>> good afternoon . it's 3:00. >> good afternoon. it's 3:00. welcome to martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. i'm nana akua standing in for martin today and my goodness, i mean i've been away and what an incredible few weeks it's been very scary. police are steeled for more than 100 protests across the country this evening. many firms are boarding up windows to protect them from possible attacks. as the rioting has shamed the uk. shows no sign of dying down. the government have been criticised from all sides for its response to the violence. i'll be speaking to former home office minister to get his take on what sir keir starmer has done, and the first prison sentences for the yobs involved in the writing of been handed out today.

involved in the writing of been handed out today . one top legal handed out today. one top legal chief has said that many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time. all of that coming up between now and 6:00. so quite a heavy, quite a busy show . but 6:00. so quite a heavy, quite a busy show. but in other 6:00. so quite a heavy, quite a busy show . but in other news, do busy show. but in other news, do you have a formica work surface? if you do, there may be implications with lung conditions. stay tuned to hear all about that. and as i'd love to hear your thoughts, send me your views. post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's time to get your latest news headunes time to get your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> nana. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> nana. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone. 3:00 i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . newsroom. >> police say they're now aware of more than 100 protests and 30 counter demonstrations planned for this evening. >> a list of immigration law firms has been shared in an onune firms has been shared in an online chat group. as possible

targets for gatherings, with a message inviting people to mask up and attend. however, police are urging people to ignore the list of locations, telling rioters officers will be waiting. it comes as the first crown court sentences have been handed down to rioters involved in the disorder. over the past week, including a man who assaulted an officer . speaking assaulted an officer. speaking after another emergency cobra meeting , sir after another emergency cobra meeting, sir keir starmer after another emergency cobra meeting , sir keir starmer warned meeting, sir keir starmer warned that those involved in the violence will be dealt with within a week from arrest. i made it very clear on a number of occasions that those involved will feel the full force of the law, so we coordinated, we went through some of the numbers. >> over 400 people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity, and a number of them are already in court. and i'm now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of this week. >> however, speaking last night, the former home secretary priti patel called for the labour

government to be more accountable. >> this is why we have to have the questions. the scrutiny to the questions. the scrutiny to the home secretary and to keir starmer, because actually the police need to have the tools, the equipment, the backing to police in the right way across all protests, doesn't matter who, but literally all the protests where we're seeing thuggery, violence , criminality, thuggery, violence, criminality, everyone that's involved in that , everyone that's involved in that, these protests should be pleased. i've seen footage on television. i'm sure you have as well. i saw some on social media last night from one part of the country where i saw no police. i want to know. i want to know why that was. why. why was there no police presence ? police presence? >> it comes as the metropolitan police commissioner has dismissed accusations of two tier policing, calling it complete nonsense. the criticism came from figures including nigel farage and elon musk, who argued that last week's disorder was handled more severely than it would have been if ethnic

minorities were involved. sir mark rowley has been addressing the claims. >> it's complete nonsense. we have commentators from either end of the political spectrum who like to throw accusations of bias at the police, because we stand in the middle , we operate stand in the middle, we operate independently under the law without fear or favour. >> shamima begum's lost her final bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court. she'd originally had her passport removed afterjoining passport removed after joining so—called islamic state as a teenagerin so—called islamic state as a teenager in 2015. a judge has ruled she can't bring the case to court again, suggesting it could be argued the 24 year old had been the author of her own misfortune in the us, kamala harris says tim waltz is the vice president. america deserves , vice president. america deserves, after officially unveiling him as her running mate at a campaign rally, the democratic presidential nominee says she chose the minnesota governor because he's a fighter for the

middle class and called him a patriot. the former teacher is considered a more progressive choice, with voters . children in choice, with voters. children in england will need to be seen by a gp and a mental health specialist or paediatrician before being referred for gender care, the nhs says the system has to be transformed after a major review found young people were being let down by a lack of research on medical interventions. freedom of information requests reveal the youngest child on the national waiting list is under five years old. fujitsu bosses have for the first time come face to face with former subpostmasters affected by the post office scandal. hundreds of people were wrongfully convicted of fraud after the horizon it system presented false errors in their accounts. the japanese companies, now under pressure to pay companies, now under pressure to pay compensation and team gb, are hunting for their 100,000th olympic medal today in the

history of the games, and it could come in athletics, cycling or sailing. great britain added four medals to their collection in paris last night. four medals to their collection in paris last night . josh kerr in paris last night. josh kerr won silver in the 1500m and there were also podium finishes in track cycling, skateboarding and boxing . those are the latest and boxing. 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. well, welcome to gb news. just fast approaching seven minutes after 3:00. i'm nana akua. i'm in for martin daubney. 3:00. i'm nana akua. i'm in for martin daubney . my goodness, martin daubney. my goodness, i've just come back from holiday to all of this. i've just come back from holiday to all of this . we start with to all of this. we start with the run of shamed britain and the run of shamed britain and the police say that more than 100 anti—immigration

demonstrations and 30 counter—protests are planned for tonight . sir counter—protests are planned for tonight. sir keir starmer has vowed rioters will face the full force of the law, as almost 4000 officers are being deployed across the country, with a further 2000 on standby. so is he handling the disorder well? a latest yougov poll says that half of you think he's doing a very bad job. well, let's speak to former head of counter—terrorism at the ministry of defence, major general chip chapman , chip, general chip chapman, chip, listen, i've been observing all of this, in your view, first of all, i mean, there's lots of claims that these people who have there are three men. so far who have been sentenced that the sentencing is, i'm hearing people saying that the sentencing is too lax and the reason why was because they were not sentenced under the grounds of terrorism. what would make what is happening in the riot a terrorism? what is what is the delineation as to why it was not a harsher punishment? >> well, the first thing to say

is that the punishments can be harsher around rioting. >> so you can get ten years for rioting, you can get seven years for disorderly conduct, which is racially motivated. you can get five years to criminal damage. being around that just because it's a done under a terrorist legislation doesn't mean that you'll actually get more years. >> and indeed, those who are the most do the most heinous crimes, which are terrorist related. >> those who murder people are actually done under criminal law, common law, that is, they are done for murder. but the fact that they, committed a terrorist act. so those who normally are charged under terrorist legislation are those at the lower end of the scale who get generally 1 to 4 years about stirring up people, you know, to go and, commit acts or propagandise. >> around this. and i think you're going to see more of that coming out because one of the, groups around this complex venn diagram are those sort of anonymous stirrers . anonymous stirrers. >> they are the ones who cause a

lot of people to surge, in a physical sense, to these protests, which then then can become either far right activism or racist gang violence. >> so under the communications act 2003, if you make menacing or false claims that lead to people, going out to these events, you can be done for conspiracy to riot. now, the real answer to your question is that terrorism must have either a ideological, political, racial, or religious motivation. >> if that racial or ideological motivation is there, then there is a chance of it being someone being done under terrorist legislation. >> but quite frankly, in terms of the left and right of arc of the law, it doesn't really make that much difference, >> because i kind of look at this and think that a lot of the earlier protests, i mean, we had a lot of pro—palestine protests, and there was a lot of there were people letting off fireworks. and i'm just wondering , you know, people have wondering, you know, people have commented on two tier policing as if you know, but the bottom line is violence is not acceptable. we know that on any

level. it doesn't matter what you're fighting for, but does it feel that this could have been done actually with other protests and why we're suddenly doing it now? if it had been done sooner, that we wouldn't be where we are now? >> well, to answer the first part of the question about the fireworks, the legislation was actually altered last year , the actually altered last year, the pubuc actually altered last year, the public order act 2023, which , public order act 2023, which, prevents people from taking fireworks or letting them off. that would be a criminal offence. and for example, going on to national monuments like the cenotaph , that is also now the cenotaph, that is also now an offence under the public order act 2023, and those supplement the public order act 1988 and 1936. the 36 one coming after the cable street riots . so after the cable street riots. so there's no problem with the amount of legislation which is there to deal with this across left, right, pink , black, left, right, pink, black, yellow, green, whatever. so the problem is not with the legislation, we've just got this sort of can of worms at the moment, which no one's dealt with in the last well, really 20

years. because if you for take example, the reports, which i always look at because of my sort of background after the race riots in 2002, there was a cantle report which talked about a depth of polarisation around segregated communities, living a series of parallel, parallel lives that was in 2002, and the casey review into integration and opportunity in 2016 said a similar thing that we've allowed diversity and difference to become separation and segregation . those are the real segregation. those are the real top issues which we, the government, have not really deau government, have not really dealt with in the last 20 or 30 years, even though, for example, there is an integration committee in the house of commons, we just haven't really got to grips with this. and that's why this powers the social mobilisation of people, which then feeds into this physical mobilisation. and then it can be hijacked by people with a real agenda. but i think we'll be we'll see those people really being clamped down on

pretty hard. and when you get pretty hard. and when you get pretty big jail sentences for these sorts of people, either those who are stirring it or those who are stirring it or those on the ground , that will those on the ground, that will probably have give second thoughts to those people who might be involved in the future. the same as really happened after 2011, because it took people, the authorities looked for a number of months at the footage and phone footage and, you know, the fact that we can do searches of phones and laptops, you know, people were getting a knock on the door a year after the 2011 riots. so, you know , without fear and you know, without fear and favour means that, you know, they'll be coming for you if you've been violent and you're, you've been violent and you're, you know, violently protest , you know, violently protest, particularly if you're violently protest with an ideology . protest with an ideology. >> what made you chip chapman? i have to leave it there. but i will ask you one question very briefly. we've got about 10s on this, do you think the army should be brought in? >> no, i don't if only scale , >> no, i don't if only scale, simultaneity and endurance overwhelm the police. they're the three main criteria for bringing the army in. and if the government asks. >> all right. thank you very

much , major—general chip much, major—general chip chapman. thank you very much. well, i'm joined now by news political editor gb news political editor gb news political editor gb news political editor , christopher political editor, christopher hope. christopher. what a what an interesting few weeks or so it's been. i mean, i went away for a very briefly and it was i was in portugal. it was on the news, you know, i was hearing it from abroad , people being the from abroad, people being the southport attacks. yes. >> and all just then all of this has happened, of course, the business with elon musk and keir starmer and. >> yeah. and now here in the uk we're now talking about a potential of 100 rioters and a potential of 100 rioters and a potential 30 counter protests. where are we with this? >> well, we're day. we're day eight or day nine now, 16 or so. towns and cities affected by troubles across england. and of course, we saw some in belfast this week, hundreds of arrests, people being jailed , summary people being jailed, summary justice, people being imprisoned very quickly after the being arrested for trouble, for trouble around the country doing what the prime minister says. it's a huge test for his

leadership. i think we've got a government that's been in post for a month. many of them are learning how to deal with, with the pressure of being in charge rather than talking about being in charge. they're in charge, so we should give them maybe a slight break on some of the areas. i know you're frowning at nana. i'm being more fairthan nana. i'm being more fair than you might be, but i think maybe they're finding struggling to get across who they're speaking to. we're hopefully talking to ministers tonight about about what's next, this mr speaker, the of house commons right now. reportedly has told mps to work from home not and we're seeing across the country parts of the country of there are warnings going out about being in certain parts of the country. this is not any, in a sense, a honeymoon for this new labour government. it's a complete nightmare for them. it would have been as bad for rishi sunak had the tories delayed their election till november like we thought they would do, but this is right on the doorstep of this labour government. the political battle right now is how to talk about what's happening and to

understand why it's happening. there's been a lot of frustration amongst gb news viewers and listeners about the idea . it's all the far right. idea. it's all the far right. only the far right are concerned about immigration. that's an issue for lots of people. and we saw that's why the tories lost so many votes at the last election . immigration and election. immigration and concerns about that is across the board . it's not far right the board. it's not far right people. it's everybody or a lot. a lot of people are concerned about it. not everybody. a lot of people are concerned about it. the issue of two tier policing is the issue at the moment. the issue of two tier policing is the issue at the moment . now, is the issue at the moment. now, robert jenrick, who's challenging to be the tory party leader and he's a favourite to get it. he says there needs to be a political. people in politics must call out protests by all sides, not just go after maybe white groups and ignore or ignore what asian groups are getting up to, we heard from sir mark rowley. he's saying that it's very hard. we're in the middle of the police. and what do we do next? and often, as i understand it, police officers can't really arrest. it takes two people out for out from policing a demonstration. so if you do arrest, it weakens the thin blue line preserving a

degree of peace in some of these. these protests. so explaining that better is a good idea. we're now seeing talk on social media of two tier justice where you're seeing forget not not policing, but due to justice. so you're seeing people being sent to prison for things which may not have done in the past. so there's now pressure on the courts. is that is it just being meted out, meted out there, being fair, what the government wants to do is get people prosecuted and shown to be prosecuted and showing lives being ruined by being prosecuted. try and stop people, step back from the brink and not get involved in the trouble. it is a huge test for any government and particularly a new one. >> well, and i just bring back come back to your point about two tier justice. and obviously keir starmer wasn't at the helm when, you know, we had the beginnings of the pro—palestinian protests. and i'm wondering with the speed at which some of the people who were doing who were rioting, how quickly were they brought to justice because it i mean, look, i'm just looking at it and thinking, you know, you can't blame sir keir starmer for that, that that was a conservative

government who were in charge, who could have maybe sped up the legal process. but it does seem that this is done very, very quickly, whereas before it was allowed to get out of hand. >> well, going back to that, i mean, suella braverman was fired after she wrote an article which was then contested by number 10, in which she talked about the police favoured playing favourites in the way they policed. pro—palestinian groups and jewish groups about that. but i guess this this seems to be bigger in scale, that would be bigger in scale, that would be any way to explain it. you've got this and you've got you have got this and you've got you have got a prime minister who was dpp, the head of the prosecution service, back in 2011 when courts opened round the clock to process rioters. so he's been at the front line . i mean, critics the front line. i mean, critics would say he's seeing this as this , just a kind of law and this, just a kind of law and order issue, when, of course, we would argue it's much more than that. and we're not hearing from anyone across government, it seems, on the labour side. will you learn lessons from this? will you take a breather and go , will you take a breather and go, let's deal with the riots. but at some point you've got to ask ,

at some point you've got to ask, why are so many people from local areas rioting against their own police about it ? their own police about it? piers, immigration issues. and that's a real concern. >> well, of course it it didn't help by labelling everybody far right because it's the same with the pro—palestinian protests. you can't label them all as far left, but it's quite easy to label a whole group as being from one political persuasion. >> it doesn't mean you don't really have to go much further into why it's happening and the why question is not being answered. not being talked about really by government. >> will you get to speak to him? will he take a question hopefully from i'm hoping to talk to minister later. >> i'm hoping a minister on eight till nine on gb news tonight and if that happens, do do tune in. i know you'll be tuning in. >> yeah, absolutely. christopher hope, thank you very much. that is of course, gb news political edhon is of course, gb news political editor, christopher hope. right. well, if you've just tuned in, welcome on board. it is coming up to 18 minutes after 3:00. an inquest into the death of the three girls who were killed in southport have been opened. our reporter, jack carson was inside bootle town hall. >> senior coroner julie golding

described the three young girls as full of life and energy, and said they'd be missed beyond any of any description that she said how woefully inadequate words may attempt to describe this was a very short proceeding here at the coroner's court. this morning, due to the fact that there is still a criminal investigation in place and underway , so very much an open underway, so very much an open and an adjournment and suspension of the coronial investigation, in order of the words of the senior coroner, so that that criminal investigation could have could be unfettered, of course, in its proceedings. but we did get brief details on the tragic deaths of alex bebe and alice bebe and elsie. of course, alice, we found out , course, alice, we found out, died at 120 in the morning at alder hey children's hospital. she was verified as death by her father and elsie was verified as dead at 1353. at the dance studio for bebe. she was identified by parts of her

clothing and also a recent photograph . she was identified photograph. she was identified further up the street from the dance studio just after1 p.m. dance studio just after1 pm. on the 29th of july. so that was very much the proceedings here today. but of course, we know and have seen the outpouring of grief from this tragic incident. we heard at the court, the 26 children attended the dance studio for that organised dance class, and we heard that it was between 1140 and 1150. then the attacker came in and started allegedly attacking those presents. alex axel rudakubana was the person that was detained at the scene and is charged with the murders of the three children. that court proceeding involving him is later this year. this court proceeding of the coroner's office is suspended until after that criminal investigation. but we've been here during the week. we've seen

how raw the grief still is at these tragic incidents. just yesterday, there was another vigil, this dedicated to alice and a celebration of life for the nine year old, attended by members of her friends and family. her funeral takes place on the 11th of august. that's this sunday that very much was the other part of the coroner's proceedings today to officially be able to register the death certificates and release the body into the custody, of course, of the family and the friends for those proceedings to take place. and we know how much of an impact these, of course, events have had. in a statement, bebe family said there are no words could describe the devastation that has hit them as they tried to deal with the loss of their little girl. they and alice family said to keep smiling and dancing like you love to do. our princess. they said you were always our princess. nothing will change that. vigils will continue to be held by this family, by these friends, by this community over

the coming weeks as they come to terms with this tragic event. >> whilst jack carson earlier today he was reporting on the southport stabbing. if you've just tuned in, just coming up to 22 minutes after 3:00, i'm nana akua. i'm for in martin daubney. on the way, kamala harris confirmed her running mate yesterday and he's wasted no time in getting stuck into donald trump. i'm nana akua standing for in martin on gb news, britain's news channel

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people's channel, britain's news. channel. >> welcome back. i'm nana akua on gb news now. later on in the show we'll get the latest from day 12 of the paris olympics, where team gb could win gold in the men's 400m final. but let's get more on the riots and hear now from the northern ireland secretary, hilary benn . secretary, hilary benn. >> in the last few days i have spoken to the first and deputy first minister, to the justice minister and to the chief constable about what has been happening today. >> minister anderson and i have met with some of the business owners who have been attacked in the last few days here in belfast , representatives of the belfast, representatives of the islamic centre, local mlas from south belfast, claire hanna, the local member of parliament, we were hosted by the lord mayor.

>> we have also met with officers from the psni who've been involved in dealing with the violent disorder that they have been experiencing in the last few days, to hear about what happened on saturday in particular, and also in sandy row on monday night. >> we also talked to colleagues from the fire and rescue service who have been involved, obviously, in trying to deal with fires, >> as a result of what's been happening. i have to tell you, as i listened to the business owners , i was deeply shocked and owners, i was deeply shocked and i became increasingly angry. >> angry that people who have set up businesses, one of them took over a vacant shop unit in sandy row some years ago to establish his business, providing jobs, a service to the community as he described people who turned up to try and burn

him out of the business that he has created. the woman who runs a restaurant, it's a greek restaurant, but she was attacked on saturday by the mob that went down botanic avenue. >> and what we have been witnessing is completely unacceptable, this does not represent northern ireland. >> it doesn't represent the great city of belfast. this is not what northern ireland wants to be known for. and it's really important that the vast majority of people who i know will be as shocked and angered and disgusted at what is happening, speak up that all of the political parties and of course the assembly is being recalled tomorrow, speak with one voice in condemning what has happened, because this needs to be brought to an end. and the most important contribution that members of the public can make is if you have any evidence, if you witnessed anything, if

you've got any video footage, the police are very keen to catch those who have been engaging in violent disorder and criminality, but they need the evidence to pick people up and put them before the courts . and put them before the courts. and as we meet here this afternoon, across the other side of the irish sea, the first sentences are now being handed down. and i do believe that when those who engagein do believe that when those who engage in this sort of behaviour realise there is a consequence to it , and whether realise there is a consequence to it, and whether you're inciting violence online or you are engaging in violence on the streets, if the evidence is there, you will be found and you will be punished because this cannot continue . cannot continue. >> hilary benn, speaking in belfast earlier today, right now to the latest battle to be the us president and the democrats presidential candidate. now kamala harris has confirmed minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate. he's wasted no time in getting stuck into donald trump, accusing him of

sowing chaos and division. sound familiar? here's how harris introduced walz. >> since the day that i announced my candidacy, i set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future. a fighter for the middle class, a patriot who believes, as i do , a patriot who believes, as i do, in the extraordinary promise of america. i'm here today because i found such a leader, and i got to tell you, i can't wait to debate the guy . debate the guy. >> that is, if he's willing to get off the couch and show up. so i'm. >> i thought he might she might pick someone a lot younger, although she's quite young anyway. but joining us now is a gb news reporter. ray addison ray, the addition of tim walz. is this , is it a positive step? is this, is it a positive step? is this, is it a positive step? i mean, he's been in politics for quite some time. >> well, it balances up the ticket . and you mentioned you ticket. and you mentioned you thought she might pick somebody a bit younger. he looks older

than he is. he's only actually 60 years old. she's 59. i thought he looked like a bit of a younger, healthier joe thought he looked like a bit of a younger, healthierjoe biden. and he's been in politics for a while. he's been very successful and what he brings to the ticket is the sort of the working class white, american voter. it's hoped that he'll sort of balance up that ticket because he has has that background. he grew up in nevada on a farm. he was in the national guard from the age of 17. he was got himself through university on the gi bill. he was a high school teacher and became a football coach as well, quite successful before getting into politics. and so he's got a lot of the elements that jd vance, who is of course, donald trump's running mate, has on his side. it's hoped that he will help to counter some of the jd elements that we're seeing. we of course, we can see pictures there of jd vance speaking in wisconsin. now he's doing, a an event there. and of course, tim waltz bashed,

jd vance. he bashed trump last night's event in pennsylvania. he described them both as weird as hell. and that could be the reason why he's on the ticket. a few a few days back, he had a moment on a show called morning joe, a big morning show in the states, where he described them both as weird as hell. he said that they were the sort of the weird uncles that you would have at thanksgiving, and, and it picked up quite a lot of traction online. and it became it took the narrative away from some of kamala harris's perceived failings. and i think that could be one of the reasons why he was picked. >> all right, ray , we'll leave >> all right, ray, we'll leave it there. i have to get to the news headlines. ray addison there. gb news reporter. if you just tuned in 32 minutes after 3:00, lots more still to come. between now and fall. i'll have lots more on the riots, as the poll reveals that nearly half of the public believe sir keir starmer is handling them badly. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler .

wenzler. >> nana. thank you. good afternoon. it's 332. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headunes wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines police are now aware of more than 100 protests planned across england and wales tonight, with just two forces not expecting anything in their area. a list of immigration law firms has been shared in online chat groups as possible targets for gatherings, with a message inviting people to mask up and attend. however, police are urging people to ignore the list of locations, telling rioters officers will be waiting. it comes as the first crown court sentences have been handed to down rioters involved in disorder over the past week, including a man who assaulted an officer. meanwhile, a coroner says it's impossible to articulate the lifelong effects of the stabbing attack in southport over a week ago. inquests into the deaths of six year old bebe king alice dasilva aguiar, who was nine, and seven

year old elsie dot stancombe, have been opened and adjourned. 17 year old axel rudakubana will stand trial next year after being charged with three counts of murder and ten of attempted murder . in of murder and ten of attempted murder. in other of murder and ten of attempted murder . in other news, of murder and ten of attempted murder. in other news, shamima begum has lost her final bid challenge for the removal of her british citizenship. the 24 year old, who was found in a syrian refugee camp after travelling there as a teenager in 2015, lost her initial appeal last year on national security grounds. this latest ruling at the supreme court confirms she can't appeal any further. fujitsu is holding its first ever meeting with a group of post office subpostmasters this morning. hundreds of branch managers were wrongly convicted of fraud because of faults in its horizon it system. the japanese companies, now under pressure to pay compensation and team gb, are hoping for more

success later after adding four medals to their collection at the paris games last night. josh kerr won silver in the 1500m and there were also podium finishers in track cycling, skateboarding and boxing. 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. >> forward slash alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's a quick report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.2712 and ,1.1640. the price of gold is £1,887.64 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is 8171 points.

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you update us, please? >> yes. so we are expecting around 100 protests across the country tonight, including in the capital, which is why we're standing outside new scotland yard, which is the hq of the metropolitan police. they are bracing for action across across london. the house of commons speaker lindsay hoyle, has today told mps who may be working in their constituency offices to stay at home out of concerns for their safety. so mps are now facing the pressure as well. and in the last hour or two, we're heanng in the last hour or two, we're hearing reports actually that laboun hearing reports actually that labour, the home secretary, yvette cooper, has told labour mps to be wise in their communications on social media and not to say anything that may inflame tensions as we you know, we saw jess phillips making some comments about the birmingham, what appeared to be sectarian violence, violence there. so it's very delicate. and at the moment we're just we're in a bit of a holding pattern because

most of this is expected to kick off in the evening, so yeah, that's the latest over 100 events, 400 arrests so far. and we can expect, i think, a lot more this evening than very much. >> we'll keep you . we'll speak >> we'll keep you. we'll speak to you later on. right. well, labour party activist susie strange joins me now. susie, thank you. thank you very much for joining me, look, there was there was a yougov poll very recently that suggested that half of the country were not satisfied with the way sir keir starmer has handled this so far. obviously, you can't land it all on his hands. he you know, this has been brewing even before he, became the prime minister. where are we with this now? do you feel keir starmer is acting in the right way? i mean, i think keir is doing everything that he can do at the moment. so, you know, i think what's really interesting is how quickly, people are being convicted, how quickly we're seeing people

arrested, then appear in court and then charges coming out. >> i'm interested to see the impact that that begins to have, you know, as, as people begin to hean you know, as, as people begin to hear, are actually people being charged here. >> this is not just arrest being made. this is not just people, you know, you know, being locked away for a night. people are getting like lengthy sentences here. i'm interested to see how much this may cut off a section of those going out, because obviously we're not just seeing, you know, this is not just one homogenous group. this is a whole mix of different people coming from kind of different places, as it were. so i'm interested to see actually how that begins to take effect, but i fully understand where people are coming from. you're watching your tv screen, you're watching the news, you're seeing what's going on. and i think it's very, very understandable that people feel angry. people feel shocked, people feel scared, and people feel like actually is enough being done. i think that's, you

know , quite a reasonable know, quite a reasonable response. well, you right there said that it's not a homogenous group of people, but keir starmer did initially label everybody as far right, which is pretty unhelpful as he acknowledged that that probably wasn't the best way to go. i know he's new to the job, but you know , acknowledgement is you know, acknowledgement is that might help to quell some of the anger when there are perfectly normal people going on protests but getting embroiled in riots. as with any protest . in riots. as with any protest. yeah.i in riots. as with any protest. yeah. i mean, i think it's quite obvious that this is a mixture of people , you know, some people of people, you know, some people going out and they are, protesting about immigration. some people going out and they're just frustrated generally . with things in the generally. with things in the country and some of it is young people, young people maybe, that are bored, frustrated that feel their voice isn't being heard. it kind of maybe in some ways, possibly a similar group to what we saw in 2011, and so i think there's just a mixture. there is

a whole mixture of people. i don't think you can brand this as, you know, one group going out and then there probably is just a mixture of, you know, you know, people talk about football, whatever you call it , football, whatever you call it, football, whatever you call it, football hooliganism. i mean, i play football hooliganism. i mean, i play football myself. i'm a big spurs supporter. i really hate that. that can tarnish football because i think football is great and does so much good in this country. and again, it's such a small section of people , such a small section of people, but i think there is a small section of people that do just want to go out and have a fight, you know, and actually they possibly have no, they're not really demanding anything. they just want to go out and have a fight. and so, you know, i think it's important to understand this is, you know, a little bit more complex than just saying this is one group of people. but like i say, i'm interested to see where, you know, people will begin to hear, oh, people aren't just being arrested. people aren't just appearing in court. in court. people are getting sentences. and this is not three month sentences. you know , month sentences. you know, they've just dished out a three year sentence. i mean, that's quite serious. and i just wonder the impact that that may have on

a whole number of people saying, actually, this is just not worth it. well, well, we'll see because obviously there are supposedly 100 protests planned for this evening. suzy stride, thank you very much. really good to talk to you, that was susie strange. she's a labor party activist, good. that it was acknowledged that actually, the protesters are not a homogenous group of people. they are different people with different views. but violence is never acceptable. and now the prime minister is copying it from all sides. even elon musk is taking on our prime minister. stay tuned . loads on that. on our prime minister. stay tuned. loads on that. i'm nana akua on gb news. we are britain's news channel

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elon musk has been very vocal on x about the riots across the uk. he labelled sir keir starmer a two tier keir. now this comes as the prime minister wants social media companies to have responsibility to stop disinformation from spreading. joining me now, imran ahmed, who is the chief executive officer at the centre for countering digital hate. look, imran, i want to just say people , want to just say people, individuals are responsible for their own behaviour. is it fair to blame social media for this, as there are many individuals who are spouting out this nonsense anyway ? nonsense anyway? >> well, i think blame can be fairly apportioned, can't it? the people who are committing these acts are clearly committing acts of violence against their communities, against their communities, against people, against our country. but let's not forget that many of them are doing that because they've been presented with disinformation repeatedly, algorithmically amplified by platforms that thrive on controversy, that monetise hate

and disinformation that have done so again. and again. i speak to you now from washington, dc, of course, where four years ago we had the january the 6th assault on the caphol >> you know , which feels similar >> you know, which feels similar hordes of disinformed people descending on communities causing violence . causing violence. >> so i think that i think that we're a mature enough country to be able to say, yes , we need to be able to say, yes, we need to be able to say, yes, we need to be tough on crime, but we also need to be tough on the causes of that crime , too. of that crime, too. >> but how come we know what the disinformation is? how can the social media networks like x or those know which bits of disinformation and which bits on? i mean, it's so vast, it's literally impossible for to expect one of those businesses to be able to monitor all of this shortly. >> look, let's be straight about it. the people who are spreading lies are doing so with malignant intent. >> in the moments after those

poor young girls were killed, in the moments after , rather than the moments after, rather than what every normal human being in britain and around the world was doing, which is expressing shock, dismay and coming together to support our country, our communities, our people. what some people were doing was spreading lies deliberately about muslims , asylum seekers, about muslims, asylum seekers, whatever else, in to order inculcate hate, to foment violence in our communities. >> and they were known bad actors. in fact, the platform that has been most significant in the in the promotion of disinformation is the platform x, formerly known as twitter, now owned by elon musk and on that platform, we saw people who had been banned previously brought back by elon musk. >> they'd been banned because they spread hate , they spread disinformation. >> they're known bad actors . >> they're known bad actors. >> they're known bad actors. >> we saw them doing so again

because they they'd been they'd been let out of jail by elon. and not just that, but on that platform we saw the proprietor itself, mr musk himself, spreading disinformation. so, you know, the question isn't, is there too much for them to cope with? >> it's with the people they know are spreading it that do it again and again and again. why? still, even now, in this moment, have they not taken action? >> and even today, though it counts, we're running out of time. it's a good question and it needs an answer. we'll find out more, but the weather is next. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. quite a lot of cloud around as we head into this evening. a few showers but many places dry . showers but many places dry. quite a fresh breeze though in fact really quite windy across northwest scotland close to this area of low pressure . these

area of low pressure. these weather fronts will bring cloud and rain for many tomorrow, but actually through this evening we'll see the cloud thickening across south wales and southwest england. still, a lot of showers in western scotland. 1 or 2 across northern england this evening, but they're tending to fade away. for many it will become a dry night with lengthy clear spells across the east getting quite windy through the middle of the night, in particular across northern scotland. but elsewhere the winds will ease down, temperatures dipping to down single figures in rural parts of scotland, but generally pretty warm across the south, and the warm across the south, and the warm and humid air is going to really push in through tomorrow. a dull, damp start for wales and southwest england most of the day here is going to be pretty drab, something a bit brighter. further east, but it will cloud over here through the day. the cloud and rain will trickle into parts of northern ireland, the south in particular, and across northwest england. much of the morning fine and dry across a good part of scotland. still a few showers, but not as many as today and it won't be as windy as today either. in fact, much of the day looking fine across

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>> good afternoon. it is 4:00. welcome. this is gb news. i'm nana akua standing in for martin daubney today. nana akua standing in for martin daubney today . police are still daubney today. police are still for more than 100 protests across the country this evening . across the country this evening. many firms are boarding up windows to protect them from possible attack, as the rioting that has shamed the uk shows no sign of dying down, and the government have been criticised from all sides for its response to the violence. i'll speak to the former home office minister to get his take on what sir keir starmer has done, and the first prison sentences for the yobs involved in the rioting have been handed out today, one top legal chief has said that many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time now. that's all coming up between now and six. plus, could your formica work surface be making you ill? stay tuned to find out

why i want to hear your thoughts as well. send me your views. post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay but now let's get your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> thank you nana. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone. 4:00. your headunes it's just gone. 4:00. your headlines using terrorism laws will not be ruled out . a police will not be ruled out. a police chief has warned, with more than 100 protests and 30 counter demonstrations planned for this evening, a list of immigration law firms has been shared in onune law firms has been shared in online chat groups as possible targets for gatherings, with a message inviting people to mask up and attend. however, police are urging people to ignore the list of locations, telling rioters officers will be waiting. it comes as the first crown court sentences have been handed to down rioters involved in disorder over the past week , in disorder over the past week, including a man who assaulted an officer. speaking after another emergency cobra meeting , sir

emergency cobra meeting, sir keir starmer warned that those involved in the violence will be deau involved in the violence will be dealt with within a week from arrest . arrest. >> i made it very clear on a number of occasions that those involved will feel the full force of the law, so we coordinated, we went through some of the numbers. over 400 people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged , some in 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity , and relation to online activity, and a number of them are already in court. and i'm now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of this week. >> however, speaking last night, the former home secretary priti patel called for the labour government to be more accountable. >> this is why we have to have the questions, the scrutiny to the questions, the scrutiny to the home secretary and to keir starmer because actually the police need to have the tools, the equipment, the backing to police in the right way across all protests. it doesn't matter who , but literally all the who, but literally all the protests where we're seeing thuggery, violence, criminality,

everyone that's involved in that, these protests should be pleased. i've seen footage on television. i'm sure you have as well. i saw some on social media last night from one part of the country where i saw no police . i country where i saw no police. i want to know. i want to know why that was. why. why was there no police presence? >> it comes as the metropolitan police commissioner has dismissed accusations of two tier policing, calling it complete nonsense. the criticism came from figures including nigel farage and elon musk, who argued that last week's disorder was handled more severely than it would have been if ethnic minorities were involved. sir mark rowley has been addressing the claims. >> it's complete nonsense. we have commentators from either end of the political spectrum who like to throw accusations of bias at the police, because we stand in the middle , we operate stand in the middle, we operate independently under the law without fear or favour. >> in other news, shamima

begum's lawyers could take her case to the european court of human rights after she lost her final bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court. she'd originally had her passport removed afterjoining passport removed after joining so—called islamic state as a teenagerin so—called islamic state as a teenager in 2015. a judge has ruled that she can't bring the case to court again, suggesting it could be argued the 24 year old had been the author of her own misfortune. following the ruling, miss begum's lawyers said they will take every possible legal step on her behalf, including a petition to strasbourg in the us. kamala harris says tim walz is the vice president. america deserves , president. america deserves, after officially unveiling him as her running mate at a campaign rally, the democratic presidential nominee says she chose the minnesota governor because he's a fighter for the middle class and called him a patriot. the former teacher is considered a more progressive choice , with voters back in the choice, with voters back in the uk, children in england will need to be seen by a gp and a

mental health specialist or paediatrician before being referred for gender care. the nhs says the system has to be transformed after a major review found young people were being let down by a lack of research on medical interventions. freedom of information requests reveal the youngest child on the national waiting list is under five years old. fujitsu bosses have for the first time come face to face with former subpostmasters affected by the post office scandal. hundreds of people were wrongfully convicted of fraud after the horizon it system presented false errors in their accounts. the japanese companies, now under pressure to pay companies, now under pressure to pay compensation and team gb, are hunting for their 100,000th olympic medal today in the history of the games, and it could come in athletics, cycling or sailing. great britain added four medals to their collection in paris last night.

four medals to their collection in paris last night . josh kerr in paris last night. josh kerr won silver in the 1500 metres and there were also podium finishes in track cycling, skateboarding and boxing . those skateboarding and boxing. 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. >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching seven minutes after 4:00. i'm nana akua . we start 4:00. i'm nana akua. we start with the riots that have shamed britain, and police say that more than 100 anti—immigration demonstrations and 30 counter—protests are planned for tonight . and now the tonight. and now the metropolitan police has released a statement saying that more than 1300 public order officers are ready to be deployed across london today , and this involves london today, and this involves

using specialist teams including mounted units, dog handlers , mounted units, dog handlers, intelligence experts and evidence gatherers. where i'm joined now by gb news political editor christopher hope. christopher. so what more can you tell us? >> it's going to be difficult night for the police and for all our communities in this country. as many as 100 as the labelled far right demonstrations by police sources, 30 counter protests around around the country thousand, 4000 riot officers ready to be deployed, 2000 more on standby. that may include 1300 in london alone, assistant commissioner matt jukes, who's the head of counter—terrorism policing. they are not ruling out declaring violent disorder as terrorism. it hasn't been ruled out. it hasn't haven't gone there yet. we wait to see whether courts might open late at night to process anyone arrested. from tonight. it's going to be very, very difficult night. a huge challenge for this very new labour government. just one month into power. they've got

the biggest crisis in terms of domestic policing. i would argue, since the riots in 2011, which really did test the early days of the last tory government, >> well, i mean, this is, is good that they're really clamping down on this , but i clamping down on this, but i thought there were only 700 or so available cells for people to be put into anyway. so where if there is this mass disorder, will all these people go? >> well, that's a good question. we're told by the government they are they're going to be freeing thousands of prisoners next month because they are concerned about the overcrowding and police, police, in prison cells. but they are somehow found to space arrest and jail people just this week. so huge concern to think about how they how that can happen. i think there is a real difficulties, a crisis for the government. we're seeing ministers now doing the rounds. we'll have one on gb news later on to talk about the government's response. but there is concern about the fact that they, the authorities, are willing to label anyone concerned about these areas as far right, when in fact it's much more , much more nuanced

much more, much more nuanced than that. and the concern is that the people of communities are being unfairly targeted and call that without trying to understand why people are upset because many may look at this and think that that was a big mistake from sir keir starmer to label everyone as far right. >> it's totally unfair because there will be people who have natural concerns and no one's condoning violence, but it is very unfair to target and tarnish everybody with that brush. when we have a right to protest in this country. >> i think that is the problem. i think the government's got to get its nuanced messaging better than that and try to make clear that that they do understand there are concerns out there without tarring everybody with without tarring everybody with with one brush. and that's what's been happening so much. but yeah, huge challenges, i think. and we've heard the political response is of getting going. we've heard from robert jenrick. he said it's important that all communities are policed in the same way. there's a concern about two tier policing. we're now seeing a two tier justice being talked about onune justice being talked about online that's been denied by the police. the police say that they can't always arrest everybody because that takes police away

from the front line, from policing riots , and instead policing riots, and instead they're trying to use cctv to go back into into footage and arrest later on which we which are away from the kind of social media eyewitnesses. but there's no question there are concerns out there that i don't think we're really being talked about and need to be addressed by the government, and the political reaction here is just, is just getting to grips with this, because there was a recent yougov poll that came out that said that half the british probably were not happy with sir keir starmer's response. >> do you think he's likely to come out again and talk to us about what i have thought so i mean, we heard we had an emergency cabinet meeting yesterday. >> we've had two cobra meetings since those dreadful killings in southport last week. i'm sure they'll be meeting again. as things stand, there are no plans for cobra meeting when i last checked, but i'll keep checking for gb news viewers that that that's a meeting in the cabinet office. they get all the all the right people, the senior players, keir starmer and others leading the response. there but i mean, his background as a director of public prosecutions

in 2011, when he had the courts opening around the clock and he led those swift he knows how important it is to show that those who do take part in violence and thuggery are arrested and charged, and in fact, even imprisoned, as we're seeing this week in record time to deter others from taking part, i mean, we really hope that this tonight can pass peacefully and the government and ministers start to recognise and ministers start to recognise and deal with some of the underlying concerns in many of these communities now in northern ireland, they've recalled parliament. >> of course, that's not happening here. what was the reasoning that the government gave for that as we stand here? >> i mean, parliament, the house of commons was recalled in 2011 for one day to allow mps to debate the government's response. the government says there's no need to do that. they've got all the laws they need to enforce to police these riots . any further, further laws , riots. any further, further laws, detention laws, everything is in place. no need for anything else . place. no need for anything else. so to call back parliament, it would be an allow people like me with nigel farage to rather than

using twitter or gb news to question home secretary yvette cooper himself in parliament, allow other other communities other some of the independent mps there to quiz the labour labour frontbench about what's going on. that would be that would be why you call recall parliament, but it is very costly, it costs thousands, well, tens of thousands of pounds to fly back mps and holidays and wherever they are in the country to appear, they all claim it back on their expenses. then we have to get parliament going with more staff coming in, more food for all the staffers coming back. it's very, very expensive. so they're weighing up whether it's required or should they carry on as they are . as things stand, as they are. as things stand, the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle, is reported to have told mps to work from home and to avoid to avoid going out and to be at risk of any of the trouble. so as things stand, mps are at home. many viewers and listeners might think they should be in the house of commons debating what's going on, but there is a cost to that. >> oh, the other argument is potentially they could maybe just do more by serving their

communities, by being within their communities. well a lot of them are going on holiday though, aren't they? >> yes, a lot of them are going on holiday. many of them do want to go on holiday. they've got a narrow window for at this time, just august normally have a longer period on a on a break, they have just i mean, you know, tiny violins, but they have just fought an election and it's been quite an intense political time. but i think there's no break, no let off for this government. it's trying to do other things. they've got other plans they want to do. i'm sure during august to talk about the labour agenda, the budget coming up in october. but as things stand, it is dealing with one issue, which is dealing with one issue, which is these riots. well i remember dominic raab getting in a lot of trouble for going on holiday when there was a national emergency in 2011. exactly. he was, i think, on the west coast of america when the riots broke out in london and he wasn't around and that photograph of feet up on a sunbed whilst trouble at home is always a disaster for any mp or politician of any stripe. >> all right, chris, thank you very much . well, i'm now joined very much. well, i'm now joined by a former british army officer, hamish de bretton—gordon. the government have said that there are no plans to mobilise the army to

quell the escalating violence on britain's streets. but, hamish, what do you make of that? >> well, i actually think in this case that they're absolutely right. military aid to the civil authorities as it's called, is a last resort where the military get involved. in practical terms, the military practical term s, the military are practical terms, the military are not trained in riot control. when we had the troubles in northern ireland and thousands of british troops were deployed there, they were, routinely trained in this. >> and it's not an insignificant task. >> i think also, you know, the british military is here really to protect these shores for from the enemies abroad and at the moment, as, as your viewers will be aware , they're preparing to be aware, they're preparing to potentially evacuate 16,000 british citizens from lebanon, and it could be a lot worse in the middle east if war starts there . and primary role at the there. and primary role at the moment is supporting ukraine to try and hold back the illegal russian invasion. so i think at

the moment they are not in a position to help. they could backfill potentially some of the police roles. but actually get involved to help the police and riot control. i think is a non—starter at the moment. >> do we have enough police to manage this, though? i mean , manage this, though? i mean, potentially 100 locations around the uk , about 30 the uk, about 30 counter—protests if this all kicks off as it is suggesting they will need thousands of police officers. how many police officers do we have? >> well, i'm afraid i'm no great expert in this area. but, you know, listening to mark rowley and the others involved in this who seem to be pretty, confident that they have enough people to deal with it, you know, i would go with they're there, but, you know, one would hope that their contingency planning and doing a lot of other things to make sure that this is over and done with as quickly as possible, and in the longer term , they might well the longer term, they might well have to think about, you know, bringing in the military and

some of the other civil services to help . but, you know, at the to help. but, you know, at the moment one can just sort of listen to what the key leaders in the police and the government are saying. they're pretty confident that they can cater for these riots. >> well , the big response from >> well, the big response from keir starmer is obviously prosecuting people quickly and getting them, putting them behind bars quickly. do you think that that is a good deterrent, enough of a deterrent to stop people from going on to the streets, especially given the streets, especially given the fact that we know that there are, well, apparently only 700 or so available police cells and they're actually releasing others early so they can, you know, fill the cells again , do know, fill the cells again, do you think it's enough of a deterrent for the people to be worried about going to prison? well i would hope so, >> you know, it it should deter people from doing that . if the people from doing that. if the sentences are as strong and as hard as as the prime minister is saying and demonstrating that people are going to jail, i think, you know, so many of these involved in egged on by social media and from

influencers outside this country . influencers outside this country. and, of course, you know, the russians are massively behind stirring up a lot of this social media activity that when people realise what is actually going on here, then, then and that is passed, then, then hopefully these very strong sentences, very determined stance by the police and politicians, all around needs to bring this this to an end because, you know, this is horrific what's happening here. but you know, we have never been closer to war in europe since 1939. what's happening in the middle east at the moment is absolutely shocking. and we must not lose sight of that. the government spends too much time looking inwards. you know what's happening outwards in the long run could have an even greater impact on this country, do you think? >> i think i mean, a lot of people might hear that and think the government has spent a lot of time looking outwards, which is why this is happening. they've been so focused on foreign conflicts elsewhere, ukraine and everything else going on in other countries that actually and israel, of course,

that we're not really looking inward. and what seeing the unrest unfold within this country. >> well, that's certainly probably the case. and, you know, as, as, as you've said in the link into this, we've got a brand new government in you've got a lot of very inexperienced people in, in my area in the, in the, in the military area, a lot of inexperience. you know, a lot of inexperience. you know, a lot of their special advisers have very little experience about the military. and they're having to catch up very quickly. you know, unfortunately in this area of military and security, it's something you just cannot make mistakes. and, they need to focus on all these issues, you know, rather than perhaps spending, you know, too much time on effort and some you know, policies that that are not going to have a direct impact. they need to focus on the really important things. and at the moment, the really important things are making sure that the, you know, the reason behind these riots and the riots themselves are stopped. and also making sure that influences like iran and russia are also held at bay. so yeah, they're

challenging times and they're they've got to learn really quickly. but you know that that is not an answer. they've got to listen to advice and hopefully they're getting a lot of advice from from those who've been doing this for a long time as well. >> and in your view, the yougov poll suggests that half the country are not happy with the way keir starmer has handled it. but in your view, do you do you feel that he's handled it quite well or as best as he could? >> well, i think he's he's damned whatever he does in this particular case. i mean, it is absolutely shocking and you guys will know better than me. it's wall to wall and everybody has has a view on it. i think it's a question of the government really need to work out what its top priorities are at the moment. and i think it's been, you know, it's been diverted by other things and no doubt diverted by the fact, you know, as you said, the parliament is not sitting at the moment . and not sitting at the moment. and crikey, what's a reason to have them sitting? they should absolutely be at work now . absolutely be at work now. that's, that's what we voted them in for. that's what they're paid for, we are at a really challenging time . so. yeah, the

challenging time. so. yeah, the jury challenging time. so. yeah, the jury is still out and let's hope they, they come up to the mark and do what is right and get these things sorted as soon as possible. >> well, of course, of course, of a hope suggested that actually it's really expensive to bring them back . but a lot of to bring them back. but a lot of people might argue that these riots are really expensive. and as you said, that's what they're paid to do. do you think that in hindsight , paid to do. do you think that in hindsight, because obviously this is what we will have if keir starmer doesn't bring them all back in, that that will prove to be a big mistake. >> well, i think expense is completely irrelevant here. you know, this is people's lives that are at stake, so, you know, no amount of money should be, you know, squirrelled away because of concern of about in that particular area . so, yeah, that particular area. so, yeah, i think this is the most important thing you know, everybody wants to be on holiday at this time of year. but when you're in a position of responsibility, you know, i know it from many, many years as a as a military officer, you when you're acquired, you need to be

at work. and i think at the moment i expect a lot of those politicians could be serving the country a lot better, debating and working things out in westminster than perhaps sitting on beaches around the europe and elsewhere. >> well, i don't think i could sit on a beach, actually , with sit on a beach, actually, with all of this going on, but, i mean, heigh ho. in northern ireland they have record parliament, but perhaps they should be considering that maybe keir starmer should be looking at that option right now. well, hamish, thank you very much. really good to talk to you. that's hamish de bretton—gordon. he's an army a former british army officer . if you've just army officer. if you've just joined me, it is just coming up to 22 minutes after 4:00. now, the inquest into the deaths of three young girls killed in southport has opened. i'm nana akua. i'm in full martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

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described the three young girls as full of life and energy, and said they'd be missed beyond any of any description that she said how woefully inadequate words may attempt to describe this was a very short proceeding here at the coroner's court this morning, due to the fact that there is still a criminal investigation in place and underway , so very much an open underway, so very much an open and an adjournment and suspension of the coronial investigation, in order of the words of the senior coroner, so that that criminal investigation could have could be unfettered, of course, in its proceedings. but we did get brief details on the tragic deaths of alex bebe and alice bebe and elsie. of course, alice, we found out, died at 120 in the morning at alder hey children's hospital. she was verified as death by her father and elsie was verified as dead at 1353 at the dance studio for bebe. she was identified by

parts of her clothing and also a recent photograph. she was identified further up the street from the dance studio just after 1 pm. on the from the dance studio just after 1p.m. on the 29th of from the dance studio just after 1 pm. on the 29th of july. so that was very much the proceedings here today. but of course, we know and have seen the outpouring of grief from this tragic incident we heard at the court. the 26 children attended the dance studio for that organised dance class , and that organised dance class, and we heard that it was between 1140 and 1150. then the attacker came in and started allegedly attacking those presents. alex axel ruda cabana was the person that was detained at the scene and is charged with the murders of the three children. that court proceeding involving him is later this year. this court proceeding of the coroner's office is suspended until after that criminal investigation . but

that criminal investigation. but we've been here during the week. we've seen how raw the grief still is at these tragic incidents. just yesterday, there was another vigil, this dedicated to alice and a celebration of life for the nine year old, attended by members of her friends and family. her funeral takes place on the 11th of august. that's this sunday that very much was the other part of the coroner's proceedings today. to officially be able to register the death certificates and release the body into the custody, of course, of the family and the friends for those proceedings to take place. and we know how much of an impact these, of course, events have had. in a statement, bebe family said there are no words could describe the devastation that has hit them as they tried to deal with the loss of their little girl. they and alice, his family, said to keep smiling and dancing like you to love do our princess. they said you were always our princess. nothing will change that . vigils nothing will change that. vigils will continue to be held by this family , by these friends, by

family, by these friends, by this community. over the coming weeks as they come to terms with this tragic event . this tragic event. >> thank you. that's jack carson earlier today, i was just coming up to 29 minutes after 4:00. lots of you have been getting in touch with your views. gbnews.com/yoursay this one from david. he says, so glad you're back nana back to some semblance of normality. hope that you had a lovely holiday. thank you david, i did, it was lovely, but of course i was observing all of this happening and just thought, my goodness , i do need to come my goodness, i do need to come back and try and hold some of these people to account. really, adrian , adrian portis got in adrian, adrian portis got in touch. he said in ireland, the parliament is being recalled tomorrow. why not here? a very good question indeed. we, christopher hope, did mention that it's expensive, which could be one of the reasons. but again, i, i agree with hamish on the fact that money shouldn't be an object, a problem when it comes to that. it feels like an excuse. victor, cumiskey says, rock on ellen, stick it to keir starmer. nobody else can because he refuses to recall parliament.

and that's another view on that . and that's another view on that. and that's another view on that. and clough, clare clark brown, who as we were talking about a lot of the fighting that may well in go on today, he said need more cells later. i hear the bibby stockholm is available in portland. keep your thoughts coming. gbnews.com/yoursay right, there's still loads more to come between now and 5:00, including the latest ahead of the protests that are expected to take place this evening . but to take place this evening. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> nana. thank you. good afternoon. it's 430. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. one case of alleged terrorism is actively under consideration following widespread disorder across the country. that's according to the director of pubuc according to the director of public prosecutions. it comes as more than 100 protests and 30 counter—demonstrations are planned for this evening. a list

of immigration law firms has been shared in online chat groups as possible targets for gatherings, with a message inviting people to mask up and attend. however police are urging people to ignore the list of locations , telling rioters of locations, telling rioters officers will be waiting. it comes as the first crown court sentences have been handed down to rioters involved in the disorder , including a man who disorder, including a man who assaulted an officer . meanwhile, assaulted an officer. meanwhile, assaulted an officer. meanwhile, a coroner says it's impossible to articulate the lifelong effects of the stabbing attack in southport over a week ago. inquests into the deaths of six year old b.b. inquests into the deaths of six year old bb. king alice dasilva aguiar, who was nine, and seven year old elsie dot stancombe have been opened and adjourned. 17 year old axel rudakubana will stand trial next year after being charged with three counts of murder and ten of attempted murder . in of murder and ten of attempted murder. in other of murder and ten of attempted murder . in other news, of murder and ten of attempted murder. in other news, shamima begum's lawyers could take her case to the european court of human rights after she lost her final bid to challenge the

removal of her british citizenship. she'd originally had her passport removed after joining so—called islamic state as a teenager in 2015. a judge has ruled she can't bring the case to court again, suggesting it could be argued the 24 year old had been the author of her own misfortune . fujitsu's, own misfortune. fujitsu's, holding its first ever meeting with a group of post office subpostmasters this morning. hundreds of branch managers were wrongly convicted of fraud because of faults in its hi honzon because of faults in its hi horizon it system. the japanese companies now under pressure to pay companies now under pressure to pay compensation . those are the pay compensation. 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 smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts .

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enough? does that sound like enough to you? and it will also use facial recognition, which it says can be used even when offenders are wearing masks and just breaking in the last few minutes, the director of public prosecutions, stephen parkinson , prosecutions, stephen parkinson, has said one case of alleged terrorism is actively under consideration. well, joining me now is the former home office minister, norman baker. norman, thank you very much for joining us. of course, everything is potentially unfolding this evening. do you think the government are doing enough to frighten people who are contemplating , protesting that contemplating, protesting that they will come under the biggest punishment that the law can offer them ? offer them? >> well, we've heard that message from the government, >> whether people are listening is another matter entirely, i think the fact that we've now started seeing people being prosecuted successfully and locked up is probably a good sign. i notice that these three people in merseyside are in their 50s or 60s. i mean, it's disgraceful really. frankly people that age ought to know what their responsibilities are .

what their responsibilities are. i feel very strongly that after that tragedy in southport with three little girls killed, for people to use that as a springboard for violence and hooliganism is frankly disgusting . disgusting. >> well, you know, it is frankly disgusting to use that, that as any excuse for anything and people should be given time to sort of mourn this awful, people should be given time to sort of mourn this awful , awful sort of mourn this awful, awful situation. but, i don't think the age of these people is relevant because there's lots of people who were, you know, protesting of all ages. in fact, an 11 year old apparently protesting, do you think that what really needs to be done here, because people are seeing really the focus is ultimately immigration, which is ultimately the problem that actually keir starmer needs to talk about more about how he's going to handle immigration, because i think that's what a lot of british people want to be hearing . people want to be hearing. >> well, on those two points, nana first of all, what on earth is an 11 year old being involved, and where were the parents of that child? i hope they weren't encouraging that

child out on the streets, look , child out on the streets, look, i mean, there are there are issues with immigration to be looked at and the government needs to do that in due course. after this particular bubble has been burst. but, you know, in this country, we have thankfully, a right to protest . thankfully, a right to protest. we have a right to march, our right to demonstrate, we have a right to demonstrate, we have a right to demonstrate, we have a right to write to our mp . we right to write to our mp. we have a right to go to the house of commons, all those rights are there. there are legitimate ways for people to express their views, and i encourage them to do so. there's no excuse for taxes being overturned and burned , no excuse for members of burned, no excuse for members of the emergency services being attacked . no excuse for attacked. no excuse for businesses having no windows smashed. this is simply hooliganism , hooliganism, >> usually in these situations, though, it's not the majority of doing it. it's often a small minority of people who are acting in a way. so the problem here is for the normal decent citizen like you or i who are absolutely not interested in any form of violence. how do they

get their voices heard ? because get their voices heard? because these protests can always be hijacked by people who want to cause disruption. >> well, they are being hijacked. and of course, the information concerning the individual who is alleged to have attacked these and killed these three girls on the internet was totally wrong. you know, he was not muslim. he was not an asylum seeker. he hadn't just arrived in the country. he was born in cardiff, so there are people who are seeking to exploit the situation for their own political ends . now, as i own political ends. now, as i say, it's disgusting. but i mean, people have the right to protest. i would encourage people who want to make their views known and feel strongly about immigration, for example, to organise peaceful marches . to organise peaceful marches. peaceful marches have a long tradition in this country , going tradition in this country, going back to the suffragettes and before. and that's the way you change public opinion. but pubuc change public opinion. but public opinion is alienated by these acts. not not you don't bnng these acts. not not you don't bring people on board by behaving in this way, but this has been bubbling under the surface. >> so it is wrong to use this as

an excuse because as you said, the guy is not even he's not even a migrant. so that's the first thing. it's disinformation. whoever you know is thought that that would be a goodidea is thought that that would be a good idea to spread that. so that's the first part of it. but if we sort of detach that from from the terrible incidents in southport, and we now focus on the issue of immigration, again, i come back to that same question. surely keir starmer needs to start focusing on tackling immigration and coming forward and speaking. i mean, are we likely to get a speech from him at some point, maybe even today ? even today? >> well, i don't think he should do it today. i mean, i think that would be to, reward those who are behaving in a disproportionate and hooliganism istic way, that could be sorted out first, the police need to get hold of, these people who are the minority, as you correctly say, they need to be brought before justice and we need to have the situation calmed down. but yes, a government would be unwise to do nothing about the issue in general, which obviously is of

some concern to people. and i would advise the prime minister, if he wants to listen to me or does what he does, i would advise him to consider how to bnng advise him to consider how to bring other parties involved in this matter, to get some cross—party agreement on the way forward, and to and to see whether we can get some coherence across society on the way forward on this matter, >> and very briefly, the handung >> and very briefly, the handling of this particular situation with the home office , situation with the home office, do you feel they're doing a good job?! do you feel they're doing a good job? i mean, you've given keir starmer some advice, but in terms of how it's been handled, do you think that they're handung do you think that they're handling this situation well ? handling this situation well? >> well, i think they're handung >> well, i think they're handling it as best they can given the thing has exploded. i would just make the point. nana, which people may not be aware of, speaking at a former home office minister, you know, of what's happening now is a police operational matter. it's to down the police, nobody else. how this matter is dealt with on the streets. and it would be quite wrong for home office ministers or anyone else in government to

interfere with the police. i don't think they are interfering with the police, i'm happy to say. i think that the police get on with it as best they can, and that's the correct thing to do. but once the dust has settled, then the politicians need to examine what's happened. >> all right, norman baker, thank you very much. thank you very much. right. well, moving on quickly with questions around genden on quickly with questions around gender, should boxer imane khelif be allowed to fight for the women's gold medal in the olympics? i'm nana akua in martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

good afternoon. welcome back . 48 afternoon. welcome back. 48 minutes after 4:00. i'm nana akua. i'm for in martin daubney on gb news. now this story it's i well let's let's get into it because an olympic boxing bout has sparked outrage across the world as algerian iman khalife progresses to the gold medal

match. now, khalife has previously been barred from women's competition as she not only has high levels of testosterone, but also is understood to have x, y chromosomes, which is male. their male chromosomes and a man's average punch power has is over 2.6 times the force of one delivered by a woman. so to knowingly put a woman in the ring with the biological male, is that just legitimising male violence in the name of sport? well, let's bring in olympian marathon runner maria yamauchi. yamauchi did. i hope i got that right. mara yamauchi got it. now i'm listening to this and i'm thinking x, y is male. so whatever you've got to say, this person is biologically male. why is a biological male competing in a women's contest where force and strength are part of the equafion? >> yeah , we can deduce that this >> yeah, we can deduce that this boxeris >> yeah, we can deduce that this boxer is male from all the evidence that is out there so far , likely with a disorder or

far, likely with a disorder or difference of sexual development. >> in fact , there are two, such >> in fact, there are two, such males in the women's boxing in paris. why? well, the answer is the ioc in 2021, they published a framework document which said there can be no presumption of advantage for trans identifying athletes or athletes with dsds. and what that means in other words, is no no assumed presumed advantage of males compared to females. this goes against the entire history of sport. it's self—evident that males have massive physical advantages compared to females, and in boxing it's 162%. so two and a half times, as you said in the introduction , so this is introduction, so this is completely unfair and unsafe against female boxers. we've now seen five female boxers get pummelled in the ring by these two males, both the male boxers will get a medals won at least bronze khalife. at least the silver. it's absolutely appalling. the all the ioc require for boxers to go in the female category is, is a

passport which says female. so in this case, we think they're dsd's mistakenly identified as female at birth and therefore have female id documents. but any any old tom, dick or harry could get a female passport and go and turn up at the olympics in the women's boxing, it's absolutely ludicrous. >> well , well, if you absolutely ludicrous. >> well, well, if you think about male boxing, >> well, well, if you think about male boxing , they have about male boxing, they have heavy weight, they've got featherweight. so when men are boxing men, they acknowledge the different power and force of people of different weights. but somehow with the female boxing , somehow with the female boxing, anything goes. i don't understand why when men are fighting men are they are men. they actually do featherweight, lightweight, heavier because they know . so why is there not they know. so why is there not something that applies like this in female boxing? >> in women's boxing, there are also weight categories and if you read the ioc's, boxing rules for this competition, there are pages and pages of rules including that female boxers cannot be pregnant and all

manner of other safety rules, because this is a dangerous sport. so you have to ask yourself , why do they even have yourself, why do they even have weight categories if they then allow males in the female category, doctor ross tucker and doctor emma hilton estimated that a male vie female is like a 90 kilo boxer boxing a 60 kilo boxer. this would never be allowed in weight terms. and yet the ioc have basically just erased sex in their eligibility rules so that any male can can turn up in the women's boxing. and there were two out of a starting list of i think it was 16. so under the ioc's policy in theory, all the female boxers in an olympic women's boxing competition could be male. >> well, of course, this isn't really imane khelif fault, is it? because he or she actually is following the guidelines and rules that are set? so it's almost unfair in a way to kind of blame her. but at the end of

the day, reality is reality. and that this person is biologically male and is a lot stronger than the women. and many might see that, that she shouldn't be able to compete. so where should she be able to compete? what do you think ? think? >> well, the rules allow khalife to compete in women's boxing. so he hasn't broken the rules as such. but my view is that he has free will. he is an adult. he can choose to compete in men's boxing or not compete at all, but he has chosen to compete in the women's boxing, which causes unfair and unsafe sport for all female boxers . so, you know, female boxers. so, you know, female boxers. so, you know, female and male sex categories exist in sport for good reason, which is males have massive advantages compared to females. therefore all of these males with dsds, or who identify as trans, they are very welcome in sport in the male category or in an open category, or in any third category on offer. but they just must stay out of the female category because otherwise it's unfair and unsafe

for females. also. i mean, the question is why? well, a lot of money is at stake here. the other boxer, lie—in, stands to gain a lifetime income, and something like half a million us dollars if he wins the gold. >> well, listen , mara, we're >> well, listen, mara, we're running out of time. but it's really good to have your contribution . thank you very contribution. thank you very much. that's mara yamauchi. well, what are your thoughts? get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. police are braced for more than 100 protests across this evening. stay tuned. we'll be bringing you the latest on that. this is gb news, britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. quite a lot of cloud around as we head into this evening. a few showers but many places dry. quite a fresh breeze though in fact really quite windy across northwest scotland close to this area of low pressure. these weather fronts will bring cloud

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gb. news >> good afternoon. it is just coming up to 5:00. i'm nana akua . coming up to 5:00. i'm nana akua. i'm in for martin daubney on gb news with broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. coming up, police are steeled for more than 100 protests across the country. this evening, and many firms are boarding up windows to protect them from possible attack. as them from possible attack. as the rioting that has shamed the uk shows no sign of dying down. now, the government have been criticised from all sides for its response to the violence. prime minister sir keir starmer insists that communities will be safe after he chaired an emergency cobra meeting on efforts to tackle the unrest and the first prison sentences for the first prison sentences for the yobs involved in rioting have been handed out today, and one top legal chief has said that many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time. all of that coming out between now and 6:00. as ever, i

want to hear your thoughts. send me your views, post your comments gb news. com forward slash your say. i'll read some of those out throughout the show, but now it's time to get your latest news with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> nana. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone. 5:00. your headunes. it's just gone. 5:00. your headlines . one case of alleged headlines. one case of alleged terrorism is actively under consideration following widespread disorder across the country. that's according to the director of public prosecutions. it comes as more than 100 protests and 30 counter—demonstrations are planned for this evening. a list of immigration law firms has been shared in online chat groups as possible targets for gatherings, with a message inviting people to mask up and attend. however, police are urging people to ignore the list of locations, telling rioters officers will be waiting. it comes as the first crown court

sentences have been handed to down rioters involved in the disorder, including a man who assaulted an officer. speaking a short while ago, deputy prime minister angela rayner said there's no excuse for thuggery. >> i know that the public will be feeling anxious about the reports of potential more, unrest tonight. but the police will be there to respond to any violent and criminality that we see on our streets. there's no place for that on our uk streets. and the police will do their job streets. and the police will do theirjob like streets. and the police will do their job like they streets. and the police will do theirjob like they have done their job like they have done exceptionally well under very difficult circumstances, like i've seen here and witnessed today. what they faced missiles being thrown at them and attacked. but the police will be there to keep the public safe and there's no excuse for thuggery and criminality on the streets . streets. >> however, speaking last night, the former home secretary priti patel called for the labour government to be more accountable. >> this is why we have to have the questions. the scrutiny to the questions. the scrutiny to the home secretary and to keir starmer because actually the police need to have the tools,

the equipment, the backing to police in the right way across all protests, doesn't matter who, but literally all the protests where we're seeing thuggery, violence , criminality, thuggery, violence, criminality, everyone that's involved in that , everyone that's involved in that, these protests should be pleased. i've seen footage on television. i'm sure you have as well. i saw some on social media last night from one part of the country where i saw no police. i want to know. i want to know why that was. why? why was there no police presence ? police presence? >> it comes as the metropolitan police commissioner has dismissed accusations of two tier policing, calling it complete nonsense . the criticism complete nonsense. the criticism came from figures including nigel farage and elon musk, who argued that last week's disorder was handled more severely than it would have been if ethnic minorities were involved. sir mark rowley has been addressing the claims. >> it's complete nonsense. we have , commentators from either have, commentators from either end of the political spectrum

who like to throw accusations of bias at the police because we stand in the middle, we operate independently under the law without fear or favour . without fear or favour. >> in other news, shamima begum's lawyers could take her case to the european court of human rights after she lost her final bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship . she'd originally citizenship. she'd originally had her passport removed after joining so—called islamic state as a teenager in 2015. a judge has ruled she can't bring the case to court again, suggesting it could be argued the 24 year old had been the author of her own misfortune. following the ruling, miss begum's lawyer said they will take every possible legal step on her behalf, including a petition to strasbourg in the us. kamala harris says tim waltz is the vice president. america deserves, after officially unveiling him as her running mate at a campaign rally, the democratic presidential nominee says she chose the minnesota governor because he's a fighter

for the middle class, and called him a patriot. the former teacher is considered a more progressive choice for voters . progressive choice for voters. children in england will need to be seen by a gp and a mental health specialist or paediatrician before being referred for gender care. the nhs says the system has to be transformed after a major review found young people were being let down by a lack of research on medical interventions, freedom of information requests reveal the youngest child on the national waiting list is under five years old and team gb are hunting for their 100,000th olympic medal today. in the history of the games, and it could come in athletics , cycling could come in athletics, cycling or sailing. great britain added four medals to their collection in paris last night. four medals to their collection in paris last night . josh kerr in paris last night. josh kerr won silver in the 1500m and there were also podium finishes in track cycling, skateboarding and boxing . those are the latest

and boxing. 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. we start with the riots that have shamed britain. deputy prime minister angela rayner visited the rotherham holiday inn following unrest in the city, with over 100 protests across the nation expected tonight. she said the police will step in and do their job. let's have a listen. >> the public will be feeling anxious about the reports of potential more unrest tonight, but the police will be there to respond to any violent and criminality that we see on our streets. there's no place for that on our uk streets, and the police will do their job like they have done exceptionally well under very difficult

circumstances like i've seen here and witnessed today what they faced missiles being thrown at them and attacked, but the police will be there to keep the pubuc police will be there to keep the public safe and there's no excuse for thuggery and criminality on the streets. >> how worried are you that this is now being orchestrated by a group of far right extremists bent on destabilising britain ? bent on destabilising britain? >> well, i hope that the public and anyone who sees what's happening online that they will know that online and offline criminality will be faced with the courts and with the law and l, the courts and with the law and i, you know, ask people to move away from that, to not get involved in that. we've seen what's happened on the streets like here in rotherham. that is not our british values. we are equally saw the british people come out and support the communities and with the clean up operation, so hopefully people will see, detest what's happened and will stay away from this violence and thuggery that the small minority of people have engaged with. >> do you recognise, though,

that people do have concerns about immigration and those people aren't far right? >> well, look, coming on the streets throwing missiles at the police, attacking police, attacking hotels like this one. i'm here today is not a legitimate grievance. it's not the way we do politics in this country. and nobody should be condoning that. this is thuggery. this is violence. someone could have got seriously injured over the last couple of days, and it's no excuse for that. and people should stay away from it. >> can i get your response to comments from robert jenrick earlier that he said it was quite wrong that somebody could shout allahu akbar on the streets of london and not immediately be arrested. what's your response to those comments? well, look , people like robert well, look, people like robert jenrick has been stirring up some of the problems that we've seen in our communities. >> actually, what we want to see is that communities coming together and vast majority of the public want to see that the prime minister is very clear that his number one priority is to keep people safe and to keep our streets safe. and that's why

we've deployed the police to deal with the minority of people who think it's acceptable to throw missiles at police, attack police and attack hotels, and attack businesses that are just trying to go about their daily lives. you know, the public here have been afraid and scared by those minorities who have been shouting, racist abuse, shouting, racist abuse, shouting, abuse and hurling missiles at police. there's no excuse for that. and the police will do their exceptional job that they've been doing over the last couple of days to protect the public, >> what can you say to kind of reassure those working in the immigration sector that they will be protected? >> well, like i say, the police will be deployed where it's necessary and the vast majority of the public absolutely deplore what has happened . this is no what has happened. this is no way to conduct yourself. it is thuggish and criminality and the police and our courts stand ready to deal with it, >> what do you think about what elon musk has been tweeting about britain and the prime minister over the last few days? >> well, what i say is that all

social media companies have responsibilities as well to deal with fake news. we've seen a lot of fake information being shared onune of fake information being shared online platforms. we've seen a lot of hate and people have a responsibility to not conduct themselves and to amplify that, but actually to deal with the onune but actually to deal with the online misinformation, but also not to spread that hate. and, you know, we don't want to see that, whether that's online or offline. and people who are onune offline. and people who are online spreading violence and inciting violence will be met with the law, as well as those that turn up and try and throw missiles at police and at our communities. >> yeah, of course, we've seen some of those given sentences. you know, sentences were handed down today. were they tough enough, in your view? do you think they're going to work ? think they're going to work? >> well, over 140 people have been charged so far. >> well, over 140 people have been charged so far . and it's been charged so far. and it's right that our courts deal with that. and we've said that we will support the courts and we will support the courts and we will support the police in carrying out their duties. but people need to understand that

if you throw missiles, if you attack people, if you incite hatred and violence, whether that's online or whether you're offline, you will be met with the law because it is unlawful . the law because it is unlawful. and, you know, we end up in a situation where we have here where people's lives are at risk and police officers lives were put at risk by a small minority of criminality and thuggish behaviour. >> if it gets to the point where it doesn't seem to be working, i mean, what more can you do? what more tools have you got at your disposal ? disposal? >> well, the prime minister has set out about how we're deploying police and how we're making sure that we're working with social media companies on the online situation as well and working with the communities. but what has been heartening is to see the community response, the vast majority of the british people see this for what it is, that it people see this for what it is, thatitis people see this for what it is, that it is criminality, it is thuggish behaviour. it is not a legitimate complaint to throw bncks legitimate complaint to throw bricks at police and to try and set fire to public buildings.

that's not acceptable and we'll continue to support the police and the justice system in making sure that those people are dealt with. >> all right. angela rayner speaking earlier, but some breaking news now. nick price , breaking news now. nick price, the director of legal services of the crown prosecution service , of the crown prosecution service, has said today that at least 12 individuals have been convicted for their part in the ongoing disorder, and many will be going to prison. if you get involved in violent disorder on our streets or stir up hate online, you will feel the full force of the law. our prosecutors are working around the clock to make sure lawbreakers can be brought before the courts without delay, and face the consequences of their actions. well i'm joined now by gb news political editor, christopher hope. i mean, some tough talk from number 10. and angela rayner, of course, doubled that doubling down. >> absolutely. angela doubling down there and saying it's a small minority of thugs and they won't have any truck. and avoiding questions about other about why these troubles are breaking out. just, just in the past half an hour have had a

statement here from number 10. they're backing i think the cps line, they're saying that the pm's message to anybody causing violent disorder on our streets is clear. you will feel the full force of the law. and today we are already seeing justice being served . you saw there 12 served. you saw there 12 convictions within a matter of days. some of the criminals involved in these riots have been put behind bars. and here's a crucial point. this is just the start. number 10 say with over 400 arrests, 120 charged and more people being hauled in front of the courts every day, our criminal justice system is showing violent thuggery has no place on our streets. so clearly a coordinated message here from 10 downing street and the top of the prosecutorial service in england and wales. if you do , if england and wales. if you do, if you get into trouble tonight or the next few days, you will feel the next few days, you will feel the full force of the law and they are finding space in jail imminently, immediately for these people. >> well, as you said earlier, there did seem to be a slight evasion of the question with regards to the chant of ali akbar. it did feel that that

angela sort of got around that didn't really answer the question. no, she went to political and said that, you know, jenrick can answer for himself and that, you know, robert jenrick said on sky news. >> he said it's obviously all about context. if someone's running towards you shouting allahu akbar then that has a different context. if you're just saying a prayer in a mosque where it's a private space and of course that's no problem there at all. some people on twitter and other elsewhere on social media are getting cross about it. but i think the context of what mr jenrick was saying is very important, and it does feel a way that angela moved away from the supposition that everyone is of a certain group. >> and now they're saying it's a small minority, which is which is encouraging. >> i think, because the initial attack on trying to brand everybody involved, i think concerns about immigration are felt across the board. you don't need any political , political need any political, political persuasion, you know, and it's recognising that. and if the government can start to say we recognise there are concerns we're going to get there, we're in a five year government, let's just stop fighting on the

streets. that is a better message maybe, than trying to tar everybody who's concerned. concerned about immigration as thugs. >> yeah , well, it would be good >> yeah, well, it would be good to see if they can move that quickly as well. and dealing with the actual immigration problem that is causing a lot of a lot of its legacy. >> i mean, the hotels we have asylum seekers being held is from the last tory government, but the government, the current government's response is not yet clear on that. >> christopher hope, thank you very much. well, well, i'm now joined by the former head of counter—terrorism at city of london police, kevin hurley . london police, kevin hurley. kevin, thank you very much for joining me. this afternoon. kevin, do you feel that the response by the government is actually going to be quite effective ? effective? >> well, it depends on how long it goes on the police have not got an inexhaustible supply of officers. and to put this into context, when we had the rioting in 2011, it took 17,000 public order officers drafted in from the top of scotland to the west of call from the west of cornwall to calm things down in london. but at the moment i

think we're talking about having 4000 or 6000 to try and cover the whole country . so at the the whole country. so at the moment it hasn't really kicked off in quite the way it once did in 2011, so perhaps they may well be able to moderate some of that. but frankly, the police have not got the tools to deal with this kind of widespread disorder. it's all been talk about, yes, we're going to arrest people and put them before the courts, but the reality of it is only 400 arrested out of thousands and thousands of people that isn't a big deterrent. what affects people if they're going to do something wrong , whatever it is, something wrong, whatever it is, is if they think they're going to be caught and there'll be consequences. and the current tactics applied by police leadership of putting lie—ins of officers out on the street and letting them be stoned until the rioters arms get tired and occasionally officers run forward and try and grab someone who's the slowest runner or

caught off guard is not really an effective way of demonstrating consequences. they need to look at the lessons that what's done elsewhere across the whole of the continent and other parts of developed world, and use modern technologies incorporated with water cannon. so for example, marcus solutions like smart water placed inside a water cannon will firstly keep the crowd distance. you'll need to use less police officers. no one will get injured apart from the odd person who perhaps gets knocked over, but because they're all sprayed with a marker solution , you can then, marker solution, you can then, as everyone filters away and more police have arrived at that same that scene of trouble further away they shine ultraviolet lights on people. you can pick up the smarter and say, this is one of the people who was there. let's take his photograph. let's take his fingerprints, find out who he is, let them go. compare them to

the photographs and videos at the photographs and videos at the scene, and you can then in the scene, and you can then in the next week or two, get every single one of them. not just the slowest runners, but every single one of them. and i it's beyond me. well, why have you had a debate since 2011 about using this exact technology i'm describing now ? police describing now? police leadership still refuses the latest techniques and believes that it's acceptable . that it's acceptable. >> i was going to say, kevin. i mean that what you just described there is what can i just say that what you've described there sounds sounds good but does sound quite labour intensive. i mean, you get a spray, the dyes and this and that. they're trying to keir starmer trying to move very quickly to put the fear of god in people who protest. and this technique that you say they haven't got the manpower. >> yeah, but it won't work. it won't work. yeah. >> well, i mean , actually the >> well, i mean, actually the point of why i'm arguing for thatis point of why i'm arguing for that is because it's far less

manpower intensive . manpower intensive. >> now, what i'm saying is, if you use the approach i've just described, you don't need anything like the current manpower that they're trying to deploy because the machines do it all. and in terms of investigating, it's easy and very fast because you've already marked them and got their photographs. so i what i'm saying is let's learn the lesson this time. invest in it immediately because this trouble's not stop across the uk . trouble's not stop across the uk. maybe it will stop this week, but it will happen again in six months time. a year. >> let's get kevin. your audio is not great. so we're going to leave it there. but thank you for your thoughts. may try and get you back at a later time to, try and get your thoughts on all of that. but, next up, power chiefs fear a switch to renewables could leave areas struggling to keep the lights on in just three years time. is this just net zero madness? i'm nana akua. in for martin daubney on

good afternoon. if you've just tuned in, where have you've just tuned in, where have you been? it's just coming up to 23 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua. i'm in for martin daubney. this is a gb news were live on tv, online and on digital radio. now the national grid executives have warned of blackouts within the next three years, unless the south east pays more for power than other regions. now, south east pays more for power than other regions . now, they than other regions. now, they partly blame the looming threat on the switch to less predictable renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. so is it now time to scrap labour's ludicrous net zero policy? well, joining me now is the former ceo of energy uk, angela knight. angela we this has been talked about a lot that when the wind doesn't blow, when the sun doesn't shine , when the sun doesn't shine, these renewables cannot keep that base load of energy required to power everything. and inevitably we'll end up with blackouts , blackouts, >> we won't inevitably end up with blackouts as long as

there's a proper, sensible, logical plan in place. and that's what i've gone on about for a long time, because we still don't have it. and i do think that for national grid now to flag look, there's a real problem coming up. if we carry on like this is very important. it's far more powerful than anybody has said before. and let's look at the reasons why. because of course, you've absolutely right in what you've said that renewables, you know, are intermittent and therefore you need to have something that you need to have something that you can bring on stream quickly, which is gas as well as having a decent base load, which can be produced by nuclear. >> unfortunately, our nuclear is getting old. >> we haven't put the replacement in. so you've got a number of problems there. and then the second problem is, the more that we switch over to using electricity from other forms of fuels, the more electricity we've got to generate. now, where you get the wind from is scotland and the east coast. so the big consumers

are down in the south. so there's a huge amount of grid that's got to be built, which some will be offshore, but a lot will be across land. if we're going to bring that power produced in that way into london. so that's going to cost more and it's going to be extremely unpleasant for some people, as they will literally have a large amount of overhead cables in places where they haven't had before . or we start haven't had before. or we start to build things as we used to build reliable generators near to the major consuming areas. and that's actually what we need to do right now, is park some of the, offshore wind park, some of the, offshore wind park, some of the solar plans get on with reliable low zero low or zero carbon generation, which is a small scale nuclear and do it all over a timescale that's acceptable to people and acceptable to people and acceptable as far as paying for

it is concerned. >> well, why is this? i mean, a lot of people will think, well, we've got we've got wind and we've got we've got wind and we've got we've got wind and we've got sun, so we should use what we have . well, yes. is it, what we have. well, yes. is it, is it realistic to build, to create the grid with hundreds of miles of pylons, which of course are many of these materials are probably imported from china , probably imported from china, solar panels and things like that.isit solar panels and things like that. is it realistic ? are we that. is it realistic? are we actually are we are we really helping ourselves with this situation? if the problem is carbon, are we just simply not offloading our carbon somewhere else so they can make all the stuff that is bad? and then we say, hey, aren't we great? net zero? >> there is an element of that. you're absolutely right. that, passion and emotion has got ahead of logic. and in amongst all this, of course, as well, is that the huge increase in the use of batteries? batteries are lithium, although you can dig lithium, although you can dig lithium up all over the world, there's only one major refiner, and that's in china. so we're kind of getting our supply

chains not only long ones, but into those places where, let's say we are somewhat uncertain, to say the least, as far as their governments are concerned. and when you think just how the dependency of europe on gas, and particularly germany on gas coming from russia caused all that huge problem of a couple of years ago. now to think that we're sort of doing it again under the banner called green and net zero, and this time a supply chain that links us very, very closely to china and will actually put this country at risk of what china does, does seem to me. look, i wholly believe in use of renewables. i wholly believe in better environment. i wholly believe in moving to lower carbon and all that. that brings with it. but let's do it sensibly, carefully get our supply chains right, get

the costings right. let's not just jump , for one, you know, just jump, for one, you know, emotional reason. let's get it donein emotional reason. let's get it done in a right and sensible. >> it's the same thing again, isn't it? you're relying on russia now. you're relying on china now you're. we're not actually relying on ourselves, really, if we're honest about it. and i'm just wondering where all of this is heading because it doesn't. why is nobody really speaking out? so as you said, it's good that national grid has finally said something and the labour government can maybe have a have a rethink. >> i think it's like a lot of things that sometimes people don't tell the truth because they know if they tell the truth, they'll be dumped on. i mean, there's another truth here, actually, that if we don't drill more into in the north sea for oil and gas, as oil and gas is going to be part of the what we use here, even if we've gone to net zero, because of course it's not zero, it's net zero. the less we bring out of the nonh the less we bring out of the north sea, the more we'll bring in from long distances. and again, somewhat dubious

jurisdictions. so i just worry badly that there appears to be an issue here, which few are prepared to speak out and speak out about that it's considered to be the done thing that you only talk about green, and i don't know, is it woke? but certainly something weird here, which says that a big engineering project can't be talked about properly and sensibly by engineers. and the key issue of paying for it all is also seems to be something that disappears. to think that this is going to be cheap and somehow we're going to keep it. >> and it's good that we are. it's good that actually national grid has spoken out as we said, but i wish someone would also start thinking about the animals and the actual environment, because solar panels and solar farms and wind. i mean, i'm just thinking they're damaging to lots of the animals. but angela, we will talk about that on the next one. thank you very much. it's really good to talk to you. that's angela knight, right. imagine having £30,000 extra in your bank to play with this

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people to ignore the list of locations, telling rioters officers will be waiting. it comes as the first crown court sentences have been handed down to rioters involved in the disorder, including a man who assaulted an officer. at least 12 individuals have been convicted for their part in the ongoing disorder. meanwhile, a coroner says it's impossible to articulate the lifelong effects of the stabbing attack in southport . inquests into the southport. inquests into the deaths of six year old bebe king alice dasilva aguiar, who was nine, and seven year old elsie dot stancombe, have been opened and adjourned. 17 year old axel rudakubana will stand trial next year after being charged with three counts of murder and ten of attempted murder . three counts of murder and ten of attempted murder. shamima begum's lawyers could take her case to the european court of human rights after she lost her final bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. she'd originally had her passport removed after joining so—called islamic state

as a teenager in 2015. a judge has ruled she can't bring the case to court again , suggesting case to court again, suggesting it could be argued the 24 year old had been the author of her own misfortune and fujitsu has held its first ever meeting with a group of post office subpostmasters this morning. hundreds of branch managers were wrongly convicted of fraud because of faults in its horizon it system. the japanese company is now under pressure to pay compensation . those are the compensation. 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! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> here's a quick snapshot of

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right in this country ? we're right in this country? we're really clamping down and we're clamping down fast on people releasing many people out of prison to make way for these guys. is that the right approach? also still, though, those sentiments of two tiers rumble on fierce denials about that from the likes of keir starmer. but many people actually would say it's not just policing . there's two tier, it's policing. there's two tier, it's the likes of media, political response. many people still very angry in society. one of my panellists tonight, aaron bastani, he thinks people should absolutely not be doing any conversations at all about why people are taking to the streets. i think it's perfectly reasonable to look at what is the sentiment behind people's angerin the sentiment behind people's anger in society, because if we don't have harsh, robust conversations, how on earth does any of this get sorted? >> well, michelle, tantalising say this evening will be a busy one. stay tuned. michelle dewberry up in about 25 minutes. thank you. right, well, if you want to get in touch, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay. i'll read

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team gb's success at the olympics. but let's get more on the fears of more violence this evening. mosques are among the places that have been targeted in the last week and earlier in the week. the home office brought in urgent measures to make sure that they were offered extra protection. well i'm joined now by mohammad amin. he's a former chairman of the conservative muslim forum. and mohammed, thank you very much for joining me. now, i just want forjoining me. now, ijust want to how have the mosques been targeted? >> good afternoon. nana. we have seen around the country, starting with southport itself, mosques being attacked in liverpool. there was an attempt to attack the quilliam mosque, which is britain's sort of oldest mosque, although that was protected by both the police and by the community. >> but there have been i mean, it's quite i, it's quite clear from the media that in many cases mosques have been attacked. >> in many other cases they have been protected by the police and the government has been extremely good about mobilising police resources to protect the

community. >> well, would you make then of elon musk's tweets? i mean, he made a comment after keir starmer spoke of how he would protect our mosques and actually elon musk tweeted, well, you know, you should be protecting all communities. do you feel it was a fair comment from elon musk? >> not in the slightest, because all communities are not under attack. >> there are no signs of any churches being attacked by these rioters. these these rioters are not attacking synagogues at the moment. they've been attacking mosques. and that's why the emphasis is on protecting mosques. it's as simple as that . mosques. it's as simple as that. >> now, earlier i was actually listening on the radio and it was a lady, a muslim lady, who was a lady, a muslim lady, who was saying, you know, we can't, you know, we're frightened to leave our homes. we're frightened to show any signs that we are muslim. we're fighting to have, you know, and actually , that was almost they actually, that was almost they could have easily have been saying what the jewish people were saying a little while ago as well . so basically, what do as well. so basically, what do you think is, is the answer to

greater integration, because it feels that all these divided communities, we've got this lovely notion of multiculturalism, but actually it's ended up being almost ghettoised. and the fact that these are separate non—integrating communities, i mean, is that a fair a fair thing to say, do you think or do you feel that i'm wrong with that? >> you are actually factually wrong on that . sociologists like wrong on that. sociologists like the british social attitudes survey regularly decade after decade, survey people. how would you feel if your son or daughter married somebody of a different race, somebody of a different religion and the long term trend is crystal clear . over the is crystal clear. over the decades, british society people are more and more tolerant and better integrated. there are more and more mixed marriages . more and more mixed marriages. occasionally, like now, you have these incidents where there are riots , inter—religious tension, riots, inter—religious tension, inter—community tension. but the long term trend is the exact opposite . britain is a great

opposite. britain is a great success story of integration , success story of integration, marred with occasional incidents like we've seen over the last week and a half. >> yeah, well. well well, i'm glad that that i'm wrong in that sense because i, i actually believe, like you, that the uk is an incredibly tolerant country, which is why i do find this intolerance that i'm seeing now very, very disturbing. what do you think in terms of the solution to this, the short term solution to this, the short term solution is vigorous policing. >> it reminds me very much of 2011, when people were rioting, looting for different reasons. in that case, in that was sparked by the killing of a black person from memory by the police. but it it degenerated into general lawlessness. you need a strong police response. also, it helps if to pray for rain because some really bad weather would actually be helpful. but these things do blow over. but it needs a vigorous government response.

>> do you think it will blow over? i mean, obviously the initial reasoning with regard to the protest was wrong because the protest was wrong because the person, the awful person who killed those, those young girls was actually born in this country, british. and there was he was not on off coming from a boat or anything like that. do you think the government needs to get a real handle on this? the situation with immigration and really focus their energy on that as well, because it feels they're focusing very heavily on they're focusing very heavily on the riots. but the reasoning for this behaviour , i don't feel this behaviour, i don't feel they're addressing enough. what are your thoughts, >> the government , are your thoughts, >> the government, half a million people who came to this country last year came so came entirely lawfully. yeah the we have a problem with asylum seekers turning up with unwanted, partly because there are no legal paths for them to apply are no legal paths for them to apply for asylum, which the previous conservative government sort of closed. and worse, the

previous conservative government was, was a shambles when it came to processing asylum claims . to processing asylum claims. these asylum claims should be assessed and those who have no claim to asylum should be sent back to the country. they came from immediately, instead of being instead of people being housed in hotels year after year and not allowed to work , but and not allowed to work, but their claims simply not being deau their claims simply not being dealt with and the new government is determined to get a grip on this issue. >> well, let's hope they do. i really do hope they do because honestly, it cannot carry on. mohammed aman, thank you very much for talking to me. he's the former chairman of the conservative muslim forum. right. well, it's day 12 of the olympics and team gb have a chance of taking gold in one of the athletics biggest events this evening. stay tuned. i'm nana akua on gb news. britain's news channel

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bigham, charlie tanfield, ethan vernon and ollie wood won a silver medal in the men's team cycling pursuit, increasing our total. cycling pursuit, increasing our total . so well done boys. right, total. so well done boys. right, so let's get the latest. let's cross to sports broadcaster chris skudder. chris, this is quite good. where fist on the table. we've got all these medals, you know it seems slightly overshadowed sadly by a lot of the riots here. but there's good stuff happening with team gb. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> shame they didn't just get the gold medal in the men's team pursuit in the cycling. >> one of britain's strongest sports. >> of course that's a gold and two silvers now. >> very close final. just about five minutes or so ago, >> the bad news is the aussies won it and they've now got 17 gold medals. >> australia, which is five more than us. but, the women's team are about to go and they are guaranteed a bronze in that if they win their race and if they get that, they will, will be up to 48. and that's third behind only the us and china. so considering that the british team is considerably smaller

than all those nations, 327 athletes, australia have got 460, france have got 570 plus, the americans 590. pound for pound, flesh for flesh. that in really? well, and there's a great chance of a gold tonight on the track for matthew hudson—smith. and there will be more to come in the cycling, because it's a very strong team, and there's going to be, hopefully we can catch the aussies up. for those goals. >> but the gap between china and america and then the uk, how many what's the difference in medals, >> in gold. just having a look now . it's, i >> in gold. just having a look now. it's, i mean, >> in gold. just having a look now . it's, i mean, listen, you now. it's, i mean, listen, you us have got 24, china have got 23. we've got 12, the aussies up to 17, they do count it on, on on gold medals. the americans have always done it on on medal total. so that includes the silver and the bronzes. and that's good for us because we are about to be third, behind those two superpowers. listen, you're never going to be able to

catch them because they've got massive teams, actually, china , massive teams, actually, china, not that much bigger than britain, pound for pound. they are doing really well . i think are doing really well. i think they've got 380 athletes here. but it's, you know, it's the threshold of excellence really. and when you when you do work the numbers out, the medals per athlete, we're right up there really are with with china , and really are with with china, and that's good. you know, it just shows you that, you know, the standards are so high, you know, there are obviously a well—funded team, but, you know, france, for example, is the hosts have got a huge team and they've got more medals than us at the moment. only just but, you know, a team size almost twice the size of great britain. so you know , it's the olympics. so you know, it's the olympics. we have a strong heritage and it's only continuing. and i think with the cycling golds to come and maybe once a night in the 400 flat, by the way, matthew hudson—smith, if you, there's, there's the, the, the team pursuit just finished now, it was, it went around to the down to the final lap. actually, there's a little mistake from there's a little mistake from the british, it was a trio by then. didn't quite do it. and

then. didn't quite do it. and the aussies did it. and that's a shame, because britain have won that event in oh eight, 12 and 16. three of the last four olympic games. but, you know, as i say, cycling is very strong and there'll be more goals to come for sure . come for sure. >> what's the next big thing then, that we've got the medal table up actually what's, what's the what's the next big thing for us to look out for. >> yeah. well, tonight, matthew hudson—smith at the 400. britain have not won this. you know , have not won this. you know, it's one of the blue ribbon track events. and any athlete will tell you it's an absolute lung buster. the 400. you've got to sprint basically for a whole lap . and, he's really good. he's lap. and, he's really good. he's the european champion. he got a silver in the worlds last year, but the last time a brit won it was 100 years ago. and that was. would have been in paris, wouldn't it, as well, and he's he's got the fastest time in the world this year. so all things being equal, and you saw you know, how great it was for keely hodgkinson the other night and that incredible race with josh kerr yesterday , the track is kerr yesterday, the track is really is really where the glamour is isn't it. really is really where the glamour is isn't it . we i think glamour is isn't it. we i think everyone accepts that. and if matthew can do it about 8:20 i

think and he is the favourite, then all right. >> well because we're running out of time but yeah 8:20 people. make sure you're tuned in.thank people. make sure you're tuned in. thank you very much chris. good to talk to you. well, that's it from me . dewbs& co is that's it from me. dewbs& co is up next. i'll be back tomorrow. don't forget join us from 6 am. tomorrow with breakfast with stefan , steven and ellie. she stefan, steven and ellie. she suddenly. he suddenly turned female , then followed by female, then followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev and then tom and emily with good afternoon britain. i'll be back again at three. take care. i will see you tomorrow . next up, though, it's tomorrow. next up, though, it's alex deakin with your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. quite a lot of cloud around as we head into this evening. a few showers but many places dry . showers but many places dry. quite a fresh breeze though in fact really quite windy across northwest scotland close to this area of low pressure. these

weather fronts will bring cloud and rain for many tomorrow , but and rain for many tomorrow, but actually through this evening we'll see the cloud thickening across south wales and southwest england. still a lot of showers in western scotland, 1 or 2 across northern england this evening, but they're tending to fade away. for many it will become a dry night with lengthy clear spells across the east, getting quite windy through the middle of the night in particular across northern scotland. but elsewhere the winds will ease down, temperatures dipping down to single figures in rural parts of scotland, but generally pretty warm across the south. and the warm across the south. and the warm and humid air is going to really push in through tomorrow. a dull, damp start for wales and southwest england most of the day here is going to be pretty drab, something a bit brighter. further east, but it will cloud over here through the day. the cloud and rain will trickle into parts of northern ireland, the south in particular, and across northwest england. much of the morning fine and dry across a good part of scotland. still a few showers, but not as many as today and it won't be as windy as today either. in fact, much of the day looking fine across

aberdeenshire. but for southwest scotland , the rain and drizzle scotland, the rain and drizzle will trickle in here as i said, dull and damp for most of the day for wales and southwest england and outbreaks of rain will spread sporadically across the midlands, then into northern england. could turn heavier through the evening as well, much of east anglia in the south—east staying dry, just turning cloudy here again. temperatures into the low 20s. generally quite a warm, humid feeling day through much of tomorrow. the rain and drizzle continuing to push northwards. actually pepping up for a time across scotland as well. so some heavier bursts here during tomorrow evening. then it turns fresher again for friday. some showers on saturday and it is likely to hot up again with the humidity on sunday and monday. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb

conversations . so much i want to conversations. so much i want to get into with you tonight before 7:00. what is going on with these riots? let's look again at these riots? let's look again at the government's response. we've got really swift criminal justice now taking place. is it all the right moves? we're having people essentially released from prison to free up space for these guys. we're talking about terrorism charges also, as well. i want to look at nigel farage. he's been getting so much blame from so many people. is that accurate? is that fair ? also yougov poll out. that fair? also yougov poll out. let's look at how much people agree and disagree with what is actually going on in our society. but first, let's get

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