the united july. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with me. ben leo standing for in andrew pierce and bev turner. very good morning. >> so trump's triumphant return, the former us president has received huge applause. applause as he appears in public for the first time since surviving his assassination attempt . he's also assassination attempt. he's also picked a running mate who once compared him to hitler. >> president biden also says his bullseye remark about donald trump was a mistake. he's given his first interview since the attempted killing of his white house rival column. >> how concerned i was and wanted to make sure i knew how he was actually doing. he sounded good. he said he was fine and he thanked me for calling him. i told him he was literally in the prayers of jill and me . and me. >> immigration has fuelled the biggest population rise in 75 years in england and wales , years in england and wales, despite falling birth rates. what impact is this going to have on society and body found in tenerife .7 in tenerife.7 >> heartbreak as human marine

remains close to where british teenager jay slater went missing last month have been discovered. so why did it take so long to find him .7 find him.7 >> and find him? >> and royal excitement has reached fever pitch in guernsey as the king and queen are on day two of their channel islands toun two of their channel islands tour, the locals locals are eagerly awaiting their arrival. >> i'm really early because i'm so excited to see the king and it's going to be my first time. >> well, he's the same age as me and, i've always liked him and, i believe in the royalty . i believe in the royalty. >> and all that and more. and ben and i are going to try and be able to string a sentence together. by the time the news is over. let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. first, though, here is sam francis.

>> bev and ben, thank you very much and good morning to you. it's just coming up to 9:33. >> and the top story from the newsroom this morning, donald trump has appeared in public for the first time since the assassination attempt in pennsylvania at the weekend. the former us president was applauded for several minutes at the republicans national convention in wisconsin. >> we are grateful for you to be our nominee for the 47th president of the united states of america . of america. >> wearing a bandage over his right ear, trump waved and raised his fist to supporters at the event, and he also announced his running mate for the election, j.d. vance, the man who once compared him to hitler, will become vice president if donald trump re—enters the white house after the vote in november. meanwhile, his rival joe biden has admitted it was a mistake to tell supporters that it was time to put trump in the bull's eye. he was speaking to nbc news and lester holt .

nbc news and lester holt. >> it was a mistake to use the word i did. i didn't say crosshairs. i'm a bullseye. they focus on him. focus on what he's doing, focus on on on his policies. focus on the number of lies he told in the debate. focus.i lies he told in the debate. focus. i mean, there's a whole range of things that, look, i'm not the guy that said i want to be a dictator on day one. i'm not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. i'm not the guy who said that won't accept the outcome of this election automatically. you can't only love your country when you win. >> here . a major assessment of >> here. a major assessment of the country's future military needs has begun to deal with what the prime minister is calling a more dangerous and volatile world. sir keir starmer is promising to bolster what he's described as britain's hollowed out armed forces, but won't say when spending on troops and equipment will increase to 2.5% of gdp. it says. the new defence review chief, former nato secretary lord robinson, warned of a deadly quartette , telling the

deadly quartette, telling the telegraph that iran, china , telegraph that iran, china, russia and north korea remain a threat to the west. the government says its doors are open to areas of the uk which want to take on more powers from westminster. deputy prime minister angela rayner's so—called devolution revolution is promising to transfer more powers out of whitehall than ever before. she's written to council leaders urging them to partner with the government. >> we know that putting those powers in the hands of local leaders is a really important way of driving that economic growth, and if we can get economic growth up across the country, which is one of our central missions as a government, that's the way to make people better off. >> james murray there, speaking to us earlier on breakfast. well, those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm sam francis. your next update at 10:00. >> 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 .

gbnews.com. forward slash alerts. >> hello, good morning and welcome to britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news. with me ben leo in for andrew pierce who's on his houbobs for andrew pierce who's on his holibobs for this is and of course bev turner. >> so a tearful donald trump arrived at the republican national convention in milwaukee overnight. >> it was his first public appearance since the attempted assassination over the weekend , assassination over the weekend, and he received a hero's welcome and he received a hero's welcome and was wearing a bandage over his ear. >> it's got to be quite painful if you get shot through your ear, if you've had your ears pierced. ben. no you haven't. >> no, i have when i was, when i was a young, sprightly teenager, i had i yeah, big revelation. i had my normal lobe pierce and to be very edgy i had my cartilage pierced. right. >> so if you've had your cartilage pierced, you know how painful your ear can be. and he's there just with a bandage. it must have been throbbing a little. anyway, this comes after he picked the bookies favourite, the ohio senator jd vance, as his running mate. this is a man who previously compared trump to hitler in private, but has said pretty uncomplimentary things about him in the past. so a bit

of a controversial selection maybe, he said. >> he said he was a never trumper. he did. and i don't understand how you can go from being so. i mean, calling the man hitler to being happy to be his vice president. just what? for eight years later, i've been on that journey, though. >> i have been that person i used to be on a different media outlet saying nothing but awful things about trump, about what a terrible man he was. and now i feel very differently about it. >> what did you say about him? i said similar things. >> i thought he was deeply misogynistic. i thought he was a racist. i didn't like all of that. build a wall, build a wall. so i didn't i didn't like surprises me about you. well, i know a bit of a journey as well, ben, to be honest. >> so what year was that? >> so what year was that? >> so what year was that? >> so that would have been around about the same time. six, seven, eight years ago maybe. and then i think everything upended for me from 2000, 2000 onwards, in terms of understanding that it's sort of being alert to the fact that there are decisions which are made on a higher level. and when trump said, i want to drain the

swamp, and we didn't really understand what he meant at the time, and what he meant was just sort of an elite level of elite political people who are not necessarily voted for, who make decisions about our life. and he wanted to go in there and get rid of some of that corruption. and i'm not saying he's perfect. he's far from perfect. but i do think he is anti establishment and that's what i like about him . and that's what i like about him. >> it does i've always said when especially when people convert from say labour to tory or socialist to conservative, i've never understood how you can just u—turn like that because i think your political allegiances stem from your childhood or your upbringing potentially in some parts. it's quite a spiritual thing. yeah. and i never quite understand people who can just flip like that. but i guess 2020 and covid was a big awakening for that. >> and also just sort of i never the nothing a government had ever done had given me an emotional reaction before, and i had an emotional reaction to what they were doing to us. and so this idea of a bigger, bigger government, a bigger, bigger state controlling everybody, the collective over the individual, that was a real wake up for me. and i feel like donald trump is still the person who sees the world a little bit.

>> knowing what you know and believe now about trump, how do you look back at your previous comments in 16? >> do you cringe when you when you hear them? i didn't know anything. didn't know anything. were you just so? >> why did you say i was just parroting? >> i was just parroting what you hear on the mainstream media. i was just talking within the overton window of what is acceptable to say. and now when people say things which are against the overriding prevailing political tides of the day, i listen because they might have a point, you know, and that's that's part of what we love about this channel, is that we welcome, you know, all, all opinions and all viewpoints so we can debate them properly. and we don't just talk about this very narrow idea of what the world should look like. >> i was always a fan of trump back in 1617, because i bet on him to win the presidency, and i won a bit of money. so did you like about him, i liked that. he was just quite, he was a cat amongst the pigeons. yeah, he fired from the hip and he said some things which potentially, you know, you wouldn't agree with. however, i liked the fact that he was there ruffling up the feathers, exactly. you know, he had good points. the feathers, exactly. you know, he had good points . maybe he he had good points. maybe he didn't deliver them in the best way possible. but i guess that

his that is his attributes, that's his, his, his usp isn't it. it is, it is. >> let's know what you think at home gbnews.com forward slash usa because we're talking about this because of this his running mate now jd vance. and joining us now is former nevada republican party chairwoman amy tarkanian. sorry amy if i've got that wrong. good morning to you. you might have been hearing us discussing donald trump. the pros and cons thereof. let's talk about this running mate. what are the pros and cons of jd vance? what do we know about him ? vance? what do we know about him? >> sure. and real quickly, we also have to remember that on the democratic side, during the campaign , kamala harris actually campaign, kamala harris actually called joe biden a racist. but here we are. and she just thinks he's the bee's knees. so, you know, jd vance, he's definitely somebody who excites the trump base. he is viewed as somebody who is a pit bull like donald trump. he was also once a democrat like donald trump. he has evolved over time, as you just mentioned. you did as well, in a number of areas. and, and

that's something that's pretty normal that we see in the political arena. you could also call maybe somebody an opportunist or a chameleon, depending on your views , i think depending on your views, i think that jd , he's definitely going that jd, he's definitely going to bring youth vigour. he's only 39 years old, the concern, though , however, is he is though, however, is he is somebody who, is somewhat of a chameleon. and do you truly think that those are his morals and values, where does he actually stand on issues? because he has now flip flopped on numerous, issues. and is it because he truly, has had a change of heart, or is it because he now sees an opportunity in the ladder of success and he was at the right place, at the right time, whatever it may be? donald trump seems to see, i think a lot of

jd in himself and with the attempted assassination, he probably felt most confident in having a mini version of himself in in in the wings. >> yeah. amy, i'm i must admit, i'm not convinced because i'm not sure if you heard the conversation prior to you coming on. i just don't know how you can flip so easily. but in terms of his political leanings, jd vance is said to be more right wing than trump. i mean, i don't think trump is particularly right wing, but jd vance, anyway, is, certainly more right wing than the former president. >> well , in wing than the former president. >> well, in yes, i guess in some areas he's definitely 100% pro—life, >> even without exceptions. and i know that's going to be a major concern since abortion is going to be one of the top issues across the nation, you also have a situation where he is against, being involved with the ukraine russia war. and i know that that's been a major concern and discussion amongst

certain republicans, but i know that there are a number of republicans who do believe that we're doing the right thing by staying involved, but it's to what extent ? and i believe jd is what extent? and i believe jd is actually against it wholeheartedly. and so, yes , wholeheartedly. and so, yes, he's definitely, harder to the right in some areas. but, but as you mentioned too, he did once called trump hitler and, and, you know, here we are. so it's going to be very interesting road to watch in the next few months leading up to november. >> amy. he's an interesting choice in that he is, you know, if you put them in a venn diagram, trump and jd vance, they're both probably going to be in the same little circle, aren't they? he didn't go for a woman. he didn't go for, anyone of colour. so in terms of tapping into that die vote, he hasn't chosen to do that, which demonstrates a sort of confidence because those people that trump might need to bring with him, he's not speaking to them with this candidate . them with this candidate. >> and it's interesting too,

because that's something that republicans don't necessarily, they're never concerned about checking those boxes. if you will, like democrats are. and so republicans, we actually lean more towards who's the right person at the right time for the right job. it's not, you know, what's your ethnicity , what's what's your ethnicity, what's your gender, what's your religious affiliation. and so i think after this, terrible, attempted assassination event, he has catapulted to the top in, in, in most polls, if not all polls across the nation. and so you see individuals who were sort of taking the seat back, like elon musk for example, who is now, said that he's going to donate. what is it, roughly 45 million each month leading up to the election to help donald trump. and he's now thrown out his endorsement, right after the attempted assassination took place. he's not the only one. and so i think that people who have been concerned about our

safety, about our economy , about safety, about our economy, about immigration, they're not seeing that, president biden, really step up and take the bull by the horns in those areas and whether, if they were 100% for donald trump or not in the beginning, they're now full force behind an individual who they believe exudes strength and confidence . confidence. >> amy, i'm not sure if you've seen this clip, but doing the rounds overnight when jd vance was announced by trump was a speech he gave where he cracked a joke about the new labour government over here in the uk , government over here in the uk, saying that it's probably the only nation on earth, islamic nafion only nation on earth, islamic nation on earth, which held a nuke he was trying to poke fun at, you know , concerns about at, you know, concerns about sectarianism over here in the uk. how do you think jd vance and trump as well will get on with our new labour government? sir keir starmer and indeed our foreign secretary david lammy, who himself hasn't been so kind about trump in recent years. >> sure. well, i don't think it bothers them, we saw trump in

his first, round of the presidency where he pretty much just walked in like a, like a bull in a china shop, and he doesn't let what others think bother him , in fact, i think he bother him, in fact, i think he thrives walking into the lion's den, he obviously he talks about it all the time. his relationships with, dictators like kim jong un, and also with xi jinping, and putin. vladimir putin, the man is fearless and i think, you know, he's going to do just fine no matter who's in charge across the pond. >> okay. super thank you so much for that insight, amy tarkanian there. thank you. fascinating character, 39 years old. he's got an indian born hindu wife. he's got three kids, jd vance , he's got three kids, jd vance, he is a catholic. and as he said, one of the big issues of this election is going to be abortion. and he is resolutely anti—abortion. >> tucker carlson, famous right winger, former fox news host. he

tweeted overnight, he said, every bad person i've ever met in a lifetime in washington was augned in a lifetime in washington was aligned against jd vance . he aligned against jd vance. he said that he's one of the only members of the senate with a happy marriage and the power hungry elite in the us despise vance not for personal reasons, but because they find him , but because they find him, quote, harder to manipulate and slightly less enthusiastic about killing people. >> which is a beautiful thing, a way of articulating what i was trying to say earlier, which is why i like the sound of them. i'm not sure there's many people who would have were going to vote for trump who are now, or who weren't going to vote for trump, who are now going to vote for him because of this guy. that's that's the issue. that's the risk they've taken, isn't it? they didn't go for somebody of a different sort of hue. but anyway, i like the intention though. >> i like the i like it, as you said, no di hires no. you know, appealing to this base or this base, it's just clear intent. we know who we are. we know what our message is and we're going to go for it right up next, tragic end really, to this story that's been going on for three weeks now. >> the body, of course, has been found, which appears to be the missing teen jay slater. his devastated mother has now

demanded to know why the search has taken so long when they'd already looked in this we' re we're going to be talking about that in just a

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. 950. ben and bev with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. >> keep your messages coming this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> i had one to read. oh, go on, go on. very quickly, i think it's emily. i've got the name ben . have you heard of any gangs ben. have you heard of any gangs have been smashed yet? talking about the small boats crisis? no. but yesterday gb news did reveal that a thousand people had crossed the channel since labour took power and record immigration figures yesterday. >> we're going to get on to those in a moment. but first of all, this sad story. actually, this, a body believed to be that of missing british teenagerjay of missing british teenager jay slater has been found in tenerife. >> spanish rescue teams made the discovery yesterday morning, with the guardia civil suggesting the person may have suffered, quote, an accident or a fall in an inaccessible zone. >> his devastated mother wants

to know why this search has taken so long, and i think she probably has a good point. joe corley joins us now. joe is a travel writer and owner of my guide tenerife. com morning joe, i think it's a really valid question because it turns out that the spot where this body has been found is very close to where this signal from the mobile phone was found. so just tell us what the terrain is like and how it might be possible to have searched that area and not found any evidence of jay . found any evidence of jay. >> yeah. i mean, the guardia civil have not actually released the exact location , but it was the exact location, but it was near where the, the last ping from the phone was, but this this this terrain is, is full of ravines, crevasses. undergrowth. there's a lot of places that aren't visible to the eye, to drones, to helicopters on, on first search. and the police have always said that they were

searching the area and they did research, research certain other areas and then search again and pinpoint certain places. and i think this was obviously one of the places that they were going to pinpoint. and, and have a much closer look at, to begin with, i think it was just a general major search, and then it was narrowed down even more. >> joe, can you explain why, if this is indeed jay, why he would have taken this route? i've seen videos online. the terrain is, you know, it's terrible. it's harsh, it's steep. big cliffs. why would he have gone down there when there was a main road that he was spotted on? >> in my opinion, this is a 19 year old lad. that's that's possibly been a three day and three night party, he's not going to have the most energy. he was dehydrated. he was lost, he was tired. he was possibly intoxicated. still, i think looking around, if you if you knew this area everywhere you

look is going to be steep. when you're looking upwards, i think it would be the path of least resistance for him to head downhill towards the ocean and then see where he was and see if he can get along the coast. it would have been impossible if it had gotten to the coast, but i think it was just it was just the thoughts of a 19 year old boy, just to go the easiest route, to be honest. okay. >> so the theory. okay, joe, that that does make sense. so in other words, he's thinking, i've just got to get down. i know my accommodation is down there somewhere. if i just go off road and head down towards the sea, i'm going to get there eventually and is possibly lost his footing and has fallen down one of these ravines. >> that's what it looks like to be honest. yeah, it looks like he has headed down and, in these ravines, you can you can certainly you can chop your way through the undergrowth, you can push your way through , and you'd push your way through, and you'd be scratched by cacti and all the bushes, but some of this, you don't know what's beyond

this bush. and you can immediately plunge, up to 2 or 300m, it's that kind of terrain. >> sure. okay, joe, really appreciate it. thank you. so much. joe corley there, travel writer and owner of my guide tenerife.com. very sad and questions of course . could he questions of course. could he have been found earlier had he possibly been alive for some of that time? yeah. is jay up next, >> the weather? >> the weather? >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> morning. here's your latest gb news. weather forecast coming to you from the met office. after a pretty wet day for many of us yesterday, there will still be a bit of rain and some heavy thundery showers as we go through today. the most persistent rain will be early on and that is gradually clearing away towards the east as we go through this morning. elsewhere then a fair few showers kicking off, particularly across eastern parts of scotland and north east england. here some of these

showers are going to be heavy and thundery with some hail and some lightning mixed in. a scattering of showers elsewhere , scattering of showers elsewhere, driest towards western parts and temperatures still a little bit below average for the time of yeah below average for the time of year. highs of around 22 or 23 celsius at best. not feeling too bad, especially as the winds in the south—east are going to ease as we go through the day. taking as we go through the day. taking a closer look at what's going to be happening this evening and across many parts of scotland, it's looking mostly fine and dry. a bit of rain, perhaps out towards the outer hebrides, but some heavy thundery downpours still continuing across eastern parts of scotland. a scattering of showers, perhaps for northern ireland and then a real west east split in terms of showers when it comes to england and wales through the end of the day, eastern parts likely to see some further showers through much of the day. meanwhile, further west, it's looking a bit dner further west, it's looking a bit drier and brighter as we go through this evening. overnight, we are going to see many of those showers clearing away, perhaps a few continuing over parts of scotland and perhaps 1 or 2 elsewhere. but on the whole it's looking largely dry and with some clear skies developing. i'm expecting

temperatures to drop a little bit lower than you might expect, perhaps away from the towns and cities we could get into single figures, and there could be the odd pocket of mist and fog around first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, wednesday actually looks like a fairly decent day. yes, there will be a bit more cloud and some rain pushing into parts of northwest scotland, and here the winds will strengthen and otherwise we could see a few showers developing as we go through the day, but for many it is going to stay largely dry. there will be some decent bright and sunny spells around, and with that it's going to feel warmer than it's going to feel warmer than it has done of late with highs in the mid 20s. >> by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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pierce. >> trump's triumphant return . >> trump's triumphant return. the former us president receives huge applause as he appears in pubuc huge applause as he appears in public for the first time since surviving his assassination attempt. he also picked a running mate who once compared him to get this adolf hitler , a him to get this adolf hitler, a strategic defence defence review in coming. >> will the prime minister announce more spending on defence to keep britain safe? mark white has the latest. >> well, this defence review chief lord robertson has said that the uk is facing a deadly quartette from russia, china, nonh quartette from russia, china, north korea and iran. but will this defence review be any different to the others, which have been described as hollowing out defence spending and maybe no surprises? >> but immigration has fuelled the biggest population rise in 75 years in england and wales. that's despite falling birth rates. so what impact could this have on our society ? have on our society? >> and there's a royal tour going on, the king and queen

continuing their tour of the channel islands today, where as yesterday, it's safe to say they were upstaged by two frisky cows . were upstaged by two frisky cows. >> yes. oh, no . that's . >> yes. oh, no. that's. >> a i said simon during the handover and breakfast. it's good to see the lgbt scene transferring to the agricultural scene. a bit of a mix. >> that's because they're two female cows. >> yes. sorry. they're two. two lady cows. interesting heifers. >> honestly , i don't know. >> honestly, i don't know. >> honestly, i don't know. >> i don't want to think about this any more . this any more. gbnews.com/yoursay for all of your comments. first though, the very latest news with sam francis. >> very good morning to you. it's just coming up to 10:02. and the top story this morning. well we start in the united states where donald trump has

appeared in public for the first time since the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. the former us president was applauded for several minutes at the republicans national convention in wisconsin. >> we are grateful for you to be our nominee for the 47th president of the united states of america . of america. >> wearing a bandage over his right ear, trump waved and raised his fist to supporters at the event, and he also announced his running mate for the election, j.d. vance, the man who once compared trump to hitler, will become vice president if he re—enters the white house after the vote in november . meanwhile, white house after the vote in november. meanwhile, his white house after the vote in november . meanwhile, his rival november. meanwhile, his rival joe biden has admitted it was a mistake, he says, to tell supporters that it was time to put trump in the bulls eye. he was speaking to lester holt on nbc news. >> it was a mistake to use the word i did. i didn't say crosshairs. i'm a bull's eye. focus on him . focus on what he's focus on him. focus on what he's doing. focus on on on his

policies. focus on the number of lies he told in the debate. focus.i lies he told in the debate. focus. i mean, there's a whole range of things that, look, i'm not the guy that said i want to be a dictator on day one. i'm not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. i'm not the guy who said that wouldn't accept the outcome of this election automatically . automatically. >> here, a major assessment of the uk's future military needs has begun to deal with what the prime minister is calling a more dangerous and volatile world. sir keir starmer is promising to bolster what he's described as britain's hollowed out armed forces. but he won't say when spending on troops and kit will increase to 2.5% of gdp. as promised in labour's manifesto. it comes as the new defence review chief, lord robertson, is warning of a deadly quartette , warning of a deadly quartette, telling the telegraph that china, iran, russia and north korea remain a threat to the west while shadow veterans minister andrew bowie is accusing labour of leaving, leaving the armed forces in the lurch. >> it's really important that

the money gets to where it's needed and that's what we would have done had we been re—elected. to say when economic conditions allow, i mean, that's giving a there's no end point to that statement. that could be ten, 15, 20 years. and the armed forces need certainty. the military needs to know whether or not they're going to get the money that they need to spend on the equipment and the and the personnel that they require to keep this country and our allies safe moving forward. and what's a very tumultuous, increasingly dangerous world. >> and the new labour government says its doors are open to areas of the uk which want to take on more powers from westminster deputy prime minister angela rayner's so—called devolution revolution is promising to transfer more powers out of whitehall than ever before. she's written to council leaders urging them to partner with the government. secretary to the treasury james murray says the move will only be of benefit to the country. >> we know that putting those powers in the hands of local leaders is a really important way of driving that economic growth, and if we can get

economic growth up across the country , which is one of our country, which is one of our central missions as a government, that's the way to make people better off. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis, back with you for another round up at 10:30 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. >> hello. welcome back. 1005 ben and bev with you on britain's newsroom across the uk. only on gb news. >> should we have a look at what you've been saying at home. colin has said the best case scenario i can see is 1813 days to go with these dangerous, deluded socialists supposedly running the country. that's if britain can survive that long. that's optimistic. >> off the fence. colin, say what you really think, helen says, talking about the comments about j.d. vance. donald trump's vice president pick. i said, i don't understand how you can go

from a couple of years ago calling trump hitler to then being his running mate. the u—turn is extraordinary. but bev then revealed that she had a similar kind of reincarnation trump reincarnation as well. helen, you say awakening. yeah, awakening. helen you say, i've been on the same journey as bev, but it started before 2020. i grew up in a socialist family, and it wasn't until i worked in and it wasn't until i worked in a pr agency and had to read all the newspapers of all colours, every day, that i was no longer just in a socialist bubble. and graham, you say it's humans to be able to change our minds, things i believed as a teen. i now know to be incorrect. that's why 16 year olds must never be allowed to vote. >> yeah, but 16 year olds are much more inclined. i tell you, there's a complete myth about this that they're going to vote for labour, because a lot of the teensi for labour, because a lot of the teens i know are so sick of the sort of the wokeism that they see is anti—truth. yeah, that they are very much on board with reform. they are much more right leaning. if labour bring that in, it will bite them. >> i had a next door neighbour recently come to me and say i can't believe my son. he's 16 i

think, or 15. apparently he's just flicking through social media all the time. loving reform clips nigel farage on instagram, tiktok especially. they really are tapping into that cohort. >> yeah, what else have you been, telling us? in fact, we've got a bit of breaking news at the moment, so four welsh government ministers, mick anthony, julie james, leslie griffiths and jeremy miles have resigned from the welsh government, saying the first minister vaughan gething must leave office. wow. interesting. because of course he had the vote of no confidence against him just a few weeks ago before the election, in fact. and he sat there effectively saying, i'm not going anywhere. and that's obviously an evolving story. we will let you know what happens with that labour administration. >> of course, sounds very democratic. anyway, moving on. sticking with labour, sir keir starmer has announced a review of the armed forces to help prepare the country for what he calls a more dangerous and volatile time. >> so this review is set to examine the current state of the armed forces and what we need to do to address the threats faced by the country. >> but will we finally see the

prime minister announce a date for spending of 2.5% on national income? on defence, a boost of course, from the current levels? >> so our home security editor , >> so our home security editor, mark white, joins us now, there's sort of certain sentences , mark, that make my sentences, mark, that make my blood run cold. and this is another review a review. why do they need a review? how long is it going to take? can't they just make a decision? >> well, yes, indeed. and critics of the defence reviews that have taken place on a regular basis over the years will say that all it really is, is an exercise in continuing to hollow out the defence forces of this country, because following every defence review, we always have a number of ships retired and other capability goes because we need to focus on other things. we need to focus on things like cyber or drones of course is the next thing, isn't it? we need to get drones, but what's the thing about drones? there's so much cheaper, aren't they, than providing tanks and aircraft and ships when you can provide lots of drones and this , according to drones and this, according to some, is the answer to a lot of

what the troops are facing on the battlefield. that's only one aspect. the war in ukraine shows you that actually the attritional war involving the large numbers of troops and the tanks and the artillery is still very much required and these are the aspects of defence in this country that have continually being hollowed out and are continuing to suffer as at the moment we're sending quite a lot of munitions and other weapons off towards ukraine to help them out. >> i mean, labour have been in opposition for a long, long time. they've probably known they were going to take government for a decent chunk of time as well. shouldn't they already have got a good idea of what we need, how many missiles we need, how many drones we need? where are we going to source them from? >> yeah, i mean, i think to be fair to them, you know, they say they don't have sight of the books and they are not really as sort of plugged in, clearly for security reasons to all of the capabilities and the potential

weaknesses and capabilities that need to be addressed. i think the one of the big issues going forward for the military that has hung over defence in the uk and elsewhere around the world for a long time, is the way in which we go about, deciding on the weapons that are required, the weapons that are required, the procurement processes that can drag out for long periods of time, and the money, the cost of the equipment that is being bought can spiral really out of control. if we look at the ajax , control. if we look at the ajax, fighting vehicle that has been a long time and still not fully developed, and on the battlefield yet only starting to get the first few, of around 600 of these fighting vehicles at a cost of more than £5 billion, that cost spiralled out of control. and one of the big problems in defence is just the long lead time that it takes to come up with a concept, to develop it, to build it, and all

of the time you have the likes of the time you have the likes of the, you know, the generals and the admirals who decide that, we'd like this new piece of equipment to do something else new. and shiny that just drags out that sort of process of development and build even longer, and adds to the cost . longer, and adds to the cost. >> okay. thank you mark. it's interesting, isn't it ? now interesting, isn't it? now joining us is defence analyst and former british army officer, lieutenant colonel stuart crawford. good morning. stuart. good morning . crawford. good morning. stuart. good morning. is it crawford. good morning. stuart. good morning . is it necessary to good morning. is it necessary to enact a full review at this stage, as ben said, labour have known they were coming into power. shouldn't they hit the ground running on such an important issue? >> well, it does sound as if they're playing for time here, actually, because there's been plenty of plenty of opportunity for them in opposition to come up with some sort of outline plan at the very least, and how it might go about fulfilling the government's defence commitments and priorities. >> and so it's a bit

disappointing. the other thing that i find slightly ridiculous is that it's going to take up to a year to do this defence review , a year to do this defence review, when some senior military people have said, well , really, we have said, well, really, we should be able to do it in about six weeks and some would say even that is too much time. i think , labour government is think, labour government is buying time here because it doesn't really know what it wants to do. and the 2.5% of gdp, while a statement of intent is a bit of a red herring, in this debate, what we need to do and what all defence planning should revolve around is identifying what the threats are working out, what sort of armed forces we need to counter those threats, and then seeing if we can afford to pay for them. the answer to the last question is almost always no. and so it becomes an iterative process whereby you get round, go round and round and round and round about until you come up with some sort of affordable plan, >> the gentleman charged with conducting this review is george

robertson . so he's a former nato robertson. so he's a former nato secretary—general he's going to be having beside him, of course, new defence secretary john healey, what do we know about george robertson? do we know whether does he have political affiliations? is he quite hawkish? what do we know about his his take stewart, if anything. >> well i mean i know george robertson and have spent some time with him and in fact he's beenin time with him and in fact he's been in the dim and distant past. he was incredibly rude about me. in the media. but that's fine. you know, those things are all settled now. i think he's probably an ideal chap to do it, down to earth. he's been secretary of state for defence. he's been secretary—general of nato. he has labour party affiliations, of course , which will be part of course, which will be part and parcel of him being, chosen to, to do this role. and i think his two deputies, if you like, general sir richard barrons, it will be perfectly adequate as will be perfectly adequate as will doctor fiona hill, who's an impressive woman looking at her cv, even although she is a us

citizen. >> now, stewart's practically what do our armed forces need? do we need drones? do we need tanks?is do we need drones? do we need tanks? is there anything that we could get moving with now whilst this review is undertaken ? this review is undertaken? >> yes, indeed. i've, i have written about this, previously, and i think that there are two things. two major priorities, that could be dealt with straight away. the first is that we need to start taking care of our service men and women better, it's not so much a pay issue as it is a conditions of service issue, and we need to sort out what happens to them when they leave uniform service and come back into civilian community, because at that, at the moment is palmed off on various charities which overlap and have multiple chief executive officers and has just done very badly compared to the way the united states does it. and the way that australia does it. for example, the second thing priority is we need to sort out the absolutely appalling defence equipment

procurement system in the mod, which is a byword for waste and delay. mark there mentioned the ajax programme 589 vehicles ordered 14 years late, approximately, and the best part of £5.6 billion spent and not one vehicle yet in service. and worse than that, the equipment that's meant to come into the communications fit is going to be delayed even longer, so it will be obsolete before it's introduced into service. >> whose fault is that ? stuart? >> whose fault is that? stuart? because that that blows my mind . because that that blows my mind. who's responsible for that sort of waste and delay ? of waste and delay? >> well, i mean, it would be easy for me to say the system, but that's not the case. the people responsible are the senior civil servants and the senior civil servants and the senior military officers who are responsible for those programmes. the problem with the military officers is that their postings into positions where they make those sort of decisions are between 2 and 3 years, and with projects taking

up to ten years and beyond from inception to delivery, there really are just passing the parcel and hoping that they're not holding it. when the music stops, >> brilliant. thank you. stuart. it's a racket, isn't it? the military industrial complex. it's an absolute racket. you've got somebody like lieutenant colonel stuart crawford there talking about look after people and get rid of the waste. how terribly old fashioned. >> i have noticed recently. i'm not sure if you guys are home. have the british army new adverts which have returned back to normal. you know , british to normal. you know, british soldiers fighting in the field. none of this sort of woke praying in the field stuff or appealing to minorities. it's just back to basics. and i'm not surprised because they're struggling to recruit people. right. >> up next, do we need to cut immigration numbers as they fuelled the biggest population rise in 75 years in england and wales , with britain's newsroom wales, with britain's newsroom on

gb news? >> hello. welcome back. it's 1020. ben and bev with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. now, before we get stuck into some of the other news stories of the day, we have a very funny clip to show you from america. >> so this is a grammy nominated country singer called ingrid andress, and she delivered what's being dubbed the worst ever national anthem. last night, she was a baseball match in texas. have a listen to this. and the rocket's red glare. >> the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there . that our flag was still there. >> emily young, is she ? >> emily young, is she? >> emily young, is she? >> oh, say, does that star spangled banner yet wave .

spangled banner yet wave. >> here we go, you go, go . o'er >> here we go, you go, go. o'er the land of the free. oh, bless her. hello home of the brave. >> well , that was brave. i >> well, that was brave. i presume she's quite a good singer in real life. i mean, can you imagine standing there with a camera, though? you'd be trying not to laugh. >> i saw in the longer clip you saw the athletes, the baseball players all trying to hold their line. i feel i feel terrible, i feel sorry for her. i don't want to laugh at her. >> not that sorry that you didn't want to play it, though. obviously she's 32. i thought she looked a lot younger than that, but anyway, makes you all feel better, right? we're joined in the studio now by former labour candidate susie stride, new to the show and piers pottinger, of course, a political commentator favourite of the show. i was going to say neil nearly said one of our old faces there, but i sounded like it might have been a bit offensive, right. piers, i'm so

glad you're here. let's talk about water firms in england and wales being investigated over sewage spills, about time too. >> yes. >> yes. >> long overdue. >> long overdue. >> they're defiling our rivers in the most horrific way . and of in the most horrific way. and of course, at the other end of the spectrum , they seem to award spectrum, they seem to award themselves bonuses of for doing just this. i think actually dunng just this. i think actually during the election campaign, the best policy on this front was from count binface, who won as part of his manifesto, was that water executives would be forced to have a dip in their local rivers, every day until they were clean enough for everyone else to swim in them , everyone else to swim in them, and although that was, of course, a joke , it was actually course, a joke, it was actually a very good idea, because i think it's long overdue that these water companies are held to account. and i'm afraid it's one of the privatisation areas particularly, and probably the worst example of privatisation. not working because these water

companies, most of them i mean, thames water is virtually bust and is being it has to be protected. and some of the regional companies i think south west water has probably the worst record of anyone when it comes to sewage in rivers, water as well. southern water, they but i mean, whichever water company, you will not hear anyone say anything positive about them. >> no, it's just vile, isn't it? southern water, where i live, they've been fined tens of millions of pounds. is that enough, suzy? do we need some legislation which criminalises the chief execs of these companies? >> yeah, possibly. i mean, you know what it makes me think of is erin brockovich. you know, that film. and i'm just like. and then we're in 2024 and this is happening in this country. and then they wanted to charge customers for this , you know, customers for this, you know, sewage filled water, which is just a disgrace . but yeah, maybe just a disgrace. but yeah, maybe i mean, i think we need to come down hard on them. i think it's a disgrace. i think, you know, 20 years from now, people will

look back and say, how did we put up with this for so long? it is a disgrace, and yeah. so yeah, i wouldn't have a problem with that . with that. >> as peter says, it's one of the issues, isn't it? if you're privatising something, the shareholders need paying , but it shareholders need paying, but it just seems that they have pillaged this particular industry peers and have been able to just sort of get away with it with impunity under a conservative government. who's to blame for that ? to blame for that? >> well, yes, i know everyone always has to blame someone. but i mean, the answer is the water companies themselves, they're not well managed. clearly yes, they have obligations to shareholders, but their primary obugafion shareholders, but their primary obligation and this is absolutely crystal clear in their in their licences is to their in their licences is to their customers and, and the environment and you know, you cannot run a water company and get away with the kind of stuff they've been doing. and i think they've been doing. and i think they have no what's more is when

they have no what's more is when they come to defend themselves, they come to defend themselves, they have no defence, but they are well managed if you're a shareholder. >> and that's the issue, isn't it? if you're a shareholder, you think that is brilliantly managed because you've had dividends of hundreds of millions of pounds. >> well, yeah, exactly. and this is where something has gone incredibly wrong. and my hope is that a labour government now, steve reed will deal with this. and the future of water in this country will not look this way. and it won't look like certain people getting loads of money and actually customers getting a really poor deal. and then people having to swim in sewage infested. >> susie, i mean, as you said, they have no defence, but i've heard a defence being that the infrastructure just can't handle the load, which sorry to point everything back to the migration, but points back to too many people being here. lots of people saying that that's not mentioned enough in this water debate. so you're lauding a labour government, but you know , labour government, but you know, it's argued they want to open the doors to even more people . the doors to even more people. so how is that going to. >> no, i think look, ultimately they can say this infrastructure goes back to victorian times, but they have they have had the

responsibility to oversee. look, if we were overseeing the water companies, i mean, would we allow the infrastructure to get this way? no, we would have invested back in and made sure that actually water wasn't being pushed out into parts of devon where kids are getting sick. what a disgrace. i'm sorry, i don't think this is about immigration. i think that's very, very far fetched. no no, i think what this is about is greedy people that are very, very wealthy that haven't had the integrity to invest back in, and i'm just a bit like, i'm proud of this country. i'm proud to live in this country. when i go to other countries, i want to say, we've got great water in this country. i'm like, who are these people that they've allowed this to happen? and yeah, i don't think it's about immigration. i think the finger points very clearly to these execs who are paid big bonuses out to their shareholders. and actually, you know, the way aheadis actually, you know, the way ahead is quite clear. >> but actually immigration is relevant because it's put an enormous pressure on all public services and including house building, the nhs , transport, building, the nhs, transport,

everything since the labour party opened the floodgates to immigration in 1997, 10 million people have come into this country. 10 million. now, that is an enormous percentage of our total population. and that, of course , puts pressure on every course, puts pressure on every pubuc course, puts pressure on every public that affects the capacity of the water system. >> susie. that's. >> susie. that's. >> yeah, i mean, look , again, if >> yeah, i mean, look, again, if you look at this as a pie chart, then clearly i agree that will be part of the pressure. but i'm saying let's not forget that these people had decisions to make. they sat in rooms they could have invested in the infrastructure, and they chose to . not they chose to give to. not they chose to give bonuses out. and but i agree with you. look, this is why, you know, a labour government is now saying these are the things that we're going to do. you know, these are the steps that we're going to take an idea, what are you going to build any more reservoirs? >> because we haven't had any reservoirs for 35 years. and that's because local areas say, i don't want the reservoir in my area. i don't know why reservoirs are lovely. you can

windsurf on them and paddle board on them, and they're a fantastic leisure facility. as well. yeah. are labour going to build more reservoirs and put them through planning, whether them through planning, whether the local. >> i mean, i'm going to be honest with you, i don't know, but i agree with you. i think it's a great idea. i mean, i'm sure i can ask steve to see what he's saying on that, will you? but he sounds like he sounds like a great idea, but i'm not sure if that's. i mean, look, ultimately. what from from what the experts are saying. almost the experts are saying. almost the most important thing here is number one, that these companies are held to account. number two, that we start to invest in the infrastructure. so you don't get these overspills of sewage into rivers. >> i think two things can be right at once. you can have a population explosion, and you can have a group of water company execs who don't give a damn about the quality of our country's waterways. talking of immigration, immigration has fuelled the biggest population rise piers in 75 years. new figures from the ons show that the population rose by almost 610,000 to 60.9 million between mid 2022 and the middle of last yeah mid 2022 and the middle of last year. that was the biggest increase since 1949, when records began. yeah i mean, it's shocking and obviously the conservatives have completely

failed to control this despite all their promises. >> what worries me is what the labour party is going to do because they don't . i mean, this because they don't. i mean, this idea of border control command, i mean that more or less exists already and other than that, they don't seem to have any ideas. they don't seem to have any ideas . and the floodgates, i ideas. and the floodgates, i fear, will be open again. and this isn't going to get better. and do you realise that as we've been speaking, we've already had about ten illegal immigrants come into the country illegally, let alone the others legally, a thousand since labour took power. >> but i mean, the illegal migration, of course, is a security risk, but it's a drop in the ocean compared to legal migration. >> absolutely. and the legal, immigration problem is only going to get worse, as indeed the housing situation is going to get worse because a building 1.5 million houses as a target

is, first of all, a pie in the sky target, but is absolutely vital. just for where we are now, let alone in five years where we could have another 5 million people wanting houses from where we are now. so the whole thing is becoming, i mean, unfortunately, a lot of the laboun unfortunately, a lot of the labour, plans at the moment are for where we are now rather than what we need in the future . what we need in the future. >> suzy, are you optimistic or do you even want labour to clamp down on legal migration? >> so just two things there. so on the housing look, i mean ultimately where we've been at over the last ten years is we just haven't really built houses. i think what is going to happen now is exciting. you know, we are going to i mean, we're going to build on, you know, the new grey belt. we're going to build 1.5 million homes. i even wonder if we exceed that target as things get going, because we want this to happen, don't we? you know, you know, we don't want our children to not be able to get, do we? >> they're trying to build a 500 house development on some lovely green space down where i live in

sussex. do we want that? i don't want that. >> i think, look, i mean, nimby, you know, it's really interesting. you know, it's really interesting. you actually you don't have to be called a nimby to say that when we build, we want to build well and we want to build intelligently. so i live on the isle of dogs. it's like the most, you know, densely populated area in europe. and they want to build ,1,400, westfield printworks, 1400 units. that's not building. well, that's not sustainable. that's not good for the local community. so i'm with you on this. i think it is nuanced, but i do actually think that our plans for building i mean, look, it's going to be a million times better than the last 14 years of what we've seen. but i also agree with you. we've got to go further. >> yes. all right. well, yeah, i don't think it is nuanced for a lot of people. i don't want more people here, and i don't want toytown new build estates ruining my beautiful, home. so no. what do you think are quite clear? >> what do you think at home? let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay. thank you. susie. thank you. pierce, we've got to go to the news. now. here's sam. >> good morning. 1032, the top

story from the newsroom this morning. four welsh government ministers have resigned , putting ministers have resigned, putting pressure on first minister vaughan gething to quit. mick anthony, julie james, leslie griffiths and jeremy miles say they can't continue under his leadership. the first minister has been heavily criticised over a donation he accepted during his campaign to become leader, and he lost a confidence vote in the senate last month. a major assessment of the uk's future military needs has begun to deal with what the prime minister is calling a more dangerous and volatile world. sir keir starmer is promising to bolster what he's described as britain's hollowed out armed forces , but hollowed out armed forces, but won't say when spending on troops and equipment will increase to 2.5% of gdp. it comes as the new defence review chief lord robertson, is warning of a deadly quartette, telling the telegraph that china, iran, russia and north korea remain a threat to the west. donald trump, sporting a bandage on his ear, has received a standing

ovation from his supporters in wisconsin. two days after an attempted assassination. >> we are grateful for you to be our nominee for the 47th president of the united states of america . of america. >> he appeared at the republican national convention along with the man he's chosen as his running mate for the election , running mate for the election, j.d. vance, who once called trump an idiot and compared him to hitler, will become vice president if he's re—elected and enters the white house after the vote in november and on one of the last people to hear from british teenager jay slater says she is lost for words following yesterday's discovery of a body in tenerife . lucy law was on in tenerife. lucy law was on houday in tenerife. lucy law was on holiday with the 19 year old when he disappeared four weeks ago and spoke to him when he was lost. in a post on social media. she's described him as one of a kind. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam

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pictures, weren't you? >> of jersey, the channel islands, beautiful. i've never been absolutely beautiful. >> i need to go, though. how long until gatwick, say, to jersey? guernsey half an hour. >> 35 minutes on the plane. and it's like caribbean beaches. honestly, i cannot recommend it. enough excitement, though, is brewing in guernsey. the king and queen are in town . look at and queen are in town. look at the people lining the streets. it's like the 1950s over there. this is britain's newsroom on gb news

>> hello. welcome back. 1038. it's ben and bev with you on britain's newsroom. i'm standing in for andrew pierce for this week. a quick email from valerie. you say thames water sold most of its reservoirs when it built the london ring main, a main road, and made a handsome profit from all the building companies. ben, by the way, on the subject of building down here, i read in the local rag that worthing. that's where i'm from in west sussex, is a town with some of the least green

space in england. who'd have thought it? indeed. and yet they are still trying to build this massive housing development down there. horrible new build estates made of mdf and plywood, no character whatsoever . so i'm no character whatsoever. so i'm not ashamed of being a nimby. i'll keep saying it. >> okay, the king and queen are on the second day of their tour of the channel islands, but their visit to jersey was cut cut short yesterday due to a security alert. >> our royal correspondent cameron walker has the story. >> what happened , the moments >> what happened, the moments the queen was hastily ushered to safety following a security alert in jersey's capital, saint heuen >> she and her husband king charles, forced to cut short an engagement showcasing the island's industries and net zero targets in an open air location. royal sources have now confirmed . royal sources have now confirmed. after every precaution was taken, which appears to include taking cover in a nearby hotel . taking cover in a nearby hotel. the small issue of concern turned out to be a false alarm, and their majesties resumes the day as normal . the king and day as normal. the king and queen are on a two day visit to

the channel islands, their first since charles's accession, and represents the special relationship the royal family has with the bailiwicks, which dates back to the 1100s. the mace gifted to jersey by charles ii way back in 1663, took part in yesterday's special ceremony with king charles the third in royal square. >> the bailiff , i royal square. >> the bailiff, i am most grateful to you to and the states for the warm welcome you've extended to both my wife and myself , you've extended to both my wife and myself, and for the assurances of devotion, loyalty and allegiance to the crown you have expressed on behalf of the people of jersey. >> pomp and pageantry, as well as heavy rain, follows the king and queen from the uk. a royal gun salute was fired by the 1781 militia before the king met local lawmakers , and homage was local lawmakers, and homage was paid. the royal couple gifted locally laid duck eggs as a

symbol of sustenance, as well as seven jersey cows, which will be taken to the king's highgrove estate . although the queen got estate. although the queen got a bit of a shock when two of them started the breeding season early , they finished the day early, they finished the day with a tea party attended by veterans, royal patronages and emergency service workers. today charles and camilla travelled to guernsey for an ancient ceremony in honour of the island's monarch, cameron walker. gb news was shot navalny how lovely cameron. yeah, it is a really lovely and i think the channel lie—ins have such a historic link with the british royals dating back to henry the first in 1106, where he sees the channel islands for himself and the king's actually known as the duke of normandy in the channel islands, because he , you know, islands, because he, you know, his ancestor sees the duchy of normandy. but there's going to be this really special kind of ancient ceremony later this

morning, which is strange because it's all done in french . because it's all done in french. and i spent a year working in the channel islands, actually, and what was funny to me is you can stand on the north coast of jersey, which is where they were yesterday, and you can see the coast of france. it's so much closer to france than it is to britain. and yet they belong to the british crown and islanders are so loyal to the british royal family and the british crown. it's just really interesting to see they are beautiful islands and they are quite sort of kept in a sort of little pocket of time, aren't they? >> in some ways i was joking about the fact they looked like the 1950s, but it is a little bit sort of very, it's very conservative, really small c conservative, really small c conservative communities. >> there . yeah, it absolutely is. >> and also, it was the only part of the british isles that was occupied by nazi germany dunng was occupied by nazi germany during world war two, and yet they stay true to the crown. we're kind of part of the resistance as well. and they celebrate their links to the united kingdom every year because their crown dependencies are not part of the united kingdom. they're self—governing. but of course, they still have

the king as head of state. and they've got some very special cows as i'm sure you saw, if you like, that. i think she did. she loved it. >> she's got a good sense she lost her. >> yeah, she definitely laughed a lot. >> let's see what some of the crowds in guernsey said today while they were waiting for the royal visit. here they are. >> come here early because my whole family loved the royal family, so we thought we'd get it here nice and early to get front row seats. >> we're really excited. so we got up really early this morning and got all of our picnic stuff packed up, and we're ready to go. well, he's the same age as me, and, i've always liked him and, i believe in the royalty . and, i believe in the royalty. >> i've come really early because i'm so excited to see the king, and it's going to be my first time we've sailed a yacht over the channel last thursday, and we've been staying here in the marina waiting for this event. >> and i'm here first because i'm so excited to see them . i'm so excited to see them. >> so, cameron, elsewhere, it's the king's speech tomorrow and a very special birthday. it is one of the royal cohorts who

yesterday's opening of parliament. >> but it's also the queen's 77th birthday. so although the king clearly still undergoing cancer treatment, had a very busy start of the week, he's going to come back to london tomorrow to wear the imperial state crown, to read out the labour government's speech in the house of lords tomorrow there's going to be a 21 gun salute, 221 gun salutes, actually, or 42 gun salutes in green park, one for the state opening of parliament, but the second one for the queen's birthday. so the king's troop, royal horse artillery have got their work cut out. tomorrow. but you're going to get we're going to get the pomp and ceremony and the carriage ride from buckingham palace past horse guards parades to the palace of westminster as well. the king very much keeping calm, carrying on. he would have been given the speech, of course, written by the government, but delivered by the monarch. it's that tradition again, isn't it? in a politically neutral tone. >> he doesn't sort of give any allegiance either way. what do you think the queen will be up to on her birthday? how will they be celebrating? >> well, i think she's going to be very much stuck, i'm afraid. on royal duties with the king. so she'll be sat next to him

within the house of lords. but i'm sure there'll be some kind of private party, either in clarence house or elsewhere tomorrow evening. i think the queen likes a party, doesn't she? so it will be surrounded by close friends and family. >> yeah, she does seem good fun. and i, you know, camilla, the queen has taken a lot of stick over the years. not least for the diana situation. but i really admire her because she's reinvented herself over the years. she's taken it on the chin. the criticism, and she's kind of got on with her job quietly and with dignity. and i mean, recent polls i saw a few months back showed that she was really sort of rising in the ranks. and when you compare, i hate to bring things back to meghan markle, but when you compare the similar treatment meghan markle got, they kind of responded differently, didn't they? >> yeah, i was going to say exactly the same thing, actually. the fact that the queen, throughout all of that criticism she had in the 90s and early 2000, she kept incredibly silent . she never said anything silent. she never said anything in public. and when you compare that to harry, meghan's quite messy exit as working members of the royal family and them talking about it very publicly, their, you know, woes with the royal family, you can see the difference, i think, in the polling and the love that britain has or the british

people have, mainly for the queen compared to harry and meghan at the moment, of course, they could turn things around. >> good stuff. campbell walker, our royal correspondent expert as ever, thank you very much. >> right up next is kemi badenoch. the answer to revive the flailing conservative party's failing or flailing . party's failing or flailing. both. one former mp is going to try and sell us that idea. this is britain's newsroom

gb news. 1049. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev and ben. >> very good morning to you. now, tomorrow marks the state opening of parliament, where rishi sunak will still be the leader of the conservative party. but there are splits in the party of who should be the next leader and when they should come into power. with some urging rishi sunak to remain in place until november. so alexander stafford is the former conservative mp for rother valley and he joins us now. good morning, alexander , thanks for morning, alexander, thanks for joining us. first of all, why do

you think you lost your seat and the tories lost the election. and who do you want to see installed as the new leader of your party? >> well, i think let's be honest, one of the many reasons we lost the election was partly due to our infighting and disunity over the last couple of years chopping and changing leaders that really didn't help at all. >> but then in seats like mine , >> but then in seats like mine, which clearly was a imminent and real threat from reform , reform real threat from reform, reform took in my seat 7000 votes. so i lost by about 900 votes. so if you do the maths a lot more, if you do the maths a lot more, if you dealt with reform threats, a lot more colleagues would have been returned. >> so, alexander, one thing i don't get is every man and his dog understood that it was immigration, which was the number one issue for tory members and voters . why didn't members and voters. why didn't your party get to grips with it and quell the reform surge before it even got going? >> i think that's a very good question . one with review question. one with review afterwards we need to address. but i think too often we were sort of talking, talking on the right, but actually governing on the left, and we didn't deal with the issue that we had to

deal with, which was immigration. we knew it was a big issue. it was a huge issue. and we need to actually challenge this. we also know labour are going to be so much worse on immigration. but reform had a clear, concise message and that's why whoever the next leader is, these actually deal with that message, deal with immigration and make sure we actually beat reform. >> so as an mp, alex, when you raised that issue to your conservative colleagues about immigration, what response were you given? >> i think we were given a lot of warm words about what was going to happen, and i think we put a lot of store and faith in the rwanda scheme. and i think if the scheme had got off the ground, it would have made a huge game changing difference. and that's why, personally, i was a bit saddened. the lecture was a bit saddened. the lecture was called as early as it was because i wanted, and i was promised that flights would take off over the summer. and i think if we had shown the public that we actually had the scheme, which could work, could actually be a deterrent, we were in a different position. >> so why did he call the election so early? do you think you've got to ask rishi sunak that i'm afraid. >> come on. »- >> come on. >> you're not you're not an mp anymore. you can tell us what you really think. >> i'd love. i'd love to know as well. to be honest, i'd love to

know as well. come on. >> speculate. speculate. i'll tell you what i if i if i tell you what i think, you tell me what you think. i think he just had enough of the gig. he's a family man. he's he's a very rich man. he's got other plans. he wants to move on. he just wanted to get out. he didn't really care what was going to happen to the conservative party >> i don't i don't think that though. i think rishi did care does care about the party, does care about the public. i think we had such a good economic indicators. i'm sure you remember inflation going down to below 2, the economy growing again, and he decided he had to go relatively soon. he might as well go when the economy was actually turned the corner and fight the election on the economy. >> alexander, you're quite right. but all the rishi sunak did was hand sir keir starmer and labour a bundle of economic gifts. inflation is down. bank of england rates are coming down next month. in turn, mortgage payments will come down. rachel reeves taking a victory lap because gdp grew higher than expected last month, despite it being nothing to do with labour. so it does baffle the mind as to why he called the election when he did. in terms of the future of your party, kemi badenoch , of your party, kemi badenoch, should be elected. some are saying, what about priti patel, suella braverman, as she kind of ruled herself out, do you think?

>> well, i think we're actually quite lucky going forward. we've got quite a lot of good candidates in the mix. you mentioned three. you've got robert jenrick, you've got numerous other people. but i think to me, clearly the one who actually, as i mentioned, slay the reform dragon, deal with reform and be that sensible head going forward to unite the party to win the general election in five years time, which i think we can do is going to be kemi badenoch. i think she has the answers. she is sensible. she's liked by the members, she can unite the party and also she understands the threat which reform has not just about election, but also actually making sure that we can rebuild that coalition of 2019 to win the next general election. >> not very keen on the media though, is she? alexander >> well, i'm not sure about that because when i see the media, i think she's really good. she's really fluent. she can speak to the members, but fundamentally she's getting down. i believe the conservative values and that's what matters. we need a proper conservative as leader. >> she does. i agree with you. she does. she does represent conservative values, but she's just she's not very warm, is she? she's just not she's not i'm not sure she's going to win over the public. alex >> well, i'm not sure about that

at all because i've worked with her closely over the last few years, and i think she's a really warm, welcoming, supportive person. you've been supportive person. you've been supportive to me, supportive of so many other, mp colleagues. when i was mp. >> sorry, jake. we're fast running out of time very much appreciate you being with us and all eyes on the future of the tory party badenoch and michael gove, potter aj. some would say a bit of criticism. i like him, he can come in right. >> still to come. pressures mounting on the first minister vaughan gething to leave office for government. welsh ministers have resigned. here's the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news morning. >> here's your latest gb news. weather forecast coming to you from the met office. after a pretty wet day for many of us yesterday, there will still be a bit of rain and some heavy thundery showers as we go through today. the most persistent rain will be early on and that is gradually clearing away towards the east as we go through this morning. elsewhere. then a fair few showers kicking

off, particularly across eastern parts of scotland and north east england. here some of these showers are going to be heavy and thundery, with some hail and some lightning mixed in a scattering of showers elsewhere. driest towards western parts and temperatures still a little bit below average for the time of yeah below average for the time of year. highs of around 22 or 23 celsius at best. not feeling too bad, especially as the winds in the south—east are going to ease as we go through the day. taking as we go through the day. taking a closer look at what's going to be happening this evening and across many parts of scotland , across many parts of scotland, it's looking mostly fine and dry. a bit of rain, perhaps out towards the outer hebrides, but some heavy thundery downpours still continuing across eastern parts of scotland. a scattering of showers, perhaps for northern ireland and then a real west east split in terms of showers when it comes to england and wales through the end of the day, eastern parts likely to see some further showers through much of the day. meanwhile, further west, it's looking a bit dner further west, it's looking a bit drier and brighter as we go through this evening. overnight, we are going to see many of those showers clearing away, perhaps a few continuing over parts of scotland and perhaps 1 or 2 elsewhere. but on the whole

it's looking largely dry and with some clear skies developing, i'm expecting temperatures to drop a little bit lower than you might expect, perhaps away from the towns and cities we could get into single figures, and there could be the odd pocket of mist and fog around first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, wednesday actually looks like a fairly decent day. yes, there will be a bit more cloud and some rain pushing into parts of northwest scotland, and here the winds will strengthen and otherwise we could see a few showers developing as we go through the day. but for many it is going to stay largely dry. there will be some decent bright and sunny spells around and with that it's going to feel warmer than it has done of late with highs in the mid 20s. >> by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

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kingdom. this is britain's newsroom only on gb news with me, ben leo standing in for andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. so a hero's welcome. donald trump has received huge applause as he appeared at the republican national convention in milwaukee overnight. he also picked a new running mate, charlie peters has the latest with a bandaged ear and a hero's welcome, donald trump picked his new vp, but could jd vance spell trouble for britain's relationship with the us? >> meanwhile, president joe biden says his bullseye remark about donald trump was a mistake. he's given his first interview since the attempted killing of his white house rival, called on how concerned i was and wanted to make sure i knew how he was actually doing. >> he sounded good, he said he was fine and he thanked me for calling him. i told him he was literally in the prayers of jill and me , and the sad news from and me, and the sad news from yesterday that a body has been found in tenerife. >> heartbreak for the family of uk teenager jay slater, who went

missing last month. sophie reaperis missing last month. sophie reaper is in jay slater's hometown in lancashire . hometown in lancashire. >> a service will be held here at the west end methodist church tonight as the community comes together following the news that remains have been found close to jay slater's last known location , jay slater's last known location, and immigration has fuelled the biggest population rise in 75 years in england and wales. >> and that's despite falling birth rates . birth rates. yeah, so really shocking figures from the ons there since records began. some many decades ago. immigration fuelling the biggest population explosion since records began and meanwhile bev birthrates plummeting. yeah people not having babies. >> and actually we need to come up with a language around this conversation that it is to okay talk about sensible immigration

levels over a sensible period of time without people saying you're just racist or isolationist, and that's part of the problem. can labour handle it any better? we'll have to see, won't we? gbnews.com/yoursay for your thoughts this morning. first, though, the very latest news with sam francis . with sam francis. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much, bev and ben in fact, thank you very much. and good morning to you. it's just after 11:00 and we start with news from wales. this morning, where four welsh government ministers have resigned, putting pressure on the first minister to quit. vaughan gething has been heavily criticised over the donation that he accepted during his campaign to become leader and he lost a confidence vote in the senate last month. mick anthony, juue senate last month. mick anthony, julie james, leslie griffiths and jeremy miles say they cannot continue under vaughan gething leadership . a major assessment leadership. a major assessment of the uk's future military needs has begun today to deal with what the prime minister is

calling a more dangerous and volatile world. sir keir starmer is promising to bolster what he's described as britain's hollowed out, armed forces, but he won't say when spending on troops and equipment will increase to 2.5% of gdp, as pledged in the labour manifesto. it comes as the new defence review chief, lord robertson, is warning of a deadly quartette, telling the telegraph that china, iran, russia and north korea remain a threat to the west. well, shadow veterans minister andrew bowie has accused labour of leaving the armed forces in the lurch. >> it's really important that the money gets to where it's needed and that's what we would have done had we been re—elected. to say when economic conditions allow , i mean, that's conditions allow, i mean, that's giving a there's no end point to that statement. that could be ten, 15, 20 years. and the armed forces need certainty. the military needs to know whether or not they're going to get the money that they need to spend on the equipment and the and the personnel that they require to keep this country and our allies safe moving forward . and what's safe moving forward. and what's a very tumultuous, increasingly

dangerous world? >> well, as we heard from our reporter sophie reaper, tributes are being paid today to jay slater following yesterday's discovery of a body in tenerife. lucy law, who was one of the last people to hear from him, says that she is lost for words. she was on holiday with the 19 year old when he disappeared four weeks ago and in a post on social media, she's described him as one of a kind. matt smith, a vicar in jay's hometown in lancashire, had this message for his family. >> our message would be that we're the community, have always been here for you and supporting you and praying for you, and that's been very evident in the response that they've had for this family. we're we're standing beside you as much as you need us to be. we're here for you in the us. >> donald trump has appeared in pubuc >> donald trump has appeared in public for the first time since the assassination attempt on him in pennsylvania. the former us president was applauded for several minutes at the republicans national convention in wisconsin. >> we are grateful for you to be

our nominee for the 47th president of the united states of america . of america. >> and wearing a bandage over his right ear following that shooting, trump waved and raised his fist to supporters at the event. and he also announced his running mate for the election, jd vance, the man who once compared him to hitler and called him an idiot, will become vice president if he re—enters the white house after the vote in november . the white house after the vote in november. meanwhile, his rival joe biden , has admitted it rival joe biden, has admitted it was a mistake to tell supporters that it was time to put trump in the bulls eye. he was speaking to lester holt on nbc news. >> it was a mistake to use the word i did. i didn't say crosshairs. i'm a bullseye. focus on him. focus on what he's doing. focus on on on his policies. focus on the number of lies he told in the debate. focus.i lies he told in the debate. focus. i mean, there's a whole range of things that look, i'm not the guy that said i want to

be a dictator on day one. i'm not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. i'm not the guy who said that won't accept the outcome of this election automatically. >> the new labour government says its doors are open to areas of the uk which want to take on more powers from westminster deputy prime minister angela rayner's so—called devolution revolution is promising to transfer more powers out of whitehall than ever before. she's written to council leaders urging them to partner with the government . secretary to the government. secretary to the treasury james murray, though, says the move will benefit the country. >> we know that putting those powers in the hands of local leaders is a really important way of driving that economic growth, and if we can get economic growth up across the country, which is one of our central missions as a government, that's the way to make people better off. >> and just some breaking news to bring you from the world of sport. this morning, we are heanng sport. this morning, we are hearing that gareth southgate has announced he is stepping down as england manager. he says it's down as england manager. he says wsfime down as england manager. he says it's time for change and a new chapter. in a statement released

just moments ago, he said as a proud englishman, it's been the honour of his life to play for england and to manage england . england and to manage england. he says it has meant everything to him. he has given it his all. but as i say, that statement there saying it is now time for change and time for a new chapter. so that news just in to us, we'll bring you more on that as we get it. but we are hearing that gareth southgate is now stepping down as manager of england. >> those are 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. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. did you hear that? breaking news gareth southgate has resigned . he's quit as has resigned. he's quit as england manager after that. >> euro 2024 final music to the ears of some fans. disappointment to the others. i guess personally, let's just look at the figures. 2018 world

cup semi—final against croatia went one nil up, ended up losing the game . the ,2,020 final the game. the ,2,020 final against italy went one nil up, put the handbrake on, panicked, got scared, lost the game 2022 quarterfinals against france. dumped out of the competition spain on sunday, the final again despite clawing our way back to one all again. put the handbrake on, sat back. we lost the game. people love gareth southgate but mainly i argue for his composure. his dignity. he's a very nice guy. i've met him, however, i would argue that he underachieved with the talent in that squad. >> ben, you're being a very professional news presenter here, but would you just like to demonstrate what you actually did when that news broke during the news? come on. do i have it? yeah. do it. it broke. joined the news. and this was ben leo literally doing this for about 90s in the news. that's it . 90s in the news. that's it. that's the real ben right there . that's the real ben right there. >> can i just say, can i just say that said southgate is he's a decent chap. he's a nice guy and he really has united the

nation. however, from a sporting level, i just think like many others, he's vastly underachieved with the talent he's had at his disposal, vastly underachieved with the talent he had at his disposal. >> that's your epitaph for him on this ? i like that, ben. on this? i like that, ben. right. this is what he said. southgate has said as a proud englishman, it has been the honour of my life to play for england and to manage england. it has meant everything to me and i've given it my all carry on, he said. >> but it's time for a change and for a new chapter. sunday's final in berlin against spain was my final game as england manager. i joined the fa in 2011, determined to improve engush 2011, determined to improve english football and in that time, including eight years as england men's manager, i've been supported by some brilliant people who have my who have my heartfelt thanks, who doesn't say anything about underachieving with excellent squad. underachieving with excellent squad . no, i feel i feel sorry squad. no, i feel i feel sorry for him. i feel you don't know i do i, i have empathy for people who lose their job or quit or maybe didn't achieve what they. i mean, he said before the final on sunday, it hurts so much. i want this so much. it hurts. and

again, i'm a big sportsman , i again, i'm a big sportsman, i love sport, i love people achieving and succeeding, and i feel sorry that he didn't achieve what he wanted to. but i think the truth of the matter is, despite being a nice guy, he just wasn't good enough. >> do you think he's too nice? my >> do you think he's too nice? my kids met him recently at the london marathon as well and they said, oh, he was so nice, mummy. he was so nice because you know what? alex ferguson is not nice. some of the best managers in the world. jose mourinho not nice. you've got to have that edge of wanting to win at all costs. and i think he's probably a nice guy, which , let's face it, in guy, which, let's face it, in the fullness of time, is probably better than just wanting to win all the time. >> yeah, definitely. some things transcend sport and but not for the fans. >> it's been so annoying losing all the time, i know. >> well, like i said, i said to you yesterday, i wasn't. you said are you gutted at the top of the show yesterday after losing the final on sunday, i said, well, it's disappointing, but i kind of subconsciously like the nation. i kind of knew it was coming. so you did. you're gutted right? >> let us know your thoughts on that, gbnews.com/yoursay. but let's move over to america again, of course, because a

tearful donald trump arrived at the republican national convention in milwaukee last night. >> he picked bookies favourite, the ohio senator. jd vance, as his running mate. and this is a man who previously compared donald trump to hitler in private. >> yeah, he said it privately. it was trump's first public appearance since that attempted assassination. over the weekend, he was supposed to be dead, of course, but now does he look, have the look of a man who can't lose? >> who best to ask. then our reporter, charlie peters, who joins us now in the studio . joins us now in the studio. charlie, does he have anything to lose? >> well, donald trump certainly cares more about winning than being a nice guy. i think he's very much the opposite of southgate when it comes to american politics. but picking jd vance is a significant move. obviously it's his vice president. it goes without saying, but it's a significant move in other respects as well because of the man's intellectual and ideological background. this is trumpism without trump. now, trump reportedly hates the term successor. he can't see a trumpism without himself. but if

there is one man in the american political sphere who adopts his perspective more clearly, it's him. it's jd vance. perspective more clearly, it's him. it'sjd vance. now, perspective more clearly, it's him. it's jd vance. now, you've made reference to those comments he made in private to a yale law school roommate of his in 2016, a man who's now in the georgia senate, a kind of a low ranking democrat politician, he's been on a significant conversion since then, both political and also religious. he became a catholic in 2019. part of this post—liberal right wing trend you're seeing a lot of in the states where more and more republicans are moving away from that old school reagan era republicanism, the sort of thatcher lite style american politics, more towards caring about the white working class, the tribe that jd vance himself came from and his background. his life story is fascinating. he wrote this book in 2016. hillbilly elegy has been turned into a quite moving film about growing up in sort of post—industrial, depressive ohio and kentucky, where he spent a lot of his summers . now, where

lot of his summers. now, where jd vance is from, more people die from addiction than natural causes. these are the real left behinds in american society. he went to the us marine corps after graduating high school. ohio state graduated in two years summa laude, a very successful student, and then yale law school. now this is a man who was accepted and welcomed into the elite despite his background, but has turned his background, but has turned his background, but has turned his back on it in a way that, you know, trump has never been accepted into the elite. so there is a sort of a difference there. he's also the first millennial on a major party presidential ticket, 39 years old. in a few weeks, he'll be 40. and for months he could be the second most powerful man in the second most powerful man in the world. one bad day away from that most significant position of all. but i think it's his ideological further. that's fascinating. loads of republicans in the states who belong more to that. reagan, the reagan wing, sorry, who are a bit nervous about this pick, who are seeing this as this is pure trumpism now. yes >> i was reading earlier today

about how the democrats, biden, kamala harris, the vice president, will be quaking in their boots at debating this guy because, as you said, he comes from a quote unquote hillbilly background, poverty, addiction . background, poverty, addiction. and yet he's grown up to join the marine corps. he went to san francisco to invest in tech companies. he's been described as being, you know, rough around the edges, but so, so eloquent in his speech. he's smart, he's sharp . sharp. >> he's going to also give the democrats their first new opportunity for an attack line because, as you said, rough around the edges. that's a polite way of putting it. he said a few things that i think are going to give democrats a way in. in particular, around january the 6th, the storming of the capitol a few years ago, jd vance has said that he would have overturned the election result in 2020. there have also been a long list of positions on abortion, roe versus wade that could realign that discussion and that debate into the frontline of politics. but also, most controversially, i think in the current discussion has been his position on ukraine. now he is, as rod dreher, the american

writer, told me last night, he's for cutting off ukraine. he doesn't believe that ukraine should be part of nato. he doesn't think that the us should have signed that $90 billion aid package that went towards fighting putin's war in eastern europe. that's a significant split from perhaps the establishment of republicans who did pass that bill in the senate. rod dreher, that that man who actually helped to propel jd vance into the limelight in 2016 when he reviewed that book, also told me that there's going to be a more of a farage friendly style of politics in washington. but when it comes to other links between the republicans and this presidential ticket and the uk, there's more concern because last week at the national conservatism conference, jd vance was asked and was was talking about a situation where what would be the first islamist country with nuclear weapons. here's what he had to say. >> well, i have to beat up on the uk just one. one additional thing. i was talking with a friend recently, and we were

talking about, you know, one of the big dangers in the, in the world of course, is nuclear proliferation, though, of course, the biden administration doesn't care about it. and i was talking about, you know, what is the first truly islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon? and we were like, maybe it's iran. you know, maybe pakistan already kind of counts. and then we sort of finally decided maybe it's actually the uk since labourjust it's actually the uk since labour just took over. but . it's actually the uk since labourjust took over. but. but labour just took over. but. but my tory friends, i have to say, you guys have got to get you gotta get a handle on this . gotta get a handle on this. >> it's extraordinary. >> it's extraordinary. >> it's extraordinary. >> it is extraordinary. and good luck to the new labour government for making inroads with this presidential ticket. should it be elected to the white house. come november. that's a strained relationship already. it's going to get tougher if he stands by those views. >> it works both ways . >> it works both ways. croissants? yeah. >> sorry to interrupt. no, no, i was gonna say it works both ways. david lammy has said probably much worse than that, that quite tame joke. >> yeah, they've been pretty stark statements from both sides on the us and the uk, but now

they're working together in a particularly tumultuous time and keir starmer is making significant commitments towards ukraine this lot, it could be seen that they're going to slide away from that. well it's clear that america carries the biggest stick of the two. good. sorry, sorry . sorry. >> what were you going to say. no, nothing. >> i was just fantasising about him and david lammy having coffee and croissants and what that conversation might look like. it's an interesting times ahead. genuinely. it's going to be fascinating politics in the next 12 nigel farage, of course, is being mooted as a link between the potentially incoming trump administration, and apparently he helped meet organise a meeting between david lammy and trump's team before labour won the election a couple of months back . thank you of months back. thank you charlie, right back to the breaking news. gareth southgate has quit as england manager after that euro 2024. and i was going to say disaster. it wasn't a disaster. we came second. paul coyte is that a disaster? >> the way we played wasn't great. it certainly wasn't a disaster. you can't lose a final

and be sincere. championship as and be sincere. championship as a disaster . and be sincere. championship as a disaster. but i'm not at all surprised he stepped down. and i don't think this is just the fact of how england played, the fact of how england played, the fact that england didn't win it. after 11 years in charge, it's it was time, and i think i think he knew that i think i think the fa wanted him to stay. there's no question about that. they offered him a new contract until the end of the year. they would have been happy because he's very much an fa man. he's a decent man. he's the sort of person you want to run the country's football team. he's changed everything around england football, which has been magnificent. but the most important thing is how they do in championships. so obviously world cup didn't go as well as we'd hoped. we get to reach the final. we never won that. i think he would have walked away had we won it, even if we'd managed to beat spain. i think he would have walked away. i think it would have been a moment. i've done this long enough, you know. i can now walk away with my head held high. it's the end of the story. but i

think now it's this is just going to be another two years, one too many. and i think people are ready for him to move on. >> i felt sorry for him during this tournament because he had the england fans throwing you know, beer cups at him and so on. but let's look at the record. the world cup in 2018 dumped out of the semis against croatia when arguably we should have at least made the final. >> okay, well let me stop you because dumped out of the world cup in the semis to get to the semi—final of the world cup in itself is not an unimpressive thing to do. >> and what was the route? >> and what was the route? >> well, we should be, but we've been saying that for the last 58 years. >> what was the route to that semi final? >> the route to the semi final. >> the route to the semi final. >> you remember the oh my goodness me, there's a real challenge. >> here we go. you know what. >> here we go. you know what. >> let me tell you we beat tunisia. we scraped past tunisia two one okay. we beat panama. mighty panama six one belgium. we lost one nil, colombia one one. and then we drew. so we won one. and then we drew. so we won on penalties. yeah. come on, we're getting to the semi—finals. was was a given surely. okay. and the nature of

our defeat in that semi we went one nil up i think kieran trippier. that's right in a spectacular free kick. and then in gareth southgate fashion we sat back. we invited the pressure. he panics. the team panics, playing full of fear and we lost. same as the 2020 final. one nil up against italy. we did the same thing and arguably again on sunday. >> i'm not steve holland firstly, so it's not my fault. but second but i am going to come to this as far as the results have gone, i don't think we have been good enough and this is the problem, and i think this is the problem, and i think this is the problem, and i think this is the problem the public have had watching england play and the frustration for all of us from what we've seen over this, over these european championships, is there's so much talent on the pitch , so much talent on the pitch, so much talent on the pitch, so much talent. football is also changing as well. it's more an attacking game than it has been before. gareth southgate is suhed before. gareth southgate is suited to more of a defensive sort of setup, and whether he's actually managed to change his game, i mean, this is the thing, it upsets me when i see harry kane, the way that the stick,

the harry kane has taken, harry kane has been unbelievable in germany this year, has scored 46 goals and all of a sudden, how the hell is harry kane in this side? he's not. it's a matter of playing towards and also suiting the great players you have. we could go through the whole thing forever, but southgate has done a lot for english football, there's no question about that. the way he's run it and the whole mentality around england football team, it was in a terrible state when they lost against iceland and things have changed now, tactically wise and when he's the man that's going forward, i think even he's now thought, you know what, it's now time for something new and i think it's the right thing. and i think he can walk away with his head held high. i don't think there's any question about that. >> who's waiting in the wings for oh my goodness me. >> so i think we can look at all the names that are in there now. the first one we could go in for, how about jurgen klopp ? for, how about jurgen klopp? jurgen klopp would be great and i think people would be very happy with that. but that's very unlikely because he's very happy in mallorca and he's billion pound house and he's quite happy

to sit there. and i don't think the fa would want a foreign manager again. i don't think that's going to be the case. same as pep guardiola. too much money, £5 million on offer. premier league managers are making around 20 million. arsene wenger getting back arsene wenger getting back arsene wenger to arsenal. so that's not going to happen. but but we can look at i think the person there's two really and that's eddie howe. eddie, eddie howe is he's sitting there at newcastle . he's sitting there at newcastle. but then again, is he going to want to leave newcastle, i doubt it. and graham potter is the other one now. graham potter , i other one now. graham potter, i think this is where the smart money is going to be forward thinking manager did very well at brighton. didn't work out for him at chelsea. england. safe pair of hands. him at chelsea. england. safe pair of hands . you think he's pair of hands. you think he's very good with the press. he's a very good with the press. he's a very liked person. >> graham potter, graham potter he's a really good manager. good shout. >> i think he's going to be the man i think. and i honestly believe that the fa have not been caught. they've not been blindsided by this. they pretty knew. they must have known this was going to happen. and there's already been discussions going on seeing the headlines about potter and wizardry being

written already. oh yes . oh yes. written already. oh yes. oh yes. you know, that's going to happen, right? >> thanks, paul. thank you so much. good stuff. so up next, more reaction to this news about gareth southgate and more breaking news. welsh first minister vaughan gething has announced that he is stepping down. well, go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. 1126 a flurry of breaking news coming in this morning on britain's newsroom with me. ben elliott in for andrew pierce for this week and bev turner. >> so just before the break, we told you that vaughan gething has said that he will. the first minister of wales is going to begin the process of stepping down as leader of the welsh labour party and as a result, of course, first minister. >> okay, we're joined now by former labour candidate susie stride and piers pottinger political commentators in the studio. thank you forjoining studio. thank you for joining us. first reaction, piers, to this labour meltdown. i guess in wales. is it a sign of things to

come nationally? >> well, i mean labour has run wales for quite a long time and it's been an absolute unmitigated disaster , and when unmitigated disaster, and when they said he slowly stepping down, well of course you have to go at 20 miles an hour throughout the whole of wales because of the ludicrous speed limit. they put in. i mean, it's a mess and it's extraordinary that at the same time, angela rayneris that at the same time, angela rayner is talking about giving more powers , devolving more more powers, devolving more powers to people like gething. yes, it's a it's an absolute shambles. and the and starmer gave gething his unwavering support just during the election campaign . and here we are a few campaign. and here we are a few weeks later, the his own ministers resigning have forced him out. so it doesn't say much for labour in wales and i'm afraid i feel sorry for the welsh people who are still governed by this shower of incompetence . incompetence. >> suzy, respond to that.

>> suzy, respond to that. >> i mean, yeah, i mean, i think it's good that he's gone. you know, i'm really big on good character integrity. we want good leadership across the country. and, you know, this man hasn't shown good leadership. he hasn't, you know, shown integrity. so i'm glad he's gone.i integrity. so i'm glad he's gone. i think to be honest. you know this for me shows starmer in a good light. he hasn't let this drag out. he's got rid of him straight away, which is exactly what he should have done. well done to keir starmer. >> well has he, has he or has he. >> he resigned. >> he resigned. >> he's resigned hasn't he. i don't think starmer's pushed him. >> it's probably because of conversations behind the scenes saying you need to go now. well sorry to interject keir starmer in as recently as may, said that he he thanked mr gething for his leadership and said he was proud of the party's record in wales. >> i mean, what kind of judgement is that? >> yeah, i mean, look, look, i'm you know, maybe if it was me i would have got rid of him earlier. but the point is, is he's gone now. that's good. you know it does. i do find it concerning some of the statistics that come out of wales, and i think it needs good

leadership there. and i think the fact that the vehicle there hasn't been good i mean yeah, it's not good enough. it's not good enough for welsh people. but hopefully going forward you know, someone good will be selected as the new leader there and we'll see a fresh start for wales. >> let's see what, what he's actually said in his statement. he said he hoped that over the summer, rebuilding and renewal could take place under my leadership. i recognise now that's not possible. it's been a difficult time for me and my family. a growing assertion that some kind of wrongdoing has taken place has been pernicious, politically motivated and untrue. in 11 years as a minister, i've never , ever, minister, i've never, ever, neveh minister, i've never, ever, never, ever made a decision for personal gain. i've never, ever misused or abused my ministerial responsibilities. my integrity matters. i have not compromised it. i regret that the burden of proof is no longer an important commodity in the language of politics, and i do hope that can change. so he's not saying he's done anything wrong, susie. he's not taking any responsibility. he's just saying, this is really unpleasant. i don't like it. i'm off. yeah. it's not. that's not

the statement of a strong man, is it? >> yeah. i mean , to be honest, >> yeah. i mean, to be honest, i've never met him. i don't really know. know loads about him, but ultimately this has happened. it's overshadowed, you know, a lot of what's going on in, in wales. and so i think it's right that he's stepping aside. you know, i mean maybe more things will come to light. maybe he'll be vindicated, maybe he won't be. but ultimately i think it's the right decision to step aside. and hopefully, like i say, we now select a new good leader in wales , which helps leader in wales, which helps wales to have a fresh start. >> well, i mean, it's a complete shambles because you've got all these other resignations. i don't think they're going to withdraw them. are they. immediately these other ministers. so at the moment wales has got no real government at all, probably better than the one they had actually to have. none but no, it's a total mess and starmer actually needs to get a grip on it fast. in my in my view, if he cares about wales at all. okay. >> all right. thank you both, yeah, i think that's a ridiculous resignation statement. either say yeah, i

did something wrong , i'm going did something wrong, i'm going or no, i've done nothing wrong. i'm going to stay here and fight it out. but that's neither one thing nor the other, right? a lot more of this between now and midday. first, though, the very latest news headlines with sam francis. >> very good morning to you. it's just coming up to 11:32. the top story this hour. well, gareth southgate has announced he is stepping down as england manager following sunday's defeat to spain in the euro 2024 final. the former national player turned england boss says leading his country for the last eight years has been the honour of his life. but that it's time for change. fa chief executive mark bullingham has praised southgate for transforming the men's side and delivering unforgettable memories. he says they hope to have his successor confirmed as soon as possible . confirmed as soon as possible. and as we've been hearing that breaking news from wales in the last half hour or so, where first minister vaughan gething has announced he will begin the

process of stepping down as leader of the welsh labour party and as a result, as first minister, his role as leader was under threat after four ministers quit in protest this morning jeremy miles, mike anthony, julie james and lesley griffiths resigned, saying they couldn't continue under his leadership. the first minister has been heavily criticised over a donation he accepted during his campaign to become leader, and he lost a confidence vote in the senate last month . in other the senate last month. in other news, a major assessment of the uk's future military needs has begun to deal with what the prime minister is calling a more dangerous and volatile world. sir keir starmer is promising to bolster what he's described as britain's hollowed out armed forces , but won't say when forces, but won't say when spending on troops and kit will increase to 2.5% of gdp. it comes as the new defence review chief, lord robertson, is warning of a deadly quartette, telling the telegraph that china, iran , russia and north china, iran, russia and north korea remain a threat to the west . and one of the last people

west. and one of the last people to hear from british teenager jay slater says she is lost for words following yesterday's discovery of a body in tenerife . discovery of a body in tenerife. lucy lau was on holiday with the 19 year old when he disappeared four weeks ago and spoke to him when he was lost in a post on social media today. she has described him as one of a kind. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. plenty more on those two top breaking stories this morning with ben and bev throughout the next half hour. houh >> 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 . cheers! forward slash alerts. cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report and a quick look at the markets as they stand this morning. >> the pound will buy you $1.297

>> the pound will buy you $1297 and ,1.1897. the price of gold, £1,883.30 per ounce. and the ftse 100. it's at 8163 points. >> cheers. britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> coming up at noon. good afternoon, britain , with tom and afternoon, britain, with tom and emily. good morning. >> it's the resignation special today, isn't it? it's. >> my goodness me, we're going to be getting in behind what is actually going on in wales. this sensational coup attempt against, well, successful coup against, well, successful coup against the first minister. of course, big problems for keir starmer now. >> yes. massive problems. >> yes. massive problems. >> it doesn't look good does it. is this a devolution disaster that might be my view, but yes, of course we're also going to be talking about gareth southgate. he was contracted till december wasn't he . but he's decided to wasn't he. but he's decided to make this a shock resignation. is it a shock. were you

expecting it ben? >> i know you like your football. >> yeah, well, bev just made me repeat my celebration i made dunng repeat my celebration i made during the break, which was fist pumping and. yeah. >> oh, don't get martin started. he's done a good job in terms of building this team up to ,2 finals. >> being that close to winning two times. i saw dan hodges tweet that in many ways, gareth southgate has been the neil kinnock to whoever is the next blair. you know, getting , blair. you know, getting, getting the party up there, not quite winning but being on a winning streak for next time. >> everything political tom. yeah. >> good point. he's built the foundations but ultimately not good enough to continue. i think that's a fair assessment. >> you will be continuing from midday this afternoon. we've got a lot more to come. we're going to be reflecting on gareth southgate who's going to replace him. let us know your thoughts. britain's

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on gb news with me. bev turner and ben leo. he's here while andrew pierce is on holiday. >> right. a body believed to be that of missing british teenager jay slater has been found in tenerife. formal identification. sorry. no, no, no. formal identification is yet to take place. but the remains were found with jay's clothes and his possessions. >> so in only the last hour, lucy law, who was the last person known to speak to jay dunng person known to speak to jay during a phone call which is nearly a month ago now, has issued a tribute on instagram. she said honestly lost for words , she said honestly lost for words, always the happiest and most smiley person in the room. you was one of a kind, jay, and you'll be missed more than you know, she went on. >> i'm sure you'll have your dancing shoes polished and ready, waiting for us all. we all love you , buddy. fly high. all love you, buddy. fly high. >> so gb news is north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper joins us now from oswaldtwistle, where jay slater is from. more mourning . sophie, this story has mourning. sophie, this story has really gripped the public here. it's every parent's worst nightmare that your 19 year old

son goes on holiday for the first time and doesn't come home. what's the mood there in lancashire this morning ? lancashire this morning? >> well, good morning to you both. incredibly upsetting sentiment shared by jay's friend lucy there. and it's a similar story here in oswaldtwistle. now three and a half weeks ago i was for here a vigil that took place and the mood then it was hopeful that they hung blue ribbons like the ones you can see behind me as a symbol of that hope. they came and they expressed prayers here in the methodist church behind me. there's also along the walls there's messages that were handwritten by members of the community, as well as jay's friends and family who came together. and i'll just read you a few of the more poignant messages. oswaldtwistle is with you all we have hope. jay i can't wait for you to come home so we can see that smile and watch you dance. we are praying for you. and then this one praying harder than i've ever prayed in my life for a safe return of jay . sending lots of return of jay. sending lots of love to jay's family. so

incredibly emotive messages. they're incredibly hopeful messages. however, today that hope seems to have all but ebbed away following the news yesterday that human remains had been found close to the location where jay was last known to have been, where his phone had last pinged. ben, you said there there was also his clothing and his possessions found with those remains. we are waiting still for that formal identification, but it does seem that all signs are pointing towards that eventuality. now, tonight at the methodist church here in oswaldtwistle, there will be another service. but as i say, rather than messages of hope tonight it seems there will be messages of condolence with the community coming together to show strength and support jay's loved ones. we spoke earlier to the reverend of this church to find out how important that community spirit is. at times like this, we're here now. three and a half weeks on. there was the news yesterday that remains have been recovered. what's what's the atmosphere like now, >> obviously we're just

devastated that the news has come that that they've found a body and we're still waiting for the, the for the identification. but hopefully we'll hear from that soon. and just sadness that this is the, the news that we've got. >> what kind of role is the church going to play in the community in terms of getting them through this very difficult time? >> yeah, we hope to be the centre of where people can come and feel safe to come and express what they need to express what they need to express , we're always here in express, we're always here in the community, but at times like this is where we can we can open up our doors and allow people to come and be what they, you know, and be together as well. >> what you can see now, in the last 15 minutes or so, we've seen the first bunch of flowers laid here at the west end methodist church in jay slater's hometown of oswaldtwistle , one hometown of oswaldtwistle, one lady coming to pay her respects,

and i'm sure they will be the first of many that will be laid in the coming hours, the coming days, obviously ahead of the service that we're expecting to take place here this evening . take place here this evening. this is a town in grieving, although we are still waiting for that formal identification. it's a town that three and a half weeks ago had so much hope. it's a town now where all hope has essentially gone . has essentially gone. >> thank you, sophie sophie reapeh >> thank you, sophie sophie reaper. there a spokesperson for the family has told mail online. i'm just reading about this. they said the whole family is absolutely broken. they are devastated. it looks as if he fell from a height, so he would most likely have been killed instantly. and he wasn't there for a long time. instantly. and he wasn't there for a long time . there will be a for a long time. there will be a post—mortem in tenerife and probably one in the uk, and repatriation should be within a week or so. it's all time dependant actually. i think as a family there would be some consolation if you thought that they'd it just fallen from a height, knocked unconscious and sadly lost his life. >> it's a tragic end to a story that's gripped the nation for many weeks. and you know, despite his background and the

news stories and the speculation online, this was just a young kid on a lads holiday partying. and actually some of the trolling online since the news that remains have been found is in my book despicable. yes. this is a young kid. and, you know, i understand there's been stories about his background and what he's done in the past, but regardless, this is someone's son, someone's friend, their granddaughter. sorry, grandson. and i think we should have a bit more respect for the dead. >> right . still to more respect for the dead. >> right. still to come this morning. are you happy that england manager gareth southgate has stepped down? we know you were, ben. the big question. who should replace him? not me . i should replace him? not me. i don't know if that celebration was any indication of your passion them to win. then think maybe you should.

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. 1147 ben and bev with you on britain's newsroom. now, back to that breaking news. gareth southgate

has quit as england manager. >> he led us to the 2018 world cup semi—finals. the euro 2020 final, the 2022 world cup quarter finals and the euros final this year, which we all lost, by the way. >> and he made waistcoats fashionable again. friend of this show . former royal this show. former royal correspondent at the bbc michael cole knows gareth from his days as director for fulham football club. good morning michael, thanks for joining us. club. good morning michael, thanks forjoining us. can i just clarify this relationship you worked for? al fayed. who owned fulham and you were a director at the club. is that correct? >> absolutely correct, good morning ben. good morning. bev. yes, i had the pleasure of getting to know gareth southgate in 2010, i was a director of fulham football club for 16 years, but i've been a fan since the age of 12 years, that's a 71 years ago. so it's a very , very years ago. so it's a very, very long, long time. and, in that yeah long, long time. and, in that year, 2010, fulham got to the first final of the europa league

and gareth southgate was between jobs. it was before he joined the england set up and he was working as a commentator , i working as a commentator, i think for itv, covering our matches. so places like turin and elsewhere, i had breakfast with him and he impressed me immediately as a person of great knowledge. but he wore his, learning lightly and rather like fulham's manager at the time, roy hodgson. he was an intelligent man and a very modest man, and i can say a gentleman. and i think what you saw is what he really is, and then, of course, he joined the england set up, first of all, with the under 21 seconds. and then he was translated to the first team, and as you've just referred to his record there, bev, it's a distinguished one, almost as distinguished as, as, bobby robson and alf ramsey before him. and i'm quite sure he will go on and do greater things. he was just a boy from

crawley. he didn't pretend to be anybody other than he was. he was down to earth, plain spoken and good company and i can understand how well he got on with the players because, he didn't pretend to be anything other than they were. and he was one of them. >> now the universe has just collided to bring us a prince william statement while we have you, michael cole, which is just wonderful. isn't it serendipitous? prince william said this. he said, i want to thank you not as the president of the fa, but as an england fan. and thank you for being an all around class act. you should be incredibly proud of what you've achieved. what do you make of that ? make of that? >> well, i know that prince william wrote that personally. it wasn't by a flunky or a flack. he put his heart into that. and i think it's a wonderful message. and prince william is a fan. i mean, he played football at eton. not terribly well. i'm sure he would say that, he's an aston villa supporter, which means he doesn't go after the

fashionable clubs. he's not a glow fashionable clubs. he's not a glory hunter. and i think that's a charming message. and i think it sums it up extraordinarily well. and you could see how, prince william and his son, his eldest son, prince george, were reacting to our disappointment. maybe we maybe it was a just result. but we can't hide the disappointment, can we, ben? >> no, i like that statement from prince william there as he describes gareth southgate. classy. that statement is classy as well. and gareth southgate is as well. and gareth southgate is a class act. my only point is that i feel he just underachieved and i'm not alone in that. joining us now is sports journalist harry harris. i'll ask that same question to him. harry did southgate, for all his admirable personal qualities, did he underachieve with the squad he had to his disposal? >> well, i think he overachieved, and i think getting to these back to back finals in the euros proved that he overachieved because i think there are numerous deficiencies in the england set up in england

team. certainly tactically, the way they bring on substitutes, the defensive nature of the game, the cautiousness, i think that, he has a very, very talented group of players, and, i think to, to achieve what they did was probably about as much as this particular coach could have got out of them. that's because i think he was actually the wrong person at the wrong time when they appointed him . he time when they appointed him. he only came on board as an interim coach , his record in club coach, his record in club management was poor to average , management was poor to average, and they couldn't get the candidates. they want. and that's going to be the situation now then, you know , the problem now then, you know, the problem the fa have got is you and i might know who should lead england, who would who would actually lead them to a winning end. but they're not going to get them. >> why is it such an unappealing job, harry? >> well, you know, he's had 102 games for tournaments. he's been

there eight years, longer than anybody, and we're still none the wiser to how are we going to get a winning formula since 1966? i mean, we were one of the poorest teams in that tournament. you know, people feel sorry for gareth because , as michael said, gareth because, as michael said, michael is an old mate of mine. i've known him for many years. you know, people are being very polite because they should be. you know, he's a marvellous guy. i've known him for many years and he doesn't deserve , the kind and he doesn't deserve, the kind of criticism, obviously, that eventually he's going to face now because the realism is he wasn't up to the job. >> yeah. okay. thanks, harry. harry, harry, our sports journalist. i don't think you heard my question. i was like, why is it not an appealing job to be england manager? but it's clearly not, is it? >> it is a thankless task. right. that's it from us today. ihope right. that's it from us today. i hope you've had as much fun as we had lots of breaking news. up next is good afternoon britain with tom and emily. we'll see you tomorrow. see you. >> the news never stops, does it not? >> one resignation, but two. what does southgate's resignation mean for england? and what does vaughan gething

resignation mean for keir starmer? >> is labour in chaos? >> is labour in chaos? >> yes , indeed. >> yes, indeed. >> yes, indeed. >> and goodness me, the comments by donald trump's vice presidential pick that britain will be an islamist country under labour. well, guess what? members of the government have already hit back. we'll reveal all. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news good morning. welcome to your latest gb news, weather update brought to you from the met office. heavy showers will affect northeastern areas through today. there is a rain warning in force but from the west it will turn much drier through today. and that leads us into a brief hot spell across the south—east to end the week. that's as a ridge of high pressure builds in from the west through the day. low pressure still affecting eastern areas. that's where we've got the rain warning in force for northeastern areas of england and parts of eastern scotland as well. we could see some very

heavy showers here, but the bulk of the rain and cloud will push away to the north sea and behind it it will turn much drier and brighter across western areas. temperatures climbing towards the high teens, low 20s across some southern areas. so a bit of a warmer day once the sun does come out this afternoon , and come out this afternoon, and that higher pressure is going to continue to dominate as we head into tuesday evening. so that means it will be a fairly fine end to end to the day across western areas of scotland . we've western areas of scotland. we've still got this warning across eastern areas though, so do watch out for those heavy showers. there could be some surface water and localised flooding. northern ireland seeing a fairly bright end to the day. still a risk of the odd shower here and there. it also across parts of central areas of england and into the southeast, but across the west, a bright end to the day and clear skies will become more widespread through this evening. so it's going to be a much clearer and dner going to be a much clearer and drier night tonight. once the last of the rain clears off to the east. so that does mean with clearer skies it will be a fresher night. last night was quite a mild night, particularly compared to recently tonight. temperatures will dip down a

little lower in rural areas, but i think for many towns and cities will be in the lower teens, so not too bad at all with the july sunshine coming up nice and early, it will be a bright start to the day on wednesday, and wednesday is looking like a pretty fine day across much of the uk. there'll be a bit more cloud developing into the afternoon. a risk of the odd shower here and there, but most of us are going to stay dry with some warm sunshine, particularly compared to recently highs of 24, possibly 25 degrees across the south and into the high teens elsewhere . into the high teens elsewhere. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday, the 16th of july. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. gareth southgate. gareth southgate sensationally quits after eight years as

england manager. ,2 finals. >> the now manager for the now former manager bowed out, telling fans their support has meant the world to me. >> i'm an england fan and always will be. thank you england for everything, >> and it's a resignation bonanza today. >> vaughan gething also quits as welsh first minister just four months into the job. >> we'll have all the latest reaction for you. >> elsewhere, a bandaged donald trump defiantly took to the stage last night and announced his vice presidential pick , his vice presidential pick, senator jd vance, who claimed britain will be an islamist country under the labour government . well, as the government. well, as the republicans confirm, their presidential ticket , we'll ask presidential ticket, we'll ask how will this affect the uk ? how will this affect the uk? >> well, it is a bit of a resignation bonanza. anything could happen in this time slot,