his leadership campaign 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 i think it might be number 10, or particularly keir starmer marie antoinette moment. you're telling the people to eat cake whilst holed up in versailles. i think the reaction to his going and laying flowers and not responding to those who heckled him hasn't gone down particularly well across the country. >> it's a big question. should he have? yes, of course condemned the violence and the and the and the lawlessness that there was . but of course, not there was. but of course, not everyone out there was being violent. and there'll be many others thinking , i'm quite angry others thinking, i'm quite angry at the state of the country, at the state of sort of lawlessness, the state of sort of lawlessness, the number of stabbings we've seen, the number of attacks that we've seen. should he have spoken to those people too? >> and i think some people will be asking, you know, why ? why be asking, you know, why? why this response now? it's very, very robust response. but why? i know, of course, we've only had the labour government for a short period of time, but why did they not respond more robustly to the bus being set on

fire in leeds, for example, so we'll be asking all of those questions a little bit later in the show. >> absolutely. but do get involved. post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. that's all to come after your headunes that's all to come after your headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> emma and tom. 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 further. home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force of the law. several protesters are due to take place. 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. 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 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 . three us citizens stabbings. three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil. 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 alsu kumacheva 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 . in other news, czech to russia. in other news, czech billionaire daniel kretinsky is £55 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 is understood the cabinet office has now launched a review process into that bid. under the national security and investment act. the process will assess whether the sale to mr kretinsky, who's already ids's largest shareholder, could affect the uk's economic infrastructure or pose a security risk . the prime security risk. 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 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, saying never even liked tennis anyway. sir keir starmer also posted on x 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 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've, you know, been competing at, you 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. >> now, the government minister in charge of sport says she'll be speaking with sporting bodies about inclusion, fairness and safety after what she described as an incredibly uncomfortable watch. when asked about the olympic boxing gender role, italian fighter angela carini abandoned her bout against algeria's imam khalife after 46 seconds, saying she'd never felt a punch like this. khalife is one of two fighters present at this year's games, having been disqualified from the world championships last year by the international boxing association for failing to meet gender eligibility criteria. but miss nandy said the biological facts are far more complicated than is

being presented on social media. and as you've been hearing, great britain's emily craig and imogen grant have won the gold medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the paris olympics. more on that shortly. 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 the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's eight minutes past midday now. sir keir starmer has announced a series of measures designed to help police combat the violent unrest that's spreading across the country following that murder of three girls in southport earlier this week. >> the measures include the creation of a new violent disorder unit that will see

greater intelligence sharing between police forces and the wider deployment of special recognition technology. >> well, this all comes as the prime minister also warned that so—called far right thugs are planning a summer of riots and promised that they would face the full force of the law. >> well, now we are joined by gb news home and security editor mark white >> mark, good afternoon . >> mark, good afternoon. >> mark, good afternoon. >> now dodi don't speak. >> now dodi don't speak. >> i could just start if you want . want. >> listen, it's clear that the government wants to try to get ahead of this, to try to prevent more in the way of violent disorder occurring in the days and weeks ahead. it's good that last night we didn't see protests or disorder in any communities across the country. however, we've got the weekend coming . there are a number of coming. there are a number of protests in various areas that are being advertised . so, you

are being advertised. so, you know, there's clearly concern about the potential for those to become violent. >> and what about this section 20 order? they did they do a section 20 after the leeds riots . section 20 after the leeds riots. or is this something that is, you know, quite newly being appued you know, quite newly being applied to these protests in particular? >> you're talking about banning people from travelling, sort of dispersed. >> i think a section 20 is a sort of dispersal order, isn't it, that you can't sort of go and protest in a particular area. >> okay. or the section 60, which prevents . yes. yeah. which prevents. yes. yeah. prevents a sort of a protest from taking place in an area from taking place in an area from people from congregating that the police can come in and use stop and search powers without actually having to give a reason . so, i mean, in terms a reason. so, i mean, in terms of that, i'm not sure if there was a section 60 or not in harehills, but clearly going

forward, i think a lot of the what has been announced by the prime minister and association with the national police chiefs council is more powers for the police to more proactively look at those that might be travelling to cause trouble, to try to stop them doing that, to try to stop them doing that, to try and share more effectively the intelligence between different forces and to put up this, anti—violence unit. i mean, i'm not sure exactly what is going to be new in this, because as far as i'm aware, police forces have shared intelligence between forces very effectively for lots of years. they have a system in place called mutual aid again, which works very effectively where one force can send resources and reinforcements to another force, very rapidly if they so require. so i'm not exactly sure what

this new unit is going to bring to the party, if you like. >> well, mark white, thank you very much for bringing us that latest information. let's get more reaction now from the former head of the national counter terrorism security office, chris phillips. chris, this is being treated clearly very seriously by the government. what sort of threat is there from groups that don't seem to actually be particularly organised? >> yeah, and i think that's the key for the government. the government want to talk tough on preventing these things from happening, really by dissuading people from doing it. but as we know, the country at the moment is a bit of a tinderbox. they see they see policing's, of incidents different from one community to the next. and people are annoyed about that. and, i think they're very concerned about a summer of rioting. i mean, i've been through a number of summers where i've had to don the helmet and deal with that kind of stuff, and it's awful . and

stuff, and it's awful. and cities are really impacted by that. cities are really impacted by that . but the new measures that. but the new measures i think mark mentioned, they're the new measures aren't really anything new. it's just, just reiterating what's already there . reiterating what's already there. >> interesting was was yesterday's press conference pretty impromptu press conference was that more of a bit of theatre? than an actual sort of policy ? sort of policy? >> yeah, very much so. because all the things that he's mentioned really are already in place. the unit that he's talking about is actually the football unit that will just obviously be brought back when there's no football on, on the television. so, you know, clubs aren't playing football at the moment so that that can be, instigated very quickly , but we instigated very quickly, but we haven't got the same numbers of police officers that we had in 2011 with the training that are willing to, to get involved in this. so they know the country's in a bit of a tinderbox . people in a bit of a tinderbox. people aren't happy and they're trying to jump on it very quickly. and to jump on it very quickly. and to be honest, the best way to do thatis to be honest, the best way to do that is to get some real quick

convictions of people that are and have been rioting . and have been rioting. >> chris, you mentioned the theatre of this , but what what theatre of this, but what what are the optics of such a heavy police presence and those images that people have been seeing onune that people have been seeing online when they've seen such a light handed approach to other instances of violent disorder, does that send the message that the government intends it to send to to, those who might be feeling quite angry about the murder of those three girls? >> yeah, i think the thing is, the thing that actually annoys me is this term hard, right? because i think there's more than just a hard right. in fact, many people across the country are very, very angry about this and what's been going on. policing has to deal with what's in front of it. i think the leeds incident, the police just were not prepared for that. they didn't have the resources to deal with it, so they didn't deal with it, so they didn't deal with it well, you know, as well as they could in the circumstances . whereas when an circumstances. whereas when an eventis circumstances. whereas when an event is organised, such as we saw in london, then there were plenty of tsg officers there and

they were able to deal with it effectively. i think what we'd all like to see is that effective use of policing resources at all these events, whoever's rioting or demonstrating it, is interesting because yesterday at the press conference, the prime minister was asked in one of these questions about this perception of two tier policing, about this perception that the, you know, 111 arrests that took place on wednesday evening stands in marked contrast to the very few arrests that we see or that we saw during the black lives matter protests. >> for example, or the arrests that we saw during pro—palestine marches, for example, when people projected from the river to the sea across parliament, there weren't they weren't arrested at the scene. and yet 111 arrests this week on this demonstration , the prime demonstration, the prime minister just seemed to say, oh , minister just seemed to say, oh, well, i don't think i've seen much of a difference in policing in numbers of arrests. is that credible? yeah, there's a perception there. >> and, you know, perception is

reality, to some extent, what i would say is that, you know, there is a difference between a demonstration, where people are generally peaceful and there's1 or 2 or, you know, many maybe more, not committing violence, but but shouting things as against people throwing bricks, etc. and, and what we get is, you know, what we do need is people from being prevented from doing this and what we saw in london was robust policing. it was that's the sort of policing i would expect of all demonstrations . but of course, demonstrations. but of course, when they're spontaneous, then you've got to get the officers there kitted up, ready to, to deal with them very quickly. >> and what about the, the organisation? of, of these protests because the prime minister said that it was obvious to him that there was a sort of coordination, behind the sort of coordination, behind the sort of, violent, elements of this protest. what did he mean by that? >> well , listen, by that? >> well, listen, this is a by that? >> well , listen, this is a big >> well, listen, this is a big game changer. now, we're in a different situation and than we were in, you know, ten, 15 years ago, people talk on social media

very quickly and they can get a group together very quickly. and the police have to react to that group , you know, we saw this group, you know, we saw this actually with the arab spring. not none of that would have been possible without the use of social media. and, of course, and people that want to set up demonstrations and want to commit violence. and there are any number of those in the uk and across europe. this is not just a uk thing. they can they can create a group very quickly and the police have to respond quickly as well . quickly as well. >> well, chris phillips, former head of the national counter terrorism security office, really appreciate your your expertise and your time with us on this topic. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. of course, this follows the tragic killings of six year old b.b. follows the tragic killings of six year old bb. king, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and nine year old alice aguer. they were attacked by a knifeman on monday at a taylor swift dance themed class in southport. >> well, yesterday , the teenager >> well, yesterday, the teenager charged with their murders was named as 17 year old axel rudakubana as he appeared at liverpool crown court. so let's

head to southport now and get the very latest from gb news national reporter charlie peters. because charlie, we can't forget the three little girls at the centre of all of this . this. >> that's right tom, three girls killed on monday, but also several more injured. and that appalling mass stabbing attack on monday in southport has been a town filled with emotions since then and no less so than today, where all of this morning and into the afternoon, we've seen tributes being laid here in the town centre. and just as you've come to me, family members of alice aguilar have arrived at the scene carrying balloons with the number nine. her age. alice akua, killed on monday in that appalling incident where people have been laying tributes here throughout the day. to all of the children involved in that appalling incident on monday. as you said,

a 17 year old charged yesterday at liverpool crown court with three murders, ten attempted murders and possession of a blade. but here today and in southport there has been a mood of resilience, of cohesion about the community here coming together and showing that there is great unity here in this town in merseyside and that people want to show their respects to the victims, but also demonstrate the enormous strength of feeling that is shared among all the people here. of course, as we've mentioned, there is anger, there is serious anger, as you would expect after such a shocking tragedy to occur, especially to young girls. but on account of all that anger, there is also concern that further disorder and unrest may come back to southport. the families of the victims have regularly said they don't want violence to occur. they urged people not to riot on tuesday and we also heard in the

last few hours from the assistant chief constable of merseyside police, jenny simms, saying that the disorder on tuesday was a disrespect to the victims of monday's attack and i'm sure that sense is felt here at this moment in southport. many people i've spoken to in the town today saying that they can understand the anger they completely see it as our home and security editor mark white has touched on. there is a great sense of the decaying social fabnc sense of the decaying social fabric in this country across england with regards to recent incidents, but disorder on a level we saw on tuesday was a total disrespect to the victims. in the words of that senior police officer in merseyside police. and we also need to look to what inspired that disorder because in the court yesterday in liverpool crown court, when the judge, mr andrew menary, lifted the anonymity, anonymity restrictions on the suspect in this case, he said he was doing so to fill a vacuum of

information which he said was allowing nonsense to spread online. nonsense about the suspect, nonsense about motive. as we know on tuesday , rioters as we know on tuesday, rioters were targeting a mosque in the area about five minutes from where we are now, very close to the scene of the attack on hart street, a mosque that has no link to the incident. and this was fuelled by fake rumours that the attacker was an islamist, and rumours that the judge said he wanted to quash by bringing in some more information by lifting the identity of the alleged murderer and the alleged attempted murder. a ten counts of attempted murder on top of those three girls who were killed on monday. people here also want to fill a vacuum not just of information but of emotion , because they need to emotion, because they need to demonstrate the community cohesion and crowds have been here throughout . it's not just here throughout. it's not just about paying respects, it's about paying respects, it's about showing to each other that there is support for one another in this space. but while all of

that feeling and all of that emotion and that shared sense of resilience and links and community cohesion goes on, there is also fear mixed in about what could happen. this weekend, the press association reporting 15 potential protests happening across england and wales linked to the mass stabbing attack on monday. and it's understood that southport will be one of those locations where protests could appear over the weekend, potentially causing some more of the unrest that has caused so much anger in this community and throughout the country . now, as we've been country. now, as we've been discussing on the channel today , discussing on the channel today, lots of that anger justified, lots of that anger justified, lots of that anger justified, lots of strong feeling about these sorts of incidents and people not wishing this sort of thing to ever occur. it's not what anyone could ever anticipate to happen in their town . but at the same time, town. but at the same time, charlie crossing, can you just explain what we're thuggery and rights is a step belove , because rights is a step belove, because it looks like the family of ali

sagar are sort of are laying their flowers are with their balloons and look incredibly upset. balloons and look incredibly upset . yeah, it's a very moving upset. yeah, it's a very moving scene. tom and as we said, it's the, the number nine of some of those balloons that have just been brought here. nine her age, alex akua killed on monday in that mass stabbing attack and the family here, the first of the family here, the first of the sets of the families of the three victims killed in that attack that we've seen here today , arriving in numbers, today, arriving in numbers, flanked by the police as they turned up to pay their respects to do more intimately what many have done already today lay flowers, take a moment, pause and reflect and give their respects towards a victim. but for this case, for this family, it is so much more potent. it's so much more real because it's someone in their immediate family who's been taken away. great scenes of emotion throughout the day here in southport , especially now for southport, especially now for the family of alice akua. we

believe stood before us putting down some balloons, some flowers, writing messages on balloons as they pay their respects. here we've seen notes from across the country, not just southport laid here at this, at this vast tribute area in the town centre. i've seen notes from from norwich, from preston, nearby, but also over the irish seed in belfast. but here more tributes being laid towards alice akua and the other victims of that attack on monday. >> charlie, peter, thank you so much for showing us those incredibly moving scenes there incredibly moving scenes there in southport, >> it's been so moving, seeing them, those many, many hundreds of flowers as charlie was saying, from all across the country and all across the united kingdom, accumulating slowly over the days since the news broke on monday, and to see the family going there to, to lay their own flowers. but also you can only imagine how they must feel seeing that sort of

mountain of tributes that , mountain of tributes that, strangers have laid, i think as charlie, charlie pointed to there, that it's, you know, it's not just about paying tribute to the to the victims and, and comforting their families, but also sort of show of, of solidarity across the country that, you know, we are we are together in this, incredibly moving. >> i don't think anyone can help but be moved by, particularly seeing that family. but be moved by, particularly seeing that family . well, seeing that family. well, goodness me, so much more to come on the programme. i'm going to take a breath. i'm going to take a minute and we'll be back with you. indeed. with more news. the reverberations in politics, a new conservative leadership contender to launch campaign a little bit later this afternoon.

next. >> good afternoon britain. it is almost half past 12 now.

>> robert jenrick is holding a news conference today as he officially launches his campaign to replace rishi sunak as leader of the conservative party. >> the former immigration minister is expected to tell party members that the tories can win the next general election, if the party undergoes major changes and wins back the trust of the public, although he does admit that they have a mountain to climb. >> well, let's cross to robert jenrick constituency of newark now and speak to our own political editor, christopher hope. political editor, christopher hope . christopher, it's hope. christopher, it's interesting the candidacy of robert jenrick seen as a bit of a dark horse by some, but recently the bookies have said his odds are fairly good. >> hi, tom. hi. am. that's right. yeah. welcome to newark, where the first of six launches takes place in this conservative leadership campaign. those candidates kemi badenoch dame priti patel, mel stride tom tugendhat, james cleverly and today, robert jenrick. and we're here for gb news in mr jenrick's

newark constituency. and you're right. yeah, he's seen as being had the, the third most favourable, according to a yougov poll out today behind james cleverly and tom tugendhat. that was a poll of 2024 tory voters. he said overnight that the party has a mountain to climb. well, believe me, more than a mountain to climb there at base camp. looking at everest at the moment, this party. but there we are. he knows the challenge. they've got. we've heard overnight from suella braverman on gb news political podcast, chopper's politics podcast. she told me that the party's got to re—engage with those 4 million reform uk voters and get them back on side. and the challenge, i think for any of these candidates is what they do. if they go into the middle ground, they go into the middle ground, they risk being squeezed with they risk being squeezed with the lib dems and labour. but what do they do with reform uk? many would say unless you neutralise nigel farage, somehow before the next election, you'll still have a split right wing and you can't win power. so yeah, we'll hear from robert jenrick. he'll say the government is tired already. he's, he'll say there's no

commitment on defence spending. that 2.5% of gdp commitment. the tories made but labour hasn't made yet. or when they'll get there. and the ambition to build new homes. he's saying as a former housing secretary, robert jenrick will say, that they scrapped the ambition to build new homes where they're required . new homes where they're required. he says that labour have taken an easy way out to not force, say, more new homes in london, for example. in fact, to cut the numbers required there for sadiq khan, we should hear from esther mcvey , of course, a former mcvey, of course, a former colleague from gb news, mp for tatton, she's likely to introduce robert jenrick. she's quite important because she founded this blue collar tory movement. so she'll be, unveiling him. hopefully we'll get a chat with her later after the event. and as i say, there are six candidates. they go to down four in the week of around the 4th of september, those four take it forward to the party conference in early october. and then after that we go to two, and then the members decide and we should get a result of this

whole whole saga by about the 3rd of november. so we're three months away and we'll have every spit and cough in these candidates live for you guys on gb news. >> chris, where does jenrick stand in relation to the other candidates ideologically speaking? because of course he resigned over, the government's rwanda policy , from being rwanda policy, from being immigration minister. he's also been quite critical of the echr. where does he stand in relation to, you know, other candidates whose positions are possibly a bit more explicit to the public? people like kemi badenoch, for example . example. >> that's a great question, emma. and i think he's he's quite cleverly managed to navigate this kind of slightly, ambiguous position on left or right of the party, he had quite a journey, didn't he, he backed bofis a journey, didn't he, he backed boris johnson. i don't think he was a leaver at the 2016 referendum, but he was an early supporter of boris johnson, and then he worked with suella braverman in the home office and then let and resigned over the

rwanda plan. so he's he's had a kind of almost a trust journey towards the right of the party. but he's also slightly centrist on some areas. so we'll be asking questions, of course, about the echr, about net migration, about the issues, the, the, the violence in southport and elsewhere. we're seeing at the moment in the country in the press conference. so we'll see what he has to say about that, but we'll learn more on that. i think, over the next few weeks. emma >> well, it'll be a fascinating first out of the blocks leadership launch. look forward to it. a little bit later on. thanks, chris. >> now coming up, the uk is too dangerous to visit for the sussexes, so they're going to colombia instead. more on that after your headlines with tatiana . tatiana. >> emma thank you and good afternoon. the top stories home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force of the law if they choose to return to the streets. this weekend. several protests are due to take place over the coming days. at least 15 are

reported to have been advertised online. the muslim council of britain says hundreds of mosques across the country will be strengthening their security. this weekend. last night, 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 . been charged with their murders. 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 . three us citizens

stabbings. three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil. evan gershkovich was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight russian prisoners in what has been described as the biggest exchange since the end of the cold war. between russia and the west. mr gershkovich paul whelan and al sukh chernihiv were greeted by us president joe biden and vice president kamala harris . gershkovich was detained harris. gershkovich was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he'd always denied , and the prime minister denied, and the prime minister led the tributes to sir andy murray after his tennis career endedin 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 took to x, posting never even liked tennis anyway . sir even liked tennis anyway. sir keir starmer also posted on x 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 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 direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> slash alerts

>> good afternoon britain. it's 39 minutes past midday now. sir keir starmer is clamping down on the violent unrest that's been spreading across the country since the murder of three young girls in southport earlier this week . but girls in southport earlier this week. but will girls in southport earlier this week . but will the girls in southport earlier this week. but will the measures he's announced, including a new violent disorder unit, actually

have any impact? >> let's pose that question to senior lecturer in british politics, doctor david jeffrey. what sort of impact might this have? >>i have? >> i think really it won't have any impact. >> i mean, the police and the government already have powers under existing legislation to stop this type of thing. this just seems like a kind of knee jerk response from starmer, just to show he's doing something. >> i wonder actually, if the if the statement that keir starmer made yesterday afternoon in downing street was perhaps a little misjudged, what do you think the impact of his words, more than any sort of action, will be on the tensions that clearly exist in so many towns and cities across the uk ? and cities across the uk? >> well, first of all, i mean, we should state the obvious people should not be rioting, people should not be rioting, people should not be rioting, people should not be throwing things to the police. they shouldn't be throwing things at mosques. and they shouldn't be

tearing down people's property. right. that should be a given. but it'll be very telling to very many people that starmer chose to have this press conference after that riot in southport, and yet took the knee after the violent blm riots, was all for the some of the violent palestinian riots that closed down london for weeks. said very little after her hills and so on. so we have a series of riots and this is the one that he chooses to stand behind a podium for. and i think people will say, you're just not just not listening to a lot of concerns that we have and the fact that a lot of people don't feel like they're their own families are safe and their own communities. >> why is that? why has he chosen to make an example of this protest, or to announce this protest, or to announce this new unit in response to this new unit in response to this protest? instead of, say, the leeds protests? of course, he wasn't actually in government dunng he wasn't actually in government during the black lives matter protests, but he he didn't take such a hardline stance against

the more sort of disorderly aspects of that protest. >> no, you're right, he didn't. he took the knee instead with angela rayner in the famous infamous photo. depending on your perspective, i think the reason why he's responding to this now is because politically, it's very easy for him to point to that the edl as a as a bogeyman , despite the fact that bogeyman, despite the fact that the edl has been completely irrelevant for basically the last ten or so years. but it's politically easy for him. and obviously, i mean, you know, the scenes that we saw at southport were awful and, and shouldn't and should face the full consequences of the law. but there have been lots of other incidents as well that should also face the full force of the law and haven't. and i think this is a politically easy way for him to look to do we know how the how the government are defining the edl when they make reference to it, because, as you say , the edl hasn't been as you say, the edl hasn't been as you know, there have been times in the edl's history where it's been more of a kind of, a present movement , present movement, >> how how are they

understanding what they mean when they refer to the edl? >> well, i think they'll have a very difficult time doing that because there are so many splinter groups and these are all these people organise over encrypted messaging apps like telegram and the government is going to have a very tough choice because it can either try to break apart those that encryption and, you know , people encryption and, you know, people value privacy. all of our whatsapp messages are encrypted and we should value the protections that gives us. or they'll have to keep playing whack a mole. and it's going to be very difficult for the government, but i don't think they can just go, let's look at people who affiliate with the edl, because it's not as if they have a public membership or anything like that. so they're going to have a very difficult time doing this. >> now, of course, you're a lecturer in liverpool. this, this all kicked off not far from your own doorstep. what's the mood in the north west and in merseyside more generally? >> well, i mean, people are obviously devastated. people are heartbroken over the loss of three children's lives. and you

know, it's completely unthinkable. and, you know, my thoughts and prayers go out to the families affected . it is, the families affected. it is, i think, important to say this is a small group of people who are not representative of southport or of the community at large. but there's a sense of shock. it's not the first time that the nonh it's not the first time that the north west has had something similar. so we had the riots in knowsley over housing migrants in a hotel, and that turned very violent as well. and i think it shows that actually this these are areas, you know, to go into the politics of it. merseyside is a very safe labour area, and i think labour mps need to do a little bit of soul searching to see how these types of things are happening in one of their fiefdoms, and maybe they're not as in tune with the communities that they represent as they actually think they might be. >> that's a really interesting point. looking at the at the broader political implications of something like this, obviously keir starmer will be hoping that his sort of harsh words from downing street will put an end to it, and there

won't be any more riots. but, but but if that isn't the case, and if there is more disorder that spreads across the country, this is a very tough opening few weeks for a new government. >> yes, certainly. and these are difficult, knotty questions that, you know, have no quick fix answer. people are very, very annoyed. and, you know , very annoyed. and, you know, we've had governments promising to reduce inward migration since 1997. the labour manifesto said, you know, they would process these things quickly and so on. and tens of thousands under the conservatives. this is a problem that has been growing for years. communities are not. there's tensions between communities, tensions between communities, tensions within communities. some stern words from behind a lectern in london is not going to make a blind bit of difference, especially if people who are rising feel like they've got nothing to lose because nobody listens to them. >> well, doctor david jeffries, senior lecturer in british politics at the university of liverpool, really appreciate your time on this. really quite crucial issue does make you wonder whether or not it might backfire. >> the government's response,

but anyway, coming up, the international olympic committee is defending its decision to allow two boxers who failed a gender eligibility test to compete at paris 2024. we're discussing that after this

good afternoon britain. it is 10 to 1 now. >> the duke and duchess of sussex have announced a tour to colombia at the invitation of vice president francia marquez. >> prince harry and meghan markle are expected to highlight the threat posed to children by the threat posed to children by the internet. >> well, joining us now is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker and cameron. when is a royal tour not a royal tour ? royal tour not a royal tour? >> well, i suppose if you've stood back as working members of

the royal family, you wouldn't class this as a royal tour, would you? but it certainly has all the ingredients for a royal toun all the ingredients for a royal tour. an official invitation by the colombian government, tour. an official invitation by the colombian government , the the colombian government, the colombian government providing a full security detail. but that is where the problem perhaps lies for prince harry. meghan, because although they are talking about quite worthy causes online safety, ending violence against children , also violence against children, also not copying but taking after the duchess of edinburgh, who actually visited on the request of the foreign office last year. colombia, as a working member of the royal family to do something similar, but prince harry only last week told a documentary that he refuses to bring his wife and children to the united kingdom because he doesn't feel he can keep them safe here because of the downgraded security . but on both the uk and security. but on both the uk and us governments advise citizens against travelling to certain parts of colombia because it is too unsafe. granted harry and meghan not going to those parts , meghan not going to those parts, but it warns against the foreign office, warns against and i quote terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks in colombia. kidnapping rates remain high in colombia , illegal

remain high in colombia, illegal arms groups kidnap hostages both for ransom and political purposes. and that raises another question, doesn't it? >> because they're focusing on things like online harms, but the threats against children in somewhere like colombia are quite a lot more serious than what what they might encounter on the internet. >> absolutely. and i think that's why harry and meghan have chosen to go there. and perhaps clearly they're prepared to take the risk because they do want to highlight the plight of children in colombia and south america. the vice president , francia the vice president, francia marquez, who's extended the invitation to them . she is the invitation to them. she is the first afro—colombian vice president of colombia. she's a minister for equality and an environmental activist. so it's ticking all the boxes for harry and meghan, isn't it? but of course, they're no longer working members of the royal family, and a lot of people are asking the question, you know, security. is it safe enough for them? >> are they effectively setting themselves up here as a kind of like a, like a rival parallel royal household? they're going on these sorts of royal esque tours. and presenting themselves still as the duke and duchess of

sussex . so they really want to sussex. so they really want to have their cake and eat it. but is that not is that not, in a way, a sort of challenge to the royal family? >> i think it's certainly jarring for the royal family because harry and meghan also just did a big tour to nigeria just did a big tour to nigeria just a couple of months ago, which on the surface appeared to be quite a big success, although critics of them were saying you can't be work, you can't look as if you're working royals because you're not working royals anymore. but unfortunately for the working royal family, they've had a number of health problems this year with the king's cancer diagnosis, the princess of wales's cancer diagnosis. so there hasn't been been a big foreign royal tour by the top four king, queen william or catherine. so harry and meghan have done two and or will be doing two in the space of a yean be doing two in the space of a year, so it is really interesting seeing harry meghan's strategy at the moment, stopping complaining about being working members of the royal family and instead kind of highlighting causes abroad. so it's interesting to see, it's interesting. >> i'm looking at the homicide rates in colombia, which is 25.4

per 100,000, in the uk. i was trying to find a comparison, but we don't measure it per 100,000. in the uk we measure it per million and it's only 9.9. i mean, these are just not even comparable metrics. let alone numbers. it's a far more dangerous place. i don't quite understand how the duke and duchess of sussex can be fearing for their safety. in one of the safest countries in the world, and then willing to go on this big tour in one of the most dangerous. >> well, i think another way to look at it is look at the dunblane massacre in 1996. unfortunately, 16 schoolchildren shot dead alongside their teacher. when that happened , teacher. when that happened, handgunsin teacher. when that happened, handguns in the united kingdom banned completely , according to banned completely, according to the foreign office. colombia has a huge problem with internal armed conflicts, and it has done for more than half a century. that's to according the foreign office. but again, harry and meghan clearly are prepared to take the risk with that. now, i do understand they are going to

have a full security detail with them at all times. of course, it's an official invitation by the colombian government, which suggests to me that they're going to have access to all the intelligence and the armed guards and all the rest of it, something which prince harry argues he does not have in the united kingdom . but i suppose united kingdom. but i suppose they're putting it to one side and just wanting to focus on the charity work and supporting children and in crisis very, very quickly. >> will they be being paid for this tour? >> they won't be being paid, as far as we understand. they just highlighting a charitable causes. >> well, cameron walker, thank you very much for taking us through the particulars of what is very much definitely not a royal tour, but a tour of two private individuals who happen to be formally associated, formerly known as senior royals . formerly known as senior royals. goodness me. well, much more to come. in the next hour, we're going to be live in newark. the former immigration minister, robert jenrick, is launching his leadership campaign for the tories . don't go anywhere .

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>> well. >> well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on friday. the 2nd of august. >> i'm emma webb and i'm tom harwood starmer lays down the law at last a last minute press conference yesterday the prime minister talked tough on protests, calling those who took to the streets in the wake of the southport stabbings football hooligans. >> but is he blind to legitimate angerin >> but is he blind to legitimate anger in the country ? anger in the country? >> tory leadership surprised bookies favourite robert jenrick is to launch his campaign this afternoon live from his newark

constituency . the immigration constituency. the immigration hardliner and former cabinet minister is seen as a dark horse in the race to replace rishi sunak, and the gloves are off. >> the sports secretary will meet with official bodies to discuss inclusion, fairness and safety. this follows olympic boxers, boxer gender rules , boxers, boxer gender rules, which saw the controversial inclusion of algeria's imam khalife . khalife. >> now, of course, throughout the programme, we would like your views, we'd like your thoughts, we'd like your opinions and you can contribute them at gbnews.com/yoursay do you think that keir starmer struck the right tone yesterday, or should he have perhaps had a message to people that feel angry and how people that have thought about going on the streets. >> yeah. how are you feeling at home about his press conference,

about the new announcements to get tough on violent disorder. and of course, there's also the story that hasn't gone away this week, which is the boxing in the olympics. yes. wasn't just a flash in the pan. that story , flash in the pan. that story, it's come up every single day this week. so what do you think at home should should people who are biologically male be able to compete against biological females in the olympic boxing? >> and in this case, is the individual concerned a biological male? if they were born with female anatomy ? it's born with female anatomy? it's a really difficult question. >> is it about the chromosomes? although there is now a another disagreement about what chromosomes, what chromosomes they might have and what counts as, transgender or intersex. >> it's all become a bit it's all very confusing. we'll try and clear it up for you. that's after your headlines with tatiana . tatiana. >> tom. thank you. and good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom, home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be to

prepared face the full force of the law if they choose to return to the streets this weekend. several protests are due to take place over the coming days. at least 15 are reported to have been advertised online. the muslim council of britain says hundreds of mosques across the country will be strengthening their security. this weekend. last night, 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 attack in the town. 17 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders . meanwhile, with their murders. meanwhile, police say they've identified a woman who was one of eight people being sought after protesters threw objects at a demonstration outside a hotel housing migrants in aldershot, which left one police officer injured, 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 . three us citizens stabbings. three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil. evan gershkovich was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight russian prisoners in what has been described as the biggest exchange since the end of the cold war between russia and the west. mr gershkovich paul whelan and al sukh anna mikhailova were greeted by us president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. gershkovich was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, but he'd always denied . czech billionaire daniel denied. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky is £35 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 royal mail, agreed a takeover deal by mr

kretinsky group in may. it is understood the cabinet office has now launched a review process into that bid. under the new national security and investment act, the process will assess whether the sale to mr kaczynski , who's already ids's kaczynski, who's already ids's largest shareholder, could affect the uk's economic infrastructure or pose a security risk . now the security risk. now the government minister in charge of sport says she'll be speaking with sporting bodies about inclusion, fairness and safety after what she described as an incredibly uncomfortable watch. when she was asked about the olympic boxing gender role. italian fighter angela carini abandoned her bout against algeria's eamonn khalife after 46 seconds, saying she'd never felt a punch like this. khalife is one of two fighters present at this year's games, having been disqualified from the world championships last year by the international boxing association for failing to meet gender eligibility criteria . lisa nandy eligibility criteria. lisa nandy said the biological facts are far more complicated than is

being presented on social media. and the prime minister led the tributes to sir andy murray after his tennis career ended in defeat at 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, saying never even liked tennis anyway. sir keir starmer took to x, also 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 champion and former world number one, while murray's thanked his fans for their support for him over the years. >> 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 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. >> good afternoon britain. it is 1:07 now. sir keir starmer has

announced a series of measures designed to help police combat the violent unrest that's spreading across the country, all following the murder of three girls in southport earlier this week. >> the measures include the creation of a new violent disorder unit that will see greater intelligence sharing between police forces and the wider deployment of facial recognition technology. >> well, it comes as the prime minister also warned that so—called far right thugs are planning a summer of riots and promised they would face the full force of the law. >> now let's discuss this with gb news home and security editor mark white. so, mark, what can we expect this weekend in terms of further disorder? what are the concerns? >> well, there are it seems, a number of planned protests this weekend right across the country, different areas. >> i'm looking here bristol, sunderland, belfast, middlesbrough, birmingham , middlesbrough, birmingham, newcastle could go on, but

dozens of potential protests now . dozens of potential protests now. some might not be attended, some might only be attended by a handful of people. but other protests could have a significant number of people that attend. and then, of course , that attend. and then, of course, if you're the police, they are always concerned that there may be elements within these protests that are looking at actually causing trouble and violence. >> who's behind them is this are they all organised by the same people, or are these spontaneously springing up? >> well, it doesn't seem appear to be. >> we don't know who the organisers are, whether there are different organisers for different areas, broadly speaking, is under a banner of enoughis speaking, is under a banner of enough is enough , which is enough is enough, which is really looking at issues around what they see as disintegration of the social fabric within communities. concerns about mass migration and asylum. seekers being housed in hotels and all

of that kind of, issue that is feeding into a great deal of concern in communities right across the country. >> it's all being sort of fed into one sort of many, many different grievances. but being expressed, perhaps at this flashpoint, exactly right, are these protests that are being sort of registered with the police. you know, we would like permission to do this, that and that? or is it just people saying we're all going to turn up here? because obviously , if up here? because obviously, if it's the latter, that presents a much larger law and order problem. >> yeah. the police are saying they are aware of intelligence around protests, but they're not actually saying. now, i'm not saying that there aren't some that may have registered their intention to protest, but i think most of them are just social media postings calling for people to attend a protest at a location that makes it more difficult for the police. they want to know that there's an organiser out there that they can liaise with, that. if

there's conditions that they want to lay down, they can do that. if they don't know who it is, there's no one that's coming forward to liaise with them . forward to liaise with them. then, yeah, they can put down and try and publicise on social media as well. certain conditions around a protest, but it's more difficult to deal with it. >> but presumably the this announcement from keir starmer and his intentional intention to crack down on violent disorder doesn't relate to the protests specifically because that would be a civil liberties issue, but that presumably they're focusing on intelligence relating to specific people who are attending these protests . attending these protests. >> no, i mean, the unit that they're setting up to tackle violent disorder is all about bringing together the functions of the police service across the uk to ensure that that works better, that there's better sharing of intelligence, that they look to try to determine whether individuals that they know who they would describe as

known extremists are not planning to organise and travel to certain areas to organise protests that might be, you know, the that might end in disorder or might be planned disorder or might be planned disorder beforehand. so potentially all of these events, they are going to be looking at, of course, with the potential for there to be elements that they know about attending . they know about attending. >> and there's also talk, isn't there, of the use of facial recognition technology. not clear if that's something new that they're planning to do there that they don't already do, but facial recognition technology and disrupting people from travelling on the trains, is that right? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, and there will be some concern, especially about face facial recognition . there's face facial recognition. there's been a great deal of concern and debate over the years with civil liberties groups very concerned about the rollout of facial recognition, which is just the blanket then filming of lots of

people, the police always say, look, you know, we make sure that we dispose and delete all of the images in a very short penod of the images in a very short period of time afterwards, but there's concern about it growing, to a point where facial recognition might be on every street corner . having said that, street corner. having said that, you know, cameras in the form of cctv have been out there filming us in our everyday lives right across the uk for many years. we're one of the most heavily surveilled states in the entire planet . planet. >> now, just lastly, very, very quickly, if you will, mark, you were there in the room with keir starmer yesterday. he didn't call you for a question. what would you have asked , would you have asked, >> he didn't call me for a question. no. he called, the other main broadcasters at sky and channel 4, itv, the bbc and quite a few of the newspapers . quite a few of the newspapers. not the telegraph, i noticed,

but no , i would have asked, you but no, i would have asked, you know, whether there might, he would acknowledge that there is a danger in perhaps branding all of those that took part in the protests that turned violent as far right , protests that turned violent as far right, would he protests that turned violent as far right , would he acknowledge far right, would he acknowledge that there are wider concerns in communities right across the country? what they see as a disintegration of the social fabnc disintegration of the social fabric in these communities? and if so , what would he say to if so, what would he say to these people to address those concerns? >> yeah, well, it's a shame you didn't, but i never got a chance to put that question to our next guest. perhaps, but at least the guardian, the mirror, the bbc and channel 4 got to have questions. so that's very that's good for them, well, now we're joined by the national security counter—terrorism expert anthony glees. anthony, what did you make of what sir keir starmer had to say to the country yesterday ? yesterday? >> well, i thought it was a very powerful statement and i was

very glad to hear it. i was surprised to hear it from a labour prime minister, but i was very glad to hear it. labour prime minister, but i was very glad to hear it . and he very glad to hear it. and he came over to me as not just entirely authentic, but saying all the right things, including that point there about facial recognition. if i'd had a pound. for all the times i've argued with these civil liberties groups, that facial recognition is an awful thing. i've been an extremely rich man, and in fact, i'm not, because on the whole pubuc i'm not, because on the whole public opinion doesn't like facial recognition . however, it facial recognition. however, it is an indispensable tool and it will mean that the people , that will mean that the people, that we saw in your film involved in mindless violence and disorder can be tracked, will be tracked and will given the prime minister's resolve, be charged. so let's hope, what we fear will happen over this weekend will

not happen. let's hope. let's pray for terrible weather, storms and rains which will keep people at home because all they're doing is distracting from what we should be focused on.the from what we should be focused on. the appalling attack, in southport and, there will be a time to ask deeper questions. and again, you know, your security correspondent, i think was right. i'm sorry he could not ask his question of the prime minister because we don't come to this entirely fresh. how can we? we've had, more than 20 years of extremist attacks in the united kingdom, and we are aware of the possibilities and the potentials if there if this is nothing to do with terror, the police should not just say so straight away, but say so with an authority which will shut everybody up. and that's the really key, key thing. so yes , facial recognition, sharing

yes, facial recognition, sharing intelligence. the more this can be intelligence led in a country which is proud of the fact that on the whole, it doesn't have a national, single national police force. it's community led policing in every regard . it's policing in every regard. it's true that the met has special responsibilities , of course, responsibilities, of course, when it comes to terrorism and counter—terrorism. but we must keep this country safe from what looks like a very hot weekend. if predictions are correct. >> but anthony to mark's, question that he would have asked the prime minister about whether or not, you know, there should have been some more recognition for the fact that there are, you know, it's not just far right people who are feeling very, angry about a lot of the broader issues relating to this attack. and you mentioned there, the use of facial recognition technology. a lot of people around the country will be concerned. the prime minister's been so forthright in response to this incidence of violent disorder, but has not

been so forthright in his condemnation of, previous instances, such as leeds or even when he was out of government in his reaction to, for example, the black lives matter protests and some of the violent disorder there. so how can you expect the british people to be comfortable with, say, the use of facial recognition technology? and as you said, you've argued with a lot of civil liberties organisations in the past. how can people feel comfortable with the use of that technology if they feel that the law is perhaps not being applied equally to all across the country? >> well, first of all, i think to refer to all these violent, thugs as right wing or far right requires a response from those people who regard themselves as being legitimately on the right. and i would expect people , and i would expect people, including your own nigel farage, to step forward and utterly

condemn this sort of violence. and it's people throwing things at the cops. that is not what right wing or centre or right wing people think you should do when it comes to, cctv, i think it's very important to realise that cctv is nothing you need be afraid of. if you have done nothing wrong , but it is good nothing wrong, but it is good that you are afraid of it. if you have done something wrong, whether it's fly—tipping. you know, whether it's breaking into somebody's house or creating serious, public disorder, which is a threat to our national security. we live in the internet age. that's a really big difference from, say, the london riots in 2011. people remember five days of continuous rioting by people started with the killing of chap called mark duggan , who nobody ever knew duggan, who nobody ever knew exactly what it was about,

involved guns and so on and so forth , so forth. but five days forth, so forth. but five days of rioting, not just in london, but in many other cities. so we have this capacity in the united kingdom. we have the social media who act entirely irresponsibly. those guys, you know, in california and so on. and therefore we have to use what we have against them. but at the end of the day, there is, as i say, a legitimate discussion to be had . we cannot discussion to be had. we cannot prejudice again, i think the prime minister is obviously absolutely right about that. we have we commentators have to be mindful that what's next needed is a fair trial , and that needs is a fair trial, and that needs to take its course . justice to take its course. justice needs to take its course. the families deserve no less. but beyond that, there is a debate to be had. and, you know , to be had. and, you know, discussions about communities. i've been struck. i don't know southport at all, but i've been struck how the community came

together to rebuild the mosque. i didn't have the feeling that it was the mosque that was the problem in southport. there were other problems, but i don't think it was the mosque or the presence of muslims. so let those who claim to lead the right in british politics speak loudly and clearly for law and order and against disorder and unlawfulness and that, i think, would help clarify matters when it comes to who the prime minister decides is or is not responsible, because he did say that people. yeah, fine. yeah. >> we're gonna we're gonna have to leave it there. but anthony glees national security and counter—terrorism expert really appreciate your time and your thoughts. this afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> now, forjoining us. >> now, coming up, sports secretary lisa nandy will meet with official bodies to discuss inclusion , fairness and safety inclusion, fairness and safety following the olympics. boxing row. the gloves will be off here as we host a fiery debate .

>> good afternoon. britain. it is 1:24. >> a fresh row has erupted over the issue of fairness in women's sports. after female italian, a female italian boxer, was forced to fight an opponent with male chromosomes who was once disqualified for failing a gender test. >> it's all very confusing. this match between italy's angela carini and algeria's iman khalife at the olympic games in paris, ended afterjust 46 paris, ended after just 46 seconds, with the italian claiming she was hit so hard she couldn't breathe, adding she had to quit the fight in order to save her own life. >> harry potter author jk rowling was amongst those to express her anger at the fight, going ahead, branding olympic

bosses disgraceful and calling imane khelif a bullying cheat. >> well, to debate this contentious issue, we're joined by lgbt liberation campaigner peter tatchell and gender critical policy researcher lottie moore. lottie, we're going to start with you because it's a very difficult issue. this right, as far as we know , this right, as far as we know, the l, the boxer with male chromosomes, was born with female genitalia. >> yeah. i mean , it's actually >> yeah. i mean, it's actually quite simple, you know , sex in quite simple, you know, sex in humans is binary and immutable because we are mammals and there is a minority of people who have disorders of sexual development , disorders of sexual development, and that can affect a person's reproductive organs . but these reproductive organs. but these people are male or female, and yesterday what we witnessed was basically just glorified male violence against women and girls. the difference is, i mean , girls. the difference is, i mean, that happens every day all over the world. and the difference is that in every other circumstance, we consider beating up women to be wrong.

but it was deemed acceptable by those at the ioc because they're claiming that it's sport. it's not. it's violence, and it's wrong . wrong. >> peter lottie's right, isn't she, that we've been talking a lot recently about violence against women and girls and in regardless of whether this person is intersex or transgender, they have male chromosomes. that means they have a very, very distinct biological advantage that could actually be fatal to a female athlete competing against them. >> well, of course, sport does need to be fair, and we do need to examine this case very thoroughly. >> there are reports that the boxer imane khelif was born a biological woman, she is not transgender. she is not non—binary. she is not intersex. she may have elevated levels of testosterone, but that's entirely natural. it's beyond her control. it's the way she was born. and that is why the

international olympic committee has said that she falls within the rules. now, of course, people will dispute that. but while the former world champion boxers, a woman boxer, has said it's not fair to target her. this was the way she was born. it's outside of her control. she should be allowed to compete now. that's that's the wording of a former woman world boxing champion . now, i think we have champion. now, i think we have to look at more evidence and consider this case very carefully and not jump to conclusions. no one should be penalised because of the way they're born. lots of elite athletes have advantages. michael phelps had huge physiological advantages in the swimming pool, which enabled him to win, what, 20 plus gold medals and good luck to him. but no one said he had an unfair advantage, even though physiologically he had a bigger heart, a stronger lungs . he had heart, a stronger lungs. he had extraordinary body length and arm width. he had feet that were almost like flippers. they're

huge, gigantic feet which powered him along through the water. that was clearly a strong advantage over other male swimmers, but no one said his medals should be taken away from him. so let's be careful before we jump to conclusions and let's find out more evidence first. >> what do you make of that, lottie ? lottie? >> we don't need any more evidence. we have . we have so evidence. we have. we have so much evidence. men are stronger than women. testosterone is a really, really, really powerful hormone. and it. and it makes men stronger. i really it is really indefensible. and i think that i mean, last time i checked, there were actually 18 peer reviewed studies, peter , peer reviewed studies, peter, that demonstrate male strength against women. and that is why we have categories. categories exist because they allow everyone equality of opportunity. i cannot compete in an under 12 race, for example, because i am not under 12. i can compete in the categories that apply compete in the categories that apply to me. that's why we have paralympics , that's why we have paralympics, that's why we have olympics. we have set sex categories because they make

everything they they give equality of opportunity to everyone , and i think that the, everyone, and i think that the, the you know, boxing is categorised by weight and a male who is boxing, a female who is the same weight as him is, is, is like a heavyweight man punching a lightweight man. those are different categories. so that argument doesn't work. i've got lots of male friends who weigh less than me and they are still stronger than me. they can still beat me to a pulp because they are male. >> peter, i agree that i agree that fairness is absolutely paramount and we must ensure that there is no unfair advantage. i also agree that as advantage. i also agree that as a general rule, males do have greater strength if they've been through puberty. what i'm saying is about this particular case, this boxer has passed the olympic rules, the rules set out by the international olympic committee. and maybe we need to revisit those and say that those rules are not adequate. but until we have a full assessment and there's so little information, a lot of

misinformation about this case, we shouldn't rush to judgement. but i agree before the next match, a lot more information needs to be divulged . and if it needs to be divulged. and if it is proven clearly that this boxer has an unfair advantage, then there is a case for saying she should not be allowed to compete. >> lottie , what do you make of >> lottie, what do you make of the issue that that this has got so much heat and very little light? after all, imane khelif competed in the 2020 olympic games and lost, lost many games and there wasn't the same sort of intense scrutiny that there is. this time round. is it? because it's all been tied up with this sort of transgender rule which which again, this is not a transgender person. >> i think women are fed up of having to budge over and give up our medals, give up our podiums, give up our titles because , give up our titles because, because men who claim they're women , a lot of the time, are

women, a lot of the time, are competing now, i understand are allowed being allowed to compete in our races . allowed being allowed to compete in our races. i allowed being allowed to compete in our races . i understand that in our races. i understand that khalife doesn't identify as transgender, but khalife is male and therefore should not be competing against a female. it is really, really as simple as that. is really, really as simple as that . and when you talk about, that. and when you talk about, you know, this argument needs has got a lot of heat, i agree it's got a lot of heat. let's look at the facts. facts over feelings . that's all we need to feelings. that's all we need to do is look at the evidence . do is look at the evidence. >> peter. we're looking at those those images there of, of the female boxer clearly distraught at having to back out of this race for her own, out of this, contest for her own safety. you mentioned the varying testosterone levels, but of course, there's natural variation for women within a certain limit. but somebody who's born with male chromosomes, whatever. if they're intersex, whatever their they're intersex, whatever their the expression of that is,

biologically, if they have male chromosomes and have gone through male puberty, which is what the international boxing association says about this fighter, then they have such a physical advantage over the female fighter that she can't reasonably compete, can she, against somebody who could potentially really, seriously hurt her? >> yeah, i agree, i agree. we have to look at this case, but there's a lot of lack of information about this case. you know, the international boxing association did rule against her and bar her under its rules. but this is a russian controlled body which has lots of questions hanging over its head about its rules and interpretations and whose jurisdiction has not been accepted by the international olympic committee for the paris olympics. and that is because they have concerns about the iba and its rules and the way they're interpreted and enforced. going back to the

issue, you know, we do not know at this stage a lot of information. we don't know for certain whether emma did go through male puberty, even though she allegedly was born a biological woman, we don't know that we don't know the levels of testosterone. so if her levels of testosterone were exceptionally high, then under the olympic rules, she would be barred. but she hasn't been barred. but she hasn't been barred. and this begs the question. perhaps she's not over the acceptable legal level . the acceptable legal level. >> well, peter tatchell and we're going to have to leave it there. we have run out of time. but thank you very much for a spirited debate. >> now, coming up, as families of the southport stabbing victims lay flowers in memory of their loved ones will be crossing to our national reporter after your headlines with tatiana . with tatiana. >> emma, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom, home office

minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force of the law if they choose to return to the streets this weekend. several protests are due to take place over the coming days. at least 15 are reported to have been advertised online. the muslim council of britain says hundreds of mosques across the country will be strengthening their security this weekend. last night, 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 . meanwhile, with their murders. meanwhile, police say they've identified a woman who was one of eight people being sought after protesters threw objects at a demonstration outside a hotel housing migrants in aldershot, which left one police officer injured, 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 . three us citizens stabbings. three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil. evan gershkovich was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight russian prisoners and has been described as the biggest exchange since the end of the cold war between russia and the west. gershkovich was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he'd always denied . and some breaking news denied. and some breaking news to bring you now. great britain's bryony page has won a gold medal in the women's trampoline at the paris olympics. the 33 year old won silver in rio, bronze in tokyo and now gold in paris. she's the european champion, the world champion and now the olympic champion. great britain now sit fourth in the medals table and

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>> good afternoon britain. it's 20 to 2 now. >> let's return to southport and the tragic killings of six year old bebe king, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and nine year old alice aguilar, who were all attacked by a knifeman on monday at a taylor swift themed dance class in southport. >> yesterday, the teenager was charged with their murders. it was named as 17 year old axel rudakubana as he appeared at liverpool crown court. >> well , let's get the latest

>> well, let's get the latest from national reporter charlie peters, who was both at the court yesterday but is now at the memorial in southport. charlie >> tom. it's a solemn but respectful atmosphere here in southport town centre as people continue to quietly bring forward their tributes to those girls , both killed and wounded girls, both killed and wounded in that alleged attack on monday, with a suspect now charged yesterday in liverpool crown court. no great visible outpourings of emotion from local people here, mostly just coming up, paying their respects, laying down flowers and staying for a few moments to read some of the tributes that we've seen here all day. from the start of the day, we saw people arrive from 7 am. to pay their respects before they went off to work, and when we arrived two days ago, we also saw people here before they went to bed again on their way home. just passing through this tribute. it's become something of a meeting space in the town ,

meeting space in the town, people gathering on their lunch breaks just to observe the tributes and to show this town being united and showing an element of cohesion . after all element of cohesion. after all the traumatic incidents they've endured this week and earlier. about an hour and a half ago, the family of alice akua appeared to pay their own very emotional respects. at this scene , where a large photo of scene, where a large photo of that little girl, aged just nine, killed on monday, is placed before the tributes. we saw balloons nine because she will be forever nine years old, attached to the location where her photo is and also a set of balloons with writing put on them by her family and some close friends there set off and allowed to rise into the merseyside sky here in southport. so throughout the day, a real feeling of solemn respect as people come forward to engage with this community experience here in the north west. but it comes as the assistant chief constable for

merseyside police, jenny simms, saying that the disorder on tuesday was an act of disrespect towards the victims of the alleged attack on monday and there are now growing fears that we will see more protests this weekend. concerned that those protests could spark further disorder that we saw in the week. obviously, people are extremely angry about this case. when people i've spoken to today and throughout our time in southport have said that obviously they're heartbroken and traumatised by the senseless violence that occurred on monday, but they don't think that the answer is rioting. they say that all of that violence detracts away from what happened on monday. it is in their views as well, of the senior police officer disrespectful to the families. it does nothing to support them. it does nothing to improve the situation. instead, it just brings more anger into the town. at a time when all of that feeling should be channelled towards achieving a better purpose here, and a

better purpose here, and a better sense of how this town should be feeling right now. well, we also saw the mayor of sefton here and the mayor and mayoress of warrington also paying mayoress of warrington also paying their respects. in a brief tribute before some of the cards, the balloons, some teddy bears, the children here now we know the names of the three girls who were killed in that attack on monday , and many attack on monday, and many letters here are addressed to them to alice, to bebe and to elsie. but many of the letters are also addressed to the eight other children who were injured in that attack. now, we can't read those names because they're protected as they are children of alleged attempted murder, but all of those names are known to the community, a community that has come together since that attack on monday, which is supporting all the families affected by that incident . so affected by that incident. so many families, of course, who weren't directly involved, still feeling the shock of it because hart street, where these attacks happened at that taylor swift theme dance class, are linked together on a very busy

residential space. but here in southport again, solemn , southport again, solemn, respectful atmosphere, people coming forward, writing messages, leaving cards and not just from this town. we've also seen marks of respect from across the united kingdom. i've seen a letter from belfast, a note from norwich and also from local towns close to southport , local towns close to southport, including preston. people travelling to pay their respects to a town which is grieving and mourning and beginning to process the appalling incident on monday and some of the disorder that they witnessed on tuesday. disorder that a judge yesterday in court said was inspired by misinformation online. well, let's hope now that more clarity about the suspect's identity and about what happened on monday might, might cool some of those flames that led to serious disorder. >> while charlie peters, thank you very much for that report, very moving to see all those tributes. >> the agony on the face of as well of her grieving family is just excruciating. >> well, coming up, we're going

to be moving on and we're going to be moving on and we're going to be moving on and we're going to be turning to politics because the leadership hopeful and former immigration minister robert jenrick is launching his campaign for the tory leadership in this afternoon. we'll there with our political editor after

good afternoon britain. it's 1:48. >> robert jenrick is holding a news conference later this afternoon as he launches his campaign to replace rishi sunak as leader of the conservative party. >> a former immigration minister will tell party members a little later on this afternoon that the tories can win the next general election if the party undergoes major changes and wins back the trust of the public. although he does admit they have a mountain to climb. >> let's cross now to our gb news political editor christopher hope. christopher, what is the latest on the launch

of jenrick's campaign ? of jenrick's campaign? >> hi, emma. hi, tom. yeah, it launches around 3:00. we'll carry that live for viewers and listeners on gb news. robert jenrick, the former immigration minister who resigned over the government's rwanda plan, saying it was unworkable. he's the second favourite behind kemi badenoch. others running down priti patel , mel stride tom priti patel, mel stride tom tugendhat, james cleverly he also rates highly amongst favorability in a positive positive favourability amongst tory voters. at last month's election, behind cleverly and tugendhat. so he's seen as one of the ones to watch who could be in the final two to go to the membership in the back end of october. but there are six runners and riders. they'll go down to four in the first week of september. around the 4th of september, and then just after the party conference, just two final candidates. it's quite a big deal . final candidates. it's quite a big deal. this leadership campaign. each candidate can raise up to £400,000 to enter the race. they've got a

guarantee they can pay cchq £200,000. i think after 2:00 i'll show you around the set of the generic launch. it is pretty glitzy, pretty american looking, which i think you might find quite surprising what he'll be saying though robert jenrick is his party. his party has a mountain to climb and that mountain to climb and that mountain may as well be mount everest. given the scale of labour's landslide win last month and the paucity of mps at the tory party has in the house of commons, he'll say the labour government is already tired. he'll say there's no commitment to raise defence spending to 2.5% of gdp, as the tories had committed to before the election. no firm date for that. and he's still say that the ambition to build new homes is quite moderate and quite not ambitious enough, he will say. from angela rayner , the new from angela rayner, the new housing secretary, because they're not the homes where they're not the homes where they're most needed. he also attacked the government for plans to release thousands of dangerous criminals. in his words , next month to ease prison words, next month to ease prison overcrowding. so this is the

beginning of a number of launches from all six candidates. we'll bring to you on gb news over the next month or so. or 50. >> or so. >> well, christopher, i'm very much looking forward to the tour of this, of this glitzy launch stage. and i've got my mind is spinning with different sorts of images. >> viewers didn't get to see the excitement on tom's face when you mentioned that there, but but christopher, it's interesting. >> i don't want to. >> i don't want to. >> yeah. go on. >>— >> yeah. go on. >> i don't want to over i mean, in politics, tom. you know, it's like it looks quite glitzy to me. it's more than one for the viewers that impressed by it. >> but but it is interesting. this is all being launched in newark because i've been to a number of tory leadership campaign launches in in my, well, reasonably short time in politics. and they're all in westminster. they're all in a stuffy room. they're all sort of very introspective. this is getting out into the country . getting out into the country. >> yeah. i mean, the countryside he's in, of course, is newark.

he's got, we think, esther mcvey, a former colleague @gbnews that the tory mp for tatton, the founder of blue collar conservatives, who's doing the warm up act, launching it in front of activists and these deliberately moving it away from london, the m25 to do it out in the country where the where frankly tory members live. i think he's trying to draw a line between we all think about, don't we? the 2005 launched by david cameron when he launched , david cameron when he launched, everyone was given free smoothies and that almost sort of somewhat summarised, i think the ten years of cameron being leader, the smoothie drinking leader, the smoothie drinking leader who then was kicked out after the eu referendum. so i think you've definitely got an idea that robert jenrick is painting himself as a man of the people and where else to be but glorious, sunny newark for that launch. >> chris josh howie, launch. >> chrisjosh howie, i've launch. >> chris josh howie, i've got to ask you, why is he the bookies favourite ? favourite? >> he is number two favourite behind kemi badenoch, emma, others. mel stride 28 to 1.

tugendhat 4 to 1 with james cleverly. dame priti patel 9 to 1. i think he's that's because he's on a journey. he was seen as quite a moderate. he's called robert generic when i, when i covered the by—election that when he won, when he won power against roger helmer , the ukip against roger helmer, the ukip by—election in 2013, we never saw him. he was called robert generic, a kind of chinless tory candidate. he sharpened up his act a lot since then, and now he is someone who's pretty sharp, a short caesar style haircut and somebody who has gone from left to right. and he's now appealing to right. and he's now appealing to the right, and he's he's not really he's hard to pin down for many voters. and that helps him, i think in this race. >> well, christopher, hope, looking forward to catching up with you again next hour, in the meantime, we're going to be back in just a very little bit of time asking, are we safe in this country? what did you make of starmer's speech yesterday? that's to come after this ? that's to come after this? >> a brighter outlook with boxt

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2:00 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 talked tough on protests, calling those who took to the streets in the wake of the southport stabbings football hooligans. but is he blind to legitimate anger in this country ? legitimate anger in this country? >> it follows the appalling incident in southport on monday which saw three young girls killed. we'll be reporting from hart street, where the family

members of the victims have been laying down flowers in memory of their loved ones. >> and 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. now here's an interesting one we're keen for your views on. it's the issue of facial recognition. the issue of cctv, the issue of a greater use of surveillance announced by the prime minister yesterday in regard to these protests. >> we were speaking to a guest earlier who was effectively saying that if you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing wrong, then you have nothing to fear by the use of facial recognition or facial recognition technology or cctv. but i think many people myself

included, think that that's beside the point. and actually that there is a separate danger associated with that kind of state overreach into your private life. i don't , you know, private life. i don't, you know, i don't think it matters whether you're doing something wrong or not. if you if, you know, you could make that argument to put cctv cameras in people's homes. but you know what? what does it matter if you're if you're not doing anything wrong, you're not doing anything wrong, you're not doing anything wrong ? doing anything wrong? >> why not have a government bureaucrat look at every single corner of your life? precisely. but i think there's a deeper question about the infrastructure that we're setting up and how it might be used in the future. i mean, we've all seen some of the more authoritarian countries around the world, how they system, how they deploy facial recognition and sort of have different for privileges different levels of citizenship depending on how how sort of loyal you are to the state. i mean, i don't think we're quite there in the united kingdom, and we're not going to be there soon. but, but but you do worry. is this sort of the thin end of a wedge going

somewhere quite dark? >> yeah, i think it's really frightening, actually, the sort of expansion of the state. big brother, chinese style social credit system. yeah. of course it's really important to deal with these things, but there are ways to do it, and there are other ways that are a serious infringement on our civil liberties. but there we are. we'd like to know what you think. so please do send in your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your headlines with tatiana . tatiana. >> emma, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom, home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force of the law if they choose to return to the streets this weekend. several protests are due to take place over the coming days. at least 15 are reported to have been advertised online. the muslim council of britain says hundreds of mosques across the country will be strengthening their security. this weekend. last night, 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 attack in the town. 17 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders . meanwhile, with their murders. meanwhile, police have identified a woman who was one of eight people being sought after protesters threw objects at a demonstration outside a hotel housing migrants in aldershot, which left one police officer injured, 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 . three us citizens stabbings. three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil. evan gershkovich was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight russian prisoners in what has been described as the biggest

exchange since the end of the cold war between russia and the west. gershkovich was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he'd always denied . czech billionaire daniel denied. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky is £35 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 royal mail, agreed a takeover deal by mr kretinsky group in may. it is understood the cabinet office has now launched a review process into that bid. under the national security and investment act. the process will assess whether the sale to mr kretinsky, who is already ids's largest shareholder, could affect the uk's economic infrastructure or pose a security risk . the government security risk. the government minister in charge of sport says she will be speaking with sporting bodies about inclusion, fairness and safety after what she described as an incredibly uncomfortable watch when asked

about the olympic boxing gender role, italian fighter angela carini abandoned her bouts against algeria's imam khalife after 46 seconds, saying she'd never felt a punch like this. khalife is one of two fighters present at this year's games, having been disqualified from the world championships last year by the international boxing association for failing to meet gender eligibility criteria. but lisa nandy said the biological facts are far more complicated than is being presented on social media. some good news great britain's bryony page has won a gold medal in the women's trampoline at the paris olympics. 33 year old bryony won silver in rio , bronze in tokyo silver in rio, bronze in tokyo and now gold in paris. she's the european champion, the world champion and now the olympic champion. great britain now sits fourth in the medals table . and fourth in the medals table. and some sad news the prime minister led the tributes to sir andy murray after his tennis career endedin 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, saying never even liked tennis anyway. sir keir starmer took to x, also 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 champion and former world number one. while murray has thanked his fans for all their support over the years. >> 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, you know, 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, 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. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:08 now. >> sir keir starmer has announced a series of measures designed to help police combat that violent unrest that's spreading right across the country following the murder of three girls in southport earlier

this week. >> the measures include the creation of a new violent disorder unit that will see greater intelligence sharing between police forces and the wider deployment of facial recognition technology. >> well , it recognition technology. >> well, it all comes as the prime minister also warned that so—called far right thugs are planning a summer of riots, and they and promised that they would face the full force of the law. >> now, let's discuss this with gb news, home and security editor mark white. so do these new measures actually entail anything new? >> well, certainly there have always been processes in place where police forces right across the country share intelligence. >> there's what they call mutual aid. as well, where resources can be rapidly deployed to assist one police force that might be struggling with resources because of mass disorder or some major event. so these structures are in place, are well rehearsed, and work very well. so i'm not quite sure

what's new, it's been branded as a violent disorder unit, what's new, it's been branded as a violent disorder unit , that's a violent disorder unit, that's a violent disorder unit, that's a catchy phrase that governments often may be more of a pr move. well, you might say that i don't know, but the police that came out certainly said of downing street yesterday, certainly said to me that, you know, they are reviewing what has happened. they are trying to learn the lessons from that and that they believe that they are well placed to be able to deal with whatever might come down the pipeline and sadly, there is a fear that there may be further disorder in in the days ahead. >> this is what i wanted to ask you, mark. what precisely are the police now preparing for? >> well, they are preparing for protests that might turn violent that we've seen, of course, in southport the first night, but then it just spread to four

locations. the next, again , locations. the next, again, night last night, thankfully, there were no protests or disorder across the country, but there are dozens of protests that we're told are planned for the weekend in towns and cities right across the country. so who knows what might happen, because in some locations no one might show up, or only, you know, a few people might show up. that's not a problem for anyone . but not a problem for anyone. but if, of course, very significant numbers turn up, and if it, has, you know, elements within there that are what we describe as hotheads , what the government hotheads, what the government describe as far right. and they might well then see disorder that sparked from these protests. but the police say they are prepared. they're looking at their intelligence picture to try and see if known, what they would say. a risk offenders are travelling to certain locations and they'll

try and get in ahead of that to stop that. >> in terms of the coordination that they're they're planning, do we know how they will? you know, you mentioned these certain areas that where protests have been announced, do we know how the police go about coordinating to prioritise resources to those areas, if they don't necessarily know in advance, you know, 12 people might turn up or 200. >> well, they don't, and that's a real problem for the police. it's difficult. i mean, they can gauge maybe what the response is with locations that are being advertised. for instance , on advertised. for instance, on social media, they can see if it's gaining a lot of traction, if a lot of people are responding to some of these posters that are going out on social media and saying, yeah, i'm going to attend, that gives the police perhaps a little bit of an insight into how well attended an event might be, but sometimes it's just a shot in the dark . and sometimes, of

the dark. and sometimes, of course, we know they can be taken by surprise. >> well, thank you for that, mark. we're going to broaden this conversation out now. also joining us in the studio is the former prisoner now social campaigner winston davis. because winston, what did you make of what the prime minister had to say last night. what what what do you think the impact of his words will be? >> well, mark just talked about, you know, maybe being a gimmick and maybe it may be some sort of you know, pr thing or, you know, kids come into power. he's got his cps hat on. he wants to show force, but maybe he knows something that we don't know. maybe there's intelligence about what they're planning nationally that we that we don't know, it does feel like a knee jerk reaction on the face of it. but again, if we don't know what the information is that they hold, maybe it's not, but for me, i think that we've got this, this perfect storm of people in the country a lot a proportion of them are a big proportion of them are a big proportion of them are a big proportion of them are upset, angry about brown muslim immigrants coming to this country and thinking that it's going to be taken oven that it's going to be taken over. and i think that that that anger and frustration, which i actually understand as a working

class man in this country, should be directed at the people that have been running the country for decades, that have been destroying the working class communities, destroying the jobs, selling off their housing, leaving them with nothing, and then allowing and then fanning the flames to get them to point the finger at an other, rather than saying, actually what? you know, where are these issues coming from and how is it started? but if we look back over the last ten, 15, nearly 20 years, working class white boys have been failing at school, only second to black, black caribbean boys . and now black caribbean boys. and now those boys are now coming of age. but they don't have the ability to read or write or dissect information in an analytical way. so therefore, when they see a post on on onune when they see a post on on online as it's being shared around saying, oh, you know, another immigrant come off a boat and he's a muslim and he's killed all these girls, let's go and write and attack the muslims. well, of course, because they don't have any critical thinking to be able to challenge that. >> do you think that the prime minister's, press conference,

that do you think that that there's a potential for this to actually backfire and create more anger and resentment? >> yeah. so i've seen the comments about people saying it's a two tier policing system and that, you know, they're coming down hard on what looks on the face of it, like relatively small disturbances and unrest. but then if we look at the eco protesters and the blocking off of the m25 and the blocking off of the m25 and the blocking off of the m25 and the blocking off all the roads, it was a very soft, softly approach there and then these guys are getting this, this treatment. i think it could backfire. i think that, you know, you're almost playing into their hands and you you know it. maybe you don't need more legislation. you don't need more legislation. you don't need to make a big announcement about it. just deal with the issues as they arise, as you would do normally. so i think it's a it's a tactical move in essence. and we'll see how it's going to play out over the next few weeks. >> clearly, there's a lot of angerin >> clearly, there's a lot of anger in the country, and we've used this word a lot. a lot of

people have spoken about the country being a tinderbox right now and things can spill over into other instances, no doubt. lots of the protests planned this weekend bring in all of these different grievances . and these different grievances. and it's of course, it's about the three girls who've lost their lives. but it's also about a sense of being out of control. this, this, this lack of order. >> perhaps there's been a, you know, fear mongering in this country for the last 60, 70 years since just after the second world war, you know, 1964, i think it was a conservative councillor won an election in in his constituency by saying, using the n word, if you want an n as a neighbour, vote labour. and he won his his election. >> i'm not sure that was true. i think that was a leaflet that was put out by a separate group that wasn't affiliated with that candidate. >> as it, as it as it stands, it's written down. i've looked into it. it said in 1964 that that's the kind of environment

60 years ago. okay. voice there. you know, black people coming to the country who were part of the empire, they thought this was, you know, my dad come here thinking this is part of his his home, his land to come back and help to rebuild after the war. and then 20 years ago, we were saying, oh, it's the eastern europeans coming here stealing all of our jobs. 20 years later, now it's the muslims that are gone. and it's like fanning the flames of the other. and for me, it's like i actually know the people, successive governments for decades and the people that fund those governments that have caused this division. i'm a working class man. i'm proud to be in this country. but you cause this division , how can we cause this division, how can we come together? because i'm not a white working class man, i don't. i'm a working class man. >> no, there are a lot of intersecting identities here winston davies. thank you so much for talking us through that issue. and indeed mark white before him. >> now robert jenrick will shortly hold a press conference where he will officially launch his campaign against rishi sunak to replace him as leader of the

conservative party. well, let's cross to newark and head to our political editor, christopher hope, who is there in the launch venue. >> venue. >> is it chris sparkling show us around . around. >> tom emmer, as promised, here we are at the launch venue for robert jenrick campaign to be tory leader. change win. deliver. you see, there is the campaign slogan of jenrick for leader, there's around 300 people gathering here, 200 people gathering here, 200 people here gathering from campaign groups and, and campaigners for robert jenrick to become the next tory leader. we're in newark, back up here, you'll see the there's a stand here. it's a water ready for mr jenrick . a lot of a lot of it's, jenrick. a lot of a lot of it's, it's quite glitzy. i've been to several of these over the past two decades. this feels quite impressive. each candidate must raise £400,000 or a cap of that amount. £200,000 given to the tory party. you can see where a lot of that money has gone to. you see the work the press is lined up on the on the stand behind there, yeah, i think it's quite interesting. on every

single seat there's a generic for leader campaign. join jenrick comm it says there with his policy platform . so may his policy platform. so may i join you. you'll see and ask why you're here and who are you? please, sir. >> my name is philip ulman. i'm a social entrepreneur, so i run a social entrepreneur, so i run a number of large businesses, and i've been speaking to a number of politicians over over the years . rob is different. the years. rob is different. he's actually different. he's listening and he's got ideas which i think are very important, not just for the conservative party, but actually for the country. so i think this is an exciting time. and i think we're talking about a potential visionary that can make a big difference, not just for the conservatives but for the uk. >> is he left wing or right wing? is a leader. why are you wincing? >> i don't like the jargon of left wing and right wingers. it's i like to speak to people simply. he's a good man. he's a family man. he cares for others and he wants to provide a country where we actually care for each other. so left wing,

it's just too complicated for me to put simply, he gets it. he recognises that the social unrest that was in southport, there's a need for something different. and i think he's that i think he's his. he's good. >> okay. mr paul pullman, thank you. there you have one of the one of the supporters there for robert jenrick and the room here is now filling up with others. we'll have the speech by mr jenrick at three and then questions from the press, including gb news afterwards. and then we should have a guest i think maybe esther mcvey on the channel later on today. so this is the beginning of a three month process to find the successor for rishi sunak. the other candidates, of course, kemi badenoch, tom tugendhat and others. so there's a whole process to go through. this is the first of several of these launches and we will bring them all to you live on gb news >> absolutely fascinating, chris, just 40 minutes to go. we'll be back with you at 3:00. >> it's terribly glossy looking leaflet he has there in his hand didn't he. now three us citizens

are back on american soil after being freed in a russian west prisoner swap. but our next guest argues that one man that it will prove to benefit the russian leader, vladimir.

putin. good afternoon, britain . it is good afternoon, britain. it is almost 2:30 now. >> three us citizens are back on american soil after being freed in a russian western prisoner swap, the largest in decades . swap, the largest in decades. >> evan gershkovich, paul whelan and al su kumacheva are among the 24 detainees from seven countries involved in an historic deal that had been more than 18 months in the making. >> however, despite the

seemingly positive news, there are warnings of a darker side to this story, namely that vladimir putin will milk the event and see hostage taking as a get out of jail free card for the assassins, saboteurs and spies around the world for them to steal, murder or cause general chaos. >> those are the words of our next guest, the russian warfare expert and former conservative mp bob seely . so, bob, i have to mp bob seely. so, bob, i have to ask you, given what we're seeing in iran, with hamas as well, a number of states, including china in fact, that could be emboldened by this to take hostages and those hostages may be, for example, wall street, journalists , people who are journalists, people who are very, very , very much innocent very, very, very much innocent compared with the, the bad people that are released and exchanged in these prisoner

swaps . swaps. >> absolutely. good afternoon to you both. good afternoon to you to your to your listeners and viewers. you're absolutely right. the problem is this is literally a get out of jail free card for vladimir putin. whenever he's got one of his svr or gru. so the secret agency there, they're murderers or somebody heavily involved in organised crime, maybe fraud, who also works for them. he knows that he he can take prisoners. he can take innocent people, be they journalists or the like, or literally security experts or anybody out there, and he can hold them until he gets what he wants because he knows, especially with the us, sadly. and also countries like germany is that when you take hostages, unfortunately, some countries, some western countries, some western countries , listen, we have a countries, listen, we have a very strict rule about the taking of hostages. we don't deal with states that take hostages. but even then, for example, with nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, we were zaghari —ratcliffe, we were forced zaghari—ratcliffe, we were forced to negotiate somewhat with the iranians. but iran , with the iranians. but iran, china, russia, they're all doing it nowadays. and i think as

international problems grow worse and the international situation becomes more complicated and more dangerous , complicated and more dangerous, frankly, i think sadly, this is only going to increase. >> yeah. you're so right to, highlight the foreign office's line that has always been we do not pay ransoms. we do not do deals for hostages. usually we sendin deals for hostages. usually we send in the sas, but but has this actually sort of started to break down in recent years? you mentioned nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. of course. zaghari —ratcliffe. of course. the zaghari—ratcliffe. of course. the us has always had a slightly more ambiguous policy. are we seeing perhaps a new era of hostage taking as a result of this, breaking down of protocol ? this, breaking down of protocol? >> yes. i mean, i think, tom, i think that's a really good point. and i think for our enemies. absolutely. i think they think we're onto a winner here. if you and there's we should be saying, well, of course we don't deal with hostage taking, but when you've got a government, especially one that, like the last conservative government, grew to be quite unpopular towards the end, this is just yet another piece of friction, yet another problem that government has to face. and despite the tiny numbers of

people involved, the profile that this delivers both by way of causing problems within a target country, the united kingdom or the united states or germany, you know, these are potentially very effective tools to be used against democracies that are beholden to voters and beholden to their citizens, as opposed to authoritarian powers that know that they can lean on states by doing this. and i think, sadly, if you look at what's happening in the world, like the chinese are doing it, the iranians are doing it. i think the north koreans have done it, but not recently. the united states has, suffered from it from the hands of russia. we've just seen. so i think this is only going to become an increasing and increasing problem as states like russia, like china, like iran , use non like china, like iran, use non traditional forms of conflict to get that to undermine western free states. >> now, some might say that there is an ethical, obligation, in some sense to those hostages that we can't simply leave innocent journalists for

example, languishing on unjust charges in russian jails or chinese jails. so there is a conflict there, isn't there , conflict there, isn't there, between, the ethical obligation that we might feel versus the strategic necessities of not negotiating for the release of hostages in this way. >> you're absolutely right. if you cannot let somebody languish. so i think the problem is slightly been with the fco, that we haven't had a dedicated sort of tsar or whatever you want to call them. the us has an ambassador whose sole focus has been to deal with state hostage taking and arguably we need a focus of state hostage taking someone or a small group who deal with that and preferably a senior and significant figure in the foreign office. at the same time, if we start dealing with everyone who takes, british citizens hostage, we are a very, very big target from many different countries throughout the world. we can't just bomb a

country. we can't just send in special forces in almost all occasions now, especially when it's state hostage taking. and the problem is, if we start giving in, so to speak, all we're going to do is exacerbate the problem. and that's actually the problem. and that's actually the mess, the slightly mess that the mess, the slightly mess that the americans have got themselves into because they have given in on several occasions. well given in they have chosen to negotiate, and either handed over bad people in their prisons or persuaded other countries to hand over bad people. so when brittney griner, the, the basketball player, was taken hostage a few years ago in russia, russia negotiated the release of one of the most infamous , global arms salesman infamous, global arms salesman who was, a very sort of closely associated with russian secret agencies. and now, by taking gershkovich the wall street journal, a reporter hostage, they've got their murderer krasikov out of a german prison. >> it's a huge, huge moral hazard. i suppose the recommendation has to be don't

go and visit russia . but, bob go and visit russia. but, bob seely, i'm afraid that's all we've got time for russia . we've got time for russia. warfare experts, and of course, former conservative mp. appreciate your time now. >> tributes continue to pour in for the six year old bebe king, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and nine year old alice aguar . alice aguar. >> well, they were attacked by that knifeman on monday. but yesterday, of course, the teenager charged with their murder has been appearing in court. let's go to charlie peters now, who is, at the at the memorial, the laying of flowers in southport. charlie >> tom emmer. good afternoon. yes. the constant stream of tributes to those injured and killed in monday's horrific incident that mass stabbing attack on hart street here in southport has continued all day here. it's a solemn and respectful atmosphere as people leave flowers, balloons, some teddy bears and the lighting of candles to honour those who were caught up in that appalling

tragedy. on monday, after a 17 year old was charged yesterday with three counts of murder, ten of attempted murder and also possession of a bladed article, a kitchen knife in that case. but while we know the names of the three children killed in that alleged attack, we don't know the eight names of the those victims of attempted murder who were children . now, murder who were children. now, those names are known to the community. many of them have been addressed in the notes left behind me notes not only from inside the community here and from local villages surrounding southport, but also as far as belfast, norwich and towns in lancashire , including preston. lancashire, including preston. we've seen letters from all across the country in those paying across the country in those paying respects at this location here today and earlier on we also saw the family of alice aguilar appear and gather in a solemn silence, very emotional experience, watching them gather , experience, watching them gather, put down some more flowers of their own in front of a picture

of alice, aged just nine, and they had balloons with the number nine, because she will be forever nine after that appalling tragedy on monday morning , 1150 appalling tragedy on monday morning ,1150 at hart appalling tragedy on monday morning , 1150 at hart street, morning, 1150 at hart street, just five minutes away from where we are now. they also wrote some messages on some balloons and let them into the sky. i'll just move out the way now so you can take a look at some of the tributes we have here. give you a better vision of what's going on, because so many of these flowers have been added even in the last hour before you spoke to us, where more people coming to pay their respects and leave their messages, because this is a town experiencing a great shock, a trauma of monday morning's events, but also the disorder that followed on tuesday night. that rioting was shocking to the local community. we do have some positive . news to bring you, positive. news to bring you, though, which is that in the last hour, the fundraiser for some of those southport stabbing victims has reached £100,000. former liverpool footballer captain and indeed legend steven gerrard among those donating to the fund set up by the southport

dance group emergency fund on behalf of pre—school dance companies in britain, steven gerrard said that he was thinking of all the families involved in this attack as more people here in southport continue to pay their respects . continue to pay their respects. >> oh charlie peters, thank you so much for that report. really, really moving to see £100,000. >> now coming up, the latest on the sussexes ahead of their trip to colombia. more on that after your headlines with tatiana . your headlines with tatiana. >> emma thank you. the top stories this hour. home office minister lord hanson has told would be rioters to be prepared to face the full force of the law if they choose to return to the streets this weekend . the streets this weekend. several protests are due to take place over the coming days at least 15 are reported to have been advertised online. the muslim council of britain says hundreds of mosques across the country will be strengthening their security this weekend .

their security this weekend. last night, 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 attack in the town. 17 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders . meanwhile, with their murders. meanwhile, police say they've identified a woman who was one of eight people being sought after protesters threw objects at a demonstration outside a hotel housing migrants in aldershot, which left one police officer injured, 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 . three us citizens stabbings. three us citizens freed in a russian west prisoner swap are back on american soil. evan gershkovich was one of 16

prisoners swapped for eight russian prisoners in what has been described as the biggest exchange since the end of the cold war. between russia and the west. gershkovich was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he'd always denied in great britain's bryony page has won a gold medal in the women's trampoline at the paris olympics. 33 year old bryony won silver in rio, bronze in tokyo and now gold in paris. she's the european champion, the world champion and now the olympic champion. great britain now sits fourth in the medals table and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward alerts

>> good afternoon britain. it is 2:39. >> the duke and duchess of sussex have announced a tour to colombia at the invitation of president francia marquez. >> now, prince harry and meghan markle are expected to highlight the threat posed to children by the threat posed to children by the internet. >> joining us now is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker . hi royal correspondent cameron walker. hi cameron, what's the latest on this? this new semi royal tour around colombia . royal tour around colombia. >> yeah but it was a bit of a surprise actually emma because they just recently completed a tour of nigeria which appeared on the surface to be a success. and yet they have now been ianed and yet they have now been invited by the colombian government to take part in a new royal, not royal tour. because remember, they're not working members of the royal family anymore. but it's for a cause quite close to their hearts. just a few months ago, both

harry and meghan met a number of bereaved parents who had lost their children, who had been bullied online and unfortunately had taken their own lives. so what they're doing in colombia is really trying to tackle onune is really trying to tackle online safety and the violence and ending violence against children. but the problem with harry and meghan's tour, unfortunately at the moment, is something about what prince harry said last week to a documentary, which was he refuses to bring his wife meghan to the united kingdom because he says he cannot guarantee her safety because of the downgraded police protection here in the united kingdom. if you look at colombia, however , the uk and us colombia, however, the uk and us governments both advise against citizens travelling to certain parts of the country. now harry and meghan not going to those parts of the country, but the foreign office still advising that terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks. in colombia. kidnapping rates remain high and illegal arms group kidnap hostages both for ransom and political purposes . ransom and political purposes. now, harry and meghan aren't the

first members of the royal family to go to colombia. the duchess of edinburgh was there last year on an officially sanctioned royal tour by the foreign office , but the duchess foreign office, but the duchess of edinburgh isn't complaining about her security arrangements. in the united kingdom, prince harry is . and that is the harry is. and that is the problem for prince harry here. but it also coincides with a brand new interview of harry and meghan, a joint interview, the first since that infamous oprah interview in 2021, all about child safety. so let's take a look at that. >> 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 to be able to be a part of. well, you hope for 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. 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. >> cameron, we can understand why harry and meghan might accept an invitation to go to colombia, but why would the government of colombia extend that invitation to them in the first place? >> well, the vice president of colombia, francia marquez, she is the first afro—colombian vice president. she's a minister for equality of equity, and she's an environmental activist. so all of those kind of tick. harry, meghan's boxes, don't they? a little bit. i suspect by having both harry and meghan there, it's clearly going to increase the profile of the country they are hosting in november. what they would see as a very important country and i'm sure a conference even and i'm sure many across the world would also think so too, on that, tackling violence against children. and by having harry and meghan very

famous people there it does increase the profile. harry and meghan not going to the conference itself, but the visit does precede that conference. and of course they no longer work at. but of course they're no longer working members of the royal family. so many are seeing it as a royal tour, even if they aren't working members of the royal family anymore. and is that going to rub the working members, the king, the queen, the prince and princess of wales up the wrong way because they really can't at the moment because of the king's cancer diagnosis and the prince and princess of the princess of wales's cancer diagnosis. although the king is going to australia in the autumn. >> well, cameron walker, thank you very much for bringing us all of that. now we've got some breaking news to bring everyone. it's good news. great britain's scott brash, harry charles and ben mayer have won a gold medal in the jumping team final at the paris olympics . and most paris olympics. and most importantly of all, this means we've now jumped ahead of france in the medal table right in time

to respond to your tweet there, tom literally just tweeted saying, one more medal. >> give us one more medal. and here we have it. that's another, another gold there for the british olympic team. it's catapulted us into third place behind only china and the united states of america. >> it shows britain punching well beyond its weight in the sporting world. and my goodness me, france. as long as we're ahead of the hosts, ahead of the hosts, i'll take bronze for that. but do stay with us here on gb news because we'll be having a rather interesting next segment. it's one of my favourite days of the year. yes, grab yourself a nice cold pint for international beer day. we'll be hearing from a pub landlord in his favourite boozer after this

>> good afternoon britain. it's almost 10 to 3 now. >> that means that coming up next it's not martin daubney, but today it's mark dolan filling in for martin, so , mark, filling in for martin, so, mark, what's coming up on your show ? what's coming up on your show? >> tom emmer? what a brilliant show. i'll be picking up the baton at three with a massive question. can sir keir starmer keep law and order on britain's streets as we face the grim reality of a summer of political violence? harry and meghan are worried about their safety, but they're off to colombia . make it they're off to colombia. make it make sense. plus, the olympic boxing gender row rages on and the bbc and the bad headlines keep on coming . keep on coming. >> goodness me, mark sounds like a jam packed show. looking forward to it from 3:00 now. >> is it too early for a pint, tom, >> i've got an answer for that. no i don't have one. >> how sad . i don't want to

>> how sad. i don't want to share with you. >> no. fair enough . >> no. fair enough. >> no. fair enough. >> it's. it good? yeah i think it's. >> i think it's. it's good. i think we should have one every show around this time. i think it would, especially on fri day. >> friday. >> really makes. has that been sitting there for. >> it's been sitting there all show. it's. i've been waiting for this moment for the last 2.5 hours. >> you might be wondering why tom has had a pint squirrelled away underneath the desk for the entire show. and that's because it's international beer day. >> well, to celebrate, people around the world are being asked to raise a toast to bartenders and brewers. so joining us now is the owner of the dog in wingham, mark bridgen , who's, wingham, mark bridgen, who's, enjoying a pint on his day off at the hare and billet. well, cheers. first of all, and, and happy international beer day, i've got to be honest, it is the first time i've ever heard of international beer day, but i am making i'm absolutely taking advantage of the excuse, beer is, of course, an important social aspect, i suppose, in all

our lives. cultural, even . our lives. cultural, even. >> absolutely . yeah. most >> absolutely. yeah. most important drink of the day . important drink of the day. >> so, do you do you regularly celebrate international beer day or is this just every day, international beer day for you ? international beer day for you? >> every, every day is beer day for me, national beer day is the 15th of june. i believe. and, it doesn't hurt to have an international day as well, and hopefully people up and down the country will get out to , support country will get out to, support their local pub today. and over their local pub today. and over the weekend. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> to mark take it on to a slightly more serious note , pubs slightly more serious note, pubs have really been struggling, haven't they? particularly after lockdown. so how important is something like international beer day for getting people back down their local pub ? down their local pub? >> i think any, any reason to get people out supporting not just their local pub, but any hospitality business is really essential at the moment, yeah. you know, the sun's out. we've

got tons of sport going on at the moment and obviously the olympics with your, your guys winning prizes forjumping, we. winning prizes for jumping, we. yeah, it is, you know, as jolly as i am today on a day off in the sunshine, having a pint. it is, it's really tough. there's no dressing it up, people are feeling the squeeze, and, you know, the first thing that goes is you know, they're they're they're fun tokens and. yeah, you know, if your viewers can get out this weekend to pubs, restaurants, cafes to, to have a drink, it would be hugely appreciated because yeah, we're facing like like everyone is, you know, i live in the real world. we're all real feeling the squeeze. but, you know, hospitality was the main focus point through the pandemic or one of the main, you know , a big one of the main, you know, a big industry that was rescued and we did we had a real pick up after, after covid, but yeah, the last, last 12 months or more have been incredibly tough. you know , i'm

incredibly tough. you know, i'm sat in, you know, the most fantastic pub in blackheath, the hare and billet they have in there, they're about. oh have you. it is a wonderful it is it's, it's awesome. and very relevant on international beer day. you know they have 20 different they have cask ten cask ale pumps and i think it's 11 or 12, draught beer pumps. so, you know, these guys are celebrating beer every day . but, celebrating beer every day. but, you know, importantly, they also do a very good roast dinner. they do. that was actually the last time i ate here was for a sunday roast, and it was fantastic. amazing. so look, it's an awesome pub, but sadly today, you know, speaking to the manager when i came in, it's really, really quiet and you know, and it's the same at the dog at wingham, so yeah, those that can please get out, you know, enjoy a beer , not just know, enjoy a beer, not just been know, enjoy a beer, not just beer, you know, tonight at the hare and billet, it's fizz friday, it's. you can have a bottle of prosecco for £20, but yeah , you know, if you can yeah, you know, if you can stroll out to your local pub,

restaurant and. yeah, have a, have a pint and catch up with the family and friends. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> such an important message. and it's so good to see how i suppose adaptable and versatile are pubs have been over the last. well, goodness me, 4 or 4 or so years. they've been through the wringer. but whether it's takeaway pints or or doing sort of food deliveries as well, we've seen it all. mark, brian, thank you so much for joining we've seen it all. mark, brian, thank you so much forjoining us on what we learn is international beer day. cheers. >> that's my great weekend. >> that's my great weekend. >> pubs are like churches. if you don't use them, you lose them. so get down to your local and have a beer on international beer day. >> marvellous stuff and let's hope we can whack on not just some sport, but some gb news on the on the tv in the corner as well. well goodness me, that's all that we have time for today on good afternoon britain. but don't switch off. don't go anywhere because of course at 3:00 it's the one only inimitable mark dolan in martin daubney. and of course robert jenrick leadership launch. don't go anywhere .

go anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello again. here's your latest gb news, weather forecast from the met office as we go through the rest of today and into the weekend, there will be some fine sunny weather around, but it's going to turn fresher and there will be some wet weather arriving because of a frontal system that's already starting to push its way in across parts of scotland and northern ireland, and has brought some heavy bursts of rain here, it's going to continue to push its way south eastwards as we go through this evening and overnight, so the cloud, the rain does break up, but it will push into parts of england and wales overnight, clinging on to some clear skies across the far southeast and clear skies following across parts of scotland and northern ireland. and as a result, with some fresher air here, temperatures could drop quite low. low single figures, perhaps in rural spots . elsewhere, a bit in rural spots. elsewhere, a bit of a milder night because of the cloud and the rain that's

pushing its way in. there could be some heavy bursts in the rain as we go through tomorrow morning across parts of central southern england and wales, and towards the southeast. so just watch out for that. otherwise it's quite cloudy story across many parts of england and wales, but a brighter, sunnier start to the day across northern western parts, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. that being said , there will be a that being said, there will be a few showers around for western parts of scotland and some of these could be a little bit on these could be a little bit on the heavy side as we go through the heavy side as we go through the day itself. then more cloud and more outbreaks of rain across southeastern england, and there could be some pulses of heavy rain affecting some southern counties at times too. but generally all of that wet weather should clear away towards the east. more showers towards the east. more showers to come across scotland and northern ireland in between, though, a lot of bright and fine weather. that being said, temperatures not as high as they have been recently. still getting into the mid 20s for some of us mid to high teens. further north. more showers to come as we go through the end of the day tomorrow across scotland and northern ireland. some clearer weather towards the south and so it could be a bit of a chilly , fresh night for

of a chilly, fresh night for some of us as we go into sunday morning . and then sunday does morning. and then sunday does bnng morning. and then sunday does bring some wet weather arriving from the northwest, and that's going to gradually push its way south eastwards next week by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> good afternoon. this is mark

dolan in for martin daubney and a very busy three hours to come before 4:00. robert jenrick officially launches his bid for the leadership of the tory party. we will bring you the speech live in what looks to be sir keir starmer's first major political headache is the country bracing itself for a summer of chaotic political violence. how will our new prime

minister tackle britain's increasingly divided and angry society , and the bad headlines society, and the bad headlines keep on coming for the bbc following the huw edwards scandal? we'll have a look at the damage done to our national state broadcaster. will it make the public more reluctant to pay the public more reluctant to pay the licence fee? and harry and meghan are off on another world toun meghan are off on another world tour. but given the fact that they've kept their royal titles , they've kept their royal titles, do we really want them representing the uk? i'll be asking a top royal insider all of that between now and six. that robert jenrick speech any second now, you'll get it live on the show . interact with me on the show. interact with me all afternoon. gbnews.com forward slash your say. but first the news headlines and a

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