>> well . >> well. >> well. >> very good morning to you. >> very good morning to you. >> it's 930 on friday, august the second live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with me ben, leo and sophie reaper as summer of riots. >> the prime minister launches a national violent disorder unit to tackle the growing number of protests across the uk . protests across the uk. >> this was a meeting to pull together our response response both to the immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far

right hatred . right hatred. >> but in that news conference, no acknowledgement of the wider concerns within communities right across the country, or indeed an indication of what the government will do to try to address those concerns. >> and was there a bbc cover up.7 the broadcaster has been accused of sitting on the conclusions of an internal inquiry into alleged misconduct by former presenter huw edwards. listen to their top boss tim davie, another factor at this point was very significant duty of care considerations. >> i think it was right for us to say , look, we'll let the to say, look, we'll let the police do their business and then when charges happen, we will act . will act. >> olympics, gender row, outrage in paris as a boxer who previously failed a gender eligibility test brutally beats a female opponent in 46 seconds. >> and goodbye to my hero andy

murray's final match. british tennis star sir andy, his professional career ended in defeat in the quarterfinals of the olympics men's doubles. thank you for everything, sir. andy. yes. very good morning to you. hope you're doing well . i've had hope you're doing well. i've had two hours sleep. i'll tell you why just after the news. but i need lots of coffees today. sophie, i'm glad you're here with me to look after me. >> i have to keep the energy up to keep us going. i think i'm here for both of us. i think so, sad news about andy murray. >> i say it every week. i know a lot of you don't like me saying that. he's my hero because of his previous comments about england. of course he's a scot, but i think he's britain's greatest ever athlete. let us know what you think about that, gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we do anything else today, and i promise you, it's a packed show. here's your news headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> ben. thank you. the top

stories this morning. several protests are due to take place over the coming days following the southport stabbings. despite a warning from the prime minister that he will not allow a breakdown of law and order, at least 15 protests are reported to have been advertised online, announcing a new police unit to tackle violent disorder. sir keir starmer blamed a gang of thugs for a riot in southport, which saw dozens of police officers injured in a clash with a crowd of men outside a mosque. the unrest came a day after three girls were killed in a knife attack in the town. 17 year old axel rudi cabana has been charged with their murders. more than 100 protesters were arrested when disorder broke out in central london. meanwhile, police are searching for eight people after objects were hurled outside a hotel housing migrants dunng outside a hotel housing migrants during a protest in aldershot. hampshire police said a minority of 200 who protested outside the potters international hotel became involved in the

disruption on wednesday evening. the protest follows multiple instances of unrest across the country following the southport stabbings . country following the southport stabbings. in other country following the southport stabbings . in other news, the stabbings. in other news, the bbc was aware of former newsreader huw edwards had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children since last november. the corporation's director general has said that . asked why general has said that. asked why the corporation chose not to sack edwards after they were told by police of his arrest, tim davies said because the police said they need to do their work in total confidence. edwards was arrested in november last year while he was suspended from the bbc after allegations were published in the sun about an unnamed presenter paying a teenager for explicit photos. the 62 year old, who pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children on wednesday, resigned from the broadcaster in april on medical advice and three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil

after landing in maryland. evan gershkovich, paul whelan and alsu kosmacheva were greeted by us president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. gershkovitch was also welcomed by his family, who have waited 491 days for his release. he was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he had always denied. the white house says the us negotiated the trade with russia, germany and three other countries. it involved 24 prisoners, including 16 moving from russian to the west and eight prisoners held in the west being sent back to russia . and those are the latest russia. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

forward slash alerts. >> hello. welcome back. thanks, tatiana. >> this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben leo. and this morning sophie reaper. >> yes, here we are . >> yes, here we are. >> yeah. you've had a busy couple of weeks haven't you. >> a very busy couple of weeks. olympics. olympics southport and now down to london. >> well we'll chat about that in the next hour or so because we're quite pushed for time. >> but talking on southport, sir keir starmer of course. yesterday he unveiled new police capabilities to address violent disorder in england, labelling those responsible as a, quote, tiny, tiny, rather mindless minority. >> take a listen and let me be clear the meeting this afternoon was not about 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 to pull together our response response both to the

immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far right hatred . hatred. >> that comes as a judge named the teenager charged in connection with the mass stabbing in southport. a 17 year stabbing in southport. a17 year old axel cabana, yesterday. >> three children were killed dunng >> three children were killed during the attack . that says two during the attack. that says two other girls who were injured have now left hospital home. and security editor mark white joins us now for the latest. mark, what can you tell us this morning? >> well, some good news, at least in that last night, there were no scenes of disorder that were no scenes of disorder that we know of anywhere in the country. some of that might have been to do with the inclement weather, we're not out of the woods yet. of course , because woods yet. of course, because the weekend is coming up and there is concern that, as always, there are more people about weekends and we understand there are a number of protests that are planned. so that's why the police were were down in downing street yesterday meeting the prime minister, looking at

what they can do , really to try what they can do, really to try to ensure that they are as best prepared as possible for protests that might turn violent at the end of it. of course, we got the customary we're setting up a new unit, response from the government. we get this from whatever government is in office. i don't know what unit it is it's going to bring together police forces to better deal with these potentially violent offenders that are planning these violent protests , planning these violent protests, because that already exists. so there is already widespread sharing of intelligence between forces. that works very well. there's already a system that they call mutual aid in place, where police forces can, at very short notice, rush extra resources from their force area to another force area if they are struggling to deal with disorder. however, it looks as though those in charge are

really getting to grips with the crisis. >> what? what would this unit look like, mark? what would it actually do? i think there's a lot of people like you said, it's the customary response. what kind of impact is it actually going to have on the ground? >> well, to according the prime minister, it would do things like try to introduce banning orders. it would look at the intelligence picture of who might be travelling from one part of the country to another to actively take part in a protest with the intention of actually bringing violence and disorder to these protests. but as i say, those kind of intelligence structures are in place at the moment. police forces, you know, are they've been doing this for years. they have intelligence units, right across the country who do that. okay. they may have new impetus, new systems may be put in place. they are, at the very least are getting the green light from the government clearly to be more

proactive in their response to the planning of these protests and going after those that they feel might be behind the violence . i think for me, the violence. i think for me, the important takeaway from the meeting yesterday, the news conference afterwards was no mention at all, no questions. and no acknowledgement from sir keir starmer about wider community concerns that have been building for a long period of time. and i think that was a bit of a missed opportunity of course, we've got to condemn the violence and the disorder, but maybe we also need to acknowledge that there is deep frustration in communities who really are concerned at what they see is the disintegration of the social fabric of those communities. >> yeah, as you say, mark, no doubt there were some quote unquote far right thugs in those riots, totally unsavoury behaviour . riots, totally unsavoury behaviour. however, as you said, when sir keir starmer gives a

speech and he answers questions from the press, no one bothered. none of the press bothered to ask about the concerns from the community up in southport and across the country, and the concerns of everyday brits who are now worried about the safety of their kids. for example, so yeah. >> mark white, thanks very much. appreciate it. >> we're joined now by former labour mp bill rammell, who is down the line. good morning bill, >> so is this all the fault of the so—called far right then what's your thoughts? >> i mean, firstly , the killing >> i mean, firstly, the killing of three innocent girls in southport, the injuring of seven others was an appalling tragedy. >> it's every parent's worst nightmare. and the full force of the law has got to be brought to book, on the perpetrator. but what we've seen over the last few days is coordinated, organised, violent thuggery by extreme right wing groups. and i think what the prime minister was doing yesterday was sending out a very clear message that the police are not going to tolerate this and every mechanism is going to be used to

tackle these people because they are using and abusing an appalling tragedy to just perpetuate violence. >> so a bill sorry to interrupt. are people not allowed to be angry then at what's happened not just in southport, but you know, the british army soldier who was hacked to death , the bbc who was hacked to death, the bbc presenter, the commentator, horse racing commentator who came home to find his daughters and wife murdered. this isn't just an issue of islam or migrants or anything like that. it's about the breakdown of law and order in society. >> are people not allowed to be afraid and frightened and concerned ? concerned? >> of course people can have concerns and be frightened, but then look at those photographs, that imagery on your screen. these aren't people who are afraid, who are expressing concern . they are throwing concern. they are throwing bricks. they are throwing everything at hand at the police who've actually been defending

the community. this is not in any way, shape or form the way that people should behave. okay, bill, i think it's absolutely it's absolutely right that a unit is being set up to coordinate intelligence sharing, the use and the rolling out of mobile, facial recognition cameras across the country. currently, they're only used in london. i think that will be important and criminal behaviour orders so that, the perpetrators can be identified and we can impose travel bans on them. and if they breach those, they can get up to five. okay. bill. prison, this this needs a firm response okay i agree. >> yeah. we don't want to see these kind of scenes on the streets of britain. people shouldn't be having their homes targeted. mosques shouldn't be targeted. mosques shouldn't be targeted. absolutely agree. but where was sir keir starmer's, address to the nation in the harehills riots? >> look , he has made absolutely >> look, he has made absolutely clear that we need to crack down on crime across the board. and

if you're talking about, you know, asylum seekers being housed, in hotels, we're tackling that. we are speeding up the process of claims. and if you if you got the right to stay here, you'll be able to do so. if not, you'll be sent back to your country of origin. so you know, the problems are being tackled, but what we've seen over the recent days is just organised, coordinated , violent organised, coordinated, violent thuggery. and it has to be addressed. >> bill, in terms of the impacts that this violent disorder unit will have. i was in southport dunng will have. i was in southport during that riot. and the these people who were there, they were not going to be deterred by by the police there. and it's all well and good to having facial recognition to identify them after the fact. what good is that when a riot is already ongoing, how are we going to prevent it ? prevent it? >> well, i think you will see as the rolling out of facial recognition cameras takes place

and the perpetrators can be identified, i think there will be a deterrent effect because these people know they're going to be prosecuted. and look, keir starmer, when he was director of pubuc starmer, when he was director of public prosecutions, has got a track record of doing this very effectively. effectively, if you go back to 2011, in response to urban riots there, he established 3000 people being sent to round the clock courts and having really harsh sentences levied on them. so you can tackle these problems and they need to be tackled because these people who are perpetrating this violence, they're not expressing community concerns. they are looking to whip up hatred, and they're looking to cause violence. and they are attacking the police. and it's completely unacceptable. yeah >> okay. bill, i mean, you didn't really answer my question. i said, what's the difference between southport riots and the hares hill riots? sir keir starmer didn't give an urgent address to the nation for hares hill, but here we are

anyway. we're running out of time. but thank you, bill, for joining us. appreciate it. >> well next we're going to celebrate team gb's success at the olympics so far. despite your opinions on it and the sad news that sir andy murray's professional career has ended in defeat in the quarter finals of the men's doubles, you're with britain's newsroom on gb news

well good morning. it's 10 to 10 and this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> now let's get some sports updates from the man himself. aidan magee aidan, what's going on in the olympics? >> well, good to see you both. forget sewage in the scene. forget sewage in the scene. forget that convoluted and lengthy opening ceremony which you saw last week, sophie, this could well be the story of the olympics. it certainly is. so far this was eamonn khalife of algeria, who had a welterweight

fight yesterday with angela carini of italy, now 40s into the fight having taken some brutalised punishment in that period. i mean, if the first punch she took, carini took from khalife was was enough to dislodge her, her strap under her helmet, and she just said after 46 seconds to her coach, i'm done, i'm out of here. i've never been punched so hard. that's what she said afterwards. now yes, we all know that there was controversy surrounding imam khalifa and her status as a female boxer, but she was born female. this isn't about someone who transitioned and went into the ring and it's a bloke in a ring. although there are suggestions that there's an xy chromosome here and there's, you know, increased muscle mass, and there are all sorts of reasons why she shouldn't be fighting. and she poses a danger to angelo. angela carini. and so the background to this is that the background to this is that the iba, who are governing boxing , refused the rights of boxing, refused the rights of angela carini. sorry, i mean, de—man khalife and another boxer, chinese boxer called lin

yuting to compete at the world championships last year because they failed the gender tests. and so , again, this is nothing and so, again, this is nothing to do with what we're talking about here. but the iba were told they aren't governing boxing at the olympics because they were just due to government governance issues. they weren't scoring bouts correctly. there were other failures. and so there's nothing to do with what they with this. but they were told they weren't in charge of boxing at the olympics. it fell within the remit of the boxing unit at paris. their rules are much more much less stringent. and so that's why. and eamonn khalife has found her way into into the ring and she could of caused a lot of damage yesterday. >> and she did the iba have said we did a gender test on this person. they have x y chromosomes. you're a male and the olympic association, the international olympic committee, they say well our own criteria for whether we allow a lot pretty much comes down to a passport. if it's a female in your passport. mark adams, the comms chief for the olympics,

said, well, our rules say that if it's a if it's a woman in your passport, you're a woman to us. yeah. >> and it's been a car crash for the ioc. i mean, yesterday, i know people who were inside the arena, and when they cut to the picture of carine in the ring sobbing, they just cut to a picture of the eiffel tower on the on the official olympic feed. it was a very, very desperate situation for them. look, i mean, you could you could make an argument that, you know, she was born female. she has just maybe it's a superpower. maybe it's maybe maybe boxing is about getting hurt. maybe queenie's defence wasn't good. you can make all these kind of arguments, but sooner or later there has to be a decision made because i think somebody's going to get seriously hurt in there. in fact, today, lin yuting is up tomorrow and luca mori steps into the ring with with khalife and pledging. she's going to she's going to beat her, which is quite brave. it's a difficult one though, isn't it? >> because just to play devil's advocate, if this woman is, you know, she, like you say, she may have this could be considered a superpower. yes. and people think it's dangerous for it to be in the ring with women who don't . but then where can she

don't. but then where can she fight? because it's not. it wouldn't be safe for her to fight with the males. >> no. and this is the thing. people are comparing it to caster semenya, the runner who is different. different, though, isn't it? totally different? well, exactly. it's one thing. it's one thing. ben. losing a race to somebody. yes, it's a bit galling. and you think, wow, this isn't really in the spirit of competition, but this is hand to hand combat. yesterday, you know, there was a serious danger and so, yeah, i mean, the effect which is known as, it's a dsd, a difference of sexual development. it's extremely rare. so we could face a situation where, where khalife who hasn't actually done anything wrong, we should say. and by the way, she's lost nine times to women. she is beatable . times to women. she is beatable. okay, so it's a i mean, i think i think the ioc just took a punt and thought, look, nothing's going happen. it'll be all right. and it's come back to bite them. >> it really has. okay. thanks, adam. we've run out of time for sir andy murray, but in the next houn sir andy murray, but in the next hour, hopefully we touch on it. but i'd like to pay a tribute to him, but. yeah, stay with us on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. here's your weather with alex deakin.

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clear by the time we get to around 5 or 6:00, so some clearer, brighter skies developing later on. meanwhile, down the western side of england and wales, a bit grey, a bit cloudy to end the day and there will be a little bit of rain around, but a sunnier picture as we go through this evening. further east. that band of rain, though , does gradually make its though, does gradually make its way south eastwards as we go through this evening, overnight and into the early hours of tomorrow morning. so as we start tomorrow morning. so as we start to wake up tomorrow morning, it is going to be quite cloudy across many parts of england and wales. a bit of rain around, but as a result, temperatures not dropping a huge amount but clearer, fresher air across parts of scotland means it could be a bit of a chilly start here as we go through tomorrow itself. yes, a bit of cloud across england and wales to start off with and there will be some outbreaks of rain, some of the rain could turn heavy, possibly even persistent, especially across southern south eastern parts. as we go through the afternoon across scotland and northern ireland, watch out for some fairly frequent showers, but in between some decent bright, sunny weather around and for many a touch fresher than it has been recently, we're only looking at

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fri day. friday. the 2nd of august, live across the united kingdom . this is united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with ben leo and sophie reaper. >> very good morning to you at home. hope you're doing okay now. three young girls are dead, two discharged from hospital and a further five remain in a stable condition following the mass stabbing in southport on monday. that's as a judge names the teenager charged over the murders as 17 year old axel rudakubana charlie peters has more . southport is in mourning

more. southport is in mourning as more tributes continue to be left behind here in the town centre. >> as the town begins to grieve the appalling incidents this week . week. >> a summer of riots. the prime minister launches a national violent disorder unit to tackle the growing number of protests across the uk. >> this was a meeting to pull together our response response both to the immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far right hatred . right hatred. >> there have been a cover up at the bbc. the broadcaster has been accused of sitting on the conclusions of an internal inquiry into alleged misconduct by former presenter huw edwards, listened to their top boss tim davie . davie. >> another factor at this point was very significant duty of care considerations . i was very significant duty of care considerations. i think it was right for us to say, look, we'll let the police do their business and then and olympics gender row outrage in paris as a boxer who previously failed a

gender eligibility test brutally beat her female opponent in 46 seconds and the sussexes on toun >> harry and meghan are off to colombia after prince harry said it was too dangerous to bring his wife to the uk. cameron walker has more. yeah, a country that has suffered from internal armed conflicts for more than half a century, according to the foreign office. so why is prince harry prepared to take the risk more details shortly . more details shortly. let us know what you think about all of today's stories, gbnews.com/yoursay, and both of us. sophie, we're flagging a little bit. i've had two hours sleep last night. i'll tell you why in just a tick. but then also, you've had a bit of a treacherous couple of weeks. you've been in paris for the olympics. yeah. then you went to southport. are you feeling as knackered as i am, >> yes. i mean, i think i had more sleep last night than you, but probably overall, i'm

flagging a little bit more. but paris was just the most amazing experience of my life. it's been a dream for me to do that for years, so i'm so excited that i finally got to do it. >> but then you had no rest. you went straight to southport to report on the rides. >> yeah, i mean, it's always busy in the north west. i'm sure our viewers will will know that by now, and they just decided not to give me any kind of rest, so it was straight there, but again, very important that we report on all the goings on inside. >> so when you're working just for the benefit of our viewers, when you're working day by day like that, it's long days. you're reporting from from dusk to dawn. how do you find the energy to get on screen and deliver the news like that? >> you know what, i don't know, lots of coffee. i think it just, you know, i don't even drink coffee. i'm not. i'm more of a tea girl. i'm north west. we're tea girl. i'm north west. we're tea drinkers. you. >> you made a tough stuff. >> you made a tough stuff. >> yeah, exactly. but you know, it's just it's so vital that we bnng it's just it's so vital that we bring the news as it happens. and i think that's just what drives me to do that. >> okay. and tatiana is going to do just that. now here's your news headlines. >> ben. sophie, thank you very much. and good morning. these

are the top stories from the gb newsroom. several protests are due to take place over the coming days following the southport stabbings , despite a southport stabbings, despite a warning from the prime minister that he will not allow a breakdown of law and order, at least 15 protests are reported to have been advertised online, announcing a new police unit to tackle violent disorder. sir keir starmer blamed a gang of thugs for a riot in southport, which saw dozens of police officers injured in a clash with a crowd of men outside a mosque. the unrest came a day after three girls were killed in a knife attack in the town . 17 knife attack in the town. 17 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders. more than 100 protesters were arrested when disorder broke out in central london. former scotland yard detective peter bleksley told gb news there are concerns over officer numbers. >> some serving police officers were asking the question last night where are these officers going to come from? because as things stand, there simply aren't enough police officers to attend to the level of calls and

crimes that are already being reported to the police. so perhaps this is yet another good idea. in theory, but perhaps less easy to put into practice . less easy to put into practice. >> meanwhile, police are searching for eight people after objects were hurled outside a hotel housing migrants during a protest in aldershot. hampshire police said a minority of the 200 who protested outside the potters international hotel became involved in the disruption on wednesday evening. the protest follows multiple instances of unrest across the country following the southport stabbings . country following the southport stabbings. in other country following the southport stabbings . in other news, the stabbings. in other news, the bbc was aware former newsreader huw edwards had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children since last november. that's the corporation's director general has said. asked why the corporation chose not to sack edwards after they were told by the police of his unrest, tim davies said police said they needed to do their work. in

total confidence. edwards was arrested in november last year while he was suspended from the bbc after allegations were published in the sun about an unnamed presenter paying a teenager for explicit photos. the 62 year old, who pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children on wednesday, resigned from the broadcaster in april on medical advice. former bbc producer media monitoring david keeley told gb news the bbc needs to have independent input into its decision making process, so these matters do not continue to happen. >> this is something that the bbc should be looking to improve their decision making capacity in, and i think there should be when the next charter comes up. they should also be looking very seriously at independent input into the complaints procedure so that the bbc is properly on its toes, as most public bodies are .

toes, as most public bodies are. >> and in other news, three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil after landing in maryland. evan gershkovich paul whelan and alyssa kumacheva were greeted by us president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. gershkovich was also welcomed by his family, who have waited 491 days for his release. he was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he'd always denied. the white house says the us negotiated the trade with russia, germany and three other countries. it involved 24 prisoners, including 16 moving from russia to the west and eight prisoners held in the west being sent back to russia . and being sent back to russia. and finally in the sport, the prime minister led the tributes to sir andy murray after his tennis career ended in defeat in the quarter finals of the olympic men's doubles. 21 years after his first professional match, his first professional match, his last match ended in a62, six

four loss to americans taylor fritz and tommy paul alongside his doubles partner dan evans. shortly after the defeat, sir andy posted on x, saying never even liked tennis anyway. following the results, the keir starmer took to x as well, saying thanks andy for two decades of phenomenal entertainment and sportsmanship. a true british great. murray bows out from the sport as a double olympic champion , three double olympic champion, three time grand slam winner and former world number one. and he had this message for his followers on x. >> hi everyone, it's andy, i just want to send a quick message to say a huge thank you for all of your support over the years. it's been a bit of a roller coaster at times, but, yeah, the support i've had from from you guys has been extremely special, particularly when i, you know, been competing at, you know, wimbledon and, you know, the olympic games in london. it was incredible. so, yeah , i just was incredible. so, yeah, i just want to say a huge thanks for

sticking with me and getting behind me and. yeah, i'll miss you all, but yeah, thanks for the support. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> well good morning. this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben leo and sophie reaper. but it almost wasn't ben leo and sophie. it was almost a sophie reapen sophie. it was almost a sophie reaper. and tell them why ben, you almost abandoned me. nothing. >> not my fault. first of all. so. okay, first world problems. so. okay, first world problems. so it went to scotland on monday with my family to see. my wife's grandmother took the kids up there. great day or great week? i came home well. tried to come home yesterday, so my flight

from edinburgh airport was at 7 pm, i got to the airport and the airline said , your flight's the airline said, your flight's been pushed back to 11 pm. i said, well, i can't do that because it means getting home at maybe back to london at two in the morning. i'd have no sleep for the show today. so i booked a separate flight with another airline. a few hours later that flight was cancelled and i thought, okay, well, look, i'm going to have to go back to the original booking, leave at 11 pm. and get back in the early hours. fine. let's deal with it. what happens? i'm sitting in the airport terminal until three in the morning, there i am . look, i the morning, there i am. look, i think, besides myself, not knowing to what do and what happens at three in the morning, hours after the flight's meant to leave . they cancel that as to leave. they cancel that as well. so i'm lying on the airport floor for ten hours after my flight is meant to leave. and finally, at six in the morning, i managed to get a flight back to london and i made it here just in time with about maybe 30 minutes to spare. but the thing is, my problem with this is nobody from either airline told me what was going on, why the flights were cancelled, no one on the ground

to say, oh, hello, are you okay? in fact, one of the airlines a budget, one i won't i won't name them at three in the morning, sent me a voucher for food and dnnk sent me a voucher for food and drink of £6. >> so not much that. is it really a what's an airport anyway? >> exactly. what's that. what's that going to buy me? maybe a mars bar or something. but the problem was there's no shops open at that time. so i'm just sat on the airport floor shivering for ten hours. yeah. worried that i'm not going to make the show. i'm going to leave you alone. yeah, >> so first time on britain's newsroom as well? that would have been that would have been a very interesting one that would have left you in it. >> yeah, well, you're good enough to do it by yourself. but anyway, it's i've had a bit of a night. i've had two hours of rubbish sleep on an airport floor. and. >> yeah, but there we are. we're here to do our job now. a here to do ourjob now. a community continues to mourn for the deaths of three young girls who were killed in the frenzied knife attack at a taylor swift themed holiday club in southport. >> the 17 year old accused of murdering them has appeared in court and been named as axel rudakubana, an online fundraising page has been set up for victims called swifties for southport, and they've already

raised nearly £350,000 in the last few days. >> huge amount, isn't it? now let's cross live to southport for more on this and get the latest from our gb news national reporter charlie peters . reporter charlie peters. charlie. of course i've been in southport as well for the past few days and it's been incredibly a heartbroken community, hasn't it? what's it like there today ? like there today? >> sophie. ben. good morning. well, you just mentioned some of the online tributes and people donating to support the town here. but in person there are plenty of tributes as well here in the town centre we have a big collection of flowers , balloons collection of flowers, balloons and notes written by families, children and adults across the community and also from outside . community and also from outside. i've seen some notes left from from preston, from norwich and belfast, families across the country wanting to pay their respects to the community and the three girls killed in that mass stabbing attack on monday, ten others injured seriously in the incident as well. and i want

to try to draw your attention to a couple of the notes down here addressed to bebe and to elsie, one says. taken too soon. we can't come to terms with your loss, knowing you will not walk through these school doors with bethany in a few weeks. written by a local parent and another to bebe bebe king, the six year old killed on monday, watching you dance on stage with my little girl just a few weeks ago doesn't make what has happened make any sense. a town really coming to grips with what's happened here, trying to deal with the incident on monday and demonstrate that community resilience and cohesion . because resilience and cohesion. because of course, while there are those moving emotional tributes, you've seen families with their daughters, their sons, grandparents, as well. there is also a lot of anger, anger that you feel can be justified. three girls shouldn't be killed in a stabbing attack at a yoga dance class for taylor swift in the north—west of england on a monday morning. it just

shouldn't happen. and there are more protests planned for this weekend after some of the disorder we've seen earlier in the week, and i think we will see a protest here over the weekend as well. now, much of the people coming here will almost certainly be not from southport, but there is also angerin southport, but there is also anger in the town. some of those arrested since the disorder on tuesday are from southport, and i think we've heard some people dende i think we've heard some people deride them all as extremists or far right. but a lot of people here are just extremely angry. anger that you can really understand and actually appreciate considering what happened on monday. >> charlie peters on the ground in southport, thank you very much indeed, yeah. look, i'm i'm just about old enough to remember when, james bulger was killed, and i remember the prison van going in and out of court. people throwing rocks at the van, you know, when things like this happen and they touch the soul of a nation and they rock our confidence in public safety, people get angry. it doesn't mean they're necessarily far right. i'm not saying there

wasn't members of the far right at these southport riots, but people are allowed to be angry at what's happening to this country. they're allowed to be angry that a british army soldier was hacked in his uniform by a knifeman a couple of weeks ago. they're allowed to be angry that three little girls were killed in a summer club . were killed in a summer club. you know, parents leave them to enjoy some taylor swift dance classes or, you know, whatever. it was a yoga class , and they it was a yoga class, and they don't come home. people are allowed to be angry. and when for me personally, when sir keir starmer takes to the lectern and addresses the nation and she talks about protecting certain communities but doesn't once mention how he's going to protect children like mine from this happening again, not one mention of it, not one iota. you know , it, it it gets you know, it, it it gets you thinking. it's like what's what's the priority here? is it protecting certain communities and pandering to certain communities, or is it the safety of the british public, the confidence that we can put our kids in nursery classes or summer clubs , or walk the high summer clubs, or walk the high street without feeling like they're going to be slashed by some random person, and it's not

necessarily an ethnic thing about immigrants or small boat arrivals or asylum seekers, because this lad, despite having rwandan parents, was born in cardiff. it's about law and order and public safety and currently lots of brits. millions of us don't feel like we have law and order. we don't feel safe. i'm sick of getting on trains and deciding where i should sit strategically, so i can see everybody walking down the carriage. i don't like sitting with my back to people. simple things like that though. >> we need to make sure that although there is anger and it's rightful, we need to make sure we don't forget about those three little girls. that is what's at the core of this now. an olympic boxing bout has sparked outrage across the world as italy's angela carini was left in tears as she was forced to abandon her fight against the algerian imane khalife just 46 seconds in khalife has previously been barred from women's competitions, as she's only sorry as she not only has high levels of testosterone, but is also understood to have xy male chromosomes. now, a man's

average punch has over 2.6 times the force of one delivered by woman. >> so that begs the question. so knowingly put a woman in the ring with a biological male, is that just legitimising male violence in the name of sport? interesting debate . so to interesting debate. so to discuss this now, we're joined by author and director of sex matters, helen joyce. good morning, helen. thanks for joining us. what's your take on this whole charade? i'll call it a charade because some people are arguing that, you know, you're putting a what appears to be, according to the boxing authorities, testing a biological male in a ring with a woman . woman. >> it's been coming for many years now, it's been really a long time since the ioc and sports generally have protected the women's category. and just to recap, there are major physical differences between men and women. and you can't have safe or fair competition for women unless you exclude all men, just as you can't do under eighteens and allow some over eighteens and allow some over eighteens in or over 40 and allow some under 40s in or do heavyweight like welterweight

boxing and allow some heavyweights in. you've got to protect your category. and the ioc stopped doing that around 2000. and so over time, there have been some instances. in the last olympics there was a weightlifter , laurel hubbard, weightlifter, laurel hubbard, who was male and who made it to the, you know, to tokyo. despite really not being very good for a male. but this time it's come to the logical end point, which is that it's in boxing, which is where male advantage is both the most and it's the most dangerous. so we don't know because the ioc is being very cagey about exactly what the situation is. we're trying to read between the lines, but it's not right to say that this is a person who has high testosterone, some women have elevated testosterone because they have a condition known as polycystic ovarian syndrome, but that doesn't put them into male levels of testosterone, and it doesn't give them male development. if you fail what's called a gender test, but it's properly called a sex test, that means you're not female. so as far as we know, you know the

only conclusion we can come to is that this person is male. and i mean, certainly this person does appear to have gone through male puberty. it's not a question of a woman looking tough or, you know, strong or being very athletic. you know, this is a person who's body looks male. so putting all the pieces together , we're pretty pieces together, we're pretty sure this is a person who has a disorder of sex development, was wrongly classified as female at birth, may genuinely feel that they are female, but they're not. helen, let me just ask you, where would you have athletes like khalife compete then? >> i mean, this obviously isn't her fault. this is if you say this is a condition , perhaps this is a condition, perhaps that she has been born with, where would you have her compete ? where would you have her compete? because it's not just her, is it? there's lin yu ting for taiwan. she's going to compete today. where would you have them go? where is fair to put them? because it would be unsafe for them, wouldn't it, to compete against biological males, because then they wouldn't be as strong as them ? strong as them? >> no, not at all. not necessarily. it depends on the condition, the condition, for example, that caster semenya

has. and we know that from the outcome from the court for arbitration and sport is one called five ard. only male people can have this and you develop fully, you know, you go through full male puberty. you're as strong and as fast as any other male . and what you any other male. and what you need to do is to have a female category and an open category. for most sports, nobody who isn't female can come into the female category. that's the way it always was. and it was very easy to organise. you can tell whether somebody's female by doing a cheek swab once in your life, and then you're registered as female. nothing further. it's not invasive, it's not intrusive. everybody else competes outside the female category. and if you think that that's invasive or intrusive, you should understand how drug testing is done in sport. no noficed testing is done in sport. no noticed drug testing means that somebody watches you. we and they watch the wi coming out by they watch the wi coming out by the way, and you have no choice about that. and if you're dehydrated, they stay with you. they don't let you wash. they don't let you shower. they don't let you change. they stay with you while you drink water until you're able to weigh. and all athletes sign up to that if they want to compete professionally

or at the level of the olympics. so it's not unreasonable to ask someone who wants to compete as a female to prove that they're female. yeah. and what the ioc is going on is passports. but people in this country can change their passports just by getting a doctor's letter. so that's a very stupid criterion to use. >> yeah, indeed. helen, it's insaneifi >> yeah, indeed. helen, it's insane if i move to japan and live there for five years and got a japanese passport. doesn't make me japanese just because i've got a passport. >> well, it might make you japanese. well, it would make you a japanese citizen, but it wouldn't make you ethnically japanese. exactly. but i mean, you know, ethnicity is just a much more minor thing than sex. sex is really basic. we're not able to change sex. sex causes the development of your body right from the beginning. this isn't. i'm not blaming an individual. i'm blaming the rules here. the ioc needs to have rules that allow for safe and fair competition for women. they used to have those rules. they used to have those rules. they got rid of them. and here we are. okay. >> thanks, helen. joyce director of sex matters, thanks for joining us this morning. >> i think sex used to be basic, didn't it? but now, if we're talking about potential, an open category, it's not necessarily that basic anymore. well, the

international olympic committee have released this full statement. all athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the olympic games, paris 2024, comply with the competitions eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations set out by the paris 2024 boxing unit. >> as with previous olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport. so there we go. based on your passport, you're a woman . if it passport, you're a woman. if it says it is in your passport, good stuff. up next, a new law bans marriage behind bars for the worst offenders. is this cruel or a fitting punishment for those with criminals ? should for those with criminals? should lags be able to tie the knot? let me know what you think. gbnews.com forward slash your say you with britain's newsroom on gb news back in a

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hello welcome back. it's 1025. you're with ben and sophie on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. we're also joined by author and commentator, nichi hodgson and businessman and brexiteer ben habib in the studio. good morning to you both. >> good morning. morning. >> good morning. morning. >> nice to meet you both as well. it's my first time on britain's newsroom. so nice to have you both joining us. nice. i feel like i'm playing tennis though. >> like this. yeah >> like this. yeah >> now first story we're going to talk about is this about huw edwards. so i'll come to yourself about this first. what do you make of it? >> i mean, you know, there are a couple of stories here, aren't they? the first is the disgusting acts, which huw edwards was, you know, guilty of. i think nothing could. well, there are worse things in child pornography, but it's right on the extreme of pretty, you know, absolutely eye wateringly horrendous, but i suppose the pubuc horrendous, but i suppose the public interest story here is one of, you know, why did the bbc keep him employed between november when they found out what he was up to, when they were informed by the police that he'd been arrested. and april 20th, 23, 2024, which cost the

bbc, i think a hundred couple of thousand pounds. and, you know, that's effectively our money and the argument they've made, as i understand it, is that they didn't want to prejudice any investigation that the police were conducting. but sacking someone is not linked to any sort of criminal investigation. and the vast majority, if not all. and i would have thought the bbc's employment contracts must include this , you know, must include this, you know, employment contracts include a provision which allows you to sack someone if they bring the employer into disrepute. you know, we've all seen these kind of clauses. >> so he should have gone i think you reckon they should have sacked him but of course kept schtum about the police. >> absolutely. yeah. >> absolutely. yeah. >> nikki, what's your thoughts on it? >> well, the way the justice system works is that, you know, until somebody is convicted of a crime while they're charged, often everything is just paused. i mean, this isn't unusual. this happens to everybody. by the

way, who is who is kind of charged with these offences. so whether they're a teacher or police officer, exactly the same thing happens. if they're kind of a public servant, then they don't lose their pay. they're often suspended, but they're still paid . so this isn't still paid. so this isn't unusualis still paid. so this isn't unusual is what i'm trying to say. but i think i think what is crucial about this story is really what the police actually advised the bbc do , because advised the bbc do, because there's a case for them saying it is in the public interest to know about the story, but it's not in the public interest to know about it yet, because we fear there'll be protests or, you know, a mass uprising . you you know, a mass uprising. you know, as as rightly happens when people are charged with these kinds of offences, we see it happen. time and time in local communities, you know, paedophile hunters and lynch mobs and all the rest of it. and so what they be thinking about been kept employed, though, you know, there's 200,000 of know most people are suspended though. yeah that is the standard procedure without pay. without pay. >> yeah. but he was suspended anyway wasn't he. >> yes. but what i'm trying to

say is that that is the procedure that applies to everyone. it's not just specific to him, but the issue is about how soon the public found out about it and the police argument, i imagine i don't know, is that if we had found out at the time of his being charged, then that would have caused loads of public disorder and actually other people's lives would be at risk if, you know, for example, if they're in a fray, if they're in a protest, i'm guessing that's the police defence for it. >> i think. i think i'm with the police on this. i think if that had come out in the tabloids at that time, i think there would be massive risk of prejudicing any potential trial. i really do. so, absolutely. >> how could you get any jury to sit on that? then everybody would have been exposed. >> i mean, it's actually a court decision whether or not the name comes out once someone's been arrested and charged. that's true. it's not a police decision. that's true. and i still can't see why you couldn't at least save the bbc and all of us £200,000. you know, i can't i can't make any case for him continuing even for the lesser embarrassing. i don't know if it was a crime, but, you know, when

he shared that one photograph, do you remember last year, which was the beginning and the thin end of the wedge of all the news that came out about it, even on that came out about it, even on that alone, i think he was would have been in breach of his employment obligations. >> but actually, ben, just thinking about that, you know, it's about disrepute, bringing the organisation into disrepute. but if nobody knows about it, then the disrepute hasn't. yeah. been affected has it. >> well we did know we knew that he'd had at least this one exchange. yeah. of course where the mother of this child had said please leave my son alone. and he wouldn't leave him alone. and he wouldn't leave him alone. and he wouldn't leave him alone. and he kept coming back. >> but he has said himself that there was no issue. >> well, you know who did know the sun newspaper and the journalists at the sun who had so much stick from, i'm not going to name them, but from all the lefty luvvies online protecting their dinner clique set, saying that , you know, set, saying that, you know, whatever happens behind closed doors is huw edwards private life. the sun knew and they were working tirelessly and carefully to get that story out . you know, to get that story out. you know, going through all the weeds of the legalities around it. and they did an amazing job. and here we are today, huw edwards pleading guilty in court to it. so despite all the lefty

objection from, you know, certain people, you know, who you are. there's it's the sun wot won it there. you go. >> shall we hear what bbc boss tim davie had to say? yes, i think we can. >> when someone is arrested, there's no charges. also, another factor at this point was very significant duty of care considerations. i think it was right for to us say, look, we'll let the police do their business. and then when charges happen, we will act. >> well , ben happen, we will act. >> well, ben habib and nichi hodgson, thank you so much for your time. we're going to go to our headlines now with tatiana . our headlines now with tatiana. >> sophie, thank you . the top >> sophie, thank you. the top stories this hour. anyone planning further violent protests in the wake of the southport stabbings has been told that the authorities will be watching you to prevent the violence from spreading. home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force

of the law. several protests are due to take place over the coming days. at least 15 protests are reported to have been advertised online, announcing a new police unit to tackle violent disorder. the prime minister blamed a gang of thugs for a riot in southport, which saw dozens of police officers injured in a clash with a crowd of men outside a mosque. the unrest came a day after three girls were killed in a knife attack in the town . 17 knife attack in the town. 17 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders. more than 100 protesters were arrested when disorder broke out in central . arrested when disorder broke out in central. london. arrested when disorder broke out in central . london. meanwhile, in central. london. meanwhile, police are searching for eight people after objects were held outside a hotel housing migrants dunng outside a hotel housing migrants during a protest in aldershot. hampshire police said a minority of the 200 who protested outside the potters international hotel became involved in the disruption on wednesday evening. the protest follows multiple instances of unrest across the

country following the southport stabbings . the bbc's director stabbings. the bbc's director general says the broadcaster was aware former newsreader huw edwards had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children since last november. asked why they chose to not sack him after they chose to not sack him after they were told by police of his arrest , tim davie they were told by police of his arrest, tim davie said they were told by police of his arrest , tim davie said the arrest, tim davie said the police said they needed to do their work in total confidence. elle edwards was arrested while he was suspended from the bbc after allegations were published in the sun about an unnamed presenter paying a teenager for explicit photos. the 62 year old, who pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children on wednesday , of children on wednesday, resigned from the broadcaster in april on medical advice and three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil after landing in maryland. more than 20 people have been freed in the biggest prisoner swap between russia and the west since the cold war. evan gershkovich, paul

wieland and aslef chernihiv were greeted by us president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. gershkovich was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he had always denied. the white house says the trade involved 24 prisoners, including 16 moving from russia to the west and eight prisoners held in the west being sent back to russia. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you 131.2734 and >> the pound will buy you $1.2734 and ,1.1768. the price

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>> hello. good morning. welcome back. it's 1038 with ben and sophie reaper. only on britain's newsroom. i'm sorry. i'll start that again. that's what tyrus, tyrus sleep does on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. we've

got some emails so if you've got any you haven't got access to it, have you. no, i've got one. >> there we go. >> there we go. >> i've had nice and organised. >> i've had nice and organised. >> john says come on. she did enjoy a bit of franz ben. i heard she was drinking champagne and having french cheese all day long. >> are you talking about you? >> are you talking about you? >> apparently so. i mean, i didn't have time for champagne and cheese when i was over in paris. i didn't have much champers. >> did you have? come on. how many glasses? >> no champagne. there were a few glasses of bordeaux. i will admit it, but no champagne. i wasn't that blessed. >> what about croissants, panel? chocolate. >> chocolate is more my style. >> chocolate is more my style. >> if i was in paris reporting the olympics as you were, i would have been thinking about ten panel chocolates. i didn't have time. >> honestly. and when we were at that fixed location at the arc de triomphe, like there was just nothing. so there's a lot of hunger going on. yeah, that was it. what have you got? >> you haven't got the sympathy vote for me? no. >> all right. sorry fair enough, fair enough. >> what have we got? we saw terrence. good morning. you say boxing opponents were always checked very carefully. to be fair. and identity and weight and strength as possible. when did this change? well, yeah, it's two different parameters. the international olympic committee judge a person's sex based on their passport. and the

boxing is the iba is the boxing authority apparently did a gender test, but won't really explain what it is. and they apparently reportedly found that that boxer in question had xy chromosomes. >> may or they were disqualified, wasn't it, from the world championships last year? yeah. >> john good morning. i'm sorry to hear this talking about in relation to southport and the poor girls who were killed. you say our son was killed last yean say our son was killed last year, ben. and those parents will never get over it . will never get over it. christmas, birthdays, the day it happens, the lack of support for being a victim of crime was apparent. and i'm sending my love and prayers. i'm not far right . it's because i lost my right. it's because i lost my son. and now we're seeing time and time again people being murdered in this country. yeah, john, sorry to hear about that . john, sorry to hear about that. awful, yeah. i've always at times , like the southport times, like the southport incident, wondered what i'd do if it was my boys that it had happened to, and i can't imagine. >> yeah, i probably, i probably wouldn't fancy sticking around, to be honest , to be honest, >> eileen, you say when britain was a member of the eu, the one thing that really prevented close integration was the british people's sense of

national pride. pride in our country, pride in our culture, it's why the europeans called us little englanders, and another. john, should i read this one out? he's talking about my, my adventure back from scotland to the show this morning with 30 minutes to spare. you say, ben, it would have been quicker if you'd come back by small boat. yeah, maybe . very good. right. yeah, maybe. very good. right. we move on. the duke and duchess of sussex have announced a tour to columbia of all places, at the invitation of vice president francia marquez. this all comes as prince harry said it was, quote, too dangerous, didn't he, sophie, to bring his wife back to the uk? >> well, joining us now is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker. cameron, what is going on? why is it safe enough for them to go to columbia but not them to go to columbia but not the uk? >> very good question. both the us and uk governments advise citizens against all but essential travel to certain parts of columbia. let me just read you a couple of quotes from the foreign office about columbia. they say terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks in colombia. >> kidnapping rates remain high in colombia , illegal armed in colombia, illegal armed groups kidnap hostages, both for

ransom and political purposes, so not a great track record. the prince and not prince. princess. well sorry, the duke and duchess of sussex going, to coincide with an online safety conference and ending violence against children. all very admirable. but just last week on itv, prince harry said he refuses to bnng prince harry said he refuses to bring meghan to the uk because he doesn't feel safe bringing her to the uk because of their downgraded security. now, unfortunately, in 1996 there was a big, massacre of children. 16 children were shot dead in their classroom alongside their teacher. since then, handguns in the uk have been banned . the uk have been banned. colombia has been suffering from internal armed conflict for more than half a century, to according the foreign office. so does prince harry genuinely feel safer in colombia than he does to you? in the uk? i'm assured that he and meghan are going to have a very a full arms, a full protection team with them at all times, alongside the vice president of colombia. and it's an official invitation from a

government . but, you know, a lot government. but, you know, a lot of people are going to be asking questions about prince harry's claims about not feeling safe in the uk after this announcement. >> i mean, it's all well and good having a full security, but if you've got kidnapping and gun crime going on, what much is a bodyguard going to do? i mean, it doesn't sound like my ideal houday it doesn't sound like my ideal holiday destination anyway. >> no, i think the whole point of prince harry and meghan going is for their charity work. that's what they'll say. clearly they have weighed up the risks and they're going to have a security team with them . but security team with them. but also this coincides with a brand new interview that the pair have done. it's the first joint interview since their infamous oprah winfrey interview back in 2021. so it's pretty rare that they'll do a joint interview now. we did have a clip earlier. do we have a clip now? no, we do not. okay fine. well, prince harry and meghan talking about onune harry and meghan talking about online safety, they're really trying to capitalise or tackle the trolls online. both from of course have suffered from trolls . course have suffered from trolls. i would argue that prince harry and meghan's hardcore fans are quite due to troll online

themselves. the sussex squad, themselves. the sussex squad, the sussex squad, as they they are known there is probably a working member of the royal family equivalent online as well, but it's about mental health and suicide of young people causes. they really are passionate about. but again, i think all of that being overshadowed by the security issue in colombia, yeah, it just seems rather hypocritical if i if you don't mind me saying so, because harry, harry and meghan, when they come to the uk, they fly into heathrow, they'll get off at a private terminal a lot off at a private terminal a lot of the time, but be whisked off in a land rover somewhere, you know, to wherever they're staying. >> they'll have security on them and they won't really integrate with the public unless it's you know, like an awards do or so on where you need tickets to get in. it's a strict entry requirement. so i'm just not sure why they, as you said, why they think colombia, of all places, south america is going to be safer than the uk. is it cameron? i suspect that harry is aware that meghan will probably get booed once she returns to the uk. is there any substance in that? that's what a lot of people are saying online. >> we look at the latest yougov poll ratings for harry and

meghan, and meghan is the least popular member of the royal family apart from prince andrew, so that is potentially a factor. prince harry clearly is prepared to take the risk to come to the uk, because i observed him at saint paul's cathedral just a couple of months ago, and he was greeting members of the public who had been out and about, so he himself had to take the risk of downgraded security. but he is not prepared to take the risk with his wife, meghan and his children coming to the uk. i suspect in colombia they are going to have armed protection with them and clearly because it's a government, colombian government sanctioned trip, they are going to have access to the latest intelligence, something which he doesn't have in the united kingdom, but it only takes, as prince harry told itv last night , takes, as prince harry told itv last night, sorry, last week, it only takes one person with an with an axe to grind against the two of them to do something quite catastrophic. >> okay, cameron walker, interesting. maybe, maybe they've got a point. maybe they honestly do feel colombia is safer than the uk at the moment. if you look at the news cycle over the past 4 or 5 weeks, potentially in that small window, who could blame them?

but interesting. we'll see. when's the invictus games 2027? >> invictus games got a yeah. the birmingham one do you mean yeah. >> 2027 2027. yeah okay. >> 2027 2027. yeah okay. >> thank you very much for that cameron. now some good news. great britain's ollie wyn griffith and tom george have won a silver medal in the men's rowing pair at the paris olympics . well done boys. you olympics. well done boys. you know, i'm a bit of an olympics nut , so i know, i'm a bit of an olympics nut, so i already know, i'm a bit of an olympics nut , so i already knew that. nut, so i already knew that. i was very excited. >> yes . very good. apparently >> yes. very good. apparently we're ahead of the us as well. in the gold medal table is that still the case? we were as of last night, but i heard i read online. i'm not sure if it's true, but i read online that the us do their medal tally based on all the medals added together. so they have 1010 gold target, ten silver, ten bronze and also official one is not by gold is by gold. >> so yes . >> so yes. >> so yes. >> so yes. >> so yeah, sneaky sneaky americans. hopefully we're still ahead of them . all right. stay ahead of them. all right. stay with us. plenty more to come on britain's news on gb news. we'll be back in just

tick. >> good morning. it's almost 10 to 11 this morning. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben elliott. and sophie reapen >> very good morning to you. i hope you're doing well today. now a community continues to mourn for the deaths of three young girls who were killed in a frenzied knife attack at a taylor swift themed holiday club in southport . in southport. >> 17 year old accused of murdering them has appeared in court and has been named as axel rudakubana. >> an online fundraising page has been set up for victims called swifties for southport , called swifties for southport, and they've already raised nearly £350,000 in the last few days. whopping figure. good stuff. let's cross live now to southport and get the latest from gb news national reporter charlie peters. charlie what's the scene and the mood like down there this morning ? there this morning? >> well, ben, it's a mood of mourning. you've just mentioned those online tributes, but in person they're happening

throughout the day as well . this throughout the day as well. this scene in the town centre gathering a floral tribute to the victims of monday's mass stabbing attack, also mentioning many of those of the alleged attempted murders as well , with attempted murders as well, with eight children hospitalised after that incident, two adults, leon lucas and john hayes. i just want to draw your attention to what's going on behind me right now where we have the mayor of sefton and the mayor and mayoress of warrington have just arrived to pay their respects at this central tribute to the three girls who so sadly lost their lives in that mass stabbing attack on monday. bebe king elsie stancombe and alice akua. there are large photos of all three girls at the higher level, where those where those mayors are currently stood. but around there are tributes, not just from this local community of southport and in sefton, but across the country. we've seen notes from belfast, from norwich and close by in preston as well

as people pay their respects to the victims of monday's appalling tragedy. but there is also a sense of foreboding here, i feel, because more protests are planned after the rioting that took place on tuesday night, rioting that many in the town say traumatised the community further. after enduring that attack on monday, many of the police officers responding to that incident were then called out to protect a mosque as bncks out to protect a mosque as bricks were thrown in the direction and cars were set ablaze. now yesterday when i was in court, in the crown court, when mrjustice menary lifted the reporting restrictions on the reporting restrictions on the suspects and the alleged murderers , identity, and he was murderers, identity, and he was named as axel rudakubana. he did so in part because he said that a information vacuum was being exploited by extremists. he said that rioting was being caused by nonsense online. but it appears that some more disorder could

occur later, as we are also expecting some more protests this weekend, one potentially here in southport tomorrow. now, of course, that's been met with a firm response from the prime minister, sir keir starmer. a firm response from the prime minister, sir keir starmer . but minister, sir keir starmer. but there is a sense of anger here thatis there is a sense of anger here that is also justified. they're not just far right as some have labelled all of these protests. a lot of people are understandably extremely angry after the killing of three girls and so many injured in those attacks. the mass stabbing attacks. the mass stabbing attack on monday, where one boy has been charged a lot of anger about that sense, has also spread across the country. you saw further action taking place in manchester and in central london and also in hartlepool. people, reacting very angrily to the scene on monday. but but also as our home and security editor mark white has said, that's about many feeling a decline in the social fabric in england, feeling as though their sense of community has been moved along. and in hartlepool

they faced a similar tragedy in october, where a moroccan asylum seeker killed a man in the street. unknown to him, just a local walking through, a lot of the anger still being felt from that incident in october, pushing through into those riots we saw on wednesday night. but here in southport, mourning and grieving for the appalling incidents on monday. but also concern about future protests that could rise from a lot of justifiable anger in this part of the country. >> okay, charlie peters on the scene in southport. thanks very much. okay. plenty more to come in the next hour, including one of us. sophie should have been maybe at the paris olympics competing. can you guess who it is? was it me? was it sophie? what discipline was it? all will be revealed in a short few minutes. and we've got pictures to boot as well, so don't go away. back in just a tick. this is britain's newsroom on gb news, the people's channel. annie has your.

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>>a >> a very good morning to you. it's 11 am. on friday, the 2nd of august, live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with ben leo and sophie reaper. >> very good morning to you. hope you're well. southport stabbings a community continues to mourn for the deaths of three young girls killed in a frenzied knife attack at a taylor swift themed holiday club. that's as a judge names. the teenager charged over the murders as 17 year old axel rudakubana . year old axel rudakubana. >> a summer of riots, the prime minister launches a national

violent disorder unit to tackle the growing number of protests across the uk . across the uk. >> this was a meeting to pull together our response response both to the immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far right hatred and olympics general outrage in paris. >> as a boxer who previously failed a gender eligibility test brutally beats a female opponent in 46 seconds. sports secretary lisa nandy has said it was an incredibly uncomfortable watch and team gb wins silver. >> ollie wynne—griffith and tom george come second in the men's rowing pair as croatia pipped them at the post in paris and they're back again. >> the sussexes, on tour . harry >> the sussexes, on tour. harry and meghan are off to colombia after prince harry said it was too dangerous to bring his wife too dangerous to bring his wife to the uk. cameron walker has more. >> yeah country, which has suffered from internal armed conflicts for more than half a century, according to the

foreign office. so why is prince harry prepared to take the risk? more details shortly . more details shortly. >> well, we would love to hear what you think. you can send your views into us at gbviews@gbnews.uk. slash your say yes, and we're going to reveal in just a second. >> i alluded to it a few minutes ago, which one of us should have probably been at the paris olympics. >> probably is a strong word. we're going to find out in just a minute. >> we have pictures to boot. we're going to tell you all about the discipline and how good either of us was. can you guess which one it was? gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we reveal all, here's your news headunes we reveal all, here's your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> ben. thank you. the top stories this hour. >> ben. thank you. the top stories this hour . anyone stories this hour. anyone planning further violent protests in the wake of the southport stabbings has been told that the authorities will be watching you to prevent the

violence from spreading. home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force of the law. several protests are due to take place over the coming days. at least 15 are reported to have been advertised online, announcing a new police unit to tackle violent disorder, the prime minister blamed a gang of thugs for a riot in southport, which saw dozens of police officers injured in a clash with a crowd of men outside a mosque. the unrest came a day after three girls were killed in a knife attack in the town. 715 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders. more than 100 protesters were arrested when disorder broke out in central london. three us citizens were freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil after landing in maryland today. more than 20 people have been freed in the biggest prisoner swap between russia and the west since the cold war . evan since the cold war. evan gershkovich, paul whelan and al—sous kosmacheva were greeted by us president joe biden and

vice president kamala harris. gershkovich was also welcomed by his family, who have waited 491 days for his release . he was days for his release. he was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he had always denied. the white house says the trade involved 24 prisoners, including 16 moving from russia to the west and eight prisoners held in the west being sent back to russia. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky has £3.5 billion takeover deal for the owner of royal mail has been called in by the uk government under security rules. international distribution services , the parent company of services, the parent company of royal mail, agreed a takeover deal by mr kretinsky group in may. it's understood the cabinet office has now launched a review process into the bid. under the new national security and investment act. the process will assess whether the sale to mr kawczynski, who's already id's largest shareholder, could affect the uk's economic infrastructure or pose a

security risk . serial killer security risk. serial killer levi bellfield has been blocked from having a civil partnership after a new law came into force, stopping the most serious offenders getting married behind bars. bellfield is serving two whole life orders for killing 13 year old milly dowler. marsha mcdonnell and amelie delagrange, as well as the attempted murder of kate sheedy. it's understood he'd recently submitted an application for a civil partnership, which is believed to have been spared the government on to bring in these restrictions . and the prime restrictions. and the prime minister led tributes to sir andy murray after his tennis career ended in defeat in the quarter finals of the olympic men's doubles, 21 years after his first professional match. his last match ended in a straight sets loss to americans taylor fritz and tommy paul. alongside his doubles partner dan evans. shortly after the defeat , sir andy posted on x,

defeat, sir andy posted on x, saying never even liked tennis anyway. sir keir starmer took to x as well , anyway. sir keir starmer took to x as well, saying thanks andy for two decades of phenomenal entertainment and sportsmanship, a true british great. murray bows out from the sport as a double olympic champion, three time grand slam winner and former world number one, while murray thanked his fans for the support they've shown him over the years. >> hi everyone , it's andy, >> hi everyone, it's andy, i just want to send a quick message to say a huge thank you for all of your support over the years. it's been a bit of a roller coaster at times, but, yeah, the support i've had from from you guys has been extremely special, particularly when i, you know, been competing at, you know , wimbledon and, you know, know, wimbledon and, you know, the olympic games in london. it was incredible. so, yeah, i just want to say a huge thanks for sticking with me and getting behind me and, yeah, i'll miss you all, but. yeah, thanks for the support. >> and those are the latest gb

news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> hello and welcome! this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben, leo and sophie reaper. now breaking news. another medal. great britain's jack law and antony harding have won the bronze medal in the men's synchronised three metre springboard diving at the paris olympics. i said they would win a medal. you did? you knew jack law. he's a brilliant diver. i knew he would do well. >> he called it this morning. is this the lad who was he signed up to onlyfans to kind of raise money for his campaign. >> yes, it is a conversation to have about team gb because they just don't get enough sponsorship. so he felt that was the only way that he could raise

enough money to carry on doing what he loved. >> yeah, that's not the story. the fact he signed up to onlyfans. i mean, he has to raise money however he can. the story is why aren't our athletes being funded properly? you're going to the olympics. why they should have when they're winning medals for us. >> yeah, yeah, taking us up the table. >> right. anyway, elsewhere at the olympics, of course, it was my personal heroes, andy murray. he said farewell , after being he said farewell, after being eliminated, i think it was in the quarter finals, wasn't it? of the singles or the doubles, >> dan evans. yes. >> dan evans. yes. >> and that's it. he's finished. his career is over. three grand slams, plenty of atp titles, yeah, a thousand, i think. how many? 1000 masters. maybe 20 or 30. anyway, he's a legend of the game, sir andy murray. this is what he had to say. >> hi, everyone, it's andy, i just want to send a quick message to say a huge thank you for all of your support over the years, it's been a bit of a roller coaster at times, but, yeah, the support i've had from from you guys has been extremely special. i just want to say a huge thanks for sticking with me

and getting behind me and. yeah, i'll miss you all, but yeah, thanks for the support, >> well done andy. good stuff. a true inspiration, especially for those who play tennis. not least, my boys. >> you're devastated. i can tell it. you're very upset about this. >> yeah. you know, for wimbledon, anyway, for a to brit win wimbledon. it was such a hoodoo for years. i remember, you know, we had tim henman and we had martin lee, who was the uk number, british number two around at the time of tim henman. none of them could do it. and then andy comes along and, you know, defies the odds. so. yeah. brilliant sportsman. absolutely. just talking about the olympics, sophie. so i heard apparently, if you weren't gracing us with your brilliant tv reporting and presenting skills that you quite possibly would have been at the paris olympics this summer, what's what's the story to that? >> so i used to be a long jumper. so for the people writing in with all your guesses and watching karate, it was long jump. and i started when i was eight years old and they can see me there. i'm right in the middle with my big long white

socks on. that was our senior team at bolton harriers after we'd just won the season. so which one are you? >> you're to the right of the trophy holder. >> the girl holding the plate. and if you're looking at the screen, i'm to the right of her with big long white socks on and my ponytail there. how old are you? there about 15. 16, i want to say. >> and that's bolton harriers. >> and that's bolton harriers. >> bolton united harriers? yeah. very proud to be a boltonian, and yeah, you know, i worked hard, i did okay. and that was my, my coach alan parkinson. that was mine and his goal was to reach paris, i broke my foot, and i had to give it up because obviously , as a long jumper, you obviously, as a long jumper, you can't take off the board when you've got really weak ankles. so i had to give it up. but. >> so how did you do that? breaking your foot training? >> no. boozy night out. my dad hates me for this. i was on a trampoline, like just a trampoline, like just a trampoline park, and it was the first jump i did, and my ankle just went and broke. >> do you know what they're quite dangerous trampolines, aren't they? they are. that happens more often. >> more? yeah. so? well, it ruined my long jumping career, but it meant i got to, to go and

report on paris olympics instead last week, which was a different kind of dream. so there we are. >> well, between you and me, you know, i'm sure you would have been a great olympian, but i'm happy that you failed. kind of, because you're here with us. so i'm sure the viewers almost suite the viewers. the viewers are pleased as well. right? a bit of a gear change. let's go back to the scenes in southport this week, where sir keir starmer , he has unveiled in starmer, he has unveiled in response a police capability to address violent disorder in england, labelling those responsible for the riots as a, quote , tiny, mindless minority. quote, tiny, mindless minority. take a listen and let me be clear. >> the meeting this afternoon was not about pointing the finger of blame. that is not how this government of service conducts its business, because it doesn't work . rather, this it doesn't work. rather, this was a meeting to pull together our response response both to the immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far right

hatred. >> now , merseyside police have >> now, merseyside police have also said they're aware of onune also said they're aware of online speculation about future protests and have , quote, protests and have, quote, extensive plans and considerable police resources in place to deal with them . deal with them. >> it comes as a judge names the teenager charged in connection with the mass stabbing in southport, as 17 year old axel rudi buchanan. three children were killed during the attack. that says two other girls who were injured have now left hospital. >> well, joining us now is our home and security editor, mark white. mark a story that's got two sides, hasn't it? there's the heartbreak and the upset in southport. but then there's this anger that's driving these protests and these riots. what are the government actually going to be able to do? >> well , react to it going to be able to do? >> well, react to it and try to ensure that the police are properly resourced to deal with it, that doesn't really speak to the wider societal concerns. there is no , indication from there is no, indication from what came out of the news

conference yesterday that the government is focused on that. as such, they certainly haven't said it. it doesn't mean that in the next, 2 or 3 days or weeks ahead that they won't then, start addressing those wider societal concerns. but this news conference we got yesterday was all about the police response to this. the branding of all those involved as being from the far right and an assertion from the prime minister that the they would not tolerate this, that they will go after those responsible and ensure the police are properly resourced and that they are looking to try to disrupt any further protests and those that might be travelling to carry out what the government believes are violent disorder incidents in these communities. >> mark, is there a discussion to be had about alleged two tier policing? because we had riots in hare's hill in leeds not so

long ago, and the clips that i saw online were of police officers running away from violent mobs. we saw people burning down buses and so on, similar scenes in southport, albeit for very different reasons. the police response arguably was very different, wasn't it? >> well, i'm not going to be critical of police for running away from a violent mob because in harehills in leeds , they in harehills in leeds, they don't necessarily have significant public order resources on hand. very quickly to be able to deal with a violent mob . the end of the day, violent mob. the end of the day, they've got to deal with the ground. commander thinks is the best possible way of ensuring they can try and keep order, but not put those officers in real harm's way. so you will see often a tactical retreat effectively until they can get more resources in to try to take control of a situation. so i'm i'm not willing to condemn the

police for doing that. but certainly a lot of the rhetoric after here's harehills. did speak about those community concerns that had to be addressed. but no excuse, of course, for violence as such , course, for violence as such, which is very different to the rhetoric we're getting at the moment, which is no acknowledgement of wider community concerns, but very much doubling down on this is the far right. this is being orchestrated by the far right. these are not legitimate protests in any way , shape or form. >> keir starmer made a comment at the press conference yesterday that people had been travelling from far away. they were going to protest in the community that wasn't theirs. but in actual fact, as far as i've seen, correct me if i'm wrong. the four arrests from southport were all locals. yeah. is there any anything in that? i mean, where did he get that information from that people are travelling to just to cause trouble? yeah. >> you'd have to ask the prime minister. i don't know, but it

is absolutely clear that in those protests are not just far right, but of course, people from the local community that are concerned as well, you will often get in protests like this are, you know, people joining in either because they're concerned or because something's going on in the local community. they want to go along. they want to see what's unfolding. and then, you know, they get caught up in the moment. they get caught up in the violence, not, you know, necessarily setting out to be violent. but these things have a momentum of their own. and i just think it's a bit simplistic at times to just say that it's all far right, because it's clear that there are people from the local community there as well . and those people in the well. and those people in the local community will they'll tell you themselves that they have a lot wider concerns and simply just coming out to cause trouble when we saw when i was

there on the day after the riots, we saw that morning that local members of the local community came together straight away to put those walls back up to, you know, to clear up the rubble. >> that's a completely different almost atmosphere to the one that was at the riot the night before . before. >> yes, as i say, these things can just have a sort of momentum of their own. it doesn't take much . i've seen it, you know, in much. i've seen it, you know, in all kinds of protests that i've covered over the years, you know , covered over the years, you know, from all sides of the political spectrum from, you know , spectrum from, you know, different groups. there will be hotheads among them that are looking to agitate , agitate and looking to agitate, agitate and cause trouble. and that can spark, trouble that people get caught up in, i think, you know, in terms of going forward from a policing point of view, they are saying that they are meeting, they are learning the lessons about their response. and i did

put to members of the national police chiefs council when he came out from the meeting with the prime minister yesterday, luke, was there a two tier policing response, a different response to harehills , in, you response to harehills, in, you know, compared to what had happenedin know, compared to what had happened in other communities, chiefly, of course, london were 111 people were arrested following the disorder. there and they said, no, there are absolutely national guidelines about how you deal with the pubuc about how you deal with the public order situation, but it has to be up to the commanders on the ground to take those decisions with what they see in face at the time. the other issue, just briefly, to touch on, that i think is probably a lesson to be learned for the police going forward is what they do about messages that are out there on social media that are clearly false , narratives are clearly false, narratives that do stir up a great deal of

concern and anger in communities. could the police be quicker and more , proactive in getting that more, proactive in getting that alternative message out to debunk these wrong messages? and they did say they are looking at that. they did say they are looking at that . yeah. that. yeah. >> going forward all the time. when i was a reporter at the sun, you'd go to them with a name and you'd say, they can't say yes or no . it's this person say yes or no. it's this person because they need to protect the integrity of a future trial. but you go to the met press office and you'd say, are we going to be wrong if we say it's this person? and they'd say, you'd be wrong, don't do that. don't do it. so they could they could have just gone on twitter on x, whatever and said this name doing the rounds now, which is, which is firing a lot of people up isn't true. and just quelled it, just quashed it. >> one of the issues is you can very rarely speak to a police press officer these days. the metropolitan police, they have their press office open. you can talk to them. but many regional forces , you have to communicate forces, you have to communicate by email. >> yeah, yeah. and they take days to get back to you. mark white thanks very much. appreciate it. up next, guess which american political heavyweight could be funding

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tick. >> well a very good morning to you. it's 11:23. >> well a very good morning to you. it's11:23. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben leo and sophie reaper. >> good morning to you. we're also joined by author and commentator nichi hodgson and businessman and brexiteer ben habib in the studio. good morning to you both. thank you for returning, let's get stuck into this first story, criticism over serial killer levi bellfield, who's been blocked from having a civil partnership in prison. should lags be able to marry in prison? >> well, what's so interesting about this story is, you know, a typical left argument is that

everybody deserves human rights. and under the echr, there's a right to marriage, right? but i'm more concerned about the fact that there are women out there that want to marry serial killers and the fact we do absolutely nothing about it. i mean, shouldn't a prerequisite be that you at least go to therapy to figure out what your dark desire is actually about? because we punish sadism in this country, but not masochism? i mean, you know, we don't treat masochists because how on earth is it in your self—interest to marry a serial killer? it's a really dark and depraved. >> yeah, it's a very good observation. it's not where my mind was going, but it's a very good observation. >> i mean, i said earlier, didn't i? men are difficult enough to deal with with that manner of serial killer who wants to marry a serial killer? well maybe you know where you where you are with a serial killer. >> maybe that's what some people think. it's all been exposed. >> it's the jeopardy of marrying a serial killer. i think what was your take on this? >> i mean, my take is much more black and white. you know? absolutely couldn't give a damn whether he's allowed to marry or not. this is a man who, in most

in many countries in this world, would have suffered the death penalty for what he did, what he you know, we discussed how child pornography in the last segment i was on, we discussed how child pornography is so awful. well, this is a crime that he committed. that's worse than child pornography. he killed innocent children. this man has no business claiming, discomfort or being denied this, that and the other. he should be banged away and key thrown away. and there should be absolutely zero sympathy given to him. i mean, how can we police our country if we go all weak at the knees when a serial killer gets sympathy? i mean, it's absolutely absurd. >> yeah , surely he forfeited his >> yeah, surely he forfeited his human rights and whatever else he's protected by. the moment he killed milly dowler. you know, so, yeah. sophie, you mentioned something earlier off air about prisoners in the uk being different to the us. what is it ? different to the us. what is it? >> they're allowed time out. it's my understanding in the us that you get conjugal rights, which is, which is being able to go and visit one's partner for some adult time. >> conjugality. >> conjugality. >> yeah. exactly that. that's

much better. crazy. but here in the uk that that right doesn't exist. so my question would be not that that's the only point of marriage, but what's the point? because you're not going to get to spend any time with them realistically anyway. >> no, i think it's like, you know, assets are frozen. so it's not like you can inherit any cash they've got stored away. thatis cash they've got stored away. that is the first. >> it's a transactional relationship . relationship. >> exactly, >> exactly, >> ben habib, let's move on. i'm sure you've got something to say about this. this conjecture that the protests and the outpouring of frustration and anger in southport after the horrific incident, there was somehow the far right. it's all the far right to target them. we need to be on their backs. what's going on there? >> i was absolutely gobsmacked to hear the prime minister of the united kingdom label those protesters as far right. of course, people shouldn't break the law. they shouldn't protest in the way that these people were protesting, attacking police cars and so on. but to label, first of all, to say that he wasn't going to point the finger of blame and then say, these are far right protesters, absolutely undermines his position as a prime minister.

he's failing to recognise that social cohesion in this country is being ripped apart, and it's being ripped apart because we've had vast numbers of immigrants coming to this country from abroad. and what we've done when they've come here is make no attempt for social cohesion, no attempt for social cohesion, no attempt to integrate, no attempt to bring different cultures together into some kind of melting pot where they can all emerge together in, in harmony. what we've done instead is multiculturalism, which is the promotion and celebration of different cultures. and in effect, what that results in is cultures operating in silos with no integration. and you get the kind of schisms that we're now seeing in the united kingdom, by the way, the scenes we're now seeing in the uk have been playing out in france , a few playing out in france, a few years ago. and when they were playing out in france , i was i playing out in france, i was i wasn't the only one saying it, but many people of my disposition, political and ideological disposition were saying, look at france, this is

not where we want to go. unbridled immigration coupled with multiculturalism , the with multiculturalism, the protected characteristics that are afforded to ethnic minorities, religious minorities and sexual preferences, etc, etc. that all leads to a breakdown in society and what keir starmer should have been getting up and talking about was how he was going to bring society back together, how he was going to generate social cohesion, to not target one group of people who obviously feel very strongly and understandably so. i'm not condoning their violence, but understandably so. about three tiny girls getting killed. >> yeah, nicky, it seems like the some some, you know, old engush the some some, you know, old english thugs lobbing rocks at police is now a bigger issue than the fact that three young girls were killed in a summer camp. and by the way, sir keir starmer, happily enough to take the knee for black lives matter when they were burning american cities down and taking a picture of his knee, taking with angela rayner and spreading it all over social media like some massive

virtue. but when it comes to riots, here of equal outrage at something that's happened, no, it's the fault of the quote unquote far right. just blanket everyone with the same tarnish. >> well, the problem here is that he's just labelling and marginalising a group of people without talking to them about what their actual concerns are. you don't just write off people that are causing trouble in your society and label them as kind of criminal, and then do something about that. what you have to do is engage with them. you know exactly what you were saying, ben, about engaging with, you know, certain ethnic minority communities that are quite closed. you need to understand what they actually are saying . and do you know are saying. and do you know that? i mean, i think a bigger problem here is has been the fact that there was a lot of disinformation spread on certain social media platforms, and that fed into anger. but so, you know, we in the media have got a responsibility to kind of fact check for people. but he can't just write off a group of british citizens because he doesn't like how they're behaving. >> and i find it extraordinary that he chose to go and lay a

wreath at this, you know, in in southport and when the crowd had dressed him in public, he literally turned his back on the people who were many of whom were in tears. yeah. >> a lot of people were angry, weren't they, because he was there at the site for less than two minutes. yeah, i understand security issues. >> oh no, it's a photo op. yeah, it was a photo op. >> you know, he should have been talking to people there asking him, why are you here? what is bothering you? >> yeah, i don't go, but if you do go, then have the bravery, courage and wherewithal to engage with the people who are feeling upset. you're the prime minister. lead from the front. one of the things i think we're really lacking in this country is leadership. and keir starmer ain't going to give it to us. >> it's not a good start. >> it's not a good start. >> it is not a good start. >> it is not a good start. >> no. when you when you bear in mind all the economic factors coming into play, potential tax rises in october, capital gains tax going up. and also i'm not sure if you saw this ben, there was some story doing the rounds in local papers in birmingham yesterday that apparently some labour councillors, at least up

there, are backing changes to council tax whereby you're charged. i think something like half a percent of the value of half a percent of the value of half a percent on the value of your property. it's unbelievable which would which would bump up council tax for, say, on a home worth 1.2 million to £700 a month. >> a two bedroom house in. yeah, a two bedroom house in london would be £700 completely unaffordable for most people. >> so if you're trying to sort out the economic crisis, that's not really the way to do it. >> very different issue to southport, of course, but it's just these signs of his early premiership, you know, is, is this he would argue that the social problems that he's inherited came from the tories, of course. yeah. but for how long can he keep saying that? how long can they keep turning up and saying, oh, look, the tories are left a mess. we didn't know it was this bad. >> the point is the tories and the labour party are the same. they're practising the same policies. by and large the labour party is just more extreme. >> well, nichi hodgson ben habib, thank you so much for joining us this morning. time now for your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> sophie. thank you. the top stories. anyone planning further

violent protests in the wake of the southport stabbings has been told that the authorities will be watching you to prevent the violence from spreading. home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force of the law. several protests are due to take place over the coming days. at least 15 are reported to have been advertised online, announcing a new police unit to tackle violent disorder, the prime minister blamed a gang of thugs for a riot in southport, which saw dozens of police officers injured in a clash with a crowd of men outside a mosque. the unrest came a day after three girls were killed in a knife attack in the town. 17 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders. more than 100 protesters were arrested when disorder broke out in central london. the bbc's director general says the broadcaster was aware former newsreader huw edwards had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children since last november. asked why

they chose not to sack him after they chose not to sack him after they were told by police of his arrest, tim davie said the police said they needed to do their work in total confidence. elle edwards was arrested while he was suspended from the bbc after allegations were published in the sun about an unnamed presenter paying a teenager for explicit photos. the 62 year old pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children on wednesday. he resigned from the broadcaster in april on medical advice . three april on medical advice. three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil after landing in maryland. more than 20 people have been freed in the biggest prisoner swap between russia and the west since the cold war, evan gershkovich, paul whelan and al—suqami shiva were greeted by us president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. gershkovich was detained since last march on charges of espionage, which he had always denied. the white house says the trade involved 24 prisoners,

including 16 moving from russia to the west and eight moving from the west back to russia . from the west back to russia. and the prime minister led the tributes to sir andy murray after his tennis career ended in defeat in the quarter finals of the olympic men's doubles. 21 years after his first professional match, his last match ended in a straight sets loss to americans taylor fritz and tommy paul, alongside his doubles partner dan evans, and shortly after the defeat, sir andy posted on x, saying never even liked tennis anyway. sir keir starmer took to x as well, saying thanks andy for two decades of phenomenal entertainment and sportsmanship. a true british great. murray bows out from the sport as a double olympic champion, three time grand slam winner and former world number one. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign

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amazing work. it's been a great show so far. i think we've had one medal of every colour. >> i think you're the good luck charm. we need you on every day throughout the olympics. and the more medals, top of the table. >> yeah, let's hope so. well, let's hope for our next guest. we've got some medals for you guys as well. >> really hope we get a gold medal because if we do currently we're sixth in the medal table. one more gold and we leapfrog two countries up to fourth, just behind the states china and france. >> not bad for a little island, is it? >> make that sound like it's another sport we're competing in leapfrogging. you just said leapfrogging, tom. >> you had an interesting idea just then. off air, you said the us should compete as 50 independent 50 states. >> yeah, well, it's what originally i mean before before the constitution was ratified in, in 1787, the original sort of configuration was the articles of confederation, whereby the 13 colonies acted much more independently as 13 independent states and the continental congress had no direct power over them. it could just recommend them, i suppose they still do now. >> i mean, the politics, you

know, the laws, the culture, even the weather, you know. >> do you know what? in some ways, the european union is more unitary than the united states because individual states in the, in the us can choose whether or not to have the death penalty, whereas in the european union they can't. there are certain issues whereby that anyway, we're not talking about anyway, we're not talking about any of that. no, no. >> aside from the olympics, what are you going to have on your programme today? >> well, my goodness me, the aftermath of keir starmer's extraordinary statement yesterday, i think has, potentially been very, very misjudged. and i, i worry actually for this evening in, in the united kingdom friday night, we know that people might not have work tomorrow morning. will they feel more or less emboldened to go out onto the streets in some of these hot spots across the country? did keir starmer's words yesterday do anything to simmer these tensions? >> maybe the rain will make a difference if it pours down, people are less likely to go out and riot, but, well, certainly in the north west. >> i think i can speak from experience. there probably will be rain. well, fortunately

actually in this case, i think there is definitely a sense that keir starmer has sort of misjudged the mood of the country. >> and so we'll be looking at some of the reactions, to that speech and all the issues obviously surrounding sort of concerns about two tier policing. the announcement of this new, violent disorder unit just wasn't announced in in response to the leeds riots . response to the leeds riots. >> why has why has labour and sir keir starmer always got some fancy unit for something that's called border security command or they love setting up a new entity, don't they . do you know, entity, don't they. do you know, tom, if this is an existing unit that's going to be rebranded? i mean like the they're not hiring basically it's individual forces working, sharing data , working working, sharing data, working as sort of one national unit in the way that coordination. >> because obviously in some parts of the country, they have many fewer resources, other parts of the country, they have more resources. it's about getting people to the right places at the right. >> keir starmer has said, is that they expect these people to be sort of like moving from area to area. they're going to focus on the trains trying to stop

people from being able to, to, to use the trains in order to go and riot or protest in other areas. and he's been very clear that he wants rather than introducing new legislation to use the legislation that we've already that already exists, but just to coordinate more between and across southend tonight, there is a dispersal order in place. >> there are some areas where they think there might be trouble, where they're trying to sort of pre—emptively, stop things from kicking off. but i wonder , would it not have wonder, would it not have perhaps helped more if in that speech of course, condemning all of the thuggery and the football hooliganism and the one particularly nasty person who made a nazi salute in front of the church, winston churchill , the church, winston churchill, winston churchill's statue. i mean, of course, condemning all of that, but would it not have also helped to say, i understand why people are upset. i understand why people are angry and amidst all of the wrong'uns who've been out there on the streets, there are clearly some people who are very worried about the state of children in this country and the safety of

this country and the safety of this country and the safety of this country , but this isn't the this country, but this isn't the way to do it. >> well, something like a sense that he's sort of like shifted the narrative onto the issue of these riots rather than focusing on the legitimate anger and grievance that many feel over the murder of these three children. >> okay, sounds like it's going to be jam packed, but yeah, they never seem to do it. they never ask why brexit happened properly. they never ask why trump was elected. they never asked why. there's a feeling of, you know, unfairness and disillusionment among the working class in britain. they're never bothered. they just say, oh, it's the far right or they're thugs or, you know, they're thick. they don't understand. but there we go. looking forward to it midday. tom and emma, thank you very much. >> well, up next, harry and meghan are going to columbia. this is britain's newsroom

gb news. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. and guess what? harry and meghan are back. they're going to, of all places , going to, of all places, columbia gb news royal correspondent cameron walker has more. cameron i thought they

were too scared to come to britain because it was unsafe, yet they're happy to go to columbia. why? >> correct. well, the official invitation by the colombian government is for online safety and ending violence against children. but speaking of safety, the uk us government both advise citizens against travelling to certain parts of the country. granted, harry and meghan aren't going to those certain parts, but the foreign office does warn uk citizens that terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks. kidnapping rates remain high and illegal armed groups kidnap hostages and prince harry, as you pointed out, said that he's not going to bring meghan or his children to the uk because of his downgraded security. until that's sorted out . but it that's sorted out. but it appears prince harry is prepared to take the risk for these charitable causes with meghan markle. but i think a lot of people are asking the question, you know, there is quite a lot of danger, perhaps in colombia now. i do understand that both of them are getting full security at all times while they're in colombia. of course, it's an official invitation by the government, so they will also be providing that level of security as well. but it's all

coinciding with harry, meghan's first interview together. television interview since that infamous oprah interview in 2021. it's on cbs. let's take a look . look. >> kids are young. they're three and five, and they're amazing. but all you want to do as parents is protect them. and so as we can see what's happening in the online space, we know that there's a lot of work to be done there , and we're just happy done there, and we're just happy to be able to be a part of, well, you for hope good when your children ask for help. >> someone you know is there to give it. you know not to. >> if you know how to help. >> if you know how to help. >> well thank you. >> well thank you. >> at this point, we've got to the stage where almost every parent needs to be a first responder, and even the best first responders in the world wouldn't be able to tell the signs of possible suicide. that is the terrifying piece of this . is the terrifying piece of this. >> yeah. prince harry and meghan, they're talking about the support of parents, of supporting parents of children affected by online harm. of course, quite an important topic, but it's a huge contrast, isn't it ? between oprah

isn't it? between oprah complaining about their lives as members of the royal family to now trying to perhaps champion a cause.i now trying to perhaps champion a cause. i see a real switch with harry and meghan. maybe they've seen the opinion polls on both sides of the atlantic. they're not very popular, are they? people don't like it when they complain about being working members of the royal family, talking about privilege and all the rest of it. so are they now trying to perhaps act as working royals now, outside of the folds, by talking about quite an important topic, but will it will the british public or the american public swallow it ? american public swallow it? >> i mean, look, one part of me thinks is, yeah, it's a good cause. you need to educate kids about online harms and so on. but also for three and five year olds, the age of harry, meghan's children, they shouldn't be onune children, they shouldn't be online anyway. i mean, what are these parents doing? i'm not saying they do, but what are these parents of three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten year olds giving laptops and ipads to kids anyway? they shouldn't be on the internet. >> yeah, i suspect meghan. meghan is talking about her children in terms of what they could face in the future. harry. meghan, just about six nine months ago, spoke to lots of bereaved parents whose children had unfortunately taken their own lives because of the online

harms they suffered with cyberbullying and the rest of it. so it is a cause they really, really care about. but it is a kind of growing issue, isn't it? but are harry and meghan the best people to talk about this? i perhaps as working members of royal family, they would highlight it, but those two now are not working members of the royal family. they want private lives. they're almost celebrities, aren't they? so are people going to listen to them? we'll have to wait and see. yeah >> rl correspondent karen walker, thank you so much for joining us. up next. it's almost midday and an acceptable time to have a beer perhaps very fitting as it's international beer day. you're with us here on britain's newsroom on gb news

well, you're joining us once again on britain's newsroom. and for those watching on tv, you may have noticed that ben and i have now got pints in front of us. very exciting. well that is because people across the world

today are celebrating possibly the greatest beverage of all time. i think i would dispute that, but yes, a pint. it's international beer day today, so shall we say cheers to that? cheers. >> apparently this is some sort of european lager. i don't know what, but . it feels a bit what, but. it feels a bit degenerate drinking before midday. but as they all say, it's certainly drinking beer before day. >> but there we go. >> but there we go. >> but there we go. >> but i've not had breakfast enhen >> but i've not had breakfast either, so i reckon after half of this i might be staggering out the studio. anyway, let's get the expertise of the man who knows best about all things pubs and beer and boozers. adam brooks , who is speaking to us brooks, who is speaking to us from his very own pub. adam, what's it called? is it the three colts? >> it's the three colts in buckhurst hill , essex. yeah. buckhurst hill, essex. yeah. >> so international beer day, are you expecting plenty of punters at the bar to celebrate today ? today? >> i've got a cup of tea . i'm >> i've got a cup of tea. i'm teetotal, by the way, but look, international beer day, i mean a whatsapp group with about 50, publicans. i've got a lot of publicans. i've got a lot of publican friends. it's not

something that any of us really know about, if i'm honest. so, i think this is more an american thing that has spread around the world, but look, our champion, it it's my living , obviously, it it's my living, obviously, i sell more beer in the pub than anything else, so, you know, if it brings a couple of extra customers, i doubt it. but if it does , fantastic. today, let's does, fantastic. today, let's remember as well that beer. i think it's the third most consumed drink in the world after water and tea. so it's a very popular, yeah. you know, again, i don't think any of my customers will know it's international beer day as until you call me, i didn't. >> well , look, it gives you call me, i didn't. >> well, look, it gives us an excuse. adam on it is britain's newsroom to have a sip of a pint. i'm not a massive drinker enhen pint. i'm not a massive drinker either. i'm not teetotal. i have a sip. maybe at dinner, or if i'm going to go on a night out, i'm going to go on a night out, i will drink properly. but i'm. i will drink properly. but i'm. i don't know. do you think i'm a bit effeminate because i prefer, like, a gnt as opposed to a lager? >> you say a gnt, but you told me earlier actually that it's a

pink gin with lemonade. so a proper gin drinker like me would disagree with with that as an idea , you'd probably call me a idea, you'd probably call me a southern fairy, wouldn't you? >> as a northerner? >> as a northerner? >> something along those lines? yeah, probably. now, adam, i'm more of a wine girl myself. love a wine. but recently i've been getting a bit more into beer. i don't consider myself an expert . don't consider myself an expert. and there's some beers that i just absolutely can't stand. guinness, for example, i'm not a guinness, for example, i'm not a guinness girl at all, but there are some that i like. do you? do you ever see people kind of transitioning from drink to dnnk transitioning from drink to drink at the pub? >> yeah, a lot of the time, you see, you know, some of the customers that are here all day, you see them drink a variety of dnnks. you see them drink a variety of drinks . but look, i am teetotal, drinks. but look, i am teetotal, but for the last five years i've drunk, zero alcohol beer or low alcohol beer, and there's some great ones on the market, you know, and sometimes i feel like if i'm with a group of friends or customers, i feel like i'm. i'm mixing in. i'm. i'm not drinking coca—cola or water, like, feel like a kid . so, the like, feel like a kid. so, the non—alcoholic beer market is

huge now, so there's a lot of customers there, but while i'm here as well, it's international beer day. i've got a sort of highlight how, the british consumer is being ripped off with beer tax, and consecutive governments have done this and hopefully keir starmer might do something. you know, a third of a pint of beer is tax. so you know, this is, this is madness, what how much tax we do pay in this country. and then we're taxed on the things that we enjoy as well. yeah. keir starmer , you know, listen, let's starmer, you know, listen, let's forget about the far right today. let's beer tax and get that down. >> well they'd probably call drinking beer far right adam. but you never know. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. and we'll see you soon. thanks, adam. right. that's it from britain's newsroom from sophie and i today. have you had fun? yeah, absolutely. you will be after you, son. >> yeah, exactly. so cheers to us and cheers to good afternoon britain, which is coming up next with tom and emma. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of

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>> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on friday the 2nd of august. i'm tom harwood and i'm emma webb. starmer lays down the law at a last minute press conference yesterday. the prime minister talks tough on protests, calling those who took to the streets in the wake of southport stabbings football hooligans. but is he blind to legitimate anger in this country? >> when is a royal tour not a royal tour? ex—senior royals harry and meghan have announced a four day tour of colombia later this summer. an interesting move in their latest bid for privacy . bid for privacy. >> and surprise bookies

favourite robert jenrick is to launch his leadership campaign this afternoon live from his newark constituency . the former newark constituency. the former immigration minister and immigration minister and immigration hardliner is seen as a dark horse in the to race replace rishi sunak . replace rishi sunak. now it's clear that the protests that have been taking place across the country in the last few days, the last few nights, have , caused a big response from have, caused a big response from number 10. but the question we're asking today was , did it we're asking today was, did it strike the right tone? >> yeah, i think many people will be feeling that. it's sort of overlooking the very legitimate anger that many people feel. they don't want to be called , you know, disparaged be called, you know, disparaged in some way or associated with the far right just because they're feeling angry about the

murder of three children. and