>> good afternoon. it's 3:00 and i'm dawn neesom standing in for the lovely martin daubney who's having a well—earned holiday again . yes, i know he wasn't again. yes, i know he wasn't here yesterday either. was a slacker, right.7 okay, now more than 400 people are arrested in the wake of disorder around the country as masked men take to the streets of birmingham waving palestinian flags. we'll be heanng palestinian flags. we'll be hearing from reform uk's lee anderson exclusively on that one. and war of words . elon musk one. and war of words. elon musk hits back after a number 10 dubs the tech billionaire deplorable over his comments about the unrest on the streets of britain, who saw that one coming and elsewhere, kamala harris picks tim walsh as her running mate, according to us sources. but how will they fare against donald trump's camp .7 that's all donald trump's camp.7 that's all coming up in the next hour.

donald trump's camp.7 that's all coming up in the next hour . but coming up in the next hour. but as usual, it's not about me. it's not even about martin when he's here. although he thinks so, doesn't he.7 it's he's here. although he thinks so, doesn't he? it's all about you and your views. so post your comments. really simple by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay but now it's time for the news headunes now it's time for the news headlines with the very lovely sophia wenzler. >> dylan. thank you. good afternoon . it's just gone 3:00. afternoon. it's just gone 3:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. reports suggest kamala harris has picked minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate for november's presidential election. it's understood harris hasn't made a call to tim walz to let him know he's been picked. however, the current vice president will hope the battle tested democrat, who served more than a decade in congress, can help shore up her campaign in the critical upper midwest region. her short list

included all white men with a record of winning over rural whites or independent voters. the decision will be a pivotal moment as harris prepares to challenge donald trump in the upcoming election , following upcoming election, following president biden's exit from the race. here in the uk, the government has confirmed more than 500 additional prison spaces are going to be brought into use to deal with rioting, as dozens more people appear before courts. a number of people charged with violent disorder have already pleaded guilty to their part in the widespread violence , among them widespread violence, among them a child aged just 15, who arrived before magistrates in liverpool with his mum after being identified from a video on tiktok. meanwhile police say they absolutely expect more arrests to be made after another night of violence in various cities, rioting across england and the parts of northern ireland have continued to grow from initial misinformation surrounding a stabbing attack in

southport overnight. in devon, fireworks and stones were thrown, injuring several officers. a police dog was also hit with a brick in staffordshire, and footage onune staffordshire, and footage online shows petrol bombs and missiles being thrown at police in belfast . a solicitor of a man in belfast. a solicitor of a man who was kicked in the head by a police officer at manchester airport, says the families of the victim of a smear campaign. aamer anwar says fahey, amar's mother , was the was racially mother, was the was racially abused on a plane before the events of last month. he's also accused officers of not having body cams turned on during the incident. >> ahmad and his mother shamim were shocked at the unnecessary aggression and violence. alleged violence shown from the start. there was no immediate attempt to speak to father, to ask him to speak to father, to ask him to step aside, to caution him or to step aside, to caution him or to simply say, can we speak to you for a second in wales, eleanor morgan has been selected

as first minister. >> the first woman to take on the role. she was confirmed in the role. she was confirmed in the vote at the senedd. members earlier, after the welsh parliament was recalled from summer recess. the leader of welsh labour marked the occasion in her speech declaring the grey suits are out as she hopes to add a vibrant splash of colour to the roll . shocking levels of to the roll. shocking levels of chaos at wandsworth prison are taking place in plain view of leaders. a new report by the pfisons leaders. a new report by the prisons watchdog has revealed. the prisons inspectors found the london jail not safe with rampant violence, drug use and overcrowding despite nearly £900,000 invested since the alleged escape of daniel khalife, staff still fail to account for prisoners during the day. the ministry of justice is promising £100 million for improvements, but critics are calling for an urgent change in leadership. three water companies are facing a combined record fine of £168 million after a series of failings

including sewage spills, thames water , northumbrian and water, northumbrian and yorkshire water were issued. the penalty by regulator ofwat. thames is facing the biggest fine of £104 million. a number of hostile unmanned aerial vehicles have crossed into israel from lebanon, with several civilian casualties reported. hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the swarm of attack drones, but warns much stronger attacks are still to come . this latest escalation come. this latest escalation comes as fears are rising that the middle east could be tipped into a full blown war, after leaders of the lebanese militant group and hamas were assassinated last week , and assassinated last week, and great britain's equestrian team have finished the paris games with five medals, including two gold. they weren't to add any more in this morning's individual show jumping, though. meanwhile, keely hodgkinson has become just the 10th british woman to win athletics gold as she stormed across the line in

one the in the 800m and team gb set a new world record in the women's team sprint track cycling, bringing the total medal haul to 12 gold so far and putting them fifth in the table . putting them fifth in the table. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now i hope you're having a wonderful day out there, but it's not all good news today. as usual, we're getting used to it now, aren't we? more than 400 people have now been arrested in the wake of disorder around the country, with the number expected to continue to rise in the coming days. continue to rise in the coming days . counter—protesters turned days. counter—protesters turned up in birmingham and turned on

the media to. let's have a look at this. >> community leaders have been speaking to the police as well because free palestine. >> free palestine. >> free palestine. >> i think apologies for the language you're hearing, but a sense of the anger i think you can hear there. >> yeah. casey, i think we. becky felt horrible. >> horrible. just horrible in the latest development, police are aware of six potential events today, with officers anticipating a busy wednesday as they monitor reports of at least 30 possible gatherings. violent disorder started last tuesday following the horrific knife attack in southport that left three children dead and others in hospital, i'm joined now by gb news political editor christopher hope to bring us the political side of what we're seeing in our towns and in our cities. christopher. i mean, it's like i prayed and hope that it's like i prayed and hope that it wouldn't kick off again last night. i just want to quickly start with you, because i find that as a journalist, i find that as a journalist, i find

that that scene in birmingham, particularly shocking. and it's like, you know, we you know, we've had yvette cooper saying thugs will feel the full force of the, the law. there wasn't a police officer in sight. there last night. >> no. >> no. >> and hi, dawn. no. and that was obviously christopher. >> how are you? good to see you. good to see you. it's so grim. >> the news at the moment, isn't it? that was sky news, obviously a different political channel. so we don't know what was to the left and right. we only have that narrow view don't we. on that, that footage, it was cut short very quickly. the issue of how the police are policing this is getting more and more political. that's the point. as we keep talking, there's 420 arrests so far, as many as six potential events on tuesday, a busy day wednesday, we're told, by by sources, how it's police's interesting. jess phillips, the home office minister, talked about that that event there, she said there on twitter that to be clear, all day rumours have been spread that a far right group were coming and it was done entirely to get muslim people out in the streets, drive, drive, this sort of thing. that was challenged by james cleverly, who is the shadow home

secretary, saying, think about what you tweet with has consequences. >> sounded like she was excusing that behaviour where she's been very tough on the well, she's not she's trying to keep out thugs. not she's trying to keep out thugs . i not she's trying to keep out thugs. i know she's not she's trying to keep out thugs . i know she's not excusing thugs. i know she's not excusing it, but the language is interesting issue of two tier policing goes to the heart of it. >> now. this idea of policing asian youths different to white youths. and is that happening to tier kyrees tweeting the owner of x on social media, twitter. he's tweeted the hashtag elonmusk. two tier so two tier. keir he's to hashtag tweeted that he's got a pinned tweet . that he's got a pinned tweet. now this this billionaire owner of x, talking about, why aren't all communities being protected to keir starmer ? he's getting to keir starmer? he's getting involved. labour politicians are having a go. elon musk for promulgating the original, wrong suggestions about the attack in southport last week. meanwhile robert jenrick has got involved and he's saying that it's important that politicians call out all communities for

violence. here's what he had to say, and he's a possible future leader of the tory party. >> the far right who attacked a mosque are a disgrace. >> the thugs attacking police officers are a disgrace. >> the arsonists who set fire to a hotel with people inside are disgrace. >> the racists attacking black or asian britons are a disgrace and the sectarian gangs marching through towns and cities, waving weapons and in some cases attacking white britons are a disgrace . disgrace. >> none of this is who we are. >> none of this is who we are. >> we must show no squeamishness or selectivity. >> all this violence must be called out . there's no room for called out. there's no room for moral confusion or weakness in this moment. from this point forward, anyone who carries a weapon on the street attacks the police or launches racist ambushes on people from other communities must be sent to

prison for the longest possible term . term. >> there's robert jenrick speaking out. we'll hear more, maybe from dame priti patel, who's on patrick christys show tonight. do you tune in or viewers at 9 pm? meanwhile, overin viewers at 9 pm? meanwhile, over in whitehall, sir keir starmer has convened an emergency meeting of the cabinet. the cabinet, cabinet doesn't normally meet dawn dunng doesn't normally meet dawn during recess. it has met today. we weren't told about it. it met essentially in secret. we heard the readout afterwards, he made very clear. he said in remarks to the cabinet that when he went to the cabinet that when he went to southport, he spoke to police, who described what it's like to attend a mass stabbing of little girls and then be back on duty in riot gear, having bncks on duty in riot gear, having bricks thrown at them. and so at the heart of this is the police are trying to protect us all. they're trying to deal with the bad guys last week in extremists in southport, and now they're being attacked, arguably. i mean, the justification there is no justification for violence, but people are going after hotels where asylum seekers are being held. there's a there's a policy failure here which people

are responding to and that maybe needs to be addressed by the government. and isn't yet being talked about. maybe until they can get this country calmed down. but at some point they've got to look at why these riots are starting and try and address those concerns , address the main those concerns, address the main issues, which so far i don't know about you, but i'm not heanng know about you, but i'm not hearing anyone actually to talking our listeners, to our viewers. >> we haven't had a single feeling. >> we haven't had a single home office minister on the channel since the election. no, and we do ask them a lot. we try and get them on, and we want to get them to talk to our viewers and listeners, and we keep trying for you. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> until they address these what people are thinking and feeling and people are wide and they're scared. this isn't going to stop, is it? >> i fear not, and i wish it would stop. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. crystal, thank you very much indeed. now, we are hopefully going to birmingham and be joined by gb news reporter charlie peters . reporter charlie peters. charlie, are you there? yes, charlie. you are marvellous. charlie. you are marvellous. charlie. birmingham. last night,

of all the things we've seen so far, i found birmingham last night as a journalist. seeing that journalist surrounded by. let's not beat about the bush here, thugs in balaclavas again that was shocking. what's what? how is it today? what's going on up there ? up there? >> well, that was the first part of what happened last night in birmingham. and the police investigating what happened here. that was in bordesley green, about half a mile down the road, where a group of men gathered. south asian muslim men gathered. south asian muslim men gathered often wearing balaclavas and masks, many of them brandishing machetes in response to fake rumours that a so—called far right demonstration or an anti—immigration protest was going to be gathering in that location. now, that protest never materialised, but the counter demonstration , which was counter demonstration, which was menacing, which did have some violent tendencies as we saw at the time, did turn up in their hundreds. now, a couple of police cars were there, but when they realised that there was no demonstration to respond to, those men then moved up to here,

which is in yardley, about half a mile up the road where they attacked a pub. and i think we have some pictures we can bring you of what happened last night, because many people surrounded this location, threw projectiles at the window. we got a smashed window here which is going to be recovered and fixed soon, we hope, but also an incident of assault that the police are investigating where a man came out from the pub, which was being barricaded at the time, so large and so violent was the crowd that was here that the man came outside and was then beaten by a gang of those youths who had moved up from bordesley green. and the question many are asking today is how did that large gathering of men, many of them wearing masks, many of them brandishing weapons, having slashed at tyres of journalists cars make it all the way up here, marching down the street. i've seen footage of them just walking, parading very easily, very freely through the streets without being intervened with by the police. now, the police did eventually come here last night after a lengthy altercation with

locals here, people barricaded in the landlord actually hurt her hand, rushing to get furniture in front of the door to prevent that mob from breaking in. but by the time the police had arrived , many of police had arrived, many of those involved in that disorder had dispersed. they originally came in riot gear , then they came in riot gear, then they didn't need it. so after that occurred, there was a lot of concern about what might happen next. and we've been speaking to people here today who said that they were very concerned about they were very concerned about the police response. some of them said was to tear and there was no police presence at all, not until after everyone phoned from the pub to say like there was trouble going on and there was trouble going on and there was machetes, knives, a lot of violence, a lot of anti—social behaviour. >> then there was no police around, not whatsoever. even from the march on board's green road, there was no place. where was the place? they failed in every way possible yesterday. >> we've seen them turn up here today very briefly. is it too little, too late in your view? >> definitely 100%. apparently he's been saying that it was meant to be a huge police presence today. can you see any place? there's no police around anywhere. is there?

>> there's a current discussion at the moment, isn't there, about so—called two tier policing that different groups get different levels of policing? that happens in birmingham? >> yes, 100%, 100%. wegovy, it goes.i >> yes, 100%, 100%. wegovy, it goes . i don't even know how to goes. i don't even know how to explain it. there's one rule for another and one rule for someone else. >> do you think it happened here last night? yeah definitely 100%. >> 100% happened. and the police failed us. >> well, the mob that descended on this pub last night did so in reaction to fake rumours of that demonstration. there are more reports of potential demonstrations coming up later this week . and so there are now this week. and so there are now fresh concerns that what happened last night might happen again. and some of the live streams we saw last night of those events, people were saying that they came here to this pub which was hosting a karaoke night in order to intimidate and dominate. people outside were making anti edl chants. but who was inside this pub last night? it was a karaoke event for families. there were children and grandchildren. those inside were not racist thugs, they were just normal people from yardley

trying to enjoy an evening with their families. there are now concerns from those here that it could happen again, especially at a time when the police have come under criticism for not reacting. so strongly to some of those people wearing masks, brandishing weapons and marching on quiet pubs in east of birmingham. >> that is indeed a very, very fine example of the full force of the law not being felt. so the two tier piecing well give our best to everyone up there, charlie, and hopefully it doesn't happen again. that's charlie peters from the clumsy swan pub in yardley in birmingham that was attacked last night and i think one man was quite badly beaten. hopefully he's okay as well, we will be coming back to this subject. obviously it's the it's the only real subject in town. everyone's talking about it. so many of your messages, which i will be getting through as many as i can. don't worry about that. but now, news from across the pond. us media is saying that kamala harris has reportedly chosen tim walz as her vice presidential pick for the 2024 election. we are now

joined by political analyst and former democratic nominee minky konst to explain who kamala has chosen and what it means. konst to explain who kamala has chosen and what it means . thank chosen and what it means. thank you very much for joining us. so, so who is this lucky person that's going to keep kamala company? >> i think we're the lucky ones, tim walz is, you know, he's the perfect for the ticket. not only is he very likeable, but he's a coalition builder. this is a man who has a tremendous amount of experience in leadership. he's the head of the democratic governors association. as the governors association. as the governor of minnesota, a very popular governor of minnesota. minnesota is part of that heartland that is so important for this election, which is why they, kamala harris and her campaign said that they were trying to win over that part of the country, whether it's pennsylvania, minnesota, wisconsin , ohio. i mean, these wisconsin, ohio. i mean, these some of these states have been out of reach, but some of them have determined the last few elections. tim waltz was in

congress for over a decade. he was elected , as the co—chair of was elected, as the co—chair of the veterans job committee . he's the veterans job committee. he's a veteran. he was in the army national guard for over two decades. he's a former public school teacher who's a social studies teacher. as governor of minnesota, he has passed tremendous legislation , tremendous legislation, pro—worker legislation. he has he has fought against big banks. in 2008, when we were discussing whether we bail out big banks, he was vociferously against using taxpayer funds to bail out those big banks. i think this is going to be incredibly important in this election when we're we're really fighting for the soul of america at this point in trying to rebuild the middle class and the trump pence, vance administration or campaign. excuse me , is going to be excuse me, is going to be campaigning on workers issues. i mean, they've actively said this, but tim walz is very popular with labour, he has passed, you know, legislation like free, public school lunches and, and, he has he has funded

pubuc and, and, he has he has funded public transit . i mean, these public transit. i mean, these are issues that we are debating across america. and he has been able to do this in his state, which, by the way, has a lot of rural voters. i mean, he's been able to build this coalition in his state. and i think this is going to for be great the ticket. >> he's also quite vocal on women's rights. hasn't he enshrined abortion rights into state law as well, which is i know is a big talking point out there at the moment. >> yes . and he's also supported >> yes. and he's also supported ivf . he's talked about his ivf. he's talked about his personal struggle with his partner in conceiving with his now internet famous daughter, hope.she now internet famous daughter, hope. she was named hope for a reason, he said because of that journey in reproductive challenges, i think this is going to speak to a lot of voters across the country. many are saying that, reproductive health, not just abortion rights, but reproductive health in general, is going to determine this election. he really checks all the boxes and not only that, he's been able to take the country by storm on tv the last couple of weeks saying

things like, you know, the other side is just weird. i think it's a great balance. he is going to shine, but also be supportive of kamala harris and let her shine as well. >> he has been very vocal about our, trump and jd vance, hasn't he? have you had a reaction yet from the trump camp as to what they think to this choice ? they think to this choice? >> i mean, you've seen them tweet things out like this is the most left wing ticket that we've ever seen in history . we've ever seen in history. republicans are going to do that no matter what. and i think this was a decision that the harris campaign looked at and said, you know, what are they going to throw against all of these candidates? how is it going to impact this excitement that we are now facing? we were excited already, and i have not. my phone won't stop lighting up. you know, the internet is blowing up with wild memes and old quotes and, in videos from 20 years ago, i was campaign in 2016. this reminds me of that feeling i was on, i was on former president obama's 2008 campaign. i feel that again. but

i also think that we are wiser and we are more aware of what we are facing with trump's campaign. and we're not taking anything for granted. trump has anything for granted. trump has a very excited base , the a very excited base, the republicans are known for their dirty tactics in this country. so i think that we're hopeful we are excited, but we're also being very prepared for what obstacles we may face. >> indeed. thank you very much for joining us and bringing us forjoining us and bringing us up to date on american politics. that's our former democratic national committee commissioner nominee contest. thank you very much for joining nominee contest. thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon . now we will have afternoon. now we will have a scratchy nose. sorry not very polite, is it, we will have lots more on that story throughout the show. and there's plenty of coverage on our website @gbnews. com as well. now you've helped make it the fastest growing national news website in the country, by the way. just thought i'd get that in there. now imagine having £30,000 extra in your bank account to play with this year. oh, couldn't you just do with that now? well you could, it could be yours in our latest great british giveaway, as we're giving away our biggest cash prize so far this summer.

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where wigan's keely hodgkinson took gold in the women's 800m final last night. on my god, she was amazing. but before that i've been in journalism for nearly 40 years. i know it's a surprise. i started young but this was the most astonishing press conference i think i've ever seen in my entire career , ever seen in my entire career, and i have seen plenty of them. the family and lawyer of father ahmad and muhammad ahmad claim there was a deliberate campaign to smear them after a police officer appeared to kick and stamp them on at manchester airport. you remember we've all seen the shocking videos online. the brothers, along with their lawyer and mother, expressed devastation and trauma over the incident. let's have a look. >> father and his mother, shamim were shocked at the unnecessary aggression and violence. alleged violence shown from the start. there was no immediate attempt to speak to father, to ask him to speak to father, to ask him to step aside, to caution him, or to simply say, can we speak to you for a second? >> right. i'm joined now by our

reporter, jack carson, who was at that conference, jack, thank you for joining at that conference, jack, thank you forjoining us. at that conference, jack, thank you for joining us. jack. at that conference, jack, thank you forjoining us. jack. i'll you for joining us. jack. i'll watch this live. literally with my mouth open. i couldn't believe what i was watching. i've never seen anything like it. tell us more about what happened. what? what you heard and how the family are . reaction and how the family are. reaction >> it's quite extraordinary here, isn't it? because it was essentially allegation after allegation against greater manchester police, against the officers involved and against greater manchester mayor andy burnham as well? this press conference was called, in the eyes of the family's lawyers to try and reset the narrative, to try and reset the narrative, to try and reset the narrative, to try and provide the context to all of the incidents. of course, those those two viral videos, of course, that were all across social media after that incident at manchester airport in late july. of course, you know, one showing, of course, an officer appearing to kick a man in the head when he was being restrained on the floor of course, and the others with the man punching, officers in the

head. and we know, of course, that there were injuries sustained by those officers because greater manchester police, of course, confirmed that there had been injuries , of that there had been injuries, of course, two, two, two officers as well as, of course, one officer having a broken nose as well. but the press conference in the in the lawyers essentially claimed that police had also leaked information to try and discredit the family, to try and discredit the family, to try and discredit the family, to try and discredit the brothers involved in the incident as well. of course, their allegations , which will all be allegations, which will all be put to the for independent office police conduct, of course, who's who's who's independent investigation is of course, still ongoing. and a detail some of the other allegations there. in there, there was the allegation that an officer used his taser to hit the mother in the face, leading her to having having a black eye and bleeding from the eye that we were shown evidence of, of those injuries on the mother. they allege that that was a that was a greater manchester police officer, that had caused that as

well. and we also heard different allegations about the way in which this altercation took place. first with the police, first restraining for here who's a 19 year old son against the ticket machine helped being held by allegations of being held by the neck as well, and also allegations of when of when the family at the time questioned why body cameras weren't on and weren't activated. that one was taken. one of the brothers was taken around the corner, out of sight of other people and other officers and cctv, and essentially verbally abused, horrifically abused with the i'm not going to repeat of course, those words that were mentioned, but it was horrific verbal abuse that this family and these lawyers are alleging took place of course. so they had multiple questions for the police, for andy burnham, why he was able to see the footage, of course, you know, before the family. but the independent office for police conduct, their independent investigation does continue. and of course, that is the due process that's got to take place after this incident . after this incident. >> jack, just quickly have any

charges actually happened in this case yet ? this case yet? >> so nobody has been formally charged yet. there had been multiple arrests. with with people released on bail. and of course, the, the officer that is alleged to have, of course, been taken place in that incident has been informed. greater manchester say that they've been suspended and there is a criminal, they are under a criminal, they are under a criminal investigation for assault. so no formal charges yet made against anyone. but of course no arrests have been made and there are investigations still underway . still underway. >> as i said, astonishing as jack carson in manchester for us at the most amazing press conference i think i've ever witnessed right now. previously, manchester police have said we are aware of speculation circulating about the case involving four men arrested at manchester airport on the 23rd of july. this is a current live investigation and all four men remain on police bail. enquiries are very much ongoing in relation to all aspects of this incident. i really couldn't make it out anyway. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. elon musk hits out at

starmer after number 10 dubs a tech billionaire deplorable over his comments about the riots. who saw that one coming? we'll have more on that in just a tick. but first, we are going to get some news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> dawn thank you. it's 333. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines kamala harris has picked minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate for november's presidential election. that's according to us reports. it's understood harris hasn't yet made a call to tim walz to let him know that he's been picked. however, the current vice president will hope the democrat, who served for more than a decade in congress, can help shore up her campaign in the critical upper midwest region. the decision will be a pivotal moment as harris prepares to challenge donald trump in the upcoming election, following president biden's exit from the race, the government's confirmed it's preparing more

than 500 additional prison spaces to deal with rioters as dozens more involved in disorder over the last week appear in court. last night in plymouth , court. last night in plymouth, fireworks and stones were thrown, while there was also violence in birmingham and belfast, with more disruption expected this week. a former head of the uk's counter—terror police force has said it's time to start treating the worst of the riots as terrorism . a week the riots as terrorism. a week on since three children were stabbed to death in southport, the government is investigating whether state actors are spreading disinformation and fuelling the violence. justice secretary shabana mahmood says the prison system is in crisis , the prison system is in crisis, as a new report reveals shocking levels of chaos at wandsworth prison. the findings highlight concerns including safety, staffing and overcrowding . the staffing and overcrowding. the government has confirmed a £100 million funding package over five years, and additional staff, a number of hostile unmanned

aerial vehicles have crossed into israel from lebanon, with several civilian casualties reported. hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the swarm of attack drones. the armed group is also warning that its much anticipated , anticipated anticipated, anticipated retaliation for the death of a top commander last week is still top commander last week is still to come. this latest escalation comes as fears are rising that the middle east could be tipped into a full blown war. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you

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gb news standing in for that martin daubney martin who i know i've been gone too long, hasn't he already. sorry, martin, if you're watching, and by the way, mark. yeah, that press conference thing he said, i thought it was an ongoing investigation. well, it is, and that's why i think it's like, how can they give a press conference? i'm with you on this one completely, any case, i bet you didn't have this on your bingo card for 2024 because i didn't. elon musk taking on keir starmer? in any case, elon musk has hit back after number 10 dubbed the tech billionaire deplorable over his comments on the ongoing violence in the country. the owner of x, formerly twitter. if you're still old school like me, claimed a civil war was inevitable as the country reaches a seventh day of unrest, could this thwart the government's efforts to get social media companies to remove harmful content online? and just how much of the violence is actually being stoked by these companies? in any case, there's a lovely picture of elon muster. joining me now is social media expert alan stevens. to explain what is going on and what we can

do to stop it. i mean, alan, thank you so much for joining do to stop it. i mean, alan, thank you so much forjoining me this afternoon. as i said, elon musk having a row with the prime minister is not something i saw coming . i minister is not something i saw coming. i have to be minister is not something i saw coming . i have to be honest on coming. i have to be honest on that one. but i mean, the serious side of this story, there's an awful lot of disinformation on social media thatis disinformation on social media that is triggering the unrest on our streets, yeah . what what can our streets, yeah. what what can we do about it ? we do about it? >> well, it's very difficult, isn't it? i mean, the fact. good afternoon, dawn, good to see you, the thing is , what social you, the thing is, what social media does, it amplifies. it acts as an amplifier. it's sometimes called a polarisation engine. because it shows you stuff that you're interested in. and you think everybody thinks that way. what we can do as an individual is be very careful what we post. i would say, because, you know, the laws of libel do apply to social media. i'm not sure they apply to mr musk. >> i think he's a bit of a law unto himself. yes, but he has got form in this area. it's not the first time he's come out and made a controversial statement, but then he paid 44 billion for,

x, but then he paid 44 billion for, x, formerly twitter. so i guess he thinks he can say what he likes y y. >> i mean, it's he's tweeting a lot about what's going on in the uk at the moment, including saying that, you know, it's basically going to be civil war. i mean, why is he so i mean, again, is it just that he's making money from x or why is he so interested? >> but i think, i think it's partly the fact that very little news escapes around the world. i mean, i've had i've had friends this morning in south africa and australia asking me if i'm okay. because they heard, you know, the whole country was going up in flames and i and i think what happens is that these sorts of things get seen on social media, a global medium, they're not ameliorated by, you know, a proper news channel like gb news or something like that. and all they see is what their friends post and they get carried away, unfortunately. but they don't need to be careful. >> alan. yeah. i mean, it's so right. because, you know, if you if you came and sat in this tv studio now and said to me, right, let's go and have a riot and let's go and have a riot and let's go and chuck some bricks through the local library or citizen's advice bureau. you

know, you could be done for that. that's that's inciting. inciting a criminal offence . why inciting a criminal offence. why doesn't that apply on social media? >> well, interestingly, it does. the laws of libel do apply to social media. and i believe i heard this morning that somebody has already been, cautioned. if not arrested, for possible incitement. and the police are looking very closely at the sort of things that people are saying on social media. they do need to be careful, because, you know, the laws of incitement apply everywhere, not just in, you know , the news channels that we know, the news channels that we talk on, but also on social too . talk on, but also on social too. media, so i think we're going to see some cases in court. with people who've said things on social media. >> alan, i don't know how many million, billions of people on, on, on twitter or x as it is now. how can you police it? i mean , it's not realistically, mean, it's not realistically, it's not actually possible, is it? >> it's very difficult. but i think what's going to happen is that the social media companies are going to have to take responsibility, you know, back in the day, i've been on social media 20 years or more, and back in the day you could say

anything. and it was a kind of bit of the wild west, and it was regarded as what was called a mere conduit, a channel of information. now it's looking at being a publisher, and once it's a publisher, they're responsible to the person who posts it. >> yeah, yeah. no. that's true, that doesn't appear to be an awful lot of legislation around social media companies. so they do pretty much do what they want. don't they? >> they do. i mean, legislation is in the pipeline. there is there is some legislation going to be coming along which will make social media companies more responsible. but how do you enforce it? you know, how how do you enforce something here for something that mr musk has said in america? it's very, very difficult indeed. >> yeah, >> yeah, that's >> yeah, that's the >> yeah, that's the trouble. >> yeah, that's the trouble. can you see. i mean can you see i mean sort of like keir starmer actually making stricter rules in this country that will, that will work. or is it just going to carry on. >> it's i honestly don't it's going to be very difficult. i mean he can try and i think he will try and i think both uk and european level legislators are looking at making it tougher, making social media companies, publishers. but but there are so

many around. there are so many social networks. i think it's going to be an impossible task. >> indeed. well, not exactly great, is it? alan stephens that's about media coach and social media expert. thank you very much for not cheering me up that much. but thank you very much for joining that much. but thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon. now, well , should we afternoon. now, well, should we talk sport? we need someone to cheer us up. i'm wearing a gold jacket today, and i've got matching gold shoes on as well. by matching gold shoes on as well. by the way, great britain are soaring up the middle chart in the olympics. but the. can the country's success unite a nafion? country's success unite a nation? well, i'll be speaking to a psychotherapist, and to see why sport makes us feel so good. this is gb news britain's news channel. don't go too far. we're talking gold

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relationship with you now. true, brit, you're saying two posts read out. since i've been on since 12:00. i've read. i've read two out already. three. three. now, thanks to you. keep it coming though. right? okay, so i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news, in for martin daubney. now, more than 400 arrests are made as violent protests enter their seventh day reaching the streets of birmingham .we're streets of birmingham. we're here from reform uk. lee anderson in the next hour, and he's got some very, very strong views you might not be shocked to hear and later on, you can watch priti patel's first tv interview since announcing her intention to become conservative party leader. that's from 9:00 on patrick christys night and you really want to miss that one enhen you really want to miss that one either. it's cracking. now on to some positive news, shall we? it was another great night for team gb in the paris olympics . gb in the paris olympics. winning gold, gold jacket, gold shoes, in the women's team sprint. and keely hodgkinson claimed victory in the 800m. my god, she was amazing, wasn't she ? god, she was amazing, wasn't she? with our athletes soaring up the medal table, just how instrumental are sporting events

instrumental are sporting events in helping, well, blooming cheer us up to be honest with you, we need it, don't we. psychotherapist lucy beresford joins me now to explain . lucy, joins me now to explain. lucy, thank you very much for joining to us explain, lucy, why we need something good. nana and sport is really delivering . is really delivering. >> it really is. >> it really is. >> and it's such a feel good experience. and that's very important because human beings are very imitative creatures . we are very imitative creatures. we copy other people, particularly in our emotional reactions to things. so when we see people smiling, that tends to make us feel good. which is why you should always enter every room with a smile. that's the best piece of advice i was ever given . piece of advice i was ever given. but sporting occasions have have got that extra dimension of the crowd as well. so you've got everyone cheering, you've got everyone cheering, you've got everyone getting enthusiastic and excited, and if you match that with maybe your favourite sport or maybe your favourite sporting personality, or it's your flag, your nation that just

increases all the release of those feel good hormones and it gives us a bit of a high. in fact, i would not be surprised if there was a spike in births in nine months time. i think it gets people so excited, so happy that actually people will think, you know what? actually life really is worth living. let's, let's have some fun tonight at the olympics, baby. >> boom, just checking the husband. no, no, i'm not going to happen in our household. lucy i'm afraid, but why is it that sport in particular has this, this unifying effect that that we all join together? is it something to do with the basic, the tribal instinct that we have? >> well, there are a lot of things happening, but mostly with sport. you've got a beginning , a with sport. you've got a beginning, a middle, but most importantly, you've got an end. so it's a story that you can follow through from the very beginning to see what the conclusion is. who's going to win ? who's going to win the win? who's going to win the tennis match? who's going to win that relay heat? who's going to actually get that medal? so

there's a sense of closure at there's a sense of closure at the end of every single event, every single competition. so we get the spike of excitement, we get the spike of excitement, we get the spike of excitement, we get the tension, we get the adrenaline. but then we also get the conclusion. and because it's the conclusion. and because it's the olympics, we've got multiple events happening on multiple days for multiple weeks . so we days for multiple weeks. so we get this euphoria that actually lasts a very long time. we saw it with the euros, we see it with the world cups. we see it with the world cups. we see it with any extended sporting occasion. it builds some momentum and it can get people feeling really very energised. and it's the perfect thing that you want really during a summer and as you addressed in your introduction, particularly a summer that has proved to be quite fraught, to have these pockets of time where perhaps we can gather with our friends or maybe we gather with people that we run with, that we swim with, that we compete with, we share that we compete with, we share that love together, that bonding experience of sharing it with the crowd. there's nothing like it. >> no , absolutely. or we sit on >> no, absolutely. or we sit on the sofa and watch with lucy in

some of our cases, lucy, obviously, you know, the olympics are going to come to an end. and if we're still having the troubles we are seeing in this country, what's the best way for people to cope with it? because you do get a i mean, i love going home, putting on the telly and just, you know, the sport is there. it's just brilliant. i love sport. but how do you cope when it finishes? it almost feels a bit like a bit like grieving in a way. >> yeah. there will be a mourning process because as you say, it's something that we get into a bit of a rhythm very quickly. i'm going to go home, i'm going to see the highlights, i'm going to see the highlights, i'm going to go home and i'm going to watch a race live. and then there's going to come a time after the paralympics where actually that doesn't happen anymore. so it's about taking responsibility and finding those moments of joy for yourself. life is too short to not have j'oy life is too short to not have joy every single day. however you define that , whether it's you define that, whether it's getting out into the fresh air, looking forward to something, getting out into the fresh air, having a really lovely cup of coffee, or just connecting with

someone you know, someone you love. maybe even by a zoom call or going to see them in person, carving out those moments of joy for yourself. every day is going to be really powerful, not for just now, but for the years to come. really important life skill to develop. >> brilliant. lucy beresford , >> brilliant. lucy beresford, thank you very much. you've cheered me up enormously , and i cheered me up enormously, and i really am going to look forward to the baby boom in nine months time, but evidently we have to go to a break now. we're running out of time. but don't go too far. we'll see you very . soon. far. we'll see you very. soon. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hello. here's your latest gb news. weather forecast coming to you from the met office. many of us will see some sunny spells through today, but there will also be plenty of showers , also be plenty of showers, especially towards the northwest. and we have had some

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i'm dawn neesom standing in for the lovely martin daubney whose 4:00 actually. on my god. see it's four. i need a holiday as well. that's where martin is by the way. he is sent me a lovely picture of him fishing. it's gorgeous in shorts. i can't unsee that. in any case, is on holiday. i'm here. so yeah. the tall, lanky, blonde female version . now stories. more than version. now stories. more than 400 people are arrested in the wake of disorder around the country as masked men take to the streets of birmingham waving palestinian flags. we'll be heanng palestinian flags. we'll be hearing from reform uk's lee anderson exclusively on that, and war of words. elon musk hits back after number 10 dubs the tech billionaire deplorable over his comments about the unrest on the streets of britain. elsewhere kamala harris confirms tim walz as her running mate. but how will they fare against donald trump's camp? that's all

coming up in the next hour. donald trump's camp? that's all coming up in the next hour . but coming up in the next hour. but i want to hear from you. this is all about you and your views. so send your views and i will read them out, i promise. there's so many coming in. very simple. here is how you do it, right? you go to gbnews.com/yoursay and you can even say some nice things about me if you want, because i'm not martin and he goes, oh, be nasty. up to you. anyways, it's time for the news headunes anyways, it's time for the news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> dorn. thank you. good afternoon . it's just gone 4:00. afternoon. it's just gone 4:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. kamala harris has picked minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate for november's presidential election. the democratic party candidate confirmed earlier reports in a post on x. harris will hope the democrat, who served more than a decade in

congress, can help shore up her campaign in the critical upper midwest region. the decision will be pivotal as harris prepares to challenge donald trump in the upcoming election. following president biden's exit from the race back in the uk, the government's confirmed more than 500 additional prison places are going to be brought into use to deal with rioting as dozens more people appear before courts. a number of people charged with violent disorder have already pleaded guilty to their part in the widespread violence, among them a child aged just 15, who arrived before magistrates in liverpool with his mum after being identified from a video on tiktok. a week on since three children were stabbed to death in southport. the government is investigating whether state actors are spreading disinformation and fuelling the violence . fuelling the violence. meanwhile, police say they're absolutely expect more arrests to be made after another night of violence in various cities, rioting across england and in

parts of northern ireland have continued to grow from initial misinformation surrounding a stabbing attack in southport overnight in devon , fireworks overnight in devon, fireworks and stones were thrown, injuring several officers. a police dog was also hit with a brick in staffordshire, and footage onune staffordshire, and footage online shows petrol bombs and missiles being thrown at police in belfast . a solicitor of a man in belfast. a solicitor of a man who was kicked in the head by a police officer at manchester airport, says the families the victim of a smear campaign, ammar anwar, says farage, amar's mother, was racially abused on the plane before the events of last month. he's also accused officers of not having body cams turned on during the incident. >> ahmad and his mother, shamim were shocked at the unnecessary aggression and violence alleged violence shown from the start. there was no immediate attempt to speak to father to ask him to step aside, to caution him, or to simply say, can we speak to

you for a second in wales, eleanor morgan has been selected as first minister, the first woman to take on the role. >> she was confirmed in a vote of senedd members earlier after the welsh parliament was recalled from summer recess. the leader of welsh labour marked the occasion in her speech declaring the grey suits are out and she hopes to add a vibrant splash of colour to the roll . splash of colour to the roll. shocking levels of chaos at wandsworth prison are taking place in plain view of leaders. that's according to a new report by the prisons watchdog. the prison's inspectors found the london jail not safe with rampant violence, drug use and overcrowding , despite nearly overcrowding, despite nearly £900,000 invested since the alleged escape of daniel khalife, staff still fail to account for prisoners during the day. the ministry of justice is promising £100 million for improvements, but critics are calling for an urgent change in leadership . three water leadership. three water companies are facing a combined

record fine of £168 million after a series of failings, including sewage spills . thames including sewage spills. thames water, northumbrian and yorkshire water were issued. the penalty by regulator ofwat thames is facing the biggest fine of £104 million. a number of hostile unmanned aerial vehicles have crossed into israel from lebanon, with several civilian casualties reported. hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the swarm of attack drones , but warns much attack drones, but warns much stronger attacks are still to come . this latest escalation come. this latest escalation comes as fears are rising that the middle east could be tipped into a full blown war, after leaders of the lebanese militant group and hamas were assassinated last week , and assassinated last week, and great britain's equestrian team have finished the paris games with five medals, including two golds. they want to add any more in this morning's individual show jumping, though. meanwhile, keely hodgkinson has become just the 10th british woman to win

athletics gold as she stormed across the line in the 800m and team gb set a new world record in the women's team sprint track cycling , bringing the total cycling, bringing the total medal haul to 12 gold. so far and putting them fifth in the table . those are the latest gb table. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia. doesn't she look lovely in that pink? this suits her. now, more than 400 people have been arrested in the wake of disorder around the country, with the number expected to continue to rise in the coming days. counter—protesters turned up in birmingham and turned on the media to have a look at this one. >> one. >> community leaders have been

speaking to the police as well because palestine free palestine eafienl because palestine free palestine easier, i think. apologies for the language you're hearing, but a sense of the anger. i think you can hear there. >> yeah. katie, i think we. becky >> yeah, that's a full force of the law you're witnessing there. hi, yvette cooper. if you're watching any case in the latest development, police are aware of six potential events today with officers anticipating a busy wednesday as the monitor reports of at least 30 possible gatherings. violent disorder started last tuesday. following that. started last tuesday. following that . horrific those poor little that. horrific those poor little girls pictures, that horrific knife attack in southport that left three children dead and others in hospital. i'm joined now in birmingham by gb news reporter charlie peters , reporter charlie peters, charlie, good to see you, horrible scenes in birmingham last night. yvette cooper full force of the law. i didn't see a single police officer. what's what's happening ? what's happening? >> well, we did see police

officers here. i saw some last night on live streams at the scene, but the concern was that the effect of that attendance on the effect of that attendance on the police was not sufficient and was not early enough . they and was not early enough. they did arrive in some riot gear, but put that away because by the time they'd arrived here at the clumsy swan pub in yardley, much of the violence had already dissipated. i'll just talk you through the timeline of what happened yesterday. so due to some reports of a potential gathering of a so—called far right or an anti—immigration protest in bordesley green down the road about half a mile away, lots of counter demonstrators gathered from the south asian muslim community. hundreds were there , but a small number of there, but a small number of police were reportedly on that scene. but obviously the original protest, like with many of these rumoured protests, never materialised. and i think what then happened was that that gathering of the counter—protesters then wanted to go somewhere else. you just showed a clip of some of the

intimidation felt by colleagues intimidation felt by colleagues in broadcast media, but those demonstrators then moved on from that scene and marched. best part of an hour, half a mile away. up to this location here, which is in yardley , about half which is in yardley, about half a mile east of that location where a mob did descend on this pub last night, while a family karaoke event was attended indoors here. i spoke to the landlord earlier today who said that her hand was injured as she rushed to barricade this location. furniture being put in front of the pub doors. you can see some damage here as projectiles were thrown at the pub. we saw masked men with balaclavas . we saw earlier balaclavas. we saw earlier reports of men, some of them brandishing weapons at the earlier demonstration when that group of youths then kind of broke away and moved up here. and as you can imagine, there was a lot of concern here last night about how that could get escalated. it's the worst possible scenario for the police for a place like this, to suddenly have a mixture of rumours about demonstrations, a lot of anger bubbling after the attacks that we've seen, haven't we, on mosques and also on

asylum seeker hotel locations, fearing that they'll be targeted again and turning up looking for trouble? well trouble is what they got when they came to this location, because there was an allegation of assault which is now being investigated by the police. but in reaction to what we saw last night, we did hear from one member of the public who was on this scene, who told us that they were not confident in the police response and there was no police presence at all. >> not until after everyone phoned from the pub to say like there was trouble going on and there was trouble going on and there was trouble going on and there was machetes, knives, a lot of violence, a lot of anti—social behaviour and there was no police around , not was no police around, not whatsoever. even from the march on board's green road, there was no place. where was the place? they failed in every way possible. yesterday >> we've seen them turn up here today very briefly. is it too little, too late in your view? >> definitely 100%. apparently he's been saying that it was meant to be a huge police presence today. can you see any place? there's no police around anywhere, is there? >> there's a current discussion at the moment, isn't there, about so—called two tier policing that different groups get different levels of

policing? that happens in birmingham? >> yes, 100%. 100%. wegovy. it goes.i >> yes, 100%. 100%. wegovy. it goes. i don't even know how to explain it. there's one rule for another and one rule for someone else. >> do you think it happened here last night? >> yeah, definitely 100%. 100% happened. and the police failed us. >> well, it's business as normal here at the clumsy swan today. less of a presence of nervousness. but there is still a latent concern that what happened last night could happen again. in part due to some criticism we've heard here about the police response. not early enough, not quick enough, but also concerns about future rumoured protests, counter demonstrations that might come again and sparked more of a confrontation that we saw last night. >> thank you very much for bringing us up to date on developments in birmingham . developments in birmingham. that's charlie peters there, yes. well i wasn't impressed by the police reaction last night, as you heard from the locals there. they weren't either. any case, i'm joined now by gb news reporter adam cherry. actually, in a studio. it gets quite lonely in here. thank you, adam,

for coming. >> pleasure to be here, dawn. of course. >> of course. you're not going by the way, you are stuck here. >> oh, i'm chained here. i can't leave. >> right. okay. politics so bnng >> right. okay. politics so bring us up to date on the political side of what we're seeing on our streets. >> so we've had an emergency cabinet meeting today. we weren't expecting this because, remember, parliament is in recess. >> so this is this is unusual, but we have had a statement from the prime minister, and he said, when i went to south pole, i spoke to police who described what it was like to attend the mass stabbings of little girls and then to go back on duty the next day in riot gear and have bncks next day in riot gear and have bricks thrown at them. this is something no one has ever wanted to see, and we need to be calling out for what it is. so we're hearing a repetition of similar language that he's used previously. obviously, the political argument here is, as charlie peters referred to there in in his piece in birmingham, two tier policing or at the very least two tier governing. that's the criticism sectarian gangs perhaps treated in one way and so—called far right protests. enoughis so—called far right protests. enough is enough. rallies treated another way as they

should be. but perhaps there needs to be proportionate response to both. now, this has caught the attention of elon musk , the owner of twitter x, musk, the owner of twitter x, and he's been making i mean, he's a bit of a firebrand. so we often see him say things like this one way of putting it, but just today, he's he's pointed to a video on facebook. someone arrested, allegedly for making offensive comments , and he is offensive comments, and he is saying arrested for making comments on facebook is this britain or the soviet union? right so, you know, he's also said hashtag two tier. kier civil war is inevitable. i mean, he's really getting stuck in here and causing some headaches for the government, to say the least. now downing street have already said at a press briefing yesterday, which i attended, that, you know , they disagree that, you know, they disagree that, you know, they disagree that there's two tier policing. they backed the police and the civil war claim is inappropriate. nonetheless, he's still sticking his oar in. and, you know, this debate is going to continue . another person to continue. another person who's commenting on this two tier aspect is robert jenrick . tier aspect is robert jenrick. >> yes. >> yes.

>> so robert jenrick is a tory leadership hopeful, and today he's released a video going over this and saying, we need to call out violence where we where we see it, regardless of the politics. i think we'll take a look at that now. >> the far right, who attacked a mosque are a disgrace. >> the thugs attacking police officers are a disgrace . officers are a disgrace. >> the arsonists who set fire to a hotel with people inside are a disgrace . the racists attacking disgrace. the racists attacking black or asian britons are a disgrace. >> and the sectarian gangs marching through towns and cities, waving weapons and in some cases attacking white britons are a disgrace . britons are a disgrace. >> none of this is who we are. >> none of this is who we are. >> we must show no squeamishness or selectivity. >> all this violence must be called out . there's no room for called out. there's no room for moral confusion or weakness in this moment. from this point forward, anyone who carries a weapon on the street attacks the

police or launches racist ambushes on people from other communities must be sent to prison for the longest possible term . term. >> so here's i spoke to robert jenrick team today, and they want to make it very clear that robert jenrick does not think we have two tier policing. his point is, we have two tier governance so that keir starmer, the home secretary, and the likes of jess phillips, their rhetoric is, is firmer on one side of the debate than perhaps another. that's, that's his view. yeah. and we've also got another leadership hopeful on the channel tonight. we've got priti patel speaking to patrick christys . that's at 9:00. so christys. that's at 9:00. so we'll hear more on that. you know this is a tory leadership race. it's going on for a long time. so you can expect all of them to have a lot to say on this. but it is interesting. this is the contours of the debate. and i think the government needs to come up with perhaps not now. right. you know, let's stop people throwing things through windows and burning stuff first. but we need

to have a serious conversation about what's causing all this. and is there, you know, is there some kind of measured response that needs to be taken on both sides? >> yeah, it would be. but the trouble is, until they tackle what's causing it, the root causes, which is people feeling very angry and frustrated. and let's be honest, the two tier policing that most ordinary people do think it's happening out there. they're not going to tackle it, are they? adam cherry, thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the political side of what we are seeing on our streets at the moment, and later, you can see priti patel's first tv interview since her intention to become conservative party leader at 9 pm. tonight on patrick christys. p.m. tonight on patrick christys. now, riots continued in belfast last night where several businesses have been attacked. police officers have also been reportedly injured . earlier this reportedly injured. earlier this afternoon, a psni press conference took place where temporary assistant chief constable melanie jones gave a statement we are joined now by gb news northern ireland

reporter dougie beattie dougie, lovely to see you , although lovely to see you, although albeit not with particularly good news. can you bring us up to date with what's happening where you are ? where you are? >> yes, well, it's not the best of news, unfortunately, and most of news, unfortunately, and most of the trouble here, especially last night, took part in south belfast, now south south belfast is a very divided community in more ways than one. number one, it takes the most amount of immigrants than anywhere else in northern ireland. number two, it has this divide of wealth in it. it is where you will find some of the wealthiest people in northern ireland, and where you will find some of the poorest people in northern ireland in those working class areas. now, for quite a few years now, in those working class areas, there have been many, many , have been many, many, undocumented immigrants being put into those areas. and for quite a while, the people there had said enough . we cannot take had said enough. we cannot take any more. it's affecting our

housing stock. it's affecting our health service and all the problems that come with lack of infrastructure in those areas, very similar to what's happening in the republic of ireland. but when the rwanda deal came out, said by rishi sunak at the time himself, those immigrants stopped coming to the uk and things calmed substantially over that period of time because most of them then went into the repubuc of them then went into the republic of ireland. the people inside those working class areas were horrified to hear that the rwanda deal was off the table, and that started pretty much the tensions rising once again. now, last saturday, there was a protest march against immigration. there was another, protest for immigration on both sides of the roads. we spoke about that in saturday, but there was trouble in that area in south belfast, donegall road and sandy row on saturday. shops were burned. asian supermarkets were burned. asian supermarkets were attacked and pretty much

the police had managed to quell it at that point . last night, it at that point. last night, youths took to the streets there were small clashes, but it turned into about 50 youths starting to attack business premises once more. now today, the assistant chief constable, melanie jones, had a press conference that she had told us that there was one arrest here in northern ireland, the psni is very, very used to dealing with pubuc very, very used to dealing with public unrest. unfortunately, because of our past, there was two plastic bullets fired. they haven't ruled out bringing water cannon in. and she told us there were 300 officers deployed in that area last night. i was on the ground last night in that area, speaking to those that were formerly paramilitaries . were formerly paramilitaries. they had assured me that they were not involved in this . were not involved in this. although the assistant chief constable has suggested that they may be. but she finished they may be. but she finished the press conference by looking pretty much at how the police are caught in the middle of this

and listen to what she has to say. >> for the second evening, we have seen terrible events unfold in south belfast. the scenes we have witnessed over the past few days have been horrendous . days have been horrendous. there's been violence, racist assaults, damage to property , assaults, damage to property, arson, racist slurs unashamedly uttered on our streets . this is uttered on our streets. this is not who we are. as a society and the majority of our citizens are rightly appalled by this behaviour . behaviour. >> well, you can hear from her. she's very frustrated. and of course, there's a cost in this. who's going to pay for all the extra policing , especially in a extra policing, especially in a police budget that's already stretched? is it going to be stormont or is it going to be westminster ? westminster? >> thank you very much, dougie. i'm bringing us up to date on, well, similar events happening in northern ireland as too, we are seeing over here and there'll be much more on that. excuse me, much more on that

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soon. hello. welcome back. i'm dawn neesom on gb news and we've got a cracking show . still to come a cracking show. still to come for you. later in the show i'll have the very latest from day 11 of the olympics, where wigan's keely hodgkinson took gold gold jackets in the women's 800m final last night. but first we are going across the pond because, kamala harris confirms tim walsh as a vice presidential pick for the 2024 us election. i'm joined now by us political journalist laurie laird to bring us up to date on on this choice and what it actually means to the campaign. laurie, lovely to see you. thank you for joining us. yeah. good to see you. don. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> oh, good. thank you. has this choice come as a surprise or was it expected and what is it saying her choice in in this in our in this this candidate. >> yeah. a very good questions. it doesn't really come as a surprise. it was a short list of

three tim waltz, the governor of minnesota, josh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania . and i governor of pennsylvania. and i think those people thought that shapiro was probably the leading candidate. >> pennsylvania is such a key electoral state, such a key battleground state. >> and shapiro is really popular. >> and shapiro is really popular. >> he's a democrat, but republicans like him, too. i think the problem with shapiro would have been, oh, i'm sorry, don, did i did i talk over you? >> no, no, no, i'm just saying we're seeing live pictures of them getting on the plane now. so sorry about that. carry on please. i don't have my i don't have my glasses on, so i can't see the i can't see the video. >> i can see a big aeroplane. is that that presumably is the plane taking waltz to philadelphia where it is indeed. yes. with kamala harris. kamala harris at, it's about 10:00 tonight. they will appear together in north philadelphia, which is a the city that i was born in. so it'll be the first time we see the two of them together. what's interesting, though, if we get back to josh shapiro, who i think was probably the second choice candidate, the governor of pennsylvania, will he appear on the stage with tim waltz and

kamala harris after being, you know, passed over for the vice presidential job? so interesting to see what kind of support they can expect from josh shapiro, because support from him will be crucial in winning philadelphia. but you asked about what does this mean? and look, there's a lot there's not much evidence that says that a running mate actually makes a difference. but i think, you know, this could be a bit of an exception. tim waltz is really every man he wears a baseball cap, he wears t shirts. so he's a real balance to the perceived sort of west coast liberal, which is the image that a lot of americans have about kamala harris. so there's a nice balance there. and apparently i'm hearing they really like each other . i'm hearing they really like each other. besides, you i'm hearing they really like each other . besides, you know, each other. besides, you know, despite their very differing backgrounds, that the chemistry between the two was really quite good. >> and what's what's the reaction been from the trump camp to this choice ? camp to this choice? >> it really interesting there the trump camp. and we've seen a post on on donald trump's website truth truth social media

website truth truth social media website that tim waltz is somehow a wannabe san francisco liberal. and look , most people liberal. and look, most people do not like california in the us . do not like california in the us. and so painting kamala harris as a west coast of california liberal that kind of sticks. but to extend that to tim waltz, who really is every man he's , he's really is every man he's, he's he's joe sixpack, an american parlance, which is a little bit like mondeo man here. it's really difficult to paint him as a liberal, even though he sort of shepherded through the minnesota, the state legislature. he has shepherded through some fairly progressive policies on family leave on enshrining the right to abortion. but i think people think of him as every man he speaks well, apparently he's really, really funny. and it's a great balance, to harris. and i think the fact that she feels comfortable with him may make her a little bit more accessible to some voters , to some voters, >> lorillard, thank you very much for joining >> lorillard, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon. and thank you very much, telling us more about jim

also is our, announced today as kamala harris's running mate, in the november election coming up. and trump's reaction to it. very interesting. isn't it? now, there still are lots more to come between now and 5:00. reform uk's lee anderson and the director of the oxford islamic centre, doctor sheikh ramzy, will be joining me to give their take on the violent protests. this one is going to get spicy. you don't want to miss it. but first it's time for your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> dawn. thank you. good afternoon. it's 430. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. some breaking news to start with. it's understood the prime minister will chair another emergency cobra meeting tonight to tackle the violent disorder that has been taking place around the country . suspects are around the country. suspects are appearing in court after a week of violence in the uk sparked by the stabbings in southport.

of violence in the uk sparked by the stabbings in southport . 100 the stabbings in southport. 100 people have been charged and more than 400 arrested. a former head of the uk's counter—terror police force has said it's time to start treating the worst of the riots as terrorism . kamala the riots as terrorism. kamala harris has picked minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate for november's presidential election. the democratic party candidate confirmed earlier. the reports in a post on x. harris will hope the democrat, who served more than a decade in congress, can help shore up her campaign in the critical upper midwest region. the decision will be pivotal as harris prepares to challenge donald trump in the upcoming election. following president biden's exit from the race, justice secretary shabana mahmood says the prison system is in crisis, as a new report reveals shocking levels of chaos at wandsworth prison. the findings highlight concerns including safety, staffing and overcrowding. the government's

confirmed a £100 million funding package over five years and additional staff and a number of hostile unmanned aerial vehicles have crossed into israel from lebanon, with several civilian casualties reported. hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the swarm of attack drones. the armed group is also warning that its much anticipated retaliation for the death of a top commander last week is still to come. this latest escalation comes as fears are rising that the middle east could be tipped into a full blown war. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia.

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welcome back. i'm dawn neesom on gb news. standing in for martin daubney, who's currently fishing. he sent me a picture of him in his shorts. thanks, martin. now on the big story of the day. number 10 are set to hold another copper meeting this evening amidst the escalating violence around the country . violence around the country. that's was. more than 400 people have now been arrested with a number expected to continue to rise in the coming days. in the latest development, police are aware of six potential events today, with officers anticipating a busy wednesday night as well as a monitor. reports of at least 30 possible

gatherings now joining me is reform uk mp lee anderson and director of the oxford islamic centre, doctor sheikh ramzy. gentlemen, thank you both for joining me this afternoon . joining me this afternoon. really appreciate your company. now, obviously we're witnessing scenes none of us particularly want to see, so i want both your takes on what's happening. lee, i'm coming to you first, i, you know, you witnessed the events in birmingham last night. you called for jess phillips, who's the local mp to lose her job. the local mp to lose herjob. can you explain why you're so angry about, in particular, what you witnessed in birmingham, birmingham last night? >> i'm so angry, dawn, because since last week, since sir keir starmer made his statement, he seems to have fanned the flames. >> it's got worse and worse and worse. and we've seen a shocking tweet yesterday by jess phillips, who's sort of suggesting that it's okay to form vigilante groups and actually please your own area. >> let me remind jess phillips that she's a home office minister. >> it is a job of the police

force to go out and police the streets, not a not a violent mob of mob abuse. >> it's a disgraceful, disgraceful statement. >> and actually, sir keir starmer should sack her straight away. >> we don't want this sort of divisive dog whistle politics in this country , this country, >> coming to you, sheikh ramzi, what did you what did you make of the events that we witnessed in birmingham last night? >> yes. >> yes. >> god bless. before. before i say anything, of course. >> mr anderson is has got a right the police has to has to look after these sort of things and the vigilante cannot be. >> this is the country which has the greatest police in the, in the greatest police in the, in the world. therefore they are very capable to do it and they will do it step by step. however, it is not right which they encourage the people, muslim or other ones, to be vigilante and looking after their places, this is, this is wrong and now what we have this is, i believe , in my opinion, of is, i believe, in my opinion, of course i believe. of course. >> mr anderson. and the and the, nigel farage or reform has, has

has some some points. they want to they want to show and they want to say situation is like this, like this. and we are not very pleased with it. >> and of course, we have to agree with part of it, however, and not because of the they they making a riot are going to riot or, or, damaging 30, 40, places of the, places of the worship places of the, poor for example, people like refugees. they stay there. this is totally wrong because we get nowhere. >> and of course, as a result, so many, so many are mother and children, mother and children of god get so many elderly. >> and the many people, they said, don't go out, don't go out. they don't go out in the evening, have been reported to me, 2 or 3 ladies which have been seward, seward, badly, and run , run home. they are scared. run, run home. they are scared. they are scared. of course they perhaps they beat him up or violence. this is not such a healthy society. >> therefore, we have to stop all the violence. and of course,

we have to see the root of the problem. >> the root of the problem is not the islamophobia or muslim. the roots of the problem is, immigration, the root of the problem is a is a asylum. and the refugees which they come which we have to dealt with it. and of course, the problem with us is that we have a very lenient, lenient law that let them all coming in. we have to change the law . i'm sure that change the law. i'm sure that reform or other one other, organisation, the respectable organisation, the respectable organisation in parliament, they can change the law and bring a stronger which they don't come. and the france, which is all to do. france does not let all the all the people in, they are all in. they let people in. and i don't know why , because they don't know why, because they want to punish us. because we came out of the brexit, or so they let everybody since that time, they get. and this is not right. and of course we need to make ourselves stronger, the lowest, stronger. and after that ,

lowest, stronger. and after that, deal with this one fairly. there is a problem. yes >> let's. so let's leave. would you like to respond? >> well, he sounds like he wants to tighten up the asylum laws to me. did i hear him correctly? because if he does, he sounds like a it sounds like a fantastic, advocate for reform uk. maybe you'd like to come and join us and stand at the next general election. it sounds absolutely great that and it makes some really good point. i didn't interrupt you, young man. >> i didn't interrupt you. >> i didn't interrupt you. >> i didn't interrupt you. >> i let you speak for about minute. >> it's my turn to speak. >> it's my turn to speak. >> so. no, it makes some make some really valid points. i like what he's got to say. but look, you know, i would like to see sir keir starmer. dawn i would like to see him sit in a room with all these young youths that's been arrested and sit down and actually talk to them and ask them, what's your problem? >> why are you doing this? why are you writing? >> why are you smashing buildings instead of talking tough with his two tier policing that he seems to adopted and seems to be just locking up one group of people he needs to actually engage with these people, not run away on holiday

or wherever he is or or call these silly cobra meetings where they're all, you know, just an echo chamber. speak to these young men and ask them what the problem is, and maybe get to the nub of the problem. and maybe if he does that, he might actually understand why they're so angry. >> sheikh ramzi, why do you think people are so angry towards the muslim community in particular, >> he has been made, of course, with all due respect, of course, as i said, nigel farage is a very close friend of mine, but he many people hate the muslim. it is not. it is nothing to do with muslim. muslim are are the people which are working together in this country and a part of the foundation for 4 million muslim, part of the foundation of the country they work in, in nhs, they're looking after the mother of the mr anderson or mr dayton or mr dad and mr dad. they're looking after all in the teaching they doing that if you want to take him up. if you want every day just push him and say you are bad. you are bad, you are bad. they lose their confidence. we need to unite this country,

unite united, united. uk is one of the best country in the world and we have to keep it like that. united. we cannot go every day, every day to, have have a have a push the people and say point that point that the people what we need to do. i again i said, well i talk to what you said. of course, mr anderson. they say, yes, it is a ukip have a point there, there are a point that what they don't want, they are not crazy people going in smashing. but let's do it in a in a civilised manner. let's do it. not my children get a, you know, scared and your children get in trouble as well . get in trouble as well. therefore, let's do it. and god bless all. >> please, lee. i mean, why do you think. same question. why are people so angry towards the muslim community? >> i think well, there's a stereotype i think, isn't there, donald is we look at some of the terrorist attacks over the past 20 years. a lot of them have

been related to islamists, we saw the marches on, on whitehall, just a few months ago, actually, in the last parliament where there was shining these graphics onto big men from, onto big ben. sorry, from the river to the sea. we see all this, we see the we see these sort of demonstrations, these sort of demonstrations, the pro—hamas ones, some quite vile chants. and i think, you know, to be fair to the muslim population in general, who are, you know, peaceful 99% are it's sort of they sort of get blamed for that as well. and i think it's up to the gentleman here on the show with us today to call this nonsense out. we need more prominent muslim people to call this nonsense out and actually unite us together , because i'm unite us together, because i'm sure there's lots of young lads out there. the british working class lads out, you know, throwing stones and damaging things, they're not far right thugs. they're just, you know, they probably had one. >> two men say to you, lee, i mean, how do you feel about the accusations that, you know, reform yourself? nigel farage, have been responsible for stirring this unrest, and that constant phrase that's being

abandoned all the time now. far right. yeah. >> it's absolute nonsense, dawn. this far right excuse used by keir starmer. it's exactly that. it's an excuse. it doesn't know what to do. it's completely clueless. it's got out of hand . clueless. it's got out of hand. so he blames the far right thugs. you know, like i said, these young lads that's going out, i'd probably one too many. they've got involved with the wrong crowd. they throwing stones, they're damaging stuff. these aren't far right thugs. just. just young idiots that's got carried away. >> and to be clear, you wouldn't jail them. you would actually get keir starmer sitting down in a room to talk to them and find out what the problem is that's making them do this. >> if he doesn't do that, then it's going to continue and continue. he's already said our prisons are full. you know, young lads, young foolish lads, we all do daft things when we're young and he needs to sit down with them, talk to them, find out what the problem is and try and come up with some solutions rather than just banging them away. >> okay. no, there's a very good point. and how do you think this is going to end? i mean, what's the end game where we are at the moment? are these riots going to continue until somebody actually does what you have suggested?

>> i think it needs to be fair in its policing. we keep hearing this term two tier policing and won't see adopts a fair reform of policing and people like yvette cooper come out. and jess phillips, by the way, just shuts up and disappears for a few weeks. then, you know, if you see like in birmingham over the weekend or we didn't see one single police car, there's youths roaming around with with knives and machetes and swords and the traffic was uncontrollable. there was people getting beat up in pubs and pub car parks and nothing done. >> i'm coming back to you on that one, sheikh ramsey, the violence we saw from young muslim men last night on the streets, balaclavas armed, having a go at people just drinking innocently in pubs, what would your message be to the young men of your community? >> i would have said, of course i would have to stop it. i believe the root root of that is they are scared. they are scared because perhaps the police did not do what they had to do. and of course, they were scared they'd stop in the house and let me allow me to speak as well, please, they. this is a problem because they they attacked many, many houses as well. many houses

as well. and therefore what we need to do, what we need to do is, is, is keep this one and this one, they are scared themselves. however, mr anderson, mr anderson telling me, can you tell these 5% of the people, 5% of the people. >> so just just quickly do that now, what is happening here, mr anderson? >> should mr anderson can say mr nigel farage can say and can stop it , nigel farage can say and can stop it, please can i? >> sorry, we're just running out of time . just. lee, would you of time. just. lee, would you like to come? well, that was for the first part of the conversation. >> dawn neesom. that was complete rubbish. if you are scared of something happening in your community, you don't go armed. >> be armed with a machete, an axe and a knife. you stop in the house. >> it's absolute rubbish. >> it's absolute rubbish. >> one at a time, please. >> one at a time, please. >> yeah, it's absolute rubbish. >> yeah, it's absolute rubbish. >> i believe they are scared. they do something. something wrong. and if you're scared, you stay in. >> they should. they need to do what we need to do to. >> yeah. can you just turn him off, sheikh ramsey? >> sorry. unfortunately, we have run out of time. >> thank you.

>> thank you. >> are we turn me off. >> are we turn me off. >> you shouldn't be rude. shouldn't be rude. >> can you turn the volume down? >> can you turn the volume down? >> you shouldn't be on, right? you shouldn't be rude. >> sheikh ramsey lee anderson, thank you very much for joining me. that. well, that got feisty. who would have saw that one coming? on who would have saw that one coming? oh thank you very much for joining me. right. okay. forjoining me. right. okay. now, the lawyer for the family who clashed with police officer at manchester airport speaks out. we'll have the latest that. i'm dawn neesom on gb news, britain's news channel. don't go too far. we've

feel with i go feisty, isn't it? welcome back . i'm dawn neesom. welcome back. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news and now we're going straight to jack carson in manchester to bring us up to date on what happened at the most amazing press conference i think i've ever witnessed in a very long time. jack, yeah. tell us about this press conference. i still can't get my head around it . it. >> it was quite extraordinary, wasn't it? it was essentially,

you know, more than kind of half an hour of, of a load of allegations that the family and their lawyer were making towards greater manchester police, towards andy burnham, of course , towards andy burnham, of course, towards andy burnham, of course, towards the way in which, you know, the investigations have been conducted into, of course, the incident that happened at manchester airport in late july, there were two viral videos that were all across the internet . were all across the internet. were there one appeared which showed an officer appearing to kick a man who was on the floor, on the head, and of course, another, which which was the same, allegedly people involved earlier on, where there was a man seemed to be punching police officers. now, greater manchester police, of course , manchester police, of course, confirmed at the time that three officers had sustained head injuries and a broken nose in the incident, saying that that was one of three altercations. but this press conference today was the family and their lawyers saying they wanted to provide the context and provide the narrative for those viral videos saying that the mother of the two boys had received racial and

islamophobic abuse on a flight from pakistan, that then there was an altercation between that man leaving arrivals and there was no detail around that altercation. but then it was of course, the you know, what the response from the police was where they they alleged a lot of a different allegations from the police officers, of course, and what they had alleged to have done, including one officer, their family say , alleging to their family say, alleging to have hit the mother in in the face. but of course, the independent office for police conduct are investigating this and that investigation continues and that investigation continues and the family claim that that process has to has to has to continue and has to finalise. >> jack. jack, thank you very much. that's jack carson in manchester on the manchester airport press conference. right. previously manchester police have said we are aware of speculation circulating about the case involving four men arrested at manchester airport on the 23rd of july. there is a current live investigation. all four men remain on police bail.

enquiries are very much ongoing in all aspects to this incident. right. okay, so, well lots more to come on the show, but if you want to have your say and lots of you do, please do keep them coming. i'm going to read loads, i promise, send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay now, more on the violent unrest spreading across the country in a moment. i'm dawn neesom this is gb news. blimey, it's been a busy one, isn't it, but it's time now for your weather with alex burkill . your weather with alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hello. here's your latest gb news. weather forecast coming to you from the met office. many of us will see some sunny spells through today, but there will also be plenty of showers, especially towards the northwest

and we have had some persistent rain pushing its way through. that's due to a front that is now starting to clear its way towards the east, but it is lingering across parts of east anglia, kent bringing a bit more cloud here and also some outbreaks of rain as we go through the afternoon. elsewhere, though, some sunny spells for most places. also quite a few showers , especially quite a few showers, especially across parts of scotland and northern ireland. here some of them could be on the heavy side. we have got some fresher air coming in behind this front and so that means temperatures are a bit lower than of late. still just about getting into the mid 20s, perhaps towards the south. now as we go into this evening there will be plenty more showers , particularly across showers, particularly across western parts of scotland. still some heavy downpours, quite likely a slightly drier theme for eastern parts of scotland. but even here a few showers pushing through. plenty of showers. also for northern ireland and some pushing into western parts of northern england . the north—east likely england. the north—east likely to stay largely dry down the eastern side of england also are generally fine end to the day, but a few showers pushing in

across parts of wales and southwest england as we go through the evening. some of these showers will continue overnight, but all the time central eastern parts of england look like they'll stay dry with some clear skies. but across scotland and northern ireland, showers continuing for a time and then some heavier, persistent rain pushing into western parts of scotland as we head towards dawn tomorrow. temperatures will be a touch lower than some recent nights, particularly towards the south. getting into the low teens for some of us as we go through tomorrow. then a showery wet picture across parts of scotland, some persistent rain for a time through the morning, but a lot of that will clear northwards as we go towards the afternoon and elsewhere. plenty of showers around and a bit of a cool breezy feel to things. and so temperatures, although similar to today, it may feel a little bit cooler, especially with a bit more cloud around by that warm feeling inside. >> from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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>> well. >> well. >> good afternoon. it's 5:00 and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. but he's not here so it's a dawn neesom show today. lucky you. now broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the country. sir keir starmer will chair another emergency cobra meeting tonight at 730 as the prime minister attempts to tackle the violent disorder that has been taking place across the country, and a war of words . country, and a war of words. elon musk hits back after number 10 dubs a tech billionaire deplorable over his comments about the unrest on the streets of britain and across the pond, a kamala harris confirms tim walz as her running mate. but how will they fare up against donald trump's camp? all of that and coming up in the next hour, it's packed . it's packed. but we want to hear from you.

it's all about your views, not ours. and i'm going to get through them, i promise. there's so many coming in. so send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay but first, before i read those out, some of them getting very good, it's some of them getting very good, wsfime some of them getting very good, it's time for the news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> stowlawn. thank you. good afternoon . it's just gone 5:00. afternoon. it's just gone 5:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom, and as you've been hearing, the prime minister will chair another emergency cobra meeting at 7:30 pm. tonight to tackle the violent disorder that's been taking place around the country. suspects are appearing in court after a week of violence in the uk sparked by the stabbings in southport. 100 people have now been charged and more than 400 arrested so far following violent disorder across england and in parts of northern ireland. a former head of the uk's counter—terror

police force has said it's time to start treating the worst of the riots as terrorism in the us. kamala harris has picked minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate for november's presidential election. the democratic party candidate confirmed earlier reports in a post on social media site x. mr walz, who is a former teacher and member of the us army national guard, responded to the news on x , saying it was the news on x, saying it was the honour of a lifetime to join the campaign. harris will hope the democrat , who served more than democrat, who served more than a decade in congress, can help shore up her campaign in the critical upper midwest region. the decision will be pivotal as harris prepares to challenge donald trump in the upcoming election. following president biden's exit from the race back in the uk, a solicitor of a man who was kicked in the head by a police officer at manchester airport says the family is the victim of a smear campaign . victim of a smear campaign. aamer anwar says farage ahmose's mother was racially abused on a

plane before the events of last month. he's also accused officers of not having body cams turned on during the incident. >> ahmad and his mother, shamim, were shocked at the unnecessary aggression and violence. alleged violence shown from the start . violence shown from the start. there was no immediate attempt to speak to , to ask him to step to speak to, to ask him to step aside, to caution him or to simply say, can we speak to you for a second in wales, eleanor morgan has been selected as first minister. >> the first woman to tackle to take on the role. she was confirmed in a vote of senate members earlier after the welsh parliament was recalled from summer recess . the leader of summer recess. the leader of welsh labour marked the occasion in her speech declaring the grey suits are out as she hopes to add a vibrant splash of colour to the row . shocking levels of to the row. shocking levels of chaos at wandsworth prison are taking place in plain view of leaders. that's according to a new report by prisons watchdog. the prison's inspectors found

the london jail not safe with rampant violence, drug use and overcrowding , despite nearly overcrowding, despite nearly £900,000 invested since the alleged escape of daniel khalife , alleged escape of daniel khalife, staff still fail to account for prisoners during the day. the ministry of justice is promising £100 million for improvements, but critics are calling for an urgent change in leadership. three water companies are facing a combined record fine of £168 million after a series of failings, including sewage spills. thames water, northumbrian and yorkshire water were issued. the penalty by regulator ofwat. thames is facing the biggest fine of £104 million, a number of hostile unmanned aerial vehicles have crossed into israel from lebanon, with several civilian casualties reported there. hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the swarm of attack drones , but warns much attack drones, but warns much stronger attacks are still to

come . this latest escalation come. this latest escalation comes as fears are rising that the middle east could be tipped into a full blown war after leaders of the lebanese militant group and hamas were assassinated last week , and assassinated last week, and great britain's equestrian team have finished the paris games with five medals, including two golds. they weren't to add any more in this morning's individual showjumping, though. meanwhile, keely hodgkinson has become just the 10th british woman to win athletics gold as she stormed across the line in the 800m and team gb set a new world record in the women's team sprint track cycling, bringing the total medal haul to 12 gold so far and putting them fifth in the table . those are the latest the table. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia, and i'm just going to read this one out quickly as so many of you get in touch. this is from barbara agreeing complete with what you heard lee anderson say in the previous part of the show, those weapon wielding muslims in birmingham didn't look scared. scared is inside the pub. the cleric proved his part of the problem. a fake sheikh. well, i mean, that's your opinion. sheikh ramsey was on here to give his opinion and i thought, you know, it was a good, strong debate. and that's exactly what gb news is about. now, sir keir starmer will chair yet another cobra meeting tonight as the prime minister attempts to tackle the violent disorder has been taking place around the country. relevant ministers and police chiefs will attend a national reporter, charlie peters, has been in birmingham today after the violence in the city last night. >> police are investigating an assault and some criminal damage

here in the east of birmingham. after last night, a demonstration occurred which went very sour very quickly. some criminal damage you can see next to me, alleged whether a projectile hit this window after a mob gathered last night, having originally gathered about half a mile down the road to protest about demonstrations, supposedly from the far right, turning up, as we've seen across the country across the last week, they didn't in the end, but that that gang of around 100 or so south asian muslim men had gathered in that location. they intimidated journalists on the scene. several colleagues in broadcast media had to leave the location fearing for their safety, and they came here. the clumsy swan, a pub in yardley where inside a karaoke event was taking place. there were families, their children and grandchildren gathered in that pub when suddenly masked men , pub when suddenly masked men, some of them seen earlier with weapons in that same linked demonstration, suddenly descended on this location, looking for trouble. and some of the streams we saw last night,

men were saying they wanted to dominate this location. they also said that they'd picked a pub because that's where things start. that's where people have a drink and violence occurs. well, the area they targeted, the establishment they picked on was full of families, full of children and in the end, one man came outside, goaded the crowds that had gathered, and he found himself being injured and beaten down to the ground. that's the assault, the alleged assault that the police are now investigating. but there are concerns locally here today that the police response was not significant. how did that large gang of men make their way about half a mile up the road to this location, marching through the streets? some of them had brandished weapons. many were masked, many had balaclavas. how do they get here and cause such havoc without a rapid and robust police response? well, one person i spoke to earlier today said that this was an example of two tier policing and there was no police presence at all. >> not until after everyone phoned from the pub to say like there was trouble going on and

there was trouble going on and there was trouble going on and there was machetes, knives, a lot of violence, a lot of anti—social behaviour and there was no police around, not whatsoever. even from the march on green road, there was no place. where was the place? they failed in every way possible. yesterday. >> we've seen them turn up here today very briefly. is it too little, too late in your view? >> definitely 100%. apparently they've been saying that it was meant to be a huge police presence today. can you see any place? there's no police around anywhere, is there? >> there's a current discussion at the moment, isn't there, about so—called two tier policing that different groups get different levels of policing? that happens in birmingham? >> yes. 100%. 100%. wegovy, it goes.i >> yes. 100%. 100%. wegovy, it goes. i don't even know how to explain it. there's one rule for another and one rule for someone else. >> do you think it happened here last night? yeah definitely 100%. >> 100% happened and the police failed us. >> well, last night, demonstration and that mob that descended on this pub has caused significant concern. and there now are fresh fears that what happened here last night could happened here last night could happen again. because there are more rumoured demonstrations by anti—immigration right wing groups that could be met by

counter—demonstrators. and even if those original demonstrations don't turn up, as we've seen here in birmingham, the response to a fake and rumoured protest can still turn sour. people are angry, people are very concerned. and here in birmingham that risk could return again , thank you very return again, thank you very much. >> that's charlie peters in birmingham for us. on the unrest that we witnessed last night. now i'm just going to read this quickly before we go to adam cherry, who's joined us in the studio. this is for a message from david. david, you say starmer's government know the reason for the protests and riots, but they refuse to address it or even acknowledge the problem. they are not interested in even talking about it. which brings me nicely on to adam and what you've got to say about yet another cobra meeting being chaired tonight . being chaired tonight. >> yeah, another one tonight. we had one yesterday and now we have one at 730 this evening. that follows an emergency cabinet meeting earlier today, which we weren't expecting because parliament is in recess. prime minister, again at that cabinet meeting, echoing the

language we've seen over the past few days in response to these riots, saying, when i went to stockport to excuse me, to southport, i spoke to police who described what it was like to attend the mass stabbings of little girls and then to be back on duty the next day in riot gean on duty the next day in riot gear, having bricks thrown at them. it's not protest, it's violent disorder and it needs to be treated as such now, as charlie peters has pointed out, the political problem here is over two tier policing, and that's that's the argument we're all having. and elon musk, we all having. and elon musk, we all know the firebrand owner of x twitter, he is sticking his oar in on this and he's saying hashtag two tier keir saying civil war. >> he actually used that hashtag as well. >> that's astonishing i know i know. so civil war is inevitable. he said that yesterday and downing street was robust in responding to that, saying they disagree and you know that language is inappropriate. now he's comparing britain to the soviet union. and so again, sustained fire here. downing street getting drawn into this debate whilst also trying to you know,

deal with the immediate issues of the of the riots . so it's a of the of the riots. so it's a very difficult issue to deal with and on just on the two tier points. so we also have robert jenrick, who is the one of the tory leadership, yes contenders. he released a video today calling out violence in all communities and saying that not necessarily that we have two tier policing, but that we have two tier governance. so attacking starmer's rhetoric, home secretary yvette cooper and saying that, you know, we have a very robust response to these far right riots. as is expected, people are burning buildings and throwing things through windows that needs to be called out. but the sectarian violence that charlie peters has shown in that package on birmingham is perhaps less effectively dealt with or condemned. so that's the debate. that's unfolding at the moment. >> what do we think this, this meeting is about tonight? i mean, it's almost impossible to know. i know, but i mean, what do we think they're going to be talking tonight that they didn't

discuss or they should have discussed the other day? >> yeah, i mean, it is difficult, isn't it? i mean, so we are expecting or we are anticipating a lot more violence over the next 24 hours, particularly in the capital, so it will be meetings with top law enforcement bodies and, and leaders, i suppose, to marshal that and coordinate the immediate response to that for the next 24 hours. that's what i suspect it will be, returning to generally very quickly because, as i said, he's a leadership contender for the conservatives. we also have priti patel, who has been robust in her criticism, also calling for the return of the recall of parliament, which has been in recess. she's on the channel tonight to talking patrick christys, so we'll hear a lot more from her about that, given how the length of this leadership race, which goes on until november, you know, they're going to be talking about this and the long term consequences of this for a very long time. >> a very long time indeed. thank you very much, adam cherry, for bringing us up to date on the political side of what we're witnessing on our streets now. we're not alone. riots continued in belfast last night where several businesses

have been attacked. police officers have also been reportedly injured. earlier this afternoon , a psni press afternoon, a psni press conference took place where temporary assistant chief constable melanie jones gave a statement . we're joined by a gb statement. we're joined by a gb news northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, to bring us up to speed on what's happening in northern ireland. dougie. hello. well, as i said, what's happening here is happening there as well . there as well. >> exactly this, this violence that has sprung up in belfast is in south belfast now, south belfast is a very divided community, simply because if you want to find some of the wealthiest people in northern ireland, at some of the poorest people in northern ireland, you can find them in that very place in south belfast. but south belfast also has taken the most, immigrants into northern ireland more than any other place in northern ireland. now the tensions had been high. there beforehand because of infrastructure, health, service,

housing, etc. in those working class areas and they were very much assured by the rwanda deal. that really stopped immigrants coming to northern ireland. in fact, rishi sunak said that himself. most of them travelled through northern ireland and into the republic of ireland because they had no fear of being sent back home. so since then, the communities have started to be fearful once more and fear very much breeds aggression and lack of political representation for these areas. very much breeds anger and they feel they're not being listened to. and the only way they can seem to get listened to is by violence . and that is very violence. and that is very wrong. it is extremely wrong. hilary benn is only just released a statement, the secretary of state saying that he came back from that cabinet meeting this morning and basically that, those that were he released in the statement said those that are falsely

representing your community are actually damaging it. there is nobody representing these communities. it is a total mess. 300 police officers into the sandy row donegall pass area last night to take on about 50 youths who were throwing stones, setting fire to shops, petrol bombs etc. but the police service of northern ireland is very adept at dealing with pubuc very adept at dealing with public disorder because of our history. they they have access to plastic bullets, etc. one arrest made. but here's what the assistant chief constable had to say for the second evening. >> we have seen terrible events unfold in south belfast. the scenes we have witnessed over the past few days have been horrendous . there's been horrendous. there's been violence, racist assaults, damage to property , arson, damage to property, arson, racist slurs unashamedly uttered on our streets . this is not who on our streets. this is not who we are. as a society and the

majority of our citizens are rightly appalled by this behaviour . behaviour. >> you have to feel very sorry for the police service of northern ireland that's caught in the middle of this, and really we need to know who's going to pay for this at the end of the time, because the police budget has already been cut. will it be stormont or will it be westminster that foots the bill? >> dougie beattie from northern ireland, thank you very much . ireland, thank you very much. and terrifying, terrifying words coming from northern ireland. people feel they're not being listened to and are resorting to violence. i mean, from northern ireland, that's very worrying indeed, isn't it? right. okay. well, what are people going to do? what are the politicians do? are they going to listen to us? let's find out. we've got gb news presenter patrick christie, who has a huge interview on his show tonight. patrick, good to see you. what what's the big surprise you've got for us tonight? >> yes, indeed. so priti patel has done her first televised interview since announcing that she was going to run for the

conservative leadership. it's a wide ranging interview, and we talk about whether or not keir starmer yvette cooper have actually made the riots worse with their response, she also gave some very interesting views on two tier policing on how she would currently be handling this situation. she also raised a serious question as well about what we saw in birmingham last night. she's certainly not shy about talking about it. i have a little clip for you now that we can play of what priti patel had to say. just a little snippet of that birmingham incident. >> you know, we believe in the rule of law in this country, not the rule of the mob . end of the rule of the mob. end of story. what we saw last night, and i saw that footage in birmingham that was that's just outrageous. and unacceptable. that was criminality and violence . but what was missing? violence. but what was missing? where were the police? >> now? >> now? >> i don't know the full facts behind this, so i don't want to go into any speculation whatsoever. but again, in the absence of the facts, the government needs to be answering

these questions in parliament. >> yeah, she's very strong on that. she thinks she's a bit of a dereliction of duty going on when it comes to parliament not being in force just quickly dawn as well. a couple of other points for you. she was scathing about labour's jess phillips, who appeared to be making excuses for some of the scenes we were seeing in birmingham yesterday. there is an almighty row, as you've just been covering, between elon musk and our current prime minister, sir keir starmer. priti patel has got some views on that as well. i think people would like to hear about just away from the old riots and civil unrest situation . i asked her if she'd situation. i asked her if she'd be okay for suella braverman to stay in the party. were priti patel to become leader? quite an interesting response there. i think they'll get a lot of people going. robert jenrick described by many as the favourites in this particular leadership contest. i did ask her why she was better than him, and she gave quite a strong answer to that and potentially bad news for nigel farage as well. dawn, that will be revealing if priti patel does become the leader of the conservatives, i'm not sure that they're going to be spending too much time together. but what does that mean for reform voters? you know, i'll be on

nigel farage's show a little bit later on this evening, and i'll be putting the clip directly to him, so hopefully get his response on priti patel's comments there. but yes, heck of a lot to go out this evening. 9 to 11 pm. on gb news jul three. >> and that sounds a real cracker of a show. patrick. well done. we are going to be tuned into that one. thank you very much. that's patrick on at 9:00 tonight. don't you dare miss it. right. okay. quickly. some good news for you . £30,000 worth of news for you. £30,000 worth of good news potentially could be yours this year. it's our latest great british giveaway. and we're giving away the biggest cash prize so far this summer. and you could win it and all you got to do is watch this little bit and tell you how. >> don't miss out on your chance to win a whopping £30,000 in tax free cash to spend. however, you like. it's extra cash that could really make a difference to your coming year. you could find yourself on that holiday you've always wanted to take. buy that treat that always seemed out of reach, or just send some of those day to day financial

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welcome back. i'm dawn neesom on gb news now. later in the show i'll have the very update from day 11 of the olympics where wiggins, keely hodgkinson took gold in the women's 800m final last night. an amazing. it was too. now kamala harris confirms tim walter as her vice presidential pick for the 2024 us election. donald trump's running mate jd vance, has been speaking and this is what he had to say about it. >> we have got a war in europe. >> we have got a war in europe. >> we have got a war in the middle east that threatens to spiral out of control. >> we've got chaos in the world. financial markets, everything that kamala harris touches has been a disaster, and we have got to kick her out of the united states government, not give her a promotion.

>> they don't they don't really mince their words over there, do they?it mince their words over there, do they? it has to be tread right. okay. we're joined now by the spokesperson for the republican overseas uk , jennifer ewing, overseas uk, jennifer ewing, jennifer thank you very much for joining us today. good to see you. what do you make of it? we've got the announcement. we know it. here's jim waltz, i don't know that much about him. ihave don't know that much about him. i have to confess, he seems fairly liberal. no surprise there , what do you feel about it? >> so i guess the first comment would be. there's a tremendous sigh of relief from republicans today since tim waltz was announced as the, vp candidate and the main reason is, is because they had a few other very, very good choices, you had the governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, who has like a 60% approval rate, and that's a swing state. they need to win. they they, passed by him. and then there is another one. mark kelly, former astronaut , senator kelly, former astronaut, senator from arizona, also a swing state. and they didn't pick him. so here we are, we're pleased,

but what this will turn the race into is because both candidates have kind of doubled down on their views. kamala being ultra, ultra progressive, as you said , ultra progressive, as you said, liberal. and then of course, donald trump picked jd vance, who's an america first guy. so we're looking at a race that's do you want the future of the united states to lean left and be ultra progressive, or do you want it to lean more inward? america first, go back to, you know , closing our border, taking know, closing our border, taking care of the economy, hopefully stopping some of the, you know, fires that have spread throughout the world in the foreign policy, disaster from the biden—harris, time. so, yeah , the biden—harris, time. so, yeah, we're okay with this choice . we're okay with this choice. >> jennifer, there's another cunous >> jennifer, there's another curious story i wanted to pick up with you on here. we're reading reports over here that, meghan markle, the duchess of sussex, has become rapidly a

very good friend of, kamala harris , with with a hint that harris, with with a hint that she may be looking to enter political life herself further down the line. well, i mean, obviously she's not going to be the vice president, but what do you make of this story? >> i mean, i think it's a funny story, but i think she actually paused lower than, president biden and kamala harris. so i think her ratings amongst americans are probably in the mid 30s. she's not our favourite royal. and i'll say americans, you know, we love the royal family, love the queen. i remember being woken up as a little kid to watch, princess diana and prince charles get married, so , you know, people married, so, you know, people love the royal family, but that the favourite royal is, princess catherine. you know, kate middleton. americans love her. yes, prince william. and then even think people still like prince harry a bit, but meghan markle , it's not surprising that

markle, it's not surprising that she's going to back kamala harris, she's an ultra liberal herself . herself. >> you're not going to have president meghan markle anytime soon. >> i don't believe so. no i even her little podcasts and spotify and her, you know, her riviera jelly jam, didn't quite take off. so no , she's going to need off. so no, she's going to need to do a bit more, even though we do like entertainers as presidents , presidents, >> jennifer, one final question. because we are running out of time . i appreciate your time, time. i appreciate your time, obviously, now jim has been selected as our, camilla's running mate. are you much more confident that donald trump will win in november ? win in november? >> now, look, john, that's a great question. and tim waltz and, it is the kamala bounce is definitely changed. the polls. you know, whether it's a sugar rush from, her or it's actually probably more of a relief that it's not joe biden. so. right now pre tim waltz being announced today, trump and kamala harris were neck and neck

and a lot of the swing states and a lot of the swing states andindeedi and a lot of the swing states and indeed i think she is one point ahead in one poll. so it's going to be an incredibly tight race. we do have a country that, you know, some people want to be more left and progressive and others do not. however, when it comes to down it and they play, and it made me think of what you guys were showing earlier about what's going on in birmingham. one of the biggest criticisms against governor of minnesota, tim walz was the way he handled the post—george floyd riots. he let minnesota get absolutely destroyed, and then kamala harris came in, started the minnesota freedom fund and bailed out anybody who was arrested for looting. so it's kind of interesting considering what's going on. and you know, the uk, right now because you're going to start seeing a lot of people pay attention to tim walz's record. >> okay . brilliant. thank you >> okay. brilliant. thank you very much for joining >> okay. brilliant. thank you very much forjoining us. that's jennifer ewing , republicans jennifer ewing, republicans overseas spokesperson. thank you

very much . now there's loads very much. now there's loads more coming on today's show between now and 5:00. and my god, how do these riots compare to the 2011 unrest though? do you remember those that were fairly horrific? five people lost their lives. we'll be speaking to peter bleksley, who policed them all those years ago . policed them all those years ago. but first, it's the latest news headunes but first, it's the latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> dawn. thank you. it's 531. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the prime minister will chair another emergency cobra meeting at 6:30 pm. tonight to tackle the violent disorder that has been taking place around the country . place around the country. suspects are appearing in court after a week of violence in the uk sparked by the stabbings in southport. 100 people have been charged and more than 400 arrested. so far. it's following the violent disorder across england and in parts of northern ireland. a former head of the uk's counter—terror police force

has said it's time to start treating the worst of the riots as terrorism in the us. kamala harris has picked minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate for november's presidential election. the democratic party candidate confirmed earlier reports in a post on social media site x. harris will hope the democrat, who served more than a decade in congress, can help shore up her campaign in the critical upper midwest region. the decision will be pivotal as harris prepares to challenge donald trump in the upcoming election, following president biden's exit from the race back in the uk, justice secretary shabana mahmood says the prison system is in crisis, as a new report reveals shocking levels of chaos at wandsworth prison. the findings highlight concerns including safety, staffing and overcrowding. the government's confirmed a £100 million funding package over five years and additional staff and a number of hostile unmanned

aerial vehicles have crossed into israel from lebanon, with several civilian casualties reported. hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the swarm of attack drones, the armed group is also warning that its much anticipated retaliation for the death of a top commander last week is still to come. this latest escalation comes as fears are rising that the middle east could be tipped into a full blown war. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report .

financial report. >> from six two ,4, the price of gold is £1,880.42 per ounce, and the ftse 100 closed the day at 8026 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you very much, sophia. now let's go straight to michelle dewberry, shall we? >> hello, don . yes, almost time >> hello, don. yes, almost time for dewbs& co coming up tonight. well what is there really to discuss other than the state of the nation violence continuing to unfold across the country, and now we've seen it progress again. we've had mobs of very angry muslim men patrolling the streets, often with weapons in hands. >> although, i've got to say, if you looked at some of the media today, you'd barely would have even have noticed that that had happened at all. so i want to

look at all of that again. i'm asking the simple question is keir starmer dealing with this in the right way or not? everyone has the same objective, which is to make things calm down. but how do we achieve that also as well? >> it caught my eye. >> it caught my eye. >> the press conference in relation to the manchester airport situation. goodness gracious me, i've literally had it all. >> the weirdest thing i've ever seen. michelle. thank you very much. that's going to be a cracker. michelle is on at 6:00 and you really want to miss that one.thank and you really want to miss that one. thank you. now, if you want to get in touch with us, me, michelle, anyone gbnews.com/yoursay. and we'll read out the best of your message. so many coming in, i'm dawn neesom. this

hello and welcome back. i'm dawn neesom on gb news. i just want to read this . this quick message to read this. this quick message out. i do promise i'll read as many out . this is from fiery red many out. this is from fiery red dragon. the concept of locking

our own citizens up for terrorism. because people are very unhappy and feeling totally unheard is just terrible. i knew labour would be bad, but i didn't expect things to be as bad so quickly. i really fear for our country now. i'm terrified of where we're going. so many messages coming in like that. it really is. you're really, really worried out there and i can't say i blame you, thank you. but thank you for those messages and do keep them coming in right now. i'm going to go and talk to peter bleksley now because this is an important story . peter was a detective story. peter was a detective back in 2011. do you remember the 2011 riots? i think it was like, how many people lost their lives in that five people lost their lives in that one. so peter was there. he was working on these riots. and the reason i wanted to talk to peter about this is because he he we can compare what happened then and what's happening now. peter. and hello, peter , by the way, thank hello, peter, by the way, thank you so much forjoining me. to me, this feels like it's different. somehow. it feels different. somehow. it feels different . even though that was different. even though that was horrific. this feels different.

can you explain why? >> hello , john, please forgive >> hello, john, please forgive me, but i was a front line police officer at the brixton riots of 1981. but the 2011 riots, i spent much of that time because i'd retired from policing in tv studios, giving commentary. >> okay, fair enough . >> okay, fair enough. >> okay, fair enough. >> shapps. yeah, on on the dreadful scenes that we saw then and 2011 was different in certain respects. so much of those riots back then was about looting and wanton destruction. there was looting everywhere. people were seen carrying televisions, trainers, anything they could lay their thieving hands on. although there were similarities, because of course, 2011 was only three years after the economic global meltdown. so there were they were chastened economic times as they are now. but 2011 was primarily started

because the police shot dead. mark duggan, and that was then used by many, many criminals as an excuse to get out onto the streets, burgle, steal, set fire and create mayhem . and create mayhem. >> but this, that, that was as you say, that that was looting. and we saw many areas burnt and five people did lose their lives. but this seems to be different because it seems to be as many people are telling us, representing a feeling that is across the country that people are unhappy and they are not being listened to . being listened to. >> yes. and what are they unhappy about? >> yes. and what are they unhappy about ? well, we >> yes. and what are they unhappy about? well, we all >> yes. and what are they unhappy about ? well, we all know unhappy about? well, we all know that. but of course, many commentators and media channels won't tell the uncomfortable truth. and that is there are millions of people out there who are concerned about unfettered immigration into the country and are also concerned about the rise of islam and a lack of

integration into the british way of life. that's what millions of people are concerned about. and if anybody doesn't believe me, reform party got 4.1 million votes at the last general election. repeated governments have failed to get a grip of this, particularly the immigration issue, and that essentially is what so many decent, hard working, loyal family taxpaying pillars of society are concerned about. but of course, if you dare express concerns about those, there are many people who want to jump on their leftie high horse and call you what you're not, which is number one, a racist. and number two, far right, far right . two, far right, far right. >> peter, what did you make of the incident in birmingham last night? i'm sure you're aware of it. where there were masked, armed muslim thugs who targeted innocent drinkers in a pub and were marching down the street.

and i've seen the clips. i know the police turned up eventually, but it took it took rather a long time. what do you make of i mean, this basically we're talking two tier policing, aren't we? >> and we saw an imam this morning surrounded by very muscular young men making an apology. this is deeply worrying. if we end up having clashes between groups of, shall we say , brown faced men with we say, brown faced men with weapons and predominantly white faced men with weapons, there will be bloodshed , there will be will be bloodshed, there will be dreadful, dreadful law breaking and disorder. what we need to do now is take the heat out of the situation. and i saw, chief constable stevens , who's the constable stevens, who's the head of the national police chiefs council today, being rather more conciliatory than certainly the prime minister or the deputy assistant

commissioner, andy valentine of the met has been. and he said we need communities to stop it to put their weapons down, to stop breaking the law and to all just go about living peacefully and harmoniously. if we can, alongside one another, very different language. i mean, valentine from the met tonight is talking about the protests that are arranged for wednesday, and he is clearly up for whatever they may face. and my advice to anybody considering going to any of those gatherings on wednesday in london is, please, do you know what? don't. the olympics are on. there's many other things you can do. let's not get involved . let's let's not get involved. let's take the heat out of this and let's all try and live our lives. >> that's brilliant advice indeed.thank >> that's brilliant advice indeed. thank you very much for joining us at former scotland yard detective peter bleksley. thank you very much, okay. well,

i mean, you've heard what everyone's saying. listen to people talk to people, engage people. but as peter mentioned, there is some nice stuff going on as well, isn't there? and peter coyote will be giving us all the latest olympics news, including that spectacular win for keely hodgkinson. hodgkinson in the 800m. that's coming up very

soon. welcome back i'm dawn neesom i'm standing in for martin daubney, who is in his shorts somewhere and i've got a picture i might show you unless you're very very good. now to on some positive news. it was another great night for team gb in the paris olympics, winning gold in the women's team sprint as keely hodgkinson claimed victory in the 800m. and sky brown has just won a bronze medal for team gb women's skateboarding team.

we're actually in fifth place with 12 gold medals. we're doing blooming well basically, so i'm just going to cut to the chase and talk to the wonderful paul coyte about our, how wonderful we're doing in the olympics. katie you're not in paris, are you? >> what do you think of this, then? it's pretty impressive, isn't it, dawn? >> it's. look, look around me here. >> this is actually live, by the way. everybody's just keeping very still . very still. >> yeah. if you're listening, if you're listening, if you're listening on radio, mr coates is sitting in his living room, which appears to have a wallpaper of the eiffel tower in the background. but nice try, katie. we're doing rather well. i mean, keely, last night everyone was shouting at their telly, cheering her on. >> yeah, absolutely. and the thing is, she was a hot favourite, dawn. and you know what it's like whenever we support sports, especially british sport you it's never usually as easy as you imagine it's going to be. but it was a stroll for keely hodgkinson. by far the best 800 metre runner in the world, she got silver three years ago. she was only 19 then and now at 22, can you imagine?

she's coming into her peak now. and i think you'd imagine peak is even a little further down the line. so at 22 years old, she's a gold medallist. and following in the footsteps i mean, there's even a number of it's the number four. and i mentioned this with eamonn and isabel earlier. there's the great which i know you'd appreciate. the great tottenham hotspur song when the year ends in one, but this one is probably when the year ends in four for 1500 metre. okay, look at the face. don't raise your eyebrows in that way. but two in, 2004, of course it was kelly holmes back in 1964, which you would never remember was ann packer, who was very, very famous for winning the 800m, running into her husband's arms. robbie brightwell, still one of the iconic moments from the olympics. and that was 60 years ago. so again, the year ends in for keely hodgkinson 800m. so she is unbelievable. and just who knows where she's going to go from here, there is always that thing i think you notice that thing i think you notice that dawn and i've spoken to athletes about this before

without putting a downer on the whole thing. it's always the moments afterwards or maybe the months afterwards. whether you win, whether you lose, probably even more so if you win an olympic gold medal that you are now further away from another olympic games as you're ever going to be. so i hope that dip doesn't come. but she's just got to enjoy what she's done for the moment because it was terrific. yeah yeah. >> and the cycling, the track cycling for me last night was amazing. those three young women on the bike. oh, just stunning stuff. >> yeah the sprinters. see, the thing is we've never had, we've never won gold in that, in that event. and the sprinting was fantastic. and there they are. and it was the first event as well on the track. and they just went out and just blew everybody out of the way, that's emma finucane, you can see there sophie, kate boyle and katie marchant, who originally was a heptathlete. i love the story about her because she was a heptathlete, and they saw her on the exercise bike and then just went, you know what? you're quite good at this. have you cycling? and went on and look at

what's happened now. emma finucane, she's only 21 years old. that's her on the left, by the way. there's there's katie in the middle and sophie there on the right. now emma is going to be hopefully the big star of, of the track over the next few days because she goes in the keirin, which is the one where they, they chase behind the motorbike, which is a very strange event. and also in the individual sprint. and she was so good in the team sprint, the individual sprint, we're hoping that she's going to do well. but what about the skateboarding? i know you're in for martin. did you manage to see sky brown doing the skateboarding? >> i didn't, i used to be. i used to love skateboarding as a kid, but not not the skateboarding. they do now. >> but do you know the ages of these skateboarders? you've got sky brown is 16 years old and this is the age. and i was just looking at the ages and it was just making me feel bad, looking at the ages of these girls. and they are. they're girls. they're children. there's a 15 year old, there's a 20 year old. she's like the old one. sky brown at 16, another 16 year old, a

finished girl is 13. who's in the olympic games. which then worries me because when they fall off and then there's situations. how on earth do they then recover from that? because they're kids 14 year old and another 15 year old, but sky brown won bronze. 14 year old, 14 year old arista true from australia, which won gold, which puts us puts them a little bit further above us in the medals at the moment. but it was great. and also tomorrow to completely reverse it . we've got andy reverse it. we've got andy mcdonald for great britain and do you know how old he is? >> no, i don't go on. >> he's 51. >> he's 51. >> oh >> he's 51. >> on all the others. >> on all the others. >> oh that makes me feel slightly better. >> slightly. >> slightly. >> all the others are going to be like 15, 16, 70. andy mcdonald is a legendary skateboarder. he's sort of kind of american because his parents are english, which is good enough for me. and he's going to be competing for britain in the men's tomorrow at the age of 51. so it does make us all feel a little better. and maybe we've

all got a future in the olympics somewhere. >> exactly. thank you very much, the wonderful paul coyte for bringing us up to date on the olympics news. thank you very much, katie. on my golly gosh. well, i've run out of time. thank you so much for joining well, i've run out of time. thank you so much forjoining me this afternoon. i've really enjoyed your company, i believe martin daubney has sent us a little picture there. look at that. that's martin on his holiday, in his shorts. and i really would like to apologise. you can never unsee it. i'm not making that joke about his rod, but don't go too far. dewbs& co is up next. but before i leave you to the lovely michelle, it's time for your weather with alex burkill. thanks for watching. have a wonderful evening . have a wonderful evening. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. here's your latest gb news weather forecast coming to you from the met office . many of you from the met office. many of us will see some sunny spells through today, but there will also be plenty of showers,

especially towards the north—west and we have had some persistent rain pushing its way through. that's due to a front thatis through. that's due to a front that is now starting to clear its way towards the east, but it is lingering across parts of east anglia, kent bringing a bit more cloud here and also some outbreaks of rain as we go through the afternoon. elsewhere, though, some sunny spells for most places. also quite a few showers , especially quite a few showers, especially across parts of scotland and northern ireland. here some of them could be on the heavy side. we have got some fresher air coming in behind this front and so that means temperatures are a bit lower than of late. still just about getting into the mid 20s, perhaps towards the south. now as we go into this evening there will be plenty more showers, particularly across western parts of scotland. still some heavy downpours, quite likely a slightly drier theme for eastern parts of scotland. but even here a few showers pushing through. plenty of showers. also for northern ireland and some pushing into western parts of northern england. the north—east likely to stay largely dry down the eastern side of england also are generally fine end to the day,

but a few showers pushing in across parts of wales and southwest england as we go through the evening. some of these showers will continue overnight, but all the time central eastern parts of england look like they'll stay dry with some clear skies. but across scotland and northern ireland, showers continuing for a time and then some heavier, persistent rain pushing into western parts of scotland as we head towards dawn tomorrow. temperatures will be a touch lower than some recent nights, particularly towards the south. getting into the low teens. for some of us as we go through tomorrow. then a showery wet picture across parts of scotland, some persistent rain for a time through the morning. but a lot of that will clear northwards as we go towards the afternoon and elsewhere. plenty of showers around and a bit of a cool breezy feel to things. and so temperatures , although so temperatures, although similar to today, it may feel a little bit cooler, especially with a bit more cloud around by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >>

some of it. by some of it. by looking at some of our media today. also, our prime minister has now earned the moniker from many of being, i quote to turkey. is that harsh or fair? elon musk is coming under for fire his response to it all as well. i can promise you some very robust debate coming up on all of that . also, this is a all of that. also, this is a bizarre spectacle of a press conference around the manchester airport incident. have you seen all that? how weird. i'll be speaking to a lawyer about that . speaking to a lawyer about that. all of that and more. but first, the 6:00 news headlines .