energy have struggled with their energy bills and therefore had to make difficult choices about what else they do. but look, it's it is about making these decisions early on, we have i think in the first three weeks now, shown a real intent to make the change that's necessary to get those bills down. thank you. so much. ihave bills down. thank you. so much. i have got rob from itv granada . i have got rob from itv granada. >> thank you, prime minister. >> thank you, prime minister. >> well, that was the prime minister launching gb energy a new state owned energy company. it's midday . it's midday. good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on thursday. the 25th of july. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. >> protests erupt in rochdale overnight after an armed police officer was caught on camera stamping on a man's head at manchester airport. the officer has since been suspended . we'll has since been suspended. we'll have the very latest.

>> 24 year old anthony hassan appears in court today charged with attempted murder after a lieutenant colonel was stabbed multiple times near a barracks in kent. we'll be live outside medway magistrates court and ed miliband, along with the prime minister, announcing the details of his new state owned great british energy company. >> it will build more wind farms on the crown estate. labour claims it will bring down energy bills for good. but will it .7 bills for good. but will it.7 >> and a mega prison near you. the government is considering converting raf wethersfield, currently being used to house migrants into a mega prison , migrants into a mega prison, necessary prison space or a blight for the local . blight for the local. community. >> now, these protests in rochdale should concern us all. clearly, there is a huge amount of community tension . last night

of community tension. last night could have been just the beginning. we've got our eyes and our ears to the ground in rochdale today. >> yes, it does appear as though, as it stands, there will be more protests tonight. it does seem to be kicking off this, of course, outside rochdale police station. we're here. one of the men who was involved in the incident in manchester airport is a rochdale resident, and that's why it's kicked off there . that's as we kicked off there. that's as we know now. but from that incident in manchester airport, clearly protests have begun . there is protests have begun. there is now a racism row, accusations that this armed officer, who's now been suspended, was acting in a racist fashion. it's easy to see how these things just gain momentum. a spark is there. i said a little earlier. could it be, could it be.7 hopefully it be, could it be? hopefully not. but could it be a bit of a george floyd moment here? >> and of course, we've seen the video that has gone viral on social media just a few seconds of the end of this confrontation with the police officer behaving in what looks like a completely

abhorrent way. we don't see what happened before that. we don't see the scrap between those who are attacking the police officers before one of them was subdued. is there more context here that needs to come to light? send your thoughts. contact us in the normal way. gb news.com/your say yes, but let's get the headlines with tatiana . get the headlines with tatiana. >> emily thank you and good afternoon. the top stories a police officer has been suspended from all duties after a video emerged appearing to show a person being kicked in the head during an altercation at manchester airport. greater manchester police says three of its officers were seriously injured when they attended to reports of an assault in the airport car park that included a female officer who suffered a broken nose. the force added that its officers were assaulted before the event seen in the video, which has been widely

circulating on social media. the police watchdog has now confirmed it is investigating the incident. the prime minister says he understands the concern over the footage and the home secretary, yvette cooper, will meet greater manchester mayor andy burnham to discuss the matter . in andy burnham to discuss the matter. in other andy burnham to discuss the matter . in other news, a andy burnham to discuss the matter. in other news, a man has been charged with attempted murder after the stabbing of a uniformed army officer in kent. 24 year old anthony hassan has been remanded in custody after appearing in court today. he was arrested near his home in rochester just 30 minutes arrested near his home in rochesterjust 30 minutes after rochester just 30 minutes after the violent attack. he's also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place . lieutenant colonel mark place. lieutenant colonel mark teetan, who's in his 40s, was stabbed in sally port gardens near brompton barracks in gillingham. he remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition . in other news, former condition. in other news, former immigration minister robert jenrick will stand for the tory leadership, promising to win back voters who switched to reform uk. he's the third tory to throw their hat into the ring

after james cleverly and tom tugendhat. mr cleverly says he's best placed to unite the party after last month's crushing election defeat. but mr tugendhat told gb news the conservatives have lost trust after failing to deliver lower taxes and immigration. >> you've seen what's just happenedin >> you've seen what's just happened in the recent election. we lost the trust of the british people because we failed to deliver and i've got a track record of delivery, whether that's in the army on operations in iraq and afghanistan or whether that's in parliament standing up to those who would threaten us, those authoritarian dictators. and that's got me sanctioned by countries like china and russia and iran and of course , i've been delivering in course, i've been delivering in government, you know, as the security minister, making sure that we are safe. and i can't talk about all the areas that i've been working on as security minister for obvious reasons, but absolutely prioritising the interests and security of the british people is exactly what i've done. >> now, the prime minister says offshore wind will soon power 20 million british homes as he launched the new state owned gb energy. speaking during a visit

to an engineering factory in the nonh to an engineering factory in the north west of england, sir keir starmer said the firm's partnership with the crown estate would help turbocharge britain's transition to clean energy, leading the development of green power projects will come alongside gb energy's other role, which will see it acting as a co—investor on schemes with private sector firms. sir keir says it's an important step towards the uk's greener future. >> now there is a massive prize within our reach and make no mistake, the race is on to get there until now, i feel like we've been sort of tying up our laces in the changing room. no more . i don't just want to be in more. i don't just want to be in the race for clean energy. i want to us win the race for clean energy. and why not? we have got the potential. we have got the ports. we have got the people, the skills. and now we have got a mission driven government in the us. >> a joe biden said he couldn't

let his personal ambitions stand in the way of saving democracy as he addressed the nation dufing as he addressed the nation during a televised speech from the oval office last night. in his first comments since announcing his decision to drop out of the presidential race, the 81 year old said it had been the 81 year old said it had been the honour of his life to serve the honour of his life to serve the american people as president. but explaining his decision, he said the future of the united states must come first and it's time to pass the torch on to the next generation. >> in recent weeks, it's become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavoun unite my party in this critical endeavour. i believe my record is president. my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term. but nothing , second term. but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. and that includes personal ambition . includes personal ambition. >> and andy murray has officially withdrawn from the singles event at the paris olympics. the two time gold

medallist is still not fully recovered from the back surgery he had last month, and believed the men's doubles, where he's playing with dan evans, offers his best chance of another medal . his best chance of another medal. those are the latest gb news headunes. those are the latest gb news headlines . for now, i'm tatiana headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> well good afternoon britain. it's 12:08. now, some viewers might find these images distressing. greater manchester police have suspended a firearms officer after they were filmed kicking a man in his head during an arrest. >> well, the incident took place at manchester airport and last night hundreds of protesters

took to the streets outside rochdale. police station to vent their anger, shouting shame, shame on you i shame on you! >> well, we're joined by gb news home security editor mark white, mark, can you break down where we are with this? of course, by now, many millions of people have seen this footage. we don't know the full, full context, but what have we heard from the police and have they updated what they've said? >> well , what they've said? >> well, initially what they've said? >> well , initially the police >> well, initially the police had said that this officer had been suspended from operational dufies been suspended from operational duties so that public facing dufies duties so that public facing duties , although not suspended duties, although not suspended fully. this morning, though, they changed that to now having fully suspended this officer in light of the review they've been carrying out over the last couple of days. and of course, it's now been referred to the independent police watchdog, the independent office for police conduct, who say they are carrying out an urgent examination to determine exactly

what happened. and as such, they've already obtained a lot of police body worn video footage and cctv footage from the building. but, you know, with these incidents where you get viral videos that come around that only ever give a snapshot, and often, of course, the snapshot that puts the police in the worst possible light context is everything. and i think we should just spend a minute just giving, trying to give the audience a little context. this incident unfolded about 830 at night on tuesday, with reports of a violent altercation, someone having been assaulted . the police assaulted. the police highlighted on cctv in a multi—storey car park next to terminal two at manchester airport. an individual who they believed was a suspect. officers were dispatched to that scene to arrest this individual. however, when they tried to arrest him effectively, they were the subject of a very violent

altercation, not just the person who were trying to arrest, resisting , but others as well resisting, but others as well that piled in police officers, according to greater manchester police, were kicked to the ground and sustained injuries. three of them required hospital treatment , three of them required hospital treatment, including a female police officer who was smashed in the face and broke her nose . in the face and broke her nose. now what we are seeing in the viral video that's gone out is the very end of this whole episode. none of the video showing those officers being severely beaten in the previous few minutes, but showing the backup officers arriving and trying to gain control of the situation and get the people to the ground that the officers who'd been assaulted were pointing out as the men who had assaulted them. right. >> so these are the backup officers that we can see here who have only been brought in as a result of the other officers having been so badly, badly injured. >> there's a female officer you

can just see there . she's can just see there. she's reaching behind her back with a sort of ginger hair hanging out. i think that may have been the one of the officers, possibly the female officer, that was smashed in the face. we've blurred it to protect our identities here. but in unblurred footage that i've seen, she's crying. she's clearly disorientated and traumatised by what has gone on. so not able to offer much in the way of assistance, but pointing out individuals to her colleagues who are arriving there on scene. now, these officers, it's i think , also officers, it's i think, also important to point out what happens with modern radio communications when an officer makes a distress call calling for immediate backup. they press a button on the radio that has, it's designed so that for about 30s, that officer just presses it once and then can get on with defending themselves or whatever. they don't need to keep pressing it, and they can relay in instructions about how many suspects there are, where

they are. but one of the consequences of that open mic is that all of the colleagues rush in to help . are hearing these in to help. are hearing these officers in distress in a very violent episode. so they are getting there quickly. clearly, i would imagine full of adrenaline, wanting to gain control of the situation and ensure that the individuals that were involved in a violent , were involved in a violent, violent altercation and assaulting their colleagues were put to the ground and, you know, made safe and handcuffed. >> and the other aspect of this that really matters is that these were firearms officers , these were firearms officers, and there were genuine fears that this violent mob could have got hold of those firearms. and then this would have been a very different situation indeed. >> well, that is one of the yet all of the officers involved in this incident were firearms officers. but it's just one of the, the, the sort of facts of life in, in an airport is that most of the police you will see will be armed because they need

to be it's a high risk environment. so anyone in a violent confrontation with an officer, of course, if they're going to the steps of actually resisting arrest, punching and assaulting officers, then who knows what lengths they might go to try to get out of being arrested. so yes, that's uppermost in the thinking of those firearms officers going to the scene . and of course, it's the scene. and of course, it's alarming to see a video in which an officer steps and kicks someone's head, but also , again, someone's head, but also, again, on the unblurred video, that person who's in the prone position is still not got arms behind their backs. there's at least one arm that's not visible. an officer rushing up and trying to gain control of the scene doesn't know what's gone before, doesn't know what that person might still have in the arm that they can't see. they need to get control of the situation and get the people handcuffed. it's violent. but you know, when there's a violent

confrontation, when officers are being assaulted, then police have to up their response and their, their ability to contain that situation. there's one surefire way of ensuring that you're not the subject of a violent arrest by a police officer, and that's to comply with their instructions when they come up to you in the first place. with a view to detaining you, you well do do you just you don't you don't. >> you do start to struggle. you do what? >> your fight with the officers. >> your fight with the officers. >> we have so many questions for you. i do want to just ask you about the. i want to know what's happened with the people who were involved in this , in this were involved in this, in this incident. have they been arrested, have arrests, had been made? has anyone been charged with so for four people have been arrested and have been charged with affray with assaulting emergency service workers. >> but in tandem with that, of course, is what this officer was seen to be doing as part of that investigation. the other thing just quickly to add in, which is

very important here, is that we've seen demonstrations in rochdale, outside the police station there with reports that there will be further demonstrations in the hours and days ahead as well. so clearly, the police are very concerned about community tensions. we only need to think back a week to what unfolded in leeds to show what the potential is here. so they're calling for calmer heads , but it's not helped by heads, but it's not helped by viral videos that only give a snapshot and deliberately so . snapshot and deliberately so. people that put out videos that say these, you know, this is a racist arrest , these are all racist arrest, these are all white officers arrest arresting asian pakistani males. but it mentions nothing about asian pakistani males assaulting white police officers. >> i mean, it does have, you know, the hallmarks of a of a george floyd type moment. i mean, hopefully it won't escalate to that. but as you say ,

escalate to that. but as you say, protests again, again tonight, perhaps again outside that rochdale police station. >> well, it seems as though there will be. yeah. >> well thank you very much, mark. i hope we can catch up with you again a little later on in the show. >> well, we're delighted to be joined now by the former police sergeant armed response officer and author of firearms and fatality. henry harry tangi. harry. goodness me, where do we start with this ? first of all, start with this? first of all, have you seen something like this before? in your experience, where seemingly someone was restrained on the floor, only for there then to be further pretty unorthodox methods of restraining them, >> it's all about domination. and we've got to talk about human reactions. huge amounts of adrenaline. i've got to applaud yourjournalist. there he said it beautifully. he gave a really good human reaction. to what this is all about. you know,

we're expecting our officers, those armed officers. this is where the step has been crossed. now, we're used to seeing our police officers completely with, being shown no respect whatsoever. they hold very little authority anymore because they're criticised at every move. and sometimes policing doesn't look very pretty. so we expect to be baited, attacked, assaulted . really close comment. assaulted. really close comment. you know, if you're sitting together now and emily got assaulted and smashed in the face and a broken nose, you'd be pretty angry. i imagine tom and l, pretty angry. i imagine tom and i, and we expect people to be, to resist arrest. now to grapple with a firearms officer. you're very close to being very bruised or very dead, if that . if any of or very dead, if that. if any of those very large men got hold of that gun, it would be down to the other colleague to end it there. we cannot risk that person getting hold of that firearm and not only using it on the officers, but other members of the public. and if you want choirboys to look after our, our, our airports, you seem to have forgotten what 91! was like. and so you need very

domineering. and where they need to turn it up, they have to be very aggressive. what i'm shocked about and just remember, these are human adrenaline. adrenaline. they're hearing, just like your colleague just said. they're hearing that in their ear . said. they're hearing that in their ear. they're hearing the fear. they're hearing firearms officers on the ground assaulted. hospitalised. this is another level. so where are the 200 protests saying how ashamed they are that members of their community have acted and behaved in this way? where are those protests ? and i hope that the protests? and i hope that the bosses are going to show some moral courage and stand up for what is right as opposed to what will reduce the amount of criticism from a very loud few. and that goes for the rochdale mp as well, who's coming out with criticism . with criticism. >> harry, do you think that's going to happen because the police have been very quick to suspend this armed police officer. it appears as though they're on the side of those who are saying there is absolutely no context where a police officer should behave like this .

officer should behave like this. >> oh, yes, if you want, if you want machines. and just think i would ask your viewers, you've got a 30 year career. a lot of people are in offices, a lot of people are in offices, a lot of people are in offices, a lot of people are working on the highway. are you being assaulted regularly during your career? are you being sworn at, shown total lack of disrespect? are you seeing your colleagues beaten? and i don't care about equality. if you see a female colleague by a large man being punched in the face and have her nose broken, that's going to make you quite angry. are you going to go through a 30 year career saying no , no, i'm going career saying no, no, i'm going to act absolutely rationally, no problem. i'm never going to see red mist. they showed restraint in the fact that no guns were drawn. >> yeah, harry, i just wanted to very quickly ask you about that because obviously in the united states of america , where a states of america, where a thuggish gang to assault police officers, you could imagine firearms being drawn fairly quickly, >> in this instance here, it

appears that no firearms were drawn even though all police officers had them. why was that? >> well, because we've got very comfortable with our officers being so restrained and being so measured, but they need to show. and i was show. you need to show dominance and you need to show aggression and somebody was saying, oh, that's not necessary, but you're that close to having the next step of firearms being taken over and your family being obliterated in a, in a in a departure lounge. so this has got to be a step back. those police officers are in charge like your colleague said. brilliant, a summary that he's just put you don't. that is not the time for a discussion. you do not resist arrest. you do as you're bloomin well told. and all this will be avoided . and if all this will be avoided. and if some bosses grow a bit of backbone and come out and say, this is what we expect, we do not expect our officers to be abused, because the next time it's the public being abused and all protests. i hope they deal

with them robustly because and where's this race thing? come if you had a bunch of white people being arrested and a bunch of you know, a pakistani asian people being arrested, and it's only the pakistani ones got assaulted, then you'd have a point. but we're trying to arrest people that need arresting. where has race come into this ? into this? >> okay. and here, the passion in your voice. thank you very much. harry tang, really great to speak to you. and get your perspective on all of this. thank you. who put a lot of motion into that? you can really. well, i can't imagine what it's like to be an armed police officer, but the distress. >> i like to hear those screams down in your in your earpieces. you're rushing towards what you do not know. the situation is extraordinary. >> well, a 24 year old man will remain in custody after appearing in court today charged with attempted murder . with attempted murder. >> anthony ison is accused of repeatedly stabbing lieutenant colonel mark teton near a barracks in kent. >> well, joining us now is gb news national reporter , charlie news national reporter, charlie peters. charlie, what went on in the court today ?

the court today? >> well, when anthony ison, 24, was asked to confirm his name and his date of birth, he said why? that was his first response. he then went on to do so, appearing here at medway magistrates court in a greyt shirt and grey jogging bottoms. now the victim of that attack, on tuesday evening, lieutenant colonel mark cheatham. he remains in hospital in a stable, but serious condition. and anthony ison, the 24 year old remanded in custody after being charged not only with attempted murder here but also possession of an offensive weapon. he is next due to appear in court at maidstone crown court on august the 22nd. i'll bring some detail of what was said in the court, the prosecutor, rajni prashar, said . a member of the public said. a member of the public called 999 to report that a male had been stabbed. it was then reported that the victim was a soldier in uniform. she told the court that a man was seen running up behind the army officer, lieutenant colonel mark

teton, before he pulled the soldier to the ground and stabbed him repeatedly and drove away on a moped. the prosecutor also said that two knives were recovered from the scene and found stored on the bike. now anthony ison, that 24 year old he was arrested on tuesday evening near his home in rochester for the charges on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of those blades , and possession of those blades, as i said, appearing next in court at maidstone crown court on august the 22nd. after that attack on tuesday evening outside a barracks in gillingham in kent, where the one royal military school of engineering is based. >> charlie peters, thank you very much for that update. >> well, coming up, ed miliband, the energy secretary, is introducing the details of great british energy that state run energy company. we'll break down exactly what that means very shortly. good afternoon britain on gb news

well, the prime minister has been talking about the launch of great british energy. and joining us now is former chief executive of energy uk, angela knight, angela, there seems to be a lot to this, but the claim is that this will bfing the claim is that this will bring down our energy bills for good. so our question is, will it ? it? >> and the answer to that is no. so perhaps i should explain why, every time you build a quantum of electricity , which is of electricity, which is suppued of electricity, which is supplied by renewables, you also need to build exactly the same amount of quantum of electricity as backup. and that is because renewables. well, the wind doesn't blow all the time and the sun doesn't shine all the

time. but we want electricity all the time. so therefore we need to have that backup in place, which means in effect, you have to pay for both of the provisions , the renewable provisions, the renewable electricity and the backup electricity. and certainly what i had hoped is that this launch would also include for giving, it would include a programme for doing that backup which is in effect is, for example, small scale nuclear power stations, which can be built relatively quickly at convenient locations around the country. so we have a secure energy. >> i thought that was in the plans. angela i thought, sorry to interrupt, but i thought ed miliband was announcing that there would be a programme of mini nuclear's. >> well, maybe he has if he has, i've missed that bit. >> all i've seen is that there's a combination of great british

energy with the crown estates to get the big offshore wind farms, you know, more of them in place. that's what i've seen. what i've not seen is the same sort of programme , put in place for programme, put in place for small scale nuclear power stations with similar locations and with private money included. no, i haven't done that. if he's announced that, that's exactly where we need to go and we need to go there as a priority , as to go there as a priority, as right now, what we haven't got is that backup. we're right at the wire of the maximum that, we have in this, this country. and yet we have, you know , cold yet we have, you know, cold pefiods yet we have, you know, cold periods where we all use more power and the more we swing over to such things as electric cars and a greater degree of use of electricity instead of gas in this country, even more power needs to be built. we also need to move the grid, and with wind farms being off the east coast

of this country and the big consuming part of the country being in the south—east, that means the building of much more of that grid , both underground, of that grid, both underground, underwater, but also overground with pylons. and that, again, costs money. so i don't say what is being proposed is wrong. what i am saying is that there's much broader than just a wind farm. and some money for that. it's a much broader programme . it's much broader programme. it's probably one of the biggest engineering programmes that we've done for a century or so. in this country. it needs to be clear thought through and needs to be run by engineers , and just to be run by engineers, and just focusing on bits of it might be emotionally attractive or politically attractive , but does politically attractive, but does not provide for you or me or the british public. what the true costs are and what the true programme entails. >> that is really interesting and really clear. an incomplete blueprint that we've heard this

morning from the energy secretary and the prime minister, angela knight, former chief executive of energy uk. really appreciate your time. thank you for joining really appreciate your time. thank you forjoining us. thank you for joining us. >> yes, i should say that i do think labour have committed to nuclear energy. >> oh they have, yes. they want a fleet of new mini reactors. >> they haven't said where they'll be. >> they're looking at sites, potential sites. >> cumbria , lancashire, >> cumbria, lancashire, hartlepool, gloucester, north wales. but i guess it hasn't. we haven't been told, as you say, exactly when this is going to happen, how long it's going to take, how much money is going towards it, etc, etc. >> the whole announcement this morning from labour about using the crown estate and these new wind farms that are going to be specifically invested by gb energy is very specific. it's a plan . whereas i think the plan. whereas i think the speeches that the energy secretary has given in the in the last few weeks and months about nuclear, we haven't yet seen that same level of blueprint. >> okay. well, we do have a no. i think i'll leave that . coming i think i'll leave that. coming up.raf i think i'll leave that. coming up. raf wethersfield could be turned from an asylum seeker housing, place into a mega prison and some locals aren't

happy about it. we'll be hearing from one after this short . break. >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories. downing street says the public expects high standards of conduct from police officers. that says an officer has been suspended from all duties after a video emerged appearing to show a person being kicked in the head during an altercation at manchester airport, greater manchester police says three of its officers were seriously injured when they attended to reports of an assault in the airport. car park, which happened before the event. seen in this video that included a female police officer who suffered a broken nose. four men were arrested on suspicion of assault and affray, and the police watchdog is now investigating. the prime minister says he understands the concern over the footage. mayor of greater manchester andy burnham, whose meeting the home secretary today has appealed for calm. a man has been charged

with attempted murder after the stabbing of a uniformed army officer in kent. 24 year old anthony esson has been remanded in custody. he was arrested near his home in rochester just 30 his home in rochesterjust 30 minutes after the violent attack . minutes after the violent attack. he's also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. it's after kent police were called to sallyport gardens in gillingham just before 6:00 on tuesday evening, as locals rushed to help the officer. he's currently in hospital in a serious but stable condition . former stable condition. former immigration minister robert jenrick will stand for the leadership of the conservative party, promising to win back voters who switched to reform uk. he's the third tory to throw their hat into the ring after james cleverly and tom tugendhat. mr cleverly says he's best placed to unite the party after last month's crushing election defeat. but tom tugendhat says the conservatives have lost trust after failing to deliver lower taxes and .

deliver lower taxes and. immigration. and as we've been hearing, the prime minister says offshore wind will soon power 20 million british homes as he launched the new state owned gb energy. speaking during a visit to an engineering factory in the north—west of the country, sir keir starmer said the firm's partnership with the crown estate would help turbocharge britain's transition to clean energy . and those are the latest energy. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:38 now. asylum seekers could be turfed out of a former raf

base as labour ploughs ahead with mega prison plans. yes. >> the telegraph is reporting today that the ministry of justice wants to revive plans to house thousands of offenders at raf wethersfield . wethersfield raf wethersfield. wethersfield in essex. >> well, joining us now is the deputy chairperson of fields of association, tony clark holland. tony, it is interesting to see that this site currently housing 500 asylum seekers. if i'm correct , is 500 asylum seekers. if i'm correct, is going to have those turfed out under the current plans. but it might well be turned into something far larger. a mega prison . larger. a mega prison. >> yeah, well, we're hoping that that's not the case. we're obviously we're we're very hopeful that labour make a bit of an informed decision on this one. and there's a reason why the numbers have only stayed relatively low in comparison to what the original idea was across the way, and that's because of the challenges that

the government, the government of the time came across. >> and hopefully labour will see that and, and not go ahead with doing anything like this. >> and what's wrong with having a mega prison at this site? tony it's a it's a great question, emily. >> i mean, the field association actually sort of got together as local residents about three years ago specifically to oppose the idea of a mega prison here. i'm not sure if you've been here to the local centre, but there are three key reasons why this isn't the place for a mega prison, and these are three sensible reasons that not just kind of made up things. the first one is obvious, and it's just because it's such a rural location. again, there's a reason why it was an airfield, and that's because people and transport could fly in, fly out and not use the road system at all. there's old medieval, ancient , all. there's old medieval, ancient, small roads and lanes, lots of pinch points, only sort of three access points really. and if you drove to any of them, which i don't think any of the consultants did when they put

forward the original plan, would see it's very difficult to get to it's difficult to get to in a car , let alone any sort of large car, let alone any sort of large transport like a lorry or someone trying to drop something off. the other reason is contamination. now the moj's own report. own field report, sort of just a year or two ago, actually identified the fact that there's potentially class one hazards across the site. and that's mainly due because of its former use. and they used to blow things up and bomb things and so there's for other phones, there's across the whole site andifs there's across the whole site and it's dangerous and it's as simple as that. and one of the ways the government, the past government got around this was to say, well, we're only using the current sort of land that's built on that you're showing on your screen now. well, that wouldn't be the case with the moj. they would look to build a mega prison, which wouldn't be on the current area. tony of course, you'll be well aware that there are our prisons are full. >> there is not enough space to put away, offenders . and we're

put away, offenders. and we're now at the balmy prospect of people being released early, serving less than half of their sentence, criminals being released onto the streets. yeah. what do you say to those who say that ? actually, a rural that? actually, a rural location, far from anything else, is the perfect place for a mega prison. it wouldn't be particularly useful to put anything else but to lock people away and keep them there. they're not going to be coming and going all the time. surely in the middle of this field, in the middle of nowhere, is a pretty darn good place. >> yeah, well, you that's a point to make, but it's not a good point. and in fact, if you look at the ministry of justice own guidelines about where prisons should be placed, it's not in the middle of a rural location. it's not in the middle of a field. part of the rationale behind having a prison system is so that people don't reoffend when they come out of prison, they then go about their life. i think we're all agreed on that, and we all agree we need more prison place that that isn't in question at all.

however, the moj themselves say a couple of things. one is that mega prisons themselves don't work, but they just don't. having large prisons do not work, and that's actually a european wide thing. so that's the first thing. now they've identified that that's not me saying that. that's in their own report. the other thing is that one of the key elements of having people not reoffend is one, to have them be able to access the community. well, the pictures you're showing here, you can see where are they going. i mean, they can pick some daisies and maybe walk through the corn dodi of course it is the moj itself. >> who's saying that mega prisons are necessary? that one report once said that they weren't . there are lots of weren't. there are lots of countries around the world now making mega prisons as a as a cost effective solution, just keeping people away from the rest of society. it does sound potentially that if you're arguing that there should be more prison places is, but just not near you, potentially not in your backyard. well, that is something that this new government has sort of highlighted as a as a problem.

>> let's take let's take that point, tom, one of the, one of the key elements around prisoners, actually not re—offending and getting back on the straight and narrow is having regular visits from friends and family, actually having something to live for and something to come out to. there is no way friends and family can get here easily, and if you're looking at the sort of people and the sort of demographics potentially that would need to access this, they would need, rail links , bus links. the rail links, bus links. the latest bus locally has just been cut. so i mean, it's the most rural place you can get outside of, i believe devon or something. so. so this doesn't help people getting visits or people on day release, for example, going and working in the local, it just doesn't lend itself to that. so it's not, just about me saying it's not an ideal place. this is the moj's own guidelines for getting the best results for prisoners. >> okay, well, you make a strong case. tony clark, holland, deputy chairperson of the fields association, thank you very much indeed for your time. thank you. it's not fair for people in

urban areas to always be, you know, the ones who have to have the prisons. >> i think i think that basically wherever the government says there's got to be a new prison, no one wants one. we'll have these precise conversations , and i'm sure that conversations, and i'm sure that there are lots of good points raised there that , yes, maybe it raised there that, yes, maybe it will be harder for people to visit those. i mean, a lot of people would argue, actually, should it be really, really easy to you need to get food in. >> you need to get horrific offender offender. >> you need to get all the staff in as well. but, but but then you sort of look at the price of land in cities and the number of objectors who live, who live nearby. and frankly, the ease of escape as well. i mean, wandsworth prison has been a disaster. yeah, i, i think we what we're going to see a lot of under this government is a proposal to put something somewhere and then a lot of objection and then another proposal and another. i don't think there'll be anywhere in the country that faces no objections. it's a difficult conversation to have . yes. conversation to have. yes. >> i imagine a lot of people don't want a prison anywhere near them just because they fear for their safety, whether

that's, you know, right or wrong, whether that's justified or not, but yes, i imagine most prisons are on the outskirts of cities, outskirts of urban areas, close , close enough for areas, close, close enough for those benefits of being able to travel and whatnot, >> but i'm not sure how many benefits we should be giving to prisoners to for the staff, for the staff, for the food , everything. >> the ministry of justice says we are cognisant that the home office plan to use parts of the wethersfield site for the foreseeable future, and we do not anticipate a progressing a prison scheme whilst they have a presence on the site. >> however, we will continue to maintain an interest in the wethersfield site as part of our long term pipeline strategy. well, there you go and let us know. >> so this base that has been used is being used currently to house asylum seekers. would a mega prison be a better use of the space? let us know . but the space? let us know. but coming up, prince harry blames the british media for his relationship breakdown with his family. does he have a point? we'll put it to a royal expert

well. good afternoon . britain. well. good afternoon. britain. it is 1250. lots of you getting in touch about that mega prison proposal at raf wethersfield. we'll get to some of your views very shortly. but first, the duke of sussex has described his determination to fight the tabloids as a central piece in destroying his relationship with his family, with the rift in part due to his mission. >> yes, prince harry said he wished his family had joined together with him in his campaign in the wake of the phone hacking scandal, as he gave an interview to itv for its tabloids on trial documentary . tabloids on trial documentary. let's have a quick listen. >> i think everything that's played out has, has, has shown people what the truth of the matter is. for me, the mission continues, but it has it has, yes, it's caused, as you say , yes, it's caused, as you say, part of a rift .

part of a rift. >> right. so that's what prince harry had to say. we can now speak with former royal correspondent at the sun, charles rea. charles is prince harry rewriting history here? >> i think he's. >> i think he's. >> isn't the phrase that, recollections may differ as to what's going on. >> this is the latest, chapter in prince harry's, lifestyle of becoming the modern day uriah heep. >> he's now blaming the tabloids for the, breakaway with the royal family. >> if you if you remember , he he >> if you if you remember, he he he himself, and meghan accused, one member of the royal family of being a racist, and he has continued to criticise other members of the royal family. they did a whole netflix series poufing they did a whole netflix series pouring bucket loads over various members of the royal family. >> i'm not surprised he's carrying on with this. >> i mean, i have to say he's very entitled and right to if he feels aggrieved about certain aspects of, press intrusion ,

aspects of, press intrusion, then he's perfectly entitled to take that up and go to the courts, as we have seen, he won the case against the mirror. he's got a case pending. he's got cases pending, which is going to be heard in the new year against the sun. he lost a libel case. with the mail group, so , so far, the score is one so, so far, the score is one one, and, i mean, you say he should be taking this through the courts rather than talking to the broadcasters , but, to the broadcasters, but, i mean, surely he's entitled to do both. >> and as you say and as you say, he's got a legitimate grievance. i mean, a court of law has found that the mirror group, worked against him. >> sorry, tom. you you misunderstood, or i didn't explain it properly. no problem with him talking to broadcasters. he can talk to whoever he wants, but he chooses a certain people . not in the itv a certain people. not in the itv scenario, but he chooses certain people like oprah winfrey because he knows he's he and meghan are going to get a soft

ride. you know, i don't see him talking to a hard nosed broadcaster who's going to put him through the wringer. >> yes, charles, you're absolutely right. >> he's happy to use the media when it serves him. but when it turns against him or, you know, publishes stories that he doesn't like, then it's a very different harry. >> we see it is a different harry. we see. and you have to remember, i mean, harry was the darling of the tabloids at one stage. let's not forget that, you know, he was the cheeky chappy, as is prince louis now, you know, harry was loved dearly by the british public. by the by the tabloids. this is a guy who served, you know, in the army, did two tours of afghanistan, started off the invictus games, which i've been on your program before and i've heaped total praise on him for doing these sort of things. but the rest of it, i'm afraid you know, harry, you are rewriting your own history here. >> and just very quickly here. it seems that prince harry has lumped in the rest of his family with the tabloids in the way

that he spoke about them together. >> well, yes, obviously he's gone to the king and the prince of wales and said, look, i'm going to have a battle with them. do you want to come in? i mean, apparently he has revealed himself that the king, when he revealed this master plan, said this is a suicide mission and didn't want to get involved in it. now it speaks volumes. if other members of the royal family don't feel that aggrieved by the nasty tabloids, that they don't want to do anything, well , don't want to do anything, well, charles rae, thank you so much for talking through that contentious issue with us. >> really appreciate it. up next, we'll be back on those protests in rochdale. don't go anywhere . anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. here's your latest gb news weather forecast coming to you from the met office. >> there is a bit of a muggy

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> good afternoon. britain it's 1:00 on thursday, the 25th of july. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. protests are often erupt in rochdale overnight after an armed police officer was caught on camera stamping on a man's head at manchester airport. the officer has since been suspended . we'll have the been suspended. we'll have the very latest. >> 24 year old anthony esson appears in court today charged with attempted murder after a lieutenant colonel was stabbed multiple times near a barracks in kent. we're live outside medway magistrates court and ed miliband is finally announcing the details of his new state owned great british energy company. >> it will build more wind farms on the crown estate. labour claims it will bring down energy bills for good, but will it? >> and over in the united states, a defiant benjamin netanyahu tells congress that

his fight is their fight. as thousands gather outside to protest his visit, chanting netanyahu, you can't hide , netanyahu, you can't hide, you're committing genocide. we'll have the very latest . we'll have the very latest. >> and it looks like tom harwood has said something popular for once. >> goodness me. wow we've been reading some of your comments on that discussion we had over this new proposed mega prison, replacing one of these sites, old raf sites for asylum seekers and instead building a mega prison. there >> yes, jane says wethersfield okay, saying it's no good for a prison, but good enough for the raf back in the day. and kevin says, i've been to wethersfield, worked there with the mod. it's all about not in my back yard because there are some very posh housing nearby. >> well, richard has written in,

against one of those arguments that was made that it would be hard for people to come and visit those poor prisoners saying, sob , sob. it would be saying, sob, sob. it would be difficult for visitors to come and see them. well if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. it's supposed to be a deterrent. they want it like butlins these days, and chris just says prisons should be built on islands away from the population. >> which island? which island? >> which island? which island? >> bruce bruce has a suggestion, although it might be a continent, he says, or at least he's calling himself bruce. let's use australia again as a prison. didn't hurt last time. >> and mark, finally. this is why labour are slashing planning laws. because people like that guy, the one we had on, have had too much power in opposing anything being built. >> interesting. i mean, please do get in touch if you're against the use of raf wethersfield as as a mega prison, if you've got arguments against it, because we've been scrolling through and goodness me, it seems like we might have 100% agreement, which is never a healthy thing. so, well, it turns out that people want

criminals locked away and that they, it appears to be quite a good spot. >> maybe, maybe. >> maybe, maybe. >> and i think a lot of people are very worried about this early release proposal from the government . less than half of government. less than half of sentences and people will be out on the streets again, perhaps perhaps it's worthwhile concreting over just a perhaps it's worthwhile concreting overjust a couple of concreting over just a couple of fields in the case and to stop that happening. >> well, gbnews.com forward slash your say do get in touch. whatever side of that debate you're on and on everything else we're discussing of course. but let's get your headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories a police officer has been suspended from all duties after a video emerged appearing to show a person being kicked in the head during an altercation at manchester airport. greater manchester police says three of its officers were seriously injured when they attended to reports of an assault in the airport. car park, which happened before the event. seen in this video that included a female officer who suffered a

broken nose. four men were arrested on suspicion of assault and affray, and the police watchdog has launched an investigation. the prime minister says he understands the concern over the footage. mayor of greater manchester andy burnham, whose meeting the home secretary today has appealed for calm . now the top story today. calm. now the top story today. a man has been charged with attempted murder after the stabbing of a uniformed army officer in kent. 24 year old anthony hassan has been remanded in custody after appearing in court today. he was arrested near his home in rochester just near his home in rochesterjust 30 minutes after the violent attack . he's also been charged attack. he's also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. it comes after lieutenant colonel mark teetan, who's in his 40s, was stabbed in sallyport gardens near brompton barracks in gillingham on tuesday evening. he remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition . serious but stable condition. former immigration minister robert jenrick will stand for

the leadership of the conservative party, promising to win back voters who switched to reform uk. he's the third tory to throw their hat in the ring after james cleverly and tom tugendhat. mr cleverly says he's best placed to unite the party after last month's crushing election defeat. but tom tugendhat told gb news the conservatives have lost trust after failing to deliver lower taxes and immigration. >> you've seen what's just happenedin >> you've seen what's just happened in the recent election. we lost the trust of the british people because we failed to deliver and i've got a track record of delivery, whether that's in the army on operations in iraq and afghanistan or whether that's in parliament standing up to those who would threaten us, those authoritarian dictators. and that's got me sanctioned by countries like china, china and russia and iran. and of course, i've been delivering in government, you know, as the security minister, making sure . that we are safe. making sure. that we are safe. and i can't talk about all the areas that i've been working on as security minister, for obvious reasons. but absolutely prioritising the interests and security of the british people is exactly what i've done.

>> the prime minister says offshore wind will soon power 20 million british homes as he launched the new state owned gb energy. speaking during a visit to an engineering factory in cheshire, sir keir starmer said the firm's partnership with the crown estate would help turbocharge britain's transition to clean energy, leading the development of green power. projects will come alongside gb energy's other role, which will see it acting as a co—investor in schemes with private sector firms . sir keir says it's an firms. sir keir says it's an important step towards the uk's greener future. >> how there is a massive prize within our reach and make no mistake, the race is on to get there. until now, i feel like we've been sort of tying up our laces in the changing room no more. i don't just want to be in the race for clean energy . i the race for clean energy. i want us to win the race for clean energy. and why not? we have got the potential. we have got the ports. we have got the people , the skills. and now we

people, the skills. and now we have got a mission driven government in the us. >> joe biden said he couldn't let his personal ambitions stand in the way of saving democracy as as he addressed the nation dufing as as he addressed the nation during a televised speech from the oval office last night. in his first comments since he dropped out of the presidential race, the 81 year old said it had been the honour of his life to serve the american people as president. but he said the future of the united states must come first and it's time to pass the torch on to the next generation. >> in recent weeks, it's become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavoun unite my party in this critical endeavour. i believe my record is president. my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term. but nothing , second term. but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. and that includes personal ambition .

includes personal ambition. >> and in sport, andy murray has officially withdrawn from the singles event at the paris olympics. the two time gold medallist has still not fully recovered from the back surgery he had last month. he says the men's doubles, where he's playing with dan evans, offers his best chance of another medal . his best chance of another medal. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08. now. some viewers might find these images distressing. >> yes, greater manchester police have suspended a firearm officer after he was filmed here kicking a man in his head during

an arrest. >> well, the incident took place at manchester airport and last night hundreds of protesters took to the streets outside rochdale. police station to vent their anger. they were shouting shame, shame on you! >> well, let's get the latest now with our home and security editor mark white. mark, talk us through what's happened. >> well, it was an incident that unfolded at 830 on tuesday evening. we can see, i think, some of the images of the altercation that everybody is clearly exercised about, a warning that the images are clearly quite , alarming in clearly quite, alarming in nature . but those images show nature. but those images show the officers, or one of the officers kicking this individual in the head, i don't know if you have that video, the initial images, the first the first video, the images. i think that we've just shown clearly can't show again. so there are there

you go. they are, so that this is right at the tail end of the incident, that unfolded at 830 where, to according the police, three of their number were violently assaulted, including a female officer smashed in the face and suffered a broken nose and that female officer is just kind of visible in there as well as she's, sort of staggering about pointing out people that have been involved in this. we've got another video that we can show you, that is a video thatis can show you, that is a video that is taken just the moment before this, when the backup officers arrive. because initially, when those officers were being assaulted, trying to arrest someone who had been suspected of carrying out an assault, they were calling for assistance. and that assistance arrived. and as they came in,

the officers who'd been assaulted were pointing out the individuals that they believed had assaulted them. this is we can take a look at it now. who is doing what you don't come , is doing what you don't come, you don't come. >> no, no, we are doing no . we >> no, no, we are doing no. we normal civilians. no, no no no normal civilians. no, no no no no no no we have not done nothing . nothing. >> we have not done nothing. look, we have not done nothing. we are just recording. go home. you are showing he's getting locked off. no no , no, not me. locked off. no no, no, not me. >> so. and then it sort of descends into the, the scenes that we've been witnessing with people on the floor and being handcuffed. and of course, the incident involving one of the officers kicking the head of a person who's on the ground, we should say as well, that two of those people arrested have since been released from police custody, and their lawyer has

released a video on social media, we can take a quick look at that. >> they were released not long ago from cheadle police station. >> they then had to make their own way to the hospital , but in own way to the hospital, but in reality, because they've had a head injuries, it was the police duty to take them to a hospital, but nevertheless they made their own way . and now i've documented own way. and now i've documented the injuries and we are headed to rochdale police station to make a formal complaint of assault and wounding . assault and wounding. >> so they're going to make that formal complaint against greater manchester police. we can't show their faces because there's subjective charges. they are charged with clearly affray and assaulting police officers, and they've clearly got quite a bit of support in the community.

well, they have and this is a big concern for those leading greater manchester police. the potential for this situation to escalate outside rochdale police station last night there was a protest. you can see the images there. it passed off peacefully, noisy protests but passed off peacefully. at the end. those people dispersed but of course the concern is especially as we move towards the weekend, there is always a potential in that community for there to be something more significant arising. we only need to look back to what happened in leeds a week ago to see the potential for trouble is , and it seems for trouble is, and it seems that the local member of parliament, paul walker of course, the seat was held briefly by george galloway . briefly by george galloway. >> the seat of rochdale, now the labour member of parliament, has been meeting with the family. he's released a statement to that effect, it seems that a lot of the sort of politicians of the area are rowing in behind

the area are rowing in behind the family, of the ones who the of the people who the police tried to detain rather than the police. >> yeah, it does seem like that. and i'm sure that many within policing will feel that that is very unfair , because what they very unfair, because what they feel they're up against constantly is the way in which social media is utilised by those that want to present a partial image of policing, and the way in which police officers conduct their duties. so, as i say, the images that have been released are very much at the latter stages of what was a violent altercation with police officers assaulted. they show the backup officers arriving and deaung the backup officers arriving and dealing with that and containing that situation and yes, it's violent, but those officers were responding to their colleagues being violently assaulted and their first priority in getting there is to identify who they

believe was potentially responsible for that. to get them to the ground, to get them cuffed. so that they are no longer presenting a threat. >> and do you know how these investigations work, these internal investigations? >> i know that there's an independent body also involved. presumably they will speak to all of the other officers that were present to get their side of the story, see if they corroborate the armed police officer's story or if there's disagreement there, and then speak to the man who was held and restrained. i mean, what else goes into these processes? >> well, there'll be helped enormously by the fact that all of the police officers these days will have been wearing body worn cameras. so that will give a unique perspective, especially of just what those officers were going through, in the minutes before their colleagues arrived to assist them. and it will give the, the perspective of those colleagues what they were arriving to , what they were

arriving to, what they were confronted with, and whether or not the steps that they took to ensure these people were contained , detained and then contained, detained and then taken into custody were proportionate with the threat that they perceived they were the threat environment, they were moving into. and there's also cctv image, which the police watchdog say that they have got hold of as well in the environment of an airport, there's quite a few cctv cameras around, so they'll be aided by that. around, so they'll be aided by that . and then there's the viral that. and then there's the viral videos. we'll see. we've only ever seen the viral videos of the police arrest. be interesting to see if there are any other ones that haven't yet been posted that show the initial stages. >> yes, hopefully they'll be able to piece the entire timeline together with either video evidence, thank you very much . mark white, our home and much. mark white, our home and security editor. >> well, we're now joined by the director of the law and order foundation, norman brennan, norman, it is interesting

thinking about this from the police officers perspective and from the people they were trying to arrest perspective. but obviously there are millions of people now who have seen this video, and it doesn't cast the police in a good light. >> well, first of all, i'm also the director and founder of protect the protectors. i give an independent voice on policing as well as look after victims of crime, and also give the public a voice and tell them about the law. let me tell you, first of all, that last year there were 40,000 police officers assaulted , 40,000 police officers assaulted, some very seriously last evening or not last evening, the night before last, three more officers joined that list very seriously . joined that list very seriously. assaulted. so much so they were hospitalised, including a female officer as we saw. had her nose broken . now the officers that broken. now the officers that were backing up were armed officers. now the main emphasis officers. now the main emphasis of armed officers is about control and containment . they

control and containment. they would have heard about the assaults . they would have heard assaults. they would have heard that the officers, their colleagues were dealing, not with calm, normal, well behaved individuals , but people that individuals, but people that were violent, belligerent, obstructive and offensive. so what they did is they controlled the situation, tried to protect the situation, tried to protect the officers that had been assaulted . and in a moment of assaulted. and in a moment of probably instinct because one of the officers was holding a taser, others are holding a firearm. you can't use your hands. so it looks as though one of them, in the heat of the moment , used of them, in the heat of the moment, used his foot. and what we've seen is one clip of a longer , longer, cctv or video longer, longer, cctv or video evidence , which is always evidence, which is always admitted to show the police in the worst possible light. and nobody can argue this doesn't look very good at all. but let's put this into context. >> and how would it how will it go from here, this police

officer is now under formal investigation , having been investigation, having been suspended. i mean, in your experience, is it is it likely that greater manchester police will stand by this man? will he have union protection? does he deserve to stay in the job? >> well, obviously we don't all know the entire circumstances, although many people on social media that have become judge and jury media that have become judge and jury on a small clip, thank goodness our courts have a prosecution and a defence where they see all sides of the story. the police , or the officer the police, or the officer concerned will be supported by the police federation. the police have his faults. greater manchester police have referred it to the independent office of police conduct that will independently investigate it. it may well be put to the crown prosecution service to consider whether a charge should be made. so that's taken out of the hands of the police. all the police do is gather the evidence that officer, rightly or wrongly , officer, rightly or wrongly, will face months and months on

suspension, on full pay, waiting to see what will happen. he will probably wait years to see if there's going to be a prosecution or whether or not he's going to face discipline , he's going to face discipline, action. and what we've got is groups of people in this country that are not prepared to wait for justice. they're all talking on social media, releasing their social media posts now. and when they're outside the police station last night, they're outside the police station last night , they were station last night, they were demanding justice. there justice, not the justice that britain offer. and there was a perceived threat if they didn't get the justice that they want, there was going to be public disorder. i never see these people in their hundreds or thousands. when a british soldier was nearly murdered two days ago in gillingham in kent, when hundreds and hundreds of young white british girls were raped, abused, live, shattered, inever raped, abused, live, shattered, i never see the hundreds of people demonstrating about the injustice for them, and i'm

afraid we've got tinder boxes all around the country, and we saw it in leeds last week where there are certain groups in this country that demand their justice. well, i think it's right that if you're in britain it's our justice. and that's where the prosecution provide and produce their evidence and the defence give theirs in a calm atmosphere. that's why we have ensure that there is that calm atmosphere, that what was a peaceful gathering, if slightly intimidatory last night, doesn't turn into something worse tonight. >> how do we sort of keep this, keep this from, from boiling over? >> i'm afraid we have no control on it. we saw in leeds last, last week, and people took the mic , they abused the police for mic, they abused the police for running away . were those dozens running away. were those dozens of police officers? if they'd actually stayed there, there was actually stayed there, there was a chance that 1 or 2 may have been murdered. dozens would have been murdered. dozens would have been seriously injured. is that what we really want of a police service? i'm afraid i was in

policing for 31 years. we've lost a robustness. the public say the police are weak. woke weary. don't support them. they don't see them. they don't investigate their crime. and all they are is a number in the criminal justice system. i completely and utterly understand that . but what sort understand that. but what sort of policing do you really want? do you want one that's broken on its knees , leaving in their its knees, leaving in their droves? or do you want a police service that's stand up for themselves? and when they do stand up for themselves, there will be an occasion when an officer may act outside of what he's training or her training is. but don't forget, you're not in the classroom anymore. you're in the classroom anymore. you're in the classroom anymore. you're in the real world where people are belligerent, obstructive , are belligerent, obstructive, violent, abusive, and they assault you. they don't just assault you. they don't just assault you, they continue to assault you, they continue to assault you. three officers seriously assaulted last night. let's put this into context, that to the context. there's two sides of the story and all we've heard at the moment is the police being utterly battered .

police being utterly battered. horrible. look, i agree, but there's another part of this story that we're not seeing. and i just think it's time that the police, when such incidents happen immediately released like they do in america, the police body worn camera. some people may condemn the police for their actions, but many millions will say, hang on a sec. i've actually seen what led up to this. i don't really think the officer did was right. however he acted out of instinct under the most volatile of situations. i can understand that he may have made a mistake. do we really hang him out to dry and throw him to the wolves? >> as you know, you're on you're on social media. the response, as ever, has been horribly, horribly divided. and yes, everyone appears to be an expert all of a sudden on such matters. norman, you paint a bleak picture, but as ever, you speak a lot of truth. norman brennan from the law and order foundation. thank you . foundation. thank you. >> well, coming up, we're going to digest that and move on to the tory leadership contest. tom tugendhat has thrown his hat into the ring and robert jenrick, well, it appears he'll

will announce early next week it's all to play

for. good afternoon. britain. it's 1:27. now in the conservative leadership race. it's kicking off today. tom tugendhat has thrown his hat into the ring to replace rishi sunak. >> yes, the ex security minister, who has been an mp since 2015, spoke to gb news a little earlier and in an appeal to his right to the right of his party and the membership, he said he would be willing to leave the european convention on human rights. >> no, i've been very, very clear . i >> no, i've been very, very clear. i am prepared to make any decision that will keep the british people safe and just look at the last five years where we haven't delivered. i am prepared to leave the echr or

indeed any other institution that doesn't serve the interests of the british people . of the british people. >> strong words . meanwhile, the >> strong words. meanwhile, the former immigration minister robert jenrick has also announced his bid to replace rishi sunak as conservative leader , promising to win back leader, promising to win back reform voters and unite the conservatives. >> well, let's now speak with gb news reporter adam cherry for the very latest . adam, is it the very latest. adam, is it fair to say this leadership contest is heating up ? contest is heating up? >> yeah, things are moving pretty quickly now. the nominations will close on monday at 230. so over the weekend, the other suspected nominees will put themselves forward, as you say, robert jenrick in the last couple of hours, his campaign saying he actually already has the ten signatures required to make it onto the first ballot. you need a proposer, a seconder and eight other signatures. now funnily enough, i was speaking to an mp yesterday who said given they don't have as many mps as they used to in fact they

only have about a third 12! at finding ten people to sign on for your candidacy is not a guarantee for all the people who might have a go at it. it didn't name anyone in particular, but i think questions will be raised over the likes of mel stride and suella braverman on that front. as i say, things will become much clearer very quickly. >> yes, adam, the website guido fawkes is keeping a tally of those who have declared their backing for various individuals. so far, kemi badenoch has two james cleverly, three. robert jenrick, three. priti patel, three. tom tugendhat two. but as you rightly mentioned, suella braverman and mel stride not a single declared public backer for either of them at this stage. >> yeah, that's right. i mean, suella braverman, her campaign manager, danny kruger of her supporter in 2022, he's now with robert jenrick. so clearly she's made a lot of enemies. and i mean, look, there are even suggestions she may go over to

reform. those are just rumours at this point. but she nonetheless did ask for the nomination pack from bob blackman, the chairman of the 1922 committee yesterday. so she is at least indicating that she'll give it a go. we just will wait and see. as i say over the next couple of days, this race will shape up very quickly by the time we get to. it's a long campaign, by the way. it's three and a half months before we find out who wins this thing, but before that we have four or in theory, four candidates who will go and sell their wares to the party. membership at the tory party conference. again, it's not clear who those four will be, because i think it is a pretty open race at the moment. they have said that they'll, privately they'll try not to tear lumps out of each other like they did two years ago. but look, we hear this all the time. how today is the day of a new, gentler, gentler politics. and then suddenly, ten minutes later, we're back to the mudslinging . so i wouldn't hold mudslinging. so i wouldn't hold out too much hope on that one. >> yes. i mean, i think we all remember the, social media

dispute between kemi badenoch and suella braverman over leaked conversations. thank you very much indeed, adam cherry, gb news reporter. that did get a little bit feisty, didn't it? oh, very public. two public. i'd say, what do you make of this? echr the mention of the european court of human rights? i wouldn't have thought that tom tugendhat would go there getting out, taking us out of the echr >> no, it seems like he wants to leave it on the table. although let's not forget, that's what rishi sunak said during the election campaign as well. it was officially conservative party policy at the last election to have on the table the question of the echr. it's just they didn't, they didn't land either side of it. >> a little bit of red meat. i should say that if you say something like that, something as important as membership of the echr, you should mean it. really. if you're going to flirt with the idea of coming out of it. >> well, it is interesting. there are currently these five candidates who have declared backers, only four can go to the party conference. so it will be interesting to see which one goes through or indeed if more than five get through with those

crucial ten nominations, it'll be during the air time of this programme on monday that we find out who has made it through that ten mp nomination threshold. >> yes, and let us know if you've got any ideas why braverman hasn't got any public support yet from any of her, any conservative mps, >> i feel like there's been a bit of a rejection of her. >> a lot of her people have gone to robert jenrick now. it seems that maybe he's sort of, taking on that, that that strong migration line in this, in this context. yes >> i'm saying suella is a bit of a loose cannon, perhaps, i don't know, but coming up, shoplifting in the uk reaches record highs and theft is also hitting construction workers. we'll have more on that after your headunes. headlines. >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories a police officer has been suspended from all duties after a video emerged appearing to show a person being kicked in

the head during an altercation at manchester airport. greater manchester police says three of its officers were seriously injured when they attended to reports of an assault in the airport car park , which happened airport car park, which happened before the events. seen in this video that included a female officer who suffered a broken nose. four men were arrested on suspicion of assault and affray, and the police watchdog has launched an investigation. the prime minister says he understands the concern over the footage, and mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, whose meeting the home secretary today has appealed for calm . in other has appealed for calm. in other news, a man has been charged with attempted murder after the stabbing of a uniformed army officer in kent, 24 year old anthony esson was arrested near his home in rochester just 30 his home in rochesterjust 30 minutes after the violent attack. it's after lieutenant colonel mark eaton, who's in his 40s, was stabbed in sally port gardens near brompton barracks in gillingham on tuesday evening. he remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition . former immigration

condition. former immigration minister robert jenrick will stand for the leadership of the conservative party, promising to win back voters who switched to reform uk. he's the third tory to throw their hat into the ring after james cleverly and tom tugendhat. mr cleverly says he's best placed to unite the party after last month's crushing election defeat. but tom tugendhat says the conservatives have lost trust after failing to deliver lower taxes and immigration. and the prime minister says offshore wind will soon power 20 million british homes. as he launched the new state owned gb energy. speaking dufing state owned gb energy. speaking during a visit to an engineering facility in the north—west of england , sir keir starmer said england, sir keir starmer said the firm's partnership with the crown estate would help turbocharge britain's transition to clean energy . and those are to clean energy. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to

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>> well, a lot of you been writing in on what we've been discussing. lots of you saying that you need to see all the

context behind this very short clip that's gone so viral everywhere . we showed you a everywhere. we showed you a little bit, mark showed you mark white showed you a little bit of something that happened before, but again, it's very hard to piece together the entire timeline of what happened at manchester airport. >> yes. this is the instance of the police officer, the armed police officer who kicked someone who was restrained on the floor in the head. of course, we don't see what happened running up to that. clearly. some altercation. three prison officers, prison officers, police officers having to go to hospital afterwards due to go to hospital afterwards due to the thuggish way in which they were beaten. >> yes , indeed. just me saying >> yes, indeed. just me saying here, says the old retired cops like norman, peter and john who was on earlier, must despair of what's going on now, how can the police not recruit more like them? our police need our support. like everything else in life, there are bad ones, but the majority are good. we should support them 100%. robert says wake up folks. unless we support our police, we'll have no one to protect us. yes, that's true.

yeah. >> a lot of love for norman, who spoke a little earlier in the programme, actually saying that he speaks the truth and speaks sense , especially over the lack sense, especially over the lack of protests over some of the other scandals that we've seen. for example, the, the way in which that that army, that former army officer was stabbed. we haven't seen big protests about the treatment of that armed forces officer. and yet we see big protests about this. >> no, it is it's a huge worry, and i imagine for many people in our armed forces might fear, you know , being out and about know, being out and about wearing their uniform that they could be subject to, assault. and david said, if those david says if those arrested had complied with police requests initially, no problem. they think they're above the law. so that's a point. as well that norman made. and mark too. >> there's a really, really easy solution to any of these issues, which is if the police stop, you don't punch them in the face and then you won't have a problem. i mean , that should be something

mean, that should be something thatis mean, that should be something that is fairly universally understood , but clearly not. understood, but clearly not. >> no, well, in other news, more crime related news. actually, the number of tool theft incidents in the uk has reportedly increased by a whopping 150%, just in the last five years. >> yes, tradespeople up and down the country are being warned to take additional precautions, whilst those in industry are lobbying the government to take action. sophie reaper has this report . report. >> cctv footage of joiner paul duffy becoming a victim to tool theft . he attempted to prevent theft. he attempted to prevent theft. he attempted to prevent the thieves from escaping, but was then attacked . this is the was then attacked. this is the third time in three years that paul has come to face face with this crime. a series of incidents that has left him in over £10,000 of debt. >> after that incident, i was paranoid. to be fair, i went on

site and i was constantly checking my gear, so i took a bit of time off work for that . i bit of time off work for that. i mean, i've got kids, i've got a mortgage, and that's how i provide for my family. mortgage, and that's how i provide for my family . my tools provide for my family. my tools are a ways to make money, and that's and they just steal it and they're just they're not bothered. just some policemen no worries man. >> unfortunately , paul isn't >> unfortunately, paul isn't alone. the most recent figures show a tradesperson in the uk has their tools stolen every nine minutes. >> it's increasing because it's to easy do, it's relatively risk free and it's very profitable for the tool thieves. so it's gone up from roughly 23,000 incidents a year to 58,000 over the last five years. >> as a result of this rise in tool theft incidents. varne watch wants all tradespeople to take four major precautions take care where you park, invest in physical security, look into the

forensic marking of tools, and lastly, take out high quality insurance. >> if you're in the trade for 40 years at the current rate of tool crime, you'll probably suffer from this five times in your career. so, you know, don't be complacent about it. >> meanwhile, in westminster trade community network on the tools have been working with the government on tackling this issue. >> we're constantly trying to lobby government ultimately and industry to support tradespeople more. so one of the biggest things we want to try and do is stop the sale of power tools at car boots. so car boot markets are an absolute breeding ground for the resale of all these tools. so ultimately , if it's tools. so ultimately, if it's really hard to resell these things and there's a high risk of someone being punished in a, in, a more impactful way, you would expect that the tool theft numbers would lower. >> now, as the number of tool theft incidents continues to grow, trade workers will have to hope that new regulations and

methods of prevention can actually cut through sophie reaper gb news i'm going to imagine you've just been out for a hard day's work. >> you've been grafting from early morning to night, and you come back to your van the next day, and all your kit's just been nicked. yeah, just the absolute, absolute liberty. >> because it's not just like all theft is awful, of course, but when it's the theft of the means of your own income. yeah, that that's not just something that's been taken from you for one day. that is taking your income from you for a period of time in the future, as well. you feel the impact of that theft every single day into the future until you get new tools, which are incredibly expensive. >> yeah. and even if you're insured, well, that means your premiums will go up probably on your van as well, and yeah, an absolute nightmare. and it's not just tool thefts that are causing problems for police in

england and wales. the number of shoplifting offences has also risen to a new 20 year high in what is going on. >> it's almost like we need some new mega prisons. >> head wethersfield's . >> head wethersfield's. >> head wethersfield's. >> nice. >> nice. >> yeah, well there we go. this time of year. >> this time of year, 20 year high. i mean, i mean, this is anecdotal, of course, this is anecdotal, of course, this is anecdotal, but you you go to the supermarket sometimes and this is in this is in london and, brazen my local supermarket, the checkout staff now have little cameras on them, like police officers. >> they have cameras on them. detergent is in little locked boxes. detergent is in little locked boxes . you have to take the box boxes. you have to take the box to the to the counter. it is then unlocked for you, in which case you can then take your your product home. it is astonishing. >> and gone are the days of people chasing the shoplifter down the road, because now there's the fear that they'll be armed, >> are so often so often. i'm fortunate enough to have not seen this in person, but online you see examples of people coming in, brazenly taking something off the shelf. the security has stood there and

doesn't do a thing. yeah, i don't know if that's because they fear for their own safety, because they don't have the means to protect themselves, but it's just not worth it . that's it's just not worth it. that's generous. but this but this breeds a culture of lawlessness. >> yeah. and that's why you have, cheese with a security tag. one of those plastic security boxes. anyway, we're going to be hearing from a tradesman hit by this tool theft epidemic after this very short break. stay with

us. >> good afternoon. britain. it's coming up to 10 to 2, and we're going to head back to this story on tool theft. now, as they've reportedly increased by a massive 150% in the last five years. >> well , joining us now is head >> well, joining us now is head of policy and market insight at the national federation of builders. rico vitalyevich rico,

thank you very much. i mean, how big is this problem? those statistics sound striking . statistics sound striking. >> i have not met one member that hasn't experienced tool theft, and it's got worse in the last few years . and it's last few years. and it's interesting you mentioned general crime. because since the government removed the red diesel rebate for construction, we've also seen 145% increase in, fuel theft on sites. so tool theft is just devastating. and i think what people often forget is that 49% of the industry are self—employed. so they don't have any backup tools. so you really are decimating people's lives. and if late, late payment wasn't bad enough, tool theft is just devastating . just devastating. >> so what is behind this? this sudden rise in tool theft? is there any indication why it's so different now to what it was five years ago? >> well, i do think that, the lack of policing isn't help you know, many of our members have

got cctv footage of thefts and it isn't really acted upon. 1, we had our car broken into last yean we had our car broken into last year, we've got cctv footage of the guy using all the cards in the guy using all the cards in the shops. they never collected the shops. they never collected the footage at all. so i think there is a general policing element here that people feel. let down, and that's a problem. but also it's easier to sell things, you know, facebook marketplace where it's , it's marketplace where it's, it's completely unregulated. it's very easy just to sell things on car boot sales. it's a quick buck, and these tools, people think, you know, you actually say you're screwfix or other, you know, stores and see what the price of tools these are not one £200 tools. some of them are five, £600 tools. and it's not just the tools, it's the consumables. there's the blades, the drill bits. they are not diy quality, they are expensive and they can cost up to £200 per component . so they can cost up to £200 per component. so this is they can cost up to £200 per component . so this is a they can cost up to £200 per component. so this is a killer for professional people. >> yeah. so if you work in construction for example, you've invested a huge amount of money invested a huge amount of money in order to do your trade, then

you find out that it's all been nicked. you have cctv footage available, you go to the police, you say this has happened to me, and then they do nothing . and and then they do nothing. and then presumably your insurance premiums go up. >> yeah. so if you're a sole trader, you could be looking at to £1,000 a yearjust to cover to £1,000 a year just to cover your tools and professional liability. if you're a limited company, that could be between two and a half and £7,000, that's a hell of a lot of money to pay just to protect , that's a hell of a lot of money to pay just to protect, you know, your liability, but also your tools . so the campaign to your tools. so the campaign to stop, you know, power tools being sold at car boots, that's very useful. you can get, you know, location tags. you can get what are called data dots, that's actually a us system , and that's actually a us system, and you put loads of them on your tools, but, you know , they're a tools, but, you know, they're a pound, £2 a dot. so it gets expensive even when you're trying to protect your tools. and i think that, let's be honest, one of the suggestions was parking a, you know, park

carefully . well put was part of carefully. well put was part of the drive. they didn't care. they drove through the gate, hit the car, tried to take paul out. you know , it's like the chances, you know, it's like the chances, which is a problem. but also there's a professional element here. if you nick ten tools a day and sell them for £60 each, they're worth 2 or £300. you'll easily sell it for that price. that's a lot of money to really, you know , do not a lot of work. you know, do not a lot of work. >> i'm always fascinated in the sort of professional element of crime. there was a there was a car crash in, in a town in ireland a couple of years ago. that killed three people within the car burglaries in that area collapsed by a considerable degree after that car crash. it turned out that the three people in the car had been committing a huge percentage of all the burglaries in the area. similarly one police force in london, arrested a bike thief, one bike thief and bike thefts collapsed by a huge percentage. sometimes it seems to me that

that taking out sort of the professional thieves in an area that seems to have been operating with impunity, is the way to go forward here. would you like to see more targeted operations from the police going after the people that seem to be doing this again and again and again, 100%, and i mentioned fuel theft earlier. >> if you're in a rural so many of the, you know, i would say large, but more organised, developers, house builders, constructors, they'll have security on site if you're in a rural location, that's very difficult. and actually, that's where the fuel thefts have gone up considerably until thefts and all sorts of sorts of thefts. so you could target that more easily. i've got another good anecdote on my road. there's somebody that comes and tries to open all the car doors every single, couple of weeks at like 3 or 4 in the morning. so we've stuck cctv up. we've had footage of him. everyone knows he does it. it's the same person on every single day. >> can't get the guy. we're going to have to leave it there. but rico vitalyevich. thank you

so much for talking through what is a huge, huge issue. >> yeah. let us know if you've experienced that, >> so stay with us. we'll continue to keep you updated on those rochdale protests . those rochdale protests. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello. here's your latest gb news. weather forecast coming to you from the met office. there is a bit of a muggy feel to things at the moment and there are some bright spells around today, but also a bit of rain, particularly across southern parts . here we have a waving parts. here we have a waving feature that's pushed its way through earlier today, bringing some hefty rain across southern counties that is now pushing into parts of the southeast . so into parts of the southeast. so watch out for some torrential downpours here. plenty of showers also feeding in across parts of scotland, particularly the west. also some showers affecting northern ireland, northwest england and a bit of rain further south as well at times, but elsewhere in between some brighter spells perhaps, and in any brightness, temperatures rising relatively

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:00 on thursday, the 25th of july. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. protests erupt in rochdale overnight after an armed police officer was caught on camera stamping on a man's headin on camera stamping on a man's head in a manchester airport. the officer has since been suspended. but is there more to it? we have the very latest and 24 year old anthony ison appears in court today charged with attempted murder after a lieutenant colonel was stabbed multiple times near a barracks in kent. >> we're live outside medway magistrates court and the duke of sussex believes his decision to challenge the tabloid press has been the major factor in the deterioration of his relationship with the royal family is that a fair assessment? and over in the united states, a defiant benjamin netanyahu tells

congress that his fight is their fight. but how did his visit go down? overall, we're speaking to a senior congressional reporter overin a senior congressional reporter over in washington . over in washington. >> now, we've been looking at this situation in manchester throughout the program . protests throughout the program. protests last night in rochdale . will last night in rochdale. will tonight show the same or can community tensions simmer down? >> yes. and there are accusations being thrown about that this armed police officer must have been racist or he must have been islamophobic. we've spoken to our home security editor about how context in these situations is very, very important. we know how often if you're on social media, you'll know how often clips of police action or inaction go absolutely viral. and often there are only

a few seconds long. can you really understand and get a hold of exactly what was going on, what was going on through the minds of all the people in that situation, and particularly that armed police officer? can you really understand exactly what's happening from a tiny clip and of course, the clip looks horrific, >> yeah. we will be speaking with mark white in just a few minutes. who has a second clip for us, which shows a little bit earlier in what happened, which is important context. we see, of course, the female police officer who was assaulted, three police officers had to go to hospital after the altercation with these thugs. >> yes. and of course, i think it's worth saying that when you see the footage, i'm sure a lot of your first reaction was that looks incredibly brutal, incredibly brutal, perhaps looks appears to be an overreaction. if you just look at that five six second clip again, he has been suspended because of this. there is an investigation. but please do keep your views coming in on all of this. we've had

various voices on to discuss it. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch. >> that's all to come. mark white will be back here in the studio after your headlines with tatiana . tatiana. >> tom. thank you. the top stories this hour. >> tom. thank you. the top stories this hour . a police stories this hour. a police officer has been suspended from all duties after a video emerged appearing to show a person being kicked in the head during an altercation at manchester airport. greater manchester police says three of its officers were seriously injured when they attended to reports of an assault in the airport car park , which happened before the park, which happened before the event. seen in this video that included a female officer who suffered a broken nose. four men were arrested on suspicion of assault and affray, and the police watchdog has launched an investigation. the prime minister says he understands the concern over the footage, and the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who is meeting the home secretary, has appealed for calm . a man has been charged

calm. a man has been charged with attempted murder after the stabbing of a uniformed armed officer army officer in kent. 24 year old anthony hassan has been remanded in custody after appearing in court today. he was arrested near his home in rochester just 30 minutes arrested near his home in rochesterjust 30 minutes after rochester just 30 minutes after the violent attack. he's also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. it's after lieutenant colonel mark teetan, who's in his 40s, was stabbed in sallyport gardens near brompton barracks in gillingham on tuesday evening. he remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition . former immigration condition. former immigration minister robert jenrick will stand for the leadership of the conservative party, promising to win back voters who switched to reform uk. he's the third tory to throw their hat in the ring after james cleverly and tom tugendhat. mr cleverly says he's best placed to unite the party after a crushing election defeat. but tom tugendhat told gb news the conservatives have lost trust after failing to deliver lower taxes and immigration. >> you've seen what's just

happenedin >> you've seen what's just happened in the recent election. we lost the trust of the british people because we failed to deliver and i've got a track record of delivery, whether that's in the army on operations in iraq and afghanistan or whether that's in parliament standing up to those who would threaten us, those authoritarian dictators. and that's got me sanctioned by countries like china and russia and iran. and of course, i've been delivering in government, you of course, i've been delivering in government , you know, of course, i've been delivering in government, you know, as the security minister, making sure that we are safe. and i can't talk about all the areas that i've been working on as security minister, for obvious reasons. but absolutely , prioritising the but absolutely, prioritising the interests and security of the british people is exactly what i've done. >> the prime minister says offshore wind will soon power 20 million british homes as he launched the new state owned gb energy. speaking during a visit to an engineering factory in the north—west of england, sir keir starmer said the firm's partnership with the crown estate would help turbocharge britain's transition to clean energy. >> now there is a massive prize within our reach. and make no mistake, the race is on to get

there. until now, i feel like we've been sort of tying up our laces in the changing room. no more. i don't just want to be in the race for clean energy. i want us to win the race for clean energy . and why not? we clean energy. and why not? we have got the potential. we have got the ports. we have got the people, the skills. and now we've got a mission driven government in the us. >> joe biden said he couldn't let his personal ambition stand in the way of saving democracy as he addressed the nation dufing as he addressed the nation during a televised speech from the oval office last night. in his first comments since announcing his decision to drop out of the presidential race, the 81 year old said it had been the 81 year old said it had been the honour of his life to serve the honour of his life to serve the american people as president. but he said the future of the united states must come first and it's time to pass the torch on to the next generation. >> in recent weeks has become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical

endeavoun unite my party in this critical endeavour. i believe my record is president. my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term. but nothing , second term. but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. and that includes personal ambition . includes personal ambition. >> and andy murray has officially withdrawn from the singles event at the paris olympics. the two time gold medallist is still not fully recovered from the back surgery he had last month. he says the men's doubles, where he's playing with dan evans, offers his best chance of another medal . his best chance of another medal. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it is 2:08 now. just a warning . some 2:08 now. just a warning. some viewers might find these images distressing. >> yes, greater manchester police have now suspended a firearm officer after he was filmed kicking a man in his head dufing filmed kicking a man in his head during an arrest. >> well, the incident took place at manchester airport and last night hundreds of protesters took to the streets outside rochdale. police station to vent their anger, shouting shame, shame on you! >> well, mark white, our home security editor is here in the studio with us, mark, talk us through this. >> well, this was an incident that unfolded at 830 at night on tuesday. it's on the ground floor. floor level of a multi—storey car park attached to terminal two at manchester airport. looking at the images there, they are distressing. absolutely. as this officer has moved in very robustly. he's

seen kicking this man who's on the ground in the head and stamping on the head, but what this doesn't do is give any kind of real indication and context to what was a very violent incident that spanned quite a few minutes before the video you're seeing here. this is right at the end of that sequence of events, as police are trying to gain control of the situation after three of their colleagues were knocked to their colleagues were knocked to the ground, violently assaulted a female officer, smashed in the face and suffered a broken nose, we can actually show you another clip that we've managed to obtain on social media released that again shows the end sequence, but just slightly before this, as those back up officers are arriving on scene to help their colleagues that have been assaulted. this is what that clip shows. you don't come here, you don't come up. >> you know we ain't going no

where. no civilians. no, no, no no no no no. 110 110 110 110. >> no no no no. >> we have not done nothing. we have not done nothing. we have not done nothing. this recording go home. you are showing he's getting locked up. no no. >> meaning ? not me. >> meaning? not me. >> meaning? not me. >> what is he saying there we are. not. >> well, the double negative notwithstanding. he's saying effectively that they're not guilty of what they're being accused of. >> i think it's pretty clear, he said. we've not done nothing which which should be grounds for arrest . i would have for arrest. i would have thought. he's admitting guilt. >> i've said the double negative aside, he's clearly indicating to the officers that he is not being involved in the assault . being involved in the assault. however, the officers that have been assaulted, including the female who was smashed in the face is clearly pointing out those that she says attacked her. so her colleagues on scene , her. so her colleagues on scene, having heard all of this unfolding over the police radios

as they're rushing to help their colleagues, they arrive on the ground floor of this multi—storey car park. they have these people pointed out to them by their colleagues who've been assaulted. and what do they do? they do as officers who are meeting , a force they do as officers who are meeting, a force and a threat. and that force is evident by the fact that their dishevelled colleagues, who have been assaulted are pointing out the individuals they say they've been assaulted by. so those officers do what they are trained to do, which is to robustly get these people to the ground, get them under control and get them handcuffed so they can't assault anyone else. despite their protestations, they can argue that out later, as i'm sure they have done . but as i'm sure they have done. but in this instance, it's all about gaining control of the situation. after a very violent incident. now it will be argued of course, whether the officer kicking the head off that individual already on the ground

had overstepped. that's something for the independent investigators to determine. and they'll look at much more than just a viral snapshot of the end of this. they will look at all of this. they will look at all of the officers body worn cameras. they will look at the cctv from inside that car park and speak to eyewitnesses as well. now, two of those who've been arrested, four men have been arrested, four men have been arrested, four men have been arrested for violent affray and assaulting police officers . and assaulting police officers. two have been released. their lawyer has also just published a viral not a viral but a social media video, which has since gone viral, sitting with those two men and this is what he said they were released not long ago from cheadle police station. >> they then had to make their own way to the hospital. but in reality, because they've had a head injuries, it was the police duty to take them to a hospital.

but nevertheless they made their own way. and now i've documented the injuries and we are headed to rochdale police station to make a formal complaint of assault and wounding . assault and wounding. >> so that complaint of assault and wounding will run parallel in terms of investigations to the investigation into these individuals accused of assaulting emergency service workers and of course, the overarching independent inquiry will look at whether the officers use of force here was proportionate, given the threat that clearly this officer perceived . perceived. >> what we haven't seen, of course, is any body cam footage from the police themselves. so far , i'm given to understand far, i'm given to understand that in the united states of america, the police are now incredibly quick to get that body cam footage out. am i right in understanding that in this

case, in the uk, it's generally kept behind closed doors shown to courts, but very rarely published for general consumption this soon after an incident? >> yeah, there's a very cautious approach to the issuing of body worn video because of course it is going to be evidential, potentially going forward in any court case, it could be used in the prosecution of an individual, either the officer wearing the body camera or indeed those that have been accused of assaulting the police. so there's a cautious approach to that. some, body worn video camera footage does get released by some forces after the completion of a trial, when there's no longer a threat to , you know, prejudicing that to, you know, prejudicing that trial in any way. but to, you know, prejudicing that trial in any way . but in not trial in any way. but in not releasing the video, there's a flipside for the police, because then the only video out there is this carefully selected viral video of the end process. the end sequence in this chain of

events that shows the police putting these individuals down, nothing that goes before. so you could argue that the police, you know, are in a bit of a no win situation here. >> i don't understand that, because i think we've all noficed because i think we've all noticed that the police are very active on social media these days, and they're responding to videos that have been put out there, you know, adding their comments, adding context to what people are looking at. and these are these are just random videos that members of the public have taken. so if they're commenting on those videos, why is it different to then publish your own? is there is it just a risk of prejudicing things? >> it's completely a risk of prejudicing things. this will all form evidence. even the body . all form evidence. even the body. the viral videos that are out there such as they are, will still be used by the independent police watchdog and potentially the police and crown prosecution service. if there are prosecutions that stem for this. so it's because of that. you know, they can they can give some verbal context or written

context in emails and posts. they put out , but actually they put out, but actually showing the video concerned. they just are not able to do , they just are not able to do, because of the fear of prejudicing the case. yes. >> and now they've got to manage all of the outbursts of anger now up in rochdale, a tricky one.thank now up in rochdale, a tricky one. thank you very much. mark white, home security editor well, in other news, a 24 year old man will now remain in custody after appearing in court charged with attempted murder . charged with attempted murder. >> yes. >> yes. >> anthony ison is accused of repeatedly stabbing lieutenant colonel mark teton near a barracks in kent. >> well, joining us now is gb news national reporter, charlie peters. with the details of what has gone on today. because, charlie, this is a case that shocked the country. earlier this week . this week. >> hi, tom. hi, emily. yes. shocked. the country indeed. and there were unusual proceedings this morning at medway magistrates court because anthony ssafa, age 24, appeared in the dock here in handcuffs,

which is unusual. the crown prosecution service notes that that should only happen if there is a serious risk of harm expected , and that risk is expected, and that risk is heightened enough to necessitate the restraint of someone in the dock. now the defendant, when asked by the district judge to confirm his name, his address and his date of birth, he repeatedly asked why and then, when he was told to sit down, he did not do so. this defending barrister said that some papers were being prepared to assess assange's fitness to stand, and a prosecuting barrister said that a member of the public called 999, detailing the scene on tuesday evening in gillingham to report that a male had been stabbed. that's referring to lieutenant colonel mark teton, an army officer based nearby in gillingham in kent. the prosecutor said it was then reported that the victim was a soldier in uniform. lieutenant colonel mark teton is a manager at the royal school of military

engineering at the barracks nearby in gillingham. he's currently in a stable, but serious condition in hospital. as you said , anthony assange, as you said, anthony assange, 24. he's been remanded in custody, charged with attempted murder and possession of offensive weapons. two two blades were found at the scene and three further when he was arrested at his home in rochester, also in kent. he is next set to appear at maidstone crown court on august the 22nd. >> charlie peters , thank you >> charlie peters, thank you very much for that report. >> thank you very much . now to >> thank you very much. now to the conservative leadership race, because tom tugendhat has thrown his hat in the ring to replace rishi sunak and are also robert jenrick . robert jenrick. >> indeed, former immigration minister robert jenrick announced his bid to replace rishi sunak as conservative leader, promising to win back reform voters and unite the tories. his official launch is rumoured to be next week. >> oh, that's a tricky challenge. that's a tricky challenge. that's a tricky challenge. but who is the current favourite to replace

rishi sunak as conservative leader? let's now speak with william kedjanyi, who is the head of political content for star sports, william, what have you got for us? >> well, we've got betting on the conservative leadership race. it's looking like an open field. we've got three who have declared, but i think seven are rumoured to have their hats in the ring. and kemi is our favourites at 2 to 1. >> but it's a competitive betting heat. >> tom tugendhat we've seen some money for. he's now 7 to 2 from 11 to 2 and we're also fairly short on robert jenrick, who has come down from 9 to 1 all the way into 3 to 1, so it's tight at the top in the tory leadership race. >> so the top three are kemi badenoch, tom tugendhat and robert jenrick. in terms of where people are putting their money, yes. >> now obviously the announcements do help . announcements do help. >> people like to be on somebody who's certain to have their hat in the ring. it's also taken, i think, as a given that most of the top contenders will run about the first seven in the market. we've also seen for money james cleverly from that front, when he declared he was

officially declared. >> so we think there'll be plenty of money for two guitars because on his side of the party, it could be a clearer path to getting to the membership than some of those who are more on the right wing of the party, where there are a few contenders, and it feels like things may be getting a little bit tricky for suella braverman. >> where does she feature, >> where does she feature, >> she has been a huge drifter. he has gotten very tricky for suella braverman. she was one of the top three favourites for a long time over a year or so. >> but, just after the election , >> but, just after the election, she apparently upset quite a few in the party, her sort of unabashed statements about the conservatives need to go even further. >> right. i think have upset quite a few of the new mps as well. >> so her path looks difficult. >> so her path looks difficult. >> there's been briefing that she might go to join reform. >> she's 40 to 1. the punters don't want her 40 to 1. >> indeed. yeah. has that has that tracked robert jenrick because a lot of the natural supporters for suella braverman in parliament appear to be drifting towards robert jenrick on the green benches. and you were saying before that his, his

numbers have been rising with you as suella bravermans have been falling. >> yes. very much so. jenrick's numbers have been steadily rising ante post. but there was a feeling that he might be a hypothetical leadership candidate. and as it's come closer and he's begun to make sort of more overt bids, basically for a run at it, we have seen plenty of people backing him. he always looked, to be fair , as a likely to be fair, as a likely leadership contender. and with, i think , the negative stories i think, the negative stories out braverman plenty sort of put two and two together and did go for jenrick. so that's been part forjenrick. so that's been part of the reason. >> and how good are the betting people of britain at getting these things right at this stage, at this early stage, do we usually get it spot on, >> it's a mixed record. i think some people do say the early favourite for the tory leadership doesn't ever win. that's not quite true. i think it depends on what you call the early stage. you've got to remember it's really quite competitive. it wouldn't be a surprise, i think, if any one of the top 4 or 5 won and we got to see firstly, what the first membership tallies look like.

sorry, mps tallies look like, but i think you're looking at the top of the market for your likely winner. >> interesting, interesting. so those top three at the moment tugendhat, kemi and jenrick. yeah. very very interesting stuff. william kedjanyi thank you so much for coming in and talking us through those odds. thank you, thank you. >> good stuff. >> good stuff. >> very interesting isn't it. yeah. 40 to 1 for suella braverman. there was a time kemi badenoch there was a time where it felt like the momentum was behind suella braverman. but perhaps she , irritated, let's perhaps she, irritated, let's say too many of those tory mps. >> i think writing a telegraph article dissecting the loss before the loss happened that clearly rubbed people up the wrong way . wrong way. >> yes, i probably yeah, you should probably wait a little. yeah, wait a little, but anyway, let us know your thoughts coming up. ed miliband finally announces the details of his new state owned great british energy company .

>> good afternoon. britain it's 2:26. now. britain's newly created state owned energy company. great british energy, is to partner with the monarchy's property firm. yes, the crown estate, to help speed up the building of offshore wind farms. yes >> and the prime minister insists the plan will drive down our bills. >> well, let's get more with our gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who was at the speech earlier today . the speech earlier today. catherine, it's a bit interesting. during the campaign, we weren't quite sure what gb energy was. is it just a rebranded investment firm or is it actually an energy company? did we get closer to the truth today ? today? >> good afternoon, tom and emily. yes, a little bit.

originally we were told that it was just an investment vehicle, but now they say it is an energy producing company, not like a retail company like e.on or something like that. but yes , something like that. but yes, they're saying great british energy are going to partner with the crown that own a lot of the seabed and one of the things they're going to be doing is building 2000 new offshore wind turbines. they are hoping that they're going to spend on this 8.3 billion over this parliament. they're saying that's going to drive up to £60 billion of private investment into this. now, i'm here in widnes at an engineering, firm . widnes at an engineering, firm. these behind me are actually mobile phone masts, but they also make the columns that support these windmills, these wind turbines. support these windmills, these wind turbines . and i did ask the wind turbines. and i did ask the prime minister after his speech,

what material difference that would make to families and how long it would take, because ultimately, of course, they view this as a way to bring in growth, to bring in investments, to increase our energy security, but also to get bills down. let's have a look at what the prime minister said in response. >> certainly want to get those bills down in this parliament. and every step we take, that's all. you know, we've already announced what we're going to do in relation to solar energy , to in relation to solar energy, to onshore wind today, obviously announce what we're making about gb energy. each of these steps will bring down bills. the timing will depend on the implementation, but the fact that within three weeks, we've already taken some of the key decisions allows us to move at pace. so i want to see those bills go down in this parliament. we've made that pledge. that's what we intend to do . do. >> so you'll notice there he

used the word want rather than will. he wants it to bring bills down in this parliament, but he can't be certain that it will, because of course, this stuff is going to take years and years and years to build, to get planning permission, even though they say they're going to get britain building. these things take a long, long time. but he was introduced by the energy secretary, ed miliband, and he said it is time for the british people to also own things and build things again. he was pointing out. he said we have pubuc pointing out. he said we have public ownership of the energy sector by foreign states. france denmark, sweden, norway. pointing out of course, that a lot of our energy is effectively owned by other countries. the same applies , doesn't it, to same applies, doesn't it, to water firms. but you know, this stuff is going to be difficult. it's going to be take time. it's going to be very expensive. and also there's going to be a bit of a planning nightmare coming down the line, not just in

trying to build those 1.5 million homes, but in terms of pylons, because at the moment the grid operates in a way to take, power sort of out from the land around the country. but if we're going to have huge amounts more of offshore wind, that's then going to be brought onto then going to be brought onto the land. and it's very, very , the land. and it's very, very, very expensive. if you start burying those cables under the ground. so a pylon possibly coming near you soon, and that's not going to go down very well with a lot of people know the irony of ironies of course, is that one of those seats, the green party won in in suffolk in the general election, the co—leader, adrian ramsay, took this seat off the tories because a lot of people locally were very, very angry about all of these green fields being covered with pylons, pylons necessary for the wind farms over shore. >> so, so the anti—net zero votes bizarrely went to the

green party. it's the most bonkers contradiction in terms . bonkers contradiction in terms. >> indeed. i mean, you couldn't make it up , but it is true. and make it up, but it is true. and also of course, we've seen that with housebuilding a lot of the shadow cabinet have previously, you know, campaigned against developments in their area. so it's all very well having these grand schemes and ambitions. and of course the labour party, the government do see this as a huge opportunity to drive growth. they think that green tech is the future, but when it comes near you , when it has an impact near you, when it has an impact on you or your house or where you live, people are often not so keen at all. >> goodness me. well katherine forster, thank you very much for joining us. from exactly where keir starmer spoke earlier, but also someone else who spoke who introduced keir starmer was ed miliband. he's been keen on these wind farms for quite a long time. let's take a listen .

no. >> well you know what? where i want to put a pylon and a windmill . where? right outside windmill. where? right outside your window. do you know why? >> why is that ? >> why is that? >> why is that? >> because you you know, you're the biggest yimby in the land . the biggest yimby in the land. yes, in my backyard. i want to build, build, build, build , build, build, build, build, build. but i think you'll just be as bad as everyone else when you have your own place and a pylon comes next to you, or a prison wants to be built right next to you, or i don't think that i would have the heart to object to something on land that i didn't own . i didn't own. >> but shall we have ed miliband's view of these of these wind farms? >> so my friend is blowing in the wind. >> the answer is blowing in the wind . wind. >> well, he's passionate, isn't he ? he? >> yes, i'll give him that. he is very passionate indeed . i is very passionate indeed. i want to hear more about these mini nuclear modules though. yes, the small modular reactors. there we go. yeah, because we're going to need those. as angela

knight told us earlier, we're going to need that backup if we're going to do all of this wind power and the like. but anyway, coming up, prince harry says his decision to fight against intrusion from the tabloid press has been a central piece in the breakdown of his relationship with the rest of the royal family. is that so? more on that after your headlines. >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories this houn afternoon. the top stories this hour. a police officer has been suspended from all duties after a video emerged appearing to show a person being kicked in the head during an altercation at manchester airport, greater manchester police says three of its officers were seriously injured when they attended to reports of an assault in the airport car park , which happened airport car park, which happened before the event. seen in this video that included a female officer who suffered a broken nose. four men were arrested on suspicion of assault and affray, and the police watchdog has launched an investigation . launched an investigation. meanwhile, a man has been

charged with attempted murder after the stabbing of a uniformed army officer in kent, 24 year old anthony esson was arrested near his home in rochester just 30 minutes arrested near his home in rochesterjust 30 minutes after rochester just 30 minutes after the violent attack. it's after lieutenant colonel mark teetan, who's in his 40s, was stabbed in sallyport gardens near brompton barracks in gillingham on tuesday evening. he remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition . former immigration condition. former immigration minister robert jenrick will stand for the leadership of the conservative party, promising to win back voters who switched to reform uk. he's the third tory to throw their hat into the ring, afterjames to throw their hat into the ring, after james cleverly and tom tugendhat. mr cleverly says he's best placed to unite the party after last month's crushing election defeat. but tom tugendhat says the conservatives have lost trust after failing to deliver lower taxes and immigration. and the prime minister says offshore wind will soon power 20 million british homes. as he launched

the new state owned gb energy. speaking during a visit to an engineering factory in the north—west of england , sir keir north—west of england, sir keir starmer said the new energy firm would reduce reliance on foreign power and drive down bills . and power and drive down bills. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward alerts

>> well, it's 238, and the duke of sussex has described his determination to fight the tabloids as a central piece in destroying his relationship with his family, with the rift, in part due to his mission. >> well, prince harry said he wished his family had joined together with him in his

campaign in the wake of the phone hacking scandal, as he gave an interview to itv for its tabloids on trial documentary let's have a listen. >> i think everything that's played out has, has, has shown people what the truth of the matter is. for me, the mission continues, but it has it has, yes, it's caused, as you say , yes, it's caused, as you say, part of a rift . part of a rift. >> well, we can now speak with historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo rafe as a historian, you'll remember history and past events. does harry's story today line up with reality ? reality? >> i had a good chuckle over this. you know, i mean , welcome this. you know, i mean, welcome to planet sussex, which is an alternative universe in which every single cause of the rift between the monarchy and the duke and duchess is the fault of the royal family, and there is no blame ever on their part. first, it was the royal family's

treatment of meghan and their jealousy of this star couple. you know , their prejudiced you know, their prejudiced attitudes towards the skin colour of their baby. apparently now we're told that it was a central plank of the rift was the refusal of the royal family to support harry and join him in this. you know , this noble and this. you know, this noble and chivalrous war that he had on the press . give me chivalrous war that he had on the press. give me a break. look, i mean, it's undoubtedly true that his war on the press hasn't helped his relationship with the monarchy, but it's a huge stretch to think that it was a major factor. harry simply wants us in this interview to think that once again, he is this brave activist battling for justice without any support from his family. but we all know of course, don't we? the reasons for, harry and meghan's rift with the royal family. first, it was meghan herself. it's never a good sign at your wedding for a bride to only have one member of her family present. bride to only have one member of her family present . that should her family present. that should have set alarm bells going and

by strange coincidence, you know, a few months later, harry's completely estranged also from his family. what, is that a coincidence, you know , that a coincidence, you know, the reason for this rift has always been the sussexes. personal agenda. their inability to actually live up to the dufies to actually live up to the duties and the responsibilities of being members of the royal family. meghan's personality and attitude were always incompatible with royal life, her treatment of her staff, you know, her, ceaseless self—promotion, refusal to accept ranking below, prince william and his wife, all of that contributed to the rift. but most of all, of course, it was harry and meghan's betrayal of harry's family, you know, causing pain to his grandparents, the late queen and prince philip , allowing the prince philip, allowing the royals to essentially be dragged through the mud and thought of as racist for months , you know, as racist for months, you know, attacking, cruelly, attacking his stepmother and his brother and his father. in netflix documentaries, oprah interviews

his memoir, his salacious memoir, i should say. also and also to attack his father in that most sensitive time from his grandmother's death through to his father becoming the king. that key moment for prince charles to get reacquainted with the public. he had his son attacking him. that's where the rift lies . rift lies. >> and yet rafe to look at it from harry's point of view. he was a little boy who had to walk behind his mother's coffin after, in his view, she was hounded to her death by paparazzi photographers. later in his life, he saw a tabloid newspaper splashed with the front page harry, the nazi. the picture of him wearing an ill advised swastika armband at a party, and then later in his life, he successfully sues the mirror group newspapers after it was proven that they had hacked into his mobile phone. it's sort of easy to see how he has this,

this, this sort of single minded idea about about the media in this country. >> yeah, sure. none of that is in dispute. you know, the issue here is whether his war on the press, the whether the royal factor is the reason for the rift that he had with the royal family. and he's also, rather naively, saying that the royal family should have been on board and joined him with this. but the king, of course, was quite right to describe harry's war in the press as a suicide mission, because it's inconceivable that the monarchy would take on the press and take it to court. it's fine for harry to do that, but the monarchy's mantra has always been never to complain , because been never to complain, because they understand that a good relationship with the press is fundamental to the survival of the monarchy. if they were to go to war with the media, you know, the media would become much more negative, much more harsh in its coverage and destructive in its coverage and destructive in its coverage of the monarchy . and coverage of the monarchy. and you can just remember what the tabloids were like in the 1990s. things will be far worse than that. and, you know, the media

probably will be much more positive towards harry and meghan if they weren't waging war against it. so i think the royal family have been very smart not to get involved in harry rafe. >> there is an irony, isn't there, that, harry is very happy to use the media when it suits him. i mean, he'sjust done this him. i mean, he's just done this interview with itv for goodness sake, so he's very happy when it seems to go in his favour, but not when there's, you know, a, a rude article written about him or the like, or a challenging article. >> well, that's just it. and that proves that harry and meghan aren't royal any longer. they're merely celebrities. because, you know, from madonna onwards , all celebrities have onwards, all celebrities have wanted the positive press coverage and haven't been able to tolerate the negative press coverage. unfortunately, that's not how the media works. if you open yourself up to the media, you have to expect the good and the bad. the monarchy understands that , and for better understands that, and for better or worse, they have to live with the negative news stories and rise above it. that's the secret to a relationship with the press

is not to attack them. >> well , rafe is not to attack them. >> well, rafe heydel—mankoo really appreciate your expertise on this issue. thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much . well, >> thank you very much. well, coming up, we're going to be crossing over to washington as the presidential race heats up. and we'll get more on that congress speech from benjamin netanyahu

well, it's 248. good afternoon . well, it's 248. good afternoon. britain. now, the us president, joe biden, will meet with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, in his first major engagement since announcing he will not be running for a second term. >> but it's been met with fury as washington, dc, faces mass pro—palestine protests , pro—palestine protests, including certain amount of graffiti on memorials. but there wasn't just disdain on the streets for mr netanyahu's visit as leading democrats also

boycotted his address to congress . congress. >> however, the israeli prime minister remained thankful for america's early backing in the gaza conflict. >> i thank president biden for his heartfelt support for israel after the savage attack on october 7th. he rightly called hamas sheer evil. he dispatched two aircraft carriers to the middle to east deter a wider war, and he came to israel to stand with us during our darkest houn stand with us during our darkest hour, a visit that will never be forgotten . forgotten. >> well, let's cross to washington now and speak to the senior congressional reporter at the washington times, kerry picket. kerry, thanks for joining us today. it does seem interesting that the democrats seem relatively divided on this visit, but the republicans more united. >> absolutely. this is pretty

much something that the democrats go through very often. when you have, a democrat in the white house and they have at least one chamber, and now they're on the verge of a national election, and they're trying to figure out where to really put themselves. and of course, we have this war over in gaza that they are dealing with themselves, even though we obviously don't have troops on the ground there. but we're going, but we're also sending, weapons there as, as well . so weapons there as, as well. so they're trying to figure out how to really strategize this . and to really strategize this. and right now you have a number of democrats as we see right there, rashida tlaib, she didn't boycott, but she wanted to make, you know, her voice known there. and those democrats who did boycott, they they said, well, we're going to, you know, hang out with some of the hostages families and their empty seats, well, they were and they ended up being occupied by some protesters over in the chamber.

so they were used to a certain degree as far as, you know , what degree as far as, you know, what we're going to see going forward. well, it'll be interesting to see how the democratic convention goes down, with the presumptive nominee for the democrats, kamala harris. you know, she herself obviously boycotted this particular joint session. and, we'll see how things go down at the convention. does this mean that there's not going to be as as intense protest coming from the democrats, you know, you know, perhaps, protesters, i'm not too sure about that because they're going to want to make sure that their voices are going to be heard . heard. >> now, of course, we've seen huge, pro—palestine protests in this country, just how significant were they in washington ? how many people were washington? how many people were there? were there any issues? was it peaceful? how much pressure was there? >> there was definitely, many protesters like thousands, from the account from the, park

police, they were they pretty much swarmed downtown d.c. police, they were they pretty much swarmed downtown dc. as we see. right there. they were, they put plenty of graffiti all over our, columbus memorial outside of union station, this morning , there was a good morning, there was a good cleanup of those monuments, there was lots of law enforcement, not just here in dc, but a number of nypd officers came up to help out the dc cops. however, it's my understanding that the republicans are saying that that when they called for the interior to, to a to offer more law enforcement, they were refused. so apparently the republicans are saying that there wasn't enough law enforcement on the street because the interior department said no , we're not going to put said no, we're not going to put more law enforcement on the streets. so that's another dispute that just came out this morning that is very, very interesting. >> a lot of people are looking in the context of these protests in the context of these protests in the context of these protests in the context of this time

politically, back to the last time, an incumbent president dropped out mid primary season when lbj withdrew from the race in 1968. of course, the democratic national convention then was was was massively disrupted by antiwar protesters. could we look at something similar happening in august this year ? year? >> i'm glad you brought that up because, we're seeing lots of parallels to that. when lbj dropped out in 1968, there was sort of this sort of like euphofia sort of this sort of like euphoria coming from the democrats. okay, we got lbj out, and now we have hubert humphrey coming in, and everyone was like, kind of psyched about that. but still, they still had the problem of the vietnam war. those problems still existed. so now you have joe biden. he did his address last night and they said , okay, we got the old guy said, okay, we got the old guy out. but the problems , though, out. but the problems, though, still exist. you still have the, the a war over in gaza. we still have incredible inflation going

on here in the united states. and even though kamala harris, everyone feels really good about it as far as the democrats are concerned, the question is, do the democrats feel really good about kamala, or do they just feel really good that the anchor of joe biden is gone? and we're going to see that really happen after the democratic convention, when you have kamala harris ? when you have kamala harris? well, that'll be fascinating to watch. >> kerry pickett, i'm afraid we're going to have to leave it there. but, kerry pickett of the washington times, appreciate your thoughts. that's it from us today. back tomorrow , a brighter today. back tomorrow, a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hello. here's your latest gb news weather forecast coming to you from the met office. there is a bit of a muggy feel to things at the moment and there are some bright spells around today, but also a bit of rain, particularly across southern parts . here we have a waving

parts. here we have a waving feature that's pushed its way through earlier today, bringing some hefty rain across southern counties that is now pushing into parts of the southeast . so into parts of the southeast. so watch out for some torrential downpours here. plenty of showers also feeding in across parts of scotland, particularly the west. also some showers affecting northern ireland north west england and a bit of rain further south as well at times, but elsewhere in between some brighter spells perhaps, and in any brightness, temperatures rising relatively nicely. highs of around 23 or 24 celsius. perhaps the rain in the southeast will be clearing away as we go through this evening, but the showers across parts of scotland will be continuing for a time. some of them will be quite heavy, particularly across western parts. maybe the odd rumble of thunder too. further east, a greater chance of staying dry with some brighter spells, plenty of heavy showers to end the day across northern ireland and a few scattered showers, perhaps for northern england. two mostly dry across the midlands , wales and into the midlands, wales and into east anglia once that rain clears away. but further rain spilling its way eastwards

across southern counties. as we go through this evening and through the start of the night. overnight, further showers continue across parts of scotland, easing a little bit but nonetheless still to some come as we go through the early hours of tomorrow morning . hours of tomorrow morning. otherwise a lot of dry weather and some clear skies, but still with that muggy feel to things. temperatures really not dropping a huge amount. so another relatively warm night , relatively warm night, particularly in the towns and cities through tomorrow . then cities through tomorrow. then it's going to be a day of sunshine and showers. the showers will be heaviest, most frequent across northern western parts of particularly western scotland and northern ireland, but some showers feeding into parts of england and wales. further east and south. you have a greater chance of avoiding these showers , and there will be these showers, and there will be plenty of sunny spells around with temperatures a little bit higher than today, so feeling a bit warmer. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb

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