of course, that main airport in bangkok, you can see the aircraft on the tarmac there with emergency service vehicles and convoy of ambulances around this aircraft and on the ground a well rehearsed rescue operation swung into , practice operation swung into, practice with the triage tents on the tarmac outside, on the ground just by the aircraft itself. as they assessed those injured people before transferring them, to hospital. but to according the thai, spokesman who gave a press conference just in the last few minutes , they are not last few minutes, they are not talking at this stage about the cause of this incident. they will leave that up to the accident investigators , from the accident investigators, from the singaporean airlines and from

the federal aviation administration . administration. >> this is, such a rare occurrence , this, do you know occurrence, this, do you know the last time that something like this has happened? of course, everyone's likely experienced turbulence at one point or other on an aeroplane, but but to this extent to lead to lead to a death. >> well, it's certainly not uncommon for people to be injured in episodes of severe turbulence on aircraft. it happens , fairly frequently. and happens, fairly frequently. and it's one of the reasons why the crew on board an aircraft will always advise passengers to keep their seatbelts on when they're seated, even if it's just loosely fastened to stop that kind of event happening. if they hit turbulence , to prevent them hit turbulence, to prevent them going too far out of their seat and, hitting their head on the ceiling above. and indeed, to according thai authorities, the

61 people who were injured, not 64, were just a revised number, 61 people injured. most of them had suffered head injuries, cuts to their head from colliding with the luggage bins and the, the area above the their head of where they were seated, so it's not unknown. and that will factor into the investigation that area around the bay of bengal is notorious for thunderstorm activity, of course, which can lead to severe turbulence as well. >> thank you very much indeed. mark, please come back and speak to us if you hear any more in the way of developments. mark white, our home and security editor now in other news, as we've been reporting, a dog owner has been mauled to death by her own two registered xl bully dogs in the latest tragedy involving the banned breed. well a forensic tent that has been put up outside her home while

investigations continue is on screen now . screen how. >> screen now. >> the ban that came into force at the end of last year was enforced in an attempt to prevent further attacks involving xl bullies , but involving xl bullies, but clearly this is still a huge problem . so is this ban not problem. so is this ban not working or does it need to go further? >> very good question. well joining us now is dog trainer behavioural specialist stan rawlinson , stan, thank you very rawlinson, stan, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. a shocking , story here, a woman shocking, story here, a woman mauled to death by her own two bully xl dogs, we've seen many reports over the years of similar occurring . sadly, people similar occurring. sadly, people being killed by their own dogs of this breed. do you believe the government's ban goes far enough? should these dogs have been allowed to be kept in this cut by a by a woman in this country , i've never believed country, i've never believed that the banning , of this breed that the banning, of this breed in the way that they've done it the same as they just copied the

1909 dangerous dogs act that they brought in, the 1991 and what they've done is not taken it far enough to actually go back to where the problem is with this particular group of dogs. and, i believe they have to rethink it. they've got to come out of the box that they thought worked. and of course, the dangerous dogs act of 1991 has not worked. it never has worked . i've worked within that worked. i've worked within that framework as an expert witness and it will not work. now, i'll give you a perfect example. this one. none of the legislation for xl bullies or any other dog would have stopped this attack. and the reason being the muzzling and everything else is outdoors , not indoors. yet the outdoors, not indoors. yet the majority of deaths being caused by dog attacks are indoors, so that doesn't make any sense. so where and how are we going to attack the situation that we find with a number of different types of breeds of dogs ?

types of breeds of dogs? >> isn't that a point? isn't that a point to expand this ban? we've seen some horrific attacks in the last year or two of dogs chasing people outdoors, dragging them through the streets. clearly that is not happening so much in this country anymore, thanks to this ban that came into force in january. isn't the logical argument, then to extend it, to add more provisions within people's homes, then how would the dogs eat if they've got to be in a muzzle all, all the time and kept on a lead indoors as well as outdoors? that doesn't make any sense. and not all of these dogs are bad. yes some of them are. i personally believe we need to attack the very people that are creating the particularly bad dogs, and it's to do with bloodlines and it's to do with bloodlines and it's to do with a messing about with the dna of these particular dogs to be imported from america and varying other places. and it's caused chaos and now what we need to do, we need to bring in

a specialist licensing system that will license any breeders of any potentially dangerous dogs that are born. now, i'm not saying xl bully, i'm saying potentially dangerous dog because it will cover a number of breeds . of breeds. >> yeah. i mean, stan, i must say quite a few people are getting in touch saying there should just be a cull of these breeds, what would you say to that ? that? >> i'm totally against, just getting a cross reference of dogs. strange enough, there's quite a number of these xl bullies and american pit bulls, other dogs and other dog that's also banned in this country that are used as assistance dogs in many places , not all of them many places, not all of them bad.the many places, not all of them bad. the whole problem has come from a specific bloodlines and from a specific bloodlines and from specific people messing about with the dna to then destroy every dog just to make sure that small percentage that are bad and they are very, very

bad should not happen. i do not believe that is that smacks of eugenics to me, and i really, really feel that that is not the right way to go about this, doesn't it? >> also smack of evolutionary biology? after all, the bully dog breed was developed in victorian england, mainly because it was a fighting dog, a dog that would go into a pen to fight other dogs and selectively breeding after breeding . after breeding after breeding. after breeding after breeding. after breeding led to a dog that didn't really feel pain, that had a huge temperament to attack, particularly smaller dogs. we've also seen that they now attack children and similar sort of small life forms . this sort of small life forms. this is clearly a dog that is acting in the way that it has been bred to act. in many cases. >> in actual fact, it comes back from the roman times. tom the romans attacked england , with romans attacked england, with the dogs of war, what was called the dogs of war, what was called the dogs of war, what was called the dogs of war at that time. it

had thousands of these dogs, and they went into the front of the army and smashed through, the people that were, that were fighting at that particular time. so goes back a long, long way. and you're absolutely right. these dogs have been bred for fighting . they've got a high for fighting. they've got a high predatory chase drive . and when predatory chase drive. and when they go, they go for the arm to start off with, pull you down and go to the neck. and that is and go to the neck. and that is a major, major problem. but not all of these. these dogs were bred for that were bred just for the locks. it only recent. we had no problems with xl bullies. they started in 1988. it wasn't until 2000 and 21 did we start seeing the deaths from these excel centre, but we only got a significant number of xl bully dogs imported to the uk after around 2018 2019. >> that's when we started to see a large number come over , and a large number come over, and consequently we saw a large number of attacks and of deaths

from 21 onwards, and that is when the bloodlines started to be really impacting from a number of dogs that had come over from america, that come over from america, that come over from america, that come over from a bloodline called from from one dog that called kobe. >> but there was another other, another number of other dogs that were also involved in that particularly nasty bloodline . particularly nasty bloodline. where it was really problems is nearly all of those dogs were bred from close relatives. in other words, brother and sister, daughter , father. and they're daughter, father. and they're all done that way to make them aggressive. so it's only a small amount of these dogs that are really dangerous. but how do we control that bloodline? we can control that bloodline? we can control the breeders, and we can control the breeders, and we can control the breeders, and we can control the owners. don't always. it's not always the dog. we created this, man created this dog to be what it is. well, thank you, stan , thank you so thank you, stan, thank you so much for joining thank you, stan, thank you so much forjoining us to talk us much for joining us to talk us through all of that, thank you very much. stan rawlinson, dog

trainer, behavioural specialist . trainer, behavioural specialist. lots of you getting in touch about this, kim says it's not the dogs that need culling. it's the dogs that need culling. it's the irresponsible breeders and owners. william said they tried to call badgers, but that just drove them underground . owen drove them underground. owen says culling the breeds won't work because the kind of people who have xl bullies will just move on to another type of dog. yes you might be right with that, and, extinct , commander that, and, extinct, commander says, i think i'll stick to my border collie . so there you go. border collie. so there you go. i'll stick with my cockapoo. >> yeah, there you go. there you go. well, dogs. dogs are bred to be gentle. perhaps more advisable, but coming up, the royal marines have staged an amphibious beach landing. but don't worry, it was only a re—enactment of the d—day anniversary. much more on that after your headlines . after your headlines. >> tom. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. some breaking news. a 73 year old british man has died after an aircraft was hit by severe

turbulence on a flight from london heathrow to singapore. the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in bangkok. airport officials believe the man may have suffered a heart attack. more than 50 people were hurt, seven of them critically , hurt, seven of them critically, after sustaining head injuries. singapore airlines confirmed there were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board the. the prime minister has addressed the issue of illegal migration during a visit to austria, rishi sunak says eu countries are starting to recognise places like rwanda are essential in tackling the problem, with 15 states calling on the european commission to tighten migration policy . tighten migration policy. speaking exclusively to gb news, the prime minister says the numbers prove progress is being made in stopping small boats and thousands of illegal migrants are being returned to other countries . countries. >> the numbers are down by around a third. they were down by around a third last calendar year as well. so we are making progress . and just this year, in

progress. and just this year, in fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. that's 2000 people more than we did last year. so that shows the progress we're making and including within that are 1700 foreign national offenders. again 400 more than last year. so yes , we are making progress. so yes, we are making progress. of course, there's more to do. i've been very clear that i won't stop until we have stopped the boats. >> victims of the infected blood scandal will be given interim compensation payments of £210,000 for the most urgent cases , while the final scheme cases, while the final scheme becomes operational. cabinet minister john glenn told parliament the initial payment will be given to people living with the effects of contaminated blood within 90 days, starting in the summer. the inquiry published its final report into the scandal yesterday, blaming failures on successive governments, the nhs and blood services. since the 1970s, services. since the 19705, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and

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i >> -- >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's 238 going on 39. you've been getting in touch. firstly on mel stride. the work and pensions minister's pledge to put brits first and get british jobs for british workers. >> that's an original phrase . >> that's an original phrase. larry says. jobs for brits just won't work . we need foreign won't work. we need foreign labouh won't work. we need foreign labour. simples. there's a lot of people who aren't working, though, larry. >> there's a lot of people who aren't working, and perhaps some of them could take up these jobs

i >> -- >> they're lazy. >> they're lazy. >> well, we you know, what do we do with lazy people? >> not all of them are lazy. >> not all of them are lazy. >> john says jobs for brits fill the jobs with the lazy, woke, entitled people that are on useless courses at universities. it'5 useless courses at universities. it's interesting you mentioned that because there is a bit of a row brewing between the prime minister and david cameron, the foreign secretary, over how important international students are for our universities and whether we should be cracking down on them. a lot of our universities are thoroughly dependent on international students, but are some of those courses perhaps aren't worth the paper they're written on? >> yeah, i find it really difficult when it's this conversation because objectively, we want to be the sort of workshop of the world when it comes to the best and the brightest coming to britain. but then you look at university 206 on the list that's, you know, 60% international students. and you really question is this the best, best and the brightest? it's almost like so many vested interests though, aren't there? >> i mean, obviously the academics want to keep all the international students coming so that they're funded. and of

course, you know britain. yes, they need to fill all these seats in our universities and co. but if these universities, if they're if they're just not of a high calibre, then what's the point. and you know, suella braverman is always talking about how people use universities as a route just for an immigration route. yes. >> rather than do a one year course and then suddenly they're in the country easily and they've just paid for the privilege. but but this is a fundamental problem. i think in a market economy you expect bad business models to go bust. and a business that is not performing well can go bust . but performing well can go bust. but it seems to me that in the university sector, it's we're not going to let a single university ever go bust, even if it's a terrible university. yeah, you're absolutely right. >> it is ridiculous . we should >> it is ridiculous. we should let some universities go bust if they're useless. but hey , that's they're useless. but hey, that's a debate for another time. you have also been getting in touch on the tragic news that a 73 year old british man has died on this turbulent flight from london to singapore. david's got in touch. he says. i've been on that route and i've experienced exactly the same type of event

over the bay of siam. one of the most terrifying experiences of my life . he goes on to say my my life. he goes on to say my sympathy to all involved and condolences to the family of the deceased 73 year old man. yes, some of you have got in touch who have done this route before, and very much seems as though bad turbulence is quite common. i can't imagine myself what it would be like to experience that. i had a bit of dodgy turbulence on the way to hong kong actually, several years ago , but not to this extent, that's for sure. >> no, i've definitely . i mean, >> no, i've definitely. i mean, when i went to brazil last year, it was a bit of turbulence. and, you know, you just strap in and you know, you just strap in and you sort of go by. but i mean, it's not like sort of overhead lockers popping open or people flying up into the air level of turbulence. this is something on another level, absolutely horrendous. >> i mean, nick got in touch earlier and he said, he's flown to singapore dozens of times and says the turbulence over the indian ocean and the himalayas in particular was where it got, pretty violent at times. he says

the plane dropped up to 100ft in just a couple of seconds. absolutely terrifying . our absolutely terrifying. our condolences to the man who has sadly died in this, incident and to his family and everyone affected, really shocking incident . incident. >> well, coming up next on gb news. martin daubney is up at 3:00. he joins us now for a little sneak peek at what's coming up. martin, what's going on? >> yeah, well, i have all the latest, of course, on that singaporean airlines, tragedy. and also yesterday, of course, was the infected blood scandal, the compensation scheme at today, £210,000 interim payments. i'll be speaking to a solicitor who represents 1500 victims and their families. is this compensation scheme adequate? and should kenneth clarke be stripped of his peerage for his part in it? also, in about 15 minutes time, a report into clamping down onto terror protest groups such as just stop oil will be published .

just stop oil will be published. i'll be joined by its primary author, lord walney . he's the author, lord walney. he's the government's counter terror organiser and a bit of fun news. well, not so fun news if you're an elvis presley fan, because elvis fans are all shook up of news that grayson sands the legendary mansion might be going up for auction to the highest bidder after lisa marie presley apparently put it up against collateral as a loan fans fear a private buyer could snaffle it up and close it down. so it's now or never to say graceland . now or never to say graceland. >> martin i was not expecting that. >> martin i was not expecting that . you've got a great voice. that. you've got a great voice. where have you been hiding that martin? a good start. i'm very interested to hear what, lord walney has to say about his recommendations in this big report on, on these protests , on report on, on these protests, on extremism, on all of this. very interested to hear. but thank you, martin. we're going to tune in. stay tuned till 6:00 for that show. you won't want to miss. it sounds great. and a

great voice. >> yeah, absolutely. still still rather taken aback by all of that. perhaps we should start singing our intros. but i have a couple of times if you're out and about on the coast of southern cornwall last night, you might have thought that we were under invasion . were under invasion. >> well, the royal marines, they staged an amphibious beach landing as part of the 80th anniversary of d—day. landing as part of the 80th anniversary of d—day . well, our anniversary of d—day. well, our south west of england reporter, jeff moody has this report for us. >> us. >> a sunny evening on a cornish beach. >> but something's coming. >> but something's coming. >> something the sunbathers aren't expecting . aren't expecting. >> the safety is the biggest issue here, and this is the most dangerous thing they'll do, because in reality, they would because in reality, they would be doing this at night on a foreign coast. or maybe onto some some rocks. >> so they need to slowly progress, start off in the daylight without any equipment or weapons, and then move up to full tactical serials at night . full tactical serials at night. >> until recently, major andrew

atkinson was the officer commanding the landing craft squadron , the squadron's squadron, the squadron's training for its part in the d—day commemoration in france. >> in a couple of weeks time, they'll retrace the steps of four seven commando sailing via portsmouth and landing on the 6th of june at gold beach in normandy . 6th of june at gold beach in normandy. the marines will talk to veterans in portsmouth and will meet the last surviving d—day landing craft driver in france . and while they're on the france. and while they're on the way to france, their training still continues . there's three still continues. there's three distinct training courses taking place right now simultaneously one for sergeants, one for corporals and one for marines. some of these men have been in training for eight years. sergeant fraser is one of the instructors for today. he's proud of the work his marines have achieved. >> it's just a method of inserting troops onto the ground. we've got very different boats. we've got aukus offshore raiding craft, lcvp, different

craft. but this is the base level mainly used for recces or, you know, sneaky big stuff dropping lads on the ground . dropping lads on the ground. >> it's a routine training exercise, but one that holds a special significance in this anniversary year. >> i don't think the general pubuc >> i don't think the general public understands d—day fully. i think most people think of d—day and they just associate it with saving private ryan, and they don't realise how big the uk's part was. indeed, a of the 4000 ships, 80% were royal navy, two thirds of the landing craft were driven by royal marines . were driven by royal marines. over half the troops landed were british and her dominion canada. so britain's the lead for d—day. and in my humble opinion, it's the greatest military achievement of all time. and it's something the younger generations need to know. and there's only a few veterans left , so it's important for us to remember their deeds before this. there are no more training continued as well into the

night, and they'll return in a few days. >> when the surf is higher and the conditions more challenging . the conditions more challenging. only then will they be ready to make the journey across the channel to france to take their place in the commemorations. jeff moody, gb news. >> well, it's not every day you see a staged beach landing, do you? >> not an intentional one. >> not an intentional one. >> not an intentional one. >> no good stuff . >> no good stuff. >> no good stuff. >> well. coming up, shocking figures from special, >> well. coming up, shocking figures from special , from figures from special, from a special police team cracking down on child grooming gangs. we'll have all of the

good afternoon. britain. it's just gone. 10 to 3 now. a dedicated police task force set up to bring down child grooming gangs has supported police forces in england and wales to make hundreds of arrests in its first year. >> yes, in the last 12 months,

the crackdown team of expert investigators and analysts has helped police forces arrest over 550 suspects and identify and protect over 4000 victims and build up robust cases to get justice for these appalling crimes. >> well, joining us now in the studio is gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie, you've covered a lot on these grooming gangs. does it seem like finally we're starting to make some progress? it is a significant step forward and many victims will be welcoming this news keenly today, in part because it involves the training of 400 officers who have attached themselves to all 47 police forces in england and wales to deliver some of that specialist training and direction to carry out their operational requirements and a core part of thatis requirements and a core part of that is data data analytics. >> the processing, the capture, analysing and dissemination of all of that key information that allows police work to accelerate and arrest and convict. that's

keen information and so far up to up to now, there's been a huge issue with the data processing with regards to grooming gangs due to political correctness and nervousness and just downright poor policing . as just downright poor policing. as late as december last year, the police watchdog said that some four police forces it assessed had significant failings and 14 needed urgent improvements. so this task force has been attaching to them to improve the situation . well, earlier today i situation. well, earlier today i spoke to the safeguarding minister, laura farris, about another way that the state could step in to improve the appalling grooming gang situation . and grooming gang situation. and that's by applying visa sanctions to countries that refuse to accept deported grooming gang abusers. there are several in britain who've been convicted who have overstayed their welcome. they've been set for deportation, but the receiving country hasn't accepted them. here's what laura farris had to say. >> i'd have to look into the details of which people they

haven't had. they haven't accepted as returns. but it is a principle of our domestic law that if a person has a sentence of two years or longer and they're not a british national, they're not a british national, they qualify for automatic deportation following the conclusion of their sentence. so the deportation of foreign national offenders is embedded in our law. and from what you're saying, although i don't know the exact detail, yes, it sounds sensible. >> well, that full interview is available on our website for our members, but a strong line there from the safeguarding minister saying that it could be sensible to sanction countries such as pakistan that don't accept the return of grooming gang abusers who should be deported . who should be deported. >> really interesting stuff there, charlie. thank you so much for bringing it to us. and of course, that full interview for gb news members. what a good plug. >> yes, indeed. well, that's it from us today. and that's the end of good afternoon. britain, britain, britain , britain. britain, britain, britain. >> it's the end of this show. >> it's the end of this show. >> but as you can tell, i am getting tired clearly three hours, you know. but up next we've got martin daubney. he's got a great show for you.

>> absolutely. we're back at 1:00 tomorrow. so see us then, too. but it's martin now . too. but it's martin now. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it certainly a cooler day today and it will be turning more unsettled as a risk of thunderstorms develops. and they'll likely be some heavy rain through the rest of today, but also into wednesday. that's because an area of low pressure is slowly developing out across europe, and that's going to push up towards the uk, bringing heavy rain to eastern areas. but for the time being we have had some sunshine to start across the west, but that sunshine is going to allow some thunderstorms to develop, particularly across southwestern england, parts of wales and northern ireland. we've got weather warnings in force here. we could also see some heavy, slow moving showers across southeastern areas of england as well. so many places will be a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday, but we could still reach 20 or 21 degrees across the far northwest of scotland

and through those evening. this evening , those showers are going evening, those showers are going to continue to move quite slowly, so they could bring quite a lot of rain in a short space of time. some heavy showers across the far north of scotland. they shouldn't bring too much disruption, but they could bring some pretty unpleasant conditions for a while. heavy showers continuing across the western areas of northern ireland so that could bnng northern ireland so that could bring some disruption on the roads. for those of you travelling this evening, as well as across wales and the southwest, where they could be, particularly slow moving. so do take care if you're travelling through this evening, take a closer look at the weather warnings on our website. if you'd like to. now, through this evening, this heavy rain wrapped around an area of low pressure will push into eastern areas of england. that's going to become a more dominant feature through wednesday. so some heavy rain across northeastern england and some low cloud mist and fog across the eastern coast of scotland as well. but plenty of cloud around and heavy rain. so it's going to be another mild start to the day on wednesday, but there'll be less in the way of sunshine as that heavy rain continues to pivot around this area of low pressure and become

more persistent, pushing up into parts of scotland covering much of northern parts of the uk. by this afternoon . by the afternoon this afternoon. by the afternoon on wednesday, we could also see some heavy showers breaking out across the south coast and once again, with plenty of rain and cloud, it's going to be another cool feeling day. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news as

i >> -- >> well . >> well. >> well. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, at last, there's been some fantastic news for rishi sunak on the rwanda bill. the prime minister is in austria today, where their chancellor heralded rishi's plan as pioneering , with rishi's plan as pioneering, with 15 other eu member states backing a similar plan for their

nations. how will that go down in brussels? well, gb news was with the prime minister in vienna , and i'll also bring you vienna, and i'll also bring you our exclusive interview with the pm next. the horror flight from london to singapore. a brit has died and several other passengers injured during severe turbulence . we'll have all the turbulence. we'll have all the details as they unfold on this developing story and the paymaster general has announced details of the government's compensation scheme with interim payments of £210,000 being made within 90 days. and we'll speak to a solicitor who represents 1500 victims of the tainted blood scandal for her verdict . blood scandal for her verdict. and there's been more high drama in the high court with prince harry today. the prince suffered another humiliating blow as judges rejected his demand to pursue rupert murdoch in his hacking case against the sun newspaper. and that's all coming up in your next hour.