>> well . >> well. >> well. >> hello. good afternoon, and welcome to gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. and for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headunes the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion is mine. it's theirs. and of course it's yours. will be debating discussing it. at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me in the next hour broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour party adviser matthew laza. in a few moments time i'll be mocking the week as labour completes their first week in government. former mp nick fletcher will be joining me live in the studio for my political spotlight and we'll be speaking about infighting, tory infighting, for goodness sake, when will they stop then? my difficult conversation guests this week are sam hutchinson and

emma coles. they've taken the private investigator industry by storm, then known as charlie's angels, but before we get started, let's get your latest . news. >> good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this houn newsroom. your top story this hour. a 34 year old man has now been arrested in connection with the investigation into human remains found in two suitcases near clifton suspension bridge. armed police detained the man at bristol temple meads station, and he'll be taken to for london questioning later. there had been a manhunt in the wake of the discovery of body parts, but police are now not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident . investigators the incident. investigators believe the remains, found at an address in shepherd's bush are unked address in shepherd's bush are linked to those found in two suitcases in bristol on wednesday . the family of three wednesday. the family of three women who were killed in a crossbow attack in hertfordshire this week have said they are

devastated. john hunt and his daughter amy issued a statement after the murders of 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and hannah, who's 28, who were attacked at their home in bushey. it comes as a 26 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of the murders. in other news, the ukrainian president says he can forget mistakes after joe president says he can forget mistakes afterjoe biden mistakes after joe biden referred to him as a president putin at this week's nato wmmw putin at this week's nato summit. it's the first time vladimir zelenskyy has responded to the us president's gaffe. he was speaking to reporters in ireland about the error, which has led to further questions about whether he's fit to run for re—election. however, mr biden, who's 81, has insisted he'll keep fighting . he'll keep fighting. >> to win november's election, you probably noticed there's a lot of speculation lately. >> what's joe biden going to do?

is he going to stay in the race? he's going to drop out. here's my answer. i am running and we're going to win. >> i'm not going to change that . >> i'm not going to change that. >> i'm not going to change that. >> but professor of us politics, scott lucas told gb news most democrats want biden to step down. >> some democrat donors already said they will not provide money to the campaign. until the situation is resolved. in other words, until biden , steps down, words, until biden, steps down, you've mentioned those that have now said that they are planning to do so, but the democrats are already losing some funds. i think what you're going to see this weekend is, you know , this weekend is, you know, there's going to be a review by those high up in the democratic party where they are in the financial situation. they're going to review the polling, which actually shows that biden and trump are still running neck to neck, but that a majority of democrats do want biden to step aside, and they're going to look at biden's performance . at biden's performance. >> an israeli airstrike has

targeted the mastermind behind the 7th of october attack, according to a security official. officials in gaza say at least 71 palestinians have been killed in the strike on a designated humanitarian area, but israeli officials say the strike targeted the head of hamas's military wing in an open area where there were only hamas terrorists and no civilians . terrorists and no civilians. alec baldwin's manslaughter case has been dismissed by a judge, nearly three years on from the death of halyna hutchins on the set of the western film rust in new mexico. the cinematographer halyna was shot with a revolver that mr baldwin was using in rehearsals in 2021. the trial collapsed three days into mr baldwin's trial in santa fe. it is the second time the case against the actor has been dismissed, and he will not be tried again. a major music festival has come to a dramatic halt after a fierce storm swept through the grounds and tore down a tent. footage filmed by witnesses shows panic as the

storm hit, with people rushing to leave , even abandoning their to leave, even abandoning their belongings. star acts like james blake, skepta and royal blood were silenced as organisers at slovakia's biggest festival scrambled to evacuate the site. at least 34 people have been taken to hospital with injuries , taken to hospital with injuries, while the remaining 30,000 attendees have been instructed to leave on special evacuation buses. to leave on special evacuation buses . in to leave on special evacuation buses. in sport. the to leave on special evacuation buses . in sport. the princess of buses. in sport. the princess of wales will attend the wimbledon men's singles final tomorrow and present the trophy. it will be her second public appearance since her cancer diagnosis was announced earlier this year, after she attended trooping the colour last month. princess catherine has been a patron of the all england lawn tennis and croquet club since 2016, and staying with the news from the sporting world, england manager gareth southgate has admitted he wants england to win so much on sunday. it hurts. the squad faced spain in the euro 2024 showdown tomorrow. it's the

second time in a row they've reached the tournament's final after being beaten by italy on penalties at wembley in 2021. those are the latest gb news headunes 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 . forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon. it's just coming up to seven minutes after 3:00. this is gb news we are britain's news channel i'm nana akua. welcome. now it's time to mock the week. and what a busy one it's been. labour's first week in office. it began with rachel reeves vowing to overhaul the planning targets, and she pledged to build 1.5 million homes in just five years, declaring war on nimbys, calling herself a yimby. by the end of the week, it seemed that half of the week, it seemed that half of the cabinet were actually guilty and actually nimbys. shabana

mahmood, the justice secretary, advised that it may be necessary to release prisoners early. some only would serve 40% of their sentence to avoid prison overcrowding and create more , overcrowding and create more, which meant that dangerous criminals may be released early. great keir appointed anneliese dodds as the as the women's and equality minister. earlier, she failed to define what a woman is . failed to define what a woman is. anneliese has promised to rewrite gender law. god help us. jk rowling, martina navratilova and other feminist campaigners attacked sir keir starmer for this appointment. genius, really. keir firmly drawing attention away from his inability to define a woman and placing it squarely on anneliese tony blair resurfaced to warn us that keir starmer will have will have to put taxes up more than £50 billion is needed , laying £50 billion is needed, laying the ground nicely for the oh, that old saying that things will only get better, and that narrative that we eventually will have to raise taxes. and by

wednesday, keir starmer was on his way to the 75th nato summit with his new foreign secretary, david lammy, who i think he once called trump a nazi for goodness sake, keir was noncommittal on whether he would raise troop numbers and reinstated his commitment to increasing armed forces spend to 2.5% of gdp, but couldn't tell us when this would happen. a sort of committal non—commitment keir met joe biden and said that joe was in good form. really ukraine will prevail in this war and we'll stand with them every single step of the way . step of the way. >> that's what the compact says loudly and clearly. and now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, president putin, president putin, you can beat president putin, you can beat president putin, you can beat president putin, president zelenskyy, i'm so focused on beating putin. we've got to worry about it. >> now. of course, we got the tragic news of a man who's

suspected of killing the wife and two youngest daughters of the bbc racing commentator john the bbc racing commentatorjohn reid. incredibly crossbows illegal? terrible. why on earth is this still the case? and then, of course, ed miliband cancelling all new oil and gas licences . licences. >> the answer is blowing in the wind . wind. >> it's been a mucky old week . >> it's been a mucky old week. all right, so stay with me. coming up. i'll be making light of this week's top stories in mock the week as. as labour completed their first week in power . then, for this week's hot power. then, for this week's hot topic in my roundtable discussion, we'll be talking about whether you think it should be legal to buy a crossbow in england, scotland and wales. at 335, rudi geller will be joining me to discuss the latest from israel. and of course, the euros is it coming home? he can use his psychic powers to let us know. then joining me to shine a light in the political hot seat today is former mp nick fletcher. we're

speaking about tory infighting and what the future holds for the party. then that is all coming up in the next hour. tell me what you think on everything we're discussing. send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay . so joining gbnews.com/yoursay. so joining me now, former labour minister bill rammell, former scotland yard detective peter bleksley former mp simon danczuk and former mp simon danczuk and former conservative special adviser charlie rowley . welcome adviser charlie rowley. welcome to my hot topic discussion. my roundtable discussion. i've got so many names for it, i don't know which one to call it, but let's let's start with labour's first week in office. bill rammell what is your view on on how their progress so far? >> well good good. try with the intro in trying to create a perception of chaos. actually i think the reaction from the vast majority of people has been relief that the tories are no longer there, and a perception grounded in reality that this is a government that's hit the ground running and looks the

part, whether it's the commitment to house building which we can deliver on, whether it's getting the public finances in shape, whether it's on the international stage where i was really struck by at the nato summit, was the degree to which virtually every world leader wanted to meet. keir because with the massive majority he's got, there's a sense of stability. at long last in the uk, where in many other parts of the world, whether it's france, the world, whether it's france, the us, germany , there's not. so the us, germany, there's not. so i think a good first week, still a long way to go. >> i don't think i was creating a narrative of chaos. i was just simply describing what happened and if you think that sounds like chaos, god help us. your labour simon danczuk i think it's too early to say that we've got stability. >> i think the public are holding their breath in terms of what to anticipate from this labour government. i agree there was a lot of announcements, some of them i would welcome, like house building, no doubt about that. house building, no doubt about that . i'm not house building, no doubt about that. i'm not keen on ed miliband being in government. never mind banning, the drilling for oil and gas. i think that's a big that's a big mistake. i mean, we why shouldn't he be in

government? well, i just don't think he's up to the job. i think he's up to the job. i think he's up to the job. i think he's just not right. and i think he's just not right. and i think he's just not right. and i think he's there because his friends with keir starmer. >> in what way is he not right. well, he was he was rejected by the public in 2015. >> they didn't want him as prime minister then. they didn't want him in government then, so i don't think he should be there. i think there are better people to do the job, to be honest, and i don't like his policies. i think he's far too green. at a time when, yes, we all want sustainability, but at the same time, we don't want sky high energy costs. and that's a major issue for the public. >> okay. charlie rowley. >> okay. charlie rowley. >> well, i think two things i think pr gets you so far and i think pr gets you so far and i think look, in the first week sir keir starmer looks like the prime minister, he walked into number 10 pretty confidently. he gave a good speech in the house of commons when the commons came back together. he's toured the four nations. he's met with the devolved administrations, he's met with the metro mayors, saying that he'll work with anybody. he's intended a nato summit looking pretty, pretty good, pretty calm, pretty cool, collected. but that is a stark contrast to what you're seeing from the first week of a labour government, where you've had tony blair, former prime minister, already revealing that

taxes are going to have to go up something which nobody voted for in this country. you've got a divide within the labour party over the two child benefit cap, which is going to be a massive row coming down the tracks. you've got rachel reeves announcing, as you rightly said, that housing policy, 1.5 million homes over the next five years, that's something that the tories had already done and committed to. and when they've been nimbys themselves in their own backyard. so we've got no, no real meat on the bones there and, you know, talking and releasing prisoners. i mean, who'd have thunk it? in the first week, the labour government are trying to release business. they're supposed to be tough on crime. in their manifesto, it's the total opposite. so what you see from sir keir starmer is one thing, but what you're actually going to see from the labour government is something quite different. >> peter bleksley well, the labour government are saying that the necessity to release these prisoners is because of these prisoners is because of the shambolic state that the tory party got the prison estate into . either way, it's very bad into. either way, it's very bad news. so violent offenders will not be eligible for the early release, nor will sexual offenders. i understand that. so

in all likelihood the people that are going to get released are the lower level thieves as they might be called. i don't think there's any low level crime because i've never met a low level victim. victims are always victims . so what will always victims. so what will happenis always victims. so what will happen is people that perhaps shoplift for a living are going to be released out on the streets, and guess what they're going to do? they're going to add to the already catastrophic lawlessness that plagues our high streets , corner shops, you high streets, corner shops, you name it. and whereby 800 retail workers get abused or assaulted every single day. mark my words. watch those figures go up. >> well , but watch those figures go up. >> well, but you watch those figures go up. >> well , but you know what? >> well, but you know what? >> well, but you know what? >> sometimes politics is performative. i'm genuinely shocked at what we've been left with by the tories, and that we've been forced into this decision. the former justice secretary was telling rishi sunak for 18 months that you have to act and either you build new prisons or you adopt an early release scheme. and sunak did absolutely nothing. and it's

one of the most grossest derelictions of responsibility i've seen in government. >> but, well, let's be fair on this bill. they've appointed somebody to be minister for prisons who believes that prisoners should serve a third of what current time they serve. so their agenda, labour's agenda, is quite clear. it is to release prisoners early, earlier than half the term, down to a third of the term because they've appointed a minister who believes in that. that's the reality of it . reality of it. >> but you talk to any prison governor and they will tell you that you need early release. otherwise you can't manage the prison population because there's no incentive. >> but nobody's arguing with that. but why not announce at the same time that you're going to start building more prisons? >> why not do that? we've made that clear. we made clear during the campaign that there's going to be a national override over local objections to prison building. i remember discussing that on your programme, but how fast does it take them to build a prison? >> i mean, they could build a prison in the build, build houses and estates within months. why can they not just build a prison quickly before

they release people early? this doesn't make any sense. >> there are further prisons coming down the line, but they're so often bogged down with planning issues. so many politicians will say build more prisons until there's one planned in their constituencies , planned in their constituencies, and then they get a bit lukewarm overit and then they get a bit lukewarm over it all. >> and i think what's alarming is, look, make no mistake, there needs to be more prison places. and that hasn't happened. so you need to look at alternatives. but i haven't heard what alternatives there are other than just releasing prisoners early, which is not the answer. now i think i heard harriet harman say there's about 40% of women that are in women's prisons that are foreign nationals. well, they should be deported to free up those spaces. you know, are we looking at electronic tagging? are we looking at tougher licensing? and you're outside of prison? are we looking at taking over when we had for covid example? i mean, i remember being in the cabinet office, we looked at an old holiday camps like butlin's and, you know , things that you and, you know, things that you know, where they weren't being used. can you have alternative accommodation? you know, are there disused army camps or things that you can host people in, but releasing prisoners, whatever the state of the prison estate, the public do not expect a government in its first few days to just give carte blanche freedom to people who are, as

peter rightly says, are not low level criminals. there are no such thing as a low level victim. i think peter is absolutely right in that. >> but let's put it in context. there was already a release scheme at 50% of the sentence, andifs scheme at 50% of the sentence, and it's now going to be at 40% of the sentence. so this isn't an earth shattering change. and charlie, you're just avoiding the question of how the last conservative government consistently failed to resolve this problem. >> i don't think guarantee it'll be window shattering, because i bet there's a few windows get put in by these prisoners when they're released, and they go back to their thieving, burgling ways. >> the point that charlie makes is a big one. it's foreign nationals. we are failing to remove foreign nationals back to their country of origin . and their country of origin. and i'll give you an example. the rochdale grooming scandal. i campaigned endlessly to try and get the perpetrators sent back to pakistan. but what many of them born in this country, though a lot of them were british born pakistan. oh come on, they had dual nationality. they were quite it was easily possible to return them to their country . but successive home country. but successive home secretaries failed to do that

because of the judicial system that we have in this country is people like keir starmer, a martyred who make a concert, who have made a considerable amount of money from defending these people. we need to return foreign. >> we may have had to do that because sometimes when you work in the legal profession, you don't really get a choice as to who you you have to defend. so, you know, that's not entirely you know, that's not entirely you can't really blame him fully for that. but i come back to your point where you say that the last government left the place in a mess. i all previous, all new governments always say that. and to be honest, they were being you. we all existed in that environment before the toun in that environment before the tour, you know, whilst the tories were in government, we know they made a mess of it, but we already knew that. so i don't understand why the labour party are pretending to be surprised. and also you were also part of that government. i know you weren't the movers and shakers, but you are all still voting and making decisions in parliament. >> the labour party was part. >> the labour party was part. >> well, yeah, you were part of the entire government. so you have conservative, labour and all the people with the opposition. you were the opposition, but you're the

government includes all those people who are mps for all parties of the different parties. >> chalk on your program. the former justice secretary, who banged his head against a brick wall for 18 months, telling rishi sunak he needed to do something about the prisons now i ignored it well, but what i'm saying is i hear that. >> but then you're only you're only confirming my point that you guys were already aware of the situation is that if you're saying that they're so surprised about it, you before and we had to act before you just said that you were you were surprised about it. so i'm saying, well, i'm not buying the fact that the labour government. >> i said i was angry, really angry. >> we're going to have to play this back to you. right. well, stay with us. joining me, former labour minister, that is bill rammell, former scotland yard detective, peter bleksley mp, former mp simon danczuk and former mp simon danczuk and former conservative special adviser charlie rowley. stay with us. but there's still plenty of time to grab your chance to win £30,000 in the great british giveaway. it's our biggest cash prize ever and that could be yours. here's how you could be yours. here's how you could win. >> it's a summer treat to you . >> it's a summer treat to you. your chance to win an incredible £30,000 in tax free cash , our £30,000 in tax free cash, our biggest cash prize of the year so far, with an extra £30,000 in

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good afternoon. welcome. this is a gb news. 24 minutes after 3:00. i'm nana akua . now, after 3:00. i'm nana akua. now, the family of the three women who were killed in the crossbow attack in hertfordshire this week say that they are devastated. 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and hannah, who was 28, were attacked at their home in bushey. was 28, were attacked at their home in bushey . 26 year old man home in bushey. 26 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murders. meanwhile, just as we were discussing the government has said that some violent criminals will be released from prison early in an attempt to tackle overcrowding. well, joining me now is a former prisoner and a business owner, winston davis. winston, thank you very much for joining me

winston davis. winston, thank you very much forjoining me at winston. the plan. so what do you make of the plan for the government suggesting that they're going to release some offenders? about 40% of them will only serve about 40% of their sentence, so they will be released early. is this good or bad in your view? >> i was just listening to the debate you said a minute ago, and the thing goes back to the fact that the government, the previous government knew about this for years before, it is not just suddenly happen and knew about it for years. and the reality of it is there are no easy decisions right now. they've got to do something. you've got less than a thousand spaces in the prison system. someone has to make some tough decisions. releasing those early . decisions. releasing those early. and, they talk about releasing early, but it doesn't apply to those violent offenders, those those violent offenders, those those that are involved in terrorism and sexual offences. so, you know, i know it's talking about low level offences, but it's the ones that are on serving lower sentences or shorter sentences where the crimes are deemed to be, you know, not as serious, and if that's what needs to do in the

immediate term, okay, that's what we need to do in immediate term. but realistically, long term. but realistically, long term they need to put a long term they need to put a long term solution, not just put a plaster over it and say, oh, we're just going to, you know, release them early and that's it. they've got to look at long term solution. i think that involves i think that's what i think. >> that's what people are concerned about. they're just saying they're going to release them early. oh that's great, what are you going to do with them? i mean, is this going to be like people who, you know, with the mental prisoners are people who suffer mental health, who have literally nowhere to go ehhen who have literally nowhere to go either. now, before you go, because your audio is a bit choppy at the moment, i want to ask you briefly, i want to ask you briefly about crossbows, what are your views on the fact that people can buy them? >> yeah, i mean, there's no real legal reason to have a crossbow. i mean , it's like a medieval i mean, it's like a medieval weapon. you know, we don't need it make. that's an easy thing to outlaw. i mean, i don't know why there is. i mean, in terms of, murders with of crossbows has only been ten in the last ten years, but that's ten too many. you don't need them. get them off the streets, but but if someone's intent on going out and murdering someone with a

crossbow knife gun, they're going to find a way. but this is an easy, easy decision for the government to make and just make this illegal. so it's not it's not a big thing to consider. just make them illegal. yeah. >> winston, thank you very much. really good to talk to you. that's winston davis. he's a business owner. he has served time in jail, but he's turned his life around. so joining me now for my roundtable discussion for the labour party, labour minister bill rammell, former scotland yard detective peter bleksley, former mp simon danczuk, former conservative special advisor . charlie rowley special advisor. charlie rowley coming straight to you. why are these things even legal, >> because they're used for sporting and hunting purposes. a pretty narrow amount of people that use them. but archery clubs and such like, use them, the thing is, there has been a report already delivered to the home office about the use and possible legislation, further legislation around crossbows. and that's actually sitting on the home secretary's desk as we speak, because priti priti patel

commissioned it when she was home secretary some years ago. so it's all there waiting for the government to peruse and then come to some kind of decision. i expect there will be further legislation put in front of parliament fairly soon, with some kind of banning or licensing of them, which may be all well and good, but the question is, of course, who is going to oversee the licensing? who's going to impose the laws, and will they be effective when you can so easily buy one on the internet? unfortunately when charlie rowley how long does it take them to put this sort of legislation through, seeing as priti patel's already laid the pathway for it, it's not really much else to say. >> no, i mean, it shouldn't take that long. and, you know, if i was an advisor in the home office, which i wasn't, by the way, but if i were and if i was next to a minister now, i'd be saying, first of all, if it's taken that long since it's been on since commissioned by priti patel, well, what has been going on since and i don't think that's just a criticism of politicians, but i think clearly the home office has got so many

issues, but officials within the home office should have, i think, sped this thing up. but it what pains me is that we're talking about these crossbows, which i think we'll all probably agree that you shouldn't just be able to walk into a shop and buy able to walk into a shop and buy a crossbow, but we're still talking about banning knives and banning these zombie knives that you can buy online. why on earth has there not been the legislation they already what what have successive home secretaries, whether that's suella braverman, i'm very happy to criticise her and anyone else in that role. why have we not banned these weapons? why are we not catching these criminals? why are we not shutting down these online companies or finding the people that have got them to bring them to justice? it would be. i mean , i'd be it would be. i mean, i'd be banging my head if i was an advisor in the home office. >> i've got a measure of agreement with charlie on this. i think there's a cultural issue at the home office under successive governments. it's been absolutely hopeless. priti patel committed to banning crossbows three years ago, and it was only in february of this year that the home office asked for evidence. that's a shocking delay. now yvette cooper has said she's going to move very quickly on this. i think they should be banned. i also think

we need to look at sentencing. i've made clear that we lock people up for minor crimes, too easily, but for violent crimes. i was looking at it this morning . i was looking at it this morning. the average sentence, custodial sentence for a violent crime is 21 months. that's too little. >> i agree with bill. i mean, three years to get from priti patel announcing this review to where we are now. i mean, it beggars belief. why has it take so long and people will quite rightly say, had the home office been able to move faster, they might have actually saved lives in this instance. and that's a fair judgement. in this instance. and that's a fairjudgement. i have to say. there's no justification for people, the public, being able to go out and buy these weapons. that's the reality of it. as winston said, these are medieval weapons from a bygone era. and i think the sooner we ban them completely, the better. >> although you say that some of them are able to act almost like semi—automatic , rifles so they semi—automatic, rifles so they can fire rounds of these things. so it's actually quite a frightening thing, a peter bleksley in your experience, is it reasonable to be able to ban these things and actually keep

get them out off the streets and stop people from even buying them online? >> you can ban as many weapons and knives and machetes as you like. and knives and machetes as you uke.the and knives and machetes as you like. the question is, will the police effectively impose that law? will they be supported in doing lots of stop and search, for example, to try and detect these weapons and take them off these weapons and take them off the street and arrest people? i was with frontline police only last week and they were told, if you can possibly avoid it, don't arrest people. find other resolutions. that's the current state of the malaise within the british policing system. >> so do you think charlie keir starmer is right then to be focusing on this as heavily as he is and his solutions that he's coming up with? do you think they are sort of in the right direction? >> well, i think you've got to do something and obviously, you know, i think it's the time that it's taken that everyone said in terms of banning banning the weapons. but, you know, whether you've got to well, it's, you know, the narrative in the country is that we've got, you know , prisoners being released know, prisoners being released early on the one hand. and yet violent crime taking place across the country on another, the two don't go, you know,

particularly hand in hand and just on, you know, i mean, i'm from hertfordshire and it's, it's sent shockwaves through the whole community. and, you know, the case is tragic. but if ever you needed an example, i mean, there was a plot, i think a couple of years ago, a couple of christmases ago, where there was some chap in the bushes of, of windsor castle trying to assassinate, you know, the late queen. you know, if that was not an example enough to make sure that you're cracking down on these kinds of weapons and these kinds of individuals, then i don't know what is why priti patel committed to the review, has taken three years, and that's unacceptable. >> final word to you, simon danczuk. >> yeah, well, we have to do something. but yvette cooper, the new home secretary, has got a lot on her plate and improving the police force and giving them the police force and giving them the powers and ability to police effectively is one of the biggest challenges. >> right. well, listen, thank you very much. my roundtable discussion. i think we could go on for an hour with the search. i quite enjoy it. thank you very much. former labour minister bill rammell, former scotland yard detective peter bleksley, former mp simon danczuk former conservative special adviser charlie rowley. right well, you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news 33 minutes after 3:00. coming up at four. my

niggle on prince harry, who was awarded the for the invictus. despite a veteran's mother's criticism. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . your latest news headlines. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after half past three. and the top story from the newsroom. this hour is that a 34 year old man has been arrested in connection with the investigation into human remains found in two suitcases near clifton suspension bridge. armed police detained the man at bristol temple meads station. he's now being taken to london for questioning. there had been a manhunt in the wake of the discovery of the body parts, but police are now not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident . investigators the incident. investigators believe the remains found at an address in shepherd's bush are unked address in shepherd's bush are linked to those found in two suitcases in bristol on wednesday . the family of the wednesday. the family of the three women who were killed in a

crossbow attack in hertfordshire this week, say they are devastated . john this week, say they are devastated .john hunt and his devastated. john hunt and his daughter amy have issued a statement after the murders of 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and hannah, who's 28. they were both attacked along with their mother at their home in bushey. it comes as a 26 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of their murders . an suspicion of their murders. an israeli airstrike has targeted the mastermind behind the 7th of october attacks. that's according to an official in israel. meanwhile officials in gaza say at least 71 palestinians have been killed in that strike on a designated humanitarian area. but israeli forces say the strike targeted the head of hamas's military wing in an open area where there were only hamas terrorists and no civilians . and is it coming no civilians. and is it coming home? well, england manager gareth southgate has admitted that he wants england to win so much on sunday that it hurts . much on sunday that it hurts. that's as they face spain in the

euro 2024 showdown. they've reached the tournament's final for a second time in a row after being beaten by italy on penalties at wembley in 2021. and ahead of tomorrow's match, the king has asked the england squad to alleviate the blood pressure of the nation by avoiding any late drama in the final . those avoiding any late drama in the final. those are avoiding any late drama in the final . those are the latest gb final. those are the latest gb news headlines for now , i'm sam news headlines for now, i'm sam francis more throughout the rest of this afternoon with nana, and i'll be back with another update at half past at 4:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sam. all right. still to come. former conservative mp nick fletcher will be in the political hot seat to shine a light on the future of the tory party. in my

political spotlight. but next we will cross live to tel aviv to speak to uri geller. do not go

welcome back. 29 minutes after 3:00. if you're just tuned in. welcome. this is gb news, where? britain's news channel. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. now, as england are gearing up to play spain in the euros final. can you believe we are there? and president joe biden has fallen foul of yet more gaffes. we crossed live to tel aviv to speak to uri geller and get his predictions on the football . predictions on the football. uri, lovely to speak to you. welcome hey, nana. >> yeah, thank you again. having me on your show. >> yeah, thank you again. having me on your show . look, >> yeah, thank you again. having me on your show. look, nana, it's all happening this weekend. come on. there is only one thing people want to talk about. and that's the euros. now i will be

watching here in my museum on my huge screen, and i will bombard england with all my power and positive energy to win. look, nana, i'm not a miracle worker , nana, i'm not a miracle worker, but i knew with absolute conviction that england were going to win against netherlands on on tuesday. this going to win against netherlands on on tuesday . this is on on tuesday. this is unbelievable because you can see this for yourselves because it's on video. i said with 16 seconds to go, i said, okay, this is where i step in. 89, 44 england will win. england is going to score a goal now. nana at that moment, the ball was still in england's half and the whistle was about to go. but what happened was incredible. england grew wings and flew down the pitch and ollie watkins banged the ball into the back of the net. unbelievable. so today ,

net. unbelievable. so today, with your help, nana and all your viewers, we're going to now here on your show. we're going to harness that same power together and send a bolt of positive energy to the england team to enable them to win. look, i'm serious about this. the power of the mind is infinite and we can do this. so listen carefully, everybody at home. this is what i want you to do. look, i don't know if you can do this in the studio. i hope you can, but i want everyone at home. everyone at home was listening to me. get off your seats. come to the tv screen and touch the palm of my hand. and no matter how ridiculous it sounds and how crazy it is and how bizarre it is , put your hands on the palm is, put your hands on the palm of my hand on your tv sets at home. do it now and if you cannot get up, then just simply

raise your palm towards my hand. nanai raise your palm towards my hand. nana i want you to do that too, and repeat after me. hold on. on the count of three we will shout out win england wins! okay, are you all ready? one. two. three. go >> win! england! england! win win again. win england! win and one more time. >> win. >> win. >> england ! win, win. >> england! win, win. >> england! win, win. >> now listen , i believe in this >> now listen, i believe in this power and i want to show you now something unbelievable. do you see this football. this is actually the football that won england the world cup. there is. and it's in the manchester museum of football in manchester. there's only one one signature on this football and thatis signature on this football and that is my signature . signature on this football and that is my signature. i'm signature on this football and that is my signature . i'm such that is my signature. i'm such a believer. that's my signature there. and i can i can tell you i can feel it already. this mass of positive thinking has shot

out to the england team, and i'm absolutely sure it will help them win. on sunday. of course, i'll be watching and sending all my powers, all my energies. now let's jump to something totally different. you know, nana there is one thing that i want to mention and this is important for me. just recently , and this for me. just recently, and this is something that no psychic power on earth can help with. and that's what's going on in america at the moment with joe biden . joe biden says his vice biden. joe biden says his vice president is a woman called trump , and he calls president trump, and he calls president zelenskyy putin. i mean, to his face, nana. and this is the guy with the nuclear codes, the nuclear weapons, and he doesn't know where he is and who he is. so i just, i can't read joe biden's mind because there's nothing in it. there's nothing there's nothing there. so good

luck to england tomorrow. i love you all. don't forget, send the powers of your mind to england tomorrow. and god willing, they will win. bless you all, uri geller, such a pleasure. >> finally, if you're going to predict the score you've got about 10s, what do you think the score will be? >> oh, i know, don't put me on the spot . but look, i want it to the spot. but look, i want it to two be one for england, of course. but everybody you know , course. but everybody you know, listen, spain is spain. yeah, it's a tough match, but hey, come on, everybody win. england win. >> love you, love you. >> thank you. uri, that is uri geller with his thoughts on football and all things stateside. get in touch. gb views gb news. com or gbnews.com/yoursay. this is gb news next. former mp nick fletcher will be in the political hot seat to shine a light on tory infighting following the election defeat and future of the tory party. in my political spotlight, do not go anywhere

good afternoon. if you've just joined me. welcome this is gb news. i know you thought i was going to say. where have you been? maybe i'll do it in the next one. 48 minutes after 4:00. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua and it's digital radio. i'm nana akua and wsfime digital radio. i'm nana akua and it's time for this week's political spotlight and joining me to shine a light is former conservative mp nick fletcher. now, nick was the mp for don valley from the 2019 general election. all the way through until 2024, and was the first conservative ever to be elected for the seat. and following an election defeat, the tory infighting has begun. reports are suggesting kemi badenoch has reprimanded the prime minister for not informing the cabinet about the election. but all of those in government must share the blame. former home secretary suella braverman exclusively spoke to gb news. >> this is a crisis for our party and if we don't realise

the enormity of the problem and fundamentally change, we will have no chance of fixing it. >> so those people are going. >> so those people are going. >> well, i'm joined now by former conservative mp nick fletcher. nick, thank you very much for joining fletcher. nick, thank you very much forjoining me. nick. nick. so nick, you lost your seat in this election. were you expecting that to be the case? i mean, it was the first time that the conservatives ever had ever held that one. >> yeah, it was very close. and i was obviously disappointed i lost it by 2300. and i would have thought if reform had not have thought if reform had not have stood in in that seat then, then i would have , i would have then i would have, i would have been able to retain it. but, it's difficult, but that's that's the way it is. >> do you think. i don't necessarily think that might be true, that reform stole the votes from the conservatives? i mean, i think a lot of your voters actually probably stayed at home more than reform because at home more than reform because a lot of people were so disenfranchised by the conservative party, and i don't think, you know, i think their policies and reforms aren't,

aren't really similar. do you accept the criticism that the conservative party sort of lost the conservativism within the party? >> yeah, i think very much so. it's obviously been a hugely difficult time. and covid was part of that. i mean, we put an awful lot of socialist policies in place during covid. that's what happened. and i think , what happened. and i think, there was people that actually quite enjoyed being at home. and i think it stemmed stemmed from there. then obviously we had to help again when it came to the energy crisis, too. so it's been a difficult time. yeah. and i think somewhere along the along the lines we lost our way. we forgot how to be conservatives. and we were we were punished for that. and we were we were punished for that . but and we were we were punished for that. but immigration was a huge issue to and that is obviously where i believe the votes went on the doors. and i do believe i lost votes to reform. i understand there will have been some people, who stayed at home. i would imagine there was a huge amount of people that stayed at home. now, it wasn't wasn't anywhere near what it should have been. but i still believe that if reform had not stood in

my seat, then i would have. i would have, kept enough votes , would have, kept enough votes, to, to have to have kept it. but in all fairness, there's no point in blaming reform for that . point in blaming reform for that. people, people are upset with the conservative party, and i think there's a void that's happened, a gap that's been created and reform have stepped into that and so we've got to work out, where we want this party to go for the next election. >> well, of course , and one of >> well, of course, and one of the main sort of things about conservatism is that competition is part of it. and so that's essential if we're going to get a good result. but unfortunately, you lost your seat, what do you make now watching on as the tory party continue from just from me watching it, they're still fighting. i mean, you've had kemi badenoch and suella braverman appear to be fighting, just i mean , you've got people just i mean, you've got people complaining about rishi sunak and what what are your thoughts as you're looking over at it? >> i mean, when you suffer a defeat, like we did, there's bound to be recriminations ,

bound to be recriminations, accusations. that's just part of it. and obviously it makes good tv. i understand that. i mean, the party's got to go through a process of finding out what it wants to be, and then there'll be a process. whoever the new leader is of putting, putting it back together again, building from good, solid foundations and hopefully by 2029, putting a party there that people can, people can vote for and i hope whoever is chosen as the leader and there's going to be quite a long process, i believe, for that to happen. but whoever is chosen as the leader, the party can get behind. and i think that's really, really important because we've got labour now with a huge majority and they need taken to task over it. i mean, we've lost the conservative voice in south yorkshire. we have three conservative mps. we've got none now. we've got a combined authority that's labour, we've got four labour councils, we've got four labour councils, we've got a labour government. there's going to be no scrutiny over that. going to be no scrutiny over that . and unfortunately that. and unfortunately socialists, have got a history of being ridiculously poor with

economics. and i'm afraid we are in for a tough time, which is, which is why we need a good opposition, >> yeah. but unfortunately, as you said, the conservative party appeared to be socialists. and whilst in office. so, you're absolutely right. >> yeah, we've definitely we've definitely made some decisions which, which, which are not what you would expect from a conservative party. i'm the first to actually actually say that. and i had many , many, that. and i had many, many, conversation down there with regards to i'm a businessman first and foremost, and we should be doing everything that we can to help the small businesses. it's not just the big businesses, it's the small businesses. and unfortunately, socialism creates poor people and billionaires . it takes out and billionaires. it takes out the middle ground, which is what it's doing now . and, we there it's doing now. and, we there was a certain amount of that that we did as conservatives as well, which was, which was not, not not good. >> okay. we've not got long left. so who do you think should lead your party? >> well, i mean, there's some good people in there as we've

seen. robert jenrick comes to mind. i supported kemi badenoch last time . suella. they're the last time. suella. they're the people that, i would i would lean towards and lean towards naturally . james cleverly, i naturally. james cleverly, i thought, was a fantastic party chairman, and i've got a lot of time for james, chairman, and i've got a lot of time forjames, but i genuinely do believe that, if we are going to be conservatives, we need somebody who is going to take hold of the right. but listen to the listen to the listen to the one nation as as well and bring them along. >> so mick, mick, mick, we're running out of time. really good to talk to you. thank you very much for being my political spotlight. that's nick fletcher, former conservative mp coming up, my amazing panel. next up, my nigel nana nigel. >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. good afternoon. this is your latest gb news, weather forecast provided by the metaverse. the search for summer really is on hold at the moment.

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> hello and welcome to gb news live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. and for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics. hitting the headlines. right now, this show is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course it's yours . we'll be debating, it's yours. we'll be debating, discussing and at times we will disagree , but no one will be disagree, but no one will be cancelled . so joining me now, cancelled. so joining me now, author and broadcaster lizzie cundy, and also former labour party adviser matthew laza still to come in my great british debate. we'll be discussing your thoughts on everything to do with the government and all the other stuff that's going on. joe biden, does he pose a risk to national security? you saw all the gaffes that he made . and the gaffes that he made. and then in my difficult

conversation, my guests were is a two private investigators who'll be telling you or me all about their work and what they do with their job. then angela levin will be live in the studio to give us the latest from behind the palace walls and all the menu. of course, prince harry picking up that award, the goal of him. stay tuned. loads more still to come, but first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with sam francis. >> now, anna, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's just after 4:00. and the top story this afternoon. is that a 34 year old man has been arrested in connection with the investigation into human remains. that were found in two suitcases near clifton suspension bridge . armed police suspension bridge. armed police detained a man in bristol temple meads station and he will be taken to london for questioning later. there has been a manhunt

in the wake of the discovery of those body parts, but police are now not looking for anyone else in connection with that incident. investigators believe that the remains found at an address in shepherd's bush are unked address in shepherd's bush are linked to those found in those two suitcases in bristol on wednesday , racing commentator wednesday, racing commentator john hunt, whose wife and two daughters were killed in a crossbow attack, says the family's devastation can't be put into words. john and his third daughter, amy, have thanked people for messages of support since the women were targeted in their home in hertfordshire on tuesday. 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and 28 year old hannah, died from their injuries. it comes as a 26 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of their murders . the ukrainian president murders. the ukrainian president says that he can forget mistakes after joe biden referred to him afterjoe biden referred to him as president putin at this week's nato summit . it's the

week's nato summit. it's the first time vladimir zelenskyy has responded to the us president's gaffe. he was speaking to reporters in ireland about the error, which has led to further questions about whether joe biden is fit to run whetherjoe biden is fit to run for re—election . however, the for re—election. however, the president, who's 81, has insisted he'll keep fighting. and speaking at a campaign rally in detroit, he told supporters that he not only is standing as democratic candidate, but he'll also win november's election. >> you probably noticed there's a lot of speculation lately . a lot of speculation lately. what's joe biden going to do? is he going to stay in the race? he's going to drop out. here's my answer . i he's going to drop out. here's my answer. i am running and we're going to win. >> i'm not going to change that . >> i'm not going to change that. >> i'm not going to change that. >> in other news, an israeli airstrike has targeted the mastermind behind the 7th of october attack. according to a security official there. in gaza, officials are saying that at least 71 palestinians have been killed in that strike. they're accusing israel of striking a designated humanitarian area . but israeli

humanitarian area. but israeli officials said the strike targeted the head of hamas's military wing in an open area where there were only hamas terrorists and no civilians . terrorists and no civilians. alec baldwin's manslaughter case has been dismissed by a judge nearly three years on from the death of halyna hutchins on the set of rust in new mexico. the cinematographer was shot with a revolver that mr baldwin was using in rehearsals of the film in 2021. the trial collapsed three days into baldwin's trial in santa fe. it's the second time the case against the actor has been dismissed, and he will not be tried again . a major not be tried again. a major music festival has come to a dramatic halt after a fierce storm swept through the grounds and tore down a tent. footage you can see here that was filmed by witnesses, shows panic as that storm hit, with people rushing to leave and even abandoning their belongings. star acts like james blake, skepta and royal blood were silenced as organisers at slovakia's biggest music festival scrambled to evacuate

the site. we know that at least 34 people have been taken to hospital with injuries , while hospital with injuries, while the remaining 30,000 attendees have been instructed to leave on special evacuation buses . world special evacuation buses. world leaders and a—list celebrities are in mumbai for the wedding of the son of asia's richest man. the extravagant four day ceremony will cap a string of elaborate parties. the ambani family has hosted since march to celebrate the marriage . former celebrate the marriage. former prime minister tony blair and bofis prime minister tony blair and boris johnson are among anat ambani's guests. the extravagant four day ceremony is the culmination of months of elaborate parties and some royal news for you. the princess of wales will attend the wimbledon's men's final tomorrow. the singles, that is, and she'll present the trophy. it will be her second public appearance since her cancer diagnosis was announced earlier this year, after she attended trooping the colour last month. kate has been patron of the all

england lawn tennis and croquet club since 2016, and just an update on the women's wimbledon women's final. it's just gone to a deciding set. barbara kecojevic dominated the opener, winning six two, but the opponent and another first time finalist, jasmine paolini, hit back to win the second by the same margin. it's the seventh yearin same margin. it's the seventh year in a row there will be a new ladies champion. we could have a british winner today too, with henry patton in the men's doubles final and staying with news from the sporting world, england manager gareth southgate has admitted he wants england to win so much on sunday. it hurts the squad faced spain in the euro 2024 showdown tomorrow. it's the second time in a row that they've reached the tournament's final after being beaten by italy on penalties at wembley in 2021. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i will practice the tennis stars names before the next bulletin . in the meantime, let's

bulletin. in the meantime, let's go back to nana 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. >> so good afternoon. welcome to gb news live on tv, online and on digital radio i'm nana akua. it is fast approaching eight minutes after 4:00. prince harry oh god of all the low of all lows. why accept an award that the mother of the person whose honour the award is in does not want you to receive, and for good reason . instead of stepping good reason. instead of stepping back gracefully and acknowledging that perhaps it's not wise, and perhaps they should, he should sit this one out. prince harry this week accepted the pat tillman award, which was meant for ex—military personnel who have shown exceptional courage . now pat was exceptional courage. now pat was an nfl sensation who quit a multi—million dollar contract to

fight for his country. sadly, his time was cut short when he was killed by friendly fire in afghanistan. he was an american hero, an idol, and the award was set up in his honour on thursday, it was given to prince harry for his work on invictus, despite the fact that he is not american and also against a backlash . a petition with over backlash. a petition with over 70,000 signatures and calls from veterans for him to reject it, and pat tillman's mother referring to harry as controversial and divisive. she suggested there were far more deserving people who went unnoficed deserving people who went unnoticed because they didn't have harry's profile . now, of have harry's profile. now, of course, harry did serve on two front line tours in afghanistan and spent ten years in the british armed forces and espn, who hosted the awards, have previously said that harry harry was being honoured for his tireless work in making a positive impact for veteran communities , and also doing that communities, and also doing that through the power of sport. the

ceremony, presented by meghans archetypes podcast serena williams , was attended by some williams, was attended by some high profile stars, many of whom did not stand when harry went to pick up his award, most notably venus, serena's sister and pat tillman's wife, who sat rooted in her seat with what could only be described as a cold, glazed stare. pat tillman's mother did not attend, and i'd like to begin by expressing my deepest gratitude to everyone at the pat tillman foundation, led by marie tillman foundation, led by marie tillman shenton, who i'm so honoured is here tonight. >> i'd also like to acknowledge the tillman family, especially mrs. mary tillman, pat's mother. her advocacy for pat's legacy is deeply personal and one that i respect. the bond between a mother and son is eternal and transcends even the greatest losses . the truth is, i stand losses. the truth is, i stand here not as prince harry pat tillman award recipient, but

rather a voice on behalf of the invictus games foundation and the thousands of veterans and service personnel from over 20 nafions service personnel from over 20 nations who have made the invictus games a reality . this invictus games a reality. this award belongs to them, not to me. that said, it is of great importance to me to highlight these allies , athletes and their these allies, athletes and their amazing families for their achievements, their spirit and their courage at every opportunity , especially on opportunity, especially on nights like this in front of people like you . people like you. >> the absolute gall of him. he's collecting the award on behalf of other people. what is wrong with him and his wife? how can they not see how jarring this must be for pat's mother and family? it beggars belief. they don't want him to pick up the award, even if he believes he's picking it up on behalf of

others. he should respect that. any last shred of credibility that he had is well and truly gone. how embarrassing . whilst gone. how embarrassing. whilst here in the uk, the family, the royal family has practically the practically pretty much turned his back on or going through a tough time, to put it mildly. but a wonderful rainbow on the horizon. the beautiful princess of wales, catherine, will be presenting the men's final trophy at wimbledon tomorrow. we wish her all the best. thank god . wish her all the best. thank god. right. so before we get stuck into the debate, here's what else is coming up today for the great british debate this hour. i'm asking, does biden pose a risk to global security? earlier on in the week, president joe biden referred to vladimir zelenskyy as president putin and kamala harris as vice president trump on stage, an international summit for the great british

debate this hour. i'm asking. he's clinging on. does biden pose a risk to global security? then, at 450, his royal round up time and royal biographer angela levin will be here to give us the latest from behind the palace walls on the menu . palace walls on the menu. earlier today, the royal household announced that princess kate will be attending the men's singles semi—finals tomorrow at wimbledon and presenting the trophy. then, at five this week's difficult conversations, two private investigators will be live in the studio, otherwise known as charlie's angels. i can't wait to find out more. we'll be discussing all things undercover that's coming up in the next houn that's coming up in the next hour. tell me what you think on everything we're discussing. send me your thoughts. post your comments at gbnews.com/yoursay . comments at gbnews.com/yoursay. right. let's get started. let's welcome again to my panel, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy, and also former labour party adviser matthew laza. good afternoon . welcome, lizzie afternoon. welcome, lizzie cundy. i've got to start with you. seeing as you know. well

you've met meghan i don't know have you. yeah, i've met harry. >> yes i was next door to him. i don't think he was too happy about it. at the world cup in south africa, i was his neighbour in the hotel. when was that? that was in 2010. oh, wow. in. yeah, in johannesburg. so i saw harry a lot, and he was very different man than he is today, but i have to say, i am totally shocked. i'm embarrassed and actually appalled. he accepted this award. he should have declined. and for me, he has disrespected pat tillman's mother and i don't think you can get much lower than that . there get much lower than that. there was also a petition with over 70,000 veterans and fellow military that signed, saying this was a disgrace. if harry was to get this award now, why didn't he forjust once step didn't he for just once step back and say, maybe for once i should not do this and decline and do the gracious thing? but he couldn't because they both are too thirsty for the attention and limelight. and for

me that is a disgrace. >> what do you think, matthew? so i'm not harry's biggest number one fan. >> i'm the biggest fan of either of them and certainly not of them together. but i think on this occasion, obviously it was controversial. you can understand some of the upset feelings, but i think on balance he did the right thing by accepting the award because. because to highlight the work of the invictus games, to give it a higher profile in the states, which clearly it did. and on behalf of all those, veterans who take part in it. so, i mean, he was quite clear it wasn't for his courage, it was for their courage. >> the award was given to him personally. so it's all very well him saying i'm passing over the award to somebody else, but the award to somebody else, but the award to somebody else, but the award was given to him. so on that basis is why he has the award on that basis. if the mother of the person who is honoured through this award is saying no and there's a petition of 70,000 signatures and veterans coming out and saying, decline it. yeah. >> and i think the optics weren't great. i think that the he needs a better speechwriter, because and why didn't he why didn't he go pick it up with

some of the invictus games, participants and basically ask for the award to be given to the invictus games. and they just went up collectively to get it. that would have been better, i think. but i think the principle of them getting it, i'm okay with. >> but pat tillman's mother has been so vocal about, you know, her not wanting harry to get this award. i find it disgraceful that he still took the award. and why wasn't she even considered about this award? it's in the name of her son, who let's, in comparison, is an absolute hero. had this huge a career as american football star and was on a huge fortunes and went to fight for his country and sadly died in afghanistan in 202,004, which was terrible in friendly fire. but, you know, to compare to harry and let's not forget, yes, harry and let's not forget, yes, harry did serve for our country, but he put his own comrades at risk. he spoke about the number of taliban he apparently killed in his books and spare, and he

just put his own, you know, not only his comrades in danger, he's this whole country and his family was a massive security risk. >> can you not see why? if you were the mother of that person, that you might look at that and think, i don't really want him to pick up the award. and the fact that he took all of him to actually go and do that. >> yeah, i mean, i think you can i think certainly i mean, obviously the organisers of the award need to get their ducks in award need to get their ducks in a row and make sure that, that the mother, the woman who campaigned for the award in the first place, i understand, you know, is happy about it. but once they've taken the decision to award it to him because of the work on the invictus games and for the invictus games, i.e, you know, bearing in mind he is a former veteran, he did serve in the front line. i think his comments in the book were outrageous. i think on balance he was right to receive it. but i can i can understand people's angen >> but he put his own own. he should have done that. >> the book was a disgrace. >> the book was a disgrace. >> comrades in danger, matthew. and don't forget, when harry was was there, he was always protected by special forces and well trained gurkhas. it was very different. and you should

really. he really should take, you know, be ashamed today. he should have taken consideration to what pat tillman mothers wanted. and he totally ignored it. i mean , i you know, it. i mean, i you know, i respect the fact that he even went to afghanistan and, you know, but but and this is, of course, president harry. >> but i mean, as i understand it, it's like one of those two people sort of things, you know, there's two people things where there's two people things where the person at the front is doing all the work is peddling and the person behind or the other way the person in the front is not doing anything. the people behind. yeah, exactly. i mean, that's how i see it. i don't mean to be cruel. yeah. >> no, i mean clearly where special protection taken reality for him. but i think being very much at all. yeah. but i think it sends a signal. it sends a signal to young people if, if, if the, if senior roles as he was then serve in the front line. we've got a massive recruitment problem with the armed forces. it sends a signal the armed forces, which he's not sustainable. >> and there was a unwritten law that you never talk about what he talks. >> yeah, he should have talked about it in the book. >> and he put not just his own, you know, troops in fear of their lives, family, the whole royal family and his country. i

agree with that. unforgivable. matthew i agree. >> no, i agree with that. i don't defend him. most of the time, but i do this. >> yeah, well, you see, but you still think after all that, you actually think he should have. >> i think just about on balance, he was right to pick it up. >> yeah. i think you're stretching coming nearer to our point of view maybe. >> oh, you're very persuasive, do you think? >> i mean, look, you know, we obviously people don't talk about and don't talk about them, but we do talk about them because they are there, even though they're not meant to be representing us because they're supposedly are stepping away from the royal family. they do continue to use it to their advantage on this occasion. a lot of people were not happy. was prince harry right? do you agree with matthew or lizzie? get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay but stay tuned because there's still plenty of time to grab your chance to win £30,000 in cash in our great british giveaway. our biggest cash prize of the year. i mean, what would you do with the extra cash? here is how you could win it all. >> it's a summer treat to you. your chance to win an incredible £30,000 in tax free cash. our biggest cash prize of the year so far, with an extra £30,000 in your bank account this year, you

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good afternoon. you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. live on tv, online and on digital radio. it's time now for the great british debate. this houn the great british debate. this hour, i'm asking, does joe biden pose a risk to global security? now, in a pair of dramatic gaffes that could further fuel the crisis surrounding his presidency, joe biden mistakenly referred to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as president putin and astonishingly, called vice president kamala harris vice president trump. let's have a listen .

a listen. >> ukraine will prevail in this war and will stand with them every single step of the way . every single step of the way. that's what the compact says loudly and clearly. and now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, president putin, president putin, you're going to be president putin, president zelenskyy, i'm so focused on beating putin. >> i mean, there's a picture of joe zelenskyy's face and he's like, he's laughing and let's take another listen to this one. >> i wouldn't have picked vice president trump to be vice president . did i think she was president. did i think she was not qualified to be president? so let's start there. >> now, you'd think that he would have worked out that that was quite you know , i just was quite you know, i just i don't know, these blunders made on the global stage at an international summit come amongst growing concerned about joe biden's age and mental acuity. now, i'm actually not

that concerned about his age. it's more his mental ability , it's more his mental ability, and critics are intensifying their calls for him to step down. so the great british debate this out. i'm asking, does joe biden pose a risk to global security, well , i'm global security, well, i'm joined to discuss this. vice chair of the external relations for republicans overseas, errol morecock, also a political operative in california democratic party. bob mulholland. all right. i'm going to start with you, bob mulholland, what are your thoughts on this? i mean, do you think he's a risk now? >> no, it was trump that said several months ago that if he was in president and, some country like poland didn't get to that 2, then trump would send the message to russia, go ahead and invade poland . that's an and invade poland. that's an attack. and it was an irresponsible remark. but i also want to add, as a wounded veteran from vietnam, i found your remarks. i'm a big fan of invictus, a little, hurtful to wounded veterans. and so i'll just get that off the table

right away. but biden, was born stuttering problem. so he's had that problem all his life. now trump, a couple of months ago, couldn't remember the name of his wife. so let's get that on the record also. and also, i want to tell you that when trump was in the white house, his own doctor publicly announced he is obese. doctor publicly announced he is obese . in other words, heading obese. in other words, heading to diabetes. and once you got diabetes, you're more likely to have a stroke. so it's interesting , as the republicans interesting, as the republicans keep talking about biden , keep talking about biden, actually may be their guy. that may not make it to november 5th. how about that? >> no, no. come on bob , come on >> no, no. come on bob, come on bob, be honest. how can you continue to say this when it is quite clear this is not just one of his gaffes? i mean, this is just just two in the space of a few days, and that's not even the whole of it. i mean, i could have a litany of gags and mistakes that he's made. and i get it, i get it, yeah , but you get it, i get it, yeah, but you would literally it would not be like this. bob, what are you in denial of? what are you in denial of? what are you in denial of? what are you in

denial of what you're. >> what's your point here? >> what's your point here? >> well, well, well, the question. >> well, 81, though the nominees of their parties. it's not about the age. it's not about the age. you ask. you're asking me a question. hang on, hang on. stop! bob, you're asking me. you're asking me a question . and you're asking me a question. and then as soon as i start speaking, you start talking. do you actually want me to answer any of these, or is it just. you're just going to talk as soon as i speak? you asked me what the point is. what is my. here we go again, let's bring in, let's bring in, errol. errol, what are your thoughts on this? >> well, you know, it's a simple question at first, but it actually begs a deeper unpacking because at face value, the answer at first would be no, joe biden should be surrounded by competent people. the security should be managed by the secretary of defence and the us military. the greatest military on earth, but the fact of the matter when you step back is that hang on a second. who who has joe biden actually appointed

or surrounded himself with? you know, secretary lloyd austin, he's been incredibly incompetent in the botched afghanistan withdrawal. you look at kamala harris , not somebody who anybody harris, not somebody who anybody has any confidence in. you look at the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, these kinds of people all dropped the ball. so, yes , now it does present a yes, now it does present a security risk because joe biden isn't capable of running the ship by himself. now, the united states political apparatus is bigger than one man. it's not to say that one man creates dysfunction, but if you look at history, if you look at the fall of the ottoman empire, for example, or the austro—hungarian empire, oftentimes the lack of , empire, oftentimes the lack of, of, of or power vacuum at the top is what allows subordinates then to come in and play an outsized role. and that's something that president trump never did. he always made sure the executive branch was the executive branch . so joe biden's executive branch. so joe biden's inability to lead and inability to be a strong leader has led this country now into a position of being perceived as a weaker country . our adversaries in country. our adversaries in china, in russia , around the

china, in russia, around the world, iran, they laugh at us. they realise that this is the time to take advantage of the united states. so of course, no, the answer should be no. it should be that joe biden is surrounded by talented people in the us military. will will protect us. but the fact of the matter is, that hasn't been how it's been. and so it looks like to most americans to and people on the outside that joe biden isn't qualified not only to be president, but he's certainly not somebody who's keeping our country safe. and as far as national security, this isn't the time. you know, there's times of general peace. and that's when you can have an incompetent, bumbling fool as a president. but in times of war, when we're on the precipice of potentially a, a world war iii type situation, when you have trench warfare in europe, yes, it has created an incredible power vacuum. and who's going to fill that power vacuum? which one of our allies has the military might to step up and which world leader has the ability to step up? right now, it's not clear without president trump. i think that we're headed into a very dangerous situation. >> but bob mulholland, what would you say to that? >> well, i found it funny that

the republicans said was talking about the biden cabinet. well, it was the trump cabinet that he hired as the best in the world. and then he fired them all, saying the most incompetent general, the most incompetent cabinet secretary, on and on and on. this is a race that we need to protect national security for americans. and that's why president biden will work with nato . a trump said he'll remove nato. a trump said he'll remove america from nato. good luck to europe. it was americans over 600,000 troops that died saving europe in world war one and world war two, and on afghanistan , let me make a afghanistan, let me make a point. in 2016, trump promised the american people he'd be out of afghanistan within months, and he dithered for four months and he dithered for four months and signed a one sided treaty with the taliban terrorists. and that was trump's failure . that was trump's failure. afghanistan was supposed to be overin afghanistan was supposed to be over in 2017, and trump was so weak and so, maybe because of all the girlfriends he has from california. incidentally, trump loves california .

loves california. >> so what about the joe biden and the withdrawal from afghanistan? bob, that was a disaster . disaster. >> but you can blame trump, and we will in the campaign. >> well, the way it was done, but the way it was done, well, you can blame you can blame trump for withdrawing if you want, but not for the way it was done. oh oh, because trump had a nice deal with the taliban terrorists, that there would be a tsa american traffic at an airport to leave the, in my case was vietnam, which was a mess. >> i don't know why anybody thinks that when trump signed that one sided taliban treaty, that one sided taliban treaty, that we would just get on twa or, united airlines and, flight attendants would be there, of course it would be messy because of trump's failure with the taliban. yeah, but but but, bob but bob , joe biden was in charge

but bob, joe biden was in charge of that. >> errol. joe biden was in charge of that final word to you. >> why didn't. no no. >> why didn't. no no. >> excuse me, excuse me. yeah donald trump made it. made a deal with the taliban to have an exit from afghanistan, which everybody in this country wanted. i'm sure yourself included myself. now, that deal said that if you touch one hair of any american head , i will of any american head, i will kill you to the leader of the taliban. and he showed him a picture of his house, and he walked out of the room. not a single american life was touched then. unfortunately, we lost that election. now joe biden had ample time to put together a withdrawal plan. what did they do ? they put together an do? they put together an imbecilic plan to leave from the centre of baghdad. they didn't use the air base as we had. this is on president biden. he was the president . is on president biden. he was the president. his is on president biden. he was the president . his secretary of the president. his secretary of defence was the one leading this. and when you saw bodies in the wheel well and people clamouring, this was worse than the evacuation of saigon, this

was a disgrace to the american people. we had american soldiers who lost their lives due to joe biden's incompetence. the idea that you think president trump, who was not president at the time , was responsible for that time, was responsible for that is straight up propaganda. it's not a serious okay, so listen, i've got to go very quickly. >> so i'm not really time for a long response, but very briefly. then i'm going to ask you, bob, just in a few words. bob, do you think then that joe biden is a risk to global security, yes or no ? no? >> trump is, and he will win on sunday. >> but what about joe biden? yes or no? is he a risk to global security? >> yeah. trump is the is the problem with them. >> but what about joe biden? >> but what about joe biden? >> yes or no. »- >> yes or no. >> so why didn't trump get out of afghanistan okay. >> no but but but i'm just asking you with regard to joe biden, is joe biden a risk to global security, yes or no ? global security, yes or no? >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. >> no. okay. and also, errol, yes or no? is joe biden >> no. okay. and also, errol, yes or no? isjoe biden a risk? yes or no? is joe biden a risk? yes >> absolutely. unequivocally a huge danger. >> listen, it's been a pleasure

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surrounding his presidency? joe biden mistakenly referred to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as president putin and astonishingly, called vice president kamala harris vice president kamala harris vice president trump. now there's loads more blunders like that. thatis loads more blunders like that. that is only one, two of a few. and i mean, it's just numerous. we could have picked you could we could have saved for hours. there's a litany of them. so the great british debate this year i'm asking, does joe biden pose a risk to global security? well let's see what my panel make of that. joining me, broadcast and columnist lizzie cundy, also former labour party adviser matthew laza matthew lhasa. >> so look i think i think you should go. but i don't think he poses a risk to global security, but i think clearly for his own sake, the sake of his party, the sake, the sake of his party, the sake of the country and the sake of the world, he should be replaced with a fresher faced candidate. i frankly think it's hugely depressing that both candidates are as old as they are, i think, you know, but i don't think he poses a threat to global security because he's got good people around him . and, you good people around him. and, you know, clearly, most of the time he knows what he's doing, but he does have too many senior moments for comfort. and

therefore, i think it's time for him to be replaced as the candidate. >> you don't think that after that, after the withdrawal of afghanistan was disastrous? him looking like he's going to toilet whilst he's standing up at d—day commemorations? >> i mean, look, well, at least he stayed at the d—day commemorations, unlike our former prime minister, he was led out by his wife, jill biden. >> i mean, look, he's descending. >> why are they pretending? it's one of the hugest cover ups by the even a cover up party? but it has been because they've been feeding the press, feeding the media that he's okay. now, it's clearly we can all see he is not okay. the man is not well. i call this elderly abuse. his wife. doctor. i say doctor lucy , wife. doctor. i say doctor lucy, jill has a lot to answer for and i think she wants the power more than him. i actually do believe that she wants to be the president , i really do. she's president, i really do. she's obsessed with the power. now, look, this is a worry. he has the final say on the nuclear who pressing the nuclear button. i mean, for one thing, the saving grace is he probably won't remember the room. the nuclear button is in or the cold, harsh,

harsh. but it's a worry. and i want to ask the question now. he goes to bed at 8 pm. what if just, heaven forbid, a nuclear war was to happen? well, you know, he's taken his nap. what actually happens? who has the control at all times ? control at all times? >> there's somebody. there's somebody. >> there is matthew who is actually running the country because it's absolutely not him. well, there is no way that anyone could have convinced me. even last year or the year before that, or even the year before that, or even the year before that, or even the year before that, that he was in control. it was obvious to me. well, i think he is. >> he is setting the direction of the country. clearly, he's not as hands on as some presidents have been. frankly, trump wasn't a particularly hands on president either, although you cannot . and he's although you cannot. and he's surrounded and he's surrounded. i'd rather have joe biden having senior moments than donald trump any day of the week. but i do think the democrats should replace him. >> zelenskyy putin i have never i when i >> zelenskyy putin i have never iwhen i heard >> zelenskyy putin i have never i when i heard that i actually pulled over in my car and i thought, is this a joke? is this a really bad joke ? this is unfair. >> i think it's time for him to

stand down as the candidate. but i don't think we need to worry. i don't think we need to worry. i think i think he will stand down as the candidate. >> and let me tell you, old memory man, he'll strike again. he'll do another hiccup and gaffe, and it's getting worse and worse and worse. he needs to be replaced and i mean, i agree, needs to be replaced. >> i don't think we need to worry in the meantime, it should be donald trump. >> i understand why people like you, matthew, are pretending and have been for years that this man is even compos mentis. he's not. and anything that he has got his hands on. so if he was involved in afghanistan, which it actually looks like he may well have been doing something within it, it was a disaster and a mess. >> well, that wasn't america's finest moment, but he's there were lots of successes of the president. they're investing in green technology and in economic jobs for the future , inflation jobs for the future, inflation is going down and there's record low unemployment. there are more americans in work now than they ever have been going on in the middle east. >> the evacuation of afghanistan was biden's fault. and i don't believe these wars in ukraine and the middle east would go on if trump was still in power. >> i really don't without you and your views. let's welcome our great british voice, their opportunity to be on the show

and tell us what they think about the topics we're discussing. let's go to northamptonshire for miranda richardson, the miranda richardson. no, she's our miranda richardson. miranda what do you think is joe biden? is he risk to global security? matthew seems to think that it's okay. >> well, you know what? i think when we look at global security, if biden was to drop out of the race now, okay, and they're going to have to look to find a new democratic leader, that kind of massively takes away from what is going on. so the risk could come in the fact that we're going to be, you know, heading into a fast democratic replacement, and that could be a bigger potential risk than actually him in place. he does remind me of my irish grandmother, who would call me every name under the sun other than my own before she got there. you know, she's trying to remember who she was talking to. and he reminded me of that a little bit, i think the other interesting factor when you say, like, who is running the country, i was reading something earlier in the week about, kamala. kamala or kamala or whatever you want to call it. harris's, growth in points. and

she's managed to sneak up quite a few points. i think she's just kind of two points behind trump, even though it's lower than or and certainly higher than biden. and you kind of wonder what is going on in the background in order for them to prep for that. because, you know, we don't seem to hear any of the names coming through, which would need to be fast because they've only got until november. well, that's you know, it's quite interesting. but yeah, i mean, the risk would be potentially of him pulling out and then the whole , you out and then the whole, you know, the whole focus shifting can be a problem. >> yeah. i think that i don't know why people are pretending that he is a compos mentis in any way. if that were me, he would no longer be running the united states, and i would have actually put somebody in. he wouldn't have even sat for the election in the first place. but thank you, miranda richardson. thank you so much. she's our great british voice. what do you think? next and 11 will be to give us the

well, there's always something going on in the royal household. and who better to do to tell us what's been going on than of course, royal biographer angela levin. angela levin, welcome . yeah. >> so a lot this week about the royals. so shall i get get stuck in. >> let's start the main thing is harry, prince harry, who said he's not really prince harry. >> he's just standing there for the invictus games. so, you know, we don't believe that. but, she's absolutely appalling. when pat tillman's mother, mary , when pat tillman's mother, mary, said she doesn't want him to do it because he is controversial and divisive and anyone would know he knows the pain of losing somebody that you really love and anyone with any decency would say, i'm so sorry. i was going to do it for invictus games, but i don't want to upset you. he says he wants to give her a tribute. he says he respects her, but get lost. that's it. and he did it. he was

very, very uncomfortable doing it. i mean, you could see his speech was actually, not him at all. he can do a very nice speech, but this was actually very, patronising , speech, but this was actually very, patronising, i thought. and i think it will really hurt him. i mean, someone said he had a sort of terrible, time before he went on saying he couldn't do it. and i believe that because i think he's in a very instincts were telling him that this is not a wise move. >> yes. you know, it's more to do with your instincts telling you something that you should listen to. and he should listen to those. this was not comfortable. and people booed when he went on. and serena made a comment that, oh no, don't boo and something like that. >> so yeah, but they booed when they left. actually they left immediately after he got the award , now, if you've got any award, now, if you've got any sort of kind of dignity, you stay to the end of something. you don't walk out. meghan was bored, obviously, after that , bored, obviously, after that, and off they went and people

were booing them again, they did have or you would leave if you'd been booed. >> i mean, i don't blame them that, but i would not have picked up the award. >> but he's got is in a lot of trouble because of course he the judge in the cases which he's trying to get a 24 over seven protection from the police, not from just people who look after you, the judge has insisted that he actually finds the material that he's now been told turn torn up and got lost. yeah. and he's very it's very dangerous to do that because apparently , do that because apparently, allegedly, he tore it all up once the booking was done for the, problem that his trying to get over. >> what was the stuff that he tore up. what do we know? >> well, all all his side, lots of information about what he's done, his arguing with the police about where he comes from and how much they must look after him. and it's 24 seven for

meghan and the two children as well, so they can have it actually around the world. well, they can't do that on our tax. i mean, it's just not on and very nicely they've tried to stop it, but he he's got an aim. he told me actually he has an aim to get the british press in order. and his idea of in order is not to criticise him or meghan at all. >> when was that? when did he say that? >> well, he said that, 2018. >> well, he said that, 2018. >> so before all of this controversy . controversy. >> yes, because he felt it was wrong and they've said nasty things about meghan, but you know, he can't control our press, especially when he's living so many thousands of miles away, 550,000. he also wants a home here because he wants a home here because he wants to be involved with all the engagements. so it's very difficult. he's desperate to see catherine, but i don't think he will be allowed to because she needs calm and everything like that. but it's wonderful. she's

going to be there tomorrow for the male tennis. >> it's lovely. >> it's lovely. >> i'm very, very pleased and i'm very, very pleased that princess anne is back . have you princess anne is back. have you seen? she's got the most terrible bruise and she doesn't know what happened as well. and she can't remember a single thing that happened. but there she is, riding for the disabled, which is one of her key things. and she didn't want to mix it. and she didn't want to mix it. and it's the national, championship, and she wouldn't stay away from that. she's a marvellous, brilliant woman . yes. >> always. absolutely. hello and so loads. i'm not anywhere. this is gb news. britain's news channel. i love you a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. good afternoon. this is your latest gb news. weather forecast provided by the met office. the search for summer

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well. >> good afternoon. it's 5:00. this is gb news on tv , online this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . over the next hour, me and akua. over the next hour, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headunes of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. coming up, this week's difficult conversations, i'm talking to sam hutchinson and also emma coles about their life undercover. then of course, my great british debate. i'm asking our labour's housing plans hypocritical. it's as chancellor rachel reeves reveals her party are working to overhaul planning rules. at the beginning of the week. she was saying she's a yimby, but at the end of the week, it turns out that perhaps she's a nimby. we'll also be checking in with our reporter , checking in with our reporter, jack carson, who's out in berlin ahead of england's day with destiny. but first, let's get your latest . news.

your latest. news. >> nana, thank you very much . >> nana, thank you very much. and good evening to you. it's just after 5:00. the top story from the newsroom tonight. police investigating the remains of two adults found dumped in suitcases at bristol's clifton suspension bridge have now made an arrest. a 34 year old man was detained by armed police at the city's temple meads station this morning, and further body parts have also now been found at an address in shepherd's bush in west london. racing commentator john hunt, whose wife and two daughters were killed in a crossbow attack , says the crossbow attack, says the family's devastation can't be put into words. john and his third daughter, amy, have now thanked people for messages of support they've received since the woman were targeted in their home in hertfordshire on tuesday, 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and 28 year old hannah, died from their injuries. it comes as a 26 year

old man has been arrested on suspicion of their murders . the suspicion of their murders. the ukrainian president says he can forget mistakes after joe ukrainian president says he can forget mistakes afterjoe biden forget mistakes after joe biden referred to him as president putin at this week's nato wmmw putin at this week's nato summit. it's the first time volodymyr zelenskyy has responded to the us president's gaffe. he was speaking to reporters in ireland today about the error, which has to led further questions about whether the president is fit to run for election. however, mr biden, who's 81, has insisted he'll keep fighting and speaking at a campaign rally in detroit, he's told supporters that not only is he standing as the democratic candidate, but he'll also win against donald trump. >> you probably noticed there's a lot of speculation lately . a lot of speculation lately. what's joe biden going to do? is he going to stay in the race? is he going to stay in the race? is he going to drop out? here's my answer . i he going to drop out? here's my answer. i am running and we're going to win . i'm not going to going to win. i'm not going to change that . change that. >> joe biden there, speaking at a rally earlier in detroit.

well, an israeli airstrike has targeted the mastermind behind the 7th of october attack. that's according to a security official. meanwhile, officials in gaza say at least 71 palestinians have been killed in that strike on a designated humanitarian area. but an israeli official said the strike only targeted the head of hamas's military wing in an open area where there were only hamas terrorists and no civilians in the us. hollywood actor alec baldwin's manslaughter case has now been dismissed by a judge there. nearly three years on from the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of the western film rust , the cinematographer was rust, the cinematographer was shot with a revolver that mr baldwin was using in rehearsals for the film. in 2021, the trial collapsed just three days into the hearing in santa fe is the second time the case against the actor has been dismissed, and he will not be tried again. when that ruling was made, the us

actor broke down in tears as it was dismissed and his involuntary manslaughter case against him will no longer be heard. >> the sanction of dismissal is the only warranted remedy the jury the only warranted remedy the jury has been sworn, jeopardy has attached and a mistrial would not be based upon manifest necessity. further the sanction of dismissal is warranted in this case, world leaders and a—list celebrities are in mumbai for the wedding of the son of asia's richest man. >> the extravagant four day ceremony will cap a string of elaborate parties. the ambani family has hosted since march to celebrate the marriage, former prime ministers tony blair and bofis prime ministers tony blair and boris johnson are among anand ambani's guests . a major music ambani's guests. a major music festival has come to a dramatic halt after a fierce storm swept through the grounds and tore down a tent . footage you can see down a tent. footage you can see here that was filmed by witnesses, shows the panic as the storm hit, with people rushing to leave and even abandoning some of their belongings. star acts like james

blake, skepta and royal blood were silenced as organisers at slovakia's biggest festival scrambled to evacuate the site. we know of at least 34 people that have been taken to hospital with injuries, while the remaining 30,000 attendees have been instructed to leave on special evacuation buses . and special evacuation buses. and finally, some sport for you. england manager gareth southgate has admitted he wants england to win so much in sunday's final. it hurts , he says, as they face it hurts, he says, as they face spain in the euro 2024 showdown tomorrow. they've reached the tournament's final for the second time in a row after being beaten by italy on penalties in 2021 ahead of tomorrow's match. even the king has asked the england squad to alleviate the blood pressure of the nation by avoiding any late drama in the finals , hopefully no penalties. finals, hopefully no penalties. thousands of fans have already arrived in berlin and they're enjoying the build up . didn't enjoying the build up. didn't even get to celebrate the goal as soon as the second one went on the phone straight away, right quick.

>> let's just book from birmingham to get some from london. >> it could be a chance of making history tomorrow. i was at the last final and we never won. i've been travelling following england since 2012 and i just want to see them win something. >> i hope that it does finally come home. we've waited a long time. i'm 44 now and hasn't been home in my lifetime, so i hope this time it comes home and we will be keeping across all of the results from tomorrow's match here on gb news tomorrow night. >> those are the latest gb news headunes >> those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm sam francis back with you for another update at 5:30 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon. welcome aboard. if you just tuned in, where have you been? it's fast approaching seven minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua . this is a 5:00. i'm nana akua. this is a gb news. where? live on tv ,

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comments at gbnews.com/yoursay. right now it's time. they're not witches. you can hear them cackling. but now it's time for this week's difficult conversations. i'm joined by two ex—police officers who are now using their experience to help people find the truth. now they now work as private investigators, helping people solve mysteries. and i'm pleased to say that joining me, sam hutchinson, and also emma coles. well, well, how did you guys start doing this? this is so exciting. private investigators emma it sounds fabulous. what made you decide to go into that direction? >> so both of us were in the police, we both did covert roles . police, we both did covert roles. really exciting jobs in the police. and we both left to have our children . and then we kept our children. and then we kept meeting up in coffee shops and thinking, oh, what are we going to do? you know, we didn't want to do? you know, we didn't want to go back to the police because it didn't really fit with family life. so we thought, oh , we've life. so we thought, oh, we've got a good idea. we'll be

private investigators. and because we're nosy, nosy, we've got to know all the information. >> and the role we had in the police was like, we were, secretly investigating bent coppers, so, like, line of duty. but the secret side of that. so we had this real need to find out information and put wrong. put right wrongdoers. yeah >> and were you successful? what was it like? did you catch lots of people? >> yeah. so we started out working for other people in the industry, and we saw a real gap industry, and we saw a real gap in the market for some sensitivities for some feminine energy. we're empaths and we kind of bring a real softness to the industry. but we've been really successful since then and business is booming. >> you're talking about honeytraps. you bring a certain femininity? >> no, not at all. we do do honeytraps. but but but not at all. we really bring a feminine. if you think of the, the archetypal private investigator sitting in his car with a cigar,

you know, we kind of completely different. we're more dynamic, but also with our clients where we can really relate to what they're saying, we give them a lot of time. we coach them through how they're feeling, and we having been women who have been through quite bad experiences ourselves, can really relate to them. and we just bring that feminine energy to them. >> so what kind of things then? give me an example of some of the things that you might investigate. >> so i'd say probably 80% of our work is infidelity . our work is infidelity. >> oh, i knew it. >> so if somebody's got that feeling that something's just not quite right in their relationship, and they might not be able to put their finger on it, but it's just something niggling them at that point. they need to be contacting us because there will be some kind of lie there, and it might not be that the person is cheating. there might be some other lie, like drug taking or something like drug taking or something like that. but most of the time when you've got that feeling, well, you're usually something wrong, you know, so it's a sixth sense and you know , there's to sense and you know, there's to be honest, it's very difficult

to explain. >> but when you're going to bed every night not knowing if your partner's cheating or not, it's a horrible feeling . some of a horrible feeling. some of these guys, you've experienced it, some of these guys might have done they no lives for sure. but some of these people are telling you that telling our clients that they're going mad, that they're crazy, that they need. and a lot of them go into therapy because they think they're paranoid. all of that is gaslighting and projecting. and actually it's really not. and people have been some of our clients have been on the edge of suicide before. wow. thinking this is their problem. and they can't deal with their paranoia. but actually, when we've looked behind all of that and we found out the truth, we kind of set people free because knowledge is power . and our verity hinton, power. and our verity hinton, which is our company, verity hinton, we find out the knowledge that you don't have to give you the power to make informed decisions with the truth. >> so what's the most? and obviously you can't reveal any proper information or give any names or anything, but what's the most interesting thing that you found somebody doing other

than infidelity? so you know, they maybe thought their partner was doing that, but they weren't doing that. they were doing something else. >> what's the most, it's usually drug taking. oh. is it. yeah. >> there's a big thing about drugs. >> yeah. we had quite a big case recently where the person wasn't going home after work , and there going home after work, and there were lots of suspicious behaviours, we followed him and it turned out he wasn't having an affair, but was sitting in his car snorting cocaine and she thought, this is an affair. >> and we were we were able to say it's not. but actually there's another situation here. another one recently was a gambler, and his partner was convinced he was having an affair. she was so sure. but actually, we took him every day to far away, betting shops and watched him gamble all day. so we were so she had a different problem to tackle. but we were saying the mistress here is the gambling, not a mistress, as you might think . it had the same might think. it had the same challenges, obviously.

>> and is there something that sort of stood out as you was really shocking? the most shocking thing that you've come across or you just you're probably not shocked by any of it anymore. >> not really anymore. no not coming from being in the police , coming from being in the police, yeah. it's quite hard to shock us. >> us. >> i think that there are some occasions when we've thought , occasions when we've thought, okay, this person looks like they're doing the right thing. and then, you know, after a couple of days and it settles down and we're saying, oh, you know, this person looks good. and then all of a sudden they'll surprise you and do something and you'll go, why did you do that? wow, and, and it has that's the only kind of thing that's the only kind of thing that shocks us. not not what we see. we see a lot of. have you ever been caught out? >> so you're doing undercover and then somebody goes, oh, are you two. we've seen you before. >> you keep. absolutely not. no. absolutely not. >> never. >> never. >> and our big thing for us is we use operatives . okay. so we use operatives. okay. so we're the face of the business. we do some work ourselves, but we use operatives and they're the highest trained operatives in the country. they followed the top ten terrorists around london. so they know their job

and they've been career detectives or in the army. they know how to do it, and we do it. so you don't ever get a compromise. that's what's really important about our business. >> that's so important. and also sort of keeping things anonymous , sort of keeping things anonymous, because that must be quite hard as well. >> client confidentiality is absolutely massive. always. it's the top priority for us. >> yeah. that's the most important thing for us because we've got such a good reputation, we'd never do anything to compromise that. so if anybody contacts us, they can be sure that it's going to be kept secret from anybody. >> another thing that's rough. oh, i'm sorry . another thing oh, i'm sorry. another thing that's rife is, online kind of dating fraud. and catfishing and stuff like that. and we're quite passionate about this because people are signing up to online relationships or investing not just emotionally, but financially into a relationship online, where actually that person isn't who they say they are. and we have so many of these cases, we all want to believe in the fairy tale. and when you meet this person online

and it looks fantastic, it's usually if it's too good to be true, if it looks too good to be true, if it looks too good to be true, it is. and actually we found out so many damaging cases where a lot of money and a lot of but not just the money, it's the emotional trauma. you know, we really need to put the word out to people to be really careful. if you come to verity hinton when you're starting a relationship, we will find out everything about that person and make sure that whoever you're talking to is who they say they are, >> because there's a lot of that about, isn't it? people sort of pretending to be something else and asking for money. i mean, my kids, good luck getting money out of me. haha to somebody online, i never know, but i mean, that's that's the thing, isn't it? that people are some people are so wanting to have that friendship and relationship, they're prepared to give out a lot of money. yeah. how much have you come across? the most amount of money that you've found. somebody has given out to somebody who they don't know. i think the most ,

given out to somebody who they don't know. i think the most, a lady thought she was in a relationship with a famous singer, and she ended up spending £300,000 and thought that she was buying a house with him. >> they got married? >> they got married? >> yeah. everything. >> yeah. everything. >> did you catch him, >> did you catch him, >> we found out. we found him. yeah, we found out who it was, and we were able to help her through that process of understanding what she was going through. >> now, we put her into therapy. we helped her. >> but did she get the money back? >> no, she didn't get the money back? >> no, but she got a life back. she got a life back. and she's now in the, in the navy. she's moved on with her life and she's recovered. but she was so into this situation. >> that's a lot to lose. 100 grand on something that is just ended up being a pipe dream. but it's fascinating what you do. it really is , you know, and as really is, you know, and as even really is, you know, and as ever, if people want to find out more, i presume you have a website or something where people can go. >> yeah, on the website. verity hinton. >> co.uk also, if people don't contact us and there are a lot of agencies out there, but it's

an unlicensed and unregulated industry. so anybody you could set up tomorrow as a private investigator, create a little website. >> also be very careful who they go to . go to. >> there's an associate. there's a yeah, there's a place called the abi association of british investigators and it's a regulatory body. we're in the abi. it's quite hard to get in it because you need to have all your ducks in a row. you need to have the relevant insurance and the relevant protection. and once you're in there, you can at least you can at least be guaranteed that that person is credible. >> that's great. so if agent don't contact you, they can go to this agency. what's the agency called? >> the association of british investigators. it's the abi. make sure whoever you employ has that logo on their website at verity henton. obviously we have that. >> all right. thank you so much. that's the co—founder. and also founder sam hutchinson. and also emma coles. they're private investigators. wow right. we'll stay with me. there's still plenty more time to grab a chance to win £30,000 in the great british giveaway, our

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hello. good afternoon. 22 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. i'm nana akua. and it's time now for the great british debate. this hour. and i'm asking our labour's housing plans hypocritical and this is, of course, as chancellor rachel

reeves revealed that her rachel reeves revealed that her rachel reeves revealed that her rachel reeves revealed jonathan ross to do that and that her party are working to overhaul planning rules and build on the green belt. but half of sir keir starmer's cabinet opposed planning proposals in their own constituencies. so for the great british debate this hour , i'm british debate this hour, i'm asking are their housing plans hypocritical? well, joining me now, property expert russell quirk. and also economist and director and co—founder of regionally, justin urquhart stewart, former editor of the labourlist, peter edwards , also labourlist, peter edwards, also farmer hannah cuthbert. labourlist, peter edwards, also farmer hannah cuthbert . right. farmer hannah cuthbert. right. well let's see. so i'm going to start with you, justin urquhart stewart. are there plans hypocritical seeing as a lot of them have been saying stuff. >> well at the moment they're just unclear. we're not quite sure what's happening. we seem to be getting different messages on it almost every single day. and the key thing when it comes to actually developing property or developing land is the level of consistency of approach . so of consistency of approach. so people know where they stand and what they're going to be doing. the big problem you actually have with this is particularly

for individuals or for families, this is probably their biggest asset. they've actually got to try and manage. and whilst almost any development they want to see development in not in their backyard but somebody else's backyard don't necessarily want it here because you can seriously impact on your valuation of property. you only have to look at those unfortunate people who have property next to the proposed hs2 route, and they've lost out a very great deal. why is the planning system was not clear enough fast enough and also couldn't be funded? >> well, that's the thing , isn't >> well, that's the thing, isn't it? i mean, they're all saying things, but at the end of the day, a lot of them actually were not happy with certain plans that were happening in their own backyard. russell quirk yeah, they will end up being hypocritical because of course, labour now have to face the inconvenience of government on the basis that they actually have to live by decisions and policies they make in opposition, as of course, they have been for 14 years. >> it's very, very easy to make proclamations and pledges and statements. you never have to cash the checks. do you ? but

cash the checks. do you? but now, of course, when it comes to the £1.5 million that rachel reeves and angela rayner and keir starmer have told us that they will build, they've said that they absolutely will build 300,000 homes a year for the next five years, they're going to have to work out to how do that, not just in terms of trying somehow to solve the myriad of problems around the planning system, but also the rather inconvenient prospect of local objection nimbyism, as we call it, nana. and the problem is, of course, when you become a constituency mp who is elected every five years on the basis of that local vote, if there's something in your constituency that your local residents don't like, by way of a planning application, even if your government is saying, we've got to get on and build these homes, which they absolutely do, by the way, the issue. absolutely. then is when that individual mp, even if they're a cabinet minister, even if they're a senior member of the government , they then

of the government, they then often acquiesce , give in, show often acquiesce, give in, show weakness, pick one of those, to their constituents. and that is why we end up as we did with the conservatives many, many times with, yes, a very, ad hoc and non—performing house building programme versus actually what was promised because of the inconvenience of power. and, yes, local populace. >> all right. well, peter edwards editor, former editor for the labourlist . where do you for the labourlist. where do you stand with this? >> well, we need to build more houses and i think all main parties accept that we have a great political system in the uk, unlike america, where there's a constituency link , there's a constituency link, you're your prime minister for the whole country. we represent, one one borough or area, roughly 100,000 people. and i think it's right that you stand up for them, but it does lead to these quirks under governments of any persuasion. i remember michael gove, the former housing secretary under the tories. i think he also expressed concern

about housing developments in his constituency, and that's just being a good constituency mp . you can say i want more mp. you can say i want more house building, which most parties do. that doesn't mean every development in every area has to be approved by every council all the time. some will be right, some may need a second look. >> well, a lot of them have expressed objections though, haven't they? in the past. and now, you know, they all did a bit of the nimbyism themselves. so i'm wondering how this is going to fly. and not only that, but what about a lot of the land that's going to be used for this house building? hannah, what are your thoughts on that? >> i think it's a difficult one. i mean, the greenbelt effectively , not all of that effectively, not all of that land is productive, farmers have diversified in environmental ways. and obviously, not being able to touch the greenbelt is potentially affecting them. if they're not able to then sort of use that land that can't be used for crops, and then can't be used for other purposes affecting farming where it could

be be more financial beneficial for them. and obviously providing houses for the sort of wider public, then it potentially does need to be looked at, ultimately though, people do need to eat and i think sort of emphasis on food production should be the most important thing. >> well, what about the fact that rachel reeves said she's going to rip up planning laws, hannah?is going to rip up planning laws, hannah? is that is that something that would be you think is a good thing? because ultimately, if they do that, then it means that, a lot of people will be actually powerless to resist whatever it is that they're planning . is that they're planning. >> i think this is the issue . so >> i think this is the issue. so compulsory purchase orders that are implemented through this , are implemented through this, sometimes with housing developers, it can sometimes mean that, like you say, farmers are powerless in this situation, but ultimately, you know, i think on a case by case basis, if there's land that's sat there that isn't productive and isn't being used for anything and actually could be beneficial to the local community, for the farmer, then that should be looked at. but at the same time across the whole greenbelt, it isn't just agricultural. so i

think sort of non—agricultural land where you've just got old things rotting there that aren't actually being used and could be used for houses, should be put over the agricultural land. >> but of course, it's not just the agricultural land as well, it's the infrastructure around it. justin. and that that seems to be you know, it's all very well the reason why often things are in the green belt is usually they're not connected to towns and they're quite a long way out, but there's the brown belt and other things that they could be using more economically. do you think that that economically it makes sense to be saying that they may request to use this particular land? >> yeah. i mean, it is vital to actually make sure you've got a strategic view as to what's going on and then take into account the tactical elements as well . everyone's account the tactical elements as well. everyone's going to complain about what happens locally to them, but strategically , the government strategically, the government needs to tell us which way we're going and how it's going to be affecting the entire economy. and you quite rightly identify a lot about building houses, i used to live in singapore and it's fascinating there. you actually see some of the, new metro system being put in place and all the waterworks and such

like, and the power being put in place for future development. before anyone had laid a brick anywhere near it. that was proper planning in advance. now singapore is the size of the isle of wight is completely different, but nonetheless it showed how effective planning with the infrastructure can make sure you're building in the right place in the right way, with all the backup communities that are required , be it that are required, be it dentistry or just basic transport, not just putting up a row of houses which may look rather pretty or probably not, not very well made, built in a rush and liam broady turns out to be in the wrong place, because that's where the problem. >> russell, do you not think that's quite a major problem that's quite a major problem that the issue here is? it's always about location, location, location, and if you you may want to build a load of houses, but what about the infrastructure around it? i would like to hear about the infrastructure that they're putting to in support any additional homes. >> yeah. so look the infrastructure obviously is vital , particularly on larger vital, particularly on larger developments. the irony is, of course , that the larger the course, that the larger the development, the larger what they call the section 106 agreement money is. so that's the legal agreement between the

developer and the local authority that provides that on developments generally over 10 or 15 units, that that developer has to provide money to the local authority stroke government for such things as additional roads, rail stations, doctor surgeries , and so on. the doctor surgeries, and so on. the bigger the development, the more money there is and therefore the more infrastructure there is. but of course, the flip side of thatis but of course, the flip side of that is the bigger the development, particularly where angela rayner now is talking about providing lots of new towns around the country as part of her strategy to get that 1.5 million homes built. the you can imagine that it's bad enough someone wanting to build four houses at the end of a cul de sac when it's 4000 houses in, you know, the town next to you that's going to become a new town, then that, of course, is going to be an even bigger problem for labour when it comes to particularly labour mps. but there's also a positive for labour here, which is that a lot of the land that probably would be used for development, not necessarily green belt, but, but, but a lot of the land for new towns will probably be in

conservative areas. and so what we'll see here now, quite frankly, is the political card being played, which is labour saying, look, sorry, we've got to we've got to approve these homes in your area, but it will be conservative areas and therefore conservative constituency mps that have the problem, not labour. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well that's exactly what i suspected. it will they will focus on that. well listen i've got to say i've got to move to on the news, but i appreciate all your thoughts, property expert russell quirk, economist and director and co—founder of rhiannon, and justin urquhart stewart, former editor for the labourlist, peter edwards. and also hannah cuthbert. she's a farmer, right. it's just coming up to 33 minutes after 5:00. you're with me. i'm nana akua this is a gb news. still to come. we'll continue with the great british debate this hour. i'm asking, are labour's housing plans hypocritical? you will hear the thoughts of my panel broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour party adviser matthew laza. but first let's get your latest news with sam francis. >> very good evening to you.

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good afternoon. if you're just tuned in. where have you been? 21 minutes to go. no. yes. there are 20 more minutes to go. but thank you for joining are 20 more minutes to go. but thank you forjoining me. i'm thank you for joining me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news by live on tv, online and on digital radio. it's time now for the great british debate. this hour i'm asking our labour's housing plans. hypocritical. chancellor rachel reeves revealed her party they're working to overhaul planning rules. they're going to build on the green belt . but half of rules. they're going to build on the green belt. but half of sir keir starmer's cabinet opposed planning proposals in their own constituencies. so are they hypocrites? that's what i'm asking. joining me to discuss , asking. joining me to discuss, author and broadcaster lizzie cundy and also former labour party adviser matthew laza. i will go to lizzie cundy because she went first last time. >> lizzie total hypocrites. unbelievable. the bare faced cheek of them. i can't believe it. there we have wes streeting holding the sign . i will not, holding the sign. i will not, you know, build on the green belt. >> it is four years old. >> it is four years old. >> that so i'm sorry. >> we they're complaining about the fact that they had no not enough houses have been built.

>> hypocritical. they're they're, you know , they're they're, you know, they're they're, you know, they're they're locals in their own constituencies will be knocking on their doors livid . matthew, on their doors livid. matthew, i just can't believe this . and how just can't believe this. and how how are they build this? there's no detail . all you get from no detail. all you get from reevesis no detail. all you get from reeves is this sort of like boasting, flag waving without any. >> she had a week. i mean, she's going to set out a detail in the national international housing strategy. look, i think there is no doubt that the, you know, there were the pictures of people campaigning against building on the green belt. laboun building on the green belt. labour, of course, is not going to build on all of the green belt. it's going to build on what they call the grey belt, which is the grotty bits that are classed as green belt, but are classed as green belt, but are often, if you look at the pictures of the bits that labour's wants to build on, they're actually they're pretty gaudy. but no, if labour is serious about building as many houses as it says it is, then it is going to have to tell local mps when they campaign. sometimes it's going to say no to them. >> but the point of the question is whether they're hypocrites. i mean, we had yvette cooper. she recently was involved in a planning round. she was among those who objected to 408 new homes, you've got david lammy

used a debate in the commons in 2020 to set out his opposition to build 196 luxury flats in tottenham , who else have we got, tottenham, who else have we got, angela rayner? has she done something as well? i mean, there literally the litany of them , literally the litany of them, it's like monopoly monopoly board. >> we're not we're not saying i mean, first of all, you know, i obviously don't know the details of every single one of those cases. but i do know that one of the a friend of mine who was elected as an mp ten days ago in went out of a debate to go and give evidence by zoom and a planning inquiry. it is still going to be up to mps to oppose particular planning issues. what they can't do is oppose all planning issues because it's about building in the right place. so therefore, the key is that when the strategy is unveiled, it needs to be about building houses in the right place, on the right land and bringing communities with, you know, with the proposals of building by making sure that infrastructure is given back to those communities. >> but where is all this land coming from? matthew? we've got ed miliband going to put in a load of wind turbines and that

let me tell you, no one wants to live by that because it brings down the price of your house. i'm sorry, what is the detail? there is no detail, as per usual with the labor party. the devil's in the detail and they have none. what is the difference? >> they're going to set the detail out, lizzie. and in particular there is this . you particular there is this. you know, what we need to do is actually protect our green and beautiful land, but not protect land. that is that was that was classed as the green belt in 1948, but is actually kind of grey edges, edge of edge of town land. so it's about building sensitively. it's about building the right way. it's about delivering the. >> but what's the split from affordable to social housing houses and mortgages? and what about all the prisoners they're letting out? where are they going to live? where are they going to live? where are they going to live? where are they going to build houses? >> well, we're letting prisons prisoners out because there aren't enough prison places, because the tories let britain down. but nobody wants a prison next to them as well. so that is an issue, you know. and labour's got to face up to the fact it's got to face up to the fact it's got mps in, you know, i mean beautiful some labour constituencies where it's now got mps in places like suffolk coastal and poole in dorset, which have never had labour mps before. and they've got to be told, yes, you are going to have, okay, what is the cost to

the, the taxpayer and what about the, the taxpayer and what about the 20, you know, 280,000 homeless people? >> i mean, what is the detail. >> i mean, what is the detail. >> we can't house those homeless people. >> what's the detail we need to house those homeless people. >> we need to build more houses. it's about doing it in the right way. >> well, we've got to do it in the right way. but are they hypocrites? that's the question. yes or no? >> i think they will be hypocrites. no, unless they will be. if they oppose the elements in the 100% total. >> hypocrites. >> hypocrites. >> see what you think this show is nothing without you and your views. let's get great british voices on there opportunity to talk about the topics we're discussing. i've got four of you. i'm going to start with you, david barham in watford. are they hypocrites? >> of course they are. the politicians. all politicians are hypocrites. if they're in opposition, it's outrage. and when they're in power, it was it's stupid. we had a case recently where they were trying to build 1400 homes on a disused golf course, and everything mapped out except the infrastructure. they're going to build a school on the land , but build a school on the land, but they couldn't get doctors in the area. the dentists aren't available. so instead of coming up with this grandiose scheme,

how about sorting out the infrastructure first and they 90, infrastructure first and they go, right, well, we can afford to put in these houses. >> other places would do it that way. they're not. julie shaw, you're in bridlington. judy. yeah. hey. >> yeah. well first of all, i have a 20 year old grandson who's having to live in a glamping pod in my back garden , glamping pod in my back garden, and his 18 year old brother lives in a glamping pod in his mother's back garden. so i'm all for building new affordable housing. but even if i mean they are hypocrites, they are. but even if they just chose to build on green sorry greenbelt, it would take 15 years. recent research suggests to just provide under a third of the housing needs, so they're never going to make it. and they were there 2017, 2019, 2020, all protesting like mad against the greenbelt. hypocrites have to use it . use it. >> they're going to have to. alex metcalfe, you're in

catterick alex. >> well of course the hypocrites i mean we are talking about a labour government here. in all fairness though, in the year to march about three, about 135,000 homes started to be constructed, a drop from more than one fifth of the year previous . and of the year previous. and britain has not yet built 300,000 new homes a year. the amount needed to hit that 1.5 million target since the 1950s. so there is a case for new homes to be built. but the problem is this land grab has caused a lot of fear, i mean this, this to race build 1.5 million homes in green belt areas. you know, it threatens natural, reservations, parks and our picturesque countryside. >> that's, that's a problem for them. and they're going to have to square that circle. alan cook in london, alan. >> hi there. well, initially, what is the point of having any housing policy when, you have

such immigration levels? because 700,000 people a year, one half would be two minutes. we haven't built 300,000 houses in 1940s, 50. they're never going to do it . 50. they're never going to do it. it's not a real promise. yes, it's critical. and on greenbelt, not good because it's irreversible. any decision of government you should be able to reverse by the next government. once you built a greenbelt , it's once you built a greenbelt, it's gone forever. i don't want to live in well, good. >> the point you made there is if they don't tackle immigration, you can build as many houses as you like, but nothing will give. david baum thank you. in watford, julie shaw in bridlington, also alex metcalfe in catterick and alan cookin metcalfe in catterick and alan cook in london. lovely to get your thoughts. stay tuned. coming up, my quickfire quiz when i test my panel on some of the top stories that have caught my eye this week. but next up

so. good afternoon. is football coming home? manager gareth southgate says his team are ready to make history after reaching the euro 2024 final. a stunning stoppage time goal from watkins. ollie watkins two one yay! three lions now face spain tomorrow, so i'm joined now by reporter jack carson in berlin reporterjack carson in berlin and will hollis in mansfield. right. let's go to jack. carson in berlin first. jack carson . my in berlin first. jack carson. my god, what's going on behind you? jack >> well, i mean, here we are. so this is the kilkenny's irish bar in berlin. i mean, just look at the amount of england fans here. i mean, it really is absolutely fantastic. we've got all the flags up, all of them here. getting in a bit of a drink, getting in the mood as well as the tram comes by i mean, this is just a fantastic atmosphere. we know, of course, that tens of thousands of fans, we're going to be heading here to berlin for that final tomorrow. of course, it was a completely opposite

picture out in dortmund when the dutch outnumbered the english, but it's going to be the other way around now with the english outnumbering the spanish. of course. we've been talking to people all day how much they've been enjoying coming to this place of berlin with all of its history and of course , england history and of course, england have the chance to make their own history once again tomorrow night. >> lovely. thank you very much, jack carson. let's go to rachel hollis in mansfield. will hollis, it's noisy where you are. what's going on? >> yes , well, some people have >> yes, well, some people have called mansfield the berlin of the midlands. >> and while germany is having to pay money out of their economy to host the euros, the euros, when they're playing in pubs and fan zones like the swan here in mansfield , that actually here in mansfield, that actually generates money. the final alone is expected to put £120 million into the uk hospitality sector, and the economy as the whole. when people are getting taxis and they're buying all their snacks and nibbles, this euros tournament has put more than £2 billion into our economy, so

it's well worth a celebration. a bag of peanuts and a bite . a bag of peanuts and a bite. a pint from behind the bar, i think. >> lovely. thank you very much. will hollis there in mansfield. right. it's time for the quick quiz. the part of the show where i test my panel on some of the other stories that have hit the headunes other stories that have hit the headlines right now. joining me, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. your buzzer please. lizzie and also former labour party adviser matthew lazor. your buzzer please, please play along at home. are you ready? question one who was england's manager when they won the cup in 1966? sir bobby robson, sir alf ramsey or c don roy . oh i think ramsey or c don roy. oh i think that was matthew laza. >> it was b sir alf ramsey. >> it was b sir alf ramsey. >> it was b it was peter outram. did you get it at home. it was b alf ramsey. well done. very quick matthew. >> right. >> right. >> how many times did england manager gareth southgate play for the national team? closest answer wins lizzie cundy 1248 48 answer wins lizzie cundy1248 48 1248 c. the answer is 50 oh. i did think he was watching an england player. he was right. question three england striker ollie watkins scored the winning

goalin ollie watkins scored the winning goal in the semi—final, but which premier league club does he play for? open question who does he play for ? manchester does he play for? manchester city? manchester city lizzie cundyi city? manchester city lizzie cundy i was going to say manchester city man united really happy. what is it? it's aston villa, i knew it began with an a and i knew they was called i'm not being good today. don't worry, we've got true or false. it's 5050. true or false? in 1996, gb news guest and friend of the show, uri geller claimed he used his psychic powers to move the ball and make scotland striker gary mcallister missed a penalty against england lizzie cundy. true, she said it's true, i think it's true. >> but i'll say false just in case. >> your first answer you said it's true. if it's false, you're in trouble. it is true. the ball did move, but it was actually uri of course. >> and uri also hill. david beckham's ankle when he hurt his foot. wow. >> still two one question. >> still two one question. >> the decider spain is england's opponent in the final tomorrow, but what's their capital city? barcelona? benjamin madrid matthew madrid. >> madrid. >> madrid. >> it's madrid i thought that was a tie here. matthew laughs.

i'm sure you got it home and he hates football. >> he won the football questions. i can't believe it on today's show. >> oh, i'm backing england obviously, but i know i'm not a massive football fan. >> i hope so come on england. >> i hope so come on england. >> do you think they can do it? do you think they can win? well, let's hope so. listen, there's still more to come. i'll be back tomorrow. same time, same place. thank you so much to my panel. matthew lazar and also lizzie cundy. and thank you to you at for home your company. i'll see you tomorrow. same time, same place. make sure. be there. be square. up next it is a saturday five. i'll leave you with the weather. enjoy >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb. news weather on. gb. news >> hello. good afternoon. this is your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. the search for summer really is on hold at the moment for many of us, disappointing conditions this weekend. high pressure is tantalisingly close out towards the west, but it is this low pressure in the north sea that is driving conditions

for a good chunk of us today , for a good chunk of us today, particularly down the eastern side. very cloudy with continuing outbreaks of rain and drizzle this afternoon, persistently turning heavy even to this evening and overnight for parts of the scottish borders. northumberland down into north—east yorkshire as well. do watch out for that. the skies will be clearing a touch more for southern areas of england and wales. a few mist and fog patches here overnight and fog patches here overnight and maybe single figures for some rural spots, but underneath the cloud elsewhere, temperatures will be holding up in double digits for most of us. but actually, with these clearer skies in the south, it does mean that we'll start off sunday on a better note, a decent amount of sunshine first thing for these southern districts, the mist and fog will clear quite readily once the sun rises as well. so not too bad of a start if you're heading out early on a few bright spells for northern ireland as well. still a lot of cloud though for central northern areas of england with that drizzly outbreaks of rain. central and western areas of scotland actually not faring too badly. but again in the north and the east, a lot of cloud coming in with that brisk north easterly flow down in from the nonh easterly flow down in from the north sea. this rain will turn lighter as we head throughout

the day, so generally turning a bit more patchy, but still very dull and dreary for much of southern scotland into northern england throughout sunday. a few showers possible elsewhere, but really holding on to a few brighter spots also. and in that brightness as well, temperatures a little up compared to where we have been today around 20 to 23 c for central scotland into parts of the south as well, but still very cool and disappointing in that central area. the rain will ease off as we head into sunday evening just in time for any outdoor viewing parties for the euros grand final. and as we head into the next week, though, do be prepared for more areas of low pressure , rain and showers to pressure, rain and showers to start arriving into the rest of the weekend. by >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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