a peaceful last night after a peaceful protest at a hotel for asylum seekers drew a police response befitting of a full blown riot, with a helicopter, police dogs and multiple riot vans deployed. i'll speak to one of the protesters organisers, who believes heavy handed policing is fanning the flames of civil unrest. and later this hour i'll cross live to scotland, where there's new rules on xl bully dogs, which are suspected of having killed more than 20 dogs in the uk in the past three years. and that's all coming up in your next hour. what was the show pleasure to have your company now, after the news, i want to talk you through a dramatic moment last night where i was handcuffed in parliament square simply for reporting on the protest there, simply for doing my job. get involved with the usual ways , the usual ways, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now let's have your news headlines.

it's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 3:00. your top story this hour. a 17 year old story this hour. a17 year old boy accused of murdering three young girls in southport has been named as axel rudi cabana. three children, seven year old elsie dot stancombe alice aguilar, who was nine, and six year old b.b. aguilar, who was nine, and six year old bb. king, were killed dunng year old bb. king, were killed during the attack at a holiday club . he was named during the attack at a holiday club. he was named in during the attack at a holiday club . he was named in court during the attack at a holiday club. he was named in court this morning after a judge lifted reporting restrictions and was remanded in youth detention . remanded in youth detention. meanwhile, the prime minister will deliver a speech outside downing street later after two nights of violence following monday's attack in southport . monday's attack in southport. angry crowds took to the streets

of manchester, hartlepool and london with some declaring their support for tommy robinson, saying we want our country back. it's after social media posts falsely claimed the attacker was a muslim asylum seeker who'd crossed the channel in a small boat. crossed the channel in a small boat . cars were set on fire in boat. cars were set on fire in hartlepool while flares and bottles were thrown at a statue of winston churchill in london's parliament square. more than 100 people were arrested in the caphal people were arrested in the capital, while cleveland police made eight arrests, with more expected . in other news, wall expected. in other news, wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich is being released from a russian prison as part of an exchange . reporter these are an exchange. reporter these are live pictures of the airport in ankara and turkey, where the exchange is taking place. former us marine paul whelan is also being freed as part of the major multi—country deal. both he and mr gershkovich were accused of espionage, which they both deny. britain is involved in the internationally brokered deal, which is believed to involve 26

prisoners, making it the largest since the cold war . the culture since the cold war. the culture secretary will meet the head of the bbc today after it emerged huw edwards continued to be employed even after he was arrested on suspicion of serious offences . it comes after it was offences. it comes after it was revealed that the former news presenter was arrested in november, but continued to be employed until april. in a statement, the bbc said that at the time no charges had been brought against mr edwards and it was also aware of significant risk to his health. he pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to receiving indecent images of children . during an images of children. during an onune images of children. during an online chat, former bbc executive roger bolton told us that many questions remain. >> it's absolutely clear that bbc news and all the editors involved did not know until this week that huw edwards had been charged, let alone what he'd been charged with, and clearly , been charged with, and clearly, if you watched all the reporting and reading the website of the

bbc, the bbc news has been reporting this top item not hiding anything. however, the big questions remain about, you know, we now know that the bbc executives were told in confidence that huw edwards had been arrested . when did they been arrested. when did they know he was charged .7 and the big know he was charged? and the big question over all of this is why did they continue to pay him so, so , so much money in now the so, so much money in now the bank of england has cut its base interest rate to 5%, marking the first reduction since march 2020. >> the rate had been held at 5.25% since august last year, which was the highest level since 2008. it comes as new data suggests the cost of living crisis is easing thanks to inflation cooling off. gp's in england have voted to limit the number of appointments available in their first collective action since 1964. nhs england says it could cause significant disruption across the whole health service. the british

medical association says it's taking action over what it describes as a lack of funding for gp's. it comes despite the health secretary warning that while the previous government failed to recruit enough doctors, reducing services would only punish patients . tensions only punish patients. tensions are rising in the middle east as iran orders retaliatory strikes on israel following the death of a top hamas leader. thousands turned out for the funeral of ismail haniyeh in tehran, who was the terror group's most senior political chief. he was killed this week by a bomb that was reportedly smuggled into the guest house in an upscale part of the iranian capital two months ago. both britain's foreign and defence secretaries are in qatar for talks aimed at quelling the rising tensions , quelling the rising tensions, and seven just stop oil protesters have been arrested after blocking the passenger search area at heathrow's terminal five. the group was seen holding signs saying oil kills and sign the treaty in

front of the barriers to the area for departing passengers. the airport says disruption was minimal and its terminal continued to operate normally. it comes after a protest on tuesday that saw two activists arrested for splattering orange paint throughout the terminal . paint throughout the terminal. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now welcome to the show. and there's a lot to the show. and there's a lot to talk about between now and 6:00. but before we start, i'd like to spend a few moments telling you what's happened to me last night. pictures on your screen show. i was handcuffed at the cenotaph last night simply for doing my job as a reporter

for doing my job as a reporter for gb news. i was filming the protest that had amassed there a very, very heavy police presence. police in full riot gean presence. police in full riot gear. as you can see, i was filming several arrests on the ground in that area and with no warning, a police wpc put the hank of some. i couldn't believe it. to be fair, when i explained that i was a journalist and i was recognised by 1 or 2 of the coppers, they quickly released me and i was on my way. if i hadnt me and i was on my way. if i hadn't been known to them, i'm sure i would have been one of the over 100 arrest figures that came out last night. now, the style of policing last night was very, very different to the style of policing i've seen at other protests. i go to lots of these protests because there, on my way home from the gb news studio, i walk through them. you can see here the police are kettling people along a wall there and bottles are being thrown, liquids being thrown and it gets a bit fruity. there were arrests, but they were very, very heavily policing that. now

back in february , i covered back in february, i covered another protest pictured on your screen. now, there was a projector in the same place at parliament square, projecting from where i was there, pointing onto big ben, projecting messages from the river to the sea, disgusting images that were projected around the world. i was begging, i was imploring police officers there on that day to make an intervention at least, or an arrest to clamp down on this. that didn't happen later on when i was asking them to point out people wearing face masks, i said, arrest those people . that's against the law. people. that's against the law. i was egged by protesters and they ran off and no arrests were made. very very difficult policing last night. and i put it to you, is this two tiered policing fanning the tinderbox of civil unrest in britain? well, at 4:00 today, sir keir starmer is having an emergency meeting on national policing and we face a decision. we face a

junction . i hope he does the junction. i hope he does the right thing because at the moment many, many people feel that policing in britain is broken. it simply isn't working. we'll have that press conference, that full thing, at 4 pm. on the show now. moving on.the 4 pm. on the show now. moving on. the 17 year old male charged with the murder of the three girls killed in southport has been named , and ruda axle ruda been named, and ruda axle ruda cabana appeared at liverpool crown court this morning and the court heard that he will turn 18 next week . elsie dot stancombe next week. elsie dot stancombe alice akua and bebe b.b. next week. elsie dot stancombe alice akua and bebe bb. king died after a mass stabbing at a dance session on hart street in southport on monday , and the southport on monday, and the teenager has also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder and also the possession of a bladed article . well, of a bladed article. well, joining me now is mike prendergast. he's the conservative councillor for southport. mike, welcome to the show. can i first again just offer my condolences to the

horrendous grief that southport must be going through. we've covered this story on gb news since the start. an incredibly emotional story. it's very, very much moved our viewers and we were also shocked by some of the response from the community. we didn't see a second night of unrest last night. mercifully but can you give us an indication, mike, of the mood in the town, especially now that the town, especially now that the young man, the boy, has now been named ? been named? >> well, the town's still grieving. really i want to express my condolences to the to the family. >> for what happens after the awful, awful tragedy that's befallen them. and in, in terms of the response from the emergency services, i want to thank them for the work they've done, not only responding to the incident on monday when they ran towards what was going on, to try to help people, to try and save people, but also to respond to what went on later on as well. when we saw those terrible scenes with the violence that happened on tuesday night. so the town as as a town is still

grieving. what we're trying to do is all support one another. the town came together after the incidents on tuesday night. the following morning, there was a huge clear up operation, but members of the community came out to support one another, to clean up, to rebuild , to help clean up, to rebuild, to help people. and really as a town, like i say, we're still grieving, really. and of course, there are families who have lost children. there are children still in hospital as well, who are still still in a critical condition. and we all just hope for the best for them . for the best for them. >> and, mike, these kinds of events are simply unimaginable for anybody to comprehend. it's going to take a long time for the community to get over what is a very, very long shadow. but the good news is this young man has been apprehended quickly. he's been detained. he's now been charged. so as we move towards getting justice, there is hope of the community coming back together. can i ask you about how the community has rallied around the events? we're seeing pictures on our screen of

the vigil now and then of the ensuing trouble . do you feel ensuing trouble. do you feel that somehow the hardships, the aftermath, the vigil and then the protest can be a much needed catalyst to try and pull the community back together ? community back together? >> well, i hope that what the pictures you're seeing there of the vigil, i hope that's the that that's what your viewers take from southport with it as a response to the tragedy. that's happenedin response to the tragedy. that's happened in the town, the riots that have had i mean, i wouldn't describe them as protest. i'd describe them as protest. i'd describe them as riots. these were people who travelled to southport to deliberately cause violence and attack police and cause damage. they came to cause trouble. they weren't protests , trouble. they weren't protests, they were rioters. and i think we should describe them as such . we should describe them as such. but the vigil and the support that came afterwards, after we had those riots, that's the true face of southport. that's the true town that i know, the town that i represent, the town that where i act as a councillor and the community is supporting one another. there's people out there who are who are helping there who are who are helping the families, people out there who are helping clean up the

damage from the riots. and as a community and as a town , we've community and as a town, we've come together to try to support one another, and i'm sure we'll continue to do so. >> and, mike, can i ask you about a story, a much needed , about a story, a much needed, heartwarming story during all of this darkness and that's of the swifties for southport story, that a huge sum of money has now been raised by people from all around the world. £300,000, i believe, is the latest tally an astonishing thing? and again, mike, do these small crumbs of comfort just offer you? i think it offers our viewers, offers me offers the nation some restored faith in human nature. >> yeah, absolutely. and there's obviously the campaign to you know, the campaign that you've referred to there, but there are other fundraising activities where people are raising funds for the families. and i think that those kind of things, they show people's true nature , show people's true nature, really, and what people really feel and that the vast, vast majority of people, when

something tragic like this happens, they want to help. they want to do something to help, whether that's to donate to to a a gofundme type page to try to raise to money support people, or to actively get involved when trying to clear up after after we had the riots earlier in the week, people just want to do something to help and that is an example of that really. and that is what the vast majority of people feel, i think. >> yeah, i believe now the latest figure is £335,000, an astonishing amount. thank you very much for joining astonishing amount. thank you very much forjoining us. mike prendergast, conservative councillor for southport during these difficult times. thank you. i appreciate your time. now, joining us now live from liverpool crown court is gb news national reporter charlie peters. charlie so finally the suspect in this case has been named the public interest. in the end, charlie peters simply too great for that name to be put off. tell us the picture. >> well, martin, earlier today, actual rudy cabana attended two

hearings. actual rudy cabana attended two heanngs.the actual rudy cabana attended two hearings. the first was in the youth court, where he was silent, where the charges were read out before him. three counts of murder for those three children, three counts, ten counts of attempted murder . two counts of attempted murder. two adults, leanne lucas and john hayes. the other eight children, who can't be named legally at this stage and then also possession of a bladed article understood to be a kitchen knife that was curved. having left that was curved. having left that proceedings with his face covered by his tracksuit top and remaining silent throughout, occasionally rocking in the dock. he was then brought into the crown court for a second hearing, where again he was addressed but remained silent, and the issue of his anonymity order and what would happen to him for bail and dealing with being kept in remand, was also addressed. now, mrjustice mallory, the judge in this case, had some competing perspectives to deal . with.

to deal. with. >> surely peters there, and of course we'll have much more on that story throughout the show. the 17 year old was named after huge public pressure. and of course, there will be a massive conversation about the story of should that happen sooner. there was all the speculation that filled that vacuum and did that helped to fuel the civil unrest. now the bbc has admitted it knew that huw edwards had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences in november. they continued employing him and paying continued employing him and paying him until april. one. big question why? how? on earth did that happen? and can we that money ? i'm martin daubney on gb

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presenter had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences in november. but they continued employing him for a further five months. mr edwards pleaded guilty yesterday to three charges of making indecent photographs after he was sent 41 illegal images by a convicted paedophile. the bbc director—general, tim davie, will meet culture secretary lisa nandy soon and earlier today , nandy soon and earlier today, former bbc producer and editor john mayer spoke to gb news. >> this is a home made crisis. the bbc has brought this on itself. you know , where's tim itself. you know, where's tim davie getting advice from? he's surrounded by management consultant editorial consultants. he doesn't have a journalist in a senior position. he doesn't have a flak catcher. most bbc djs have so many clashes. the flak he doesn't have that he obviously makes all the decisions himself. i mean, i think today there are quite a few people should actually be fired, be put up against the wall and fired. anybody from the

from the commissionaire at bbc wales who turned down the first person right through to, to whoever's made the last decisions. you know, it was very simple. the answer you should you suspended once you knew about about the charge you suspended him but put the money into an escrow account and say, look, if you're found innocent, this is your money. if you're found guilty, our money. so instead of which an awful lot of licence payer money has gone to huw edwards when he was under deep suspicion and the bbc knew about it, you know , what are about it, you know, what are they playing about? you know, tim davie needs to be kicked around the room by lisa nandy today. around the room by lisa nandy today . you know, he surrounded today. you know, he surrounded himself by with people who don't seem to know what they're doing. if you saw a newsnight a year ago, you saw that they actually alleged they said firmly that there were people in the newsroom who were sending flirtatious messages to him. he didn't sue. the bbc didn't deny it. so obviously obviously it's true. but, you know, look , this true. but, you know, look, this man is smaller than the bbc. the bbc should just have got rid of him once they knew he was about to about to be charged. just

just let him loose. not not, you know, let him resign in his own time. not waste an awful lot of licence payers money. get rid of him. you know, because this is the bbc. this is not the huw edwards corporation . rupa. edwards corporation. rupa. >> so there we go. there's so much talk about. i'm joined in the studio by our political edhon the studio by our political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to the studio. an astonishing scandal. and basically it's one that is making a great many gb news viewers ask a very, very simple question . £200,000 after this question. £200,000 after this came to light after his arrest, why on earth as the bbc paying him that money and can licence payers have any method of getting that money back? >> well, let's break that question down. martin, i think you are basically saying what the gb news viewers and listeners are thinking or saying right now. this individual, huw edwards was paid was one of the highest paid tv presenters, he was arrested last november for these these child pornography,

allegations. at the time he then was paid by the bbc at the same level until he left the corporation earlier this year. that's £200,000 of licence fee payers money. now the bbc tell me today they couldn't act and sack him on arrest because the charges might have been dropped and he could have been gone back to work. because don't forget the other issue was communicating with this individual that the sun found out about. there was no criminality there, we were told. so the bbc felt in a difficult position. do they act now and given the bullet only for him to come try and get his job back later, then they've got to pay out, pay out compensation, running maybe in the seven figures. or do they wait until charges happen? and by the time the charges happened and we knew about them on monday this week, he was no longer a bbc employee. so they're in a bit of a difficult situation. but you are right, there's no question. there are big questions out there. you heard there from that guest earlier on good afternoon britain. why on earth was this happening? why is no one seeing

these problems coming? >> and a new line has just come in here, chris, which which further complicates the picture. and it's saying here the bbc was told by police not to share details. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> a bbc elle edwards arrest, a bbc source has texted me right now saying this. >> the information was given in strict confidence by the police and was not to be shared. so the bbc is saying formally to gb news right now, they were told they could not share this by the police. so the questions are now to be answered not just by the police but by the by the bbc. forgive me, but the met police and there's a huge question there about who controls the media or the media not allowed to report on their own presenter because the police tell them not to. >> what kind of situation are we in there? >> the bbc, of course, corporate was told it. now the bbc news operation. i'm not here to defend the bbc, but there was a glass wall between the two. the two can't communicate. this is as an employer, i mean, saying all this to one side. there's a meeting happening today between lisa nandy, the culture

secretary , and tim davie, the dg secretary, and tim davie, the dg of the bbc, the director general. that's a phone call because lisa nandy is in, in france and tim davie is somewhere else in the, in the uk in a bbc office. so he's dealing with it there and this will come up, we'll be hearing later from the government what happens. but they have lost, i think the labour government, some of the kind of, the, the, the threat they can use against the bbc because the tory government was looking at maybe replacing the licence fee with a netflix style subscription model when the charter is up for renewal that has been dropped by sir keir starmer. he told us that on the flight to nato, starmer. he told us that on the flight to nato , when i was with flight to nato, when i was with with him for gb news. so whether they take a hard line on the bbc is a big test for labour as well, as well as the bbc. and now it seems the police and the bbc royal charter is up for renewal. >> that falls within this labour government. everybody knows everybody knows that the bbc is more appreciative of the bbc than the conservatives. you can talk all you mean labourers?

>> yeah. >> yeah. >> labour. so we'll talk all we like about the political neutrality or not, of the media organisation, but we know the labour party. you say that they do always fall out. >> let's not forget the iraq war inquiry a long time ago, but they do at present. >> most people would probably agree that the labour party are more pro the bbc's agenda because it fits their politics. most people would say that and therefore any conversation with real fangs about process , about real fangs about process, about the charter isn't going to happen any time soon. in this labour government. >> well, labour has defanged, to use your expression, that conversation by saying there's no more threat to the licence fee. so it's a question of now what should, the bbc have done , what should, the bbc have done, i would expect, and we'll hear a readout later from the government probably tonight there might be a some form of inquiry by the bbc. i'm guessing this, but i think that's where it's going into the processes and policies, how to deal with high profile employees if they're arrested and not charged, what do you do? do you stop paying them on arrest and then wait, wait for a charging

decision and then pay it back if they're not charged or let them go? but i think certainly £200,000 of our all our money. if you watch the bbc live, you pay if you watch the bbc live, you pay this licence fee. there's a question of why that money was paid to edwards for so long and they knew what was going on. the bbc and they were told not to talk about it by the met. and do you think they say it's politically very sensitive for the bbc and the labour party if they're seen not to do much about it, because the net consequence of this could be, chris, people voting with their wallets simply saying, i'm not going to pay the licence fee anymore. >> and therefore that force of that conversation on further, the bbc have a problem anyway that many young people just don't watch the bbc live. >> they don't watch it, they watch youtube, they watch it elsewhere, they watch twitter, tiktok and gb news on on youtube. of course, nowhere near the bbc's output. so there is a problem here of a of a of a. they're losing their audience as it gets older, as these young people don't watch it in the same way and they've got to worry they're going to lose it further if they carry on with this. >> all eyes on that meeting later. you think the announcement will be later on this this evening? >> i'm expecting a readout

tonight from the government, but of course, i'll be trying to get that as soon as i for can gb news viewers and listeners. superb, chris hope, always a pleasure as ever. pleasure as ever. >> pleasure as ever. >> now there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, and i'll bring you our full interview with suella braverman by this man, chris hope, and find out whether or not she's planning to join reform. after pulling out of the race to become the next tory leader. could suella should jump into bed with nigel? but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines . at 330, a with your headlines. at 330, a 17 year old boy accused of murdering three young girls in southport has now been named as axel rudi bacanu three children, seven year old elsie dot stancombe alice aguilar, who was nine, and six year old b.b. stancombe alice aguilar, who was nine, and six year old bb. king were killed during the attack at a holiday club. he's been remanded in youth detention

accommodation after appearing at liverpool crown court this morning . angry crowds took to morning. angry crowds took to the streets of manchester, hartlepool and london with some declaring their support for tommy robinson, saying we want our country back. it's after social media posts falsely claimed the southport attack suspect was a muslim asylum seeker who'd crossed the channel in a small boat. the prime minister will deliver a speech outside downing street later after discussing the civil unrest with police chiefs . the unrest with police chiefs. the bbc says it was told by police not to share details of huw edwards arrest for offences related to images of child abuse. it comes after it was revealed that the former news presenter was arrested in november, but continued to be employed until april . these are employed until april. these are live pictures of the airport in ankara in turkey, where wall street journalist reporter evan

gershkovich is reportedly being released from a russian prison . released from a russian prison. former us marine paul whelan is also being freed as part of that major multi—country deal. both he and mr gershkovich were accused of espionage, which they both deny . the exchange is both deny. the exchange is believed to involve 24 prisoners, making it the largest since the cold war. the bank of england has cut base interest rate to 5%, marking the first reduction since march 2020. the rate had been held at 5.25% since august last year , which since august last year, which was the highest level since 2008, and gps in england have voted to limit the number of appointments available in their first collective action since 1964. the british medical association says it's taking action over what it describes as action over what it describes as a lack of funding for gp's. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for

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>> join me camilla tominey for a frank and honest discussion with those in power that cuts through the spin and gets to the heart of the issues shaping our nation. >> you haven't confirmed that you want to stand as leader, but you want to stand as leader, but you haven't ruled it out either. this report basically says that he's not fit to stand trial. is he's not fit to stand trial. is he indecisive ? incompetent? he indecisive? incompetent? i deliver the dose of reality westminster needs. >> that's the camilla tominey show at 930. every sunday on gb news. >> the people's channel, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back. your time is 338. i'm martin daubney on gb news. later in the show i'll have the latest from the paris olympics, where team gb has again been in the medals today. but now, as promised, our big

interview with suella braverman and the former home secretary has told gb news that she won't be joining reform uk despite not running for next tory leader. now. mrs. braverman was speaking to gb news political editor chris hope here it is. >> how did he feel when you announced this week you weren't going to stand to be tory party leader ? leader? >> i guess in one word, sorry. you know, i did have a lot of support from members of the party. >> you had ten members, mps to back you, ten mps who, you know, were prepared to sign my nomination form to get on the ballot, >> so i was sorry to them because they, you know, decided to back me. i was sorry to the thousands of tory members who had written to me in recent weeks urging me to go forward. thousands, thousands, thousands. yes, absolutely . but, you know, yes, absolutely. but, you know, you know, i have to, read the runes, in parliament, i didn't have the support to proceed. and so, you know, it's better for everybody.

>> do you think you're unfairly judged in your time? >> i mean, you know, you're very relaxed, friendly person i've met over the years, but you. but there's not the public persona, is it? >> listen, why is that? with the territory of politics? i'm someone who i'm a conviction politician. i'm someone who i see this role not just as a means to rise up the greasy pole. i do see it as a way to actually try and speak the truth on behalf of the british people, to the british people, for the british people . and sometimes british people. and sometimes those truths are really difficult to hear in the westminster bubble , amongst the westminster bubble, amongst the kind of elites amongst some of my colleagues, you know, two years ago i was the first cabinet member to publicly call for us to leave the european convention of human rights. i was demonised then. people said, i was mad and crazy for saying that two years on, we've got, you know , so—called one nation you know, so—called one nation candidates in the leadership contest like tom tugendhat

leading with a pledge to potentially leave the european, hasn't gone further than rishi sunak. >> i mean, if you look at the wording now, he's done it in very caveated wording, but i thought that was quite telling that someone from the one nation wing of the conservative party would even want to embrace that subject. >> but i think the fact that he has chosen that subject, you've changed the weather. something to talk about is a reflection of how we've moved the debate and shifted the overton window. when i said multiculturalism wasn't working last year, i did so because it was the important thing to describe and observe in our country. again, none of the members of the cabinet backed me up and i was shunned. but you know, six months on, you know, a lot of people i think would agree with that analysis. when i said that the police were being too soft on the pro—palestinian protesters, i lost my job for it. >> that was the opinion piece appeared in one of the newspapers, the telegraph. >> yes, it was the right thing to do because the police had to step up and be more robust with, you know, antisemitism and racism running rife on our streets. >> i am someone who i

acknowledge that i will try and break new ground by saying some of these things. it doesn't do me any favours. and you know, i put my head above the parapet and i get shot down, but it does make it easier for others to come in afterwards and say the things in a you're the pioneer, are you? well i wouldn't say that myself. that's your word. but i mean, and if that's my role, yeah, you know, i will keep fulfilling that role because i think these debates are really important to have. and, you know, if we can start these conversations and then thereafter change policy and direction of our party and therefore our country , then therefore our country, then i think that's an important role to be had . to be had. >> have you given up on ever leading the party again ? leading the party again? >> i'm come on. >> i'm come on. >> i'm not me talking. no one's listening to this. >> no one's listening, are they? no. i won't put myself forward again. i'm very happy. i've had again. i'm very happy. i've had a go . and, you know, i am here a go. and, you know, i am here to support. i'm passionate about conservative revival. and you're right. i do come to politics with a bit of heart and soul,

and it gets me into trouble sometimes, i admit. but i am trying to speak in an authentic voice that people understand, and they respond to that. >> i've seen it at the tory party conference. when you speak to them, they love it, they love it. >> and i and i love speaking like that, and i and i want and i do it because i have a deep and profound love of my country and profound love of my country and the british people. >> so you won't you won't ever stand again for tory leadership. >> is that because you get one chance? really at that? i mean, look at jeremy hunt. he's had 2 or 3 goes, but with declining returns. >> listen, i very much hope the leader we choose stays in post for a very long time. we do tend to chop and change, and i think we've done that with too much frequency in recent years, which is one of the reasons the electorate got fed up with us. let's have some stability. let's allow someone to bed in and let let let their agenda and work out what it is. and let's let's give it a good go. but, no, that will be it for me, i think. >> and what's next for you? there's talk about reform. would you ever join there's talk about reform. would you everjoin reform? you ever join reform? >> i'm not going to defect

reform. >> no. and i hope i'm not driven out to reform by my colleagues, listen, i look at lee anderson, lee anderson is a good friend of mine, and it's a tragedy that we lost him to reform. he. he's someone who speaks with an authentic voice that resonates with a lot of people in britain. and you know, he's someone who is very brave, incredibly dedicated, and that we lost him, that our conservative party could not be the broad church. we talk about our broad church. well, we weren't broad enough for lee anderson. lee anderson should be sitting as a conservative member of parliament in fact, you know, we should have, more conservative members of parliament because reform should not have been the force that it was . and many force that it was. and many hundreds, several, many of our mps lost because of reform. so we talk about a broad church. we should not be hounding out conservatives, right wingers ,

conservatives, right wingers, eurosceptics, people who want to stand up for our flag and our, faith. and as if they are somehow swivel eyed loons, which is the term that, david cameron, i think, used many years ago, allegedly , allegedly, allegedly allegedly, allegedly, allegedly ever say he did use that term? fair enough . allegedly. you fair enough. allegedly. you know, we should we you know, lee anderson should be a conservative mp. >> just looking forward to the 2029 election. how many mps do you think reform could end up with if the party, the tory party, doesn't change course? >> they i am absolutely confident that reform can do better. >> dozens of mps, dozens of mps. >> dozens of mps, dozens of mps. >> it's very hard to put a number on it. but, you know, they came second in many, many places. that's 98 or 90 or so, right? that's a high number of seats where they came second. that should alarm the conservatives they came second in a lot of labour held seats now so that, you know, they are eating into the labour vote. they took more of the under 30 vote than we did. so for young people, young people are voting

more for reform than they are for the conservatives. you know these facts alone should, you know, seriously alarm any conservative leader and all conservative leader and all conservative mps . i'm conservative leader and all conservative mps. i'm just concerned that there's still a level of complacency and time to bnng level of complacency and time to bring nigel farage into the party. >> into your party. >> into your party. >> so i don't i don't know what form it would take, but then, you know, the fact is that there is no there is not enough room in british politics for two conservative parties , reform and conservative parties, reform and the conservatives cannot coexist in the way that they are. we will have no chance of winning the next general election as long as reform is a viable alternative. >> they've got to merge the two parties. >> i wouldn't necessarily say that. i as i say, i don't know what form it should take, but we cannot, even consider ourselves as a viable government in waiting as long as reform is a force to be reckoned with. >> well, chris. oh, an excellent interview there with suella braverman. she's very open, very

gregarious. but here's what leapt out to me. reform and the tories cannot coexist. they're an existential threat. but the key line was, i hope i'm not dnven key line was, i hope i'm not driven out. seems to suggest that maybe she could be driven out and therefore she would go to reform suella braverman. >> that said, at the weekend, martin, she won't stand to be tory leader. she had enough support. the ten mps required to back her. she's using this . this back her. she's using this. this is the only interview she's giving, by the way, since that announcement. she's making very clear to the next leader . you clear to the next leader. you have to go after the reform uk's 4 million votes. don't go into the middle ground. don't be squeezed by labour and lib dems. she's saying if you go into the middle ground, you'll i think she's saying you might lose my support. it's very clear to me i challenge the future leader of the labour party, of the tory party, go after the reform vote, go after nigel farage. you've got to deal with that threat to win back power in 2029. excellent interview as ever, chris hope there on chopper's podcast with suella braverman. >> and she was speaking to chris

hope, of course. excellent stuff. now from today all there. they're all strict new rules on owning xl bully dogs in scotland. i'm going to cross live to ayrshire to find out what the new rules, the new rules mean. even i'm martin daubney on gb. news, business news

channel. welcome back 351 i'm martin daubney on gb news now at around 4:00. about ten minutes time we'll hear from sir keir starmer who's been meeting britain's top coppers after this week's violent protest. what will we hear from him? all eyes on 4:00 now. new rules and safeguards over the ownership of xl bully dogs have come into effect today in scotland. the new rules will be similar to those introduced in england and in december, which made it illegal to breed, sell, advertise, rehome or abandon an xl bully dog and gb

news scotland reporter tony maguire is in ayrshire. tony, welcome to the show. so new laws in scotland. talk us through them and what the impact will be north of the border. >> yeah. good afternoon martin. i will say that a second ago i was surrounded by dogs in this shop made perfect sense and now it just looks like i'm a little too relaxed at the end of my shift. but alas , today was the shift. but alas, today was the deadline. last night for xl bully owners to get that exemption certification, and certainly anyone who doesn't have who is caught by the police will. they could face a hefty £5,000 fine, as well as risk losing their dogs. so just to kind of give a brief recap of these rules which have come in later than england and in wales, and these dogs now have to be microchipped and neutered, as well as being muzzled when outside, and they had owners had to pay that £92 to get that certification, in order to be allowed to keep their dogs. now over the last six months,

really, since we've seen that legislation first rollout in england, we have seen essentially caravans of cars and vans bringing xl bully dogs up to scotland. now, this is, of course , in the wake of all those course, in the wake of all those horrific attacks, many of which have been recorded by members of the public, and then shared onto social media and indeed , social media and indeed, speaking to the owner here today at a dog rescue, it's becoming a very huge problem. >> the right living conditions. some of them are big softies and some of them are big softies. we've had ones in here that were absolutely wonderful, really lovely, loving dogs . however, lovely, loving dogs. however, we've also had a few 3 or 4 spnng we've also had a few 3 or 4 spring to mind immediately that were lovely dogs until they weren't . and it was literally weren't. and it was literally like one day a switch flicked and all four of these dogs ended up being euthanized , either with up being euthanized, either with us, two with us, and two in homes. all the big operators in

the dog rescue industry, the dogs trust , battersea, the dogs trust, battersea, the rspca, the spca, all of them are against this , this legislation. against this, this legislation. so you have to ask yourself , why so you have to ask yourself, why did the government continue to go with it? why did the government not sit down with these organisations and ask them to formulate a plan? that's their business, their expertise. they know what they're doing how. >> now. >> some breeders are already trying to get round these new rules by breeding what they're calling pocket bullies, and the hope that they're not going to be genetically similar and fall within the same guidelines . within the same guidelines. however, that's not much comfort to all those victims whose lives have been changed forever . have been changed forever. >> now, in a few minutes, we'll hear live from sir keir starmer, who'll be talking about this week's riots following the killings of three young girls in southport. policing is at a huge junction that's coming up in a few moments. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel and now your weather with annie shuttleworth.

>> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. good afternoon, welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through this evening. thunderstorms will continue across parts of england. hail and flooding is a risk with those thunderstorms and across the north west it will turn a bit cloudier and wetter. that's because the weather front is arriving. it'll be a bigger feature as we head into tomorrow, bringing some wet and windy weather to the north—west. but through this evening the potential for some further torrential downpours spreading into eastern areas of england that could bring some travel disruption, but they will ease through the night. so for many of us, it will be a dry night, clear skies but still a fairly muggy and humid one with temperatures in the mid to high. teens for many areas a little bit cooler. further north, but certainly milder than it has been here lately . now, as i said been here lately. now, as i said through friday, we've got wet

and windy weather arriving into the north—west. so first thing on friday across western areas of scotland, the highlands and western isles, probably some outbreaks of quite heavy rain further east. to this it will be a bright start across parts of aberdeenshire, also across the borders region as well . plenty borders region as well. plenty of dry and bright weather further south as well. a fairly bright start to the day, particularly across wales central areas of england, the south west as well. but in the south—east there is a chance of some further heavy downpours through friday morning. these bnng through friday morning. these bring a risk of further thunderstorms as well. away from that, though, it should be another dry and bright day for many of us. still feeling very warm in the sunshine across many areas of the uk, but across the north and west, where this wet and windy weather is spreading into parts of northern ireland and much of scotland through friday afternoon, it will turn a little bit fresher, temperatures dropping down into the teens away from that. the rest of the uk, temperatures elsewhere still in the mid to high 20s and still feeling quite humid through friday daytime into friday evening. this band of rain will

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>> very good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. now in the next few minutes we'll cross the line to downing street, where sir keir starmer will speak about the recent rise of violence following the killings in southport and subsequent riots across the united kingdom. and the 17 year old charged with

those murders in southport has now been named axel rudi gabbana appeared at liverpool crown court this morning and was remanded into custody , and remanded into custody, and locals in aldershot were left stunned last night after a peaceful protest at a hotel for asylum seekers drew a police response befitting of a full blown riot, with a helicopter, police dogs and multiple riot vans deployed. i'll speak to one of the protests organisers , who of the protests organisers, who believes that heavy handed policing is fanning the flames of civil unrest. that's all coming between now and 6:00. now our top story is the disorder across the country. last night, protesters clashed with police in london, manchester and hartlepool. angry crowds threw flares and bottles at the gates of downing street.

more than 100 people were arrested there and were about to cross live to the prime minister. but ahead of that, we're going to have some analysis here in the studio with chris hope. so, chris, we're just waiting for that press conference with sir keir starmer. ahead of that, let's look back at some of those scenes we can see there in at the cenotaph last night, a lot of people feeling that was a ripple effect of, of what we saw in southport, the riots there. we've seen them across manchester, other towns. is this a crossroads where we have to get a grip on the state of policing? a lot of people feel we have two tiered policing, a lot of feel people feel that they soft soap the pro—palestine brigade, as we can see here, get tooled up when they go into , tooled up when they go into, what you would call patriots. do you think sir keir starmer has been forced into action by, what we've seen this week? and what do you expect to happen ? do you expect to happen? >> i think keir starmer has got

to find a way to talk to these people. i mean, you can't just dismiss them as they might try to in this press conference shortly is right wingers , thugs, shortly is right wingers, thugs, edl sympathisers, tommy robinson , edl sympathisers, tommy robinson, they just it almost puts him into a box. and that's not talk to them and then talk about other things and dealing more with community relations, faith leaders. you've got to talk to them and say and almost show them. i think that the policing is the same for all communities, not not unfairly tough on white communities. that is certainly the concern that we're seeing, aren't we? and we're reading about and that's the worry. >> in fact, we can now cross the prime minister now. >> . the. focus of >>. the. focus of the. >>— >>. the. focus of the. >> pain is unimaginable. >> pain is unimaginable. >> and so i call on everyone to

give them and indeed the wider community at southport, the to space grieve and time for the authorities in merseyside to do their job. >> there will be theirjob. >> there will be a their job. >> there will be a time for questions and we will make sure that the victims and families in southport are at the heart of that process. that's the very least that we owe these families , least that we owe these families, but we also owe them justice. so while there's a prosecution that must not be prejudiced for them to receive the justice that they deserve, the time for answering those questions is not now. and i remind everyone that the price for a trial that is prejudiced is ultimately paid by the victims and their families, who are deprived of the justice that

they deserve. let me now turn to they deserve. let me now turn to the actions of a tiny, mindless minority in our society , because minority in our society, because in the aftermath of this attack, the community of southport had to suffer twice. a gang of thugs got on trains and buses, went to a community that is not their own. a community grieving the most horrific tragedy. and then proceeded to throw bricks at police officers. police officers who just 24 hours earlier had been having to deal with an attack on children in their community. their community. and make no mistake , whether it's in make no mistake, whether it's in southport , london or hartlepool , southport, london or hartlepool, these people are showing our country exactly who they are .

country exactly who they are. mosques targeted because their mosques, flares thrown at the statue of winston churchill, a nazi salute at the cenotaph. and so i've just held a meeting with senior police and law enforcement leaders, where we resolved to show who we are. a country that will not allow understandable fear to curdle into division and hate in our communities, and that will not permit, under any circumstances , permit, under any circumstances, a breakdown in law and order on our streets. because let's be very clear about this. it's not protest. it's not legitimate. it's crime , violent disorder, an it's crime, violent disorder, an assault on the rule of law and the execution of justice. and so on behalf of the british people who expect their values and their security to be upheld, we

will put a stop to it. i want to thank all of the police officers across the country who have already, as they do so often , already, as they do so often, stood up to intimidation and violence in the past few days and in doubt throughout the summer. and let me be clear , summer. and let me be clear, this afternoon was not about pointing the finger of blame. thatis pointing the finger of blame. that is not how this government of service conducts its business, because it doesn't work . rather, this was a meeting work. rather, this was a meeting to pull together our response , a to pull together our response, a response both to the immediate challenge which is clearly dnven challenge which is clearly driven by far right hatred, but also all violent disorder that flares up whatever the apparent cause or motivation we make no distinction. crime is crime. and so to that end, i can announce

today that following this meeting, we will establish a national capability across police forces to tackle violent disorder. these thugs are mobile. they move from to community community. and we must have a policing response that can do the same . shared can do the same. shared intelligence, wider deployment of facial recognition technology and preventative action. criminal behaviour orders to restrict their movements before they can even board a train. in just the same way that we do with football hooligans. and let me also say to large social media companies and those who run them, violent disorder clearly whipped up online. that is also a crime. it's happening on your premises and the law must be upheld everywhere. that is the single most important duty of government service rests

on security, and we will take all necessary action to keep our streets safe . i will now take a streets safe. i will now take a number of questions from the media. i'm going to start with alex from bbc, the prime minister. >> thank you very much indeed. alex forsythe, bbc news. can i ask, how concerned are you that the violence that we've seen may spread? are you providing extra police resources? are you are you preparing any clampdown on the far right groups that are being blamed for this? and indeed, if you are, how can you, given that they're often very disparate? and if i may, are you satisfied with the way the bbc has handled the huw edwards case? thank you. >> yeah. well, alex, in relation to the violence that we've seen, the whole point on pulling together, the meeting today was together, the meeting today was to have a coordinated response. the clear message from police and law enforcement is not that they need more powers. i think we have to wean ourselves off

the idea that the only response is to pass more legislation. every time we have a challenge in front of us is to use the existing powers that we've got pulling together the intelligence, the data, making sure that that is being shared across police forces, and that as these groups sort of bounce from chief constable to chief constable around the country, we have the same response, robust response to them , and that we response to them, and that we are clear that this is violent disorder. it's not protest and that needs to be the starting position of the policing response to it. in relation to huw edwards. look, i'm shocked and appalled. i'm sure as everybody is in relation to this, and the culture secretary is meeting the director general of the bbc, later on today. thank you. alex, i'm going to try and wean people off the 2 or 3 questions in one, if i may, because otherwise we just won't get through. i've got actually paul from channel 4 next. >> ask it , you paul from channel 4 next. >> ask it, you mentioned there the national capability across,

all police forces. >> we've spoken to your new labour mp in hartlepool today, and he says that cleveland police were simply overwhelmed. >> they don't have the number of police officers to deal with what they had to deal with. >> so will you be fast tracking the recruitment of more police officers? will what you're announcing today actually increase the number of police officers on the street? >> well, we've already made a commitment to increasing police numbers. that's a commitment we made into the general election. and particularly police officers to work in neighbourhood policing. and that did come up in the meeting today in terms of the capability that's needed . the capability that's needed. but look, paul, to be frank, what happens in the next few weeks matters. and that isn't a question on its own of recruitment, which takes longer. it is a question of coordinating the response, making sure that the response, making sure that the capability that we've got, we've got to share intelligence, shared data, have a coordinated response and to act as quickly as possible in cases so that

arrests are followed swiftly by charging, it is an attempt to pull that together so that those that engage in criminal behaviour , which this is, will behaviour, which this is, will feel the full force of the law very quickly. and i think that's the most important aspect coming out of this meeting this afternoon. thank you. i've got shehab from itv . shehab from itv. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> prime minister shehab khan from itv news. >> prime minister, how do you stop the far right from hijacking issues, especially when so many members of those groups often say they are being influenced by charismatic leaders, who are often pushing for the division that you say that you want to tackle. and the second quick question, if i may, british muslims up and down the country will have seen these riots or demonstrations, whatever you like to call them unfold. they've seen mosques get attacked, they've watched as shops have been looted. there have been chants which some would say are grossly offensive. partly this has happened because of misinformation. they now say they feel unsafe. what is your message to the british muslim community, and what are you willing to do to make sure they feel safe in their own home?

>> well, taking both parts of that, i think it is really important to emphasise over and over again the price paid for those that put out misinformation and interfere in the work that the authorities are trying to do. in southport, the price is paid ultimately by the price is paid ultimately by the mums and dads who are grieving their children because if there isn't a fair trial that gives them the justice they demand, they are the ones that are going to suffer the most. and so nobody but nobody should pretend that they are speaking for those families when they involve themselves in activity like this, because they are putting what is now the single most important thing for those families, which is to grieve properly and to have the justice to which they are entitled. and that's why this is so important in relation to the muslim community. let me be very clear. i will take every step that's

necessary to keep you safe. and thatis necessary to keep you safe. and that is why i said what i said about mosques being attacked, because their mosques , the far because their mosques, the far right is showing who they are. we have to show who we are in response to that, and that is why we pulled together this response this afternoon to try and coordinate and make sure that as we face the next few days and weeks, we have the strongest possible response in order to ensure that there is safety for all of our citizens, including those muslims who will see, as you rightly say, attacks on their mosques because their mosques. thank you. i've got john from sky . john from sky. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> john craig from sky news. you've talked about better coordination . clearly that's one coordination. clearly that's one of the purposes of this meeting. how concerned are you about perhaps apparent inconsistencies of approach by police forces, for example , for arrests in for example, for arrests in southport, over 100 here.

different groups being treated differently, whether it's far left, far right, as some have suggested , resources. you've suggested, resources. you've mentioned, smaller forces not being able to cope. we saw, didn't we, in southport that merseyside had to call in help from other forces , you've said from other forces, you've said no to extra police powers, but what about banning some of these far right groups as angela rayner has suggested? >> well, look, in relation to the inconsistency, i don't think you could simply measure the number of arrests and say there's an inconsistency because that will depend event by event. but look, yes, this afternoon was, an attempt and an agreement actually to pull together a national response so that that consistency, that support is there and the sharing of intelligence and data, that's not a criticism of any of the forces that were trying to deal with difficult situations as they arise on their patch. but it is to give them the support that they need, more quickly so that they need, more quickly so that they need, more quickly so that they can react more robustly, in relation to

preventative measures, i one of the issues that came up this morning was, this afternoon, i'm sorry, is criminal behaviour orders , which can be attached to orders, which can be attached to convictions for these sorts of offences, which then give the police and the authorities the ability to put their arms around and have a tighter grip of those that have already shown their true colours and being convicted. and i would personally like to see more use of those orders, in the same way that they're used in football hoougan that they're used in football hooligan cases to stop people travelling, identify and prevent their patterns of behaviour. because these are not people who are going to protest. you don't go to a protest with a rock in your hand. you go to commit violent disorder. and we need to be really clear about that. and i think those orders would help us in the preventative space. thank you very much. i've got jason from the mail, thanks. >> pm do you welcome the decision to name the suspect in this case, apparently taken to end some of the disinformation? and this is a pretty unusual

summit for august. people are going on holiday now. are you worried about a. we could be facing a sort of summer of riots? >> well, firstly, on the naming of the individual. that's a matter obviously for the court. a decision has been taken, today. so that is now in the pubuc today. so that is now in the public domain, i won't say more about that because the purpose of the rules in relation to the information that's available is to ensure there can be a fair trial, and that and my starting point on that is very much the victims and their families, because, you know, and i have seen this in other cases, the price for a trial that goes wrong is paid, by the family. and friends and victims of crime in this case, i can't imagine the added pain that would be, put piled on in this case if there was anything that got in there was anything that got in the way of the trial of this particular issue. look, in relation to what happens over the next few weeks and months, it is obvious to me, and i think obvious to anybody looking in

that so far as the far right is concerned, this is coordinated, this is, deliberate. this is not a protest that has got out of hand. it is a group of individuals who are who are absolutely bent on violence. and that's why it is important, i think, to pull together the senior police and law enforcement leaders, as we did today, to ensure that that is met with the most robust response in the coming days and weeks. i have got a brief from the times . the times. >> thank you, prime minister. you said that violent disorder is being whipped up online. what are you going to do to combat that spread of disinformation? are you going to haul in social media companies , could you media companies, could you restart the rapid rebuttal unit in whitehall? and what is your message to nigel farage, who obviously asked this week whether the truth is being withheld? do you think that was responsible for anything in relation to the platform providers, >> some of it isn't as complicated as it may at first seem. so inciting violence

onune seem. so inciting violence online is a criminal offence , online is a criminal offence, and that is not a matter of free speech. it is a criminal offence , speech. it is a criminal offence, clearly, in relation to platform providers, there's a balance to be struck , social media platform be struck, social media platform providers. it's an amazing opportunity that we all enjoy as a country that is very important to us that these platforms are there to be used for the great opportunities that they provide. there is also a responsibility that goes with it. that's a space for a mature conversation to take place. in relation to the comments of others. i'm not going to stand here and, cast judgement on what others are saying. i'm no what i'm saying and i know why i'm saying it very, very clearly, which is my focus , whenever i'm confronted focus, whenever i'm confronted with any questions about this is on the families and victims of those, particularly in southport, who were so affected by this. i would also add the police officers. i had the privilege of going up the day

after this incident to speak to the police officers who had had to deal in responding the first responders to this, remarkably. but unsurprisingly, they were back on duty, i was able to thank them for what they had done, but i'm not going to pretend to you that they weren't affected by what they had had to witness. what they had had to deal with. they said to me, as they always do, i was simply doing my job, and of course they were. but, doing your job, you know, there's no way what happened to them or what they had to endure, had to respond to, was anything other than extraordinarily challenging. and i think that if we all start with a clear focus on the victims, their families and the police officers who had to respond to this horrific attack, that would be a good template or framework for the discussion of all of these matters. i've got rowena from the guardian , rowena rowena from the guardian, rowena mason from the guardian , mason from the guardian, >> nigel, nigel farage is the leader of reform. he did very well, obviously, in the election

and he's been accused of spreading conspiracy theories about the southport tragedy in his response to it. is it enough to say that you just won't comment on what he's said, given that some people, including a former police chief, have linked his comments to the violence that broke out in the riots? >> well , look, i that broke out in the riots? >> well, look, i you that broke out in the riots? >> well , look, i you know, that broke out in the riots? >> well, look, i you know, i'm not going to run a sort of running commentary on the motives of other people . what motives of other people. what i am saying is my focus is on the families, the victims who are at the heart of this. and i think that that should be the focus for everybody. and anybody who says or does anything that impedes their ability to get the justice that they deserve cannot claim to be acting in their best interests because they're not. thank you. and i've got john from the mirror . from the mirror. >> hello. thank you , what >> hello. thank you, what consequences will there be if social media firms do fail to take action? >> well , i take action? >> well, i think there's a discussion to be had, and it is

a balance. and it needs to be the right balance because social media is a fantastic opportunity , media is a fantastic opportunity, but it also carries responsibility. and that's the mature discussion that we've had. what we've done today is have a discussion with law enforcement , and the police, enforcement, and the police, which is about pulling things together for a coordinated response. what has not worked well recently with the previous government, in my view , is the government, in my view, is the performative politics of a government blaming everybody else and pointing fingers in that. that approach to me is not effective. it's the performative politics that i've put an end to with a government of service. my approach is different, which is to roll my sleeves up, get the relevant people around the table and fix the problems and meet the challenges that we have as a country. we did that with law enforcement and the police. this afternoon, a similar approach with social media, which is not performative politics, which

perform ative politics, which gets performative politics, which gets you nowhere, but the politics of service, which is to actually work together to address the challenges that we have and make sure that we keep the country safe and respect the values of our fellow citizens, which are about law enforcement, security and safety. thank you all very much indeed. thank you guys. >> okay, that was the prime minister, sir keir starmer, giving a national briefing on law and order, an astonishing press conference in my opinion. let me take you through a few of the more major points before i have a conversation about them with chris hope, our political editor in the studio here, he said. a tiny, mindless minority of our society, a gang of thugs, got on trains and buses and threw bricks at police officers in southport. he then talks about mosques being targeted and talks about nazi salutes in london. division and fear has been allowed to prosper. i will not permit a breakdown of law

and order. an incredible statement. then he talks about these protests. this week. he said this is not legitimate protesting and we will put a stop to it. he then went on to talk about a national capability to respond to this. these thugs are mobile. we will have shared intelligence , including facial intelligence, including facial recognition, before these thugs can even get on a train treating them, he said. like football hooligans, he then lay blame at the foot of the social media companies with severe hints there may be a clampdown on freedom of speech on social media platforms. this is happening on your premises, he said. he then promised a clampdown on far right groups and was then asked by a succession of favourable journalists from channel 4, from the itv, from sky news, from the times, from the guardian, from

the mirror , chris hope, where do the mirror, chris hope, where do we begin? i mean, i was at that protest last night at the cenotaph. i was handcuffed as a journalist for filming it. i was trying to give people there the opportunity to speak , to vent opportunity to speak, to vent their feelings. they don't feel like they're they're being listened to. they don't feel like they're being treated with equality before the police. they do think there is two tier policing. they see this type of approach against them. and for example, not in harehills last week, as all pro—palestine protests, they see that as two tier policing. they feel they're getting the rough end of the pineapple. do you think sir keir starmer's speech today has in any way addressed those fears, or does this to you just feel like a clampdown ? like a clampdown? >> well, martin, i should say the gb news asked for a question. we had a reporter, mark white, or home and security editor in the audience, to ask a question. we weren't called by number 10. it took eight questions for from broadcasters,

four from newspapers, not from. we said we couldn't ask the question. i thought the sky news question. i thought the sky news question was the nearest we got to the idea of two tier policing. >> he talked about the far left. at least it was mentioned once. >> yeah, but what you have here is sir keir starmer. he's trying to i mean, no one would say chucking bricks at the police is legitimate protest. but what he's not going anywhere near which i think is the problem with that is an attempt to analyse why people are rioting in the way they have done, why are they are frustrated? what is behind that? he made no attempt, i think, to understand why why they're crossed, why they're furious. football hooligans are a different thing altogether. but he certainly likened people who are concerned about double standards, concerned about not being listened to, to football hooligans. i don't see how that's going to help de—escalate what is a difficult situation already in the country. >> i want to read out a few comments that we've had in from you, the viewers and listeners of gb news during that hundreds of gb news during that hundreds of comments pouring in. let's just read out a few of them now, barry says this. i cannot believe the prime ministerjust said this is not legitimate

protesting. has he seriously just said that? in my opinion , just said that? in my opinion, things could just about to get a lot worse? jane has this. what ordinary folk are going to want to join the police force now when they are the state enforcers? lenny says this i have simply now lost all faith in the government after this statement, gary adds this. he mentions the rioters constantly as belonging to the far right. who'd have thought it? we just want to be listened to. we are fed up of being called far right racists thugs, don't they? these people understand this is actually exacerbating matters, not helping them. chris, that's just a sample. i think gary summarised it there. >> i mean, i think that yes, it's not legitimate the way that the riots we saw in southport or elements of what happened in whitehall last night and elsewhere in the country, but almost to ignore why that is happening. if they if the government had showed a degree of trying to say, well, why are people behaving like this? they don't want to be out rioting, i

don't want to be out rioting, i don't think, then it might get towards addressing the issue. i don't think virtually anything that was said in there will touch the sides of addressing the, the, the reason why people were rioting and are upset about what happened last night. >> what strikes me as well is a lack of community engagement . lack of community engagement. there's a total delegitimization of anybody who would even choose to go to any of these protests. and it feels to me , what do you and it feels to me, what do you think out there? i think that was an incredible press conference, and i'm actually a bit flabbergasted. well we, you know, the attack on the mosque in southport was appalling. >> is appalling, is appalling. the protests you were seeing, i don't think that the pm in that press conference has got any way to try and understand the this issue that we here @gbnews have so called two tier policing. that's the impression viewers, listeners of the channel are getting. what's the government's answer? and i think there's barely any attempt to go there apart from attacking people who

are concerned. >> okay. thank you very much. now we have to cross to gb news homeland security out of mark white. who was in that press conference and joins us now from downing street . mark, you were downing street. mark, you were there. you're in the room. we've had response here. what was your response from actually being in the room to what i felt was an astonishing announcement by sir keir starmer. >> well, you know, i think christopher hope absolutely hit the nail on the head when he said there was no issue mentioned at all in terms of addressing the wider societal concerns here. and indeed, i wasn't chosen to ask a question if i was, the question was going to be yes of course. violence and disorder, we rightly condemn . and disorder, we rightly condemn. but does he also acknowledge that there are simmering tensions, deep anger in many communities around the country at what they see as a disintegration of the social fabnc disintegration of the social fabric within those communities? and if so, what would he do to

address those concerns? and we got none of that. it was condemnation, of course, of what he said was criminality. it was, he said was criminality. it was, he said, quite explicitly, not protest in any way. it was criminality. so anyone that did turn out that was concerned, that did want a protest . they as that did want a protest. they as far as the prime minister is concerned, are lumped in with those who were involved in the violence and the criminality. no room, it seems, for him to acknowledge that there are wider concerns that perhaps feed this mark white what struck me as well, in stark contrast , for well, in stark contrast, for example, when we've seen civil unrest in places like harehills or muslim communities, we always hear about community engagement, about listening to the community, understanding the plights, their concerns, what drives their social unrest. >> nothing at all along those lines today. mark white this felt like a new clamp down.

>> well, i think certainly they came out with the explicit intention of showing that they were determined to get control of what they saw was a criminal element, or they see as a criminal element that is orchestrating the violence that has occurred in recent days. and that was the message. that was what they wanted to hammer home in the press conference. now, i'm not saying that in the coming days and weeks , we won't coming days and weeks, we won't get something that is more wider in scope. that actually does acknowledge and address those wider community tensions because they are there, they do exist and they've been simmering not just for weeks, but it wasn't southport. southport in some respects has been a trigger, but there are many other issues that have been building up over not just weeks or months, but years that are coming. it seems to a head now , and that is of major

head now, and that is of major concern because if you have societies and or communities across society who feel that they are so enraged that they want to take to the street and protest, and then there are those elements within these protests who are bent on some kind of disorder. it doesn't take much because i've seen it so many times with protests in the in the past, for those more unruly elements to spark disorder and for others who are caught up in that, just to get involved and for it really to spread . and we've seen it spread. and we've seen it already just in the space of two days, going from one community, southport to four communities now in hartlepool and of course in aldershot and in manchester and right here in london, just yards from where i'm standing at the moment. >> mark white it was a simply incredible statement and there's so much detail to unpack over the coming days. thank you very much for joining

the coming days. thank you very much forjoining us live from much for joining us live from downing street. now moving on the 17 year old male charged with the murder of three girls killed in southport has now been named as axel rudi carnalbanagh. he appeared before liverpool crown court this morning . elsie crown court this morning. elsie dot stancombe alice akua and b.b. king died after a mass stabbing at a dance session on hart street on monday . the hart street on monday. the teenager has also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder and the possession of a bladed article. and joining us now live from liverpool crown court, is gb news national reporter charlie peters. charlie, thank you for joining us. so finally, the anonymity has been waived. it seems the pubuc has been waived. it seems the public interest, the huge pressure. and that involves, of course , those that civil unrest course, those that civil unrest in southport has forced the hand and the suspect has been named charlie. tell us more. >> well, martin, axel, rudi

cabana attended two different courts here in liverpool this morning. first, a youth court where he was addressed and the charges were put towards him. those three counts of murder, ten for attempted murder and another for possession of an offensive blade that was a kitchen knife with a curve, as it was described in the lower court. he was then moved to the crown court for discussions on bail and remand, where they were . bail and remand, where they were. there was also the discussion about lifting the anonymity order in both courts. he did not speak, but he was named, and that anonymity restriction was lifted by mr justice that anonymity restriction was lifted by mrjustice menary, who had to deal with two competing legal perspectives, one from the prosecution and the youth justice team, who said that the defendant's wealth there would be at risk if his anonymity was removed. he is going to turn 18 in just six days. that was also raised , but there was also raised, but there was also a protestation from the press, who

said and which the judge agreed with that if there was a vacuum of information, then there would be more rioting in the streets, as within that vacuum, misinformation had filled the space about the perpetrator, about the motive, and so more information on the suspect and who the crown has charged with these crimes needed to come forward. now, mrjustice mary agree with that. he said that idiotic rioting had filled the vacuum with online nonsense caused by all of that silence. but that information now in the pubuc but that information now in the public domain that axel rudi cabana has been charged with three counts of murder, ten of attempted murder and a possession of a bladed article on the attempted murder charges . on the attempted murder charges. just two of those alleged victims were named. that was leon lucas, who ran the taylor swift yoga dance class on monday in southport. when that mass stabbing took place and john hayes, a local the other eight alleged victims of attempted

murder, could not be named because they are children. but there was also some good news from liverpool today and that was in regards to the situation on those who are recovering after that attack. alder hey hospital said that two of the children involved in monday's awful incident have now been discharged. they went on to say that five children are still being treated from the situation in southport on monday, including one transferred to us from aintree university hosphal from aintree university hospital. and they can say that all of the children in their care are now in a stable condition. so positive news on that front after a devastating incident on monday where 17 year old axel rudy cabana has been, has been charged with three counts of murder, ten of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in public. >> thank you, charlie peters, for that comprehensive update from liverpool crown court. thank you very much . now i'll thank you very much. now i'll bnng thank you very much. now i'll bring you reaction to what the

prime minister said about the riots later in the show. so to about. i'm martin daubney

welcome back. it's 439. i'm martin daubney on gb news. got to say we've had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of your sales come in off the back of that announcement at downing street there by sir keir starmer a short while ago about a new police operation to clamp down on far right thugs. he called them a tiny, mindless minority. let's talk about that later in the show. please keep your thoughts coming in. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to do that now. moving on. chancellor rachel reeves says cancelling adult social care, charging reforms will save £1.1 billion by the end of the year. now, this comes as labour, helped to tackle a black hole in

the public finances they claim was left by the conservative party, while the director of silver voices, denis reid, who set up a petition to save the winter fuel payment, joins me now. welcome to the show, denis. a noble petition that many, many of our viewers will no doubt be behind . can we start with that? behind. can we start with that? what motivated you to do that and how many people have signed so far, and how can people get involved ? involved? >> well, as soon as the announcement was made on on monday by the by the new chancellor, i had hundreds of emails from our members expressing their disgust if you like, at, the shock decision to cancel the winter fuel payment, for 10 million older people, which will plunge immediately, millions of pensioners into fuel poverty this winter. and they'll have to choose between heating and eating and eating, >> so the first thing we did was obviously to set up this petition, which has gained a lot of momentum.

>> it's i think it's got 23,000 signatures now. >> and, and growing fast all the time. >> so i hope your viewers will sign it on change.org and look up for save the winter fuel payment, >> so yes, that that will certainly be a great help. >> i think labour have made a major mistake here, and unless they reverse it, the decision is going to haunt them throughout the five years of their government because older people have got, long memories on these sorts of things as we found with the triple lock, during the last parliament. >> jing denis re when you look back at some of the support that rachel reeves and others in the government have given to protecting the winter fuel payment historically and now they're in power, hey presto, there's another u—turn. could i also draw your attention then to something else that leapt out at me yesterday and something which i think has all the feelings of a back door dementia tax. you remember the dementia tax, the

hated tax that theresa may proposed to introduce? almost cost of the general election in 2017. such was the violent backlash to that. and of course, this is about draining down on your savings and indeed your property to pay for long term care. now that had been capped, the ultimate amount you'd have to pay by the boris johnson regime at £86,000. but rachel reeves announced the other day it will not be possible to take forward these charging reforms. dennis read does that say to you that people's life savings could now be drained down to pay for their social care? >> well, they already are being there's thousands of people each year who have to sell their family homes in order to pay for their their residential care if they've got dementia. and you're quite right to categorise it as a, as a form of dementia tax , a, as a form of dementia tax, this was an equally reprehensible policy announcement by the chancellor, earlier this week. >> and it's, it's going to

really rebound on them again because you're not going to be able to solve the problems in the nhs waiting lists and so on without sorting out social care first, because so many people are in hospital, because they haven't got proper social care at home. >> and unless that's dealt with, then they're going to have a real struggle to, to, to realise their promises on the, on the nhs. so it's a short term decision. again, our members are really angry about this. we actually also have an older petition on the same site on, on exactly what you're saying. people should not have to sell their homes in order to pay for their homes in order to pay for their astronomical social care costs . costs. >> now, dennis, of course , the >> now, dennis, of course, the rachel reeves, the chancellor and the labour party would say we are so in in the debt and the burden of debt, £22 billion the black hole. but it's actually £2.7 trillion in national debt. larger thing to reckless spending during lockdowns and all the rest of it . so they

all the rest of it. so they would argue that we simply cannot afford this. but are you saying, dennis reed, that to rely on pensioners to drain their life savings? i mean , what their life savings? i mean, what message does that send out to those who work hard , who pay those who work hard, who pay their taxes, who put money aside, have a nest egg to take care of themselves and those on benefits? they don't have to worry. they get everything paid for themselves. >> well, the immediate reaction from our members was that why is the chancellor targeting older people now? they may well be a case that the chancellor wants to say about the about the legacy that has been left for them. but these are all political choices . and a political choices. and a political choices. and a political choices. and a political choice was made to give large pay increases to the pubuc give large pay increases to the public sector. now they may well be justifiable, but it was a political decision taken equally a political decision was taken to reduce the income of 10 million pensioners. now that is not fair in our view, because pensioners could only fight back through things like petitions as

we're trying to do, whereas the obviously the public sector workers have strong trade unions, and to pick on the, most vulnerable, if you like. and those least able to fight back. is a rather cowardly, attitude as far as we're concerned. >> okay. thank you very much for joining us. speaking words of wisdom there, director of silver voices, dennis reed. thank you very much for joining voices, dennis reed. thank you very much forjoining me here on gb news now. moving on. more angeris gb news now. moving on. more anger is being directed towards hotels that are being used to house migrants. would be live in aldershot to hear about the latest controversy, a clampdown again there last night. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

welcome back. 449 i'm martin daubney on gb news now. a protest outside the potters international hotel in aldershot yesterday became

hostile. around 150 people attended with signs, banners and attended with signs, banners and a small group confronting riot police. locals in rushmoor made their thoughts clear about the hundreds of illegal migrants being moved into luxury flats and also hotels. and joining me now is jess stocking, who was at the protest yesterday . jazz, the protest yesterday. jazz, welcome to the show. we've had you on before. of course, you were campaigning before in rushmoor against 300 luxury apartments given out to asylum seekers and now you've moved on to the potters in international. tell us who was protesting there ? tell us who was protesting there? because it seems we just heard from the prime minister that anybody attending these sorts of protests is a far right thug . protests is a far right thug. >> well, no, it's actually shocking if people look through all the footage from last night, you'll probably see 50% were local women, lots of young children there, probably 2 to 300 protesters. >> i would say out of that, 2 to 300, probably ten, 15 might have been from out of the area. but

it's just to brand people as far right protesters. it's just ridiculous. what you see here in these pictures is the working man of britain, the working man that the labour party used to support, and they've totally turned their back on us. this is why i believe people are out on the streets protesting. we're saying we want a voice and jazz. >> you're you have concerns about people coming in from outside the area. we often know that people we don't know who people can be if they're coming from overseas without paperwork, can you tell me about then the police response that ensued? you've had many, many of these protests over many, many months, jazz. and we can see on our screens here a very, very heavy handed police response. tell us more. >> yeah, i think we've been protesting now for two years at the hotel, seven months at the flats, we've got a great police liaison officer who i deal with on a weekly basis, we've had one problem before with the police, but that was soon sorted out. and yet last night, i think a

few people entered the hotel grounds, and then the police swarmed on us like a hit squad. it's i can't believe it. i think a few people entered the hotel grounds because one of our, sort of people that goes and looks around the hotels on a daily bafis around the hotels on a daily basis just to see if there's any movement. he was assaulted on sunday afternoon, and i think people were angry about that, that nothing was done about that. but we were swarmed on by the police . but the police will the police. but the police will be able to tell you not one of the protesters turned on any of the protesters turned on any of the police. we see the police on our side. they're they're working men just like us. and i expect they're fed up with the situation in the country. >> and jazz. the bbc called you a mob. your local mp, alex baken a mob. your local mp, alex baker, said it was intimidating behaviour but we can see here police helicopters riot vans, at least nine squad cars and dogs were even deployed into the hotel car park. feels like is this a taste of things to come? sir keir starmer seems to want more of these kind of clampdowns. how does that make you feel?

>> well, just listen to keir starmer on the telly. as a former labour voter, myself and one of my friends just texted me, who's a labour voter? i'll never look at that man again in the same light. he's meant to be on our side. they've totally turned their back on the british people. they're allowing illegals to flood the country and fill up hotels and give them more rights than local born and bred britain brits who are actually funding these illegals. it's the local mp , alex baker. it's the local mp, alex baker. i've had two meetings with her which i think have gone very, very well. but yet even last night she said these were people from outside the area . she's from outside the area. she's only lived in the area a year and a half herself. so who does she know who lives in the area and who doesn't? i live four miles away, but i spent 40 years in aldershot and people are calling me an outsider. she's been here a year and a half and she's a local embedded in the population. it's nonsense. >> okay, jess, thank you very much for joining >> okay, jess, thank you very much forjoining us. and we'll much for joining us. and we'll make sure we keep a close eye on your protests as we move forward. stay safe out there. now. we have a response from the police force here. assistant

chief constable, hampshire police constable paul balmer has said this. the swift and decisive actions of our officers last night saw this incident brought under control, preventing further harm to the community in aldershot. our role is to protect people's lawful right to protest while also preventing serious disorder and disruption to the local community. it is totally unacceptable to turn that lawful right into criminal acts, including incidents of criminal damage, racial abuse and intimidation. our specialist teams are working hard to identify anyone who has committed a criminal offence, and we will take swift and robust action against those people. well, prime minister sir keir starmer has said action will be taken following what he called violent disorder in parts of england in the wake of the southport killings. you sent me hundreds and hundreds of messages about what he said and most of you are not very impressed. more soon on martin daubney on gb news. britain's

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>> hey bro, good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. the community of southport had to suffer twice the words of the prime minister as he addressed the nation earlier today, coming as violent riots rippled across the country this week. following those

tragic killings in southport, we'll have full reaction to an astonishing press conference and the 17 year old, charged with those murders in southport, has now been named as axel cabana appeared at liverpool crown court this morning and was remanded into custody. plus, the bbc is under huge fire for continuing to pay huw edwards hundreds of thousands of pounds in licence fees payers money after they knew that he was arrested on serious grounds. and this comes as the culture secretary summons the bbc's boss for a dressing down. who knew what and when. and that's all coming up between now and 6:00. well, to the show. always a pleasure to have your company, sir keir starmer addressed the nafion sir keir starmer addressed the nation an hour ago from downing street on the aftermath of the disruption we've seen across

britain, the riots in southport and some other towns is an incredible statement and i've never seen the inbox @gbnews on my show go quite so wild and into overdrive. sir keir starmer called those protesters a tiny, mindless minority of our society, a gang of thugs. he then promised a clampdown facial recognition, technology, treating them all like football hooligans. so much to talk about. let your views across on gbnews.com/yoursay and now's your headlines. and it's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you . well, as afternoon to you. well, as you've been hearing, the prime minister has just made a statement in downing street. and he says those who took part in riots across several cities in the uk this week were not protesting. instead, they're guilty of violent crimes. the scenes of violence came after

monday's stabbing attack in southport , which resulted in the southport, which resulted in the deaths of three little girls. after thanking the police, many of whom suffered serious injuries during the disorder, the prime minister announced a new police response aimed at cracking down on civil disorder in the aftermath of this attack, the community of southport had to suffer twice. >> a gang of thugs got on trains and buses, went to a community thatis and buses, went to a community that is not their own. a community grieving the most horrific tragedy. and then proceeded to throw bricks at police officers. police officers who just 24 hours earlier had been having to deal with an attack on children in their community. their community. >> well, in other news today, the us reporter evan gershkovich has been freed in a prisoner

swap with russia less than two weeks after he was sentenced to 16 years behind bars on charges of espionage. he's been detained since march 2023 after russia claimed he'd been gathering secret information on cia orders, which he denies. in return, at least eight russian nationals are expected to be returned to russia, including several with suspected ties to russian intelligence . the bbc russian intelligence. the bbc says it was told by police not to share details of ex newsreader huw edwards arrest for offences related to images of child abuse. it comes after it was revealed that the former news presenter was arrested in november , but continued to be november, but continued to be employed by the corporation until april. in a statement, the bbc said that at the time, no charges had been brought against mr edwards and it was also aware of a significant risk to his health. he pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to

receiving indecent images of children. during an online chat, including sexually abusive images of children, as young as seven years old in the united states. donald trump has sparked outrage after questioning the racial heritage of kamala harris. speaking to a panel of black journalists, the former president falsely claimed mrs. harris had changed from identifying as indian american to black. his suggestion that the vice president was using her race for political advantage drew gasps from the audience in chicago. >> i don't think i've ever been asked a question. >> so in such a horrible manner. >> so in such a horrible manner. >> the first question you don't even say, hello, how are you? >> do you believe that vice president kamala harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? >> well, i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. >> and now she wants to be known as black. so i don't know. is she indian or is she black?

>> she is always identified as a black woman. >> i respect historically black college. >> i respect either one. but she obviously doesn't. >> well , obviously doesn't. >> well, responding to that conversation, kamala harris, who's the daughter of a jamaican father and an indian mother , father and an indian mother, gave this reaction. donald trump spoke at the annual meeting of the national association of black journalists , and it was black journalists, and it was the same old show. >> the divisiveness and the disrespect. >> kamala harris, now news here at home and the bank of england has cut its base rate of interest to 5%, marking the first reduction since march 2020. the rate had been held at 5.25% since august last year, which was the highest level since 2008. it comes as new data suggest the cost of living crisis is easing thanks to inflation cooling off a new rules and safeguards surrounding the ownership of xl bully dogs

have come into effect in scotland today. the new terms make it a criminal offence to own the breed without an exemption certificate, and it's an offence to have an xl bully out in public without a lead or a muzzle. the rules are similar to those introduced in england in december, which made it illegal to breed, sell, advertise, rehome or abandon an xl bully dog and lastly, gps in england have voted to limit the number of appointments available today in their first collective action since 1964, nhs england says it could cause significant disruption across the whole health service. the british medical association says it's taking action over what it describes as a lack of funding for gps, and it comes despite the health secretary warning that while the previous government failed to recruit enough doctors, reducing services would only punish patients and those are the latest gp news headlines. for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an hour. see you

then 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. >> thank you very much , polly. >> thank you very much, polly. now we start with the fallout from the riots following the killing of three young girls in southport. and keir starmer has promised that police officers and vowing to tackle violent disorder. the prime minister said the countrywide scenes meant the community of southport had to suffer twice, while gb news homeland security editor mark white, is on downing street . mark white, is on downing street. mark, welcome to the show. you were in that press conference there, i thought an astonishing press conference. it sounds very much like a clampdown is on the way. i've never seen the gb news inbox go quite so wild . mark inbox go quite so wild. mark white bring us up to speed.

>> well, this was a news conference in which the prime minister had one clear message that he wanted to get across, and that was in his eyes that the protests that have taken place in recent days are by being hijacked and orchestrated by criminals. this was a criminal endeavour and nothing less . according to the prime less. according to the prime minister and the law, he said, would deal with this and deal with it going forward. that's why, of course, he brought the chief constable and other senior policing figures. the home secretary, the justice secretary , secretary, the justice secretary, representatives from the crown prosecution service and others here to downing street to determine the best way of tackling this disorder should it spread. but of course, that's one dimension of this particular issue. it is talking about how they deal with the disorder that

might play out on our streets. what wasn't discussed in any capacity, and there were no questions asked that addressed this either. are the underlying tensions that there are undoubtedly in communities right across the country, what people have seen many people have seen in their communities and believe is the disintegration of the fabnc is the disintegration of the fabric of their society and in those communities, and there has been growing levels of anger, the issues, of course , around the issues, of course, around southport have, i'm sure , proved southport have, i'm sure, proved a trigger point for some. but to be honest, this was, i think , be honest, this was, i think, inevitable. we were always going to get to a stage where, just as we were seeing across the irish sea in the irish republic , with sea in the irish republic, with seething anger that have spilled over very regularly into disorder in those communities, the same sort of tensions were likely to spill over in

communities here. now, it's to be hoped that two days of this disorder will be an end to the actual disorder. but we just don't know. and the police are preparing for it. and we've been heanng preparing for it. and we've been hearing from some of those policing leaders. i spoke to andy marsh, who is the chief constable responsible for the college of policing, and we spoke about the clear concerns that people have about two tier policing that people feel the protests in harehills, that then descended into a riot with buses being set alight, etc, were managed in a different way to the protests that then turned into disorder in other locations, chief amongst them london. yesterday, when 111 people were arrested, was there two tier policing? he said that there is standard policing approach and that it does vary from location to location depending on what the ground

commanders see and perceive as the threat of the day. the other issue, which is an interesting issue, which is an interesting issue of course, which is lessons to be learned , perhaps lessons to be learned, perhaps from the disinformation that was put out on social media. i asked him directly , should the police him directly, should the police learn lessons from this going forward and perhaps be a bit more proactive in getting a message out that debunks these social media disinformation messages as they put out? this is what he told me . is what he told me. >> well, i hope people would be reassured to know that the college of policing will be convening every police force next week to debrief what's happened, share good practice, and prepare to do even better in the future. about that consistent approach that you mentioned. i personally believe that openness and transparency is an antidote to mistrust. and we talk today about at the roundtable about how we can get as much information out as possible without ever compromising a prosecution,

because then the victims families will suffer. so i do believe we can get more information out more quickly. and i committed today to work on body worn video doctrine for example, to look at cases where we should get body worn video out more quickly in specific incidents to say this is what happened. >> so it would be interesting to see what happens in the nights ahead of course, with other potential protests likely to take place in communities across the country. so in terms of the policing response , we're told policing response, we're told that the police service across the country are going to be more robust. they are going to have more resources available to them. mutual aid , they call it, them. mutual aid, they call it, to be able to rapidly respond , to be able to rapidly respond, to be able to rapidly respond, to respond to forces should they require it for instance, in hartlepool, with the chief constable, there indicated that they struggled with their

resources for a time during the disorder that broke out in that particular location. but this disorder, martin, quite frankly, could break out in any community anywhere in england and wales. and if it does in the first hours of any disorder breaking out, it will be difficult for the smaller forces in particular, really, to have a concerted effort to bring that under control in any timely manner . manner. >> thank you very much for joining us with an excellent and comprehensive update there live from downing street. thank you very much. and for more analysis, back in the studio on the political side, i'm now joined by our political editor, chris hope. chris, let's just run through a few of the key lines from the speech in case people are joining us. and they haven't tuned in to sir keir starmer. earlier on, he said a tiny , mindless minority of our tiny, mindless minority of our society, a gang of thugs, got on trains and buses and threw bncks trains and buses and threw

bricks at the police. he then talked about mosques being assaulted. he talks about nazi salutes in london, he talks about division and fear being stoked up. he then said, well, i thought, which was an astonishing line. he said, this is not legitimate protest . we is not legitimate protest. we will put a stop to it. he then laid out how they will do that and he said, these thugs are mobile, far right hatred is being spread. we have shared intelligence, including facial recognition, before they can even get on trains. he then then intimated towards a clampdown on social media companies. this is happening on your premises. treating these people like football hooligans. but continually, chris, seem to be focusing on what he perceived to be the biggest threat in britain. the far right. >> that's right. i mean, no , >> that's right. i mean, no, everyone would say that it's not legitimate to throw bricks and rocks at a mosque. it's not legitimate to throw bricks at the police and the like. we saw that in southport, but the

concern, i think, for many gb news viewers and listeners is there a two tier level of policing here? mark white or home affairs and security editor was in that press conference. he wasn't called by number 10. that question wasn't asked by gb news. on behalf of our viewers, i just i'm the concern might be that he's just cracking down on people not trying to understand what is behind this, this concern, this anger that nothing, nothing, nothing justifies the violence we saw on the streets of southport and elsewhere. but there's no attempt, it seems to be, by the government in what we heard there from sir keir starmer to understand why people reacted that way and community engagement. >> well, all the time about community engagement, for example, in harehills, we need to listen to the community. we need to talk to them to understand there there was none of that today. this was purely we will stamp them down. >> and the gb views response email today is extraordinary to watch. astonishing. >> yeah. it's been astonishing. people are saying read out a few of those actually. now give you people with the people channel

give you a voice. now david says this. so according to sir keir starmer, we are now all right wing. this man has no idea just how angry the majority of people are in this country. we just want to be listened to. colin says this a crackdown on the far right, a crackdown on social media companies only a month in charge for sir keir starmer's labour government. this, to me, doesn't sound like a democratic government. this sounds more like a dictatorship . and final like a dictatorship. and final point here to gerry. one you made there a minute ago, chris. of course , gb news didn't get of course, gb news didn't get a question because they might ask a question they didn't want to heat a question they didn't want to hear. this is ridiculous. >> the point the point here is people do see different levels of policing around the country. now that can be for different reasons. we could see some forces can't cope with what might happen as mark white that said eloquently, this can happen anywhere in the country. and just to say, we're going to clamp down and stop it, not understand why people across, i think, only answers half the

question. and the problem the government is going to have is by seem to go after one one community and police them differently to a different one. thatis differently to a different one. that is the recipe for a problems in the future. >> chris, has there been any political feedback on this? >> any reaction out there so far ? >> any reaction out there so far? lee anderson, the reform uk mp, one of five reform uk mps, former tory mp, former labour councillor . he says sir keir councillor. he says sir keir starmer, you're not reading the room richard tice the deputy leader. he says the elite political and media class are so terrified they're trying to silence , smear and label anyone silence, smear and label anyone who asks questions or are challenging the narrative. that's a problem by not trying to address what may underlie the violence , which is not violence, which is not acceptable. we keep saying on gb news it's not acceptable, but we're not looking at the reason why it might be happening. he's storing up problems in the future. sir keir starmer yeah . future. sir keir starmer yeah. >> and two of the questioners, very, very sympathetic questioning. i, i felt like they were hand—picked to be very sympathetic. two of them were trying to pull nigel farage into this, into whipping. >> well, the questions were hand—picked because gb news asked for questions in advance. we were told we wouldn't get

one. we had a reporter, a very respected reporter in the press conference, mark white, a tv reporter of for decades experience home affairs and security. he wasn't called maybe to answer questions that they didn't want to hear, and he was going to ask a question precisely about listening to communities, trying to understand the plight, communities, trying to understand the plight , their concerns. >> that simply didn't happen. an astonishing moment, an astonishing moment, an astonishing press conference today from downing street. chris hope, thank you for your analysis. as ever, superb stuff. now moving on. the 17 year old male charged with the murder of the three girls killed in southport has been named as alex cabana and alex banner appeared at liverpool crown court this morning. the teenager has also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder and the possession of a bladed article. he has since been taken to a youth detention centre . elsie youth detention centre. elsie dot stancombe alice aguilar and b.b. king died after a mass stabbing at a dance session on hawk street on monday. and

joining us now live from liverpool crown court, is gb news national reporter charlie peters. charlie, the 17 year old minor, has been named. in the end, the public interest public pressure simply too great. tell us more . us more. >> us more. >> well, axel rudi cabana attended two courts at this location behind me today. first, the youth court where the charges were put before him, and then the crown court. but in both he was totally silent. in fact , he arrived in the dock in fact, he arrived in the dock in both courts in the first court to smile towards the press gallery very briefly, and then sat in total silence with the grey tracksuit top covering his face. occasionally his eyes would dip above the hem of his grey tracksuit to look around the court, even just one eye, before then darting back under his jumper and staying in that position in the crown court, he occasionally rocked side to side, but when the judge, mr

justice mallory, discussed the possibility of lifting the anonymity order, he suddenly went still, and in the end , mr went still, and in the end, mr justice mallory was was asked to decide between two competing legal ideas. was it either in the defendant's interest for his welfare to not be named in public, and wider concerns on that perspective? that was the view of the prosecution and the youth justice team, or in the view of the press. did he need to be named just 17 at six days before he turns 18? due to this vacuum of information about the case leading to wild speculation online, some of which the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has touched on in the last hour. and in the end, the judge did side with the perspective that the anonymity order needed to be lifting. he said that idiots that had been rioting were feeding on online nonsense caused by silence and a lack of clear and honest understanding of the situation. and so in

doing so, lifted the anonymity order on the defendants. the man charged with these three counts of murder, ten of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article which was described in the lower court as a kitchen knife that was curved. axel rudi cabana is set to appear at liverpool crown court again on october the 25th, until then, he will be remanded in youth custody in a secure unit. >> from liverpool crown court and let's cross now to the usa. and joe biden gave a speech a little bit earlier . little bit earlier. >> well good afternoon and this is a very good afternoon . a very is a very good afternoon. a very good afternoon. today we're bringing home paul, evan also vladimir, three american citizens and one american green card holder . card holder. >> all four have been imprisoned unjustly in russia . paul, for unjustly in russia. paul, for nearly six years. vladimir since 2022. evan since march of 2023

and also since october of 2023. russian authorities arrested them, convicted them and show trials and sends them to long prison terms with absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever . legitimate reason whatsoever. none. paul, a former marine , was none. paul, a former marine, was in russia for a wedding. evan, a journalist with a russian in russia, was was in russia assigned by the wall street journal. also also a journalist was in russia to see family. all three falsely accused of being spies . and vladimir was spies. and vladimir was a russian citizen. by birth and holds an american green card. it's a pulitzer prize winning journalist and was a pallbearer at my friend john mccain's funeral with me. he spoke out against putin's regime for and that he was convicted of treason. and now their brutal ordeal is over and they're free.

moments ago, the families and i were able to speak to them on the telephone from the oval office. they're out of russia. earlier today, they were flown to turkey, and soon they'll be wheels up on their way home to see their families . this is an see their families. this is an incredible relief for all the family members gathered here, andifs family members gathered here, and it's a relief to the friends and it's a relief to the friends and colleagues all across the country who have been praying for this day for a long time. the deal that made this possible was a feat of diplomacy and friendship. friendship. multiple countries helped get this done. they joined a difficult , countries helped get this done. they joined a difficult, complex negotiations at my request, and i personally thank them all again. and i thanked them personally and i thank them again. all told, russia has released 16 prisoners, eight russians were being held in the west will be sent home as well. these 16 prisoners from russia that russia has released include four americans, five germans,

seven russian citizens who are political prisoners in their own country . one of those russians country. one of those russians runs a human rights organisation memorial, which won a nobel prize in 2022. putin threw him in prison for voicing opposition to the war in ukraine. four others work with alexei navalny, the political opposition leader who died in russia prison this yeah who died in russia prison this year. now they can live safely abroad and continue their work of advocating for democracy if they so choose. this still would not have been made possible without our allies. germany poland, slovenia and norway and turkey. they all stepped up and they stood with us. they stood with us, and they made bold and brave decisions, released prisoners being held in their countries were justifiably being held and provided logistical support to get the americans home. so for anyone who questions whether allies matter , questions whether allies matter, they do. they matter . and today

they do. they matter. and today is a powerful example of why it's vital to have friends in this world. friends you can trust , work with and this world. friends you can trust, work with and depend upon, especially on matters of great consequence and sensitivity. like this . our sensitivity. like this. our alliances make our people safer, and we began to see that again today. let me say this . it says today. let me say this. it says a lot about the united states that we work relentlessly to free americans who are unjustly held around the world. it also says a lot about us that this deal includes the release of russian political prisoners. they stood up for democracy and human rights. their own leaders threw them in prison. the united states helped secure their release as well. that's who we are in the united states. we stand for freedom , for liberty, stand for freedom, for liberty, for justice. not only for our own people, but for others as well . and that's why all well. and that's why all americans can take pride in what we've achieved today. i want to thank everyone in my

administration who helped make this happen . our work did not this happen. our work did not start just on day one. it started before day one. during the transition, i instructed our national security team to dig into all the cases of hostages being wrongfully detained, which were inherently well, we inherited them from the private, the prior administration. i wanted to make sure we hit the ground running and we did. as of today, my administration has brought home over 70 americans who were wrongfully detained and held hostage abroad, many since before i took office. additionally, i issued an executive order in 2022 authorising penalties like sanctions and travel bans on those who hold americans against their will. and my state department has introduced new warnings for americans about the risk of being wrongfully detained by a foreign government . detained by a foreign government. deals like this one come with tough calls, and there's never any guarantees. but there's

nothing that matters more to me. and protecting americans at home and abroad. and so we'll continue to work for the release of all wrongfully detained americans around the world. let me end where i began with paul, evan, and also vladimir and their families . they never gave their families. they never gave up hope. we can't imagine what they've been through, all of you. as a matter of fact, this lady right here, i think, was living in the oval office with us for a while. all kidding aside, i can't imagine their joy aside, i can't imagine theirjoy right now. their home. tomorrow is a big day . the 13th birthday is a big day. the 13th birthday of mariam. mary maryam . come of mariam. mary maryam. come here. you all know we have a tradition in the biden family. we sing happy birthday on any birthday. you're ready , all of birthday. you're ready, all of you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday, dear mary. happy

birthday, dear mary. happy birthday to you. remember no serious guys to your 30. god love you. she's all sue's daughter. now she gets to celebrate with her mom. that's what this is all about. families able to be together again. like they should have been all along. so i want to thank you again to everyone who did their part in just a few hours, we'll welcome home our fellow americans. we're looking forward to that . god looking forward to that. god willing, we're going to be out at andrews and get that done. so thank you, thank you, thank you. and, this is a good day. >> what do you say to him on the phone, sir? what did you say when they answered the phone on the other side? >> i said, welcome, almost home. >> i said, welcome, almost home. >> countries. these so—called abductor states, from simply taking more americans in order to get more of their prisoners home. how do you end these

perverse incentives, sir, are advising people not to go certain places. >> tell them what's at risk, what's at stake ? what's at stake? >> president trump, these negotiations. and can you speak to the complexity of working with six countries to secure these releases? >> well, look , i'm not going to >> well, look, i'm not going to take the time. now what? i'll do this later in the week . i this later in the week. i particularly own a great. sense of gratitude to the chancellor. the demands that are making to me required me to get some significant concessions from germany , which they originally germany, which they originally concluded they could not do because of the person in question . but everybody stepped question. but everybody stepped up. poland stepped up, slovenia stepped up, turkey stepped up . stepped up, turkey stepped up. and it matters to have relationships. it really does these things matter. did you, mr president? pardon me. could this improve relations with russia? >> is there any avenue for that after this prisoner exchange

deal ? deal? >> as my sister might say, your lips to god's ears, man. did you write in your book about this, or would you be willing to speak with putin now directly? i don't need to speak with putin. >> i. what how did you weigh that decision of letting somebody out who, it sounds like got away with murder, right? >> i got home innocent people. thank you . all right. thank you. all right. >> thanks for. >> thanks for. >> okay. that's joe biden there , >> okay. that's joe biden there, giving his, usually customary style press conference there, talking about the biggest exchange of prisoners with russia since the cold war. worth pointing out. one of them, vladimir kara—murza , is a dual vladimir kara—murza, is a dual russian, british citizen, becoming home soon. a deal brokered also in part by the united kingdom . there's lots united kingdom. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including andy murray's latest dance. the scottish superstar could be playing the final game of his career tonight, but has he got

enough to reach an olympic semi—final? but first is your headunes semi—final? but first is your headlines with polly middlehurst ? headlines with polly middlehurst? >> and the top stories this hour? the biggest prisoner swap since the cold war. wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich has now left russia, less than two weeks after he was sentenced to 16 years on charges of espionage. he's been detained since last year on charges which he denies. today's swap involved around 16 prisoners, including vladimir kara—murza, who's a russian british citizen in return, at least eight russian nationals expected to be returned to russia, including several with suspected ties to russian intelligence and speaking a short time ago, president biden, thanking all the countries that help that deal happen , particularly, of deal happen, particularly, of course, the united kingdom. well, here, sir keir starmer says those who took part in riots across several cities in the uk this week weren't

protesting. instead, they're guilty of violent crimes. the scenes of violence came after monday's stabbing attack in southport, which resulted in the deaths of three little girls. after thanking the police, many of whom suffered serious injuries in the disorder, the prime minister announced a new police response unit aimed at cracking down on the disorder . cracking down on the disorder. >> in the aftermath of this attack, the community of southport had to suffer twice. a gang of thugs got on trains and buses, went to a community that is not their own. a community grieving the most horrific tragedy and then proceeded to throw bricks at police officers. police officers who just 24 hours earlier had been having to deal with an attack on children in their community, their community. >> meanwhile, a 17 year old boy

accused of carrying out that attack in southport has been named today as axel rudi cabana. he's been remanded in youth detention accommodation after appearing at liverpool crown court this morning. three children, seven year old elsie dot stancombe alice sinwar, who was nine, and six year old b.b. king, were all killed during the attack at a school holiday club . attack at a school holiday club. also, the news today the bbc says it was told by police not to share details of huw edwards arrest for offences related to images of child abuse. it comes after it was revealed that the former news presenter was arrested in november, but continued to be employed until april, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an hour with more. >> see you then for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

slash alerts. >> thank you pauline. i've been absolutely blown away by the number of responses we've had to sir keir starmer's speech earlier . sir keir starmer's speech earlier. thousands of you have been getting in touch and there's still time to have your say. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to do it . a read out the way to do it. a read out the best of your messages the end of the show. i'm martin daubney on gb

channel. welcome back. your time is 538. i'm martin daubney on gb news. well joining me now is michelle dewberry, the queen of prime time political debate jabs. what's on your menu tonight? no doubt the reaction thousands and thousands of people have got in touch with us about that astonishing speech earlier on from sir keir starmer. >> exactly. i mean, i had a really well planned out, thought out show tonight, but of course, the words spoken by sir keir

starmer as changed it all. quite frankly, i'm telling you, like you just mentioned as well, martin, i've never seen as much of a reaction. i can't remember getting as many messages as i've currently received, and i mean, he's only just finished speaking less than two hours ago, and i'm actually personally quite worried , martin, because i don't worried, martin, because i don't want to see rioting on the streets. i don't want to see disconnection, and i don't want anyone feeling frightened. whoever they are, whatever their skin colour and whatever community. but i just worry that the words from sir keir starmer have not really done anything to dampen down the sentiments out there in society. i actually worry and i really hope i'm wrong. i'd love to be wrong. i just worry that it's perhaps inflamed things , you know? inflamed things, you know? >> michelle dewberry, i absolutely think you've got your finger on the pulse as ever. quick one of a comment from one of my viewers. this is a pivotal moment for freedom of speech in britain. sir keir starmer today could have made a statement about the importance of addressing the concerns of the

british people, or he could have doubled down and taken the country closer to a police state. in my opinion, he's done the latter. this is extremely concerning, michelle, i think you're absolutely bang on the money here. >> well , look, i want to have money here. >> well, look, i want to have a debate about it so very much. welcome anyone that's watching or listening at to home get in touch. tell me your thoughts. keep them clean, obviously, and i'll get through as many people's reactions as i possibly can before 7:00 dewbs& co 6 or 7 is going to be a cracker. >> thanks! have a great show! cheers now moving on. could andy murray be playing his last ever match at the paris olympics? well, murray and dan evans are in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles with a real shot of a medal. but if they lose , of a medal. but if they lose, the two time gold medallist career will be over and elsewhere. team gb, gb added to their medal tally this morning, picking up three more, taking their haul to 20. magnificent. so far. now for more on this. our daily olympics update. we're joined now by sports broadcaster

chris skudder squads. fantastic day for team gb. let's start with a bit of andy murray. is it going to be curtains or will he mmp going to be curtains or will he romp on. >> oh it's a tough one tonight against the americans of the third seeds taylor fritz, who beat jack draper in the singles and tommy paul. >> now, this might help tommy paul about an hour and a half ago was playing in the singles against carlos alcaraz, the wimbledon champion. >> he played really well but lost. he must be absolutely cream crackered. he's got to go back on the court now and play against murray and dan evans , against murray and dan evans, who will be pumped up as they have been that that that photo says a million things, doesn't it, that they really want this. andy murray's won two golds before . before. >> he's won three olympic medals more than anybody else. and he doesn't want to retire. >> he does want to retire, but he doesn't want to go before he gets a medal. so it's going to be a cracking game. >> they should be starting fairly soon actually, but it's a tough one.

>> now listen, fritz and paul are both very good singles players as well. doubles is different, but they seem to have a bit of a bit of togetherness as well, let's hope they are absolutely exhausted. at least tommy paul is. and then, it would be great if murray and evans can get through tonight. they're through to the. they'll be through to the semi—finals. and then there'd be one game away, we'll put it this way. there'll be four teams in the in the last four, and three of them would get medals. >> so it's a massive game tonight. >> and we've got everything crossed, i think. >> and chris skudder there was an astonishing story, a very emotional story in the women's boxing and italian boxer bowed out after just 46 seconds. a very controversial story behind it. chris, tell us more. >> yeah. eamonn khalife from algeria. >> now, listen, this this is very controversial because, she was disqualified from the world champions last year because of irregularities, considered by them to be biologically male, >> has the xy chromosome, which

gives the person an unfair advantage. high levels of testosterone. >> however, the world championship people don't run olympic boxing. >> the olympics said it's fine. they've met all the eligibility eligibility criteria . so she is eligibility criteria. so she is allowed to fight. >> she's not alone. a lin yu ting of taiwan will be fighting on friday as well, but it does say an awful lot. >> the italian fighter angela carini today, just pulled out of the fight . she was hit once and the fight. she was hit once and said, i value my life or words to that effect had to preserve my life, which are very strong words. >> khalife had a lot of algerian support in the crowd, >> but, clearly this really does split opinions, you know , it's, split opinions, you know, it's, is it is it a fair fight? some some of her opponents say it's not, but it's, it's clearly controversial. and will remain so for the coming days. >> i think it's got to be said, chris, seems to be incredibly unfair to train for all those years, only to step into the

ring with the biological male, and she was actually on the canvas. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> gender specifics are kept confidential, so we don't know. >> is it intersex ? was this >> is it intersex? was this person born a male? we don't really know. there's a lot of, speculation on social media, etc. etc, but the ioc, and they're the ones who make the rules up here, say that she has met the eligibility criteria. so we'll continue to fight. but but you know , clearly, her opponent you know, clearly, her opponent today just said, i'm not i'm not doing this. >> it's not a fair fight. >> it's not a fair fight. >> used talking point. now let's have a bit more positivity. what about the british gold? tell us the best. >> yeah, well no golds today. it was a it was a silver and two bronze. >> all they've all come on the rowing lake. >> it's good to see that rowing. it's had a poor a poor olympics in tokyo by. it's very very high standards with only two medals. it's now got four. but it was there's well you can see the pictures today. we'll start with a happy story because in the women's double scull, matilda hodgkins, byrne and becky wylde

were only they've only just been together a few months and they were complete outsiders, to get a medal. but they've done just that. they've got a bronze today, a fantastic effort. i mean, trust me, the rowing is just such a brutal sport. and when you go through the training and the training camp, it's to get a medal. you know, it is the best thing they can do in their lives, really. so they got they got a bronze. they're very happy with that. however, there was a silver and that didn't come with joy, silver and that didn't come with joy, really. but disappointment for helen glover, now 37, a twice an olympic champion hoping to become she was hoping to become the first british woman to win three olympic golds. but they just couldn't quite do it. the women's four, they finished second, behind the dutch. you probably remember yesterday when the briton quad sculls got a gold medal in their race, when they beat the dutch by 0.15 seconds. well, today it was the other , other way around, sadly, other, other way around, sadly, so helen glover disappointed, but not for long. you know, it's still an olympic silver medal. and that quartette, will be, you

know, while disappointed, will still be celebrating an olympic medal tonight. and the other one came in the men's four as well. and again, a little bit disappointing. you probably remember the men's four just they were unbeatable for so long. five olympic games in a row. gold medal every single time for the briton. men's four between 2000, it would have been, the 2016 five. in a row, however, world champions didn't quite pull it off. they got a bronze medal behind the us and new zealand. but nonetheless it's, you know, the rowers are doing really well. they've got a, a gold, a silver and two bronze. and i can pretty much tell you on friday in the lightweight women's double scull, imogen grant and emily craig are going to get a gold as well. pretty sure of that. that's tomorrow. >> and a gold medal performance there from you. chris skudder thanks for joining us there from you. chris skudder thanks forjoining us as there from you. chris skudder thanks for joining us as ever. superb stuff. thank you. now is prince harry struggling to let go of his previous legal battles? according to his wife meghan? we'll tell you why. the duke of sussex is struggling again in just a few moments

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as she wishes prince harry could let go of all these lawsuits and just live in the moment, whatever that means. and this comes as prince harry continues to his appeal against the high court decision about his security. after losing several rounds of the case against the home office. and joining me now is the former royal correspondent at the sun. the one man legend, charles rea charles, always an absolute delight to have you on the show. hold the front page, meghan markle has said something sensible , sensible, >> well, it appears to be sensible and it comes from the celebrity magazine that revealed, about two years ago that, her five friends spoke out on her behalf. >> so that appears to be some truth. they've they've interviewed someone who used to work for markle and prince harry, and they are saying that she wants harry to put aside these various court cases. now, i'm not sure whether she's talking about all the court cases or whether she's just talking about the one where he

is pursuing , this claim of his is pursuing, this claim of his that he wants police protection, when he and meghan, if meghan ever comes back to the uk again and that will be taxpayer funded . and that will be taxpayer funded. >> and there's an astonishing other story here as well out today, charles, about harry and charles's deepening rift. insiders close to the prince claiming that the king no longer answers his calls. and again, this is all over this ongoing security battle. >> yeah, you're right, martin, and it seems that harry has got the mistaken belief. >> and he should know better than this. he's got the mistaken belief that the king can actually do something with the committee. this. that's the royal and vip executive committee. now they are the ones who decide who gets royal protection and who doesn't. and obviously, harry falls in the second category. now the king is not a member of that committee, although there is a member of the household who does sit on the household who does sit on the committee, but they don't have any power to say, yeah, he

gets he gets it. no, he doesn't gets he gets it. no, he doesn't get it. >> so i don't know why why harry seems to be just barking up wrong trees all the time. >> you'd have thought that, given he saw his dad in february, that he'd be trying to concentrate more in in bridging the rift, but he seems to be pushing it further and further, away, it is astonishing the way he's carrying on. >> yeah. and there's no end to it in sight. but do you think there's any chance that harry will drop these lawsuits? he seems addicted to them . seems addicted to them. >> well, no, i don't think there's any chance, i think it's now an obsession with him. he's got, various lawsuits going on. he's got this one going on, over his protection, and he's got two cases that are due up, in, the new year against the sun and separately, the male groups, over the phone hacking scenario. and i'm not suggesting he should drop those if he feels he's got, a problem with that, then he should pursue it. but, i mean, clearly, he's spending a lot of

time talking to lawyers about various matters. and i think meghan would rather would think it would be better for harry's mental health. he's always cracking on about his mental health if he if he were to sort of push back a little bit on these sort of things. >> okay. charles rea, always a pleasure and never a chore. thank you very much to join us on gb news as ever. now that's all from me for today. thank you. it's been a very emotional show . dewbs& co is up next. show. dewbs& co is up next. she's sure to continue that conversation about that astonishing press conference earlier on today from sir keir starmer. but don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with stephen and anne, followed by britain's newsroom at 930. and then it's good afternoon britain from midday now. i'm off on holiday this evening. i'll be back in the hot seat on monday, august the hot seat on monday, august the 12th. it's my final show as well, with my senior producer steve baker . steve, it's been steve baker. steve, it's been emotional. thank you for all of your help. i'm austin daubney and this is gb news thanks for all your company. and now let's enjoy your weather. and for that it's annie shuttleworth. have a fantastic evening i'll see you

on the 12th. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news. weather update brought to you from the met office through this evening. thunderstorms will continue across parts of england. hail and flooding is a risk with those thunderstorms and across the north west it will turn a bit cloudier and wetter. that's because the weather front is arriving. it will be a bigger feature as we head into tomorrow, bringing some wet and windy to weather the north—west. but through this evening the potential for some further torrential downpours spreading into eastern areas of england that could bring some travel disruption. but they will ease through the night. so for many of us it will be a dry night, clear skies but still a fairly muggy and humid one with temperatures in the mid to high. teens for many areas, a little bit cooler further north, but certainly milder than it has been here lately. now, as i said

through friday, we've got wet and windy weather arriving into the north—west. so first thing on friday across western areas of scotland, the highlands and western isles, probably some outbreaks of quite heavy rain further east. to this it will be a bright start across parts of aberdeenshire, also across the borders region as well. plenty of dry and bright weather further south as well. a fairly bright start to the day , bright start to the day, particularly across wales central areas of england. the south west, as well. but in the southeast there is a chance of some further heavy downpours through friday morning. these bnng through friday morning. these bring a risk of further thunderstorms as well. away from that, though, it should be another dry and bright day for many of us. still feeling very warm in the sunshine across many areas of the uk, but across the north and west, where this wet and windy weather is spreading into parts of northern ireland and much of scotland through friday afternoon, it will turn a little bit fresher. temperatures dropping down into the teens away from that the rest of the uk. temperatures elsewhere still in the mid to high 20s and still feeling quite humid through

friday, daytime into friday evening, this band of rain will continue to push south eastwards through this evening to bring outbreaks of rain to many areas through saturday, particularly in the southeast that will clear away to the east for sunday. but there's further rain arriving into the west later on by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb. >>

feels a little bit like a tinderbox at the moment. while our prime minister has addressed the nafion minister has addressed the nation today and i'm going to ask you, do you think he's made things better? has he understood what's going on? your thoughts on his speech ? there is a lot to

on his speech? there is a lot to cover tonight, but first, let's get the 6:00 news headlines . get the 6:00 news headlines. >> michelle, thank you. and good evening to you. well, there's been a prisoner swap. the biggest since the cold war. evan gershkovich is on his way home after that swap between russia and the west. today's internationally brokered deal involved around 24 prisoners in total , including the british total, including the british russian citizen vladimir kara—murza. in return, at least eight russian nationals are expected to be returned to russia, including several with suspected ties to russian intelligence. speaking a short while ago, president joe biden thanked all the countries that had made it made it happen. well, sir keir starmer says those who took part in riots across several cities this week were not protesting. instead, he said they were guilty of violent

crimes. the scenes of