a violent mob last night out by a violent mob last night in harehills, leeds. a police car was overturned. a double decker bus was torched as thugs created bonfires in the streets and ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy has addressed the british cabinet, becoming the first foreign leader to do so in person since us president bill clinton back in 1997. we're live on downing street and has summer arrived where you are.7 parts of britain will be baking in temperatures hotter than portugal today. as temperatures are set to soar beyond 30 degrees. and you might be wondering where my lovely co—host is this afternoon. he seems to have disappeared, but i've just heard that actually , he's up there on that actually, he's up there on the gb news rooftop, tom. nice shades. how's the temp?

>> thank you very much. yes, i'm going to briefly take these off, but my goodness me, it's scorching up here. i can barely see. i'm squinting for my life's worth, really? but we're here facing what look like they could be 32 degree temperatures. summer has finally arrived here in london, but not just in the south—east across the country. we're seeing potentially the hottest day of the year. so far, and it does feel like we deserve it after what has been, frankly, some disappointing summer months, weeks of rain clouds, grey skies, no more, they have been banished, for the jet stream has turned a corner. no longer has it been funnelling the warm caribbean caribbean weather to the south of europe. instead, it's inflected upwards and we're facing this glorious, glorious weather and long may it continue so yes, i decided to come up on the roof and even bnng come up on the roof and even bring my shades. >> i mean, tommy, you look like

you're having a fabulous time. why don't we just leave you up there for the rest of the theory? i was just joking. just joking. please come down and rejoin me after the headlines with sam francis. >> emily, thanks very much, and good afternoon to you. it's just after 12:00 and this this lunchtime. we'll just start with the breaking line. we're hearing that police have launched a manhunt after a prisoner escaped from wormwood scrubs during a hospital visit . officers say hospital visit. officers say they are looking for graham gomm after he slipped free from guards on wednesday night at hammersmith hospital. we understand where he was receiving medical treatment. the 63 year old, who was remanded on custody for burglary offences and in prison, was reported of having absconded in the early hours of yesterday morning. any more details on that? we will of course bring them to you, but at this stage we're hearing that a manhunt is now underway after a

prisoner has escaped graham gomm. that is from wormwood scrubs on a hospital visit . in scrubs on a hospital visit. in other news today, cyber security firm crowdstrike says it is actively working to fix a defect. in an update for users on microsoft's windows software, which has of course sparked a global it outage. these are the live scenes of berlin's schonefeld airport, where one of the major transport hubs that's encountering the glitch has grounded flights, banks, supermarkets , gp clinics and supermarkets, gp clinics and even major tv and radio broadcasters are among the many who've been knocked offline. those travelling by rail here in the uk are also affected, with transpennine express, thameslink and southern among those warning of major disruptions. a spokesperson for crowdstrike says the issue has now been identified and it's not. they say a cyber security incident or attack . the president of ukraine attack. the president of ukraine has asked sir keir starmer to show his leadership to and

convince other nations to remove limits on the use of long—range weapons as he addressed the cabinet. this morning at downing street, president zelenskyy briefed them about ukraine's war and said it is possible to destroy areas in russia where weapons are being concentrated. the uk government has suggested the deployment of british missiles is ultimately a matter for ukraine, as long as international law is upheld. well, president zelenskyy says he looks forward to working with the new labour government. >> actually, i hope that this feeling of the new british government's work will open up more share opportunities for us, ukraine, the uk from the first days of the russian war, our people have felt that britain, your people , would not only your people, would not only stand by us, but also help bring victory closer . victory closer. >> president zelenskyy, there . >> president zelenskyy, there. speaking to the cabinet this

morning. in other news, the families of people who died dunng families of people who died during the covid pandemic say a report into how unprepared the uk was doesn't go far enough. the review found the civil service failed the public due to significant flaws in preparations, policy and planning, and makes ten recommendations. but loved ones say they want more detail on how they can challenge, address and improve the capacity of public services . one person has drowned services. one person has drowned after an overcrowded migrant boat began sinking in the engush boat began sinking in the english channel overnight. boat began sinking in the english channel overnight . the english channel overnight. the woman, believed to be from sudan, died and 86 people were rescued by a french patrol vessel. but those on board that boat initially refused help, though in an hour later the boat deflated, throwing many of them into the water and rescue teams attempted to resuscitate the woman, though she did die at the scene. she is now the sixth migrant to drown in the channel in just a week. in the us, donald trump says he had god on

his side on the day that a bullet narrowly missed him. dufing bullet narrowly missed him. during a campaign speech , the during a campaign speech, the former president returned to the stage for the first time since that assassination attempt, with a speech at the republican national convention in milwaukee, as he formally accepted the party's nomination for president, mr trump recalled the moment that the bullet brushed by his ear before telling supporters he would be a president for all americans . president for all americans. >> i said to myself, wow, what was that? it can only be a bullet and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. my hand was covered with blood. >> meanwhile, barack obama has reportedly told senior democrats that he is concerned over joe biden's ability to win november's election. the former president is understood to have told colleagues that mr biden's path to victory has now greatly diminished. it comes after a report in the new york times is suggesting president biden may have begun to accept that he has

to drop out of the race, though at least one person close to the president insists he's not yet made up his mind. president insists he's not yet made up his mind . and a heat made up his mind. and a heat health alert is in place across parts of england with temperatures expected to soar above 30 degrees today. the east and west midlands, the south—east, eastern england and london are all included in the warning, which is in place right through until 11:00 tomorrow night. and with many people expected to take to the parks and the beaches to enjoy the summer sun, health experts are warning people to take care, to dnnk warning people to take care, to drink water and to, of course, wear sunscreen to avoid heat exhaustion . and one last story exhaustion. and one last story for you, and it's a good one. a 72 year old grandmother has been named as alton towers first ever chief ride tester, jacqui smith, who's a noted daredevil from wiltshire, says she's honoured to take on the responsibility of ensuring that the park's rides live up to her high standards for thrills. and she brings an impressive wealth of experience,

having been the first woman to ever join the parachute regiment everjoin the parachute regiment known as the red devils, when she was just 19 years old. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. much more for you after at 1230 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. >> well good afternoon britain. >> well good afternoon britain. >> oh, here he is. >> here he is, my co—host. here on time. >> i told you i'd be here on time. there we go. you've got a bit of colour, a bit of colour up there. yeah. a couple of minutes in the sunshine on the roof can't go amiss. >> well, it is 1209 now. and, to more serious news, other than the weather, which is rather nice, and i know it's not that

nice, and i know it's not that nice everywhere, so do get in touch. perhaps you are out in the garden enjoying the sunshine. let us know, but yes , sunshine. let us know, but yes, this worldwide tech meltdown is really causing chaos across the globe. >> queues are building up at uk airports as airlines are forced to ground planes. >> nhs england is now warning patients that the it outage is causing disruption in the majority of gp practices, and this all comes as broadcasters, banks and even supermarkets are struggling after being knocked offline. well, with the latest is our national reporter charlie peters. now i mean charlie, where do we start? well, the reaction i think is where we should get stuck into first, because it does seem now that the government is firing up its response to this global, it outage to respond to the fact that so many planes, trains, banks, etc, grinding to a halt this morning in britain. >> so we've heard we've heard from the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike that's reportedly behind this issue, saying that they are actively working to fix a defect in an update that it

delivered overnight to windows users. now they've confirmed that mac, mac and linux users haven't been affected by this. so it's specifically on windows operating systems that this blockage is occurring . many blockage is occurring. many users, particularly airports, reported having the famous blue screen of death. when you try and fire up a system , nothing and fire up a system, nothing appears and you just have that blank blue screen. they said that the issue has been identified , isolated and a fix identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. but how long that fix will take and will it capture all of these crises swiftly? we just don't know. so in order to respond to that, in britain, we've heard from the cabinet office minister pat mcfadden, who said that the cobra system, which is the cabinet office briefing room a, which is where they have these meetings to respond to incidents of civil contingency and emergency that system has been fired up to respond to the situation. so that's dealing with issues of national emergency or major disruption. and we've also heard from the transport secretary, louise haigh, saying that she is working at pace with industry

after the disruption that we've seen at railway stations and also at airports. this morning. >> and yet, charlie, this is all stemming from a company of which most people won't have ever heard. that is underpinning quite a significant proportion of business, infrastructure, travel, infrastructure, even banking infrastructure in this country. and further afield. india, another country that's been massively hit. but perhaps that's because they've already had most of their day . perhaps had most of their day. perhaps america is about to experience just how much has been hit over there as well . remarkable that there as well. remarkable that one security update from one basically unheard of company. with a with an error in a line of code, presumably can can upset our entire , so much of our upset our entire, so much of our infrastructure . infrastructure. >> technology. it's a dream when it works and a disaster when it doesn't, particularly on something like working on the cloud. and the core issue at play cloud. and the core issue at play here is that this crowdstrike system provides

cybersecurity updates for cloud information, which is where information, which is where information data and systems are stored on a network which can be accessed by others using that network, particularly through the internet. if that gets disrupted in one way, then there's no local ability for users to access that information. if it falls in one place, it falls for all, which is why so many people are struggling to access cloud dnven struggling to access cloud driven information and software today, throughout throughout the world. >> i mean, to not catastrophize, but could this, could this show demonstrate how vulnerable we are potentially to threats that come through tech, through our tech infrastructure in terms of national security, hostile states? >> and appallingly, london has had quite a lot of time to practice its response to a situation like this, because two months ago, the nhs endured its worst cyber attack in history, one of the worst cyber attacks in british history. really, when a third party that provides pathology information ,

pathology information, particularly for blood tests, was struck by a cyber attack by the killing group in russia, they're still working through that response. thousands of appointments were cancelled. people are still having their blood tests delivered by pen and papen blood tests delivered by pen and paper, and information is being recorded manually . so they've recorded manually. so they've had contingency measures in place to deal with that. we're now going to see this switching beyond just a few trauma centres and gp's in south london to across the country, the majority of gp practices affected. and it's not just going to be blood tests, as we've heard with this killing situation that russia augned killing situation that russia aligned hacking group, this is going to be recording information, accessing scans, the ability to have tests checked. it's going to be way more widespread. but the luck in this case, and it really is luck, is that it appears from all the original reports from the security services and the national cyber security apparatus in britain, that this was not delivered by a hostile state. this is a mistake. this is an error, not a targeted attack . well, await for more attack. well, await for more information confirming that because it has had such a

devastating impact. but the original reports here suspect that that's not been the case. however, it's worth noting, actually, that while we're on this that the chinese state media is saying today, in the last half hour or so that they've not been affected by this outage, now , windows, of this outage, now, windows, of course, is a system operating system used predominantly throughout the whole world. so why it's not been impacted in beijing and why it has throughout the rest of the west. we'll have to dig more into why that's been the case. >> that's very curious. charlie, thank you very much indeed. now we want to know how this is affecting, you know, people up and down the country. we're now joined by someone currently at gatwick airport, a stephanie lake. stephanie, you're at the airport. have you been impacted by the travel chaos , by the travel chaos, >> yeah, actually, our flight's been cancelled. >> we didn't get told that, at the time, we were supposed to fly at quarter to ten, >> we only got told about 20 minutes ago that that was cancelled .

cancelled. >> there aren't any dwelling, representatives here. so it was just the, gatwick staff and. yeah, we there's no way to get in contact with anybody. we've tried the phones. nothing. websites not working. just don't know what to do . know what to do. >> that that, i suppose, explains the real trouble at the core of this is it isn't just in sort of a normal way, as a flight might have had to be cancelled, but the systems work to tell you that it's been cancelled. clearly the systems don't work to communicate with you or to for you to communicate with the team who've cancelled the flight . it must have been the flight. it must have been just hours in the dark. >> yeah, exactly, one of us, has luggage. one of us doesn't. so i went , that was me. i had, hand went, that was me. i had, hand luggage. so i went to try and get through and see if i could, because people were saying that it was because of not being able to check in bags, but they wouldn't let me through either. through security. they sent us back and said we needed to speak to a dwelling representative. obviously, there wasn't one to

speak to, so it's just we've had no emails, nothing. it's just, you know, one of those things, we've just had to go and try and work out to what do next, try and get on another flight. but obviously there are heaps of other people trying to get on flights too, so it's just it's just not sure what to do. >> i mean, stephanie, i hope you don't mind me asking, but were you off on holiday? were you travelling for business? yes. >> no, it was off on holiday, a girls holiday, half of us are flying this morning. half of us are flying this evening, don't know if that's going to work out for them. i hope it does, but we'll we'll see. i guess it's the worst time for this to strike, particularly british houday strike, particularly british holiday makers on a friday of all days. >> right, just as just as schools are closing as well. how busy is the airport around you right now? we can't quite get a good look, but. but is it is it doesit good look, but. but is it is it does it feel chaotic there? >> you know, it's not too bad. there are lots of other airlines that have been letting people through. i think the main ones that seem to be the busiest. i don't know if they've been

struck as well, is welling and, wizz air, they've got the biggest queues , but after that biggest queues, but after that it's kind of settled down a bit now, but yeah, it was it was chaos for a long time. >> and stephanie, are you going to just sort of hang out there and wait it out and hope to get on a flight as soon as possible? >> well, we we've identified another flight. i'm not going to say where in case somebody's listening to this and they're going to jump on it as well. but after this we're going to have a bit of a recce and see what we can book and hopefully get out there today, if not tomorrow. if not the day after. >> well, stephanie, we'll let you get to that and really do hope that you do find another flight, hopefully, considering some of those airlines are still going. best of luck to you and thanks for joining us. going. best of luck to you and thanks forjoining us. stephanie lake there live from gatwick airport. >> oh , being stuck at the >> oh, being stuck at the airport is just the worst. when you're not getting any information and there's no reps from the airline you're trying to fly with, and you're not sure if you're going to get compensation, you're not sure if you're going to make it. >> i got stuck at gatwick once.

did you? the day of the gatwick drone. oh, i was meant to fly to florida and i never got the flight. i was stuck in britain. so you never went to florida? never did. >> i still never did. >> i still never did. >> got it. >> got it. >> anyway, let's get more on this story from travel correspondent at the independent, simon calder, i hope you heard there. we were just speaking to an unlucky flyer in gatwick. she's very much hoping that she's going to get on to a flight soon. but just describe the chaos. >> yeah, it's just absolutely awful. >> and it's not just any friday. this is the busiest day for passengers flying out of the uk that we have seen for five years, since before the pandemic. it is absolute peak weekend. we were expecting there to be quite possibly problems, but mostly to do with air traffic control, and instead we've got this meltdown which is already leading to many , many already leading to many, many cancellations across the world. and it's very easy actually to say what stephanie and everybody else in her position is entitled

to. they are able to get on to the next flight that's available, going to their destination. doesn't matter which airline the airline that cancels your flight is supposed to actually pay for the flight, that probably won't happen, but you can buy it and then claim back. you can buy it and then claim back . and while you're waiting, back. and while you're waiting, the airline that cancels your flight also has to pay for accommodation and meals, but it's an absolutely miserable start. i'm looking at a whole list of cancellations here in and out of london heathrow, the uk's busiest airport. we've got edinburgh, a couple of amsterdam's berlin, zurich, a couple of those, atlanta on delta, new york on virgin atlantic, and up at luton, if things aren't, particularly great, cancelled flights cancelled to athens and to warsaw. and while it's quite possible that, most people, i hope will get where they need to be today , the big problem is

be today, the big problem is that if you don't, even though the law says right, somebody's got to get you a flight, there simply isn't the slack in the system. everything is working absolute full tilt. >> goodness me, simon, it does seem like this is the worst time for this sort of meltdown to possibly have happened. as you say, the busiest flying day of the year. what have we heard from which airlines are most effective affected and which airports are most affected? does it seem to be random or is there a pattern here, >> right. okay so all the airlines have now put out statements saying that they are being affected by this. but it's a very tricky system. i mean, you've been hearing from tech experts. it affects everything from online check in, which many of us are absolutely used to. and indeed on ryanair, europe's busiest, biggest budget airline, you have to check in online or you have to check in online or you face a £55 penalty when you get to the airport . they've now get to the airport. they've now said if you can't check in online, don't worry, we're not going to find you. just, check in at the airport, baggage

systems aren't working, flight dispatch procedures for different airlines aren't working. all of these things are possible. and safety has never, ever been threatened. but the trouble is, we're so used to living in this modern world that things, take just take much, much longer when you have to default to the old analogue way of doing things. and that's what's causing the hold ups. add to that some air traffic control delays and very sadly, it's affecting all airlines. but i can if you take the two biggest uk airlines at their biggest bases and that's british airways at heathrow, easyjet at gatwick . at heathrow, easyjet at gatwick. thatis at heathrow, easyjet at gatwick. that is where i am expecting to see the worst problems, not necessarily because they are especially kind of locked into this software, but simply because there's if i can characterise it like this, heathrow is the busiest two runway airport in the world. gatwick is the busiest single runway airport in the world. and as a result of that, when things

go wrong, they unravel very quickly. >> well, thank you very much indeed. simon calder, you paint a bit of a bleak picture, but let's hope these flights can get going very soon indeed. travel correspondent for the independent, simon calder, do let us know. have you been affected in one way or another? perhaps you're trying to get a flight or a train, or you can't get your supermarket shopping. yeah. anything. let us know all as equally disastrous as as each other, no doubt . other, no doubt. >> but yes, much more to come on.the >> but yes, much more to come on. the programme overturned police cars and a double decker bus burnt to a pile of ash. we're going to cross to leeds as the cleanup begins from last night's riots. this is good afternoon britain on gb news. britain's news channel

good afternoon. britain. it's 12:26. afternoon. britain. it's12:26. and now, before we get to what's gone on in leeds overnight, charlie peters joins us in the studio , our national reporter, studio, our national reporter, for an update on the global it tech outage. >> microsoft have said in the last few moments they've released a statement saying the underlying cause of the outage has been fixed, but there is still going to be some residual impacts from the update to the crowdstrike cybersecurity update that occurred overnight and has led to this it outage. the latest line from microsoft is that the underlying cause has been fixed, and that comes after a crowdstrike ceo earlier in the last hour said that they had identified and deployed a fix to the issue . we'll see if those the issue. we'll see if those two statements are linked, but it does appear that they do believe that the issue has been fixed, but the residual impact will continue for some time . will continue for some time. >> it'll take time to ripple through the system as people have to apply this update. let's hopeit have to apply this update. let's hope it can be done quickly. >> yes . well last night leeds

>> yes. well last night leeds thrown into lawlessness after a long night of violent disorder. >> police cars were overturned and public transport was set on fire as residents were warned to stay at home in the suburb of harehills. >> yeah, i mean, it was truly shocking to see these clips coming out last night. i was scrolling through social media. suddenly these live feeds appear of this violence, people attacking , this police car being attacking, this police car being overturned, and then things seem to get turned from bad to worse. more and more people getting involved. more and more people live streaming the events, getting very violent, appalling, anti—social behaviour and criminality that we saw in this area of harehills in leeds and that the it looked like it appeared as though two men were trying to set this bus alight and achieved their aim, and that now lies in rubble. >> yes, it's clear that the events overnight escalated as time went on and so often, as with these cases, as the night

turned to darkness, the violence increased. we can see the aftermath there of burnt out bus just in the middle of a residential neighbourhood . residential neighbourhood. >> truly shocking and worrying, i'm sure for you at home. but joining us now is leeds city councillor alan lamb, alan, this is your neck of the woods, it truly shocking for the country to . see. to. see. >> yes. it really was shocking scenes overnight in harehills. >> yeah. sorry. >> yeah. sorry. >> i think the, the lie—in is struggling . struggling. >> okay. we just need to recover your line there . alan. it's your line there. alan. it's a little bit jittery, so we'll come back to you , hopefully very come back to you, hopefully very soon to find out what you have to say. but let's have a look at some of the pictures of the devastation last night . devastation last night. >> because really, you can see that what started off as a riot attacking a police vehicle there, there were originally police there. and i understand that the police then withdrew

because there was just so much violence, so many people, causing this unrest that they were overwhelming the limited police presence that was able to get there. >> and that's what was particularly frightening about these events. the police come in, they realise that they can't tackle this. they can't stop it , tackle this. they can't stop it, and they retreat. they retreat completely outnumbered. so joining us from the scene now is our reporter anna o'reilly, with the aftermath, really, i mean, anna, last night's events were truly shocking. tell us what's happening now . happening now. >> they really were. yes. the aftermath of that devastation, that riot that involved up to a thousand people here in harehills, the evidence is behind us. you can see double decker bus completely burnt out, a police cordon still in place, police still guarding the scene now. and police are getting to gnps now. and police are getting to grips with what went on and trying to find the perpetrators. i'm actually joined now by

graham newby. he's a resident of harehills. graham, it was your daughter that first alerted you to what had gone on, because all of this was shared on social media. what did you make of it all? >> well, my daughter rung us up and said, dad, dad, dad, have you seen what's going on in harehills? >> what's going on, love? >> what's going on, love? >> so anyway, i've looked on the social media and i've seen , the social media and i've seen, the bus on fire. >> i've seen which is a couple of minutes walk up here, a police car, turned on its side. not a lot of police here, to me, the police have got a lot of , the police have got a lot of, answers, a lot of questions to be answered , i was speaking to be answered, i was speaking to a sergeant earlier on, and i said it's going to be a different story tonight. they've got something in place with their authorities last night who said, no, go retreat. you know, it breaks my heart. >> 59 years of age, i am i've lived around here 59 years. >> i was born saint james's lived in here, kitchener grove, malton , old lane, which is here, malton, old lane, which is here, moved just just here to and see

my beloved harehills like this. his heart breaking. it's for me. it's come a no go zone area. it's come a no go zone area. it's horrible. it's horrendous. it's horrible. it's horrendous. i remember in the 1970s and the 19805, i remember in the 1970s and the 1980s, they used to come down here. my mum used to go to the bank. we used to go to butchers, we used to go to meeting point. we used to go sit on the bench with hanging flower baskets and look at it. now it's terrible. it's horrible. it's a minority. it's horrible. it's a minority. it's a minority. one becomes five, five becomes 100, other becomes a thousand. >> and what do you want to happen? >>i happen? >> i want peace, i want love, i want everybody to live together in harmony . in harmony. >> as i say, harehills is broken. i remember the 1980s, riots. it wasn't as bad as bad as this. the police got an hold on it. got a grip on it. >> last night they went. >> last night they went. >> you know, as i say, i spoke to a sergeant, and, they said it's going to be different from what it was last night to tonight. we need to come together, why? muslim somalian,

polish. kurdish, iraqis all come together and stick together and talk. no need for this. they'll no need to this. it was a tragedy. what's happened? a young child has fallen in a bad way , social services or whoever way, social services or whoever it was , come to, take the it was, come to, take the children away. and they've reacted to that. give me a children back. and the next minute, five, ten, 20 and then this. all this has happened, as you can see behind us. look at this. there's no need for this. you know, it was caught. it was caught. you know, it was caught. it was caught . you've seen it yourself, caught. you've seen it yourself, love. it were caught. with a lighter, trying to burn the bush down another idiot at the back. it could have blown itself up. trying to lie it, lie it up. it should have been arrested . should have been arrested. should have been arrested straight away. >> and you say it's a no go zone. do you not feel safe? >> i don't feel safe. nothing. nothing used to. i'm 59 years of age now. nothing used to ever bothered me here. nothing. a week and a bit ago, i was walking on the lane, my england shirt on and my england shirt. i try to keep as clean as i can,

but you'll you'll understand tech that bloody bit were more a different word than that. that england top off get out of our area. i've grown up here. were born here. >> we'll just have to leave it there. graham, thank you so much for sharing with us. so yeah, that's graham newby, a resident here of harehills. his take on this telling us that he feels it's a no go zone after what's happened. yeah. >> goodness me anna what a powerful testimony there. we'll be back with you. of course throughout the program, really, really important messages to get out there. thank you very much. yes. >> and don't go anywhere because we're going to speak to leeds city councillor alan lam, see what he has to say about the area and the disturbances last night. that's after your headunes night. that's after your headlines with sam. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 12:35. and the top story this lunchtime. police have launched

a manhunt after a prisoner has escaped from wormwood scrubs dunng escaped from wormwood scrubs during a hospital visit . during a hospital visit. officers are looking for graham. com gomm after he slipped free from guards on wednesday night at hammersmith hospital, where he was receiving medical treatment. the 63 year old, who was on remand for burglary offences, was reported as having absconded in the early hours of yesterday morning. any more details on that story? we will bnng details on that story? we will bring to you throughout this afternoon and the other top story today, of course , banks, story today, of course, banks, businesses, planes and trains around the world have been knocked offline after a major it outage believed to have been caused by a faulty update to a widely used cyber security software . these are the scenes software. these are the scenes live in hong kong. just one of the major airports across the globe where flights are now grounded. screens have been left blank, with hundreds of passengers stranded in departure halls there and now in hong kong, having to manually check in for flights. here in the uk, those travelling by rail are also being warned about severe

disruption, with transpennine express reporting among other rail networks that some people are continuing to have trouble purchasing tickets and the glitch is thought to have originated at a cybersecurity firm called crowdstrike. it's also impacting some supermarkets and medical surgeries, though that firm now say that they are trying to resolve the issue. the president of ukraine has asked sir keir starmer to show his leadership in the fight against russia, as he addressed the cabinet this morning, president zelenskyy briefed the cabinet about ukraine's war and said it is possible to destroy areas in russia where weapons are being concentrated. the uk government has suggested the deployment of british missiles is ultimately a matter for ukraine, as long as international law is upheld . a international law is upheld. a woman believed to be from sudan has drowned after an overcrowded migrant boat began sinking in the english channel. 86 others were rescued by a french patrol

vessel when the boat got into trouble just after 1:00 this morning. it's the sixth migrant death in the channel in just a week . and as we heard just week. and as we heard just moments ago from our reporter, anna riley, a widespread police cordon is in place in a leafy suburb after violence erupted in harehills. vehicles were set ablaze and a police car was overturned late last night, with residents there warned to stay indoors as helicopters and a large police presence responded to the chaos. it's understood the riots were linked to local children being taken into care . children being taken into care. west yorkshire mayor tracy brabin is condemning what she's described as the violent and thoughtless actions . those are thoughtless actions. those are the latest headlines for now i'm sam francis. your next update just after 1:00 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 alerts

>> good afternoon. britain it's 20 to 1. let's return to that night of violence in leeds and speak to leeds city councillor alan lamb. alan, a lot of people will be shocked looking at the pictures that we have been seeing . the aftermath, the burnt seeing. the aftermath, the burnt out vehicles, the scorch marks on the streets, what went wrong ? on the streets, what went wrong? >> well, i'm as shocked as anyone at the scenes we saw in harehills last night in leeds. the reason we're so shocked is because this does not reflect everyday life in harehills and leeds. it is a one off incident, >> from my understanding, the, social care workers were doing their job social care workers were doing theirjob on social care workers were doing their job on the social care workers were doing theirjob on the order of a their job on the order of a judge, to make sure some children were safe, the response of family members and others to this was not appropriate. the police were called and things

escalated from there. >> i mean , alan, were there no >> i mean, alan, were there no signs that this community could erupt like this? >> no . and i don't think i think >> no. and i don't think i think it's really important we don't make excuses or justifications for this kind of appalling behaviour. it is a very diverse community. it's a very deprived community, but this was an isolated incident that then escalated into something much more shocking. so. >> so there aren't any, community tensions then, alan, that, you know, of ? that, you know, of? >> i think there are tensions in every community. i'm well aware there's an awful lot of work donein there's an awful lot of work done in that community. and actually, the a large proportion of the crowds that were seen were people from the community, from different sectors of it , from different sectors of it, trying to call for calm and restore order. >> and yet what we did see was disorder . we saw this all kicked disorder. we saw this all kicked off by a lack of trust, a lack off by a lack of trust, a lack of respect, a lack of understanding of obviously what social services were trying to do in terms of protecting

children. and then that kicked off and escalated and spiralled with further, displays of, of lack of trust, particularly in figures of authority, lack of trust and belief in the police, in the social services . is that in the social services. is that not at the core of what's going on here? >> well, i think, tom, when something like this happens, you have to a make sure you don't have to a make sure you don't have a knee jerk reaction to it, but you do need to look and understand what are any underlying causes that the message i think we have to get across is this kind of behaviour is not acceptable, will not be tolerated. it isn't a reflection of our great city or that particular community. but we've got to stamp it out and make sure it isn't something that's going to happen again. >> well, it's certainly a reflection of some of the members of the community. otherwise it wouldn't have happened. but what do you make of west yorkshire police and their response, what was appalling to see was that the police were so vastly outnumbered that it appeared as

though they were forced into retreat. i mean , that's very retreat. i mean, that's very concerning, isn't it, >> it is, and i think there are questions to be asked of the police response . however, what i police response. however, what i would say is, again, in this kind of situation, the police will be criticised. whatever they did, my understanding is there were no serious injuries, there were no serious injuries, the police had they've been more heavy handed and tried to take a different approach, they would probably have been criticised for that. i think whatever they had done, they would have been criticised, i think we should thank and commend them for their bravery, in these circumstances , bravery, in these circumstances, it escalated very quickly, and yeah, it's not great to see them having to retreat, but at the same time, they need to make sure their officers are safe. they need to make sure the pubuc they need to make sure the public are safe. they need to make sure they've got the right level of resource on hand and the right equipment. and actually, the fact that they had it under control and things were pretty much dispersed by my understanding is about midnight,

1:00 in the morning, there are lessons to learn. there are questions to ask. >> alan, wasn't that just because. >> wasn't that because members of the local community got involved and forced people out, rather than the police taking that action? i mean, did the police come back and sort things out later into the night because it appeared as though and please do correct me if you if you know more about what exactly happened on the night, but it seemed to me that things actually dispersed almost on their own, rather than the police actually dispersing people. >> that's not my understanding. and the assurance i've been given is that had at any point the police felt there was a risk of injury , or serious harm to of injury, or serious harm to somebody or to property. they were absolutely on hand, ready to intervene, and they had to make tactical decisions in the moment. the fact that despite the scenes of the shocking scenes of violence that we're seeing, there are no reports of any injuries suggest perhaps they took the right approach in they took the right approach in the circumstances. time will tell. but if they'd gone in heavy handed with batons and

riot shields and tear gas, i'm pretty sure they'd have been getting criticised for that as well. >> and alan, just finally , what >> and alan, just finally, what can you tell us about harehills as a community? i've been reading. it's got very low educational attainment compared to the national average , high to the national average, high unemployment compared to the national average. this is a troubled part of leeds. >> yeah, i know it well. i drive through it most days on my way into leeds, it is a very depnved into leeds, it is a very deprived part of the city. it is a very diverse part of the city, none of that excuses the behaviour that we saw last night. it is a city that needs support. it's been under a labour council for a very long time, under a labour mayor for a very long time. and in my view, it's a community that's been let down. and we need to we need to support, we need to understand the issues. but this is not a way to express your frustration at the system. it's not a way to express any grievances you have at at the authorities. and we have to be crystal clear that thatis have to be crystal clear that that is not acceptable. >> i mean, alan, do you

understand whether there's been any, arrests since obviously there was a huge amount of criminal behaviour ? criminal behaviour? >> yeah. my understanding is that the police have got extremely good footage, both from their own police watch and from, things that people have submitted online, as ever, there was a lot of cameras about. and i would urge anyone who's got information to submit that to the police. i'm told there will be arrests, and quite rightly, the full force of the law will be thrown at those that were seen setting fire to buses and vehicles and deliberately trying to stoke even more tension than was already there. >> well, let's hope those arrests can be made in quick order. leeds city councillor alan lamb, thank you so much for your time this afternoon. really appreciate it. >> yeah, i mean i feel for the social services trying to work in the area in, in the future. anyway, coming up, students in training to become junior doctors are hitting out at the uncertainty around new allocation systems. this is actually could be quite the scandal actually. we'll tell you

why

>> good afternoon. britain. it is now 10 to 1. and here's a cunous is now 10 to 1. and here's a curious one. this year, medical students who are about to become junior doctors are finding themselves in deeply uncertain situations. >> yes .. this is because the new >> yes.. this is because the new allocation system means many still don't know where they're going to be working for the next two years could be anywhere in the country. >> and here's the most pernicious part. they've had to cope with a change in the system which used to rank them based on merit. and now randomly allocates their ballot allocations. so it used to be that those who scored most highly on the tests would be at the top of the list , highly on the tests would be at the top of the list, and highly on the tests would be at the top of the list , and now the top of the list, and now they're giving a random number up and down the list. >> is meritocracy bad? now? is

it a dirty word? well, there was a bbc report that said the logic behind this is the previous system was stressful for students and was particularly unfair on those from deprived backgrounds and ethnic minorities because they tended to perform less well. >> and so they've moved from merit based allocation to random allocation. >> oh my goodness. so i could study the hardest i've ever studied in my life to try and get the place i want to go to, and then actually, you know, i end up somewhere that i absolutely have no desire to be, even though i've worked so hard, there's no incentive for you to work hard on these particular tests. well, we're joined now by former hospital trust chairman of roy lily, roy, i'm flabbergasted by this news. >> one of these days, i'll come on to this show and you'll give me something simple to explain . me something simple to explain. but let me. let me do my best. >> so you've got a load of junior doctors who finished their training, and they got to go somewhere. so where? where do we send them? well, the previous

system was , as you say, more system was, as you say, more meritocracy. and it was based on, on their achievements. the difficulty with that was you get a lot of very bright doctors that end up in very glamorous teaching hospitals in london and places like that, and getting people to go to other places was more difficult. >> on top of that, the junior doctors were complaining about the geographical allocations because a lot of them wanted to go back to where their families are. >> or, i mean, you know, a lot of them might be married and what have you, you know, so the geographical thing seemed to be important. now, there was a poll of junior doctors and a trial of this new system. 66% said that they thought it would be better. so we did it, well, they thought it would be better. so we did it, well , rather the so we did it, well, rather the nhs did it. i stand back over this . it was nhs did it. i stand back over this. it was them, not me, and 75% of the allocations were okay, and the computer forecast was that they would get 79% of the allocations. okay. so it was

done.i the allocations. okay. so it was done. i think, you know, in the best of intentions. and how do you square the circle of, as you say, very talented people becoming doctors and wanting to continue their careers in glamorous, glitzy places or , you glamorous, glitzy places or, you know, are they going to be prepared to go and working chuffing little downtown nhs trust ? trust? >> i think one of the big issues with this, of course , is perhaps with this, of course, is perhaps the law of unintended consequences. of course, it sounds very nice to have everyone have an equal chance of going to the best place, but there's two potentially very bad things that have come out of this . number things that have come out of this. number one, a lack of incentive to perform well on those tests that were previously used to allocate where people would go and number two, the very best doctors in the country, the very, very best medical students are being sent to the places that they really don't want to go on a on a matter of chance, they're much more likely then to go overseas and not be in the system at all. >> well, okay, let's kind of cut

that into chunks and i'll give you what i, what my view is, >> i mean, firstly there's this question of, you know, where do the brightest doctors go and where do they want to end up? when the survey was done prior to making the changes, they placed a higher emphasis on geography, actually. and so they could go to the geography that they wanted, and that was their preference. now, as far as doctors going overseas , this is doctors going overseas, this is a bit of a mystery because, the junior doctors all talk about people leaving and going to australia and working in the sunshine, but actually in order to go to work overseas, they have to acquire a thing called a certificate of good standing from the general medical council. fundamentally, that's a certificate that says this is this person. they've got these qualifications, this is their medical, this is what they're supposed to be doing. okay. so they get that . and that lasts they get that. and that lasts for six months. and then they can decide to go within that six months. >> they can renew the certificate. >> and bear in mind also a lot

of overseas doctors come here and train here, and they have to get a certificate of good standing to go back to their home countries. now, in 2022, just under 5000 doctors applied for a certificate of good standing, which is you know, it's not a lot when you consider that we are a host to a lot of foreign country training, >> and, you know , and it's gone >> and, you know, and it's gone up a bit since i think it's gone up a bit since i think it's gone ”p by up a bit since i think it's gone up by about a thousand, but it's still not the exodus that the junior doctors sometimes say that it is, >> and yet the reason this story caught my eye this morning was because on twitter , there was because on twitter, there was someone saying that his wife was was the best phd, she had the best scores of anyone in her university . she was then ranked university. she was then ranked 10,000 out of 10,500 people right at the bottom of the list. despite being one of the best students, and now they're considering going overseas. >> the ranking is not to reflect the academic achievement, it's to anonymize the applicants and to anonymize the applicants and to give them the choice of their

of their geography. look, i mean, i don't know really what the, what the solution is to this because, you know, we have a lot of doctors coming out of training. we have we got 215 hospitals. >> i mean , right, it sounds like >> i mean, right, it sounds like this isn't quite the right solution, to me, but, roy, we'll have to leave it there. >> roy lee, always a pleasure. former hospital trust chairman. thank you very much indeed for your time, yes. law of unintended consequences. >> much more to come, including. you're going outside, am i? i'm going

good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 on friday, the 19th of july. i'm tom harwood , britain july. i'm tom harwood, britain grounded as tech outages cause chaos around the world. airlines, rail banking and even supermarkets have all been affected in a global tech meltdown. we'll have the very

latest leads in flames. west yorkshire police under fire after riot police were driven out by a violent mob last night in harehills, leeds. a police car was overturned and a double decker bus was torched as thugs created bonfires in the streets. we're on the scene at source keir starmer allocates 84 million to african and middle east countries, £84 million in a bid to tackle britain's migration crisis at the root of the issue. but is this the best way to spend taxpayers cash ? and way to spend taxpayers cash? and summer has arrived where you are parts in britain will be baking in temperatures hotter than portugal today, as temperatures are set to soar beyond 30 degrees. now, i must say, i've had my

moment in the sun. and it's emily's chance now. yes, emily carver, you're on the roof. how is it? >> yes. they finally let me up here. i don't know if you remember, tom, but last time we were up here together, it was gale force winds. or it felt like it was a bit nippy, wasn't it? but today, it is absolutely glorious up here on the gb news rooftop. i mean, look at that spectacular view out there. i've got my shades on. i've borrowed them, actually, but i'll take them, actually, but i'll take them off just to show you how bright it is out here. 30 degrees. i heard. hotter than parts of portugal. what have we done to deserve this? but i'll take it. >> marvellous . well. well, you >> marvellous. well. well, you can feel free to sun yourself for a few more minutes, because we're going to be getting the very latest headlines now with sam francis . sam francis. >> tom, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you . it's just good afternoon to you. it's just after 1:00. and the top story this lunchtime . cyber security

this lunchtime. cyber security firm crowdstrike says it is actively working to fix a defect in an update for users of microsoft's windows software, which had sparked a global it outage. these are the scenes live in hong kong at the moment, just one of the major transport hubs where that glitch has grounded flight passengers. they're now having to be checked in manually after ticket barriers are now unable to process the passengers there. banks, supermarkets, gp clinics and even major tv and radio broadcasters are also among the many who've been knocked offline today and here those travelling by rail are also affected, with transpennine express , thameslink transpennine express, thameslink and southern among those warning of disruption. ryanair, also among the airlines telling passengers to be aware of possible delays. a spokesperson for crowdstrike, though, says the issue has now been identified and that it's not. they say a security incident or

cyber attack . the president of cyber attack. the president of ukraine has asked sir keir starmer to show his leadership and to convince other nations to remove limits on the use of long—range weapons. that's as he addressed the cabinet in downing street this morning. president zelenskyy's briefed them about ukraine's war and said it is possible to destroy areas of russia where weapons are being concentrated. and the uk government has suggested the deployment of british missiles is ultimately a matter for ukraine. as long as international law is upheld. ukrainian president zelenskyy says that he is looking forward to working with the new labour government. >> i truly hope that this beginning of the new british government's work will open up more share opportunities for us, ukraine and the uk. from the first days of the russian war, our people have felt that britain, your people, would not only stand by us but also help

bnng only stand by us but also help bring victory closer. >> well, we've heard this morning that one person has drowned after an overcrowded migrant boat began sinking in the channel overnight. the woman, believed to be from sudan, died and 86 people were rescued by a french vessel. but those on board had initially refused any help, though an hour later the boat started deflating, throwing many into the water. rescue teams did attempt to resuscitate the woman, though she died at the scene and she is the sixth migrant to now drown in the channel. in just a week. in the us, donald trump has said he'll bnng us, donald trump has said he'll bring back the american dream if he returns to the white house. that's as he took to the stage for the first time since his assassination attempt . speaking assassination attempt. speaking at the republican national convention, the former president formally accepted the nomination to be the party's candidate in november's election, and he also told supporters about last weekend's attempt on his life , weekend's attempt on his life, saying he saw blood everywhere

when he was shot during a rally. well, former wrestler hulk hogan , well, former wrestler hulk hogan, who also made a speech, called mr trump a hero . mr trump a hero. >> i said to myself, wow, what was that ? it can only be was that? it can only be a bullet and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. my hand was covered with blood . hand was covered with blood. >> that was, of course, the voice of president, former president donald trump, not hulk hogan. will hopefully get that clip to you in the next update. meanwhile barack obama has reportedly told senior democrats that he's concerned over joe biden's ability to win november's election. the former president is understood to have told colleagues that mr biden's path to victory has now greatly diminished. it comes as a report in the new york times suggests president biden has begun to accept that he may have to drop out of the race, though at least one person close to biden insists he's not yet made up his mind here. the government has

resumed funding for the palestinian refugee agency, which is run by the united nafions. which is run by the united nations. funding was halted by the former conservative government after israel had accused some of the agency staff of being involved in the attacks on the 7th of october, former foreign secretary david lammy says the agency now meets the highest standards of neutrality and confirmed that britain will resume fresh funding worth around £21 million. >> this has been a priority from day one because of the desperate situation in gaza and the serious risk of escalation in lebanon in particular, and i have to be frank, britain wants an immediate ceasefire . an immediate ceasefire. >> the fighting must stop , the >> the fighting must stop, the hostages must be released . hostages must be released. >> much, much more aid must enter gaza . enter gaza. >> health alerts are in place for heat across the country as

the summer sun brings welcome relief for some, but experts are urging people to take precautions, with warnings in place in many parts of england right through until 11:00 tomorrow night. and they say that those suffering from hay fever should also be careful with the met office saying that pollen levels will be high today in almost all areas of the country. it's expected it could be the hottest day of the year so far, exceeding june's record of 30.5 c. and finally, a 72 year old grandmother has been named as alton towers first ever chief ride tester jacqui smith, who's a noted daredevil from wiltshire, says she's honoured to take on the responsibility of making sure the park's rides live up to her high standards for thrills. and she brings an impressive wealth of experience, having been the first woman to ever join the parachute regiment everjoin the parachute regiment known as the red devils. that was when she was just 19 years old. what a job. certainly puts news reading to shame . those are

news reading to shame. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. much more for you. >> at 1:30 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. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08 and nice to have you back down in the studio with us. emily, i made it. you did. now a world wide tech meltdown is causing chaos across the globe. >> yes , queues continue to build >> yes, queues continue to build up at uk airports. airlines have been forced to ground planes. >> nhs england is warning patients that the it outage is causing disruption in the majority now of gp practices. >> and this all comes as broadcasters, banks and even supermarkets are struggling after being knocked off line. >> well with us with the latest is our national reporter charlie peters. charlie, what's been

happening? >> well, microsoft said in the last hour that the underlying issue has been fixed on their side with their operating system. and we've also heard from the ceo of crowdstrike, the cybersecurity firm that caused this issue with an updated piece of software . he was speaking on of software. he was speaking on nbc's today program in the united states, and he said that they had a software bug. it came from them. it was their issue. and they're working with each and every customer to bring them back online, but rather more troublingly he did say that some of the resets won't be automatic. while some customers who use this security service to protect their cloud data will have automatic fixes, others are going to need support from engineers from the company. and we're talking about just a tiny bit of code 41kb caused this software outage last night. so for it to have this kind of cascading and complicated worldwide effect is quite extraordinary. >> and charlie, i've been reading online that because some of these systems are completely

knocked out with what's known as the blue screen of death, that you can't you can't sort of use those systems that are knocked out to then install this update, install this fix. and rather bizarrely, i've read that, that the advice currently for those afflicted is to reboot computers, turn them off and on again, at least 15 times in the hope that one of those times it will catch the update and fix it. i mean, this sounds incredibly low tech. >> yeah, this is a busy day for the software engineers at various companies, especially those working in critical national infrastructure. our planes and our trains grounded at the moment. planes and our trains grounded at the moment . that planes and our trains grounded at the moment. that sort of bafic at the moment. that sort of basic response is ongoing now, especially for those customers that aren't enjoying the automatic update that many are receiving due to these issues. but microsoft say on their side , but microsoft say on their side, it's fixed, so their operating systems should begin to work. few hours ago, crowdstrike said they had identified the problem and had deployed a fix. and now

this ceo in the last hour saying that they will be able to interact with every single customer to get them back up and running. but millions have been affected and how long that will take? we'll see. >> well, let's bring in business and technology correspondent at the standard, simon hunt, and technology correspondent at the standard, simon hunt , thank the standard, simon hunt, thank you very much for joining us. the standard, simon hunt, thank you very much forjoining us. so could the trustee turn off turn on method work. >> well i mean i'm not sure about about that. i mean i also seen the point about people switching computers on and off 15 times. >> i'm not sure that's the official advice from crowdstrike, but it does seem like it's going to have to be some kind of manual fix of some kind. i've seen some commentators refer to this as the biggest ever. it outage globally. i mean, it could well be it's probably it's not yet resolved. so it'll be a while before we before we understand the full effects. but i think there are several reasons why this outage is as severe as it has been. i mean, one reason is that crowdstrike is a huge company . it has, you know, huge company. it has, you know, huge clients across the world, big,

big us cybersecurity company. it has a market cap of about $80 billion. and that means that if something goes wrong, you know, it impacts entire industries, entire sectors, because of the number of big clients that it has. another reason is that as it's a cybersecurity firm, the kind of software that it deals with is sort of embedded very deep into operating systems, because that's how it deals with cyber attacks. and that means that when something goes wrong, it has a big impact. it's not just like a, you know, a software company that builds an app.the software company that builds an app. the app goes wrong. you know, that usually just means the app stops working. it doesn't bring the whole computer down. and another thing that's sort of compounded this is that we've had a sort of separate it outage going at the same time that's affected microsoft's cloud, azure services and its microsoft 365 services. and so you've got these two sort of big companies. >> they're unrelated but they're in parallel. >> exactly that. yeah. so microsoft has had its issues, which it says it's now resolved. and crowdstrike has also now

says it's come up with a fix for its problems. but the fact that these took place simultaneously is partly why we've had such a big issue today. >> and i suppose this does feed into this sense that there are a very few companies now, many of which most people will never have heard of , that underpin the have heard of, that underpin the tech that we use. and we rely on every single day. and, and one small line of code in any one of these systems can be the sort of breaking point. the bottom jenga block that can be pulled out, upon which the whole tower collapses down. >> yeah, absolutely . and i >> yeah, absolutely. and i suppose, as i say, partly this is a by product of the fact that cybersecurity firms are particularly deeply embedded into operating systems. but but also it's a sort of a nature, a by—product of the nature of the cybersecurity market in that it's dominated by a small number of very big players. and that means it only takes one company to have a problem for entire sectors, entire industries to be impacted. yeah >> i mean, it is very worrying. i can businesses, these big businesses protect themselves from this type of thing. is it

just one of those things that will happen? >> yeah, i think well, they'll certainly be a few questions being asked today primarily are lots of customers of , of lots of customers of, of crowdstrike asking them, you know , how on earth did this know, how on earth did this happen. they'll be questioned about did do they properly do the correct testing on their software updates before they implement them to clients? perhaps they should have, you know, staggered them a bit more rather than roll out all simultaneously as they appear to have done, which has exacerbated the problem. but also for big companies, you know, how do they manage their it systems? do they properly test software before they implement it into their own systems and charlie, what do you make of that? >> well, we've had a couple of updates very quickly from some some key institutions regarding the outage. the national health service is saying that its blood donation abilities are still open. donation abilities are still open . they're urging people to open. they're urging people to come forward. that's been a particular issue in london since the cyber attack. it faced a couple of months ago from the russian aligned killing group. but also royal mail is saying that it's also now experiencing technical issues across some of its it platforms as a

consequence of this outage. so more and more institutions that we didn't know about being affected by this announcing that they are they are now experiencing their own issues. >> yes. the last thing the nhs needs, isn't it? thank you very much to you both, charlie peters, our national reporter, and simon hunt, thank you very much indeed, business and technology correspondent at the standard. >> well, we are also going to be moving on to a further story. now, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has announced £84 million of new funding for african and middle east countries. this in an attempt to tackle the migration crisis at source to stop illegal migration. >> we must also tackle it at source . so today i am announcing source. so today i am announcing £84 million of new funding for projects across africa and the middle east. >> well, there you go. the word of the prime minister. and speaking at blenheim palace, where leaders have met, or a european political community summit , he european political community summit, he said the money will go towards health, education and

humanitarian support in african countries and the middle east. >> well, joining us now is the director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity, stephen wolf, stephen, this is part of a broader pan european plan to stop people leaving those north african countries in the first place. will it work ? place. will it work? >> well, i think anybody that's heard the sum of £84 million and suggests that that sum, which is a third or potentially a quarter of what the people smugglers will make this year, will stop those people coming from africa would be laughing. >> and the reason why we're laughing . laughing. >> let me put this in a serious context. tom and emily, is that the european union established a fund similar to what the labour party is doing. >> it's called the trust fund for africa. >> since 2022, they've established 248 projects and invested ,4.4 billion. think about that to the 84 million that this prime minister is suggesting will stop the boats.

and yet , 1.1 million africans and yet, 1.1 million africans have travelled into the european union in the last year. >> if 4.4 billion does not stop, 1.1 million coming over, what will £84 million that this government is going to do? >> and that is why it is simply just a sham, an attempt to keir starmer, to try and show that he is doing something to stop the boats, rather than doing what everybody believes should be done. invoke a deterrent system somewhere. >> i mean, 84 million to you and i is a huge amount of money, but it's a drop in the ocean if it's supposed to prevent people from crossing to this country or into europe from the middle east and africa, but also the practicalities of this, we know back in april, may time, the largest contingent of people arriving on boats was from vietnam . vietnam. >> yes. and this in this particular circumstance ? particular circumstance? >> yes. what's he going to try and do, push it over to vietnam? >> the problem about people smuggling is that we know over since 2000, we've had 1.1 million people who've applied

for asylum in this in this country. and generally, on the first time that they're dealt with, about 60% of them are rejected. so we have no deterrent to remove them once they have been rejected in first instance, then we know that the vast majority of those coming across are from afghanistan , across are from afghanistan, iran, iraq and somalia. and we don't have returns agreements with those, just as the european union doesn't have either. so we can't return these people. so as a consequence of that, if you're from any of the top ten countries that are coming into the uk, bar, india and china, then you're unlikely ever to be returned to those countries. so that's a massive incentive for the people smugglers who will make vastly more money than the 84 million keir starmer does. keir starmer needs to be sensible about this and recognise not only that this policy is simply just window dressing , but he needs to come dressing, but he needs to come up with something that is a definitively an attempt to dissuade those people going with the people smugglers. he has yet to produce anything or go

anywhere near like now, of course, the prime minister has ditched the rwanda deterrent. >> that idea for a safe third country with which to deport people to. but, it's interesting that the european commission, ursula von der lie—in, recently re—elected head of it, of course, has been speaking about safe third countries herself , safe third countries herself, speaking about the migration and economic partnership deals the european union has made with countries like, tunisia and egypt' countries like, tunisia and egypt, could this not be seen as perhaps a down payment for the start of different deals to allow the return , of economic allow the return, of economic migrants to, to safe third countries if there is economic investment in those countries? >> well, as i as i mentioned, africa has had used over 550 odd billion pounds of investment from various countries across the globe in the past couple of decades. >> so it's not that the countries aren't receiving huge amounts of money. and in addition, there are members of

the african union who said, stop using africa as a tool for colonial policies , particularly, colonial policies, particularly, in terms of investing in us, expecting us not to be able to do it on our own or be in the case of the nhs, taking their nurses and doctors and putting them in the uk. so they regard that as economic colonialism. there is an attempt to what should be done, which is opening up the markets, and we remember what maloney challenged. macron by saying. in certain countries where france has influence , they where france has influence, they actually taxing those countries to pay into france. so if you had free trade, if you had the opportunity for those businesses to receive lower taxation for their businesses that succeeded in europe, that is a much better way of creating jobs rather than subsidising. and what it does, it goes to the mentality of those in the european union, like von der lie—in and like keir starmer in this country, who believes that subsidies work better rather than allowing people to rise up and work on their own feet with their own

skills and their own ingenuity, but having a fairer playing field to trade in europe. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed, stephen wolf, director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity. i mean, tom, i don't know about you. you can argue great, fantastic. £84 million of aid to poor countries in the middle east and africa. fine. but don't pretend it's going to stop illegal migration into this country. >> oh, no, no, certainly not. i mean , you can clearly look at mean, you can clearly look at the numbers concerned. it's a drop in the ocean. >> drop in the ocean. anyway, coming up, we're going to be crossing back over to leeds, getting reaction from locals as the city recovers from last night's riots. stay with

us. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:25. now let's return to that night of violence in leeds. >> yes. police cars overturned.

pubuc >> yes. police cars overturned. public transport set on fire. residents warned to stay at home in the suburb of harehills, leeds. >> well, joining us from the scene is our reporter anna riley, and anna tell us about about what's still there . about what's still there. >> yes. well, it's the clean up from the night before that night of disorder that riot in which up to a thousand people turned out, as you've mentioned, police car being overturned and also glass being smashed in another police vehicle. but what's behind us now is the remains of a double decker bus that was set fire to by rioters here last night. you can see a large number of police around that cordoned any time now. it's expected that that bus is going to be removed. we know that west yorkshire police have condemned the actions of the rioters last night, the federation chairman, craig nicholls, said the disorder was utterly unacceptable and underscores the

unpredictable challenges faced by our officers daily. what should have been a standard duty quickly turned into a night of chaos , highlighting the need for chaos, highlighting the need for robust support and resources for those tasked with maintaining pubuc those tasked with maintaining public safety. it's also been condemned by the home secretary, yvette cooper, the mayor of west yorkshire as well. tracy brabin has spoken out about it and police throughout today have been analysing that . social been analysing that. social media footage that flooded twitter , tiktok, other social twitter, tiktok, other social media, showing the riot as it unfolded. police are now trying to target those responsible and i've been out speaking to residents, business owners here in harehills. i spoke to philip bell, a business owner, earlier, and this is what he had to say. >> i was absolutely shocked, >> i was absolutely shocked, >> i was absolutely shocked, >> i didn't know why it was happening, but there's never, ever a reason why anything like that should be happening . and that should be happening. and the quantity of people was just phenomenal. >> i've never seen anything like

it. we've been going for 40 odd years as a business and we're thinking, oh, our customer is going to come down to this area. we've seen it dwindle anyway. and, you know, something like this, which is on the news worldwide. you know, doesn't give harehills, a good name whatsoever. >> well , whatsoever. >> well, anna, thank you so much for bringing us that live from the scene. >> yes. well, joining us now is local teacher and community activist aisha ali khan. aisha, thank you so much for coming on the show this afternoon. truly shocking scenes. were there signs that this community could erupt in this way ? erupt in this way? >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. >> there were absolutely no signs whatsoever. it just kind of it seems as though it came out of nowhere, >> obviously there's so much information and misinformation out there. >> we have no idea what's what's, happened. what triggered it, >> there are so many rumours. lots. and lots of conspiracy

theories. >> so it would be quite. it will be quite interesting to see, once everything dies down. and, we have a proper investigation as to what happened, why it happened when it happened, and who was involved. but right now, the images from yesterday are absolutely shocking , just never absolutely shocking, just never seen anything like it. and i've lived through two sort of bradford riots as well. so this is , for me, just really shocking is, for me, just really shocking and brought back lots of horrible memories of those times as well. >> yes, it does seem that there was some sort of demonstration earlier in the day against social services taking a child into their care, away from away from some parents that then just expanded and grew and became more violent and perhaps became more violent and perhaps became more than what was than about that initial sort of protest. i mean, it became utterly mob rule. the police had to retreat. and perhaps it shows a lack of social trust, a lack of respect

in institutions, whether it's the social services, whether it's the police. do you feel that that has fed into this? >> absolutely, tom. i think if we take a step back and look at. the. >> sorry, aisha. i think we've, we just lost your sound a little bit there. we were talking about trust and respect . trust and respect. >> have to. we will actually have to work really hard as a community, and different sort of, ethnic communities, i'm referencing here as well the police, the social services, they we need to understand what happened, why it happened, and again, when something like this happens, there's a breakdown of trust, from both parties. obviously within the communities and also with the police and, social services and other institutions as well. when everything is working really well, it's fantastic. but when

something like and it only takes one small, small incident or some small thing to , to set some small thing to, to set things off, but the scenes from last night were really shocking and, and there was a lot of, like i said, lots of misinformation online, you know, there was a lot of finger pointing and, and as a pakistani woman myself, i was quite alarmed to see that that finger was pointing at, pakistanis and other ethnic minorities, which does not help the situation. it makes the situation worse. and until we know what's actually happened, it's really responsible for people, to, to kind of start making accusations and so on. and we had people like nigel farage last night tweeting, really irresponsible things, which do not help the situation whatsoever. and first of all, absolutely incorrect as well. so it's going to be interesting. >> the footage that that people have seen and sharing it does look as though all sorts of different people from all different people from all different ethnicities, from all different ethnicities, from all different racial backgrounds and communities were involved in

this. bystanders, as well as those , taking part in criminal those, taking part in criminal activity. so yes, i would agree with you that it certainly cannot be pinned on one specific community. but the fact that this small incident with the social services that we understand could suddenly ignite a riot like this. point two, i would guess, points to a community that isn't as cohesive as it could be. >> emily, you've made a really good point, you mentioned the fact that, you know, there were lots of different communities involved, you know , members of involved, you know, members of communities involved, harehills is a really multicultural area. it's one of the poorest parts of leeds, by the way, and there's lots and lots of different communities. and whenever you have an influx of migrant communities coming into an area, whether it's obviously leeds right now or bradford or oldham or manchester, london or wherever, they will generally gravitate towards areas that are already, socioeconomically poor anyway because of the affordability issues. and if they've got other members of their families and their

communities already residing there. so, harehills obviously , there. so, harehills obviously, as, as i've just mentioned, lots and lots of different communities and a lot of the people, a lot of the footage i've seen, i was like 5 or 6 separate videos last night, i've seen, i was like 5 or 6 separate videos last night , just separate videos last night, just people sort of holding their phones up, just kind of recording, just coming out to see what had happened, there was a lot of, sort of, almost shock and disbelief and lots of people's faces as well. and yes, there were lots of young people, there were lots of young people, the youths, kicking the police , the youths, kicking the police, police car and, and involved in the burning of the bus as well. but i think this should be, an opportunity, we should not lose opportunity, we should not lose opportunity to learn from from what's happened and why it's happened to stop it from happening again. and, i mean, i've had messages from all over the world as well saying, oh, my god. you know, people are losing control in london and england . control in london and england. sorry, what's going on? it's not safe. and i think for those people, i really must stress that this is not something that

happens all the time. this is something in the last sort of in my lifetime, at least, i've mentioned the manningham riots. i mentioned the bradford riots, and we had the london riots in 2011 as well. yeah, this this is something that does not happen all the time. and clearly the sort of circumstances that have led to this happening, obviously i couldn't tell you what they were. yes. >> and, aisha, i think the police will have to consider whether they acted in the best way possible of course, people, everyone saw that the police were forced into retreat, because they were simply so outnumbered. aisha, we're going to have to leave it there. but thank you very much indeed for your time. aisha ali khan, local teacher and community activist. really great to speak to you. thank you. >> now coming up, it's the funeral of corey comparator. the man who was shot and killed dunng man who was shot and killed during the attempted assassination of donald trump will be live in pennsylvania for that funeral . that funeral. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after 1:30, and we'll

start this half hour with some breaking news just into us from russia, where we understand that journalist evan gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years behind bars after a russian court found him guilty of espionage. you can see here the scenes from inside that courtroom as that verdict verdict is being read out. the wall street journal reporter has already been held in moscow in a prison for at least 15 months on charges of spying. prosecutors say the 32 year old was caught gathering secret information for the cia, though no information to back up those allegations has ever been made public, and evan gershkovich has denied the charges against him , calling charges against him, calling them completely false. well, president putin had previously said he was open to a prisoner exchange, but the kremlin is now declining to comment. president biden, though, says he still committed to bringing evan home, accusing moscow of hostage diplomacy . well, these are the

diplomacy. well, these are the scenes from berlin's schonefeld airport, just one of the major transport hubs where flights are still grounded due to today's widespread it glitch. banks businesses, planes and trains around the world have been knocked offline, which is believed to have been caused by a faulty update to a widely used microsoft cyber security software. those travelling by rail are also being warned about severe disruption here in the uk, with transpennine express among many networks reporting that some people are still having trouble purchasing tickets. and the glitch, as i say, is thought to have originated at a cybersecurity firm called crowdstrike. it's also impacting some supermarkets and gp surgeries , though they and gp surgeries, though they are now investigating the cause . are now investigating the cause. the president of ukraine has asked sir keir starmer to show his leadership in the fight against russia, as he addressed the cabinet this morning at downing street. president zelenskyy briefed them about ukraine's war and said it is possible to destroy areas in russia where weapons are being

concentrated. the uk government has suggested the deployment of british missiles is ultimately a matter for ukraine. and one person has drowned after an overcrowded migrant boat began sinking in the english channel overnight. the woman, believed to be from sudan , died while 86 to be from sudan, died while 86 people were rescued by a french vessel just after 1:00 this morning. those on board initially refused help, but an hour later the boat deflated , hour later the boat deflated, throwing many into the water. rescue teams attempted to resuscitate the woman, but she died at the scene. she is the sixth migrant to die in the channel. this week. and a widespread police cordon is in place in leeds after violence erupted there last night in the area of harehills. vehicles were set ablaze and a police car was overturned late last night, with residents warned to stay indoors as helicopters and a large police presence responded to the chaos. it's understood the riots were linked to local children being taken into care. west

yorkshire mayor tracy brabin condemned what she's described as those violent and thoughtless actions , promising that actions, promising that a thorough investigation will take place. and we're also just heanng place. and we're also just hearing a breaking line as well from our home and security editor that here in london, the metropolitan police are saying they too will have additional police resources on the streets of whitechapel tonight after a separate significant disorder incident took place between rival groups within the bangladeshi community. we will keep across that for you and bnng keep across that for you and bring you any more details on that as we get it. for now, though, those are the latest gb news headlines. i'm sam francis. your next update at 2:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:41. and to the weather. >> now, after a drizzly grey and cold july, it seems that summer might finally be upon us. temperatures set to reach 30 degrees in parts of the country today. i should say sorry if it's not very nice where you are. i know it's not everywhere thatis are. i know it's not everywhere that is having these temperatures, but it is. large parts of the country is this mini heatwave here to stay though? >> well, let's cross to our east midlands reporter will hollis who's in skegness for to us tell us more. and will seems like a sunny beach day . sunny beach day. >> yes. well, the met office says they need three days of context. consecutive high temperatures for it to be classed as a heatwave and here in skegness, temperatures are reaching 30 degrees, maybe not the hottest in the country in the hottest in the country in the south—east it could be 31 degrees, but look at that bright blue sky and yellow sandy beaches that's attracted

thousands of people down here to the lincolnshire coastline. and where else would you want to be? well, there's a few places inland where they have beaches where they set them up, but not quite the real thing, is it? and all the way from derby, we've had pauline and angela, who have come down on one of the hottest days of the year so far. where have you come from and why are you here? >> well, we've come from derby and i like coming here. >> it's very much maligned by the press as one of the poor seaside resorts. it's got a fabulous beach. there's plenty of things to do with children and, you know, why keep knocking it all the while in the bottom half dozen of seaside reports and that's what, you know, the people do . come and give it try. >> it's a bit hot today, though, isn't it? what do you think? too hot for the beach? >> no, never too hot for the beach. come on. nice sea breeze . beach. come on. nice sea breeze. no no no, no. >> and a beautiful view of the beach. pauline, we've got angela here as well. you've come 80 odd

miles. why is this the place to be when we've got a mini heatwave? temperatures of 30 degrees. >> well, we just like it here. >> well, we just like it here. >> and it's nice. >> and it's nice. >> you get a cool breeze , and >> you get a cool breeze, and it's lovely to see people enjoying themselves and lots of families. >> you're here. you're here on the pier. are you spending your money, though? and what do you spend it on? >> we've been had a scream and we're going for fish and chips and we've had a cup of tea, so we're happy. >> and you've got to have plenty of water as well, though, because there is a heat health alert. so for some people they need to have a little bit of a drink. have you been having your water as well as your ice water in my bag. >> yes. right. >> yes. right. >> thank you. fantastic. paul, what do you think, pauline? you got plenty of water? yep. >> we certainly have. yeah, yeah, we will and we'll have another cup of tea. plenty of fluid. and we've brought this. i know it looks like a urinal, but it isn't. it's not. >> it's definitely water in there . there. >> it's definitely water with some lemon in it. yes a little bit of lemon. >> my grandma used to like barley as well. she had lemon and barley. >> no, i like ijust like the lemon in it. it's really nice. >> what do you think of people that come to the beach on hot

days like this? but don't drink a water? >> well, they're very silly, aren't they? you know, you have to keep hydrated no matter how you are. and please don't bring dogs out in the middle of the day . it's not right dogs out in the middle of the day. it's not right for them. you know, you've only got to see some people. it's silly. >> why is it not right for dogs here, here, on a beach, on a hot day like this? no because you've only got to see them panting and sweating. >> they have. unless they've got water with them and a dish, then fine. but if not, you should take dogs out in the morning and in the evening. >> you don't want to see a dog that's sweating too much. what about some of these chaps that walk around along skegness with their shirts off, and you can see all their tattoos and that. what about that? that's a bit of a sweaty sight. >> well, it certainly is. i mean, you know, we're both widows. i mean, it's lovely to see. come on. takes a long while since i've seen a man with his shirt off. >> and there's plenty of those here in skegness . absolutely. here in skegness. absolutely. >> there certainly is. so we can sit and ogle on a bench. we can, particularly the young ones. i

don't want the men with the big flabby stomachs . no. flabby stomachs. no. >> and this is the ogling bench then is this where you've got then is this where you've got the perfect view of the seaside and the beach? have you seen any good sites today, >> well, we've seen 1 or 2 as we've walked along . that's okay. we've walked along. that's okay. but no, not too many , because but no, not too many, because we're sitting here just taking in the sunshine. >> pauline and angela from derby, who've come to skegness today. it is a fantastic day and two fantastic people as well. but there are those health alerts , a yellow warning. so alerts, a yellow warning. so particularly for people that people that are maybe in the health and social care sector, the hot temperatures, 30 degrees, they are a bit worrisome for some. but as long as you have your water, like my fantastic guest just then, i don't see any reason why you can't enjoy a fantastic beach like this on the lincolnshire coastline. >> fantastic stuff. well, thank you so much for introducing us to pauline and angela, who i think should have their own show. really >> absolutely. i can see a little sea, you know, sunday morning with angela, angela and pauline. they were quite funny,

weren't they? i love the british sense of humour, you know. don't . sense of humour, you know. don't. take yourself too seriously there on the beach, enjoying everything to see. >> absolutely. and sometimes there is quite a bit to see. >> there's so much more to come, come on the show. including, of course, this, power outage. well, this tech outage, airlines, media banks, gp services still being affected by that global tech meltdown. we'll bnng that global tech meltdown. we'll bring you all the latest details. don't go anywhere.

well. good afternoon. britain. it is now 150, and the funeral of corrie comparator, who was shot and killed during the attempted assassination of donald trump, is about to take place in pennsylvania. yes. >> corrie was a retired volunteer fire department chief who died shielding his family.

>> devastating. the attack continues to be at the forefront of the republic national convention, where last night donald trump made his first speech since he was injured, saying he was only there by the grace of god and that he wanted to be a president for all americans, not just half the country. >> well, we're joined now by the chair of republicans overseas, greg swenson , because, greg, greg swenson, because, greg, i think a lot of focus has been on the near miss of donald trump. how close to tragedy that shot was. but, of course , for one was. but, of course, for one family there for their friends, for their loved ones, tragedy did occur, a guy who was standing in the wrong place, who jumped in front of his family was shot. >> yeah, it's absolutely tragic. >> yeah, it's absolutely tragic. >> and i'm so glad that president trump mentioned it last night in his speech. >> and he's he's reached out to the family several times already. and you saw on wednesday night he had the, the families of the of the abbey gate victims, the 13 marines

and, and navy corpsman who who died in afghanistan during the debacle of a pullout. so, you know , president trump is very know, president trump is very he's very hands on with with the military families, but also in this case the great, the hero , this case the great, the hero, you know, corey, who was as, as you know, corey, who was as, as you mentioned, a retired fire chief and, and it's sad. it's really it's really sad . really it's really sad. >> and, many people have pointed to failures or accused anyway. the security services, the secret services of failures in in preventing this from, from happening . have we had any happening. have we had any updates on potentially what might have gone wrong here? >> yeah. the information is trickling out. the secret service , the head of the secret service, the head of the secret service, the head of the secret service has not been very cooperative or cooperative at at all. but there are investigations. there's going, she was subpoenaed, actually. so she's going to appear in front of congress on, on monday in

probably in a closed door meeting . but it's trickling out meeting. but it's trickling out there. it was so obvious that there. it was so obvious that there were failings in the, in there were failings in the, in the preparation in the advance team. we, you know , we don't team. we, you know, we don't really know the details yet, but what's obvious is there was major failures. that's not not to suggest that the secret service people on the ground with the president weren't. absolutely. you know, i wouldn't heroic might be exaggerating, but they did their jobs perfectly the way they were trained. and you saw how they surrounded the president provided a body shield, basically, and a willing to take a bullet for, for the person that they're protecting. so the, the people, you know, those guys did a great job. those men and women did a great job. but i there are obvious failings and there are obvious failings and the and it's more the responses from the head of the head of the secret service , you know trying secret service, you know trying to blame local law enforcement, which was ridiculous to do that. they were basically directing traffic, also to blame the 45

degree angle on the roof, which is completely obscene because the sharps, the sharpshooters were, were on roofs that were that were more than 45 degrees sloped. so, you know, that that whole this doesn't smell right at all. >> well, big, big questions to answer, no doubt . greg swenson, answer, no doubt. greg swenson, thank you so much for talking us through that all, chair of republicans overseas uk. really interesting to see. president trump last night talk about how he heard the bullet whiz past his ear , the most visceral his ear, the most visceral explanation of what went on. >> yes. and meanwhile, things are turning from bad to worse for president joe biden. aren't they really ? obama making pretty they really? obama making pretty clear that he doesn't think he should be in the job any longer standing for the nomination? it'll be interesting to see, as expected by some, whether he does pull out. >> yeah, there's been some speculation online that joe biden could, declare he's giving up his delegates, not seeking the nomination anymore as soon

as this weekend. but we're going to keep across that in the next houn to keep across that in the next hour, and indeed, much more to come on the ground from leeds. don't go anywhere . don't go anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. through the rest of today. will be feeling very hot into this evening as well and very mild night to come for much of england and wales. there is a change on the way as we head towards the weekend. weather fronts will push in from the west, introducing considerably fresher air, but also a spell of wet weather, and that cloud and rain will push into parts of northern ireland, western scotland through this evening. elsewhere, it should stay dry, a bit of cloud spilling into western wales , parts of the western wales, parts of the south—west as well, but across the south and east a clear night to come and here is where it will stay. mild and humid

overnight temperatures perhaps not dipping down much below 20 degrees. however from the north and west, as i said, it will turn fresher through saturday once the weather front clears through. that will clear through the western isles very first thing, but still some heavy rain to come across parts of the highlands. eastern areas of scotland. not seeing the rain till a little later on in the day. on saturday. wet weather though, spilling into northern ireland as well as north wales through saturday morning, could see some quite heavy downpours pushing into parts of south wales as well as devon and cornwall through saturday morning as well. further east, though, it will be a clear and bright start to the day on saturday, but it will be feeling fairly humid through the day. the sunshine will turn hazier as well for many central and eastern areas of the uk, as this cloud starts to thicken ahead of the band of heavy rain. so heavy pulses of rain to come for parts of wales, the south—west, as well as some areas of scotland as well. temperatures cooler

tomorrow compared to today, but still across the south and east we could still reach the high 20s through saturday evening. that rain will continue its journey eastwards, so some further outbreaks of heavy rain at risk for many areas of the uk. but it will turn cooler and much drier as we head into sunday. so sunny spells on sunday. so sunny spells on sunday for many of us. temperatures much closer to average, but further wet to weather come next week. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:00 on friday, the 19th of july. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. britain grounded. cabinet minister pat mcfadden says we're too reliant on tech coming as outrages, outages , coming as outrages, outages, impact airlines, railways, banks and even supermarkets across the world. >> and it's an outrage.

>> and it's an outrage. >> it is an outrage. >> it is an outrage. >> leeds in flames. west yorkshire police under fire after riot police were driven out by a violent mob last night in harehills, leeds. a police car was overturned. a double decker bus was torched as thugs created bonfires in the streets. >> ukrainian president zelenskyy tells keir starmer to show your leadership as he becomes the first visitor to downing street's cabinet table under labour's new premiership, and has summer arrived where you are? >> i certainly hope so. parts of britain are going to be baking in temperatures hotter than portugal today, as they are set to soar beyond 30 degrees. do that now. >> of course, it's a busy news day . and have you been affected day. and have you been affected by any of these outages across the country? have you tried to withdraw money from a bank, tried to book a train, go to an

airport? we want to hear from you . you. >> if so, yes. perhaps you just went to the coffee shop and couldn't pay with your card and didn't have any cash on you. i mean, simple things like that have been affected as well as not being able to get a gp appointment, not being able to get on your flight or your train journey. whatever it is, let us know. but it's interesting what pat mcfadden said there about how we're too reliant on tech. i mean, what does that exactly mean? should we go back to pens and paper? >> i think that's that's probably what the green party would like us to do, isn't it? sort of just get get rid of all the mod cons. reverse the industrial revolution. i'm not sure that labour was fully on board with that as well, but perhaps, i mean, i'm all for, you know, having a tech holiday, you know, having a tech holiday, you know, having a tech holiday, you know, getting off the mobile phone, getting off the computer, getting away from the office, whatever it is. >> but to say we're too reliant on tech. that's a bit bit odd, isn't it? really. in 2024, we kind of need it now, don't we? >> pat mcfadden was tony blair's political secretary in downing street back in the in the late 90s. so, so maybe he's just harking back to the days, the days before everything was quite

so, digital. >> although some gp surgeries feel like they're in the analogue days, don't they really let us know? gbnews.com/yoursay. but it's your headlines with sam . but it's your headlines with sam. >> tom. emily, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you. it's just after 2:00, and we'll start this hour with some breaking news from leeds. we're just hearing that police say several people have now been arrested after violent disorder. and riots in the harehills area of the city. we understand more arrests will be made over the next few days as police continue their investigations. it comes after late last night vehicles were set ablaze and a police car was overturned with residents warned to stay indoors as helicopters and a large police presence responded to the chaos. you can see there on your screen scenes from the aftermath of those violent, riotous scenes in leeds. it's understood the riots

were linked to local children being taken into care and west yorkshire mayor tracy brabin has condemned what she's described as the violent and thoughtless actions, promising a thorough investigation into what took place. as we know though, at this stage some people have been arrested , police saying several arrested, police saying several people arrested. in other news, cyber security firm crowdstrike says it is actively working to fix a defect. in an update for users of microsoft's windows software, which has sparked a global it outage today, flights at many of the world's airports have been grounded since early this morning, with airlines unable to complete check ins , unable to complete check ins, banks, supermarkets, gp clinics and even major tv and radio broadcasters are also among the many who've been knocked offline. those travelling by rail here in the uk are also affected, with transpennine express, thameslink and southern among the many who've reported disruption. a spokesperson for crowdstrike says the issue is

now being identified and it's not a security incident or cyber attack in russia. journalist evan gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after a court there found him guilty of espionage, the wall street journal reporter has already been held in a moscow prison for the 16 months so far on charges of spying, prosecutors say the 32 year old was caught gathering secret information for the cia, though no information to back up those allegations has been made public. he has denied the charges, calling them completely false . president putin had said false. president putin had said he was open to a prisoner exchange, but the kremlin is now declining to comment . the declining to comment. the president of ukraine has asked sir keir starmer to show his leadership and convince other nafions leadership and convince other nations to remove limits on the use of long—range weapons, as he addressed the cabinet in downing street this morning, president zelenskyy briefed them about ukraine's war and said it is possible to destroy areas in

russia where weapons are being concentrated. the uk government had suggested the deployment of british missiles is ultimately a matter for ukraine, as long as international law is upheld. well, ukrainian president zelenskyy says he is looking forward to working with the new labour government . labour government. >> it's really hope that this feeling of the new british government's work will open up more share opportunities for us, ukraine, the uk from the first days of the russian war, our people have felt that britain, your people, would not only stand by us but also help bring victory closer . victory closer. >> well, we've heard today that one person has drowned after an overcrowded migrant boat began sinking in the english channel overnight. the woman, believed to be from sudan , died and 86 to be from sudan, died and 86 people were rescued by a french vessel. but those on board had initially refused help. an hour

later, the boat started to deflate, throwing many into the water. rescue teams did attempt to resuscitate the woman, but she died at the scene. she's now the sixth migrant to drown in the sixth migrant to drown in the channel in just a week . the channel in just a week. donald trump says he'll bring the american dream back if he returns to the white house as he took to the stage for the first time since his assassination attempt. speaking at the republican national convention, the former president formally accepted the nomination to be the party's candidate in november's election, and he also told supporters about last weekend's attempt on his life, saying he saw blood everywhere when he was shot at a rally. former wrestler hulk hogan , former wrestler hulk hogan, who's also made a speech, called trump a hero are you crooked? >> politicians need to answer one question, brother . what you one question, brother. what you gonna do when donald trump and all the trump maniacs run wild on you, brother ? yeah hulk hogan

on you, brother? yeah hulk hogan there as if he needs any introduction. >> health alerts are in place across the country as the summer sun brings welcome relief for some. experts are urging people to take precautions with warnings in place in many parts of england right through until 11:00 tomorrow night. it's expected today could be the hottest day of the year so far, exceeding june's record of 30.5 degrees. but england is far from the hottest part of europe today, with temperatures in madrid and seville expected to peak at around 40 degrees and finally, if you've ever thought of managing the england squad well, this could be your moment. but not if i get there first. the football association has posted an official job advert on its website for the role of head coach. the job description says the search is on for someone who will lead the men's team to win a major tournament and be consistently ranked as one of the top teams in the world. not too much of a hard ask. you'll have to get your application in

quickly, though. the post says a number of candidates have already been identified to replace gareth southgate, but the fa is committed to an open process . those are the latest gb process. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis off to apply for that job and i'll see you in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:08 and the government's national emergency response, known as cobra. the cabinet office briefing room a is being fired up to tackle the global it outage room a so far it's impacted airlines. >> it's impacted banks, businesses, institutions , businesses, institutions, supermarkets and lots else.

>> nhs england is also warning patients that the tech meltdown is causing disruption in the majority of gp practices. >> now, cabinet minister pat mcfadden says the issue shows we have an overreliance on tech . have an overreliance on tech. >> this incident shows is just how dependent we are on it systems and when something like this happens, how fast and how widespread the effects are. the reassuring thing in this case is that it's not a hostile act, it's not a security attack. the cause has been identified and it's really important because we're so reliant on these systems that the fix is put in place as soon as possible . place as soon as possible. >> pat mcfadden, there . joining >> pat mcfadden, there. joining us in the studio now is our national reporter, charlie peters, charlie, what do you make of what the cabinet office minister was saying? >> well, a strong lines there from mr mcfadden. and it comes a few hours after mark lloyd, who's a manager at the it firm actions uk, said that this outage today is a stark reminder

of how dependent the world is on not just this sort of technology, but cloud services in particular, because that's been the core part of this issue. it's not technology in general, it's the fact that this crowdstrike error from just 41kb of code and software sent over last night has caused a complete failure for people to access those networks from their internet access devices. that's caused the issue here. it's not so much that individual systems have broken because of this error. it's that that wider system, that wider ability to access information through networks, through cloud computing has fallen apart. and i think, you know, the minister's comments do tie into what experts and it managers have been saying this morning about that particular vulnerability that we have. >> it's interesting because of course , we expect security course, we expect security services because that's what this really was. this is an antivirus company that's supposed to keep all of these software, all all of these

systems safe. we expect it to be pumping in constant updates to make sure that our tech is safe from those threats. we don't expect it itself to become a threat. right. >> and the national cyber security centre regularly repels attacks that could be significantly disruptive to the wider critical national infrastructure in britain. those defences did fail quite recently, with an attack on a third party not not directly unked third party not not directly linked to the public sector in terms of its infrastructure , but terms of its infrastructure, but causing such disruption in london for several hospitals disrupted by a cyber attack from a russian based group called killin . so we know that the killin. so we know that the national cyber security centre and its partners in the uk security services , do have a security services, do have a look in on those hostile threats. but as you say , tom, threats. but as you say, tom, incidents coming from private companies, from a core part of our security frontline when it comes to cyber security , which comes to cyber security, which is the innovators, the multi—billion dollar companies

that put forward this technology, we don't necessarily expect the error to come from those corners in this fight against cyber insecurity. yeah. >> and the impact on the general pubuc >> and the impact on the general public just in this country , public just in this country, airports, flights, trains, hospitals, gp surgeries, banks , hospitals, gp surgeries, banks, cafes, restaurants, shops, payment apps, payroll systems, football clubs, stock exchanges, supermarkets, tv channels , water supermarkets, tv channels, water companies. i mean the list is, is very large, it may be that most people in the country have been impacted one way or another. >> so many people were impacted. i think millions in this country are trying to go about their normal business and have been disrupted. i think as we talk about that impact, just in the last few moments, we have had a proper apology from george kurtz, the chief executive of crowdstrike, saying that he's deeply sorry for the global impact of the flawed software update this apology issued earlier but now coming out, telling the today show in the us that this was a big failure from crowdstrike when they issued that software update. although the ceo has reaffirmed that they

have teams working constantly to get more customers back online, many have been able to do it automatically with a new software update, but several more will need manual reboots. >> a very pernicious difference because this is software that is embedded within operating systems. it's not like just one program is broken. it breaks down the entire system which which is, i suppose, a reminder of just how, just how precarious some of these, systems that we now rely on really are systems built upon other systems built upon other systems. and if one if there's one problem with one of those things that base the whole tower can come tumbling down, it's that cascading effect. >> and so many cybersecurity analysts saying this morning that part of that comes down to we've heard from about the reliance on technology, how key it is, but possibly the overreliance on just one single operating system like microsoft. microsoft was able to fix its

own concerns earlier in the morning before crowdstrike said that they had deployed a fix to deal with their own software crisis that they'd put in overnight. that tiny line of code that caused the crisis . but code that caused the crisis. but so many people relying on microsoft . microsoft. >> absolutely. thank you very much for bringing us that. we're going to head straight to pennsylvania now, where the funeral of corey comparator, the man shot and killed during the assassination attempt on donald trump's life is taking place. these are the very latest pictures from that church in pennsylvania, of course, corey was a, was a was was a volunteer fire chief, he jumped in front of his wife and daughter at that rally and ended up being in the firing line of a bullet that was meant for donald trump and instead found its way to corey. comparator. >> just a terribly, terribly sad, thing to have happened to him. and of course, his family and friends. i'm sure this will

be a sombre day, but also a celebration of his life. i imagine donald trump did, remember him, did mention him in his speech last night. made sure, because of course, donald trump was so close to death as well. he said essentially that god saved him. and kept him alive. it was so close, so close. but talking to greg swenson a little earlier, still many questions for the security services as to how this was allowed to happen, how someone could get so close to where the rally was to be able to take this shot . this shot. >> now, of course, solidarity here from all the emergency services in this part of pennsylvania are clearly a valued member of the community. a volunteer fire chief. and look at the solidarity here from men on harley davidson's driving along. have you seen anything more american than that? >> this strikes a chord with particularly rural america, and it's worth noting that donald trump has reached out to the

family of this victim now twice. >> i think speaking to them, and consoling them, after after all, he had a he had a near miss, but but for the family of corey comparator these , it wasn't a comparator these, it wasn't a miss at all. it was a direct hit. yeah. >> it would have been a traumatic, to say the least, for his family, who he reportedly shielded from death themselves, lots of stars and stripes aren't there in this, what would you call it? a procession, a procession , and very clearly procession, and very clearly trump country as well, >> it's interesting because pennsylvania was a state that flipped blue last time. might it go red this time? might it turn and vote for donald trump? we just don't know. the election of course, in november, but we can see a fire engine, a fire truck, if you're american, coming in

this procession now , the local this procession now, the local fire department, of course, very close to this family, the victim, of course, a member of that fire department. >> yeah, clearly, as you can see, the numbers attending this funeral and in that procession, he must have been a hugely valued member of the community. and, there he is, a picture as well, with his daughter. it must be, celebrating a birthday, by the looks of things. but a huge amount of support, a very long procession. of course, the motorbikes, the fire trucks, too, going to that church in pennsylvania to commemorate his death . death. >> well, thoughts with, thoughts with all of his family there and the local community there in pennsylvania . pennsylvania. >> right. well, we're going to turn to the weather because it was a drizzly, grey and cold july in large parts of the country. but summer might finally be here if even if only

for a day. >> well, temperatures are set to reach 30 degrees in parts of the country today . but is this mini country today. but is this mini heatwave here to stay ? heatwave here to stay? >> well, we're joined now by met office presenter and meteorologist annie shuttleworth. annie, thank you very much for coming on the show. it is sweltering here in london. is it the same across the country ? the country? >> well, it's certainly pretty hot in exeter where i am, but the heat isn't as widespread as i'm sure many people will be hoping. actually, across parts of northern ireland, much of scotland as well, there's a lot of cloud around, so it's not quite as hot there, but we have now reached 31 degrees, so it is officially the hottest day of the year so far. >> is, good to know. but of course , the fabled jet stream course, the fabled jet stream had been, not in our favour for the last month or so. perhaps the last month or so. perhaps the last month or so. perhaps the last two months, pointing to far to the south. it seems like it's now turned back up north again. is that here to stay , again. is that here to stay, >> unfortunately not, as you

said. it is a short lived hotspot. it's not. it's probably not going to quite qualify as a heat wave. you need three days of heat, and we're probably only going to get two days, so a hot spell. i think is a better phrase for it. and as we head into the weekend is going to get cooler. still a pretty uncomfortable night to come tonight, but as we head into sunday, it does look a lot cooler . temperatures will be cooler. temperatures will be probably a good 7 or 8 degrees cooler on sunday compared to saturday for some areas, but there's still going to be some sunshine around and it is july. so even when it's just 21 degrees, it still feels pretty nice . i personally think high nice. i personally think high 20s low 30s is a bit too hot, especially if you're sat in the blazing sun. >> yeah, it's all personal preference really, as long as you've got your sun cream on and your sun hat on. sunglasses too . your sun hat on. sunglasses too. yeah, we've been calling this a mini heatwave, but you say it should. the technical term is a hot spell . hot spell. >> yeah. heatwave. you need three days of the threshold temperature for a specific

region to be met. three days in a row, it's a definition that from the met office. so there's no such thing as an actual mini heatwave. it's either a heatwave or it's not a heatwave. so a hot spell is probably the best phrase to go with, so it is going to turn much cooler again through the rest of next week. however, there are some signs it could get drier and we could see some slightly more prolonged warmer weather for the last week of july, so we'll be keeping a close eye on that. >> well, fingers crossed that this isn't the, the peak of summer this summer here in the uk. annie shuttleworth, met office presenter and meteorologist. thanks so much for joining us. >> nana's forjoining us. >> nana's lucked out with the weather on her birthday. >> she has and happy birthday to nana akua mine's next tuesday and i suppose it will probably be drizzling again. just our luck. >> well anyway, coming up, president zelenskyy has made a historic address to my cabinet. that's according to the prime minister. we'll be telling you what exactly was covered after this short break. stay with

us. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:24. we're going to head straight to leeds now, because the bus that was torched last night amid violent protests is being removed. >> us and mark white is here in the studio with us. our home security editor, of course. and mark the light of day, and the destruction is left behind. we've spoken to a few guests today who have said, no signs at all that there could be any issues like this, that there could be an eruption of violence in this way. i find that hard to believe. >> well, i think there's certainly violence in that community in harehills , in community in harehills, in leeds, whether it's worse than any other inner city, area of

the uk. i'm not so sure, but the trouble is, i mean, this was sparked from an incident in which , social services were which, social services were trying to take a group of children into, care to safeguard them from a family that family fought back, neighbours intervened. it then morphed into a very significant, period of disorder that lasted more than eight hours. i was watching the live streams last night as they torched this double decker bus. thankfully, the driver and the passengers got off before the mob turned their attention on this bus, one of two buses that were attacked by those, rioters last night, as well as, of course, the police car. >> yeah, quite the clear up operation. we're looking at there in leeds. but that wasn't there in leeds. but that wasn't the only disorder last night. the metropolitan police have confirmed that extra officers

will now be on duty in the whitechapel area of east london. this evening, after significant disorder that was there last night. there was violence within the bangladeshi community which saw some officers pelted with missiles , injuring two of them. missiles, injuring two of them. mark white what can you tell us about that? >> well, it's interesting, isn't it? 90 or nigel farage has had some criticism for posting on social media that the politics of south asia are being played out on the streets of leeds. will they absolutely were on the streets of whitechapel in east london last night. the metropolitan police themselves have said that the violent protests, you know, looking at some of the images of the protests there, which were quite significant and could have been a lot worse, but for the intervention of local officers on scene quickly, who were then backed up by more resources from across the metropolitan police area, there were two large groups of members of the

bangladeshi community in whitechapel, confronting and fighting each other. they were contained within a larger demonstration of several hundred people linked back to the deadly protests that have been happening over recent days in bangladesh itself . and so the bangladesh itself. and so the metropolitan police are saying that they had multiple 999 calls. they put additional resources down there, but the officers came under a hail of sort of missile, and other projectiles that were thrown at them. two officers were injured. one person, just one person was arrested. not unusual in a pubuc arrested. not unusual in a public order situation like this. it'sjust public order situation like this. it's just often not, practical for them to go in and start arresting people because they don't have the numbers to do that. when you're dealing with a very significant crowd . with a very significant crowd. but they will put extra resources into this area of east london tonight to ensure that

any, repeat of the scenes we saw last night can be quickly dealt with. >> so, mark, let's get this straight. so there have been violent protests in bangladesh, and we're seeing essentially a spill—over in the bangladeshi community now in east london. yeah, we've had a statement, actually, from detective chief superintendent james conway, who is in charge of policing in that area, tower hamlets area. >> he said, i'm grateful to the officers who bravely intervened without hesitation to restore order in a challenging situation. he said this was a serious incident and had it not been for the decisive intervention of local officers and other met colleagues, it could well have resulted in more serious injuries. further damage or worse, he said. i recognise that events that take place in bangladesh can have a significant impact on communities here in tower hamlets, but we cannot allow that strength of feeling to tip

into threats, violence and disorder . so the metropolitan disorder. so the metropolitan police, the senior commander in no doubt it was linked back to the politics of the subcontinent , the politics of the subcontinent, playing out in the streets of east london. >> very, very. >> very, very. >> what on earth are people trying to achieve by going out onto the streets and being disorderly? it's not like the british government could do anything. it's not like it was the british police's fault. whatever has happened in bangladesh. >> yeah, well, this was actually rival groups. so clearly groups that were supporting different sides of the violence that's playing out in bangladesh. so it wasn't in the first instance aimed at the police that were fighting amongst themselves. it's only when the police intervened and they had riot shields at one point to hold the two opposing groups, apart. then they turned their attention on they turned their attention on the police, as they often do in

these situations of serious pubuc these situations of serious public disorder. isn't that delightful? >> community tensions in bangladesh now on the streets of whitechapel. good stuff . whitechapel. good stuff. >> well coming up, thank you. >> well coming up, thank you. >> mark. >> mark. >> us brits love talking about the weather and there's lots to talk about today . temperatures talk about today. temperatures soaring beyond 30 degrees in many parts of the country. so we're going to be back in our favourite skegness after your headunes favourite skegness after your headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after 2:30. the top story this afternoon as the global it outage continues. cybersecurity firm crowdstrike say they are now actively working to fix a defect they found in microsoft windows flights at many of the world's airports have been grounded since early this morning, with airlines unable to complete check ins. and here, thousands of gp practices across the country have also been affected , country have also been affected, as well as banks, trains and

broadcasters. the government has now held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the problem, and a spokesperson from crowdstrike says the issue has been identified, though it's not a security incident or cyber attack. the american journalist evan gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after a russian court found him guilty of espionage. prosecutors say the 32 year old was caught gathering secret information for the cia, though no information to back up those allegations has been made public. president biden says he is committed to bringing evan home. well, police say that several people have been arrested after violent disorder and riots in the harehills area of leeds. it's understood more arrests will be made over the next few days as investigations continued. late last night, vehicles were set ablaze and a police car was overturned. you can see there on your screen the aftermath from those riots. residents were warned to stay indoors as helicopters and a large police presence responded to the chaos.

it's understood it was linked to local children being taken into care. west yorkshire mayor tracy brabin has condemned what she's described as the violent and thoughtless actions . donald thoughtless actions. donald trump says he had god on his side the day that a bullet narrowly missed him during a campaign speech. the former president returned to the stage for the first time since the assassination attempt with a speech at the republican national convention, where he formally accepted his party's nomination for president. meanwhile, barack obama has reportedly told senior democrats that joe biden's path to victory has greatly diminished. it comes as a report in the new york times suggests that president biden has begun to accept that he may have to drop out of the race, though at least one person close to mr biden insists he's not yet made up his mind. and we're also hearing from the head of joe biden's campaign in the last few minutes from the reuters news agency that biden will return to the campaign trail next week. those are the

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>> well. good afternoon. britain. it's 236. and the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy has called sir keir starmer to show leadership . he's starmer to show leadership. he's called on him to show leadership dunng called on him to show leadership during his historic address to the labour cabinet. >> well, starmer greeted president zelenskyy as he arrived at downing street earlier this morning as he's committed to provide ukraine with military funding every year for a decade. >> okay, well, we're now joined by gb news political correspondent olivia utley olivia. fill in the gaps for us.

>> well, this is a huge commitment from keir starmer. and it will come as a big relief to volodymyr zelenskyy. obviously boris johnson, the prime minister back in 2022, was committed to ukraine to the point where in lviv there were croissants being made with boris johnson's face on it. rishi sunak continued that financial support for ukraine and now it's clear that the change of governance in the uk won't change that at all. keir starmer, both invited vladimir zelenskyy to be his very first foreign leader guest in downing street. in fact, the first foreign leader to give an address to a cabinet in the uk since 1997. and he has also committed to giving ukraine funding every year for the next ten years. that is above the £3.5 ten years. that is above the £35 billion defence package, £3.5 billion defence package, which has now been agreed between britain and ukraine, whereby britain will essentially loan money to ukraine so that ukraine can purchase british

weapons. now this is good for vladimir zelenskyy, but even with britain supporting ukraine, you know, above and beyond, you might say vladimir zelenskyy is in a bit of trouble at the epc yesterday , viktor orban, the yesterday, viktor orban, the right wing president of hungary, suggested that he thinks that that ukraine and russia should go for some sort of peace treaty. meanwhile, in the us , treaty. meanwhile, in the us, donald trump, although he says he is committed to continuing financial support in ukraine, his running mate has been very, very clear from the outset that he thinks that the us should pull out of financially supporting ukraine. so ukraine is looking a little more friendless on the global stage than it's looked in quite a long time now. vladimir zelenskyy is really , really aware of that, really, really aware of that, and the point he was making to the uk cabinet this morning, he said that london has the decision making power to end the war, the war in russia and ukraine, essentially saying the uk are now sort of one of

ukraine's only close allies and essentially calling on keir starmer to step up even more than he already has. >> really interesting stuff. they're particularly interesting that keir starmer is talking about a decade of support. last time i checked, a parliamentary term lasted 4 or 5 years. i don't know if he's being presumptive about the outcome of the next general election . keir the next general election. keir starmer also talks about a decade of national renewal . decade of national renewal. that's in every speech he makes. i wonder how many more times keir starmer is going to talk about a decade and sort of try and implant upon people's minds that he's going to be in office and win the next election as well. is this some subliminal messaging going on? >> i think perhaps it might be some subliminal messaging. it'll be interesting to see how the support for ukraine goes down with the british public. so far, the british public have been very , very supportive of the very, very supportive of the uk's funding for ukraine. but of course keir starmer hasn't yet agreed to raise britain's own defence spending to the 2.5%

that rishi sunak committed to. and there are plenty of senior members of the armed forces who said that britain's army has been so sort of hollowed out that britain would only be capable of fighting a very short war, a sort of month long small war. will the british public be okay with so much funding going over to ukraine, when perhaps our own defence is in such a terrible state? >> well, olivia, thank you so much for bringing us all of that. live from westminster . that. live from westminster. >> yes. and it's not just technology that's having a meltdown today. many brits are also at melting point. why? because the uk is experiencing its hottest day of the year. >> yes, it's official now. temperatures reaching 31.2 c at heathrow airport nonetheless. so pnor heathrow airport nonetheless. so prior to today, the warmest day had been june the 26th. temperatures reached 30.5 degrees, but but we've passed beyond that today. could we finally be getting a taste of summer? >> we both smirked. a little

when we said the temperature had reached whatever it was at heathrow airport. yeah, because they always seem to take the temperature at the airport, and one might think that actually it might be hotter than, you know, elsewhere because there's lots of tarmac. >> maybe. although i do remember the hottest part of the country a couple of years ago was the botanical gardens in cambridge. they have they have their sensors in very odd places, anyway, let's cross to our gb news east midlands reporter will hollis, who's in skegness enjoying the sunshine. will, doesit enjoying the sunshine. will, does it feel like the warmest day of the year to you ? day of the year to you? >> who needs an airport when you can just get on any a—road and head towards the lincolnshire coastline? or pretty much any coastline? or pretty much any coastline right now, when temperatures are reaching 31 degrees here, it's in the mid 20s, but you can see into the distance hundreds if not thousands of people have chosen this fantastic friday to come down to the coastline . 4 million down to the coastline. 4 million people, according to visit lincolnshire , choose this lincolnshire, choose this coastline. skegness, another

little local seaside towns every year and i imagine a good chunk of that 4 million have chosen today, including this fantastic family who've come from derbyshire . we've got stig, derbyshire. we've got stig, nicola and rita as well, where have you come from and why are you here? >> well, we're stopping at east kirby. we've come to see the lancaster, but it's a nice day today. why not? nice place in it. >> and what have you been doing here? what's the perfect thing to do on a friday when you've got the hottest temperatures of the year? >> so far we've had a bag of chips on the seafront get no better than that, does it? >> can we have a an upgrade on bag of chips? >> the best we've ever had? >> the best we've ever had? >> actually, we did say that it was the best we've ever had. believe it or not. >> yes. what makes it the best bag of chips that you can have at the seaside? because i imagine a lot of chip shops would boast credentials that are worthy of the best bag of chips. >> just being in a nice place, i suppose, and eating them on the seafront. you've got a nice view. yeah, the weather, the weather, it's all about the environment. >> i imagine there are a few things that make the seaside fantastic. the weather. on a day

like today, the food and then the entertainment. but is it a bit too hot , stig, do you think bit too hot, stig, do you think 30, 31 degrees in some parts of the country ? the country? >> no, at all, mate. no, i think just right in it. have a cool been just right in it. have a cool beer. can't you cool down? >> there's plenty of good at all. yeah, plenty of bars around. plenty of places to eat. >> yeah, plenty of bars, plenty of things to do here on the lincolnshire coastline. and how do you think this coastline, skegness, which maybe hasn't , skegness, which maybe hasn't, hasn't, you know, used to get a lot more people, a lot of people coming here. how do you think it compares to other parts of the country on a day like today ? country on a day like today? >> it's as nice actually. yeah, it's as nice on a day like today. >> beautiful, clear blue skies. >> beautiful, clear blue skies. >> he looks blue. blue sky, white sands. i mean, what's to not like? >> there are heat health alerts. meaning that some people that are in a vulnerable position might need to take a little bit more care. not saying that you're vulnerable, but how are you're vulnerable, but how are you making sure that you're a little bit healthier in the hot weather? >> got the water, got the water suncream on. you can't do no more than that. really, stig? >> are you a kind of guy that

wears suncream ? wears suncream? >> duff? not too, wouldn't you really? you know what i mean. yeah, yeah. lovely day cracking down, mate. yeah, i'm having a nice time. skegness. pleasantly surprised. lovely today. it's been a year or two since i've been, but yeah, always worth revisiting. >> those places that you haven't been to for a while. yes mate. >> yeah, definitely. yeah. >> yeah, definitely. yeah. >> i carry two bottles of suncream in my car, so i'm never out of the way. thank you so much for talking to us today on skegness pier here on gb news. >> well, thank you very much indeed for bringing us that interview with that family. it's made me rather peckish actually. maybe i'll have a bag of chips later. >> fantastic. >> fantastic. >> why not? you know, sunny day . >> why not? you know, sunny day. any excuse? absolutely. >> we can go back up onto the roof. >> maybe even a little prosecco. >> maybe even a little prosecco. >> hottest, hottest day of the year. >> hottest, hottest day of the year . finally. well, >> hottest, hottest day of the year. finally. well, coming up as a major as major power outages continue to cause chaos around the world, we're going to hear the latest from a former security

minister. good afternoon. britain. it's 12 minutes to 3:00 and transport banks and businesses, even broadcasters have been brought to a halt today after a global tech meltdown. >> yes, but the uk government is working at pace and firing up its national emergency response. >> well, joining us now is the former security minister, stephen mcpartland . because, stephen mcpartland. because, stephen, what exactly will government contingency look like right now? can you tell us a little bit about what cobra is ? little bit about what cobra is? >> sorry, i can't hear the studio. >> oh i'm sorry. let's try and get that re—established , because get that re—established, because what the country is facing is what the country is facing is what many countries around the world are facing right now . world are facing right now. we've listed some of those different places that have been interrupted. earlier in the programme, we were talking to someone stranded at gatwick airport. this is really having a large impact. i would like an

update from stephanie, who we spoke to at gatwick. >> i do hope she's got on her flight. she was due to go off on a girl's holiday, but it started to look a bit unlikely. >> the random situation about this is that some airlines were affected and others weren't, or some were only affected their checking in system. you had to do it in person and others were completely taken offline completely, all depending on how much of their tech relied on this one cloud security system. >> yes, because it wasn't air traffic control. we should be clear about that. it wasn't air traffic control that's affected more the systems of, as tom says, like checking in. yes, i guessi says, like checking in. yes, i guess i don't know what else, just all the computers that run all of the programs to know who's meant to be on what flight. right. okay. so they'd have difficulty knowing which passengers have signed up, signed in or checked in or whatever you want to call it. >> internal systems of different companies, because of course, some airlines are unaffected. many airlines, however, are affected, but it's not just

airlines traders, stock traders in the city of london have been having a tough time of it today. payroll, payroll, payroll systems. >> some people might not have been paid if they were expecting to. today it seems like there is, and perhaps most perniciously of all, coffee. >> which coffee firm was it ? >> which coffee firm was it? >> which coffee firm was it? >> there were some complaints onune >> there were some complaints online about gales. now gales is a very up—market bakery where you can't really get an item for less than a fiver. and yes , less than a fiver. and yes, apparently no, no card machines and they don't take cash, i think in some of their shops. so it was, it was, it was terrible, terrible , nightmarish for local terrible, nightmarish for local commuters . commuters. >> it's like it's sort of it's sort of a game. what connects gales bakery with financial traders and aeroplanes. well, apparently there's one security system i believe we might have security minister stephen mcpartland with us now . mcpartland with us now. apologies about the connection issues. what will the government be doing to work through contingencies?

>> so i'm not a security minister. i'm stephen mcpartland. i was a member of parliament. i did that in the past. i left, but we're here to talk about cyber security. >> yes, we said former former minister. >> sorry. okay, i missed that bit. that's great. so, i think for us, the big issue here is it demonstrates how, unreliable our systems are and how interconnected they all are. so interconnected they all are. so in an increasingly digitised economy, this demonstrates how reliance big companies are on the supply chain partners, whether this is a software update or something else that's gone wrong, a lot of these large companies have three, 4 or 5000 smes that actually supply it to them. >> and when you have incidents of these natures, it's not often the large company that's being attacked. >> it's often one of those smes in that big, big supply chain that's done that. so i did a big review for the previous government called the mcpartland review, looking at, economic resilience and cyber security. and one of the things that

struck me very hard was when we were talking to the companies, were talking to the companies, we spoke to, 350 companies in different round tables , and different round tables, and those companies had over a million uk smes in their supply chain. so that just gives you an example of the actual size of the interconnections. so as soon as something goes wrong in one, the actual impact across the wider economy is huge. >> yeah . i wider economy is huge. >> yeah. i mean we wider economy is huge. >> yeah . i mean we are extremely >> yeah. i mean we are extremely reliant on tech. and as you say, there's so many different parts. the supply chains are absolutely enormous. there are small businesses, there are huge businesses, there are huge businesses like microsoft, like your your apple and everything else. how do we even begin to protect ourselves against this type of thing, or is it just something that will, on occasion, happen ? occasion, happen? >> no, not at all. i mean, i think one of the big challenges is that, 99% of companies, over 99% of companies in uk are smes, and most of those companies have no real cyber protections whatsoever . and i no real cyber protections whatsoever. and i think in the mish rahman review, the first

recommendation we did, the main one, it was very much around actually cyber securing your supply chain. so looking at those big crimes, those big companies that supply into government and asking the government and asking the government to launch a cyber charter so that those companies were required to work with their supply chains and say, if you're providing this product into government or these services, you need to be in a position where you can actually assure us that you've cyber secured the whole supply chain. so you've actually worked with your third party critical suppliers and ensure that if there's a problem with one of those, it's not going to affect the service you're actually providing to the pubuc you're actually providing to the public or to the government. so there's very much you can do around that. and we also talk about how that's possible even within the government tax system, cyber security is an essential business cos every single sme in the country has £1 million investment allowance. so, so they don't even they're not going to spend anywhere near those amounts. but steve martland, former government minister, really appreciate your time and your thoughts on that huge issue affecting so many people across the country.

>> right. that's it from us, have a wonderful weekend. we'll be back on monday. please do enjoy the sun. be careful. we'll hollis has warned us to wear our sunscreen, so please do. up next is martin daubney. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of today. will be feeling very hot into this evening as well. a very mild night to come for much of england and wales. there is a change on the way as we head towards the weekend. weather fronts will push in from the west, introducing considerably fresher air but also a spell of wet weather. and that cloud and rain will push into parts of northern ireland, western scotland through this evening. elsewhere, it should stay dry, a bit of cloud spilling into western wales. parts of the south—west as well, but across the south and east a clear night to come and here is where it

will stay. mild and humid overnight, temperatures perhaps not dipping down much below 20 degrees. however, from the north and west. as i said, it will turn fresher through saturday once this weather front clears through , that will clear through through, that will clear through the western isles very first thing, but still some heavy rain to come across parts of the highlands. eastern areas of scotland. not seeing the rain till a little later on in the day on saturday. wet weather though, spilling into northern ireland as well as north wales through saturday morning, could see some quite heavy downpours pushing into parts of south wales, as well as devon and cornwall through saturday morning. as well. further east, though, it will be a clear and bright start to the day on saturday, but it will be feeling fairly humid through the day. the sunshine will turn hazier as well for many central and eastern areas of the uk as this cloud starts to thicken ahead of the band of heavy rain. so heavy pulses of rain to come for parts of wales, the south—west as well as some areas of scotland as well. temperatures cooler

tomorrow compared to today, but still across the south and east we could still reach the high 20s through saturday evening. that rain will continue its journey eastwards, so some further outbreaks of heavy rain at risk for many areas of the uk. but it will turn cooler and much drier as we head into sunday. sunny spells on sunday. for many of us, temperatures much closer to average, but further wet weather to come next week. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. and a happy friday. >> it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. >> we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. >> on today's show, they're calling it the most serious. >> it outage the world has ever seen. thousands of flights grounded wreaked havoc with the

nhs and even prevented card payments at supermarkets. what caused it? is it over and will it happen again? we'll have experts answer all of those questions . and riots ripped questions. and riots ripped through leeds last night, fuelled by simmering cultural undercurrents. we'll be speaking to police experts and politicians to try and make sense into what could be a glimpse of a broken britain and yesterday sir keir starmer pledged to smash the gangs while it seems the gangs weren't listening because today at least 500 illegal immigrants are expected to land at dover, taking the grim tally to over 2000 arrivals since starmer came to power just two weeks ago. just like rishi sunak, it seems sir keir starmer cannot stop the boats and that's all coming up in your next hour. >> welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. the heat wave is finally upon us

just at the time when we