new prime 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 good friend of mine, tatiana

sanchez. >> mark 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 year old axel rudakubana has been charged with their murders . been charged 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 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 also already the ids's largest shareholder, could affect the uk's economic infrastructure or pose a security risk . serial killer security risk. serial killer levi bellfield has been blocked from having a civil partnership after a new law came into force, stopping the most serious offenders getting married behind bars. bellfield is serving two whole life orders for killing 13 year old milly dowler , marsha year old milly dowler, marsha mcdonnell and amelie delagrange as well as the attempted murder of kate sheedy . it is understood of kate sheedy. it is understood he'd recently submitted an application for a civil partnership, which is believed to have spurred the government on to bring in the restrictions. 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. raw 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 to 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. great britain sits third in the olympics medals table after gb's scott brash. harry charles and ben maher won gold in the jumping team final in paris earlier , great britain's bryony earlier, great britain's bryony page won a gold medal in the women's trampoline at the games. 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. and earlier today, great, great britain's emily craig and imogen grant won the gold medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the paris olympics. the pair missed out on a medal in tokyo four years ago by just 0.01 seconds. the event will be taken out of the rowing programme after the paris olympics, with beach sprints introduced in their place in los angeles in four years time. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. sam has your next headunes sanchez. sam has your next headlines for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> mark dolan in for martin daubney. to good have your

company a very busy three hours to come. we're just watching robert jenrick his first major speech as he throws his hat into the ring for the tory leadership. we will bring you the speech live. he is the man. he's a hopeful, and he thinks that he can unite the conservative party and make them electable again. so we're keeping an eye on that. we'll get straight to it when he reaches the stage . but first, we reaches the stage. but first, we start with fears of more violence. this weekend , after violence. this weekend, after the riots following the killings of three young girls in southport on monday, there have been clashes in towns and cities across england, with more than 100 people arrested in london on wednesday. three men alleged to have taken part okay, folks, let me interrupt that because i can tell you that robert jenrick is approaching the stage. this is his first major hustings speech in his bid to be the next conservative leader. i thank you. >> thank you . well, thank you >> thank you. well, thank you esther. >> that was absolutely brilliant. >> it's wonderful to have you

here. and thank you. thank you to all of you for coming here from right across our country. but can i begin with this by addressing those of you, my friends, my neighbours, my constituents here in newark , constituents here in newark, some of you i last saw on election day when we were pounding those pavements. thank you for everything that you did. thank you for knocking on all those doors, for having those conversations. thank you for posting those leaflets through letterboxes so beautifully . as letterboxes so beautifully. as a result of everything that you did , we defeated labour. we did, we defeated labour. we squeezed reform, we defied the polls, the odds, the national tide, and won we here in newark. and so and so it is fitting that i am here today in the town and with the people to whom i owe so

much to launch my campaign to be the next leader of the conservative party and i've spent my whole life here in the midlands, living in small towns like newark and these places and these people . people like you, these people. people like you, like me, have shaped my politics. people in newark are hardworking. they are doers. they are makers . they are people they are makers. they are people who get up early in the morning to earn a living. they are proud of our history. they would never denigrate our country. they treasure family and do everything in their power to look after their children and give them the best possible start in life. they embody the best values of our country. i'm in politics for that, for them, for you . it's why. it's in politics for that, for them, for you . it's why . it's why, in politics for that, for them, for you . it's why. it's why, as for you. it's why. it's why, as i wrote last month in response

to those people who said that we should cut out the members of our party in this process of choosing the next leader of the conservative party, that no , we conservative party, that no, we should never do that. i want to breathe new life into our party with a new spirit in which we respect the role of the membership of this party. and we'll do that in many ways . we'll do that in many ways. we'll do it, for example, by ensuring that his members who choose candidates for elections once again . i want choose candidates for elections once again. i want i choose candidates for elections once again . i want i want to once again. i want i want to grow this party. i want to become a mass membership organisation once again with new members of all ages and in every part of our country. and i know we can do it . part of our country. and i know we can do it. in part of our country. and i know we can do it . in 2010, the we can do it. in 2010, the conservative party won young people, and i believe , i firmly people, and i believe, i firmly believe that with the right

approach, we can persuade young people again that it is in their interests to be conservatives. you know, there are too many young people today for whom the dream of home ownership feels out of reach. they're sat at home in their childhood bedrooms, waiting to get on in life, waiting for their lives to begin. and we conservatives have to change that. that is one of the reasons why i'm so proud to look around this room today, to and see so many young conservatives here for a reason, because they are backing this campaign . now we need to get the campaign. now we need to get the machine of the conservative party back into fighting shape , party back into fighting shape, because it let too many people down. members and candidates at the last general election and i'd like to take this opportunity to say and to pay tribute to those conservative

mps who fought at the last election, who lost their seats due to no fault of their own decent public servants who worked for years to support their communities. we must never let this happen again . we must let this happen again. we must be better. we can be better . now be better. we can be better. now we've got elections coming up. there will be local elections next year. then there will be scottish and welsh elections. even the general election is only a matter of years away. we've got to get this party back together. that is why we're here today.to together. that is why we're here today. to get the party back together and to get going again. i know we can do it, but let's not be too downbeat. it's only a few weeks into this new labour government, and already the hard left of the labour party have got it in for sir keir starmer.

there's a cabal of rebel labour mps and independents who are already gunning for sir keir, and of course amongst them is one mp for islington , who is one mp for islington, who is publicly seething that sir keir has waltzed into number 10 without giving them so much as a thought. but let's not waste too much time worrying about poor emily thornberry . but seriously, emily thornberry. but seriously, seriously, in this campaign, i am going to tell you some hard truths. but let me begin with this. this is a great country with a proud history. when we came into office 13 years ago, the labour party had left this country's public finances in the worst possible state, and we turn them around thanks to the decisions taken by david cameron, we reformed our schools

such that today our children are the most literate and the most numerate in the western world. we empowered head teachers against huge bureaucratic resistance to take the decisions that were necessary to put the interests of their students first. we created free schools and i founded one myself here in newark. and despite the backing of sir keir starmer, we ensured that jeremy corbyn, a threat to our prosperity and national security, was never prime minister of this country. security, was never prime minister of this country . we minister of this country. we stood by, we stood by brave ukraine in their hour of greatest need. we did that as conservatives and we did more than that. thanks to boris johnson. despite all the opposition and the paralysis we

got, brexit done . now, now all got, brexit done. now, now all of this, all of this begs a big question. how is it that we have just suffered our worst ever electoral defeat ? and to answer electoral defeat? and to answer that question, we do need to confront some hard truths . confront some hard truths. there's many reasons, but the principal one, the primary one, is that we broke our promise to the british public to deliver controlled and reduced migration and the secure border that the pubuc and the secure border that the public rightly demand . we public rightly demand. we allowed the cycle of broken promises to continue . and as promises to continue. and as a minister, when i concluded that i couldn't secure any more changes to our legal migration system, i resigned from cabinet

last year because i, for one, was not willing to be just another minister who makes and breaks promises on . immigration. breaks promises on. immigration. but but it was about more than just that. let's acknowledge that today , in 2019, we also that today, in 2019, we also promised a strong economy and nhs . but growth was too low and nhs. but growth was too low and taxes were too high and we lost our hard won reputation for sound financial management. and we must never do that again. we promised to level up and we got started on that generational mission, aided by great conservative mayors like andy street and ben houchen. but we were knocked off course by the pandemic and by global economic crises. but i believe more passionately than ever that

talent is spread evenly across our great country. but opportunity is not. and we must return to that agenda . and return to that agenda. and critically, despite spending more money than ever before , too more money than ever before, too much of the british state simply wasn't working . nowhere wasn't working. nowhere exemplifies this challenge more than the nhs. we are spending 20% more money. there are 20% more doctors and nurses in the nhs and there were five years ago. and yet we are treating no more patients. we've poured cash into the black hole of waste and inefficiency. we allowed new quangos to arise. we allowed poor management to go unpunished. we saw some of the

structural flaws in the system ourselves. but out of fear of ourselves. but out of fear of our opponents mischaracterising our opponents mischaracterising our efforts, we shirked the difficult decisions. we allowed the lions on the front line of the lions on the front line of the nhs to be let down by the donkeys in the back offices . donkeys in the back offices. above all, above all, we forgot that the nhs is a public service , that the nhs is a public service, not a religion. so if we are in office again, if we re—enter government , we must never make government, we must never make those those choices again. we must never shirk the difficult decisions. we must neverjump at our own shadows. we must invest in the nhs , but we must ensure in the nhs, but we must ensure it works for the british people .

it works for the british people. now labour, now labour say all these problems are the fault of these problems are the fault of the tories. of course they're not. they're definitely not. these challenges didn't arise in 2010 and they're not going to magically disappear in 2024. the roots of these problems are not red or blue. these are challenges faced by most countries across the west. their roots are in geopolitics, in new technology. in the battle of ideologies. but one thing i do firmly believe is this the particular problems we face as a country stem from the fact that the british system is not working for the british people . working for the british people. and i'm not going to lie to you, for most of my time as a

politician , i believed our politician, i believed our political system basically worked. i was elected ten years ago in a by—election here in newark. i was honoured to be a member of the government of each of the last five conservative prime ministers i prided myself on making the system work, on getting things done for my constituents and our country. i was the housing secretary, who, along with esther mcvey, ensured that the number of new homes being built in our country was the highest level for 40 years. we slashed red tape on small businesses. we got investment again on our high streets and in left behind communities. the length and breadth of the united kingdom. i created the world's most admired homelessness programme to try to eliminate rough sleeping. but in the last two years i have come to see that a different approach is needed as communities secretary dunng needed as communities secretary during the pandemic, i saw the

british state was both overbearing and powerless . as overbearing and powerless. as housing secretary, i saw that we had a planning system that meant that we couldn't get the critical infrastructure in energy or transport built , even energy or transport built, even if it was overwhelmingly in the national interest to do so. and at the home office, i saw more strongly than ever what was going wrong in our country. i saw that the british state was either unwilling or unable to perform its most basic duty to secure our borders and to keep the british people safe. as minister for immigration, i saw dangerous people coming into our country and the state unable to deport them. i saw the british state finding it difficult to build united and cohesive communities. i saw. i saw challenge

diminishing public trust . i saw diminishing public trust. i saw an economic model that was fundamentally failing , whereby fundamentally failing, whereby imported foreign labour was leading to immense pressures on our housing, on public services that our constituents wanted, like access to gp's and dentists. and i saw british workers wages being undercut. look, if mass migration was rocket fuel for our economy, we would have just lived through the greatest age of economic growth. but we haven't. and too many intelligent people refuse to say it like it was. too many economists were more worried about gdp than gdp per capita. now, i fought relentlessly for the solutions to these problems, solutions that most people agree with. and yet our political system was either unwilling or

unable to effect the change that our country needs. and in the end, i concluded this, that the system that i had been part of, that i had upheld was completely broken and was contributing to our national decline . now labour our national decline. now labour are in power. they have the landslide that is necessary to effect the radical changes that our country needs. but it's not going to happen . they have too going to happen. they have too many delusions. if going to happen. they have too many delusions . if anyone tells many delusions. if anyone tells you that the grownups are in charge, just look at ed miliband . charge, just look at ed miliband. even in the last couple of weeks, as you just heard from esther , labour have been esther, labour have been dishonest. they've lied about the state of our public finances. they've begun to break

their promises made to you, the british public, not to raise your taxes. they've declined to set a timetable to increase defence spending. they've created housing targets whereby we build less in our cities, precisely the places where homes are needed the most and the greatest productivity benefits could be achieved . they've could be achieved. they've they've released thousands of dangerous criminals from our prisons and on the altar of net zero, they've compromised hundreds of thousands of jobs in our oil and gas industry. hundreds of thousands of jobs in our oil and gas industry . and our oil and gas industry. and already the starting pistol has been fired by the far left of the labour party. they are gunning for keir starmer. and these people remember, these are people who despise the west, who

disdain british culture and history. these are people who deny basic biology and common sense , and who dogmatically sense, and who dogmatically oppose everything that we conservatives hold dear opportunity, freedom , opportunity, freedom, self—reliance, free enterprise is for all those reasons and more that our party remains our country's best . country's best. hope. but our party country's best. hope. but our party has to change. we have to acknowledge that it's got to change the shape of that change, and the principles and values that we must stand for are already becoming clear . that we must stand for are already becoming clear. i believe that the british people . believe that the british people. and legally, you should be detained and removed within days .

detained and removed within days. i believe , i believe that we i believe, i believe that we should be building more prisons, and that we should be locking up more serial offenders, not releasing people . i believe. releasing people. i believe. i believe that we can and we must make our economy grow faster. and unlike labour, we do this by building more homes in our cities. we do it by having more reliable, cheap energy produced in the uk. and we do that by reducing subsidies for offshore wind and investing in new nuclear. i believe that we give our people better skills , real our people better skills, real skills, not low value degrees. and whilst i believe in a safety net, there are too many people on welfare in our country and we need to give them the dignity that comes with work . i believe that comes with work. i believe are growing stronger and we must respond to that. we respond to

that by investing more in our armed forces, by investing at least 3% of gdp in defence, and doing so more intelligently than we have in the past. doing so more intelligently than we have in the past . above all, we have in the past. above all, above all, as a conservative to my core, i believe this. i believe in a small state that works , not a big state that works, not a big state that fails . now, friends, works, not a big state that fails. now, friends, our works, not a big state that fails . now, friends, our victory fails. now, friends, our victory here in newark a few weeks ago tells us a lesson . each of those tells us a lesson. each of those mrp polls that said we were going to lose all the pundits and the commentators who said it was impossible to win here. they were wrong . they got it wrong. were wrong. they got it wrong. we won. and those same pundits, those same pollsters and talking heads down in westminster, they now say that our party cannot win again. they say that our problems are too intractable.

they say we're too divided. they say that keir starmer is destined to be our nation's prime minister for a decade or more . well, if there's one more. well, if there's one lesson of our success here in newark , it's this. nothing in newark, it's this. nothing in politics is certain. just as there are no final victories, there are no final victories, there are no final victories, there are no final defeats . and there are no final defeats. and each and every one of you is testament to that. those of you who helped in my campaign, who put their heart and soul into it, who fought for this community, for our party, for our nation, knows to your core that we can do this. so enough of defeatism. we can win . and of defeatism. we can win. and just as we just as it would be wrong to have the drag anchor of defeatism so we must also be grounded in realism. and we all

know in our hearts that we have a mountain to climb. we lost millions of votes. we lost millions of votes. we lost millions of votes on the left to the labour party and the lib dems. we lost millions on the right to reform trust. hard won is easily lost and it takes time. it takes energy. it takes commitment to win it back . but commitment to win it back. but we must do that . our party has we must do that. our party has to change a lot, we must do that. our party has to change a lot , otherwise there to change a lot, otherwise there is no future for us. if we do change, let's change. in keeping with our best traditions and values, which include generosity of spirit, respect for institutions and one another, a preference, a desire, a deep yearning for national unity , not yearning for national unity, not division. we can ensure that

those best traditions endure. and if we do change, if we listen to the british people , if listen to the british people, if we show that we have listened, if we show that we understand that we made mistakes and we've learned from those mistakes, if we show that we understand the challenges facing our country and that uniquely, we have the serious answers and the serious leadership to to stand up them, if we show that we are united again as a broad church, but a broad church with a common creed, if above all else we show that we have changed, then we can win again. that we have changed, then we can win again . and we can. and can win again. and we can. and will win again. not in ten years, not in two terms. but we can win the next general

election . that that my friends, election. that that my friends, that my friends, is why i am standing to be the next leader of the conservative party, to change our party, to win the next general election, to and secure the future of our country . secure the future of our country. change, win, deliver for the people of great britain. i would be honoured if you would come with me on that journey . i would with me on that journey. i would be honoured if you would join my campaign. thank you very much. thank you. thank you . thank you. thank you. >> thank you very much. thanks thank thank you. >> robert jenrick . they're >> robert jenrick. they're launching robert jenrick. launching his bid for the tory leadership with a clear message. a small state that works, not a big state that fails. he said

the conservative party must change a lot or it has no future. his argument or. hugo, we have some questions now. expecting gb news to put questions in. >> we've got some questions from the media. and so i think the first one is from my good friend chris @gbnews. chris, welcome to newark. >> thank you for asking . robert >> thank you for asking. robert jenrick chris hope from gb news. great to be here. you want to remove illegal migrants within days. how do you do that? would you bring back a better rwanda scheme and yes or no ? would you scheme and yes or no? would you pull out of the european convention on human rights? and just a question about the current news in southport and elsewhere. is sir keir starmer right to blame the far right for the troubles across england, or did he miss an opportunity to understand why that's happening? >> yeah, well thanks chris, and i know that you are an avid reader of my columns and my speeches , and so you will know speeches, and so you will know that i have been saying things on the echr for a very long time, and my position is crystal clear on that one. on southport.

let me say this, i'm a father of three young daughters, and this was the most horrific crime. and like i'm sure everybody in this room, my thoughts and prayers are with those victims and their parents right now. i think that there is an important lesson from this, which is in this incident and in others across the country, they are revealing that there is too much disrespect for our police for and law and order. and i want to back the police . i want to back the police. i want to ensure that they can take the robust action they need against these individuals and against people like them. in all of the incidents we've seen in recent months, right across the country, because i do not want to live in a country where incidents like this, where disturbances are happening ever again . echr on the echr yes or again. echr on the echr yes or no, would you leave? well, i think i've said that many times.

absolutely yes. now, the next question we've got is from aggie lbc. >> hi, aggie. well there you have it. he's no martin luther king, but robert jenrick does have a clear vision for the conservative party. he said the party has got to change a lot or it has no future. he said they lost the election because of a cycle of broken promises. he wants to break that cycle. he criticised labour for sacrificing jobs at the altar of net zero, and he talked about the threat of the hard left on sir keir starmer's premiership. he said the roots of britain's problems are not only red and blue, but that the conservatives have the answer if they can unite. and he was pretty harsh about the nhs . he said that about the nhs. he said that there are 20% more doctors and nurses than there were five years ago, but no more patients being treated. he talked about quangos and he talked about donkeys in back offices in an almost johnsonian lyrical flair.

well, there you go. first hat in the ring that is robert jenrick. we're going to bring reaction. is he the man to unite the tories and make them electable again? we'll get to that shortly. but first, the latest on the shamed former bbc presenter huw edwards and the culture secretary lisa nandy, has said that huw edwards should return his bbc salary of almost half £1 million after he admitted accessing indecent images of children . meanwhile, images of children. meanwhile, a mural of edwards that was close to el tel has been removed. let's get reaction now from someone that knows the inner workings of the bbc very well. the bbc's former head of religion and ethics , aaqil ahmed religion and ethics, aaqil ahmed aaqil. we haven't spoken since this story broke. your reaction ? this story broke. your reaction? >> well, i've obviously i'm speaking in a purely personal capacity here now, but, i just think that it's such a shame. i mean, it's such a mess, isn't it? i mean, what he's. i hope

the things that have come out in the things that have come out in the last few days, etc, paint a picture of hugh that many of us had no idea about. yeah, actually, it's such a difficult thing to have to deal with when you've worked with somebody, as i did as well. and you had no idea, you know, and actually what this has shown is actually the whole thing is a mess. it's an absolute mess. and i'm not saying the bbc have been perfect, but i don't know what else she can do. when you're an employer of a of thousands of people, you have to treat everybody in the same particular way. they and actually you can't just go around sacking people. but i know probably within the hearts of the individuals involved there will be appalled about what they've had to endure and probably wish and, you know, and probably wish and, you know, and they'll be looking at hugh now in a completely different way. and i think in on an individual basis, they probably would like to strip him of as much as they can. but the fact of the matter is, i think as tim davie has mentioned, sadly, the world doesn't work like that. and of course, now what you have to do is actually you have to live within the realms of kind of like law and of the realms of

kind of employment law at that much as well. and what were you really looking at? is whether or not you can ask hugh hugh to do the decent thing, but actually what really matters now is what will happen in regards to the sentencing of him as well. and i think the bbc probably will. i imagine, you know, i've got no inside track on this, but i'd be shocked if they don't look in some form or other about trying to get some of that money back from when he was actually charged, or when he was the investigation started. it's very difficult, you see, because until you're charged, you're innocent, right? when you're charged, then you have to prove yourself innocent in terms of there being a court case. but obviously there is no court case because he's pleaded guilty. so it's obviously it's a very difficult thing. you know , it's difficult thing. you know, it's not as if you can say the bbc covered this up. they you know, they didn't they weren't allowed to talk about things until the guy had been charged. and by then he'd left the bbc. >> now archewell of course, huw edwards was the face of bbc news. he presented the king's coronation, the queen's funeral and election night coverage. so

how damaging is this story to the long term reputation of the bbc? >> well, you know, the bbc is bigger than any of us, any individual who ever works there. i mean, but there's no getting away from this. you know, hugh was a big face, you know, i mean, i worked with hugh on a number of things, but the one big thing that i worked closely with him on was when the pope came over to the uk, we were both integral to the delivery of the kind of like the big, big key pieces that the pope did. and if you look at the over the last ten, 15 years or so, there'll be very few big items or big events that have happened where hugh's not been involved . where hugh's not been involved. so actually kind of like trying to erase him from that kind of legacy is quite difficult. does it have a huge impact on the bbc in the long run? probably not, because the bbc is, as i said, way bigger and the average person understands that actually one individual doesn't reflect the whole organisation. but it's a tough time. it's one thing they won't definitely want. and with a new government, as well,

i don't think it was. i think it's the last thing that tim davie wanted in, in terms of having a conversation with the minister. >> archewell good to see you again. we'll catch up soon. my thanks to aaqil ahmed, former head of ethics and religion at both the bbc and at channel 4. okay, next up in what looks to be his first major political crisis is sir keir starmer bracing himself for a summer a summer of violent protest. we'll debate that

next. harry and meghan's world tour resumes. more on that in just a moment. but first, more on the fears of violent disorder this weekend and potentially going into the summer, let's speak to gb news home and security editor mark white. mark, after the scenes that we've seen over the last few days, this looks to be

the prime minister. keir starmer's first major political headache. >> yes, there's no doubt about it. it is a major challenge for the government going forward. if things continue to escalate. now, we're very lucky as far as the authorities are concerned, that last night there were no protests or disorder that were reported, so that is good. the concern, though, going forward is that at the weekend there are dozens of protests right across the country in pretty much every major city in england and wales over the weekend. and there are counter protests that are planned and at least half a dozen of those cities as well, with the group stand up to racism and others who will be out. and that, of course , is out. and that, of course, is a potential for an escalation in

disorder because any time you have one group and then stand up to racism, come out as well. and launch this counter protest, it can always just raise feelings and charge the situation that bit more . bit more. >> mark, is it your view that the prime minister is right to point the finger at the far right, who have certainly agitated in the last few days and appear to have hijacked genuine public concern over britain's divided society ? britain's divided society? >> sorry, i just lost you to towards the end. but i think you asked about whether he was right to brand us as being violent. that orchestrated and carried out by the far right. that orchestrated and carried out by the far right . well, i out by the far right. well, i think without a doubt i think there would have been far right elements within there, whether they went as far as to orchestrate it in that sense, i

don't know, but what is clear as well is that there were local people in and amongst these protests as well. they may have gone out to have a look. they may have gone because they felt very strongly about the issues. and some of them will have got caught up in potential disorder. now, for instance, in hartlepool, where we saw some quite significant disorder, three people were charged today. the address is given for those three people were all in hartlepool, and again , also the, hartlepool, and again, also the, the disorder that was reported in manchester outside a migrant hotel where a number of people were arrested. one person charged today with violent disorder and an assault on emergency service worker. his address was also in the manchester area. so you've got the prime minister standing up in that news conference and

saying very clearly that these are far right groups who are travelling across the country to attend these events and cause violent disorder. yet the number, the people that we've seen so far at least being charged and appearing in court and their names and addresses coming out, would suggest actually that they are from the local area . local area. >> indeed. and of course, although this is just an incoming government, if we have a summer of chaos and violence on the streets, it won't be a good look for the new prime minister, and they'll be working hard to resist any perception that they've lost control already . already. >> no, it's deeply challenging for any government, of course. and it was a conservative government. a conservative liberal democrat coalition government that was in office in 2011, following the death of mark duggan, who was shot dead by armed police . and that by armed police. and that sparked riots in tottenham and

nonh sparked riots in tottenham and north london, which then spread to multiple locations across london and then countrywide over a number of days. that was a very challenging period of time and there is real concern about the potential for the disorder we've seen spreading even further , and that that's why further, and that that's why we're seeing the police coming together with government to look at their plan of action. should that happen , that happen, >> mark, we'll catch up later in the show. my thanks to gb news home and security editor, mark white. well, next up, prince harry has said that he won't bnng harry has said that he won't bring his family to the united kingdom over safety fears. but incredibly, he and meghan are going to columbia later this month. make it make sense. we'll discuss

next. welcome back. good news folks.

harry and meghan are back. that is right. it's big royal news. we brought you the story last week that harry won't bring his family to the united kingdom over safety fears, after the government downgraded his police protection. however, the couple are going to visit crime ridden columbia, which is infamous for its armed drug cartels . both the its armed drug cartels. both the uk and us governments advise their citizens against all but essential to travel parts of the country. and that's where harry and meghan are headed. let's get reaction from gb news royal correspondent cameron walker cameron. britain's not safe but columbia is make it make sense. >> absolutely. well, i mean, i can go on about what the foreign office says about columbia and i'll quote, terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks in colombia. kidnapping rates remain very high, illegal arms groups kidnap hostages both for ransom and political purposes. doesn't sound great, does it? you mentioned in your introduction there that, harry, that the foreign office advises against all but essential travel

to certain parts of the country? i can assure you, harry and meghan, are not going to those parts of the country. i'm told that they are going to get full police protection while they're in the country , as in colombia. in the country, as in colombia. but as you say, mark, only last week, prince harry said he refuses to bring meghan and his children to the uk because it's not safe. we don't have handguns in the united kingdom. we haven't had them since 1996 and the dunblane school shooting, but colombia, more than half a century of armed internal conflict? >> well, that's right, no disrespect to the people of colombia. it is a beautiful country with a great culture, but it's a dangerous country. what's behind this trip? why are they back on the road following their trip to nigeria? >> well, a couple of months ago, harry and meghan met a number of bereaved parents who unfortunately had lost their children to suicide, having been bullied online and colombia is hosting a big conference later this year about online safety and kind of being against violence against children. so that's what they're championing. it coincides with an interview they're doing on sunday with, with a, with a company in

america as well. their first joint interview since oprah, actually. but they're talking about online safety and online trolling and all the rest of it . trolling and all the rest of it. so that's the they're not talking about themselves for a change. they're not talking about themselves. no. the vice president of france , marquez, president of france, marquez, she has invited them. so it's an official government sanctioned visit. she's the first afro—colombian vice president of the country. so she's mixed heritage , similar, and so is heritage, similar, and so is meghan. she's a minister of equality, equity and an environmental activist . environmental activist. environment, of course. harry. meghan champions. you can see why the two of them might fit. >> most definitely. how will news of this royal tour go down in buckingham palace? >> well, i think it might ruffle a few feathers. you know, because the king and prince and princess of wales have not been able to go on any tours recently because of the king's cancer diagnosis. the princess of wales's cancer diagnosis. yeah. harry and meghan have not only been to nigeria recently, but now of course they're going to colombia at some point later this year, and, and you know, because they haven't been we've got the king and the queen going to australia later this year,

but is it going to be a risk of overshadowing. and that's what they've got to grapple with. and of course they are duke and duchess of, of sussex, which means they do sort of represent us. >> us. >> how do you feel about that? gbnews.com/yoursay my thanks to cameron walker. we'll catch up soon. cameron a very busy hour to come. more reaction to robert jenrick's speech. he thinks he can save the conservative party and make them great again. also, sir keir starmer , his first sir keir starmer, his first major political headache, a possible weekend and summer of political violence. it's a big headache for the new prime minister and for this new labour government. can he get on top of law and order? also, we'll have a look at that ongoing row about the boxing, the women's boxing at the olympics. it's a story that won't go away . alongside, that won't go away. alongside, of course, the huw edwards scandal at the bbc. so a busy two hours to come. don't go anywhere . first up, here is your anywhere. first up, here is your weather and alex burkill . weather and alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt

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as we go through tomorrow morning, across parts of central southern england and wales and towards the southeast . so just 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 but a brighter, sunnier start to the day across northern western parts , particularly across parts, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. 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 some of us as we go into sunday

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>> well. >> well. >> this is mark dolan in for martin daubney a very busy two hours to come is sir keir starmer right to call out the trouble that we've seen in southport and elsewhere this week as far right, or is that just giving him political cover for a wider problem within uk society , and do we have to brace society, and do we have to brace ourselves for a chaotic summer of political violence ? could of political violence? could this end sir keir starmer's rather short lived political honeymoon? we'll debate that in

what looks to be our prime minister's first major crisis shortly. also, this afternoon, robert jenrick is he the man to make the tories great again? well, the former immigration minister has made that big claim. as he says, he vows to get the conservatives back together to and end a cycle of broken promises. we can but hope and the bad headlines keep on coming for the bbc. following the huw edwards scandal. is this a crisis of the corporation's own making? i'll be asking a leading industry figure shortly , leading industry figure shortly, and harry and meghan are off on another world tour. but given the fact that they've kept their royal titles , do we really want royal titles, do we really want them representing the uk? i'll be asking a top royal insider all of that to come before six.

and you can message me. just go to gbnews.com/yoursay lots to get through. but first the news headunes get through. but first the news headlines and sam francis . headlines and sam francis. >> mark, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 4:02. >> the top story this afternoon. police forces up and down the country are warning against violent disorder amid plans for more protests. >> this weekend. it stemmed from rioting fuelled by misinformation following the deaths of three young girls at a taylor swift themed dance class in southport on monday. 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 again. several protests are expected to take place over the coming days. at least 15 are reported to have been advertised online. well,

the muslim council of britain says hundreds of mosques across the country will be strengthening their security this weekend. meanwhile, police have identified a woman who was one of eight people seen throwing objects outside a migrant hotel in aldershot, leaving one police officer injured. hampshire police said a minority of the 200 people who protested outside the potters international hotel became involved in the disruption on wednesday evening that protest follows a number of riots across the country. as we said, following those southport stabbings , tory leadership stabbings, tory leadership candidate robert jenrick claims the conservatives lost the election because of a broken promise on bringing down immigration. the former immigration. the former immigration minister was speaking at the launch of his campaign to succeed rishi sunak, one of six people hoping to win that leadership role. mrjenrick also claimed the british political system has appeared either unwilling or unable to secure the uk's borders. >> broke our promise to the

british public to deliver controlled and reduced migration and the secure border that the pubuc and the secure border that the public rightly demand . we public rightly demand. we allowed the cycle of broken promises to continue and as a minister, when i concluded that i couldn't secure any more changes to our legal migration system, i resigned from cabinet last year . last year. >> in other news, a mural of the former newsreader huw edwards in his home village in carmarthenshire has been removed. the artwork has been painted over after the ex—bbc presenter pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. the broadcaster says it is looking into options about retrieving some of his salary after a request from the culture secretary. he was one of the bbc's highest paid stars and received £200,000 between his arrest in november and his resignation in april . three us

resignation in april. three us citizens who were freed in a russian west prisoner swap, the largest since the cold war. they are back on american soil. evan gershkovich was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight russian prisoners in what has, as i said, been described as the biggest exchange in decades between russia and the west. gershkovich was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he had 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 rules. international distribution services, the parent company of royal mail, agreed a takeover deal by mr krasinskis group in may. it's understood, though the cabinet office has now launched a review process into the bid under the national security and investment act, the process will assess whether the sale to mr kretinsky, who's already id's largest shareholder, could affect the uk's economic

infrastructure or pose a security risk . serial killer security risk. serial killer levi bellfield has been blocked from having a civil partnership after a new law came into force, stopping the most serious offenders from getting married behind bars. bellfield is serving two whole life orders for killing 13 year old milly dowler, marsha mcdonnell and amelie delagrange, as well as the attempted murder of kate sheedy. it's understood he recently submitted an application for a civil partnership, which is believed to have spurred the government on to bring in the restrictions. the government minister in charge of sport says she will be speaking with sporting bodies about inclusion and 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 algeria's imani khalife after 46 seconds, saying she never felt a punch like it. khalife is one of two fighters

present at this year's games in paris, having been disqualified from the world championships last year by the international boxing for association failing to meet gender eligibility criteria. but miss nandy said the biological facts are far more complicated than is being presented on social media. great britain sits in third place now in the olympics medals table after gb's scott brash, harry charles and ben murr won gold in the jumping team finals in paris. earlier, great britain's bryony page won gold medal in the women's trampoline at the olympics. 233 year old bryony won silver in rio , bronze in won silver in rio, bronze in tokyo and now gold in paris. 2024 she's the european champion, the world champion and now the olympic champion. two those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm sam francis. you're next update in just under half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code,

or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> well, the honeymoon is officially over. a major headache for our new prime minister. with fears of more violence. this weekend after the riots following the killings of three young girls in southport on monday , there have been on monday, there have been clashes in towns and cities across england , with more than across england, with more than 100 arrested in london on wednesday . three men alleged to wednesday. three men alleged to have taken part in violent disorder in hartlepool on the same day have been remanded in custody and merseyside police has made seven arrests after protests following the southport attack. the same police force has said it's aware of online speculation about future protests, and has promised it has extensive plans and considerable police resources in

place to deal with them. let's get reaction from gb news home and security editor mark white mark, the authorities are concerned about possible trouble this weekend , how organised and this weekend, how organised and coordinated might that trouble be? >> well , there are certainly >> well, there are certainly protest venues that are being put on social media sites advertising when and where people should go. >> across various locations and towns and cities, across england and wales over the weekend or both saturday and sunday, multiple dozens of different locations. in fact , that are locations. in fact, that are being advertised, beyond that, i'm not quite sure how organised the protests are and indeed, how many people will turn up. it's perfectly possible that at a number of these locations,

nobody will turn up, or just a few people will turn up. but if people turn up in sizeable numbers, then that's where as far as law enforcement are concerned, they have potential issues in hoping or managing to police that, properly, depending on the force, the force area, the resources that they've got available to them and add to that in the mix, the fact that there are some counter—protests that are planned as well at least half a dozen by the organisation stand up to racism. and when you put them in the mix, then that just has the capacity for conflict and to raise the tensions. even further. so there's no doubt that the police are pretty worried about what the weekend might have in store last night. thankfully, there was no disorder or protests of any significance in any locations across the country, but as i say, they are expecting

some significant, protests in different areas on saturday and sunday. >> my thanks to gb news home and security editor mark white. thank you. mark now the local community in southport is still in mourning after the appalling killings . earlier this week, six killings. earlier this week, six year old bebe king, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and nine year old alice dasilva aguiar were all stabbed to death at a taylor swift themed dance class. the 17 year old, charged with their murders, has been named as alex ruddick banner. he appeared at liverpool crown court yesterday and was remanded in custody. our national reporter, charlie peters has the latest from southport . from southport. >> charlie southport is united in grief today as more people bnng in grief today as more people bring forward tributes to the town centre to honour those who were killed and that appalling attack. on monday. three children, elsie stancombe bebe

king and alice akua, aged just seven, six and nine, earlier today we saw the family of alice akua appear here at this tribute towards the victims, where they laid down some flowers and they also put down her age in balloons. just nine, she will be forever nine and we saw the family expressing extreme emotion as they paid their tributes here for about 30 minutes in a solemn, silent scene as onlookers watched on as they stared on at the flowers and the tributes left for their daughter, with their sister for their family member. at this appalling time and we also saw them let off some balloons with messages written on them, and that visiting from the family came as so many others have been leaving tributes all day, leaving tributes all day, leaving tributes all day, leaving tributes as the assistant chief constable to merseyside police said that the disorder and the rioting we've

seen here in tuesday night was a disrespect to the victims of that attack on monday evening, three killed and ten injured in the attack, which has now seen a 17 year old suspect charged . 17 year old suspect charged. tributes have been left here from not only the local community here in merseyside, but also across the country. we've seen notes from belfast , we've seen notes from belfast, from norwich and also from towns in lancashire such as preston. people travelling to leave their messages of respect towards those injured and killed in monday's attack. and it comes as the town reels not only from that vicious incident on monday morning, but also disorder on rioting on tuesday. and it comes also as this town prepares for further protests. this weekend. it's understood that another protest will occur tomorrow as at least 15 other protests have been advertised across the country, including cardiff, where the alleged murderer of those three girls is said to

have been born. so a solemn and respectful and quiet atmosphere here in southport, but one also filled with a bit of a fear about what might come next, about what might come next, about the return of disorder to this town, a town that did not need rioting, especially rioting fuelled by lies about the suspect , lies about the motive, suspect, lies about the motive, lies about what happened on monday. they don't want people coming into this town and causing more disorder that they saw on tuesday evening, disorder that saw police officers who attended the appalling scene on monday, then having bricks thrown at them on tuesday evening. what they want is what we've seen today quiet, peaceful, respectful reflection on those who were killed and injured on monday's attack . monday's attack. >> thank you charlie. i'm joined now by peter kirkham, a former detective chief inspector at the met police. peter, how bad could things get this summer ?

things get this summer? >> i mean, there's always potential for things to get very bad indeed. fingers crossed that that's not going to happen. but those that seem intent on creating disorder and violence, see the error of their ways and listen to the majority of people in this country that do not want to see that no matter what their concerns about, immigration or anything else. rioting is not the way to go about getting youn the way to go about getting your, voices heard , so hopefully your, voices heard, so hopefully they'll see that it's counterproductive, and take a step back from it. but there is always the potential for it . always the potential for it. >> most definitely. peter, how? well resourced are cops in 2024 to handle riots like this , to handle riots like this, >> not as well as they were , in >> not as well as they were, in terms of actual numbers , bare terms of actual numbers, bare numbers of police officers, we're back to somewhere similar to where we were in 2010 before all the cuts took place.

however, the police service is still devoid of an awful lot of civilian support staff and pcsos , civilian support staff and pcsos, and so tasks that they would have done are now being done by police officers. so there's more police officers. so there's more police officers. so there's more police officers away from the street than was the case in 2010. and so we haven't got exactly the same numbers on the street as we did have then, but the big thing is that we've got a lot of very new officers , and a lot of very new officers, and seeing the footage of some of this disorder , it's becoming this disorder, it's becoming apparent that some of the officers that are that are out there, really are suffering from a lack of experience of these sorts of things, if you've not experienced this disorder of this type before , it can be a this type before, it can be a very overwhelming, thing , and very overwhelming, thing, and you only really know what your reaction is going to be when you face it. and so, where you've got whole groups, whole serials of young officers with two,

three, 4 or 5 years service that haven't seen anything like this before. and i suspect many of the, units of police involved, could be described like that, you're going to have less of a, robust response from the police than is necessary to quell these things quickly . things quickly. >> peter, the country has always had riots. we've had problems in the past. does this feel different to you culturally? the trouble on the streets, tensions within communities is this a new kind of problem facing the police , police, >> not really. in my experience, we have these sorts of flare ups for a variety of ostensible reasons, every few years , we've reasons, every few years, we've had them since the 60s and 70s in notting hill, the 80s and 90s, in london and liverpool and bristol and elsewhere. around 2000, for a variety of different

reasons around the shooting of mark duggan , they come around mark duggan, they come around from time to time to a certain extent . they're a release of extent. they're a release of sort of various build ups of tensions and dissatisfactions within the community, it doesn't feel like it's something different, that the motivation is different. but then again, the motivations change all the time. and i'm not actually sure that the motivation actually means very much to many of those involved. >> peter, what percentage of those agitators out there , those those agitators out there, those protesting might be from the far right? >> i don't know , some >> i don't know, some undoubtedly some, and some people that will be arrested and we find out who they are. further down the line, will turn out to have that sort of background, but what is different at the moment because of that sort of motivation, the

right wing motivation is the likes of politicians like nigel farage, for instance , farage, for instance, non—politicians like tommy robinson or whatever name he's using this week, who are playing the people for their own , for the people for their own, for their own aims and objectives, that's different. and with social media, unfortunately, they have been handed a massive megaphone, which is proving very difficult to control in any meaningful way. and we've got people, and it's been said about brexit, there were those that knew they were lying about certain aspects, and there are many who were conned, by those lies . i think many who were conned, by those lies. i think we're many who were conned, by those lies . i think we're seeing the lies. i think we're seeing the same here. there are those doing the conning and there are those being conned, it's sad to see that innocent people with, no malice, actual malice themselves are believing some of the nonsense that's being put out. and we need to be very careful, and broadcasters, need to be

very careful about the voices that they are, amplifying and making sure that there's justification for the things that are being said where things are not right, they shouldn't be being reported by any responsible broadcaster no matter what their, actual sort of political position themselves is, >> well, peter, of course, tommy robinson and indeed nigel farage are not here to defend themselves, clearly tommy robinson, a highly controversial figure, but, nigel farage, the leader of a brand new political party, voted for by 4.1 million voters. he would argue that he's simply representing the concerns of real people. i've got no doubt he would condemn the violence wholeheartedly. i understand he has. but, peter, thank you so much for your view and your considered thoughts on this. former detective chief inspector at the met police, peter kirkham, a fascinating conversation. your thoughts gbnews.com/yoursay lots more on

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delivered it with no notes. and he very much kept to the script, you know, that he had in his head, i think he gives you that clear. i mean, i am actually, i wasn't necessarily going to vote for robert jenrick, but i must admit, i quite tempted now because i felt i liked his line. you know, we are a broad church, but we need to have the read from the same screed, our creed . from the same screed, our creed. and i think that is really, really important. and i just felt that he answered the questions to the journalists. well, he didn't shilly shally around, i noticed that he's got around, i noticed that he's got a 3500 majority, which really in knew it was very good, especially in this last election. so generally speaking, i think, you know, sometimes coming first out down the track, in a race is not always the best place to be, but i think he's, set the bar pretty high and i should be very interesting to see how the other contenders do. >> well, yes. i mean, i thought some of his rhetoric was, was was very impressive, a very clear vision for the country and

for the party. he wants a small state that works rather than a big state that fails. he wants to end the cycle of broken promises that have happened under the conservatives. so he seems quite strong on policy exit. the echr stop the boats, reduce legal net migration. but has he got the x factor? >> yeah, that's the interesting one, but i think my view is that what he showed was great competence today, and i think the x factor may not be in abundance, but i think it will come and i my view is, as you know , mark, and we've had this know, mark, and we've had this discussion many times is i think we want somebody who's very able but is also a pretty safe pair of hands, because this next 4 or 5 years is going to be a difficult time for the tory party bringing us together,

being a proper opposition and getting people to sort of look again at the tories because, you know, they've been so disenchanted with us because we've been so broken . and so we've been so broken. and so i think he has every opportunity of doing that. i mean, i knew, i knew , i knew him right from the knew, i knew him right from the start. sue and i actually went along with the dog and the rosette when he had his by—election in newark. many moons ago, and i think you'll find he's a good runner, and like i said, i think he's he's set he's come out of the, in the race very well, and, and i mean, i'm just impressed. i mean, i said to sue earlier, you know, it's a pity that america really can't have, you know, the candidates of our quality, really, whether you vote for him or whether you don't, he is competent. he is capable. and he would make a good prime minister. so there's other candidates to come yet? i will probably, you know, have to sort of rack my brains by the time i finish. as to who i go for, and

by the way, mark, i've just moved the cattle back down to the hams. so you'll they'll they're they're having nice fresh grass. and they were quite well behaved today. so i just wanted to let you know that as well. all right. >> well, i hope you gave them a good milking this morning, neil, all these references to your wise wife, sue, i might ask to interview her next time. really good to see you, neil. good luck with the harvest and we'll catch up soon. my thanks to you, former conservative mp and very busy farmer neil parish. lots more to get through. live in the studio on the bbc crisis and the huw edwards scandal. the former culture secretary sir john whittingdale, plus harry and meghan back on tour. all of that to come. but first your news headunes to come. but first your news headlines and sam francis . headlines and sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after half past four. the top story from the newsroom. the top story from the newsroom. the prime minister has returned to southport today visiting the

town for the second time this week. that's after monday's knife attack there that killed three young girls. sir keir starmer has met with members of the local community, including police officers and health services, according to media reports. he's also paid a visit to alder hey children's hospital in liverpool, where many of the victims of monday's attack were and are being treated. the prime minister has praised the hospital staff's professionalism in treating the injured well. southport has seen violent unrest due to false claims about the attacker's identity that was spread on social media, with concerns for further violence in the liverpool city region over the liverpool city region over the weekend. and sir keir starmer has condemned hatred on the streets, calling for a national response to the disorder . meanwhile, police have disorder. meanwhile, police have identified a woman who was one of eight people seen throwing objects outside a migrant hotel that left one police officer injured. hampshire police said a minority of the 200 people protesting in aldershot became violent. tory leadership hopeful

robert jenrick says he wants to breathe new life into the conservative party and help grow the tories. he's one of six candidates hoping to replace rishi sunak. the former home office minister has claimed the main reason that the tories lost the general election in july was because they'd failed to deliver on immigration, saying that's why he quit last year after a vote in september. why he quit last year after a vote in september . the why he quit last year after a vote in september. the winner will be announced in november. three us citizens freed in a russia west prisoner swap are now 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 . the prime minister led denied. the prime minister led to 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 , sets loss to americans taylor fritz and tommy paul, alongside his doubles partner dan evans. shortly after the defeat, sir andy posted on social media well, never liked tennis anyway. sir keir starmer took to social media to saying thanks for andy two decades of phenomenal entertainment and sportsmanship. a true british great, he added. murray bows out from the sport as a double olympic champion, three time grand slam winner and former world number one. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. more at 5:00. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. com forward slash alerts . com forward slash alerts. >> my thanks to sam francis for a largely accurate news bulletin. now in the last hour, former immigration minister

robert jenrick has officially launched his campaign to be leader of the conservatives. let's cross live to gb news political editor christopher hope. christopher did robert jenrick set the house on fire? >> well, he said, and welcome, welcome here to newark. that's right. the house is on fire. but certainly out of a professional campaign launched by robert jenrick. here, in here in jenrick. here, in here in jenrick country in newark, i will say there's 200 activists here. he's trying to show he's the leader of the people. the members outside of london. and with me now is esther mcvey, of course. and she introduced robert jenrick in that avoid the speech. esther mcvey. why is robert jenrick the guy to lead this country after the next election? >> because i think he's got , the >> because i think he's got, the capacity, the integrity. i think he's got the work ethic and you know how relentless it is . and i know how relentless it is. and i also think he will be good at

persuading the country and the members what we need. and that unifying figure i think, for the right and the left, for traditionalists and liberals, all of those. >> i think he's the person in your remarks, you talked about not being polarising, not picking fights. and i wonder, were you referring to any other candidates in this race? >> no, i think the word was he wasn't provocative. he could persuade. and i just think at the moment in the countries we've seen sort of tensions, you've seen difficulties. and actually what we need again was that union. so you've got to be able to tackle really, knotty problems, but you need to do it in a way that you bring people along and not spark conflict. and i was pointing that out, and i really think that is relevant at this moment in time. >> is your right winger or a left winger, >> to be fair, i think the key thing for me is traditional, you see, because i think what people are saying , they're trying to are saying, they're trying to pin point, they're trying to pin people down. oh, and then you'll say far right or this. no, for

me, it is the timeless conservative values we need to get back to. so i'd call him traditional, which is what i'd say i am. >> in his speech there, he talked about the missed opportunities, the failures on immigration, low taxation. i mean, this this is your chance to rebuild. he talked about a mountain to climb. i mean, it's like everest and you're in base camp right now, isn't it? can you do you think you can reasonably beat labour, your party in 2029? >> oh, i absolutely think we can. and i'll tell you one thing. labour's got off to a shocking start and whether that was scrapping the fuel allowance for pensioners , for millions of for pensioners, for millions of pensioners, whether that was scrapping the social care reforms, i mean, there's so many things that they've done wrong. i'd say in the first couple of weeks and went against what they campaigned on at the general election. there's lots of people at the moment who are absolutely furious. so we conservatives actually have to take the fight to labour, the fight to reform and win all those voters back. >> well, labour say they found a £20 billion black hole. esther mcvey and they're dealing with

it. >> oh come it.— >> oh come on, it. >> oh come on, give it.— >> oh come on, give us it. >> oh come on, give us a break. that isn't true. they know it isn't true. and most importantly, the public know it isn't true because they said about 50 times we won't raise taxes and now they're going to. and what they're doing is giving things to their pet projects. so the collapsing to their union paymasters, they're collapsing to other things and they want to put the money, whether it's net zero, as i said, buckling to the paymasters. and that's where they're putting the money. it is all political decisions. it's not financial ones. and we all know that in the question and answer session, he was asked twice. >> would lack a workable rwanda scheme. he said yes. is that right? >> well, if that's what he said , >> well, if that's what he said, that's what he'd hoped to. i think he also said, look, that will for be however many years away. i think my key point, which labour have never been able to answer when people destroy their documentation, when they come over on the boats illegally and labour, say, we're going to send them back home, where is home? they've destroyed the documents. so you do need a safe third country. and that's why now other countries are looking at rwanda. maybe it'll

be rwanda, maybe it'll be another country. but it needs to be a safe third country. labour has led us down there again. >> and just finally, you're a former cabinet minister. under rishi sunak, you were known as a common sense minister. do you think keir starmer's response to the troubles we've seen across the troubles we've seen across the country? of course, the violence is always condemned, but he's not going towards looking at why it's happening, why people feel disaffected. should he? >> yes . i should he? >> yes. i think we do need to look at where that , disaffection look at where that, disaffection has come from. and that goes back to my point about you've got to be able to persuade people, talk to people, have those difficult conversations without provocation. and that's what a true leader needs to do. but look a bit like everybody said today, first and foremost, we've got to think about those people in southport who have either lost their children or had them harmed in every which way. so you know, that's that's where our first thought. >> well, esther mcvey, thank you. and there you have it. mr

mcvey, a senior figure , a tory mcvey, a senior figure, a tory big beast even, dare i say it big. >> how very dare you. >> how very dare you. >> introducing robert jenrick here in the first of what will be six, leadership , a three be six, leadership, a three month leadership contest gets underway, >> fascinating interview there with esther mcvey. my thanks to choppen with esther mcvey. my thanks to chopper. that is, of course, christopher hope. our political edhon christopher hope. our political editor. more reaction to robert jenrick speech in the next hour. plus, i'll be asking the former culture secretary, sir john whittingdale is coming in to the studio in a couple of minutes . studio in a couple of minutes. time to talk about the bbc and huw edwards. but i'll ask him who he's backing for. the leadership of his party. but next up, harry and meghan are back. they're planning a world toun back. they're planning a world tour, but do we want them representing us here in the uk? i'll get reaction from britain's most fearless royal biographer r angela levin. the knives are out. we'll do

next. busy show today, the former culture secretary, sir john whittingdale, live in the studio in a couple of minutes on the bbc crisis and huw edwards. but first, last week we brought you the story that prince harry won't bring his family to the united kingdom over safety fears after the government downgraded his police protection. however, the couple are set to visit colombia now, which is famous for its armed drugs cartels. both the uk and us governments advise their citizens against all but essential travel to parts of the country . well, parts of the country. well, that's very confusing, isn't it? let's get reaction now from the royal biographer. a very good friend of mine, angela levin. angela, good to see you again. this is you have to say , quite this is you have to say, quite typical of the couple. they say one thing and do another. britain's too dangerous, but colombia isn't. >> well, yes. i mean , it's

>> well, yes. i mean, it's fascinating that uk foreign office has said to people that they mustn't go unless it's absolutely essential because it is dangerous at the moment, especially in a place called calais where they are have a list of that's where one of the things that they're going to go and the kgb in calais has got 80% of global cocaine . 80% of global cocaine. >> so the and also they're doing a lot of taking people away and asking for money to give them back, so it is really ridiculous. and it actually conforms with my long term, suggestion that they try to manipulate the king and, bring him to, you know, stressfully, to, to help him. and of course, it won't happen, but that's what harry's trying. i mean, to have three court cases on the home office when they keep saying the

same thing. and he's trying and trying and trying because that's why he won't bring his wife. that's why he won't bring his children . but really, it's children. but really, it's a nonsense because he would be very looked after with good protection people. but not the very, very top of the tree, which is really just for a camilla, charles and william. and catherine is a distance in the level and it's not taking our money, our tax money to pay for it. it comes out of another pocket, so to do this is to hurt him, to hurt the royal, people and to, just become very, very nasty , i think. nasty, i think. >> angela, let me interrupt you . >> angela, let me interrupt you. i've only got a couple of seconds. i wish we had longer, but let me ask you finally. and you know prince harry. well, of course, you're his biographer. and you spent many months in his company, and you feel that he's changed since he met meghan, this couple have kept their royal titles. the duke and duchess of sussex . which means duchess of sussex. which means that even if this is a private

tour, that even if this is a private tour , they're still representing tour, they're still representing the united kingdom. i'm not sure how my viewers and listeners feel about that. >> yes. the reason they're going, they say , from colombia, going, they say, from colombia, is to raise the country's profile . well, that means profile. well, that means exactly that. they think that they're royal and they're going to raise the profile. it's not true. it shouldn't happen. and i think it's a disgrace . think it's a disgrace. >> angela, we'll catch up soon. my >> angela, we'll catch up soon. my thanks to esteemed royal biographer and droppa of royal truthbombs, angela levin. well, the backlash against the bbc after the huw edwards scandal continues apace. i'll get reaction next from the former culture secretary, sir john whittingdale . live in the whittingdale. live in the studio. don't go anywhere

well, the bbc huw edwards scandal rumbles on and the

culture secretary, lisa nandy, has said that huw edwards should return his bbc salary of almost half £1 million after he admitted accessing indecent images of children. meanwhile, a mural of edwards has been removed from where it was located near bletchley. and we're going to get reaction now in the studio from the former culture secretary sir john whittingdale mp. sirjohn, lovely to have you in the studio. thank you. good to be here. is this a crisis of the bbc's making? >> well, as ever , it's not the >> well, as ever, it's not the bbc's fault that it turns out one of its employees behaved in a way which clearly is appalling and shocking to most people . and shocking to most people. >> but the way in which it has been handled , i think, has been handled, i think, has created real problems for the bbc and the fact that they don't seem to have been, even now, fully transparent about how much was known, what they were told, why they took the decision to go on not just employing huw edwards, but paying him a very large amount of money. these are

all questions which i think people want to have much more detailed answers to. >> indeed, do you think that the culture secretary lisa nandy, has a point that he should return perhaps a year of his wages almost half £1 million? >> well, i think the fact that he was continuing to be paid a huge amount of money, he was one of the best paid people employed by the bbc and that he continued to be so after, the bbc was told that he had been arrested. i entirely understand why lisa nandy has said that he should give it back, but i think most people would say he shouldn't have received it in the first place. >> where did the bbc go from here? would you say? >> well, i mean, the bbc have as even >> well, i mean, the bbc have as ever, conducted they conducted an internal inquiry when these allegations against huw edwards were first made. we don't know what exactly that concluded. i think they need to be much more open.i think they need to be much more open. i think the director general does need to be held publicly to account. you know, the culture secretary has called him in and talked to him. but as i've said before, i rather regret the fact that because of

the political cycle, we don't have a select committee at the moment. i chaired the select committee. i called in both mark thompson when he was director general, george entwistle during the savile affair, and that was a gave us the opportunity to question in public the director general and to demand answers. unfortunately, that's not possible at the moment . possible at the moment. >> serious allegations around huw edwards conduct emerged just over a year ago, early july, do you have the impression that figures at the bbc circle the wagons to protect their own in relation to huw edwards? >> yes. i mean, i think there was an awful lot of people who clearly knew huw edwards well and found it difficult to believe, but there was also a sort of tendency to rubbish the sun newspaper and to say that, you know, this was a gross invasion of somebody's privacy, that they were implying that he committed a criminal act. the sun did actually say that that wasn't the substance of their story, they didn't say that he was innocent, but he wasn't

necessarily breaking the law . necessarily breaking the law. and it turns out. but actually, the charges brought against him don't relate to that particular incident. no definitely. >> although still no denial about this in relation to those original allegations. but of course, it pales into insignificance compared to his guilty plea this week in court, what about the reputation of the bbc long term? could this be harmful? my viewers and listeners have to pay almost £170 a year for the privilege of watching bbc tv. does it bring the licence fee into disrepute, do you think? >> well, i think there's a different and important argument to be had about the licence fee. i've long been of the view that there will come a time when the licence fee is very difficult to sustain, and the last government actually had set in motion the debate about how the bbc should be funded in the future. now that i think has nothing to do with huw edwards, but it is an important issue. >> my deep thanks to former culture secretary sir john whittingdale mp. lots more to come .

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be some heavy bursts in the rain as we go through tomorrow morning across parts of central, southern england and wales and towards the south—east. so just watch out for that. otherwise it's quite a 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 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 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

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dolan in for martin daubney. a very busy hour to come. can our brand new prime minister, sir keir starmer, keep law and order on the streets in what is predicted to be a summer of political violence? we'll be analysing how the pm tackles his first major challenge in office. also in this hour , robert also in this hour, robert jenrick has kicked off his bid for the leadership of the tory party. how would he make the

tories great again and face down the threat of nigel farage's reform? uk the olympics boxing gender row rages on is it too much to ask for women to be safe in the ring? we'll get more on a growing olympics crisis that won't go away . and what about won't go away. and what about this for a story? as temperatures are expected to soar this august, do brits need to start thinking about installing air conditioning at home? in a world of global warming, will air con be the new central heating in the years ahead? i'll be asking legendary tv weatherman john kettley. all of that in the next hour . of that in the next hour. john kettley, you're not going to miss that, are you? now, i want to hear from you throughout the show. gbnews.com forward slash

yoursay apologies. it's been a very busy two hours, but i'll get to your feedback shortly. lots to get through a packed hour. lots to get through a packed hour . a lots to get through a packed hour. a crisis for the new prime minister, keir starmer. will he measure up? we'll find out after the headlines and sam francis . the headlines and sam francis. >> mark, thank you very much. it's 5:01. the top story this evening. the prime minister has returned to southport today visiting the town for the second time this week after monday's knife attack. there that killed three young girls. sir keir starmer has met with members of the local community, police officers and health services, according to local reports. he's also paid a visit to alder hey children's hospital in liverpool, where many of the victims of monday's attack were treated. the prime minister has praised the hospital staff's professionalism in treating the injured. southport has now seen violent unrest due to claims about the attacker's identity that were spread on social

media, with concerns of further violence in the liverpool city region. and sir keir starmer has condemned hatred on the streets. he's calling for a national response to the disorder. meanwhile, police have identified a woman who was one of eight people seen throwing objects outside a migrant hotel that left one police officer injured. hampshire police said a minority of the 200 people protesting in aldershot became violent and as we heard from mark at the top of the hour, robert jenrick has claimed the conservatives lost the election because of a broken promise on immigration. the former immigration. the former immigration minister was speaking at the launch of his campaign to become leader and succeed rishi sunak. mrjenrick also claimed the british political system has appeared either unwilling or unable to secure the uk's borders. >> broke our promise to the british public to deliver controlled and reduced migration and the secure border that the pubuc and the secure border that the public rightly demand. we

allowed the cycle of broken promises to continue and as a minister, when i concluded that i couldn't secure any more changes to our legal migration system, i resigned from cabinet last year . last year. >> in other news, three us citizens freed in the biggest prisoner swap between russia and the west in decades are now back on american soil. evan gershkovich was one of 16 prisoners released in exchange for eight russian prisoners. he was detained in russia since last march on charges of espionage, though he had denied those charges. among those let out in return include an assassin serving life in germany . assassin serving life in germany. here, meanwhile, a mural of the former newsreader huw edwards in his home village of carmarthenshire has been removed. that artwork has now been painted over after the ex—bbc presenter pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. the

broadcaster says it's looking into options about retrieving some of huw edwards salary after a request was made by the culture secretary he was one of the bbc's highest paid stars and received £200,000 between his arrest in november and his resignation in april. this year. and as we've just been talking about, i'm going to scroll past this story because we have just touched on that that evan gershkovich has been released from prison . but turning to from prison. but turning to olympics, great britain are having a successful day at the paris games with further medal hopes tonight. golds in rowing, in equestrian and trampolining has taken team gb up to a third spot in the medal table . bmx spot in the medal table. bmx rider bethany shriever and swimmers ben proud, duncan scott and tom dean are all hopefuls for britain tonight . those are for britain tonight. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm sam francis. much more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to

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hallett. >> and considerable police resources in place to deal with them . well, i'm joined now by gb them. well, i'm joined now by gb news home and security editor, mark white. mark, how serious is the threat this weekend ? the threat this weekend? >> well, there's clearly a lot of concern because there are multiple protests that are being planned in towns and cities across the country . and in across the country. and in addition to that, there will be counter protests at at least eight different locations across the country as well, so that every time you have counter protests and this occasion, it stand up to racism that are going to launch these counter protests. there's then the potential for rival groups to clash , for tensions to rise even clash, for tensions to rise even further . and clash, for tensions to rise even further. and that clash, for tensions to rise even further . and that will, of further. and that will, of course, be of a great concern to

the police. they don't know, to be honest, how many people will attend these protests? there are dozens that it seems are being advertised across social media now. it might be that no one shows up at some of them that maybe only a few people show up , maybe only a few people show up, orindeed maybe only a few people show up, or indeed with some of them, there could be very significant numbers and the police have to try and engage themselves with as much information gathering, gathering as possible. which protests to put their resources in significant numbers at. so it is a bit of a clearly a difficult weekend, potentially as far as law and order, elements are concerned this weekend, the forces across the country. that's why we saw that meeting in downing street yesterday, coming up with a plan of action, a better intelligence gathering , and indeed more gathering, and indeed more

sharing of resources. they do have that already, to be honest , have that already, to be honest, called mutual aid, where they can call in assistance from neighbouring forces pretty quickly . quickly. >> indeed. and of course, police have a difficult job, don't they? they've got to identify people who are genuinely protesting, which is their right, and those agitating potentially from the far right, as referenced by the prime minister >> yes. i mean, listen, there's no doubt that there have been far right elements involved here. quite what level? we don't know. the prime minister was clear in his news conference yesterday saying that there were no protests that took place, nor legitimate protests that this was orchestrated. far right violence . well, a lot of the violence. well, a lot of the people and we know this because we were there after the rioting that broke out in southport and

spoke to local people that were there, that there were significant numbers of local people that were there, many of them, because they were concerned about the issues that they see a, a disintegration of they see a, a disintegration of the social fabric in their communities. and again, if you look today, for instance, at those that have been charged in relation to the disorder in hartlepool, well, three of them have been charged, appeared in court and remanded in custody, they were all from the hartlepool area, again, a man has been charged in connection with disorder outside a migrant hotel in manchester. he was from the manchester area so i think it it is more complex than just to come out with this catchall. it's the far right that's organising it there. it's clear there are many local people that are going along either to see what's happening they are or they're very concerned about these issues that we've just

mentioned there, either way, it is not just far right people moving around from different parts of the country, as is demonstrably the case from these court cases that we've been heanng court cases that we've been hearing about today. >> well, indeed, this is a new government, mark, and it wants to be judged favourably and get off to a strong and secure start . off to a strong and secure start. any government will be judged on their ability to keep law and order on the streets. so this is politically significant for the prime minister as well as a security matter, isn't it ? security matter, isn't it? >> yes, absolutely. that's why, of course, he called these senior policing and law enforcement and also criminal justice figures into downing street for this meeting yesterday. and then after that held that news conference. he wants to show that he is getting a grip of this crisis before it really becomes a very deep and

sustained crisis. and it will be the hope of him and law enforcement that this weekend passes without notable incident. incidentally, of course, he has been up in southport again today for the second time in a week. he has been meeting members of the policing service, other emergency services. he has gone to alder hey hospital, where the a number of those children who were stabbed are being treated to thank the medical staff at alder hey as well, and we're told he's met people from the community, quite who from the community, quite who from the community were not sure. it'd be interesting to find out or whether it is this community leaders that doesn't necessarily reflect many people actually in the those housing estates, those areas where they are very concerned about the issues we've discussed. >> most definitely, mark, we'll

catch up later. my thanks to gb news home and security editor, mark white. let's get the views now of former scotland yard detective, a man who's been there and has certainly got the there and has certainly got the t shirt peter bleksley peter, is the threat of the far right being overplayed by some politicians. do you think, in regard to law and order in this country, the expression far right is now being used very lazily? >> i might hasten to add , and >> i might hasten to add, and often very inaccurately, to describe anybody who harbours concerns about, perhaps the rise of islam or who is deeply concerned about unfettered migration into our country from people on small boats who we simply don't know who they are. and where they've come from. now, that label is pinned on anyone, and what it is, is an assault on free speech. so that if people were were to be heard

in public, having such a conversation and expressing their concerns , they might be their concerns, they might be frowned upon, and that conversation would be ended. it's inaccurate. it's lazy , and it's inaccurate. it's lazy, and it doesn't apply to millions of decent , law it doesn't apply to millions of decent, law abiding, concerned british citizens. >> well, i think you raise a good point. i mean, 4.1 million people voted for reform uk , and people voted for reform uk, and one of the key flagship policies was about reducing legal net migration to a sensible, manageable level. that's the words of nigel farage, not me. and of course, to stop the boats . and of course, to stop the boats. but it's also clear, isn't it, peter, that some people got on buses and trains and travelled to southport to make trouble? >> yes. some people did. and if anybody wants to throw a brick at police officers, i'll be polite. you're an idiot. like wise. if you want to set fire to a police vehicle, none of that is should be, should be happening. and i don't condone

any of it in any way, shape or form. and if people who go to take part in such idiocy are met with a robust reaction from the police service, then so be it. they brought it upon themselves. but let's remember much of this disquiet that sprung forth in southport was because a mischievous player put it out on to the internet that a completely false information about the person believed to be connected in this attack, false information about their name, where they come from, how they got into the uk. entirely false. did we have a senior police officer instantaneously going to the media and calling it out for what it was something completely fake by a mischievous actor who wanted to stir up hatred? no we didn't. they were silent. and this is the kind of numbskull overintellectualized police

leadership who do not have the intellectual dexterity to recognise these things, call them out and keep the streets more peaceful. >> how chaotic do you think things could get this summer? peter >> well, i was very glad that i woke up this morning to no bad news. there are, of course, now meetings scheduled scheduled for this evening, tomorrow and sunday. please, everybody, let's let's just behave. go on to the streets, protest, express your disquiet, make your feelings well and truly known to everybody. and then what we can hopeis everybody. and then what we can hope is that the media reports that accurately, politicians don't spin lies and frustrated people's voices are heard like they should be in a flagship democracy. >> and peter , briefly, if you >> and peter, briefly, if you can do the police stand guilty of a two tiered approach to keeping law and order, we saw

absolute carnage in leeds a couple of weeks ago, a cop car overturned, a bus set on fire, and yet a far more fulsome response in southport this week . response in southport this week. so our double standards at play and is a dualistic approach happening when it comes to the police and an incredibly robust reaction by the metropolitan police this week in whitehall, when the man who would normally be presenting this show found himself being arrested, martin daubney forget that. >> so this is exactly why the expression two tier policing has become sealed into the lexicon of british language when it comes to policing . but of comes to policing. but of course, public order policing is complicated. there are challenges and it would take me an age to explain many of them. but the public perception is in leeds, the police run away from brown face people in london. they slam white face people into

the pavement and the road . and the pavement and the road. and that, of course, causes disquiet because it's inconsistent and people are going, what's really going on here? can you really make that distinction based on skin colour? >> i mean, it was a diverse group in leeds. it wasn't only people of black and minority ethnic background. there were white people involved in the trouble as well. is it really about skin colour ? peter? about skin colour? peter? >> that's how some people perceive it. and that's exactly what i said, that's when people perceive it that way. so they talk about two tier policing. it seems to be inconsistent . and seems to be inconsistent. and therefore this accusation is made now in leeds, for example, the police there foolishly didn't feel they had sufficient intelligence to be able to get their officers wearing the right pubuc their officers wearing the right public order kit in london. they felt they did have the intelligence. so they were there intelligence. so they were there in full kit crash helmets. the lot and were very robust with an awful lot of people. over 100

arrests made . but it seems to be arrests made. but it seems to be one rule for some and another rule for others. and until we get consistent policing, consistent messages from senior police and politicians, when they stop lazily labelling millions of people as something that they fundamentally are not, this disquiet is going to rumble on and rumble on, and who knows where it's going to end . where it's going to end. >> sobering stuff. what a fascinating conversation . peter. fascinating conversation. peter. thank you for your time. peter bleksley is a former scotland yard detective and he's not pulling his punches. quite clearly, you can get lots more on this developing story. is labour our brand new labour government about to be dealing with a summer of political violence and chaos. find out on our excellent website @gbnews dot com. it's the fastest growing national news website in the country, thanks to you . the country, thanks to you. coming up is robert jenrick cut out to be the next tory leader? and how does he see off the

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how there's a growing demand for air con units in the uk with global warming. is air con going to become the new central heating? are you going to need it this weekend? i'll be asking tv weatherman john kettley, but first, former immigration minister robert jenrick has laid out his stall to be the next leader of the conservative party, promising to reform his party and put them in a position where they can win the next general election. the mp for newark claims that the tories lost the election because they broke their promise to bring down immigration, and says he would absolutely leave the european convention on human rights if he were ever to get his hands on the keys to number 10. well, let's go live now to robert jenrick's newark constituency and gb news political editor, christopher hope, chris, how did that speech go down? >> well, quite well, i think mark, here in newark , in this mark, here in newark, in this ymca centre, around 200

activists heard him speak. they obviously they're his local membership base here, but i think it showed some ambition to get outside of the london bubble and try and address to where the actual voters are. and defeat gb news viewers, he talked about how he felt the party has got a mountain to climb. it's a mountain to climb. it's a mountain called mount everest in my view, and his party is at base camp, but he's tipped to be one of the final two to face the membership in the back end of october. i think there were six candidates at the moment. kemi badenoch dame priti patel, mel stride tom tugendhat, james cleverly and mrjenrick himself. cleverly and mr jenrick himself. and i do think that it's likely to be someone like kemi badenoch robert jenrick possibly, maybe. tom tugendhat might get there, but i think that's where the kind of base of the party is, is broadly left, is left or centre ground at the moment, compared to being a right wing party in last parliament. and that does mean they might try and push out some of the right wing candidates , which could cause a candidates, which could cause a

problem. i think with the base of the party, which is quite much more right wing. so that kind of schism is a problem. but we heard it from robert jenrick. he said he would like to bring back maybe the rwanda plan that's workable if he becomes prime minister after the next election, he would look to leave the european convention on human rights. he says the party has got to stop promising and delivering on net migration, a huge failure there and also on taxation. so i think he's trying to find a way to here rebuild the party's confidence after the disastrous election last month. >> thank you so much for that assessment. >> with me in the studio now is former labour adviser stella santacruz . stella, lovely to see santacruz. stella, lovely to see you again. which of the candidates do labour fear the most? you've got priti patel, you've got robert jenrick, you've got robert jenrick, you've got robert jenrick, you've got james cleverly, kemi badenoch. who are you worried about? >> let's get this out of the way. >> let's get this out of the way. >> no one. but i do have a soft spot for jenrick because when i used to work for a homelessness charity, he was housing minister

and he was actually pretty decent as a housing minister on many, many, in many ways . and i many, many, in many ways. and i think that he's the one who is the most likely to be popular with the, the people who are the most likely to be the future of the conservative party. so millennials who are professionals, who are working very hard, who want to buy their own home, who are very frustrated with the with the economic situation in the country. and i think that in his speech today , apart from the speech today, apart from the fact that he gave out free ice cream to the journalists who were attending, that always works, which shows you that he's cut out to be leader, >> was he was he fab? there you go. i'm here all week. thank you very much. or was he more mr whippy? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i'm really sorry. i'm from greece. we don't have these ice creams. >> oh, listen, you haven't lived. but anyway, so he tried to charm offensive on on on the press. >> exactly. so. and what what i think is very interesting is that unlike james cleverly and priti patel , who, who are seen priti patel, who, who are seen as the other , more kind of right

as the other, more kind of right wing people, i guess obviously mel stride and tom tugendhat are seen as the most left wing, and robert jenrick used to be considered a cameron, a centrist person . but he said he's been on person. but he said he's been on a journey since his time in the home office because that really radicalised him. and of course he used to be really close with suella braverman, who thinks he's quite left wing. but they were working very closely when he was in the home office. so what i find interesting about what i find interesting about what he said today is that unlike james cleverly and priti patel, he is not shying away from saying, that we need to be, more robust with the planning reforms and we need to build houses, obviously with immigration, all of them agree immigration, all of them agree immigration needs to come down. he said that he repeated the fact that he wants to leave the echr if he is leader, that he's open to leaving echr if he is leader. so i think that he's taking all of the boxes, most definitely . definitely. >> do you believe politicians when they say they've been on a journey, or does it tell you that they've got no principle ?

that they've got no principle? >> i believe politicians, when they say they've been on a journey because it can happen with robert jenrick prime minister, for example , prime minister, for example, prime minister, for example, prime minister, for example, or that they are not super ideological. right? and this is a perfectly acceptable way to be. most people are not particularly ideological, but i think that for jenrick, when he went in december 2023, when he resigned as immigration minister from rishi sunak's government, i was very, very suspicious because i thought this is a man who is seeing the government go down and what he's doing is he's jumping before he is pushed and he's he has his eyes to the future. he knows that he will want to run as as leader at some point. he knows where the voter base is at. he knows what they are frustrated about and this is why, of course, today he said to to the answer one of the journalists questions. he said that he would bring back the rwanda scheme. >> okay, briefly, a couple of seconds. there is surely somebody that labour fear even more than robert jenrick and it's kemi badenoch because she's a young woman. she's a woman of she will absolutely colour. she will absolutely destroy labour's efforts at

identity politics. >> no, because the kind of person who votes for a leader, because she's a young woman and a woman of colour, is not the same kind of person who votes for a very right wing conservative party. that wants to. >> but if the tories want to stop the boats and reduce immigration, they can't call the party racist . if the leader is party racist. if the leader is kemi badenoch, can they? >> what's me? what's me , what's me? >> you'll try, stella, great to see you again. former labour adviser stella steph takyi. and, listen, i've been practising her name all morning. let me tell you, there is still plenty of time to enjoy a massive win this summer with your chance to win £30,000 tax free in cash. yes. you really could be our next big winner. and here's how. >> celebrate a spectacular summer with your chance to win an incredible £30,000 in tax free cash in our great british giveaway. it's the biggest prize of the year so far and it's totally tax free. what would you spend that on luxury holidays? a

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andifs on. i shall fill you in shortly and it's getting hot. some people are going to be needing air con in their homes in the years ahead. is air con going to become the new central heating because of global warming? i'll because of global warming? i'll be asking tv weatherman the wonderful john kettley. i got to say now it is a sign of a wealthy household. if you go into someone's home and they've got air con, then they are living the dream. let me tell you that round at ours, we're still sweltering in the heat. all we've got is an open window. okay, lots to get through. john kettley on the weather. plus the boxing round. but first, the news headlines and the brilliant sam francis . sam francis. >> very good evening to you. it's just after half past five. the top story this evening. the prime minister has returned to southport, visiting the town for now , the second time this week. now, the second time this week. that's after monday's knife attack there that killed three young girls. sir keir starmer has met with members of the

local community and police officers and health services. that's according to local reports. he also paid a visit to alder hey children's hospital in liverpool, where many of the victims of monday's attack have been being treated. the prime minister has praised the hospital staff's professionalism in treating the injured . in treating the injured. southport has seen violent unrest due to false claims about the attacker's identity. that was spread on social media, with concerns of further violence in the liverpool city region this weekend. sir keir starmer has condemned hatred on the streets. he's calling now for a national response to the disorder. robert jenrick claims the conservatives lost the election in july because of a broken promise on immigration. the former minister was speaking at the launch of his campaign to become leader of the party and succeed rishi sunak, mrjenrick also claimed the british political system has appeared either unwilling or unable. he says, to secure the uk's borders. unable. he says, to secure the uk's borders . a mural of former

uk's borders. a mural of former newsreader huw edwards in his home village of carmarthenshire has been removed. the artwork has been removed. the artwork has been removed. the artwork has been painted over after the ex—bbc presenter pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. the broadcaster says it's now looking at options about retrieving some of mr edwards salary, after a request from the culture secretary lisa nandy. he was one of their highest paid stars and received £200,000 between his arrest in november and his resignation in april this year . and his resignation in april this year. well, we've heard tonight that 96 migrants are suing the uk government, claiming they were badly treated at the manston processing centre in kent. their lawyers claim the group were unlawfully detained between september and november of 2022. allegations also include lack of access to hygiene products , forced removal hygiene products, forced removal of hijabs and inadequate conditions for children and pregnant women. the high court granted the 96 asylum seekers anonymity, claiming they could be at risk if they were identified. the home office

hasn't yet filled its filed, its defence proceedings are paused until october and great britain are having a successful day at the paris games, with further medal hopes in store tonight. golds in rowing, equestrian and trampolining taken team gb up to third in the medal table. bmx rider bethany shriever and swimmers ben proud, duncan scott and tom dean are all among the british hopefuls tonight . the british hopefuls tonight. the very best of luck to those four. well, those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm sam francis. your next update just after 6:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> welcome back, as always , the >> welcome back, as always, the message board is open gbnews.com forward slash your say lots to

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kidding. britain's news channel. >> welcome back. a bit of housekeeping before we press on. i'm having quite a busy 24 hours, which is the greatest thrill because i get to broadcast to you on gb news on the radio and on tv, and i'm back looking after patrick's show from nine till 11 this evening. and i've got a brand new co—star in the morning because tatiana sanchez and myself will be on air from 10 am. to 1 pm, as well as 9 to 11 tomorrow. so god knows what's going to keep me going. your emails. i think they're coming in thick and fast . in thick and fast. gbnews.com/yoursay i spoke earlier to retired detective peter bleksley, who said it's wrong for the prime minister to label all protesters as far right. kathy says, peter bleksley is spot on again , the bleksley is spot on again, the voice of common sense with his finger on the pulse. kathy, who is a gb news member, goes to on

say that man should be in charge of british policing policy. meanwhile, rebecca, who is also a gb news member. hello rebecca, how are you? thank you for your message, says peter. the retired cop talks sense 20 years a cop, ten years a criminal lawyer. people are right to be frightened and concerned. it is an inconsistent approach. jack toff is also a gb news member who says counter—protests, brackets , invariably left wing brackets, invariably left wing fascists should be banned. the only reason to counter protest is to agitate and stop others having their right to protest. gill has made quite a good point as well. another gb news member who says i think that busing in pensioners to sit down en masse outside downing street knitting would make it harder for them to be called far right. peter speaks for me, says catherine. well done sir, this from nick, by the way, in terms of how you

control riots and any violence that ensues, nick says, i just don't understand why we don't have water cannons for the riots happening . the tree hugging happening. the tree hugging lefties claim that protesters could be hurt. what about our brave police officers? how about giving them protection? and as a sideline , put out vehicles that sideline, put out vehicles that have been torched and get those that cause the damage that litter the street afterwards to pay litter the street afterwards to pay for cleaning? nick, what a wise man you are. you are. if only you were home secretary, let me tell you that i do think that the prime minister is right to say that some people got on trains and on buses to southport to create trouble. there are extremists who will hijack these occasions for their own ends. and of course, that is very bad news. what i will also say, though, is that there are millions of people in this country, plenty of whom are watching this programme right now and listening to it on the radio, who feel the legal net migration is far too high, that

it's unsustainable. over 700,000 last year, putting big pressure on the nhs, on school places, on our infrastructure and having an economic impact too. and almost everybody that i talk to is furious about the illegal boat crossings. we don't know who these people are. they often throw their documentation and phones into the sea. sometimes when they arrive in the country, they run for the hills. if you think that's acceptable , then think that's acceptable, then i can't help you. so people are right to be worried about all of these issues and to lump them in with far right extremists is, i think , an act of political think, an act of political dishonesty by the prime minister, keir starmer. i think it's disingenuous. i think it's giving him political cover and avoiding the really important question, which is that our society is fractured. you've got parallel communities with people speaking in other language, not integrating, not participating integrating, not participating in british life , not signing up

in british life, not signing up to british values and sometimes ignonng to british values and sometimes ignoring the rule of law . we've ignoring the rule of law. we've seen that with those weekly so—called peace marches in which anti—semitic slogans are waved around and even projected onto the house of commons, it doesn't sound very civilised to me, but look, it's all about opinions. what is yours? gbnews.com/yoursay next up i'll be talking all things olympics as the gender boxing row rumbles on. is it too much to ask for women actual real women, to be safe in the ring? we'll discuss that

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watching on tv, it's been a fabulous friday for the brits in paris . with three gold medals paris. with three gold medals added to team gb's tally. it was victory for trampolinist bryony page. our jumping team and emily page. ourjumping team and emily craig alongside her double sculls partner imogen grant in the rowing . but this was all the rowing. but this was all overshadowed by a gender row in the olympic boxing . let's cross the olympic boxing. let's cross now to sports broadcaster chris skudder and chris, let's start with the positive news. a great day for team gb >> yeah, best of the games so far mark. >> you know it's 25 medals now which is a record for team gb who have been so fantastic over recent games. and really they were third at one stage. >> they overtook the host nation france. >> at one stage france has just won a gold in the judo. >> so they've just edged back in front. but both nations have got nine medals, >> but looking great. there's lots more golds and more medals to come for the brits. but you

say yeah, three, three goals today, the first one was really emotional. emily craig and imogen grant in the women's lightweight double scull. i've seen a lot of , rowers and great seen a lot of, rowers and great emotional celebrations, but i think today was the most emotional i've ever seen anybody. imogen grant just could not stop crying after they won their race. >> and they won it so easily as well, >> this is an event that's going to be scrapped after these games. >> so i don't know what they'll do afterwards, but a fantastic gold medal and the rowers are delivering once again, >> then, it was, bryony page who's already won a silver and a bronze in the trampolining and she topped it today at the age of 33. how about that . 33 years of 33. how about that. 33 years old winning a gold beating the chinese as well. who don't lose many of these type of events. and she's a world champion as well. fantastic gold medal. and then an unexpected one in the show jumping with, ben mayer, charles, harry charles and scott brash all, combining to win the

show jumping and beat the french who have been beaten a few times in the equestrian competition by the brits. so it's been a fantastic day. there's been some silvers and bronzes as well today, and britain looking as as good as they ever have really in the olympic games. and it's going to be a we haven't even got to the track and field yet, which is going to be good. i think as well. >> well definitely. of course, chris, i don't want to tempt fate or jinx it, but could this shape up to be a vintage olympics for team gb >> yeah, well, they finished fourth, third and second the last three games and the target was between 50 and 70 medals, they're certainly on course for that, i think what they'd really like, what they'd really love was, is to beat france in their own backyard. we know that china and the usa will be the top two nations, britain, can certainly come third. it's nip and tuck with the french at the moment. but we should bear in mind that, you know, france, their olympic record is not not fantastic. this is their first games for 100 years. but the last time they finished in the top five

medallists was back in 1948. so not nowhere near the brits in terms of success. so it'd be really nice to beat them in their own backyard and that's certainly not out of the question at this stage, because the hosts always do well, they always do well. >> it's so nice that we can celebrate the success for team gb. and yes, let's hope they edgeit gb. and yes, let's hope they edge it over france this year. but, it hasn't all been good headlines, has it? and the boxing gender row rages on. what's the latest? >> well, basically , imani >> well, basically, imani khalife, we haven't got any further than we did yesterday. i mean, there was i've never seen anything like it. the uproar, the outrage, really, i think it's taken an emotional reaction from one of her opponents to have ut from one of her opponents to have lit the blue touch paper. really, when she just said, i'm not going to fight against what she considered a biological male after less than a minute. it social media just erupted. and there's a there's khalife. who, who? listen, we've been looking into this all day, and she was born a woman we understand was raised as a woman. but it's just

a question of whether she is a biological male. nobody can really answer that question. it's based on the international boxing association who say that she has the xy chromosome, which is male, which would give her an advantage. the ioc don't agree with that. there was a test made when she was thrown out of the world championships last year , world championships last year, but nobody can really verify that. that's what it all hinges on. so it's all a bit of hearsay at the moment. and i think people are basing their assumptions on the fact that, you know, she's allegedly failed this test and also that she looks like a male . that's, looks like a male. that's, that's that's where we're at at the moment. but if you dive a bit deeper, she has been fighting for a while and she has lost nine times to women boxers. so you know, people are saying those who are defending her, him, her are saying that, you know, well, where were you when she lost in the last olympics to an irish girl, kellie harrington? so that's where we are at the moment. it's just bouncing around and behind all

this. we've also got a political squabble between the ioc, who have decided to take the reins on on boxing regulation for the olympics and the now discredited international boxing association, who the ioc said you're not doing this anymore because we think you're corrupt effectively. so, you know, one is saying that she's biologically male, the other are saying she's not. where are we with this? we need to establish it . what thing is interesting, it. what thing is interesting, mark, though, is that a lot of former athletes. nicola adams , former athletes. nicola adams, who won gold for britain, she has come out very much against this, but i think a lot of people are basing it on the fact that she did. she is x, y chromosome, which would be a male, but we don't know that for sure . that's the problem, so sure. that's the problem, so i mean, what listen, let's assume she's x. she is there's a little bit of male in there. i don't know how you say this, really. and, you know, to be correct about it, but if there is, it isn't fair, i don't think. what do you do? have a separate category, do you, seb coe with the caster semenya . it's

the caster semenya. it's understood she's not intersex. so semenya is and seb coe said right. reduce the testosterone levels. if you don't do that you can't compete. so we're not quite there yet but you can see where it's going, can't you ? if where it's going, can't you? if there's an advantage, is it fair? i think most people would say no, but we need to know is what is her genetic makeup? is it a genetic disorder, you know, and the mud being slung on social media at the moment. definitely extraordinary. >> well, i think there needs to be empathy on both sides. and i think that the priority, as you've mentioned in your very balanced answer , is fairness. balanced answer, is fairness. but also, of course, safety as well. chris skudder, what a treat to have you on the show. we'll catch up soon. look! look forward to our next olympic update from you, thank you so much to matthew , stephen, much to matthew, stephen, q maria and the team. it's been a really busy show. i'm back from nine till 11 tonight looking after patrick's show. see you .

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be taking to the streets of britain this weekend. all well and good. if it's peaceful. but what if it's not? we saw yesterday the prime minister talking about this massive clampdown and how he plans to increase the use of things like intelligence sharing and facial recognition. is this all fair or is it a little bit

of state overreach? your thoughts also, should serial