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spot over his missing messages and yes, football is back. come on. england will face slovakia in the round of 16 of the euros. stay tuned to find out who england have to beat to become champions of europe . but this champions of europe. but this show is nothing without you and your views. so let me know all your views. so let me know all your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today or anything you want to chat about. basically it's really easy. just visit gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation or message me on our socials @gbnews. but make sure you put a little kissy , but first it is the lovely sophia wenzler with your news headunes. headlines. >> dawn. thank you. good afternoon. it's 12:01. >> dawn. thank you. good afternoon. it's12:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a massive search for jay slater

will get underway in tenerife today , almost two weeks after today, almost two weeks after the british teenager went missing. spanish police called for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search as it enters its 13th day. it's after a friend of the missing teenager says he saw the 19 year old slipping on rocks dunng 19 year old slipping on rocks during a video call on the day that he vanished. in other news, reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing racist comments made by a campaigner was a set up. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service if labour is elected. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said

his party will do better for soldiers and their families. meanwhile, the labour leader praised army personnel but refused to commit to a 2.5% defence spend. >> we do want to get to 2.5% and it's really important that that's consistent with fiscal rules. the first thing we will do is carry out a strategic review of resources of capability to make sure that the money we are spending is spent effectively on the things that we need. but today is armed forces day, so it is the opportunity to say thank you to all of those who are serving and have served, and to remember the contribution that they have made to our country. >> meanwhile, the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day. rishi sunak will claim his is the only party to meet the help for heroes, veterans pledge. the

pledge requires parties to commit to keeping the office for veterans affairs, commissioning an independent review of the medical discharge process and ensuring veterans get the benefits and compensation they deserve. security minister tom tugendhat told gb news armed forces day is more than just one day a year. >> armed forces day, for those of us who are veterans, isn't just one day a year. it you know, we live with our service good and bad, throughout the yeah good and bad, throughout the year. and for some of us, that can be bring back painful memories. but it can also bring back huge moments of pride, of having served alongside some of the best that our country has to offer . look at the record. look offer. look at the record. look at what johnny mercer has achieved as the minister for veterans affairs, and look at what the prime minister has achieved in creating that cabinet position for veterans affairs . we've got op resolute affairs. we've got op resolute and op courage that help veterans who may be finding life just a little bit difficult . just a little bit difficult. >> a new portrait of his majesty, the king in military uniform has been released to mark armed forces day. in his new portrait, the king is wearing his field marshal number

one ceremonial frock coat with medals, sword and decorations. it comes as queen camilla gave a rare national statement praising servicemen and women in a message filmed in clarence house's mourning room. >> times of war and in times of peace , whether seen or unseen, peace, whether seen or unseen, our armed forces support and strengthen our nation. you're a source of inspiration, reassurance and pride, and i salute you all in the us president joe biden says he intends to win the election in his first public event since his struggle during the first televised debate. >> he spoke at a rally in north carolina, where democrats are hoping to win the state back from the republicans this november. he claimed america itself is at stake and accused former us president donald trump of repeatedly lying and said he has the morals of an alley cat. but after biden's own performance during the debate sparked concerns and calls for

him to step down, he directly addressed the limits of his old age. >> i don't walk as easy as i used to . i don't speak as used to. i don't speak as smoothly as i used to. i don't debate as well as i used to, but i know what i do know. i know to how tell the truth . i know right how tell the truth. i know right from wrong . and i know how to do from wrong. and i know how to do this job. from wrong. and i know how to do thisjob. i know how from wrong. and i know how to do this job. i know how to get things done . and i know, like things done. and i know, like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up . back up. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour. >> thank you very much, sophia. now let's get straight into today's story, shall we.7 reform today's story, shall we? reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing racist

comments made by a campaigner was a set up. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he has now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. here's what the reform leader has to say about what happened . what happened. >> someone told us he was an actor. we rang him this morning. the daily telegraph rang him this morning. he denied point blank that he was an actor. it turns out he is an actor. i found his website. he's a well—spoken actor who does something called rough speaking. when i was in the office, when he arrived last saturday and he was doing rough speaking, it was an act right from the very start. >> you've met him? >> you've met him? >> he. i was working and he came in and came up to me and said hello. and then he went out canvassing where the undercover filming took place. and he was rough speaking. he wasn't being himself from day one. i have to tell you this whole thing is a complete and total set up. >> wow. strong words . meanwhile, >> wow. strong words. meanwhile, rishi sunak condemned the racial

slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. let's have a listen to what he said. >> when my two daughters have to see and hear reform , people who see and hear reform, people who campaign for nigel farage calling me an effing. >> it hurts and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer. when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour. >> ooh, wow. right okay. well joining me now is political commentator matthew stadlen, who's playing with our brand new shiny desktop . and i'm so shiny desktop. and i'm so impressed by it. shiny desktop. and i'm so impressed by it . and journalist impressed by it. and journalist claire muldoon, thank you very much for joining claire muldoon, thank you very much forjoining me on this much for joining me on this lovely saturday afternoon. we have a shiny new desk and matthew being a boy, is actually

fiddling with bits of it. is it is it to your liking? matthew, i've really enjoyed. >> i've been away for a week because we booked a family houday because we booked a family holiday before rishi sunak sprung this surprise election on us. >> us. >> oh, right. so this is my first time in the studio, and i have to say it is exit because in the old days it was just a straight table. we had to lean all the way to do a debate. you had to like, peer around the corner and now we can see we're back, and now you can gaze into one another's eyes. >> yes. at some point, hopefully. now, this is a horrible mess. it's in all the papers today , what what what do papers today, what what what do we make of this? >> i mean, so to mark, you have been away, but i mean nothing. no, you can't, you can't miss this. france. isn't that far away. they do have the internet there. the issue here is, do you get back on a small boat, matthew, or do they let you back in the country willingly? we turned up at the airport at 5:00 french time yesterday evening. our flight didn't take off till 11:30 pm, which, with a one and three quarter year old, is quite challenging anyway. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> on the on the nigel farage rishi sunak story, i think there are various interesting things about this. first of all, the horrific comments that were made

which farage has distanced himself for from quite rightly, were just that they were horrific. and every single person i hope watching this program today would utterly condemn them. we don't want to be that sort of country, and i don't think we are that sort of country. of course you're going to get a few racists, but that's disgusting. i actually think that this plays potentially in rishi sunak favour, which isn't to say that he wouldn't have been hurt and angry by these remarks because they were appalling, but he's desperate to crawl back some votes that look like they will go towards nigel farage's reform party. and if he can paint reform in at least in part as a racist force , that may part as a racist force, that may help him. >> okay , claire, i mean, to be >> okay, claire, i mean, to be fair to nigel farage, he acted swiftly, unlike some of our other parties where people have

misbehaved and they've thought, well, we'll wait a bit, make a decision. but nigel farage acted instantly with immediacy and he absolutely said there was no there's no platform for this in reform. i thought those comments were absolutely abhorrent, he said immediately. and i think that's not in defence of nigel farage nor, the reform party. it's merely fact. okay and then to find out subsequently that this might have been a manufactured event that has now taken place with an actor to be filmed and i'm sorry, is michael portillo said yesterday, it's not just reform that would have these ugly characters. and can you vet everyone? he said when they were running for elections back in the 80s, it was very difficult to say no to a volunteer because you were so thankful for them. there are, however, other people who say that yes , they should be vetted, that yes, they should be vetted, thoroughly and yes , you know, we thoroughly and yes, you know, we should, but we should also be able to take people who want to help at face value. and i think

it's incredibly sad and very important at this time of the election that we've got reporting like this, you know, would we have got this in the bbc? would we have got this on gb news? but channel 4, you know, they've robustly come out and denied any wrongdoing. i have to say as well . and they have to say as well. and they stand by their production of the news segment that night. what damage has this done. well, it's brought this again , this ugly brought this again, this ugly head, this british nationalism, this racist tones right back up to the future. sorry. the surface. do you think , matthew? surface. do you think, matthew? i mean, the labour candidate for the for nigel farage were his campaigning. did say that, you know, drinking white tears was his favourite drink, which is also very racist. i don't remember being quite the fuss. there was , about that as there there was, about that as there is. about what? what's happened recently? >> i would not use those words myself. of course not. and

there's no place in my view for that sort of comment . however, that sort of comment. however, and there is a however it's fantasy to suggest that people of colour have not had a far more difficult time in this country with racism than the overwhelmingly white majority of which we are part. >> racism is racism. >> racism is racism. >> sure, racism is racism . i >> sure, racism is racism. i have no time for any sort of racism. i don't think that this, this, this labour candidate would have meant them in a racist way. but as i've said, i would totally distance myself from those remarks as you've just described them. i think there is a wider issue here, and i think it's important that we try and put our finger on it, or at least i will try to, and that is that as recently as october, i was in a studio here @gbnews reflecting on the tory party conference and all the shenanigans going on around it, with nigel farage there dancing , with nigel farage there dancing, sort of flirting with the conservatives and rishi sunak was asked about effectively whether farage would have a place within the tory party and

he refused to rule it out. he said that we are a broad church. that was when it suited him. now, of course, it suits him to hammer farage and we have to remember at least this is what i think that rishi sunak has himself flirted with. what i would describe as the hard right in this country, when he thought it was in his electoral interest, and that is one of the reasons why i'm very passionate about getting rid of this tory government. >> claire, it is interesting, since nigel farage came out with the controversial comments he made about russia and the ukraine, that the tories have been more vocal on calling them out. i mean, the other week we had david cameron saying it was dog whistle politics, and now we had an interview yesterday with rishi sunak literally having a go at nigel farage personally as well. so do you think that they, you know, maybe matthew's right. maybe, you know, we can get in bed with them. but now they've seen a weakening of reform and

they're going for them. i think this stage in the campaign what, five days before polling , it's five days before polling, it's definitely dog eat dog in the front pages . and farage is still front pages. and farage is still hitting the headlines . front pages. and farage is still hitting the headlines. he's still pulling the punches, whether the conservatives are not actually form a legitimate, robust opposition when in my view, labour win on thursday, is another is another thing. we've also got another disrupter in the houses of parliament at the moment, george galloway. you know, he's now starting to make lots and lots of ripples within the houses of parliament. the only benefit of having george in there, i would say, is seeing there, i would say, is seeing the man without his hat on for a change. >> just a quick, quick point to pick up on what you were talking about there, because you were talking about the headlines. yeah. this is the headline of the daily mail today, boris. britain can still swerve starmageddon is that the headune starmageddon is that the headline of a newspaper or a campaigning leaflet? if the if labour win this election, they will win it in the face of in the teeth of right wing

newspapers campaigning openly for the tories, such as the daily mail , to be where, to be daily mail, to be where, to be fair, left wing newspapers have done exactly like the daily mail and the daily mirror. they don't have the power, do they? they don't have the force. and i'm not sure the guardian is campaigning in the way that this is. >> well, the mirror. the mirror is certainly the mirror is and it's not the fault of the media. in any case, we're not talking about what the. because i hate that. it's like it's the mainstream media. it's the mainstream media. it's the mainstream media. it's the mainstream media. no, it isn't. this is our politicians that are doing this. they're the ones that are responsible for the mess that goes back to channel 4 reporting this, because they are part of the mainstream media. can we is the sources that we need to be able to trust. it's the robustness of the journalism that we need to be able to. >> you make the point about robust journalism, and it's a very important. the daily mail, which is one of the most influential papers which aren't other newspapers, are available. >> okay. >> okay. >> but the daily mail, which is one of the most widely acknowledged influential newspapers in our country, the left. the left are terrified of the mail. you might argue that the mail. you might argue that the bbc, in some at some stages, has been terrified of the day . has been terrified of the day.

they are in bed with the former prime minister, with boris johnson, who was the prime minister last time we went to the matthew, we all know that it's not going to make a jot of difference. >> do we? do you do you actually believe the conservatives can win on thursday? >> i'm i've been thinking really hard about this this week analytically because as you know, i want to labour win. i wonder whether a hung parliament is almost as likely as a so—called labour supermajority. i don't think this election is done yet , which i don't think this election is done yet, which is i don't think this election is done yet , which is interesting, done yet, which is interesting, because you're not the only one saying that. >> a lot of people have said that and you know that paper you've been waiting about all morning so far does have an eight page tactical voting guide, as the papers to get the tories in, to get the tories in and avoid starmageddon. yeah. starmageddon that to be fair, that's a good word in a headline. >> come on, that's not robust journalism, is it? >> well, i mean, you know, a tactical voting guide. guys say that once more. i'm going to slap you in a nice it's on your desk. yeah. well i know it's not on yours, so leave it. yes,

exactly. all the other papers are here, by the way. but i mean, do you think, nigel, going back to the point of this particular debate, i mean, nigel farage was also on bbc one question time talking about impartial media, mainstream media, do you think he was given a fair crack of the whip last night? claire, i didn't watch personally. i didn't watch it, so i can't fully comment . you so i can't fully comment. you were out having a life. i mean, come on, who'd have thought a gb life? but you know, it . it is life? but you know, it. it is staggering because there are some politicians that do get an easier ride than others. >> can i come back on that very quickly? as i saw some, i saw some of the clips and i saw some of the sort of anti farage feeling in the room, and you see some of that, you hear the applause. i think it's important. >> any applause? it wasn't a single no but applause, applause, applause, applause against him. >> and i think there are two points to make. one is that although reform they say they want to get about 6 million votes, that is still a relatively small proportion of the overall vote. and bbc

audiences have to reflect, don't they , roughly what the polls are they, roughly what the polls are saying. so that's the first thing. the second thing is you hear applause and you particularly hear passionate applause. not everyone was applauding when he was being criticised. so it's important to remember that . remember that. >> okay. and do you think i mean, sort of like, you know , as mean, sort of like, you know, as you say, i mean it to shift the dial, it will take an awful lot. i mean, nigel farage's comments about. i mean, nigel farage's comments about . but it's also the about. but it's also the turnout. dawn, i don't think a lot of people would will turn out to vote. >> well, except that now that reform exists, i think because we have a cyclical political system. when i was when i was growing up, i had 18 years of conservatives. then we had 13 years of labour. now we've had 14 years, largely of tories, with a bit of lib dem thrown in there at the beginning. there is a massive, i think, appetite for change. i don't think there's a huge enthusiasm for starmer or laboun huge enthusiasm for starmer or labour. if i'm if i'm honest, the turnout thing is interesting because there is reform people feel, i think wrongly, that they can go out and vote for reform

rather than staying behind, as many did in 1997. i think what blair did was convince enough tories that they didn't need to vote tory, and therefore that they stayed at home this time round a lot of those people feel that they actually can exercise a vote, can actually get out there and be positive as they see it, rather than staying at home and going and putting in their x in the box for a form that may help turnout. as all i'm saying. >> do you think ? well, it might >> do you think? well, it might do, but there's an awful lot of politically homeless , politically homeless, disenfranchised people out here in a lot of them will go to reform. and yeah, i think a vote for reform is not necessarily a vote for farage or what the manifesto was that you could that was written in the back of a fag packet, but it's a vote against the conservatives, and i think it's a dangerous vote, but i think it might help labour. well, we shall see. we haven't got long to wait now because it has been a long wait, hasn't it, claire muldoon, matthew stadlen, thank you very much. you're welcome. thank you, thank you.

now responding to mr farage's claims, a spokesman for channel 4 said we strongly stand by our rigorous and duly impartial journalism, which speaks for itself. we met mr parker for the first time at reform uk's headquarters, where he was a reform party canvasser. we did not pay the reform party canvasser or anyone else in this report. mr parker was not known to channel 4 news and was filmed covertly in an undercover operation. okay. and now we have to because we have mentioned this particular constituency , this particular constituency, clacton, we have to mention the other people standing. so we have jovan owusu—nepaul , labour have jovan owusu—nepaul, labour party, giles watling, conservative matthew bensalem, liberal democrats, nigel farage, reform, natasha osborn, green party, craig jamieson, climate party, tony mack, independent, tasos papanastasiou, heritage party, andrew pemberton , ukip. party, andrew pemberton, ukip. gosh, thank god there's no more of them standing . we'll be here of them standing. we'll be here all day. >> i've only got five days left. >> i've only got five days left. >> oh, shush. right for all of the best analysis, even better

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what we see is what we get on the on the, with this with this story , and let me see, meanwhile story, and let me see, meanwhile , marilyn says, could someone @gbnews ask channel 4 exactly why they were doing undercover filming, featuring reform, digging up dirt or making dirt happen? well, channel 4 aren't here to defend themselves. and they have denied that there is anything untoward going on. and it was fair journalism, but lots of sympathy coming for in nigel farage and the reform party there. so keep sending your thoughts in though. now on that story and all of them. by the way, i've remembered this. i'm going to read it out now. gbnews.com/yoursay. hey and join the conversation or message me on our socials @gbnews now! the secretary of state for northern ireland, chris heaton—harris, has launched the northern ireland conservative manifesto today. ireland conservative manifesto today . he says that the today. he says that the conservative party want to northern ireland remain a full and integral part of the union .

and integral part of the union. joining me now is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie to explain what's going on. hi, dougie. thank you for joining us. dougie wright manifesto launched today. so what are we expecting ? what are we expecting? >> well, there wasn't much in the manifesto launch itself because we're only three working days out from the actual poll. and as you say, he's very keen to point out that the conservatives do stand candidates here because they really do see northern ireland as a very integral part of the uk. but that has not always been the way in northern ireland because we of course, have parties here that are very closely linked sister parties. if you like, with other parties. so i mean, you had enoch powell in his last days, his last mp, the last time he visited westminster was as a conservative and unionist candidate, and he stood in south down. so really they only get about nought point nought 3% of

the vote in northern ireland. they are only standing in five constituencies. and it was bizarre because i have questioned chris heaton—harris on many occasions and he's talking about a fiscal floor. they're talking about the 3.3 billion that was brought here. but of course he was on the opposite side of the table from northern ireland politicians when they were trying to get that very deal through. so it was very hard to understand as a journalist, looking at chris heaton—harris , launching this heaton—harris, launching this manifesto and to be fair to him, he did do quite a good job of explaining what they were looking for in northern ireland. and, and the five, candidates that are standing and the constituencies that they're standing in and their hopes for those constituencies were right at the forefront of that manifesto. but we have even with the labour party in northern ireland, we have the sdlp, the social democratic and labour party. the alliance party is very closely linked with, the

lib dems. and now we have the tuv , the sister party of them tuv, the sister party of them being reform uk . so it is a bit being reform uk. so it is a bit strange why on earth they have actually decided to do this. three days from the vote, but they have done it and, it was, it said a lot and said very little diggy, thank you very much. >> that's an awful lot of that about it has to be said. that's dougie beattie in northern ireland. thank you very much. now i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news saturday. i hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there and there's loads more coming up on today's show. but first it's time for the news headunes first it's time for the news headlines again with sophia. >> dawn thank you. it's 1231. >> dawn thank you. it's1231. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a massive search for jay slater will get underway in tenerife today, almost two weeks after the british teenager went missing, spanish police called for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale

search as it enters its 13th day. it's after a friend of the missing teenager says he saw the 19 year old slipping on rocks dunng 19 year old slipping on rocks during a video call on the day he vanished. reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing racist comments made by a campaigner was a set up . andrew parker was seen up. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insisted he was goaded into making them . was goaded into making them. rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service if labour is to win the election. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said his party will do better for soldiers and their families . better for soldiers and their families. meanwhile, better for soldiers and their families . meanwhile, the prime families. meanwhile, the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal

sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day. rishi sunak will claim his is the only party to meet the help for heroes veterans pledge. the pledge requires parties to commit to keeping the office for veterans affairs commissioning an independent review of medical discharge process and ensuring veterans get the benefits and compensation they deserve . those compensation they deserve. those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news.com/alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia. and those emails are still coming in. by the way, many of you saying that nigel farage is a much better politician than rishi sunak . so keep them coming rishi sunak. so keep them coming in. remember, let me know all your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing, not just that one. by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the

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family. simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay . gbnews.com/yoursay. >> hello, welcome back to gb news tessa jowell with me dawn neesom on your telly online on digital radio. hope you having a smashing weekend out there now. i say smashing because we've been talking about tennis with the wonderful aidan magee who is here mainly to talk about football though. so despite only one win in their group and they dragged that one out, england finished in top spot, securing them a place on what's considered the more favourable side of the knockout draw in euro 24. but what is their route to winning the whole tournament, and what are their chances in the coming matches? oh god, make this nice and positive. aiden go. >> well, look, you'd have to say, dawn, that it's true england do have the more favourable side of the draw as they've had in recent tournaments, to be fair, but sooner or later you're going to have to beat a really top side. and that's what england have struggled to do. i mean, if you

notwithstanding germany in euro 2020, which was played a year later in 2021, i mean knockout wins against top six, stellar opposition a few and far between . now, if switzerland were , . now, if switzerland were, well, switzerland playing italy tonight. if italy win that and england win tomorrow, well that's italy in the quarter finals. i mean how is that an easy draw when italy are the holders and italy have got pedigree. they've won the they won the world cup twice in my lifetime. they've always producing decent players. they're hard to break down so there is no easy side of the draw. >> the best players in the world playing. >> so we keep being told. so we keep being told. but we were told that in 2006 with with david beckham and steven gerrard and frank lampard and rooney and everybody else, we were told that just the same in in euro 2008, which we didn't even qualify for. and in a world cup 2010, sooner or later, instead of picking arguments with the media, which harry kane seemed to do earlier in the week, when and in actual fact, all they did was go on the pitch and prove gary lineker and alan shearer to be absolutely right. yeah sooner or later you have to be somebody

on it. you have to prove that you're the team to beat. you are the team to beat on the pitch. >> you can only play what's in front of you, can't you? that's what you've got to beat the team that's in front of you. >> yeah. no, it doesn't matter in terms of the changes you can make. i think it's a huge risk bringing in luke shaw, if that's what he's going to do. but you know what i think gareth southgate might do that because he's justifying the strategy in the first place. otherwise, if he's bringing a player who's not going to use, then everyone will say, well, what's the point of that? you could have bought tyrick mitchell from crystal palace, who is a recognised left back and who was fit and had a decent second half of last season. one thing i would say though, dawn, you can't please everybody when you're the england manager, you must be tying up in knots. i mean, i know he has all year round to think about these tournaments and everything, but goodness me, you can't do right for doing wrong. >> actually pleasing anybody though, is he? i mean, you know, i obviously i don't like having a knocking people. but i mean, you watch england i mean i'm used to watching where sam i'm used to watching where sam i'm used to watching where sam i'm used to this, but you watch england play and it's incredibly frustrating not just for the fans there, hence the beer chucking. we had the fans watching at home and also you suspect, given some of the interviews they've given for the

players . players. >> but you know, you know what? you're sounding negative. i'm sounding negative. yeah. we know who else is sounding negative. priscilla, the tortoise from london zoo. >> yeah, you're obsessed with this tortoise. >> so we have a look. >> shall we have a look at a picture? here we go. right. >> okay, now i've got some history with this. not with this tortoise. i mean, it looks like a giant tortoise. i think it's because the camera is zoning in on or zooming in. >> be fair. she's milled. she's looking faster. >> there's the england flag on the on the. yeah, on the left. there's a slovakia flag on the right. right. okay. and she has gone for slovakia now in my previous job. you know what i used to do. it's my job to go to, to whipsnade zoo every tournament and watch a lion come out of a box or come out of a den. obviously and pick the box, pick the box. and we used to cheat by putting some meat underneath the england flag. so the so the lion chose the box every time. now the issue i had was that yes, the lion would always go for that box, but it took ages for the lion to be drawn out of the den, and i had to jam up on my lion knowledge, my all, my all siberian lions that i could possibly dream of, or in my head all their length

and all their dimensions and everything like that. and i had to talk and talk and talk until i had no more knowledge left. and then as i was about to hand back, because i was going to say, well, look, you have to come back later, he appeared and he and he said, unbelievable. he's backed england to beat panama, which we probably could have told him. anyway. we won six nil in the end. >> you've just given the tricks of the trade away. >> come on. in my previous job, that is. we would never do that @gbnews tabloid tabloid editors got an entire. >> i got an entire career out of dodgy dodgy animals, predicting various football results on the front page. well, there's paul the octopus. remember paul the octopus? the octopus? yeah, yeah, i think we have some chickens at one point. did you? >> that'd be hard to control. >> that'd be hard to control. >> why wouldn't you have chickens? yeah, and we need to bend.ben chickens? yeah, and we need to bend. ben stokes, we need to mention as well. >> yeah, well, we mentioned just saying about the pressure on the players. and he has a unique perspective because he's been england captain in cricket for a number of years now. he's also had struggles with mental health. but before we go any further, let's hear what you had to say. first of all, about the pressure that england players are under. >> unfortunately, it's just the way that sort of, i guess the engush way that sort of, i guess the english mentality is, is, you know, their team gets through to a knockout stages and we're getting a load of grief . so,

getting a load of grief. so, interesting. yeah, i mean i know what it's like, but i guess that comes from, from my expectation and everyone wanting their team to do well, but yeah, that's just believing . just believing. >> now he's been in the front line, dawn, for many years now. so i'm not you know, he's coming from a good place. he's got he's got experience. but i just think that elite level sport pressure is something you have to deal with. there's pressure honestly. there's pressure on france, brazil when it's when it's a world cup and every other country that we can think of that's used to win trophies or thinks they should be winning trophies in our case. and i just think you've got to suck it up. i mean , you don't get anything i mean, you don't get anything by picking fights with the media, do you? it's a fight you can't win. no. >> exactly that. yeah. don't don't even try it at home. otherwise i'll set the tortoise on you as well. are you and your tortoise? honestly. so i mean, like, if we win and it is a fairly big if, i mean, we should do on paper, but unfortunately, we're playing on grass as the old saying goes, we could come up against italy . yes. and then up against italy. yes. and then if we beat italy, we could come up against austria. >> look , most likely right at >> look, most likely right at the moment. and they are in

they're not a they won the group didn't they. austria. they did. they've been outstanding. so far. and they've got ralf rangnick who was ridiculed at manchester united two years ago. and he's gone back into international management. he's taken 1 or 2 players that he had at man united, like sabitzer, for example, and turn him into a world beater, although he did show promise as well. >> yeah, the flow chart. yes, exactly. >> and if we got to the final, there's any pick of those sides on the, on the left hand side. >> yeah i've written some rude words on my chart at home by the way. yeah. >> denmark are playing germany this evening as well, which i think is, either 5:00 or 8:00. i'm not actually sure, but nonetheless , that's a repeat of nonetheless, that's a repeat of the final of euro 92. but i think germany will be, as the home nation will be too strong for them. >> yeah, i'm still in therapy after euros 96, but i'm that old, and you've seen the picture as well. i mean, yeah, we're not going there. the tortoise is better. aidan magee. thank you very much. yeah thank you, right. okay. well, i am dawn neesom, and this is gb news saturday, and there's loads more coming up on today's show. first it was boris, then it was rishi. now it's prince harry who's having trouble with deleted messages, stay with us to find

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your telly online and on digital radio. now prince harry we have to talk about him still don't we. and he's hit another speed bump in the courts. well he does insist on hanging around them. the duke of sussex has been ordered by a high court judge to explain why messages which might be relevant to his legal case against the publisher of the sun newspaper, have been deleted . newspaper, have been deleted. cufious newspaper, have been deleted. curious happens a lot. joining me now is historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo to explain harry and the missing messages. i mean, you could actually get a book out of this one. yes, i will, won't he ? one. yes, i will, won't he? >> this relates to the case he's brought against the news group newspapers, which owns the sun and against which he's claiming used unlawful tactics and private investigators to obtain information about him. and in this quite remarkable statement, the judge has said that there is, quote, troubling evidence that prince harry's messages to the ghost—writer of his book spare were deleted between 2020 and 2023. despite the fact that

this lawsuit against the sun had already been launched. and the message is there could have been relevant to the case. and now, when you have a case like this, there's something called discovery where you are obliged to present all of your documentary evidence to the other side, even if it is damaging towards you . so why damaging towards you. so why would these messages deleted , would these messages deleted, the claim of the of the sun newspapers group is simply that in spare, prince harry makes certain statements which make it seem as if he knew he had suspicions about phone hacking and so forth. prior to 2013. and that's relevant because he launched this case in 2019, and there's a six year time limit. so if he actually knew had these suspicions before 2013, then that would mean that this case could be thrown out of court. so the judge has basically said this is very concerning, and he wants harry to go try to get his messages out of, out of storage in the signal secure whatsapp

group. and he's asked the lawyers to go through all of his email accounts, his laptops and everything else. but they're saying , oh, everything that he saying, oh, everything that he had before 2013 mysteriously has disappeared. there's no data at all. there are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, because we didn't have them then, did we? >> i wonder where you picked that one up from. i think we've heard that from politicians, haven't we? oh, god, all those whatsapp messages. no, no. lost the phone type thing , but let's the phone type thing, but let's have a happy story as well, shall we? portrait of king charles to mark armed forces day. >> yes. so, of course, on the last saturday in june every year is armed forces day a chance for us all to celebrate our armed forces. the king, of course , forces. the king, of course, commander in chief. screen now. and there's this lovely picture of his majesty in his field marshal number one. frockcoat uniform, full ceremonial with all of his orders and medals. interestingly, for the second time in a row, he has opted to wear the sash of the royal victorian order. whereas when you wear the collar of the order of the garter, which you can see you normally wear the order of the thistle, which is the second highest ranked honour. and it's

and i've asked a very senior member of the royal household about this, and they were all so perplexed. so we're not quite sure. anyway, that's for anoraks who care about such things. it's quite interesting. >> i find it quite interesting, actually. >> this photograph was taken in november, which was the same time we had the official photograph taken, which you may remember was in january, also at windsor castle, with his majesty in his admiral of the fleet uniform, and before he was diagnosed with cancer as well. >> wasn't it ? if i diagnosed with cancer as well. >> wasn't it? if i remember rightly. and i have to talk about my favourite royal team girl, princess anne, out of hospital after the horse incident. as the palace described it. yes mate, it sounds much more interesting than it was. >> well, there's some good news. at least after after five nights in hospital, her royal highness has now returned to gatcombe park. her home she left away from the media glare. so she left. she left quietly and she's going to undergo a period of recuperation now so she won't be undertaking public duties for the for the foreseeable future . the for the foreseeable future. how long she needs to recover? it depends on the type of

concussion she has because there are different types of concussion. we don't have any of that information. but her royal highness was supposed to be going into canada actually now. and unfortunately, that's been put onto the back burner. and so, you know, the king was supposed to go to canada in may, has also cancelled his trip to new zealand. she won't be going. so, you know, she did warn us about the perils of a slimmed down monarchy last year in an interview with cbc. and, you know, with the absence of the princess royal and the king only doing part time work, she's now out of action. we don't have harry and meghan or andrew. so the monarchy, at least temporarily , is back down to a temporarily, is back down to a very, very slim numbers. >> sophie's quite reliable though, like sophie as well. a bit of a team girl. she's she's always there isn't she? working hard. working hard i got told off for saying royals work hard the other day. they just go and cut ribbons here and there. i don't know why i want to do that. exactly. yeah. thank you very much , rafe heydel—mankoo, very much, rafe heydel—mankoo, for bringing us up to date on the royals . now. oh, we're the royals. now. oh, we're running out of time. oh, god. no i'm dawn neesom, and this is gb news saturday, and there's lots

more coming up on today's show. but first, i think it's important. it's the weekend. come on. it's time to find out what the weather is going to be doing. and here's craig with all your details. and if he doesn't mention the word hot and sunny, you can shout at him because i'm going to. here's craig. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office over the coming days. the weather is going to be a little bit mixed. some of us will see some rain, but most of us should see some sunshine from time to time. so as we end saturday, we've still got this weak area of low pressure to the west of the uk that will continue to bring in some cloud and rain across parts of northern england and wales that will slowly work its way south eastwards. as we go through the course of the night . through the course of the night. either side, plenty of clear skies, but still the risk of

some blustery showers across the far north of scotland under the clear skies, temperatures falling down to about 10 or 11 degrees for most of us. but under the cloud cover, not much lower than around 15 or 16 degrees. so a bit of a grey start across many southern parts of the uk . this cloud will be of the uk. this cloud will be thick enough at times to produce the odd spot of rain, but as the morning goes on, it will gradually begin to break up and turn drier. but the best of the sunshine first thing will be across parts of wales into the midlands, northern england, where further north across northern ireland and scotland will see a mixture of some sunshine and also a few showers. most frequent showers will be probably across shetland and orkney, where still there'll be a fairly keen wind as we go through the course of sunday. most of us actually should see some plenty of dry weather, a mixture of cloud and some sunshine. the cloud tended to bubble up during the middle of the day before easing away again as we head into the latter part of the afternoon. best of the sunshine, probably down towards the south—west, but with this

north westerly flow it will feel a little bit cooler than it has been on saturday. highest temperatures in the south, reaching around 21 or 22 degrees. very little changes as we end the weekend. a fairly fine end to sunday, but you can see this next area of rain just beginning to move in across the west , and beginning to move in across the west, and that will beginning to move in across the west , and that will give west, and that will give a fairly wet start for some to the new working week, but generally plenty of dry weather to be had, especially in the south. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> thank you very much. it did mention hot and sunny, didn't he? at one point briefly. well, it is a british summer. what are we expecting? okay, well there's lots more coming up on today's show, so stay tuned to find out why this is everyone's favourite story, apart from my love to understand it. why two nasa astronauts are stuck in space, and how they might get down. we actually have models. it's blue peter all over again. all that

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missing teenager says he saw the 19 year old slipping on rocks dunng 19 year old slipping on rocks during a video call on the day that he vanished . reform uk that he vanished. reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing racist comments made by a campaigner was a set up. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour he was acting from the very start. >> this is a total and utter set up. >> meanwhile, labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service if labour is elected. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said his party will do better for soldiers and their families. meanwhile, the labour leader praised army personnel but refused to commit to a 2.5%

defence spend . defence spend. >> we do want to get to 2.5, and it's really important that that's consistent with fiscal rules. the first thing we will do is carry out a strategic review of resources of capability to make sure that the money we are spending is spent effectively on the things that we need. but today is armed forces day, so it is the opportunity to say thank you to all of those who are serving and have served, and to remember the contribution that they have made to our country. >> meanwhile, the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day . rishi marks armed forces day. rishi sunak will claim his is the only to party help meet the help for heroes veterans pledge the pledge requires parties to commit to keeping the for office veterans affairs, commissioning an independent review of medical discharge process and ensuring veterans get the benefits and

compensations they deserve , compensations they deserve, security minister tom tugendhat told gb news. armed forces day is more than just one day a year and armed forces day for those of us who are veterans, isn't just one day a year. >> it you know, we live with our service good and bad, throughout the year. and for some of us, that can be bringing back painful memories , but it can painful memories, but it can also bring back huge moments of pride, of having served alongside some of the best that our country has to offer. look at the record. look at what johnny mercer has achieved as the minister for veterans affairs, and look at what the prime minister has achieved in creating that cabinet position for veterans affairs. we've got op for veterans affairs. we've got op resolute and op courage that help veterans who may be finding life just a little bit difficult, and a new portrait of his majesty the king in military uniform has been released to mark armed forces day. >> in his new portrait, mark armed forces day. >> in his new portrait , the king >> in his new portrait, the king is wearing his field marshal number one ceremonial frock coat with medals, sword and decorations. it comes as queen camilla gave a rare national statement praising servicemen and women in a message filmed in

clarence house's mourning room . clarence house's mourning room. >> times of war and in times of peace, whether seen or unseen, our armed forces support and strengthen our nation. you're a source of inspiration, reassurance and pride, and i salute you all. >> in the us, president joe biden says he intends to win the election amid calls for him to step down following his performance in the debate . he performance in the debate. he spoke at a rally in north carolina, where democrats are hoping to win the state back from republicans this november. he claimed america itself is at stake and accused former us president donald trump of repeatedly lying and said he has the morals of an alley cat and a man has died in 7th april after taking a potentially contaminated dose of sleeping pills . cleveland police said the pills. cleveland police said the man was thought to have taken medication from a possibly compromised batch of zopiclone. it said seven other people who

were believed to have taken the pills have been taken to north tees general hospital in stockton on tees on friday. police are urging anyone with information to contact them . information to contact them. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia. now let's get straight into today's story, shall we reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing racist comments made by a campaigner was a set up. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he has now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. here's what the reform leader had to say about

this event. >> someone told us he was an actor. we rang him this morning. the daily telegraph rang him this morning. he denied point blank that he was an actor. it turns out he is an actor. i found his website. he's a well—spoken actor who does something called rough speaking. when i was in the office, when he arrived last saturday and he was doing rough speaking, it was an act right from the very start. >> you've met him, he . >> you've met him, he. >> you've met him, he. >> i was working and he came in and came up to me and said hello. and then he went out canvassing where the undercover filming took place. and he was rough speaking . he wasn't being rough speaking. he wasn't being himself from day one. i have to tell you, this whole thing is a complete and total set up , and complete and total set up, and lots of you agree with that , by lots of you agree with that, by the way. now, rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour . of a broader pattern of behaviour. here's what he had to say. oh no, no, we don't have that clip. no okay. so right joining me now is gb news host of the saturday five albie amankona. and former labour

minister for europe denis macshane. now lots and lots of people have been getting in touch about the channel four situation and what nigel farage has had to said about the chat potentially being an actor, what do you make of this albee? >> i don't really care what nigel farage has to say about it. >> i care what gb news is. very own charlie peters has to say about it, and charlie peters spoke to this man who made these horribly racist comments about rishi sunak . and this man said rishi sunak. and this man said it's complete rubbish, this idea that he was hired as an actor by channel 4, straight from the horse's mouth, that is what he has said. now nigel has come out very strongly and said and condemned these comments. but i really don't like this idea that he's trying to fobb off responsibility for what is actually, ultimately the responsibility of the reform party, the types of people that go out campaigning for them, the types of people that are members. we don't know whether or not this man is a member, but if you lay down with dogs, you get fleas. and what the reform party party should do rather

than peddling conspiracy theories, is just say it's wrong. say he's been kicked out of the party. say anyone that does this is going to be dealt with in the strongest possible terms and get on with it. >> so you you think nigel was wrong to say, we have looked into this and the chap's an actor, even though surely it's natural to want to defend yourself because they were pretty vile comments. >> they were vile comments. but i don't think he should be trying to peddle conspiracy theories. and that's what it is, a conspiracy theory that this man was hired by some organisation in order to make the reform party look bad. i think that's nonsense. i spent a lot of time defending nigel and the reform party and my friends in the reform party, and what i don't like is when that defence is thrown back in my face by them trying to say this entire thing is some sort of establishment stitch up conspiracy theory to make the reform party look bad. they're making themselves look bad. >> okay, dennis, what do you think i mean, do you think nigel should have just, you know, got rid of, i mean, to be fair, he acted very fast. he said, right, okay. this person is gone. we didn't know nothing to do with us. do you think he should have?

then gone down there? but we think he might be an actor. lie—in. >> it's utterly daft. and you only have to turn to the spectator, which is quite a right wing weekly paper. very well written. it has got two pages! well written. it has got two pages i could read them all out. >> please don't. >> please don't. >> i won't of unbelievable reform party candidate statements. i've got to be very careful because we mustn't mention constituencies and mustn't mention names. oh, no, i know the rules. i used to be a bbc producer on election days , bbc producer on election days, but for example , here's one. but for example, here's one. >> try not to mention any names. >> try not to mention any names. >> no, i'm not going to mention any names. well, i'm going to mention one. oh, god, this guy says i am reform man says i've actually met putin, had a ten minute chat with him. he seemed very good. he's not the austrian gentleman with the moustache. come alive again or another one, saying, that he would like to shoot any of the asylum seekers arriving here by by boat, i mean

the problem. and there's so many of them. i mean, if there's1 the problem. and there's so many of them. i mean, if there's 1 or 2. >> but look, i mean, i it's my job here to be impartial, but we have had this with pretty much every party, haven't we? we've had labour with anti—semitism. we have had some choice comments coming from the conservative party. >> i don't recall any of them calling the prime minister and the f word p word. >> no, but we have had comments. i mean, look , i'm not arguing i mean, look, i'm not arguing that that is an appalling comment to make. and i completely understand why rishi sunak was incredibly upset, especially for his little girls over that one. but i mean, it also, you know, we have had sort of like, you know, the labour representative, saying that, you know, his favourite drink was white man's tears. i mean , i white man's tears. i mean, i that's fairly offensive, surely it's hugely offensive. >> and i think nigel was absolutely right to call that out when he was interviewed by channel 4 the day after. as i said, i think nigel has actually condemned the condemned. the comments very strongly. what i don't like are the people in the reform trying to peddle some conspiracy theory that this is

some establishment stitch up, and it was all set up. why can't they just accept that there might be some wrong'uns in their party, like there are in every party, like there are in every party, and deal with them? >> it would be acceptable were it not for the fact that nigel has adopted the continental european right wing love affair with vladimir putin and his statements on ukraine are wholly unacceptable in any british citizens judgement, in my view, and this is the difficulty. but also rishi sunak is very upset saying his children were upset. did he say anything about frank hester when he referred to diane abbott, making him feel physically sick or pay back the money he's given the tories? >> there are there are burdens and goulden's rishi sunak is a prime minister. >> he's not meant to be a burden. >> i didn't say he was a burden. i said there are good and bad in all the parties, and, you know, lots of people would agree with what nigel farage said about the ukraine situation, but that's what this channel does.

>> we debate yes or no. >> we debate yes or no. >> very fair. there's no no go areas. okay, but responding to mr farage's claims, a spokesperson for channel 4 said we strongly stand by our rigorous and duly impartial journalism, which speaks for itself. we met mr parker for the first time at reform uk's headquarters, where he was a reform party canvasser. we did not pay the reform uk canvasser or anyone else in this report. mr parker was not known to channel 4 news and was filmed covertly via the undercover operation . okay, so i mean, that operation. okay, so i mean, that is their statement now, we are, because we have mentioned the c word again, i have to read the candidates out for the clacton constituency. and if you're listening on your radio, this is where we do it on tv. you can just say , here's the list on just say, here's the list on radio. we have to read them out as well. so we have, jovan owusu—nepaul labour, giles watling, conservative matthew bensalem, liberal democrats nigel farage, reform, natasha

robson, green party, craig jamieson, climate party, tony mack, independent, tessa's joana jaflue mack, independent, tessa's joana jarjue sorry mangled that one heritage party and andrew pemberton for ukip. right okay. we're not mentioning that anymore. now i want to talk about another big story this week, which is basically we have doctor who taking on harry potter or rather kemi badenoch taking on. oh, what's his name? >> david tennant . >> david tennant. >> david tennant. >> david tennant. >> david tennant, thank you so much. honestly, this story is not going away either. so now i'm going to come to you first on this one. dennis, don't mention any constituencies. you don't have to. what do you make of this? i mean, kemi badenoch is very upset about this. because basically she was told, you know, david tennant said, i wish you didn't exist and you should shut up. any woman's going to be upset by that. surely? >> absolutely right. and diane abbott was very upset when the big tory donor said he wished she didn't exist. but did. did anybody defend her? i did, you

know you did. but did rishi sunak or kemi badenoch did. good good good for good kerry. good for kerry on that. so of course she's right. and frankly i love actors. but we've lived with them all our lives scornfully. we call them luvvies, which is very unfair because some of them are very, very lovely people. and yes , sometimes they shoot and yes, sometimes they shoot off and it works well , perhaps off and it works well, perhaps in the bars in the garrick club to which they belong. just as no doubt all these reform candidates talking about hitler and putin and jews and immigrants and immigrants and immigrants and immigrants and immigrants and immigrants and immigrants and immigrants, play well in their golf club, 19th hole bars, i don't know , but hole bars, i don't know, but it's nothing to do with democratic politics. and i just wish david tennant had buttoned his lip just as i wished frank hester had the question, isn't it? >> i mean, sort of like i personally, as a woman, found what he said. i mean, you know, and david tennant say, i don't wish ill of her. i just want to her shut up. this was an acceptance speech that he was giving for being an award for a celebrity supporting lgbtq,

awards, and further, he went, it's just a bunch of whining, rude word that are on the wrong side of history and they'll all go away soon. well, ignoring the fact he could be talking about 51% of the population here, or women, as we call them, what you know, should maybe, maybe, certainly during the election campaign actors just shut up, do yourjob campaign actors just shut up, do your job well, campaign actors just shut up, do your job well , j.k. campaign actors just shut up, do yourjob well , j.k. rowling your job well, j.k. rowling hasn't shut up, and i'm sure there are lots of people who agree with j.k. rowling's position on this. >> there might be lots of people who agree with david tennant's position on this. i don't agree with david tennant's position on this. i don't think it's ever acceptable to be rude to people and to tell them to shut up and wish that they didn't exist. when you're expressing your opinion now, there are different opinions on this trans and gender ideology debate , and i gender ideology debate, and i think they've got to be discussed in a proper, reasonable and evidence based way rather than either side telling each other to shut up. we're never going to find a happy way through this, which i

think we can find if we're telling each other to shut up. >> why is the rhetoric, though? i mean, sort of like, you know, i mean, sort of like, you know, i accept that, as you point out. jk rowling has expressed an opinion on this. and, you know, we all have political opinions, no matter what we do for a living, whether you're an actor or music is the other side. we're seeing it with glastonbury as well, aren't we, this weekend, but i mean , why is the weekend, but i mean, why is the rhetoric? i mean, you know, i just, i, we wake up and kemi badenoch doesn't exist anymore. i just want her to shut up. i mean, that's not exactly. well, i disagree with her, but there's a debate to be had about this subject. is it quite? >> i think that's absolutely right. but i wish kemi badenoch would stop weaponizing the sensitive problem for some people. a small number of people who are going who are trans in transitioning and feel they're born in the wrong body. and i think the hate campaign against people who are going through that very difficult transition has been one of the most shaming things in british politics in the last few years. the nonsense

about does a woman have a penis? i mean, that's simply but that started because people claimed that women could have penises, and people claimed that you could change biological sex. >> i think it's very easy to say you're going right in. i think it's very easy to say, oh, it's the right wingers that started this cultural debate. well, no it's not. people started claiming that you could change biological sex. and people said, hold on a minute. no you can't. and then it all began to i think both sides are, as you say, that you use the other. >> you make . >> you make. >> you make. >> i don't like it when we say it's one side versus the other. >> you make that allegation straight away . i mean, there was straight away. i mean, there was a period i remember coming on gb news where it was something to do with starmer and women and penises and so on. it was just absolutely smear, smear, smear. just as the left smear, smear, smear . and can you just kemi smear. and can you just kemi badenoch is a senior cabinet minister. >> she shouldn't be indulging me an example, though , dennis, of an example, though, dennis, of something that kemi has said thatis something that kemi has said that is actually transphobic .

that is actually transphobic. >> i'm not going to go into any kind of charge sheet. i don't have any strong views on it. i can say a lot of things about other things, she said. and done taking part, basically taking her being transphobic. no, i said that there's a lot of right wing people who are using it to try and create tensions . wing people who are using it to try and create tensions. i'm guided by my children who are mothers, young mothers now, and they just see it in terms of tolerance. and all the politicians do is just exude either arrogant self—righteousness that i'm right, i'm right, i'm right, or intolerance and tolerance and tolerance. but i think kemi is just asking for tolerance for women and their rights. >> there she is. and i think what's quite interesting about this, dennis, i don't know if you in in the house of commons at the time, but actually the gender recognition act where people could legally change genden people could legally change gender, passed in 2004 without any controversy whatsoever . a any controversy whatsoever. a lot of conservatives voted for it. the conservatives did not repeal the equality act, which

actually tidies up a lot of the issues that we talk about now. so we're having this conversation as if actually this issue isn't already settled in legislation, and it tackles a lot of the problems that we talk about now. and i just don't really understand why it's become such a thing. and i think it's become such a thing since people wanted to start imposing self—id, this was not remotely controversial before campaigners started pushing for self—id. it was a settled issue. no one cared about it. as soon as it was self—id is what we want, otherwise we're all bigots. then it became an issue. >> well, i'm because i'm older than everybody around this table. i remember indeed when our beloved judges sent 57,000 british men to prison because they self id'd as gay . and then they self id'd as gay. and then we did change lots of laws and it's just been generally weaponized. i don't quite know why somebody is intelligent as kemi badenoch has been running with it, and all this nonsense. and he says starmer says women

don't have penis. and he says starmer says women don't have penis . as if that don't have penis. as if that shuts the debate down. that is, i think this is dennis. >> what do women have penises? of course they don't. >> but that is one reason why i think the tories are going to take a huge hammering in a very short while. they've gone off piste into their own little areas of obsession. and that's not where the british public are. they just want jobs , health are. they just want jobs, health care, housing, children , above care, housing, children, above all, children's care. and it's not been delivered in recent years. >> right. okay. unfortunately, we're running out of time that was a cracker, wasn't it? right. okay. thank you . albie amankona okay. thank you. albie amankona and denis macshane fiery debate there, trying to guess who you're supporting. it's a bit. >> oh, my gosh, i'm so sorry. >> so . no no no >> oh, my gosh, i'm so sorry. >> so. no no no no >> oh, my gosh, i'm so sorry. >> so . no no no no no, >> oh, my gosh, i'm so sorry. >> so. no no no no no, i >> oh, my gosh, i'm so sorry. >> so . no no no no no, i put it >> so. no no no no no, i put it on— >> so. no no no no no, i put it on the daily mail. there we are. so i'm so sorry. >> the best analysis and opinion on that story. >> oh dear. >> oh dear. >> oh dear. get >> oh dear. get rid >> oh dear. get rid of >> oh dear. get rid of this papen >> oh dear. get rid of this paper, sorry. and more. you can go to the website gb news.com. now. it's time if you want to escape. and i don't blame you in the slightest . it's been a long the slightest. it's been a long haul up to this election. it's

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i'm pleased to say joining me now is former head of lambeth missing persons unit, mike neville. mike, thank you very much for coming in. we had a chat before about this. but again, there's more lines coming out front page of the daily mirror today. missing brit new clue. i could hearjay slipping on rocks he's been missing for two weeks. >> yes, i mean, what? >> yes, i mean, what? >> first we got to look at the terrain. >> it's. you're looking for literally needle in a haystack with michael. moz, there have been comparisons drawn to the island there. >> the island there was very rocky and barren. >> this is rocky and absolutely covered in vegetation . it's covered in vegetation. it's a much bigger area and very, very difficult to search. >> so with all these things, you look at three things. >> firstly, has somebody gone missing because they want to disappear? >> well, when you look at the parents and the family , that parents and the family, that doesn't seem to apply here. >> the second thing is that somebody's been a victim of crime. have they been kidnapped or taken away? and there's all sorts of theories and, and social media are awash with conspiracies. >> but again, the evidence against for that theory is very little. >> now, if it is, if there is something and people have been

publishing about jay's involvement in the courts and stuff, it also it involves all sorts of complex conspiracies that, you know, different friends are given different evidence and putting people down the wrong track . the wrong track. >> but the third thing is that if somebody has gone missing and they've hurt themselves and they can't get home, and this seems to be the premise that the spanish police are working on, and they've been working on this for several days, searching the area because we've got one. we had the tracking device on his phone , say, pinging that he's in phone, say, pinging that he's in this park. the second thing we had his friend lucy saying, he rang her up, saying, i've had his friend lucy saying, he rang her up, saying , i've got 1% rang her up, saying, i've got 1% on the battery. i've hurt myself. i need a drink . and myself. i need a drink. and then, oddly, after a few days, got his friend brad coming forward saying, well , i had got his friend brad coming forward saying, well, i had a video call. i could see him slipping on rocks . now you could slipping on rocks. now you could say, how is it taken so for long him to come forward? but this is a teenager who's probably going to several parties, you know, living two days in one, the only tv you see when you're away is what the latest soccer match is

on.and what the latest soccer match is on. and he's involved in he's having a drink or whatever, and he's missed. maybe he's missed it all, but it does seem odd that he's taken his time. yeah, but there could be reasons. >> but this is a young lad called brad hargreaves, who are a front page mirror. called brad hargreaves, who are a front page mirror . was on a front page mirror. was on a video chat with, with jay , who video chat with, with jay, who was walking home after that night. i knew he went off the road. i could hear, like when you walk on gravel and i heard him slipping, but it's as you say , when? when kids certainly say, when? when kids certainly are on holiday, you know they're not keeping in touch with the news. but we were we were to talking someone out in tenerife the other day, and they were saying, it's curious that a lot of the youngsters that need to be spoken to go into the clubs that might have met jay, haven't been spoken to. >> yeah. i think in a way the spanish police have been a reasonable job, but they seem to have underestimated the vastness of this , of this search. and now of this, of this search. and now we have, of course, at 9:00, spanish time this morning, they asked for all sorts of volunteers with expertise in the area because they've realised it can't go on. and i suppose if you were an official, if you were a government official on tenerife, your livelihood on the island depends on the tourist industry. so they have to come

to some conclusion here. now we can only hope that jay's found a hermit has taken him in and he's been looking at. wouldn't that be? the wonderful thing is, parents would be pleased. sadly, this amount of time i think the best they're looking for is a body. best they're looking for is a body . it's that it's. it is best they're looking for is a body. it's that it's. it is sad to say that, but he went out . he to say that, but he went out. he was in he obviously had drink possibly some substances. he was in clothing which was not suitable really for a hot day, nor is it suitable for a freezing night. and andy said allegedly that he'd injured himself. so let's hope for the family. there is some form of conclusion here, but in your experience and you have got a lot of experience in missing persons, when someone is missing for this length of time in this terrain, it's possibly not going to be the best. it's a very sad thing to say, and no one wants to break that news. no doubt the family have got the lancashire police, i think are supplying. the family liaison officer will be keeping them up to date, but, l, be keeping them up to date, but, i, we can only hope there's some form of conclusion to this. >> yeah, absolutely. mike, i was just going to move to on that.

it's like obviously the worst case scenario is that we never know. and we do know that people go missing and we never know what happened to them. >> well, the worst thing, i suppose, is it's near the sea. because if somebody goes in the sea, then the sea is a cruel place. it can be swept out to all different places. whereas if you look into the nicola bulley case where you have a river, you know, it's likely if somebody goesin know, it's likely if somebody goes in the water, it usually takes about three weeks for them to emerge because of the way the body works and decomposes. but if you go into the sea, it's well, we saw about the airline , well, we saw about the airline, the airliner which has vanished. if something you can't find an airliner in in the sea, how would you find one body? but it's a long way down to there . it's a long way down to there. so let's hope something is found with all this extra searching capacity. because it's all right. putting helicopters and drones up if you're looking on a barren landscape. but if there's tree cover, then anything can be underneath it . underneath it. >> as i say, as you said, mike, all we can hope is that there is all we can hope is that there is a happy ish outcome at some

point . thank a happy ish outcome at some point. thank you very much. mike neville, former head of lambeth, missing persons unit. and as i said, thoughts with jay's family and friends at this time, now i'm dawn neesom mish gb news saturday and there's lots more coming up on today's show. but first it is time for the news headunes first it is time for the news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> dolan. thank you. it's 132. >> dolan. thank you. it's132. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a massive search for jay slater is underway in tenerife today. almost two weeks after the british teenager went missing. spanish police called for specialist volunteers to take part in the new large scale search as it enters its 13th day. it's after a friend of the missing teenager says he saw the 19 year old slipping on rocks dunng 19 year old slipping on rocks during a video call on the day that he vanished. reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing racist comments made by a campaigner was a set up. andrew parker was seen

making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. meanwhile, labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service if labour is elected. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said his party will do better by soldiers and their families , and soldiers and their families, and the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day. rishi sunak will claim this is the only party to meet the help for heroes veterans pledge. the pledge requires parties to commit to keeping the office for veterans affairs, commissioning an independent review of medical discharge process and ensuring veterans get the benefits and compensation they deserve. those

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leaks, five dead manoeuvring thrusters, and a propellant valve that failed to close completely. i've studied this and know what i'm talking about. so the two astronauts are currently stranded on the international space station waiting for a ride home. uber, don't go out there. i don't think, do they? they charge, wouldn't they, joining me now is space expert andy lound, who has models. i feel like i'm in blue peter. it was always a childhood thing to do. blue peter. andy, thank you so much for coming in. now, i you might have guessed , now, i you might have guessed, given our conversation, the break where i'm referring to doctor who lost in space and alien, that i am clueless about the science of this . so explain the science of this. so explain to me in the readers in baby steps what's going on? >> yes, what's happened is nasa contracted two companies to build spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the space station. >> the famous one, of course, is dragon, which goes into space, which is spacex's vehicle, which got to the story first. they got there first, and the next one is boeing's starliner. right now, this is the one that's being

tested at the moment . this is the one that's being tested at the moment. right. so it was a launch on june the 5th as a test flight with two astronauts and the idea was to test all the systems out to dock with the space station, then run a series of checks and then bnng a series of checks and then bring it back again. the problem has been it took extra time to dock with the space station because you have manoeuvring thrusters now. black on the side of this a little bit higher so we can see it above it. yeah, that's right, nathan black, which is where they would be now these allow the vehicle to slow down when it's docking with something or to manoeuvre five of 28 thrusters failed so they had to abort the docking while they tried to sort it out. got systems working again. although one thruster completely failed. managed to dock. they've got helium leaks now. helium on the spacecraft is used to pressurise the fuel because there's no gravity. >> that doesn't sound good, because there's no gravity. you you've got to pressurise the fuel to get it to flow through. so you use helium for that, but there's helium leaks on it. however, the helium leaks have stabilised, which means they're not losing too much, and there

will be enough on board to bring them back. they were trying to figure out why the thrusters have failed . that's quite have failed. that's quite a critical element to it. however, they're doing ground tests at they're doing ground tests at the moment with a similar spacecraft to find out what the problem is. and the problem appears to be a software issue, not a mechanical issue. right now, that's not so bad because then they can do something, but then they can do something, but the spacecraft is still rated to come back in an emergency because of course, the heat shield is fine. they can come back and manoeuvre for an emergency. so they're not stranded in the sense that they're stuck. they're just stranded in the sense they're going to have to be there a lot longer while they run the test. but this was a test flight to test this spacecraft out to make sure it works. that's the nature of the game, right? >> so there's two of them that are meant to be coming back in it, but they can't come back just yet. not immediately. >> no, not if there's a major emergency on the space station that could come back, or there's still a dragon spacecraft docked and that can hold seven passengers. right. so it could bnng passengers. right. so it could bring everybody back from the space that's up there at the moment in safety. so it's not a threat in that sense, right, but how many people are there

actually up there now? >> i think there's about five, 5 to 7 people up there. >> right. okay. so they haven't got draw straws so they don't have to draw straws. >> there's enough there's enough backup to get everybody back quite safely because there's a soyuz vehicle backed up there for the russian cosmonauts, which are up there so they can come back down safely. so there's plenty of safety up there. there's a bigger story. it's simply the fact that the vehicle doesn't is going through its checks, and it has to be. it's going to be a lot of changes when it gets back to get this thing fully up and running, and that is an issue for boeing because of course, boeing with a big contractor to do these things. spacex, the new kids on the block, got their first and are fully operational. but as we know, elon musk pushes the boat out and gets things done very quickly. >> it's the fact that it is all moving. so quickly, so quickly. is there a danger that it's moving too quickly and we are maybe putting people's lives at risk because we are in a rush? as you say, it's a space race all over again, isn't it? >> to a certain degree it is with china. but you've made a good point there. but the answer

is no, they're not pushing it. and if you look at the way spacex, for instance, test their vehicles, just had the fourth test of their super rocket. the previous three failed, but they were improvements on each one. so they do step by step improvements. and until they get to a stage where the vehicle is really good and will come back on its own , then they'll put on its own, then they'll put crew on board. and that's what's actually happened with this. an unmanned version of this which couldn't dock with the space station because there were failures on board, and they brought you back again nearly a year of testing, altering, changing it before they actually put a crew up there. so you do it on step by step process and until something works , you don't until something works, you don't fly them up. i would say that the apollo program was probably more of a risky step at certain times. okay. and they're doing at the moment. >> how long would this if it was working perfectly, how long would it to take get back down? >> oh, once they've actually got it up, i mean, it was only supposed to be up there for ten days and then bring it back. that's that was a ten day mission. but it looks like they're going to be there for a month now. but there's plenty of work for them to do because they can do other checks on the

spacecraft itself. there was an issue also with, coolant with the water, but they've refilled the water, but they've refilled the tanks now on that, so they should be okay. >> so they've got enough suppues >> so they've got enough supplies as well? >> plenty. yes. they're perfectly safe. it's just this is the nature of testing. i'm afraid to get it right. >> there's no monsters. it's not alienating. >> i'm afraid there's nothing like that up there. i'm afraid that's a shame. but there we go. it's life. thank you very much for coming in, andy. and making that as simple as it. for coming in, andy. and making that as simple as it . and do you that as simple as it. and do you make them yourself, that was a kit . i make them yourself, that was a kit. i knocked make them yourself, that was a kit . i knocked this one up last kit. i knocked this one up last night. one i made earlier. >> wow. thanks really? >> wow. thanks really? >> singleton's lessons played well. >> really? is blue peter andy lound, space expert. thank you very much. and looking very doctor who can i say that as well? can very dapper. thank you very much, andy. and for having a good sense of humour as well and talking to an idiot like me about space, i am an idiot and i'm dawn neesom. and this is gb news saturday and there's lots more coming up on today's show. it is armed forces day and we'll be seeing how one community is celebrating the wonderful servicemen and women in our country. all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel, and i'm just going to go and play with these models now. don't go too

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forces family of servicemen and women veterans , cadets and their women veterans, cadets and their families for the contribution they make to the life of the nation. joining me now is gb news reporter ray addison to bnng news reporter ray addison to bring us up to speed on what the day is all about. ray, thank you so much forjoining us. what what what is happening today? what is it actually all about ? what is it actually all about? >> well, as you know , dawn, >> well, as you know, dawn, earlier on we were seeing an event which was taking place in central london. that was the 13 bridges challenge organised by the armed forces charity, and that saw around a thousand people starting off by tower bridge, making their way through to chelsea bridge, raising money for people who are currently serving veterans, people who are in cadets, those in need and just showing, as i said in the introduction , their support for introduction, their support for the armed forces community. we've travelled now to west sussex, to east grinstead to see a smaller scale event but no

less well supported . this is less well supported. this is local people here organising an event featuring local cadets, current and former members of the military and a chance to see military vehicles, displays and a memorial service has also been held to mark the start of this event. and actually i'm joined now by the organiser is squadron leader simon allen of the raf air cadets. thanks so much for joining us. what can you tell us about today and why did you decide to organise it ? decide to organise it? >> well, it's been going ever since armed forces day started and we've organised it to support our veterans, cadets and serving members of the armed forces. we don't have that many armed forces around us, so, but we're lucky we've got the hospital and they have some regular forces there who come down, and some of them are here today, and it's. yeah it's just about supporting the forces family really , of which i'm part family really, of which i'm part just looking behind you. >> it's visually very, very

interesting. we can obviously see some vehicles took us just through what we've got, who's turned up and who's taking part. >> okay, so the southern military vehicles, that's the three land rovers over there. the sea cadets with their boats, you can see some air cadets there. they've done a drill display for us earlier, out the back we've got the scouts, we've got the british legion. raf over here, just about everybody who's anything to do with the armed forces here. the deputy lieutenants here. she's about somewhere. i don't know where at the moment, but she's here as well. >> so obviously you're the organiser of this, and i know you've served in the raf, and now you're playing a very, very important role with the with the air cadets as well. why is that important and why is the military been such an important part of your life, well, it's something i joined when i was 16. before that was a cadet when i left it, i came back to the cadets so i could give something back. and i think it's important for the youth to have something to, you know, get engaged with. it's something completely different. it's not something everybody does. it's not

something everybody enjoys. but it's quite a varied thing, yeah. so it's i think it's important. it gives them life chances that maybe they wouldn't have otherwise . otherwise. >> and you mentioned just just quickly because we're running out of time. but you mentioned to me before we went on air that it seems to you that there's less of this type of event being organised around the country. why do you think that is, and what can we do to try and increase the support in the military? >> it's hard to say. we were having a discussion earlier and it does seem to be less of these. we've been we've this year seems to have been bigger for us. so maybe we're bucking the trend. but yeah, i don't know . i couldn't tell you why, know. i couldn't tell you why, to be honest. it's maybe people don't want to join their forces anymore. i don't know, i'm not sure. >> squadron leader alan, thanks very much for joining >> squadron leader alan, thanks very much forjoining us. really do appreciate it. well, as you've seen, they're a really vital event, being very, very well supported by this local community. there's a car park just off site. it's absolutely full. and we're going to have a good look and see what's going on here today. >> that's brilliant. well, a

lovely report, ray addison. thank you so much for bringing us that. and even more emotive, this year, obviously coming straight after the 80th anniversary of d—day , now, i am anniversary of d—day, now, i am dawn neesom this is gb news saturday and there's lots more. i'm just distracted by a message saying that i'm not that stupid. i am any case, here's the weather with craig and it better be good. go on, craig, give . be good. go on, craig, give. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office over the coming days. the weather is going to be a little bit mixed. some of us will see some rain, but most of us should see some sunshine from time to time. so as we end saturday, we've still got this weak area of low pressure to the west of the uk that will continue to bring in some cloud and rain across parts of northern england and wales. that will slowly work its way south eastwards as we go through the course of the night. either

side, plenty of clear skies, but still the risk of some blustery showers across the far north of scotland under the clear skies, temperatures falling down to about 10 or 11 degrees for most of us, but under the cloud cover , not much lower than around 15 or 16 degrees. so a bit of a grey start across many southern parts of the uk, this cloud will be thick enough at times to produce the odd spot of rain, but as the morning goes on, it will gradually begin to break up and turn drier. but the best of the sunshine first thing will be across parts of wales into the midlands, northern england, where further north across northern ireland and scotland will see a mixture of some sunshine and also a few showers. most frequent showers will be probably across shetland and orkney, where still there'll be a fairly keen wind as we go through the course of sunday. most of us actually should see some plenty of dry weather, a mixture of cloud and some sunshine. the cloud tended to bubble up during the middle of the day before easing away again as we head into the latter part

of the afternoon. best of the sunshine, probably down towards the south—west, but with this northwesterly flow it will feel a little bit cooler than it has been on saturday. highest temperatures in the south, reaching around 21 or 22 degrees. very little changes as we end the weekend. a fairly fine end to sunday, but you can see this next area of rain just beginning to move in across the west and that will give a fairly wet start for some to the new working week, but generally plenty of dry weather to be had, especially in the south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> thank you very much craig. and there's loads more coming up on today's show. now biden's allies scrambled to contain the fallout from his faltering performance at the first 2024 us presidential debate this week , presidential debate this week, after he struggled to stem a barrage of attacks from donald trump. but how will this affect

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soon. hello and welcome to gb news saturday. i'm dawn neesom. for the next hour, i'll be keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio, keeping you up to date on the stories that really matter to you. cracking our coming up reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing a reform campaigner making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak was all a set up. then joe biden's allies scrambled to contain the fallout from his faltering performance at the first 2024 us presidential debate this week, after he struggled to stem a barrage. a barrage of attacks from donald trump. but how will

this affect the race for the white house and then it is. glastonbury will be going there live to hear about the line—ups and who is performing on the sprawling festival's various stages . for this show is nothing stages. for this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today or anything you want to chat about. it's easy visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation or message me on our socials @gbnews. but first, it's our socials @gbnews. but first, wsfime our socials @gbnews. but first, it's time for the news headlines again with sophia . again with sophia. >> dawn. thank you. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom. at 2:02, your top story. a massive search for jay slater is underway in tenerife today, almost two weeks after the british teenager went missing , british teenager went missing, spanish police called for

specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search as it enters its 13th day. it's after a friend of the missing teenager says he saw the 19 year old slipping on rocks during a video call on the day he vanished . in other news, reform vanished. in other news, reform uk leader nigel farage insists footage showing racist comments made by a reform uk campaigner was a set up. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. >> he was acting from the very start. this is a total and utter set up . set up. >> labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service if labour were to win the election. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said

his party will do better by soldiers and their families. meanwhile, the labour leader praised the army personnel but refused to commit to a 2.5% defence spend. >> we do want to get to 2.5% and it's really important that that's consistent with fiscal rules. the first thing we'll do is carry out a strategic review of resources of capability to make sure that the money we are spending is spent effectively on the things that we need. but today is armed forces day, so it is the opportunity to say thank you to all of those who are serving and have served and to remember the contribution that they have made to our country. >> meanwhile, the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day. rishi sunak will claim his is the only party to meet the help for heroes veterans pledge. the pledge requires parties to commit to keeping the office for

veterans affairs, commissioning an independent review of the medical discharge process and ensuring veterans get the benefits and compensations they deserve. security minister tom tugendhat told gb news. armed forces day is more than just one day a year. >> our armed forces day, for those of us who are veterans, isn't just one day a year. it you know we live with our service good and bad, throughout the year. and for some of us, that can be bring back painful memories. but it can also bring back huge moments of pride, of having served alongside some of the best that our country has to offer . look at the record. look offer. look at the record. look at what johnny mercer has achieved as the minister for veterans affairs, and look at what the prime minister has achieved in creating that cabinet position for veterans affairs . we've got op resolute affairs. we've got op resolute and op courage that help veterans who may be finding life just a little bit difficult , veterans who may be finding life just a little bit difficult, and a new portrait of his majesty, the king in military uniform has been released to mark armed forces day. >> in his new portrait, the king is wearing his field marshal number one ceremonial frock coat

with medals, sword and decorations. it comes as queen camilla gave a rare national statement praising servicemen and women in a message filmed in clarence house's morning room . clarence house's morning room. >> times of war and in times of peace , whether seen or unseen, peace, whether seen or unseen, our armed forces support and strengthen our nation. you're a source of inspiration, reassurance and pride, and i salute you all. >> in other news, the woman has been arrested after a video was shared on social media of a prison officer and an inmate having sex. the metropolitan police started an investigation after it was made aware of footage reportedly filmed at wandsworth jail in south london. the woman is being held on suspicion of misconduct in pubuc suspicion of misconduct in public office. the prison service says it doesn't tolerate staff corruption . a man has died staff corruption. a man has died and seven are ill after taking a potentially contaminated sleeping pill. cleveland police said the man was thought to have taken medication from a possibly

compromised batch of zopiclone. it said seven other people who are believed to have taken the pills have been taken to north tees general hospital in stockton on tees on friday. police are urging anyone with information to contact them and information to contact them and in the us, president joe biden says he intends to win the election amid calls for him to step down following his performance in the debate . he performance in the debate. he spoke at a rally in north carolina, where democrats are hoping to win the state back from republicans this november. he claimed america itself is at stake and accused former us president donald trump of repeatedly lying and said he has the morals of an alley cat . the morals of an alley cat. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia. right. let's get straight into today's story, shall we? now, the story of the day and getting so many of you very angry. reform uk leader nigel farage has insisted footage showing racist comments made by a campaigner was a set up. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insisted he was goaded into making them. here's what the reform leader has to say about the event, though. >> someone told us he was an actor, we rang him this morning. the daily telegraph rang him this morning. he denied point blank that he was an actor. it turns out he is an actor. i found his website. he's a well—spoken actor who does something called rough speaking. well, i was in the office when he arrived last saturday, and he was doing rough speaking. it was an act right from the very start. >> you've met him? >> you've met him? >> he. i was working and he came

in and came up to me and said hello. and then he went out canvassing where the undercover filming took place. and he was rough speaking. he wasn't being himself from day one. i have to tell you, this whole thing is a complete and total set up , rishi complete and total set up, rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. this story has got you very, very angry . so angry you very, very angry. so angry that i can't even read some of your comments out because there's some rude words and it's a saturday lunchtime. but joining me now is broadcaster and journalist mike parry, and the former editor of the labour. thank you mike and former editor of the labour list, peter edwards. you can do a thumbs up as well if you wanted. >> i'll save my thumbs up to after polling day. >> right. okay. oh my lord. fighting talk straight away certainly is now. i mean, this story has got the viewers and the listeners really, really agitated and they are convinced that there is something more to

this story than meets the eye. channel 4 have said they're investigation was completely above board. they'd never met this man, but people are really, really angry about this one. so i'm going to come to you first on this one. mike, what do you make of the whole story and what's happened so far? >> well, what happens is if you run a campaign for a general election, you need a very good organisational body behind you because this isn't the first time that nigel farage has been tripped up or found himself in, you know, a difficult position in this campaign. >> only last week we had the situation regarding another, tv issue and two reform candidates. right were accused of putting out possible racist posts, and they had to be, dispatched. now, this guy we're talking about, andrew parker, he was just a worker. so there's not a question of you know, he's got to be banned. he's just been told you're not welcome. you're just a volunteer canvassing. exactly. and from what i've read, it's a very, detailed story . what i've read. he says

story. what i've read. he says that no, he wanted to support reform. he went in, and the first time he, the tv, people never approached him. the first time he found out that he was subject to this was, you know, he was a surprise as anybody else. but he was never asked by anybody. this is the point he's making. he's saying nobody ever asked me to go and join reform in clacton. i have not been put up to this. i was doing it genuinely. now nigel's got a huge problem. nigel farage, about getting his message over so if i just show you this. this is from a daily newspaper. this morning. okay, now this is. let us rebuild reform. so there's three policies are stand up to starmer , freeze immigration, starmer, freeze immigration, scrap tax and income. that message is not going anywhere right. this is his agenda . it's right. this is his agenda. it's not going anywhere. because every day he's now finding himself having to explain why people associated to reform are coming out with stuff which has found to be very unpleasant, very questionable . and i have to

very questionable. and i have to say, nigel's an intelligent man. he's a straight speaker and he attracts people who are looking for some alternative sort of vote. unfortunately, in my view, the people he attracts are not particularly savoury in some cases. >> that's your opinion. a very strong opinion. lots of very strong opinion. lots of very strong opinions on this one. peter what do you make of this? i mean, you know, it . you know, i mean, you know, it. you know, lots of people are convinced that channel 4 are, you know, involved in some way. you know, everyone is denying that that is the case, quite rightly so. but what we're talking about, mike's got a point is all we're talking about. and not just with reform, but with labour and the conservatives is the issues around it. we're not actually talking about the policies, which are surely the things we should be concentrating on. >> well, i think racism is a big issue, and the racism that we've heard this week from reform activists is unacceptable. >> but i want to particularly tackle this point about channel 4. there is no evidence at all produced by any supporters of reform or by nigel farage, that

channel 4 behaved in anything other than a proper way , and other than a proper way, and it's serious to the point of i mean, madness suggests that channel 4 are broadcaster of around 40 years standing would directly interfere in the result of a general election seat by, doing a pretence or a fabrication on one of the most high profile politicians in the country . it's beyond the realms country. it's beyond the realms of fantasy, and one can all have a view on channel four's output. i generally think it's pretty good, but the idea that they would lie and cheat and connive to trip up a candidate in this way is peculiar beyond belief and reform have offered no evidence that it was a fabrication, or this gent was an actor. >> you know, he's an actor. he part time actor. okay. i mean, lots of people are part time actors because actors don't work actors because actors don't work a lot of the time. do you see what i mean? so a lot of people are doing that. but but i agree with you on the channel four thing. a very established media outfit. okay. john snow for years was the front man for channel 4. so we all know where their politics lie. person a very credible person. but but at least he gave us an indication

of which way the politics of the station lay. but again, this guy says nobody ever came to me and asked me to get involved in reform. this guy wasn't a candidate. he the most he'd done was send, go and deliver leaflets for the lot. so as a journalist myself for 50 years, i can't believe that somebody would have actually set this up in order to try and discredit somebody who's who's running for parliament, particularly the leader of a party. i just don't george galloway is running his own party and his own campaign. but george hasn't come across these sort of things as george doesn't attract people who are desperate to find a particular sphere of politics. they can go to. the problem with nigel is he's misunderstood by many people. most of his policies are quite straightforward, quite acceptable. but unfortunately there are elements of society you see him as a flag waver and a flag bearer for an extreme position, which i don't believe

nigel possesses. >> i think on the on the subject of george galloway, i think, you know, to play devil's advocate here, i think there are some people that align themselves to him and what he comes out with who have said offensive things, but they haven't hit the headunes but they haven't hit the headlines like nigel farage has. is that the point, peter? they haven't hit the headlines like nigel farage, who was on question time last night as well, with some would say a hostile audience. nigel, this is a volunteer. nigel doesn't vet all the volunteers who work for him . no party does. so is there, him. no party does. so is there, maybe a more people out to get to use that phrase? nigel farage and the reform party than the other parties, including even george galloway? no. >> and use that phrase out to get nigel. there is no evidence for that at all, because that would imply something that is a conspiracy to undermine reform . conspiracy to undermine reform. whereas the only reason i want to undermine or attack reform is through the ballot box and the media and the debate and the times newspaper, which is not a hotbed of radical socialism. the

times newspaper points out today that reform keeps attracting some of these people on their campaign trail and says, don't vote reform because of concerns about farage, because of divisive language, and because some of the activists behave in an improper and racist manner. >> but we have had divisive language used by members of the labour party, members of the conservative party people augned conservative party people aligned with george galloway . aligned with george galloway. it's not just a reform issue, is it? >> it's much , much, much worse >> it's much, much, much worse with reform. and i've lived in east london for many years, and george galloway was an incredibly divisive figure. and again, one can be for or against his views on middle east. but he is someone who brings division and rancour, rather than unity or even solutions. >> not nigel, i think, is sometimes too brave for his own good.i sometimes too brave for his own good. i mean, he literally speaks his mind and that's what people like about him. and people like about him. and people want to be associated with him. they see him as a as a leader . but with him. they see him as a as a leader. but frankly, with him. they see him as a as a leader . but frankly, there with him. they see him as a as a leader. but frankly, there are other issues here. the putin issue, i don't think has done nigel farage any good. so many

people will disagree with the explanations he gave for the nato ukraine situation . okay. nato ukraine situation. okay. and so it's all building up so negatively for him . and also negatively for him. and also when he was asked to speak out about, you know, the latest scandal involving this guy, what's his name, andrew parker and, and these horrendous comments about the prime minister and the insults land against him. i'm not sure that nigel came out strongly enough to condemn what had been said in nigel's defence, because he's not here to defend himself. he did act swiftly and condemn the comments and described them as vile, which they indeed are so unlike some other parties . he unlike some other parties. he did act. >> yeah, okay, i accept that. >> yeah, okay, i accept that. >> i accept that right. okay. thank you very much. look, it's a very , very, opinion dividing a very, very, opinion dividing debate. lots of very, very strong opinions on this. so let us know what you're thinking. it's important that we cover all bases here. you've heard what peter, and you've heard what mike have to say . so get peter, and you've heard what mike have to say. so get in touch and let us know what you

think as well . now, responding think as well. now, responding to mr farage's claims, a spokesperson for channel 4 said we strongly stand by our rigorous and duly impartial journalism , which speaks for journalism, which speaks for itself. we met mr parker for the first time at reform uk headquarters, where he was a reform party canvasser. we did not pay the reform uk canvasser or anyone else in this report. mr parker was not known to channel 4 news and was filmed covertly via the undercover operation . okay, so we have to operation. okay, so we have to move for on that one. thank you very much indeed for your comments on that one. okay and we do have to unfortunately read the candidates for the clacton constituency again, they are jovan owusu—nepaul labour party , jovan owusu—nepaul labour party, giles watling, conservative party, matthew bensalem, liberal democrats, nigel farage, reform uk, natasha robson, green party, craig jamieson, climate party, tony mack, independent party,

papadosio, tassos papadosio, heritage party and andrew pemberton, ukip, sure right . pemberton, ukip, sure right. okay. for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and you're very heated debate, please do go to our website gb news wsj.com . now we are moving news wsj.com. now we are moving on. sir keir starmer has pledged that he's changed the labour party will be a government of service for those who serve, confirming that labour will always ensure that those who defend our country have their voices heard at the highest level. with labour's new armed forces commissioner. here's what starmer had to say earlier on on labour's commitment to defence spending . spending. >> we do want to get to 2.5, and it's really important that that's consistent with fiscal rules. the first thing we'll do is carry out a strategic review of resources of capability to make sure that the money we are

spending is spent effectively on the things that we need. but today is armed forces day, so it is the opportunity to say thank you to all of those who are serving and have served, and to remember the contribution that they have made to our country . they have made to our country. >> joining me now is gb news political correspondent olivia utley. olivia, thank you for joining us. olivia, what do we make of what sir keir starmer has said today about defence on on national armed forces day? >> well, defence has become the sort of front line of this election campaign, if you like , election campaign, if you like, over the next few days, we're expecting both the leader of the labour party and the leader of the conservatives to focus their campaign on defence. now keir starmer is obviously very, very keen to show that his labour party in this respect and so many others, is different from the labour party under jeremy corbyn. jeremy corbyn wanted to see the trident nuclear deterrent scrapped and actually so did quite a lot of shadow

ministers at the time. keir starmer is trying to show that he is very, very serious about not just trident, but about defence in general. he's promising at some point to raise spending for defence and he's promising to help veterans in any way that he can. he's got a bit of legitimacy here. there are 14 candidates standing for the labour party in this general elections who are former veterans. on the other hand , veterans. on the other hand, though, when it comes to actual promises for actual cash, rishi sunak has the upper hand. he has promised that he would raise defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. now, even that some say , is the bare minimum former defence secretary ben wallace said that it had to be raised to 3, and there were rumours that he stood down because rishi sunak refused to make that commitment . but 2.5% even is not commitment. but 2.5% even is not a commitment that keir starmer is willing to make. he says that it is the labour party's aim that he would get there

eventually, but he hasn't put a date on it and he hasn't committed to it in solid terms. will that matter in the days ahead, or will keir starmer sort of cosy coffee morning with veterans say it all. will that persuade voters that labour this time round is serious about defence? >> indeed . and obviously angela >> indeed. and obviously angela rayner did actually vote against renewing trident in the past, but is saying she is committed to it now. meanwhile, what i hate to ask this question, olivia, what's so ed davey up to today? >> ed davey is around and about. he's been talking this morning about nigel farage and the controversy over the reform candidate who used that racist slur against the prime minister as before, the leader of the liberal democrats is very keen not to concentrate too much on what other parties have to say. it's all about what the liberal democrats are doing. so we're really trying to deflect questions about farage. let's have a listen. >> liberal democrats share no values with mr farage. he can

sort himself out , my job as sort himself out, my job as liberal democrat leader is to tell you what we're about . liberal democrat leader is to tell you what we're about. i want to fight a positive kind of campaign about how we rescue our nhs and make sure we get the investment in health and care, make sure we sort out the cost of living problems that people are really suffering under and deal with things like the environmental issues, like sewage, you know , and i think sewage, you know, and i think people will get fed up in this campaign when there's all these diversions and nastiness. they want to know what you're going to do for them. and that's what liberal democrats are going to say . say. >> the liberal democrats have focused their campaign as you can see there, almost solely around the issue of the nhs and social care. it is unlikely that the labour party have to go into coalition with the liberal democrats, so it's unlikely that any of the lib dem policies on the manifesto will actually get into the statute book. but it is possible that the labour party will be triggered by the liberal democrats to actually sort out that social care issue and that of course, would be a very good thing for everyone. >> olivia utley , bring us up to

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>> and as morning breaks, we'll be here with breakfast from 6 am. as it becomes clear who the winners and the losers really are. >> vote 2024. thursday, the 4th of july only on gb news >> britain's election . channel. >> britain's election. channel. >> britain's election. channel. >> welcome back to gb news thatcherite beth mead dawn neesom on your telly, online and on digital radio. now today is armed forces day, a day which aims to encourage the public to show their support for the armed forces family of servicemen, women, veterans , cadets and women, veterans, cadets and their families for the contribution they make to the life of the nation. joining me now is gb news reporter ray addison to bring us up to date on what's happening today. ray, thank you once again. lovely talking to you today. so many wonderful stories, what's happening now? >> well, we've had around 400 people here today at this event in east grinstead. it'sjust people here today at this event in east grinstead. it's just a local event organised by local

people, but it's really involving everyone from the scouts to the sea cadets, the army cadets and military personnel , past army cadets and military personnel, past and army cadets and military personnel , past and present army cadets and military personnel, past and present as well. they had a memorial service, this morning. and then there's been displays by the cadets that i mentioned. we've got military vehicles, which you might be able to see in just a moment behind me. we've got other vessels as well . and, and other vessels as well. and, and also, you know, food and entertainment. we've got a brass band, very traditional english brass band here as well, performing some military classics. but i'm joined now by retired raf squadron leader graham stagg, who's been one of the organisers over the years since he moved to the areas. why do you feel it's so important to keep the memory of, of the work that the military do for us alive? >> it's absolutely vital, not just for the veterans, not just for the regular members of the armed forces, but also the youth i >> -- >> so all three are covered by

by those tenants, if you like. >> and so a future army, navy and air force relies on the boys coming from high school and girls likewise because it's a very multi—gender society we're living in. >> and so these days the girls can do practically any job the boys can do, and probably better as well. >> now, i know from your military service, you started in 1963, in new zealand, in their royal air force, and then you came over to the united kingdom, joined the raf here via vietnam. >> via vietnam? yes. >> via vietnam? yes. >> i served three years and i was based in singapore , but we was based in singapore, but we used to do detachments to vietnam and just during the vietnam and just during the vietnam war, of course , in the vietnam war, of course, in the late 60s. and it was pretty exciting times, i can tell you, so we were supplying both civilian and military units from new zealand operating in vietnam. >> so you're a veteran, obviously yourself . you're now obviously yourself. you're now playing a key role in trying to

encourage the public to support our military community, past and present. do you think the message is filtering through to them that the public has their back? >> that's a good question, i sometimes worry that sometimes the modern generations don't always pick up on the vital importance of a good, strong armed forces. and that's a shame. but then again, there are some still some very good people out there who are joining the military and doing a very good job. but of course, these days the british military is a much smaller organisation. the royal air force is smaller than the london metropolitan police force. >> for example, when i left in 1991, there was over 100,000 people, now less than 30,000. >> so yeah, raf squadron leader graham stagg retired. >> thank you very much for your time . really do appreciate it. time. really do appreciate it. unfortunately, we've run out of time, but we did enjoy talking to you. as you can see here, very bustling community, 400

people coming down here, young and old and really finding out more about how they can support military personnel, past and present. >> brilliant . thank you very >> brilliant. thank you very much, ray. that's ray addison on armed forces day there, which is some lovely, heartwarming stories , especially coming so stories, especially coming so soon after the 80th anniversary of d—day. now i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news saturday and there's lots more coming up on today's show. but first, it's time for the news headlines with sophia. >> dawn. thank you. it's 232. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom between 30 and 40 volunteers have now been deployed in the mountainous parts of tenerife to look for british tourist jay slater. the 19 year old has been missing since last monday. the search, now into its 13th day, covers a huge area of rugged hills and steep cliffs. the longer term plan labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service

if labour is elected. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said his party will do better by soldiers and their families. meanwhile, the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day. rishi sunak will claim his is the only party to meet the help for heroes veterans pledge and police have arrested a woman after a video emerged online, apparently showing a prison officer having sex with an inmate. the footage was reportedly filmed at wandsworth jail in south london. the woman is being held on suspicion of misconduct in a public office. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr

code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia. now there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but before i tell you what, we've got lined up nana akua has joined me in the studio at nana with no doubt a cracking show, as always, coming up. >> well, we have a great guest coming up in my political spotlight. we'll be speaking to brandon lewis. about the disaster that is, of course, the tory party, how they found themselves in such a place with so many things that appear to be going wrong for them, how they haven't, you know, how they haven't, you know, how they haven't managed to capitalise on their 80 seat majority. plus, we're also going to be looking at the labour party and asking, why do they have such a problem working out what a woman is? >> i mean, it does seem to be a bit of a running theme with them. it has to be said we've had david lammy, saying that a man can have a cervix, we've had if they can grow a sir davey,

you can grow a service, they can make something up, i think, he said. >> i mean, what is this you've had bridget phillipson, who couldn't answer simple questions with regard to biology and struggling to work out which lavatory somebody would go in dependent on their biological sex. i mean, it's absolutely astonishing that we find ourselves here, but we will be going through that as well. we've got a fantastic guest coming up at five. she's a social media influencer, but she's basically talking about what it's like to be in the world of social media and how can you actually make money. a lot of people are curious about that. >> lots of people indeed. thank you very much. i know that sounds a cracking show with a very feisty debate, now remember, let me know all your thoughts and all the stories we've been discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation or message me on our socials . there's loads me on our socials. there's loads more coming up on today's show. now let's go to america, biden's allies scrambled to contain the fallout from his faltering performance at the first 2024 us presidential debate this week, after he struggled to stem a

barrage of attacks from donald trump. but how will this affect the race for the white house? all of that and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news, britain's news channel don't go too far

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mad and getting mad, there's only a week to go. joe biden and donald trump traded blows this week in the first debate of the 2024 presidential election campaign. the democrats have now discussed replacing biden as a nominee as he floundered against his competition in what was described as a disastrous performance , eligible for what performance, eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid, excuse me, with, deaung with the covid, excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally to do with, look, if we finally beat medicare. >> thank you, president biden . >> thank you, president biden. >> thank you, president biden. >> me neither. the pair traded blows over the january 6th capitol hill riots. >> the only person on this stage is a convicted felon. as the man i'm looking at right now. and the fact of the matter is, he is he's what he's telling you is simply not true. the fact is that there was no effort on his part to stop what was going on up on capitol hill and all those

people, every one of those who was convicted deserves to be convicted. >> meanwhile, biden took trump to task over his hush money trial , taking a dig at his character. >> what what what are you talking about? you have the morals of an alley cat . morals of an alley cat. >> well, yes . that says trump >> well, yes. that says trump insinuated biden supported russian president vladimir putin's invasion of the ukraine. >> he did nothing to stop it. in fact, i think he encouraged russia from going in. i tell you what happened. he was so bad with afghanistan. it was such a horrible embarrassment. most embarrassing moment in the history of our country. >> wow . okay. and you thought >> wow. okay. and you thought our politics were mad, joining me now is us political analyst eric hamm . eric, lovely to talk eric hamm. eric, lovely to talk to you. thank you so much for joining us, eric. that debate , joining us, eric. that debate, it has to be said, i watched like i used to watch doctor who as a kid from behind the sofa . as a kid from behind the sofa. what? how are you americans feeling about what choice you have coming up for president ,

have coming up for president, i'm not familiar with doctor who, but what i can tell you is that the debate was an unmitigated disaster. i think the real loser in that debate were the american people. and what's so ironic and interesting about that debate ? it was about that debate? it was president biden actually offended 40 years of debate presidents by going around the commission on presidential debates and the reason for that is because we were told that they wanted to see more substance and less theatrics. and clearly, what we got in this debate was two geriatric old men , one who seemed to be on the verge of being senile, and the other one who seemed to be more psychopathic. and i think right now, what we're seeing in the united states is perhaps the double haters are actually growing, meaning people who don't want either of these candidates to be their commander in chief. >> we've got similar over here, to be fair, but the new york times, a very influential newspaper, it came up with the

headune newspaper, it came up with the headline to serve this country. biden should leave the race. i mean, is that the general feeling amongst democrats? i mean, would somebody else really make a difference now , there is make a difference now, there is a lot of hand—wringing in the democratic party right now in fact, a lot of high ranking officials within the party believe that it is time for joe biden to have a heart to heart conversation with his team, with his family, about perhaps stepping aside. >> but it appears as though that is not happening . joe biden said is not happening. joe biden said that he is in this race. he's staying in this race, and i do believe he will be the nominee . believe he will be the nominee. so now the party needs to decide are they going to back him vociferously? much like we see republicans with donald trump? or are they going to continue to hold their hands and watch and see what happens? >> and eric, is it in donald trump's interest that biden does actually indeed remain in that position? because surely, i mean, you know, it makes trump's position stronger ? position stronger? >> well, i'm not sure about that

. in fact, it was it's very inexplicable in terms of how this process is playing out. joe biden had a very , very bad biden had a very, very bad night. i mean, he couldn't put two words together. he looked hollow. he looked like he wasn't even there. and then we see this nonh even there. and then we see this north carolina rally that took place just the next day where he was spirited, energetic, his voice was strong. and so i'm not sure why we continue to see this feeble, weak man that the president continues to portray. but if that is who joe biden is, he needs to be honest and transparent with the american people about that . people about that. >> and i mean, it is legally possible to remove joe biden, isn't it? but are there candidates ready, willing and able to take over? >> well, to be clear, it's legally possible to remove him as president under the 25th amendment in terms of actually removing him as the nominee for president. joe biden has already he's already received the requisite amount of delegates to

be the nominee. it just requires a going through the process of actually going through the nomination at the convention. that is, that is unlikely to change. and i think right now the party needs to figure out what its plans are. and as i said, joe biden is not stepping down. so i think the discussion of is he leaving? what do you do to remove him? i think that's a moot point because it's not happening. these are the two candidates, and they will be on the ballot, and voters will have to make a decision in november. >> and eric, while we're watching, you know, sort of like, you know, going through a similar thing in this country, what message do you think that debate and the choice of leaders you have is sending out to your enemies? russia, china, iran ? enemies? russia, china, iran? it's making america seem weak. that which must be very upsetting for the american public. >> you know, debates have always been about optics. and clearly joe biden got it wrong. and i think that's something that has dogged him since he came into office. he has been a president

who has had a total disdain with the stagecraft and optics of the presidency. and we continue to see that play out. and i think that's so frustrating because if you're talking about america's enemies, what we have seen from president biden is someone who has been strong and operated more as a bulwark against fascism and autocracy. and the way he has moved nato and the west , way he has moved nato and the west, particularly against russia, as well as the way he continues to stand up and continues to stand up and continues to stand up and continues to send weapons and other equipment to taiwan and its continuing standoff with china. so in terms of the stagecraft and optics, he continues to frustrate and upset. but in terms of the actual policy, i think what we're seeing is the substance is there. >> eric, thank you very much. and all i can say is good luck. eric hamm, american correspondent, bringing us up to date on the presidential tug of war going on in america . okay. war going on in america. okay. all right. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news. i hope you have a

wonderful weekend out there, lots more coming up on today's show. it is glastonbury and we'll be going there live to hear about the, the line—ups and who is performing on the sprawling festival. 200,000 people stages all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel. don't go too far because we're going to glastonbury

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>> britain's election. channel. >> britain's election. channel. >> welcome back to gb news sandro tonali dawn neesom on your tv, online and on digital radio now, the uk's biggest music festival , glastonbury is music festival, glastonbury is in full swing. the crowds have already been treated to dua lipa and pj harvey, and tonight coldplay will take to the main stage for what will certainly be quite the spectacle, joining me now is showbiz reporter stephanie takyi, who is also looking pretty spectacular. it has to be said. always is though. steph, thank you so much for joining us. hope you're forjoining us. hope you're having a wonderful time, right. what's happening, well, it's now day four out of day five out of the glastonbury festival dawn. and it was only yesterday the music came on. so the two days pnor music came on. so the two days prior to that, it was like the calm before the storm here at worthy farm, up to 200,000 people are now here. and yesterday they were treated to a lovely pyramid performance from

dua lipa , who rocked the stage dua lipa, who rocked the stage for two hours. and it must say i'm not the biggest fan of hers, but she definitely has a catalogue of music which really got the fans going last night. but tonight it's all about coldplay. they're not new to glastonbury at all. this is the fifth time they'll be performing, so the festival did get a bit of criticism, you know, why are we having coldplay again ? but i guess it's a safe again? but i guess it's a safe pair of hands for them . and you pair of hands for them. and you know, they've got so many songs that i know, they've got so many songs that! can know, they've got so many songs that i can imagine the crowd will be singing along to tonight i >> -- >> so, i mean, i did manage to, you know, get down with the kids. i managed to capture a bit of it yesterday and it was the sugababes who i went, i understand, went down very well as well. >> yeah, they, i was actually really looking forward to their performance and i think that's the good thing about glastonbury. you may see some people over and over again on the line—up, but there's people like sugababes who haven't performed in over a decade, but they've still got that fan base who remembers them clearly. like i haven't seen coldplay perform,

so i'm actually really looking forward to seeing them perform tonight. but then also, we've got other people like shania twain who will be she'll be performing on the legendary slot tomorrow. and right now, as we speak, dawn, we've got cyndi laupen speak, dawn, we've got cyndi lauper. she's performing on the pyramid stage. >> wow. and i have to. i've never been. i've never been, steph. and i'm not sure i envy you or not, to be honest with you. what? what is it really like down there? is it as sort of like going to the loo and having a shower? as bad as we all imagine it to be? >> dawn. it is every woman for themselves here. i make sure i'm up at 5 a.m. in the morning till ibeat up at 5 a.m. in the morning till i beat the crowd to the showers and everything, because if not, onceit and everything, because if not, once it hits about 9:00, you're literally in the queue for about an hour just to use the shower an hourjust to use the shower or use the toilets , but, you or use the toilets, but, you know, luckily i'm kind of in the hospitality area, which is quite different from the main areas, which you can imagine if it was a really sunny day would be a complete mud fest. but that's the spirit of glastonbury, i

think. people don't mind by going all their luxuries just to be here at worthy farm, because there's just so much to do over there's just so much to do over the space of five days. >> and stephanie, just very, very quickly, there have been some criticism that it's been very political this year. i mean , in my mind, it's always been political, but i mean , have you political, but i mean, have you seen much evidence of people, you know, the palestinian flags and people sort of like, you know, you know, giving political messages from the stage has what evidence is there for that? >> well, yesterday, dawn last night while dua was on, there was also a bristol punk band called idles and they're very much a political movement, but they use their music to express it. so yesterday had they had about seven pro—palestine flags up , banksy actually revealed up, banksy actually revealed revealed some of his artwork on stage yesterday. so that was quite a heated one. and they had a song called f the king, which didn't go down too well. and i think it was a bit distasteful

to be honest. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office over the coming days. the weather is going to be a little bit mixed. some of us will see some rain, but most of us should see some sunshine from time to time. so as we end saturday, we've still got this weak area of low pressure to the west of the uk that will continue to bring in some cloud and rain across parts of northern england and wales. that will slowly work its way south eastwards as we go through the course of the night. either side, plenty of clear skies, but still the risk of some blustery showers across the far north of scotland under the clear skies, temperatures falling down to about 10 or 11 degrees for most of us. but under the cloud coven of us. but under the cloud cover, not much lower than around 15 or 16 degrees. so a bit of a grey start across many southern parts of the uk, this cloud will be thick enough at

times to produce the odd spot of rain, but as the morning goes on, it will gradually begin to break up and turn drier. but the best of the sunshine first thing will be across parts of wales into the midlands, northern england, where further north across northern ireland and scotland will see a mixture of some sunshine and also a few showers. most frequent showers will be probably across shetland and orkney, where still there'll be a fairly keen wind as we go through the course of sunday. most of us actually should see some plenty of dry weather, a mixture of cloud and some sunshine. the cloud tended to bubble up during the middle of the day before easing away again as we head into the latter part of the afternoon. best of the sunshine. probably down towards the south—west, but with this north westerly flow it will feel a little bit cooler than it has been on saturday. highest temperatures in the south, reaching around 21 or 22 degrees. very little changes as we end the weekend. a fairly fine end to sunday, but you can see this next area of rain just

beginning to move in across the west , and beginning to move in across the west, and that will beginning to move in across the west , and that will give west, and that will give a fairly wet start for some to the new working week, but generally plenty of dry

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