nana akua. i'm in >> gb news i'm nana akua. i'm in for martin daubney this afternoon so on the agenda police have made nearly 500 arrests as the crackdown on the violent disorder continues . they violent disorder continues. they are disgusting, not human and we need all the roads and. labour has suspended councillor ricky jones for what they've called completely unacceptable behaviour, as he appears to incite violence at a counter protest. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting today. he's vowed to not let up in the response to the riot police as police brace for 20 potential further gatherings tonight. and tory leadership candidate robert jenrick has been accused of islamophobia after saying people who shout allahu akbar should be arrested. and this is very unusual. king charles asked the government to, for daily updates in demonstrations as tensions remain high. is it time for him to speak publicly? all that and more between now and 6:00. so,

as ever, i want to hear from you. you can send me your views, post your comments. you can visit gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's time for your news headunes now it's time for your news headlines with cameron walker . headlines with cameron walker. >> thanks, nana. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. now a second greater manchester police officer is under criminal investigation for assault after an incident at manchester airport last month that has been announced by the independent police watchdog. it comes after a video emerged of a man appearing to be kicked and punched by a police officer at the airport in july. three days later, the iopc announced a police constable was under criminal investigation. the iopc says it has since received a further referral of a complaints detailing several allegations

from one of the people involved. >> the second police officer is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct for alleged breaches of police professional standards, including use of force . police including use of force. police have ramped up efforts to pursue rioters as the total number of arrests rises to 483. 149 charges have been made, with that figure expected to rise significantly as investigations continue. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting later to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days , and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up despite less violent protests last night where thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england, the largely peaceful crowd chanted refugees are welcome here. police. police had been braced for further violence , with thousands of violence, with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events rumoured. the prime minister says additional police presence is having an effect most important lesson is for those involving themselves in

disorder, because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged, some already in court, and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. >> that is a very important message to those involved in disorder. >> now , gb news can reveal >> now, gb news can reveal a labour councillor has been suspended from the party after footage emerged of him online saying the throats of rioters should be cut. ricky jones, a dartford borough councillor, appeared in a video where he spoke during an anti—racism demonstration. a labour party spokesperson has told gb news this behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. two writers have each been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violent disorder on merseyside. in the first televised sentencing hearing , 43 year in the first televised sentencing hearing, 43 year old john o'malley admitted violent disorder, while 69 year old william morgan admitted to the

violence, disorder and possessing an offensive weapon. more than 50 police officers were injured as protesters hurled bricks, lit fires and threw bottles. a day after three little girls were killed in an attack at a taylor swift themed dance class this morning. policing minister dame diana johnson told gb news she's optimistic following police responses yesterday. what we saw last night were the vast majority. >> the law abiding people of this country, expressing a view that we live in a tolerant britain . we are law abiding britain. we are law abiding people. we do not like to see this disorder, this violence, this disorder, this violence, this criminality on our streets. so i think it's that i think the pubuc so i think it's that i think the public revulsion at what happened, the police being on our streets, providing that security and safety and then the swift justice. i think it's a combination of things that makes me cautiously optimistic about how this is now being dealt with. >> meanwhile, it's another record high for reports of

anti—semitic incidents in the uk for the first half of this year, according to figures from a jewish security charity, the community security trust says it's registered almost 2000 cases in the first half of this year , compared to 964 over the year, compared to 964 over the same period last year. the charity , which provides charity, which provides protection for british jews against anti—semitic attacks, says it's the highest total ever reported in the first six months of any year . reported in the first six months of any year. and patients in england with an inherited blood disorder are to become the first in europe to benefit from a gene therapy costing well over £1 million. the treatment uses molecular scissors to disable a faulty gene that causes delayed growth, bone and hormonal problems , and affects quality problems, and affects quality and length of life in trials, 90% of people were effectively cured by a single treatment and a special set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic

royal palaces on images of the ten stamps. the main set of six includes the white tower tower green and the king's house. royal mail says the stamp celebrates the myth and legend ceremony and tradition of one of the most famous buildings in the world. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm karen walker. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news to direct your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com forward slash alerts . >> .com forward slash alerts. >> .com forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching seven minutes after 3:00. i'm nana akua. i'm for in martin daubney now. coming up right now , nearly 500 people right now, nearly 500 people have been arrested for taking part in violent disorder across the uk. this evening, the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting as he vows to not let up on riot crackdown as

police braced for 20 potential further gatherings tonight. and it also appears that sir keir starmer isn't afraid to crack down on his own party members as he suspended councillor ricky jones after he appeared to incite violence at a counter—protest. have a listen , counter—protest. have a listen, jeremy hunt. we've got children and women using those trains just during the summer holidays. >> they are disgusting, nasty and we need colder roads and get rid of them . all. i just want to rid of them. all. i just want to say thank you all. believe me now. how. >> now. >> and three, three, three three free palestine. we bring palestine. thank you. god bless you . you. >> what's the nice touch? he ends with? god bless you all. but his words. disgusting, nasty , but his words. disgusting, nasty, nasty nazi. sorry fascists and we need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all. that's what i heard . but gb news

what i heard. but gb news national reporter charlie peters joins us now. is that what he said? i mean, to just clarify, that's what i heard. >> yes, that's right. he said he wanted to get rid of nazi fascists and that we need to cut their throats. now, right at the beginning of the clip, you hear him briefly mentioning how women and children were on those trains. the clip starts a little bit after what he was speaking up before. now i understand based on some discussion i've seen about the clip and about that speech delivered last night in walthamstow. during those so—called counter demos to right wing protests that he's referring to an incident in kent. now, ricky jones, he's a borough councillor for dartford in kent, and there are reports in kent, and there are reports in that town at the end of last week about blades being hidden under right wing stickers and nationalist stickers on trains. now mr jones is nationalist stickers on trains. now mrjones is referring nationalist stickers on trains. now mr jones is referring to nationalist stickers on trains. now mrjones is referring to an now mr jones is referring to an incident when he's talking about how women and children were being threatened by those stickers, with blades hidden

underneath them, that the police and local authorities in kent spoke out about it. but his reaction has sparked significant pubuc reaction has sparked significant public concern. talking about the need to cut throats. now, the need to cut throats. now, the labour party , in a in a the labour party, in a in a statement, told us two hours ago that they had suspended him, that they had suspended him, that there was no space to tolerate this sort of completely unacceptable language. and we also heard from the met police in the last hour who said that they were aware of the significant public concern and were urgently investigating the footage. >> well, it's interesting that he felt he could just say that out loud like that with no, no comeback. of course, labour has a bit of form for that. we had azhar ali, but labour acted fairly swiftly on this. the next point then for them to do now, i mean, is it likely that they will not allow him to return in any way and represent the party? >> well, an investigation will go ahead. now, i imagine they'll wait for the police to conduct their own investigation as well. as we said, they're urgently looking into that . but there looking into that. but there will be a wider political

discussion about what we saw last night as well, because this morning, sir mark rowley , the morning, sir mark rowley, the commissioner of the met, said that he was grateful for some of those demonstrations last night. he said that they were a show of unity from communities. 25,000 people said to be on the streets. and i think what many people are concerned about in that clip, and i've seen many of our viewers write in about it, is that it is applauded. people behind rookie jones, that labour councillor cheering as he talks about nazi fascists and the need to cut their throats. and i think what's also particularly concerning is right at the front of the clip, you see two women stood next to him wearing hi vis vests. one of them does appear shocked after hearing about the cut throats, because that is, of course, incitement to violence that could be investigated by the police could see charges in that area. but as you see her, as he says, that line that very concerning line, she does appear shocked, but then follows the crowd. and that is the concern of crowds. that is the concern

of crowds. that is the concern of demonstrations that a few bad actors can rile up an otherwise peaceful crowd and lead to some concern. earlier today, we've also heard from our home affairs and security editor, mark white, his analysis on this situation, saying that it is concerning that we have the head of the met essentially praising people coming out, because when there are two sides to demonstrations and as mark said, we're lucky that there was only one side at many of these demonstrations. it can quickly fall out of hand. it's additionally difficult for the police to deal with demonstrations from two fiercely opposing political sides. but regardless of all that, regardless of all that, regardless of all the discussion about the politics of those demonstrations, we will see an urgent police investigation into those comments made last night at a rally in walthamstow, where labour councillor ricky jones is calling for cut throats of nazi fascists on our streets . fascists on our streets. >> charlie peters, thank you very much . well, what are your very much. well, what are your thoughts? gb news. com forward slash your say is that peaceful really cutting people's throats.

not really. 11 minutes after 3:00, as the nation woke up this morning . not to the images of morning. not to the images of burnt out buildings, but largely peaceful protest ish. has starmer passed his first big test? i'm joined now by gb news political editor , christopher political editor, christopher home. christopher, has he passed his test? >> a good question. >> a good question. >> i mean, the answer to that is we don't know yet because he is chairing a meeting of the cobra group tonight. >> all this key people around him in that cabinet office briefing room tonight, we know there are as many as 20 potential gatherings today, thursday , three thursday, three counter—protests. there's not as many as were planned for last night. that didn't happen in the end. >> we've heard from sir keir starmer saying he wants to reflect on last night and he called last night better than expected because there had been 160 planned last night. >> only 36 took place and the national police chiefs council is very pleased. >> the question is what comes next? >> i mean, i would look at this and go, well, we're nowhere near the numbers in 2011, 3000

arrests, then 2000 facing criminal charges. so with only 500 arrests, this is only barely a sixth of as bad as it was in 2011. judged on arrests, he was asked earlier today, sir keir starmer , will he now if this is starmer, will he now if this is past the worst and we hope so will. will this mean that you will. will this mean that you will go to the causes of what's going on here? we know about the concerns about immigration from our mailbox @gbnews. and is that part of it? and here's what we have to say. >> if we have indeed turned a corner and seen an end to the violence, is now the time to engage with the underlying tensions that are in communities over the issue of immigration? >> the first priority is safety and security of our communities. and yes, last night was much better than was expected. but we are not going to, you know , give are not going to, you know, give up on our efforts here. that's why it's very important that i continue my discussions coordinating with law enforcement, with police leaders

to make sure we've got the right officers in the right place to keep pushing on the criminal justice response. i was very keen that we were able to demonstrate that if you're involved in disorder, within days, you'll be in the criminal justice system . and some people justice system. and some people starting long terms of imprisonment that needs to continue. and so that is my sole focus . focus. >> so the sole focus of the prime minister is cracking down on and ensuring that these individuals vigils are are processed, jailed. >> if required. he's really going into his deep comfort blanket. he knows about law and order. he can do prosecutions. he knows how the system works. he knows how the system works. he knows how to make it work. he knows how to put a rocket up prosecutors to get going on this and demonstrate the problem here with getting people through the system and demonstrating that the government is or the police and law enforcement are cracking down hard on those who riot. the wider question, which is harder and he is not addressing it yet, is why are people rioting? is it all the far right to use their

term? is it people concerned about immigration? is it just people worried about what's happening here? they don't see a firm policy on immigration. they've junked the rwanda plan. we know that from the tory party. what's next? what what will he do about that ? we still will he do about that? we still have migrants in hotels. that's a, i would argue, a failed tory policy, which just gets people's backs up in communities. what will you do about this? and there's no attempt so far to reach out on the causes. fair enough. we're a day after the threat of rioting passed, but at some point soon, the pm has got to address the underlying causes here. >> well, also, i mean, if he's calling those protests peaceful, passive aggressive chants and the free palestine, that whole thing again, jewish people do not feel safe coming out in the streets. if a lot of the protests were that, why is he not sort of addressing that as well? because that to me, if i were jewish, would be passive aggressive and i wouldn't be coming out. >> we heard from charlie peters, describing how those remarks by that councillor were not at all peaceful. no cutting throats. that individual has been

suspended by labour. labour say this behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. this councillor has been suspended from the party, but yeah, i mean, what about the wider protest though? >> why be so careful? >> why be so careful? >> you can't be seen to be taking the side of one group, not the other, obviously. of course everyone's against violence and thuggery. of course everyone's against that. but equally there is concern about migration and that's not being looked at so far. >> well, what about the issue that it almost is silencing people who want to protest about immigration? because if i wanted to protest about immigration, i wouldn't dare show up just in case it was hijacked , maybe by case it was hijacked, maybe by the far right and i could be embroiled in it. so all of this has silenced the voices of people who want to express a concern about immigration. so how's he going to deal with that? >> well, i don't know yet. he hasn't talked about it yet. and you'd argue angela rayner, she's a community secretary. perhaps she should be out there saying, here's what we should do. and try and meet people concerned. meet not the rioters. they're in prison. they're being dealt, but meet other people concerned

about immigration and showing a degree of understanding that they are governing this country for everybody, and not trying to just put people who are concerned about immigration and call them all far. right? yeah. and that's not the right answer, because that's the whole point, isn't it? >> there are people there that want to represent their views on immigration. and if it is hijacked by extreme elements, then how do you separate yourself from that ? and that's yourself from that? and that's thatis yourself from that? and that's that is a big issue. and i don't know how he's going to solve it. and i'd like to hear more from him about trying daily to get him about trying daily to get him on. so he's still not spoken to, you know. >> well, we are we have had a minister today from the policing minister today from the policing minister more coming over the next few days. we are trying to get the government to explain this and answer our questions. we had last night. nick thomas—symonds on on the jacob rees—mogg at 8 pm. and we interviewed him there for the channel. well that's that's start. >> thank you very much christopher hope. right. well, i'm joined now by norman brennan. brennan, who's the director of the law and order foundation. norman, thank you very much for joining foundation. norman, thank you very much forjoining me. well, do you feel this is a sort of victory for keir starmer? has he shown his mettle and stopped what would have could have been a potentially riotous night?

>> i wouldn't call it a victory, it appears that the police and the establishment took it hook, line and sinker yesterday from hoax information bots within social media, stated they were going to be 100 separate demonstrations and rightly the police put into action a very good plan, and that was to flood the streets with police officers. >> the 6000 stand in soldier officers that keir starmer talks about aren't new. >> they are actually being taken away from forces divisions in the streets that are already being depleted, i think what's going to happen is, is that, keir starmer has got to actually wake up and look at the elephant in the room that he seems to be, missing. and that is, undocumented. >> and it's also , unmitigated >> and it's also, unmitigated mass migration. >> now, all of these offenders or most of these rioters, are taken to the streets and they're

doing it in the wrong way once the dust of battle and war has subdued, there's tens of millions of us. the adults that have got questions that we want answering from. >> so in answer to your question, keir starmer has got to wake up and smell the coffee because at the moment he seems to be swerving the elephant in the room, >> and since he's obviously been in power for thousand, have come here illegally and we haven't really heard any proper policies as to how he's going to tackle that, which is quite distressing, really , for a lot distressing, really, for a lot of people, because they won't know how to express their views. now let's come back to the misinformation or the hoax information. there was a lot of talk about hoax information , talk about hoax information, which led to a lot of the violence, which some some people have attributed. why the motivations for others who decided to be violent over the last few days , are they going to last few days, are they going to explain where they found their information or their sources, or why they went along with this? >> well, nana, let me tell you

this. the riots throughout britain were on the back of a lie . i saw exactly what happened lie. i saw exactly what happened within the hour. >> it was posted to me. i'm quite high profile on social media and i saw the i saw what was posted to me. it was a young lad, somebody, a bode or some sort of bot, person on social media selected a name that was connected to a muslim. he then knew that that name is connected to those that may well have entered britain illegally, and he also stated that he was under the watch of mi6 . well, in fact, the watch of mi6. well, in fact, it would have been mi5. i then saw another message that highlighted the true name, but by the time i actually looked at social media to see what was going on, hundreds of thousands, in fact, for millions clicked on that false misleading information and some very high profile people nana without checking any of that information, retweeted it . and information, retweeted it. and as a result of a lie, we have had national riots. hundreds of

police officers assaulted millions of pounds worth of damage, and the whole country living in some sort of fear on the back of a lie. now we have got to be very careful. and the caveat to all of this nana when we're talking about police in britain, i'll tell you what we need to do. i've been in policing and law and order for 45 years. the government theresa may, not theresa may. the government under keir starmer has said they want 13,000 more officers. were 2000 of those officers. were 2000 of those officers must be selected into eight. lots of 250 officers. every single one public order trained, ten dog handlers on every single one of those units. and what we also need is ten firearms officers. all of those eight units will be spread throughout britain. one will be in london. we need water cannons with with smart water dye and facial recognition. and what we do all of these demonstrators in their hundreds and thousands think that they can throw rocks,

assault police and cause huge amounts of criminal damage, will be sprayed with that smart dye. and as they go home, they're nit identified from the photographs and aerial views that we have got and put before the courts. do you know what nana? if we had eight of those groups that, where necessary, could join together 250 at a time, we will take the streets back from the criminal element. but you know what? keir starmer seems to be like? that guy , the naked guy on like? that guy, the naked guy on the horse. he doesn't think that everybody sees him for who he is. and after four weeks, i've never known a new prime minister to have so much on his plate. within four weeks. and when he was in opposition, nana, he had all the answers, all the solutions. >> well, well, he would argue that a lot of this has been, you know, started well before he even took office. and of course, the tory party have been in power for , what, 14 years power for, what, 14 years beforehand. so a lot of it could beforehand. so a lot of it could be put towards, you know, put

squarely at the feet of the tory party. but, yes. you can't shift the blame when you're in office. you have to take the rough with the smooth. and that is how it goes. and also to your comment with regard to police officers, i mean, who would be who would want to be a police officer these days? you know, given a lot of the things that have happened and the lack of support, it appears that many of them receive if they are embroiled in incidents, you know, who would want to do it ? know, who would want to do it? >> oh, no, you're absolutely right. only an hour ago , we've right. only an hour ago, we've been told a second, greater manchester police officer is under investigation. i don't want to go through the evidence, but what i will say is that what happens so often now, nana, is that the police are involved daily with often ugly looking arrests that if taken out of context, the public would say how outrageous. but when you're actually given other evidence, the surrounded evidence, what happened before? it's amazing what can happen . but in relation what can happen. but in relation to joining the police , i'll be to joining the police, i'll be quite honest with you, i love the job. it was in my blood . quite honest with you, i love the job. it was in my blood. i'm still one of their lead

independent advisers. and spokesperson. would i recommend anybody to join the british police service today? if it's your passion, do it. if it's not, don't bother. but even if you do bother, go to serving officers and find out it's not. like all that said in the glossy brochures . brochures. >> well, i think that would probably apply to most jobs for sure. if it's not your passion, i'd warn you not to do it. norman brennan, thank you very much. he's the director of the law and order foundation. right. m15 law and order foundation. right. mi5 have been criticised by the team investigating the agent who infiltrated the ira during the troubles. stay with me. that's on the way. i'm nana akua on gb news. britain's newsroom

welcome back. i am nana akua on gb news. i'm in for martin daubney now. later in the show we'll have the latest from day 13 of the paris olympics, where team gb's katarina johnson—thompson is hoping to

finally win an olympic heptathlon medal. but now to the latest on the mi5 agent who infiltrated the ira during the troubles, northern ireland's top police officer has said it's unacceptable that mi5 have provided material about him so late. so i'm joined now by gb. news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie to shed some light on it. dougie, tell us more . more. >> well, this is about operation kenova firmly headed up by the now chief constable of northern ireland, john bucha. and what it was looking at was were crimes weren't investigated during the troubles by the royal ulster constabulary . and kenova then constabulary. and kenova then uncovered that there was a lot of agents being run inside the ira and loyalist paramilitaries by mi5. now the legacy act that was brought into place was last year by the tory government, and cases that didn't make the

timescale in april last year would then not appear in court for prosecution, but would go over to the ispr, which is a body that looks at historical enquiries and gives loved ones the details of exactly what went on. but this goes much deeper because mi5 was running this agent called stakeknife. he was the head of the nutting squad, the head of the nutting squad, the disciplinary side of the ira, and it's said that many in and around that squad were also running as agents. so this information has now came to ian livingstone , who sir ian livingstone, who sir ian livingstone, who sir ian livingstone now heads up this inquiry and he has met with hilary benn this week to know or find out why the mi5 information that was formerly withheld has appeared on the 19th of july outside that timescale. now the labour government have said that they are going to do away with they are going to do away with the legacy act and allow prosecutions to go ahead. but the rhi is really, as that came

forward inside that time. is it now admissible in court or not? and have mi5 went out of their way to try and hide exactly what they were doing? a few of the people i was on with anne diamond one morning and i was talking about a young man whose father was an undercover policeman, who was shot by the ira, and his it was covered up in order to protect the informer , in order to protect the informer, the informers identity . so all the informers identity. so all thatis the informers identity. so all that is now going on in northern ireland. we'll see how it works out. but it doesn't look well for either. the mi5 or those in sinn fein that were formerly in the ira. >> fascinating stuff. dougie beattie . thank you very much. beattie. thank you very much. thatis beattie. thank you very much. that is dougie beattie and northern ireland reporter. just coming up to 31 minutes after 3:00. let's get your latest news headunes 3:00. let's get your latest news headlines with cameron walker . headlines with cameron walker. >> thanks, nana. good afternoon . >> thanks, nana. good afternoon. it's 330. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. a

second greater manchester police officer is under criminal investigation for assault after an incident at manchester airport last month. it comes after a video emerged of a man appearing to be appearing to be attacked. the independent police watchdog had previously announced a police constable was under criminal investigation, but says it has since received a further referral of a complaint detailing several allegations from one of the people involved. the second police officer is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct for alleged breaches of police professional standards, including use of force . police including use of force. police have ramped up efforts to pursue rioters as the total number of arrests rises to 483. 149 charges have been made with that figure expected to rise significantly as investigations continue. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting later to reflect on last night's and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up. despite less violent

protests last night where thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england. the largely peaceful crowd chanted refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence , been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events rumoured . now, gb news events rumoured. now, gb news can reveal a labour councillor has been suspended from the party after footage emerged of him online in which he said the throats of rioters should be cut. ricky jones, a dartford borough councillor, appeared in a video circulated online making those remarks at an anti—racism demonstration. a labour party spokesperson told gb news this behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated . and a banksy artwork tolerated. and a banksy artwork has been removed from an area of south london less than an hour after it was unveiled. the silhouette of a wolf howling on a satellite dish was posted to the bristol based artist's instagram this afternoon, but a number of men took it from a

roof in peckham, pushing a passer by who challenged them with a ladder. it's unknown where the artwork has been taken . where the artwork has been taken. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm cameron walker, more in half an hour for the very latest gb news to direct your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> thank you cameron. good afternoon. if you just tuned in. welcome. 33 minutes after 3:00. now, as ever, i'd love to hear your thoughts, your comments. if your thoughts, your comments. if you want to get in touch, get a gbnews.com/yoursay. i will read out the best of your messages in a little later on the show. i'm nana i'm in for martin daubney. this is gb

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accused social media companies of fuelling the protests, which were prompted by false claims that the suspect in the killing of the three girls in southport was an asylum seeker. ofcom have also said that these companies should act now. well, joining me is writer and broadcaster emma webb. emma webb , are we going webb. emma webb, are we going down a dicey pass with enabling or allowing the government or ofcom to start looking at some form of deeper regulation of social media companies ? social media companies? >> i think that the current online safety bill in its previous drafts was already too heavy handed anyway, so i think in some ways this is a bit of a red herring, when it comes to the initial misinformation that was spread about the attacker being an asylum seeker, i won't mention his name. >> i don't want to get a knock at the door. >> but that could have very easily been dealt with by proper communication from the police themselves. >> and they were very slow to do that. we saw the same thing, actually, after david amess, the mp who was murdered by an

islamist , there was this islamist, there was this immediate deflection and distraction with, online behaviour, as if he'd been murdered by some kind of rogue computer rather than an islamist knifeman, >> so, you know, i think that actually what is really to blame here, and i'm quite hesitant to say so because of the comments made already by the cps, by mark rowley and by west midlands police, that effectively said that those who criticise the police for two tier policing are inciting violence or inciting, protestors against their officers, but people do need to have a right to be able to talk about the way that the police choose to police and to criticise them, if it's warranted. and so i think actually the fact that the police have been so light handed with previous protests is far more to blame for the disorder we're seeing, because we've seen over the last years and particularly in the last couple of months, we've seen an increase in lawlessness on britain's streets, whether it's shoplifting , whether it's knife

shoplifting, whether it's knife crime, and particularly in relation to protests where we've seen people get off scot free, really, when it comes to, criminal damage, there are only a few instances where people have actually seen justice for breaking the law in the course of, protesting. >> so i think that's far more to blame for what we're seeing now with this , you know, ex, you with this, you know, ex, you know, extreme disorder, on our streets. >> and i also think that it's only going to make things worse if you crack down on people sharing information, that they otherwise wouldn't have seen and make people feel that they're in the dark when there is already a problem with with trust to the authorities, >> i think that that's only going to make the situation worse. so the comments from the met and the cps on this, i think are extremely unhelpful, and talk about cracking down on social media, while of course, things like incitement to violence that are already illegal, under the law . sure. illegal, under the law. sure. fine, but chilling. >> freedom of expression when it comes to criticising policing

tactics or when it comes to the sharing of information online, i think that that's extremely toxic , toxic, >> the other side of this, of course, is that those protests, the counter protests, which were deemed as peaceful, is one of them in particular, where ricky james, the dartford borough councillor, was seen calling people some quite offensive names. they were chanting free palestine and all of that sort of thing. and again, if you were jewish, you probably wouldn't want to be part of that. so there does seem, you know, that there does seem, you know, that the counter protest was not. it may have been peaceful as in, but it was passive aggressively peaceful, because if you were jewish, you wouldn't have gone on any of that. >> well, quite. and they're talking about inciting racial hatred and coming down very heavily on this and talking about things being insulting or likely to stir up, hatred , but likely to stir up, hatred, but they didn't seem to be particularly concerned. when that were, was, you know, chance for genocide in the streets of london weekend after weekend , london weekend after weekend, and so the idea that you can

just come out and say and repeatedly say there is no two tier policing and that the pubuc tier policing and that the public will just accept that i think is nonsense because they have eyes that, you know, people who have been out in london have seen it for themselves. i've been at protests where i've seen what i regard as two tier policing, and i really do think that, you know, you mentioned this video of the councillor who's now been suspended , but who's now been suspended, but also there are other cases where people, as you citizen journalism has been very important in highlighting not just these protests and riots, but also previous protests and riots too. and so if you start to crack down on the sharing of information on this, very you know, vague definition of likely to stir up hatred and make people feel that they're too afraid to share information online, that's going to have a chilling effect on what people are able to post and what people are able to post and what people are able to see. and frankly, without some of that citizen journalism from a select few journalists who have done an amazing job of raising awareness of what is actually taking place on britain's streets, we

wouldn't really know what was going on and we wouldn't really understand it. and of course, that would make it more difficult for us to criticise the police. >> well, that would appear to be the problem really, because in the problem really, because in the end you'll have one source of information which will be reputable and anything else and may well be silenced. emma webb, thank you very much. she's a writer and broadcaster. right. well forget going for a jog watching sport from the sofa can burn as many calories as exercise. i'll give my yoga tips for staying fit and flexible as you get older. in a few moments and a labour mp is under fire for historical tweets. not a good day for them. stay tuned. i'm nana akua on gb news, britain's news channel

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labour mp lauren edwards has apologised after a number of historical tweets resurfaced on x. now to bring us the latest is our reporter adam cherry, who's with me in the studio. so adam, some historic tweets that weren't so nice. what can you say. kind of what she said. >> well , i say. kind of what she said. >> well, i can't use the precise language because because we're on daytime television. but what i can say is the worst of these, you might say, comes from july 2009. so lauren edwards , the 2009. so lauren edwards, the newly elected labour mp for rochester and strood , she's only rochester and strood, she's only beenin rochester and strood, she's only been in post for one month. let's just get into it, she said. i want these so and so estonian so—and—sos out of my flat . that was in estonian so—and—sos out of my flat. that was in july estonian so—and—sos out of my flat . that was in july 2009. she flat. that was in july 2009. she described she was rude towards a homeless person or said she would like to be violent towards a homeless person. this was in july 2011. grisly stuff. now you might say, look, this is from over a decade ago and i'll read her apology in a moment, but we've got the tweet on the

screen. >> not all of you see some of the again, we can't show the precise language, but you get the idea. >> grisly stuff. now, she has already apologised for this as a series of these, as those on television are seeing now. i have recently been made aware of a small number of tweets that i posted on twitter from over a decade ago, which i now deeply regret. they were a significant error of judgement on my part and i apologise wholeheartedly. she's also a labour councillor and has been since 2021 since becoming a local councillor and more recently an mp. i have seen first hand the importance of bringing communities together and working with tolerance and respect for all in our society. i pledge to use my platform to continue that important work. now the question is here is how did this get past vetting? so the national executive committee, the national executive committee, excuse me if i can get my words out, executive committee, excuse me if i can get my words out , there if i can get my words out, there are questions then even a senior member of that committee, a chap called mish rahman saying we missed these during our due diligence checks. we should have caught this out. now of course, again, this is a long time ago,

but bear in mind, keir starmer has said repeatedly throughout his election campaign and prior to that, during his tenure as leader of the opposition, that he wants the first, wants first class candidates and we'll have a zero tolerance approach. this is a direct quote, a zero tolerance approach to anti—semitism , racism or anti—semitism, racism or discrimination of any kind. now the question is, is this apology enough or is she going to be in trouble with this? >> i think she may well be in trouble with that one. adam cherry, thank you very much . i cherry, thank you very much. i mean, who does that i like in all my time? you will not find me tweeting things like that even me tweeting things like that ever. not even not even 20 years ago. i don't even think x was there by then . or twitter, but there by then. or twitter, but listen, lots of people getting in touch with your views. gbnews.com/yoursay i will read some of those out, but now scientists have found that watching sport from the sofa can burn as many calories as exercise. now they claim that the bodily reactions during a 90 minute football match on telly were equal to the effects of a 45 minute run. i don't think it's including how much beer

you're consuming whilst you're doing that though, so you can delete that. but joining us now to discuss is the coronation street legend and big football fan, charlie lawson. charlie lawson. hey. hi. really, nana. >> you're looking well, kid. >> you're looking well, kid. >> thank you. back on me. back off me . holidays. it was lovely. off me. holidays. it was lovely. >> i saw you on your holidays and you weren't burning any calories at all. my girl. >> well, that's what you think, charlie . but let's see if you charlie. but let's see if you can burn some calories watching this. roll the tape, charlie. watch this. burn some calories. oh, well, that's me doing the downward facing dog. got my leg up in the air. i'm going backwards. go on. oh 0000. did it nice and slow. that is not a slow mo . i am old, by the way, slow mo. i am old, by the way, i can. i slow mo. i am old, by the way, i can i used slow mo. i am old, by the way, i can. i used to be the queen of the backflip. 15 in a row, with a double back somersault at the end. see, charlie, did you burn any calories doing that? yeah. oh, this one i did a warm up and then we go up doing a handstand splits and legs up together. are

you impressed ? you impressed? >> i am well impressed. >> i am well impressed. >> darling. >> darling. >> what are you doing later? so, did you burn calories watching that? >> talk to me about burning calories, watching sport. >> well, i well, i couldn't possibly comment on that, my darling. >> suffice to say, you can come to dinner anytime and teach me how to do the splits , but. look, how to do the splits, but. look, yes, i think this is complete nonsense. there's some silly little twerp sitting in an office who's who's coming up with this stuff. i mean, look, i know what it's like to have a lot of money on a horse and watch the racing . and i know you watch the racing. and i know you can be as tense and jump around the room and all this love, but i think this is absolute nonsense. apart from the fact is, you quite rightly say a large glass of burgundy in your right hand and being excited about, the goodwood races. it doesn't really, doesn't really work, i do exercise, i have a large german shepherd and i do several miles every day. my days

of going to the gym are well and truly over. when you hit 60, vanhy truly over. when you hit 60, vanity tends to disappear. i'm afraid . but, vanity tends to disappear. i'm afraid. but, i vanity tends to disappear. i'm afraid . but, i would take this afraid. but, i would take this as a pinch of salt and i think people should all exercise. i think is vital. even if you're walking. it's. i mean, and one positive thing to come out of this rubbish we all had to endure about the covid crap was couch to five k. apologies for that language. >> there i go. >> there i go. >> sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry not sorry charlie. and, but but but people did get off their backsides and do couch to five k my debbie did it and all the rest of it . so, but i my debbie did it and all the rest of it. so, but i tend to think that this is just trying to change the front of the newspapers, really. i mean, it's also bloody grim at the minute. thank god for the olympics and hopefully the olympics will encourage people to get out and do more sport as well, but i don't believe sitting at home watching an old fern game, much as i get excited, is going to take any weight off me. especially because i go to the

pub afterwards . pub afterwards. >> are you watching it with a giant beer, charlie lawson, it's always a pleasure to talk to you , always a pleasure to talk to you, thank you very much for joining me. so your thing is walking. what would you say? what do you think our hopes are for the olympics so far? has it been quite impressive? if you watch? it's been. >> yes, i have, i've been watching it all. primarily nana to take my mind off what's going on, all over the nation, so, yes, i've been watching a lot of it. i think the english, the women's hockey game is extraordinary. i think it's improved so much, we've got the gymnastics, which was extraordinary, as you. i mean , extraordinary, as you. i mean, simone biles. what a girl. what? all of them were brilliant, and i. and now we've got even stuff like the weightlifting to watch and all that sort of carry on. and, you know, we've got some big stuff to come . and, you know, we've got some big stuff to come. i'm and, you know, we've got some big stuff to come . i'm loving big stuff to come. i'm loving every minute of it. and i hope you are too lovely. >> thank you. charlie lawson, lovely to talk to you. very good to see you. that is the brilliant, legendary charlie lawson . right. police have made lawson. right. police have made 483 arrests in relation to the

violent disorder following the south park killings. and more yobs have been jailed today. again so stay with us for all of that. keep your comments coming. gbnews.com/yoursay don't forget as well you can download the gb news app. it's completely free or stream the show live on youtube. stay tuned so much more! i'm nana akua on gb news britain's newsroom. now it's time though to get an update with your weather with annie shuttleworth . shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of the day, it is unfortunately staying pretty cloudy and quite damp. it's going to stay muggy overnight as well, but tomorrow is looking a lot clearer. that's because a cold front will push through the country overnight

tonight. before then though, we've got a selection of warm fronts bringing that muggy, humid air and quite a bit of rain to parts of scotland, northern england. through this evening, some fairly persistent drizzly rain across parts of wales, southern areas of england that should linger through much of the night, whereas further north it will turn a bit fresher. as the night goes on, clearer and drier air will move in by the morning, so it's not going to be quite as close across parts of scotland and northern ireland, but across the far south, temperatures holding up into the high teens. so quite a muggy start to the day across many southern areas of england. some drizzly rain still as well, particularly across the southeast , particularly across the southeast, lingering towards lunchtime. temperatures here 19 degrees in the west, though parts of west wales already a bit brighter by tomorrow morning. northern ireland and western scotland seeing some sunshine, but also a risk of a few showers through tomorrow morning and there is a bit of a westerly wind as well, so it will be a bit breezier if you are across the west coast through friday, but in general it's going to be a brighter and

sunnier day for much of the uk. once that rain does clear away to the south and east, the risk of showers does continue for particularly northern areas of scotland, but across wales and much of england, as well as northern ireland, it should stay dry and bright through much of the day and in the sunshine it will feel quite warm. temperatures around 23 to 25 degrees across central and eastern areas of england in the high teens. further north. friday evening doesn't look too bad . plenty of sunshine to end bad. plenty of sunshine to end the working week, but overnight cloud will build once again from the south and west. introducing more humid air for saturday will likely brighten up by the afternoon, but it's sunday and monday when the temperatures are set to rise to the high 20s and low 30s. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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coming up to 4:00. i'm nana akua. i'm standing for in martin daubney on the menu. police have made nearly 500 arrests as the crackdown on the violent disorder continues. disgusting, nasty. and we need all the fruits and that's the voice of councillor ricky jones. labour have suspended him for what they've called completely unacceptable behaviour, as he appeared to incite violence at a counter—protest. and the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting today. he's vowed to not let up in the response to the riots as police brace for 20 potential further gatherings tonight. although i wonder where they're getting their intelligence from and tory leadership candidate robert jenrick has been accused of islamophobia after saying people who shout allahu akbar should be arrested. and this is very unusual. king charles asked the government to for daily updates on demonstrations as tensions remain high. so is it time for

him to speak publicly or should he just wind his neck? in all that and more between now and six? well, i want to hear your thoughts as opposed to your comments . gbnews.com/yoursay. comments. gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's time to get your latest news headlines with cameron walker . cameron walker. >> thanks, nana. good afternoon. it's 4:01. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. a second greater manchester police officer is under criminal investigation for assault after an incident at manchester airport last month . it comes airport last month. it comes after a video emerged of a man appearing to be kicked and punched by a police officer inside a terminal building. the independent police watchdog had previously announced a constable was under criminal investigation, but says it's since referred received a further referral of a complaints

detailing several allegations from one of the people involved. the second police officer is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct for alleged breaches of police professional standards, including use of force. police have ramped up efforts to pursue rioters as the total number of arrests rises to 483 charges total 149. with that figure expected to rise significantly as investigations continue. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting later to reflect on last night and planned for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up. despite less violent protests last night where thousands rallied in cities and towns across england, the largely peaceful crowds chanted refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events rumoured. the prime minister says additional police presence is having an impact. >> most important lesson is for those involving themselves in

disorder, because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged , some already in court, charged, some already in court, and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. that is a very important message to those involved in disorder. >> gb news can reveal a labour councillor has been suspended from the party after footage emerged of him online, in which he said the throats of rioters should be cut. ricky jones, a dartford borough councillor, appeared in a video circulating onune appeared in a video circulating online making those remarks as an anti—racism demonstration . a an anti—racism demonstration. a labour party spokesperson told gb news this behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. and two rioters have each been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violence disorder. on merseyside, 43 year old john o'malley admitted violence disorder, while 69 year old william morgan admitted to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon . more than

an offensive weapon. more than 50 police officers were injured as protesters hurled bricks, lit fires and threw bottles a day after three little girls were killed in an attack at a taylor swift themed dance class . swift themed dance class. meanwhile, it's another record high for reports of anti—semitic incidents in the uk for the first half of this year. that's according to figures from a jewish security charity. the community security trust says it's registered almost 2000 cases in the first half of the yean cases in the first half of the year, compared to 964 over the same period last year. the charity, which provides protection for british jews against antisemitic attacks, says it's the highest total ever reported in the first six months of any year . a reported in the first six months of any year. a labour mp has apologised and said she deeply regrets a series of tweets she made more than ten years ago. after the post resurfaced on social media. in a statement on x , formerly known as twitter, x, formerly known as twitter, lauren edwards said she had made

a significant error of judgement . a significant error of judgement. the recently elected mp for rochester and strood made remarks about estonians, a halal restaurant and parliamentary cleaners in now deleted posts dating between 2009 and 2011. a banksy artwork has been removed from an area in south london. less than an hour after it was unveiled, the silhouette of a wolf howling on a satellite dish was posted to the bristol based artist's instagram this afternoon, but a number of men tookit afternoon, but a number of men took it from a roof in peckham, pushing a passer by who challenged them with a ladder. it's unknown where the artwork has been and we will bring you those pictures as soon as we have them . and patients in have them. and patients in england with an inherited blood disorder are to become the first in europe to benefit from a gene therapy costing well over £1 million. the treatment uses molecular scissors to disable a faulty gene that causes delayed growth, bone and hormonal problems , and affects quality problems, and affects quality and length of life in trials ,

and length of life in trials, 90% of people were effectively cured by a single treatment . a cured by a single treatment. a special set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic royal palaces on images of the ten stamps. the main set of six includes the white tower , tower includes the white tower, tower green and the king's house. royal mail says the stamp celebrates the myth and legends ceremony and tradition of one of the most famous buildings in the world. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm karen walker. 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 coming up to seven minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua. now nearly 500 people have been

arrested for taking part in violent disorder across the uk. this evening, the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting as he vows to not let up on riot crackdowns as police brace for 20 potential further gatherings. tonight and it also appears that sir keir starmer isn't afraid to crack down on his own party members as he suspended councillor ricky jones after he appeared to incite violence at a counter—protest. have a listen. hey ho , we've got children and hey ho, we've got children and women using those trains just dunng women using those trains just during the summer holidays. >> they are disgusting, nasty and we need to older roads and get rid of them . all. i just get rid of them. all. i just want to say thank you all. believe me now. >> and three, three, three palestine free free palestine free free palestine . free free palestine. >> thank you. god bless you . >> thank you. god bless you. >> thank you. god bless you. >> it also appears to be a lady from amnesty international. she's wearing a top with this

logo on their behind. but if you did hear what he said and this is what i heard, disgusting nazi fascists and we need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all. but he does end it with thank you. god bless you all. let's speak to gb news national reporter charlie peters, who joins us now. charlie, that is what he said. i'm not mistaken, am i? >> no. that's right. i mean, he did say that it's time to cut the throats of nazi fascists on the throats of nazi fascists on the streets of britain to get rid of them, he said. and he made the gesture for those listening on the radio. rickie jones, this labour councillor from dartford, did make a throat cutting gesture across his throat as he said it so extremely concerning footage that was circulating online. this morning. now, as it stands, the labour party has described this behaviour as completely unacceptable. it cannot be tolerated and they said that they had suspended mrjones pending an investigation. now the metropolitan police have also told gb news that they are urgently investigating the footage after significant public

concern was raised about this footage from a so—called counter demonstration in walthamstow last night. but i should stress , last night. but i should stress, i mean, we're calling them counter demonstrations, but there was no demonstration to counter. as with many of those demos we saw across the country, there was no far right presence to stand up to. so what we had in effect last night was a big left wing crowd. you saw the smash racism and fascism by any means necessary on placards behind them there. palestine flags as well. you've pointed, haven't you? now to the amnesty international high vis jacket. there stood behind rookie jones that labour councillor as he makes his speech and i think also what's quite revealing about that incident is that he is clapped . he is applauded as is clapped. he is applauded as he makes those statements. and i was on the streets of aldershot last night covering a similar demonstration by stand up to racism, where we did also see several placards describing nazi

scum on our streets. i think while this is obviously a political issue for the labour party, having one of their councillors potentially inciting violence, potentially facing a police investigation, there's also some trouble for the police. of course. this morning dunng police. of course. this morning during the broadcast media round, the met commissioner, sir mark rowley , said that there was mark rowley, said that there was a show of unity from our communities last night. well, i think even the most tolerant and generous understanding of what occurred in walthamstow last night would not describe calls to cut throats as an example of showing unity. >> well, i'm also not sure if the jewish people would feel safe if with the whole chanting, i mean, i don't know. but anyway, charlie peters, thank you very much. i'm joined now by gb news political editor christopher hope. christopher. how long, how well, sorry is keir starmer doing? >> he's well, he's passed the first test. it seems that as of last night , the getting more last night, the getting more people. sentenced through the court system. some now in prison

just days after the trouble started last week is a moment to try and impress on people. don't riot that you will ruin your life. you know career prospects are ruined if you go to prison for any length of time. of course, there's a cobra meeting tonight at 6:30 pm. the pm is saying we need to reflect on on last night. the plan for the coming days is now the focus, as many as 20 gatherings tonight. three of these counter—protests. but as charlie says, will he actually happen or will it be protests on either from the left or the right, 160 have been planned for last night. just 36 took place. there was only a very small amount of disorder. so the pm i think, should be satisfied. he's got a lid on the on the violence. it was escalating dangerously or felt so, didn't it? at 24 hours ago. he was asked, though, about lessons to be learned and he hasn't. he's not quite got to the point of trying to address the concerns of many people who are upset about immigration. this is what i had to say. >> no, no, sorry . >> no, no, sorry. >> okay. >> okay. >> no worries. >> no worries. >> he was asked about that

earlier about and he said his focus right now, his sole focus in his language is on the troubles. and he won't go towards what's the concern here? there was immigration concerns. are you far right? if you worry about immigration, the success of reform uk, the lack of success by the tories would suggest that the reform is not necessarily a far right issue, but an issue held by many people across the country. >> it would be good if he could address it. adam cherry is also with me. adam, tell me about this labour mp who has apologised after the historical tweets resurfaced. >> yeah, so it's another test for keir starmer. how does he respond to this? lauren edwards , respond to this? lauren edwards, the newly elected mp for rochester and strood , posting rochester and strood, posting over over a decade ago, a series of inflammatory and offensive tweets. i can't use the precise language because we're on daytime television. >> it's on the screen. >> you can see some of this on the screen right now in the gaps yourself. i want these so and so estonian so and so's out of my flat. there are others about, pakistani people and it's quite grisly stuff as you've just

said. she has apologised. i have recently been made aware of a small number of tweets that i posted on twitter from over a decade ago. i deeply regret that, calling it a significant error of judgement and saying that since she's become a local councillor, she's also a councillor, she's also a councillor by the way, i have seen first hand the importance of bringing communities together. now, the question is , together. now, the question is, given that the labour national executive committee is supposed to vet these candidates and guarantee, in sir keir starmer's words, that they are first class candidates. how did this slip through the net and what is going to happen now, given how ruthless starmer is in suspending the whip to other mps? >> well, you say that, but wes streeting, before he became an mp, talked about a jan marr and about her being killed under a train. true, true. he has apologised. yes in time completely. >> and we can have a discussion about what's in and what's in bad taste, what's what's a joke and so on. but bear in mind he, keir starmer said a zero

tolerance approach. he would he would create a zero tolerance approach to anti—semitism, racism or discrimination of any kind. now that's a real test of that's a real benchmark. labour are not commenting at the moment, but given the scale of this, i think it's a real problem for them. >> christopher, is it likely that you think starmer may well react quite seriously to this one as well? i mean , it does one as well? i mean, it does seem that they are dropping like flies. the mps or councillors have said something. many years ago ican have said something. many years ago i can safely say i've never said anything like that ever on social media. and i would never say that. so the language is a lot is appalling. >> i mean, i think, you know, you know, reform uk are saying that had this been any of their mps, imagine that they, you know, use that social media language , the pile on from other language, the pile on from other from other journalists and language, the pile on from other from otherjournalists and media saying how how would this guy must be hounded out? this woman must be hounded out? this woman must be hounded out? this woman must be hounded out of the party. we're yet to hear how adams says that from the labour party , but the remarks are party, but the remarks are appalling. they're made in 2009. but she was an adult then, and they weren't haven't been dealt with. and they are, say, the

lack of judgement. they, they go way beyond that. and it's dreadful. >> well thank you very much, christopher hope and also adam cherry. right. well the man who could be the next tory leader, robert jenrick, is defending himself after receiving criticism for saying that police should arrest protesters who shout allahu akbar. have a listen . listen. >> you know, i thought it was quite wrong that somebody could shout, what about allah akbar on the streets of london and not be immediately arrested or. >> well, joining us now is doctor charles hardy erg, a founder of oxford institute for british islam , so tosh is it british islam, so tosh is it a comment that can be said that could be said in a very negative fashion, or is it basically a nice thing to say? >> well, generally the term allahu akbar god is great is meant to be used for prayers and for all types of , positive things, >> god doesn't, condone evil. >> god doesn't, condone evil. >> so when we have created jihadis and muslim militants slaughtering people, cutting off

their heads and saying allahu akban their heads and saying allahu akbar, god is great, while taking life in this cowardly and dastardly way , that's clearly dastardly way, that's clearly a violation of the religion. they have misused the religion, they have misused the religion, they have perverted it. so depending on the context, allahu akbar in that particular, situation is extremely provocative and intimidating. and we as muslims should condemn that. i think i've heard so many muslims speaking on this issue, and they don't talk about the fact that how some muslims, al—qaeda or taliban, isis and so forth, they misuse and abuse this term , misuse and abuse this term, which is actually just a term of, emphasising the greatness of god. and i don't think any person who's a believer, whether jew or christian or buddhist or bahaior jew or christian or buddhist or bahai or whatever, that believes in god, but has any any issue with that. but when that term is used for, say, in a violent , used for, say, in a violent, intimidatory fashion, slaughtering someone, murdering people, bombing up people, suicide attacks and so forth, and using that term , that's

and using that term, that's a total violation of what islam is about. and something that we as muslims should condemn. unreservedly. >> and isn't that the point that robert jenrick was making? because it does feel as though people have deliberately taken it out of context, as his point was that , yes, said in was that, yes, said in a peaceful fashion, it's fine. but within a disruptive or quite seriously unkind demonstration where people are chanting other things that are quite, obscene, that using that term there in that using that term there in that context and aggressively is actually quite threatening . actually quite threatening. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> everything is context dependent. nana. >> i mean, you know, for example, i can say the term while i'm praying, while i'm, you know, if i have, for example, i have a puncture in the highway, you know, god is great. >> what i'm going to do, you know, stuff like that. there's nothing wrong with that . that's nothing wrong with that. that's a right, peaceful context to say so . but in a demonstration where so. but in a demonstration where you're trying to intimidate others and, make them feel uncomfortable , then clearly this

uncomfortable, then clearly this is not good. what i'm really amazed is that so many muslim spokesmen hasn't called out these right wing muslim fascists. okay, there's no no other term for them. if we're going to have far right people in this country demonstrating, burning libraries and so forth. and when we have muslim fascists also, condoning, all types of violence and intimidation of other people , we should be other people, we should be calling that out as well. we can't have two rules. we can't have a two tier system and nato. >> so what would you say? because i know you said you want more muslims should call this out, you know, i'd love to see that. i'd love to see more muslims actually calling this out. why do you think people deliberately misinterpret what he's saying? because to me, it's quite clear what he's saying. i get his point. you understand it as well. why do you think people are just literally, deliberately taking it out of context and trying to persecute him for identifying muslims like many other communities and malaysia's focus on muslims here, they do not understand the concept of

self—criticism and introspection . self—criticism and introspection. >> we always want to point the finger at others , never at finger at others, never at ourselves. for example, i haven't heard any muslim and neither on your channel asking why is the far right so opposed to muslims and muslims? we never really debate that question. i mean, muslims are not guiltless in this. they have, created a situation where people see muslims as a threat to this society. you don't find the yobbos, the right wingers or what, far right, whatever you want to call them. having issues with buddhists, having issues with buddhists, having issues with hindus, but they have issues with, muslims . so why are issues with, muslims. so why are we not debating and talking about our muslims culpable in making this a hostile environment for themselves and that that is the spark that gets yobbos all excited and wanting to do bad things to muslims. we have to take the bull by the horns. we can't just blame the right wingers and the far right. we have to ask a simple question why did that? muslims in general

in this country are so hated and reviled and so forth ? yeah. did reviled and so forth? yeah. did did they contribute either directly or indirectly, vicariously or deliberately to the situation? no one is debating that. >> but what do you think that those within the muslim community are not discussing that or or, you know , that or or, you know, acknowledging that maybe there is some element of culpability. but to be fair, we see no evil, hear no evil and so forth. >> and also by the way, our lot are pure, and great is the other lot is evil and bad. >> i mean, so we need to get beyond that, you know, and say , beyond that, you know, and say, listen, yes, we get bad muslims, you get good muslims, you get good, far right people and you get bad far right people. and we need to be, consistent in condemning bad wickedness from both sides. >> yeah. extremists on each side. neither are good doctor taj haj, thank you very much. he's the founder of the oxford institute for british islam. right. well, gb news national

reporter. we've got some breaking news. as gb news national reporter charlie peters has an update for us on the councillor, who had been suspended by labour following comments made at a protest last night. charlie, give us the latest. >> yeah, well, earlier today the metropolitan police, they were urgently investigating the footage and they've now said in a statement in the last few moments that a man in his 50s was arrested at an address in south east london. he's currently in police custody and has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder. and for a separate public order offence. and in sharing that statement, they've shared a post on x, which is the original footage that we brought to you earlier today of that labour councillor ricky jones. making a throat slitting gesture as he called for nazi fascists to have their throats cut on the streets in britain, highly charged and very controversial footage now, earlier today, the labour party said they had suspended councillor ricky jones pending an investigation. but the metropolitan police now giving

us that update that a man has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder and a public order offence, is currently in custody in a police station in south london. >> well, listen, charlie, we'll bnng >> well, listen, charlie, we'll bring you more on you bring us more on that. we've got loads more on that. we've got loads more on that too. as well. thank you very much. charlie rowley. he's there giving us an update on that breaking news story, that , councillor, ricky , ricky that, councillor, ricky, ricky jones has been arrested. arrested? yeah. well, okay. stay tuned . we'll keep you updated. tuned. we'll keep you updated. i'll bring you all the news. this is gb news britain's news channel

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13 of the paris olympics . but a 13 of the paris olympics. but a big story. the nhs is to launch its first ever service for transgender patients wanting to return to the gender of their birth. now the move is to help people . detransition, which was people. detransition, which was announced as part of the cass review, and common sense finally. well, joining me now is the director of campaigns at sex matters, fiona mckenna . fiona, matters, fiona mckenna. fiona, thank you very much for joining me. so finally, a service for people who want to detransition. it's been a long time, really a long time coming. >> yes. well, the people campaigning around the transgender issue have always insisted there are no detransitioners. they've always said people know what they are, they make their decision. they never change their minds. but we've known that's not true, there haven't been very good studies of it. but when there haven't been very good studies of it . but when people studies of it. but when people have tried to investigate a number of things have happened. one person who tried to do an academic study on it was refused permission by his university to do it . they were worried about do it. they were worried about bringing the university into disrepute. so the actual data

has not been out there. other people have found that detransitioners people who change their mind didn't go back to the clinic that had transitioned them, or if they did go back the clinic said, we can do nothing for you. so you potentially have a big population of people who are lost to the medical system. no one knows how many. and, you know, they do have complex medical needs because taking cross—sex hormones with or without surgery makes permanent changes to people's bodies. and some of those are not good. >> well, isn't part of this as well that for the detransitioning. they, they don't. sorry. excuse me. they don't. sorry. excuse me. they don't go back to where they went either because of course if you go back you could be convinced to nothing to see here or the numbers. know who's going to admit that people are detransitioning at a certain rate. they don't have the data, do they? >> yeah. that's right. there was a letter today that doctor hilary cass wrote to nhs england about the adult gender clinics. and in it she said that some

clinics treat those who go back expressing regret at their transition as just another type of dysphoria, rather than, say , of dysphoria, rather than, say, this person made a mistake and now we have to help them deal with that. they say, oh, this is just another stage in your gender journey. and that's brutal. so it's no wonder those people just give up and go away. >> they're very, very difficult to deal with. but interesting that this has only just come up now, because it seems quite clear to me that a lot of people who've transitioned, who do want to detransition don't know to where go. where have they been going before this ? going before this? >> well, who knows? i mean, it's been very much suppressed. it's been very much suppressed. it's been difficult to get any numbers at all. there are a few brave individuals who talk about this, and of course, they rightly say we're not detransitioning because you cannot undo the things that have happened, but they do need medical help. so just for example, women who've taken , example, women who've taken, testosterone for a number of years end up with, incontinence ,

years end up with, incontinence, prolapse of their internal organs , very serious organs, very serious consequences. yeah, that's just one thing that no one wants to talk about. so i suspect there may be many of these people, and many of them will be young, you know, in their late teens and in their 20s, who are really desperate for this kind of help. and, of course, they're made to feel ashamed . they're made to feel ashamed. they're made to feel ashamed. they're made to feel that it's somehow their fault because they were so sure of their identity. one of the aduu of their identity. one of the adult clinics reportedly in doctor cass's letter had the philosophy that it's up to patients to make their own mistakes. i wouldn't call that healthcare. >> wow. that's. and that's quite a serious mistake. it's an irreversible mistake , actually, irreversible mistake, actually, and no one wants to make that mistake at all, fiona, just very, very briefly, i wanted to touch on your thoughts on the boxing situation with khalifa, who has the international boxing association have said that he she. i think she has xy chromosomes, which are, of course, male . and what are your

course, male. and what are your thoughts on all of this in particular in the field of boxing? >> well, the focus needs to be on the ioc here because they're running the boxing in paris. this is happening in boxing because their position is i don't care what sex you are, if you say you're a female, that's good enough . and they've said good enough. and they've said that very explicitly. and the consequences in boxing are potentially very serious. and i think that's why it's getting so much attention. but this is happening in other other sports too. the boxers in question are or their national federations or the ioc could all put a stop to this speculation by putting the information out. but they have refused to do so. and we can draw our own conclusions from that. i think it's, it's clearly not a good situation for any of the boxers, but it's the women in that competition who concern me most. >> yeah. so we'll probably end up with the final with, well, two biological males fighting against each other and the women's. women's boxing. fiona mckenna, thank you very much. really good to talk to you. that's fiona mackinnon. she's a director of campaigns at sex matters. right. breaking news

great britain's ellie aldridge has won a gold medal in the women's kitesurfing at the paris olympics. hooray! but now let's get your latest news headlines with cameron walker . with cameron walker. >> good afternoon. it's 431. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. now we've got some breaking news for you in the last few minutes. a suspended labour councillor has been arrested after footage emerged of him online in which he allegedly incited the murder of anti—immigration protesters. met police officers say they arrested a man in his 50s at an address in south—east london under the public order act. he is in custody at a south london police station, a labour party spokesperson previously told gb news his alleged actions are completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. now a second greater manchester police officer is under criminal investigation for assault after

an incident at manchester airport last month. it comes after a video emerged of a man appearing to be kicked and punched by a police officer inside a terminal building. the independent police watchdog had previously announced a police constable was under criminal investigation, but says it has since received a further referral of complaint. the second police officer is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct for alleged breaches of police professional standards, including use of force . police have ramped up force. police have ramped up efforts to pursue rioters as the total number of arrests rise to 483 charges total 149, with that figure expected to rise significantly as investigations continue. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting later to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up. despite less violent protests last night where thousands rallied in cities and towns across england, the largely peaceful crowd chanted

refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed in more than 100 events rumoured . now, than 100 events rumoured. now, a banksy artwork has been removed from an area in south london, less than than an hour after it was unveiled, the silhouette of a wolf howling on a satellite dish was posted to the bristol based artist's instagram. this afternoon, but a number of men tookit afternoon, but a number of men took it from a roof in peckham, pushing a passer by who allegedly who challenged them with a ladder. it's unknown where the artwork has been taken and a labour mp has apologised and a labour mp has apologised and said she deeply regrets a series of tweets she made more than ten years ago. after the post resurfaced on her social media. in a statement on x, formerly twitter, lauren edwards said she had made a significant error of judgement. the recent elected mp for rochester and strood made remarks about estonians, a halal restaurant and parliamentary cleaners in the now deleted post dating between 2009 and 2011. well,

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attack at the taylor swift concert this weekend. but first, in a. in the last few minutes, health secretary wes streeting has been speaking on labour's plans for the nhs and he was asked about gp's recent decision to take industrial action. and here's what he had to say. >> i don't think collective action is necessary. i think collective action was a last resort that gp's resorted to because, frankly, the last conservative government treated them with contempt. >> when i came into this department as a new health and social care secretary, i was appalled to find qualified gps left unemployed by the last conservative government and within a matter of weeks , we've within a matter of weeks, we've taken immediate to action employ 1000 more gp's. this autumn . i 1000 more gp's. this autumn. i think that shows that when this government says we want to work with gps, that we understand the pressure they're under and we want to work with them to rebuild general practice, those aren't just warm words. within a matter of weeks, we're walking

the talk. so my message to gps is work with us. you don't need to fight this government because ultimately we're on your side and we're all on the side of patients. i think collective action at this stage would not only hurt patients, it would also put more pressure on other parts of the nhs when frankly, as a whole nhs team, we need to pull together so we can take the nhs from the worst crisis in its history to getting it back on its feet and making sure it's fit for the future . fit for the future. >> so that was wes streeting, he said that collective action should be a last resort and that the labour party want to work with them to build general practice. of course, them being the gp as he called on them to work with us. and he said at this stage collective action would put pressure on the nhs and it really wasn't the right place to be doing that at this moment. what are your thoughts ? moment. what are your thoughts? gbnews.com/yoursay he said that the labour government wants to work with the gp as well. moving

on. last night, thousands of anti—racism protesters took to the streets in a show of solidarity against anti—immigration groups. and while they were largely peaceful, there are fears that there could be more violent demonstrations this weekend. but how are the police coping in all of this? more than 13,000 officers were signed off due to stress last year, and when we actually look at the riots earlier this week, who on earth would actually want to do the job? well, joining me now is former police officer rob hoskins, who has ptsd after five years of service, rob, i mean, you saw a lot of things have gone on in the last sort of ten days. we saw the police in an altercation with some some people at manchester airport. the police second officer is now currently, potentially being charged. who would want to do the job? >> that's a good question . who >> that's a good question. who would want to do the job? >> and unfortunately, so many changes have to be made in the police service to actually get a

culture where people actually want to actually join as a police officer. but at the minute, the way things stand, if people are looking at this job, why would anybody want to pick it? unfortunately, i don't think many people would, especially after covid. with all this working from home and things like that, it's not really a job that will appeal to many people, never mind the amount of violence that's been shown on the tvs and videos that we see online. not it's not a great advertisement for being a police officer, is it? >> no, no, rob, you are suffering or you have had ptsd. can i ask what it was about the force that sort of set that off? >> i think it was the repeated trauma. i, i always say about my police experience. i describe it in three words stress, negativity and trauma. my, that stress was chronic and it was excessive. you give the style of 13,000 officers being signed off over the past year due to this kind of stress, and this is stress like no other. this isn't just normal stress, this is

chronic and excessive stress. the negativity seeing the worst in people day in and day out as police officers will see, but also the trauma. now for me, i wasn't speaking about any of this to anybody. there's no open communication. so i had just to get on with it. so to speak. and unfortunately when we just get on with it through our lives, through trauma and the stress, it's only going to catch up with us. and then the police force, you go from one trauma to the next to the next. and this last week with the riots, you'll see that police officers will be there one day and the next day and the next day doing the same thing day in and day out. how can they heal from one trauma when they're going from trauma to trauma to trauma? so there's many ways that we can fix that. but unfortunately, the way policing is at the minute, it makes it very difficult for people and officers who are serving there not to suffer with these kind of things. and i believe that many of them will believe that many of them will be suffering from ptsd. it's just that it's not diagnosed yet .

just that it's not diagnosed yet. >> well, isn't there some sort of service to help the police officers, though? i mean, do you not have counsellors or some other support? >> you have them. and in my experience you had them, but unfortunately a it's the way they're presented to you. for me, it was presented in an email. an email after a traumatic incident a couple of days after saying, by the way, this coincidence here, if you need it, doesn't really cut the mustard , unfortunately. and mustard, unfortunately. and second of all, the culture within the police force. and that's in my experience that people viewed counselling as a sign of weakness . they didn't sign of weakness. they didn't see it as a sign of strength and actually something we needed. and i remember you'd get the email and you'd turn to your colleague and be like, did you get the email? and they would say, oh yeah, i've just deleted it. a lot of rubbish, isn't it? so, you know, with that culture exists, you just think, oh yeah, i'll delete it too. so you end up not getting the help, even though there is that counselling service there to help. but as i said, it's how it's packaged.

the tonbridge package that's really important and they need to package it better. and i firmly believe actually mandatory counselling should actually come in for a police officers, whether they speak or not. we have to give them sitting in front of the right people, whether they like it or not. >> what was it that drew you to the police in the first instance? and obviously, in leaving, did it satisfy any of the things that you thought it might be? >> it's to be honest with you, i wanted to help people. that's one thing i wanted to do. and i joined the police force thinking i can make a difference and i can help people. unfortunately, the reality was a lot different, and i didn't join the police like it was my dream or anything like it was my dream or anything like that. it was just a job that came up at the time, and i thought this would be a good career, see what happens with it. and i always thought i could go it. and i always thought i could 9° up it. and i always thought i could go up the ranks and take it from there. but unfortunately the police wasn't what i thought it was going to be. they the culture that existed didn't allow you to open up about your mental health, and i didn't ever

wanted to be part of a culture where that was going to be a thing. so i kind of lost my passion for the job. i lost a love for it, and that love and passion goes then there's only one way to go. and after the five years and after the impact of my mental health and the stress, i had no choice but this was not a job for me. and i left and i leave. i left thinking obe more bad memories than good memories because of how i was treated in certain aspects . but treated in certain aspects. but i always believe that i use these experiences to my advantage and what i do now in my life . i can use these my life. i can use these experiences to actually help people and use as they use them to my advantage . to my advantage. >> well, do you know what i think they need you to come back and maybe you could be a counsellor. i don't know what you're doing now but maybe you could help them out. and i hope keir starmer is listening to that. rob hoskin thank you very much. really good to talk to you.thank much. really good to talk to you. thank you. rob was in the police and he left after five years due to ptsd. right. well there's good news for all of you

sun worshippers out there . sun worshippers out there. apparently we could have the hottest day of the year next week. bring it on. i'm nana akua on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. now, i think you're going to love this next clip if you just join me. welcome. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. i'm in for martin daubney now. our country is at war, but over sunbeds. yes, that's right, brits among other tourists have been seeing the running frantically across the pool area to get the most primary located sunbeds in spain as a summer holiday continues. now this is really quite funny. there they go. the doors of opened and the british. this is somewhere in some hotel resort and they're all running out now , and they're all running out now, to try and bag a sunbed. i mean, this is it used to be the germans who had the record or or

were known for this, but now, obviously everyone's out it, including us brits, but don't be too jealous as we are expecting some hot weather next week. and it's all to do with what's going on in, well, somewhere in thousands of miles away, a tropical storm debbie has caused widespread flooding in florida, but it has led to a change in the jet stream. that means that we could be in store for temperatures above 30 degrees in a few days. bring it on. i'm delighted to say that i'm joined by the legend that is john kettley. john, thank you so much for joining me. really good to forjoining me. really good to actually talk to you. i used to watch you all the time on tv. oh, thank you so john, john talk to me about this then. so because of a storm somewhere else, we are going to get the benefit of this with a 30 degree over 30 degree heat wave. how does that work? >> yeah, it seems a little bit counterintuitive, doesn't it? >> really . but it counterintuitive, doesn't it? >> really. but it is counterintuitive, doesn't it? >> really . but it is all to do >> really. but it is all to do with that jet stream. as you've mentioned already, we've got these strong winds and severe flooding actually going up the eastern seaboard of america at the moment. and continuing to do so in the next two days as well.

but the whole thing is dominated by the jet stream. that hot air that's coming out of that tropical storm ex—hurricane is actually going to change the position of the jet stream. it's going to give it a vacillation if you like, the wavelength and the longitude , the, the way that the longitude, the, the way that jet stream is going to come across the atlantic towards the uk in the next few days is going to change the look of our weather on this side of the atlantic. so what it's doing basically is changing the way things are going. instead of taking the wet and windy weather just across northwestern britain up into iceland, it's actually introducing, just for a while, a short while, actually some hotter weather coming in from spain and from france as well. so it's going to lift the temperatures across england in particular, and east wales. temperatures across england in particular, and east wales . but particular, and east wales. but it may never get into scotland and northern ireland. that's probably where the battleground is going to be. and there's more rain to come there. >> oh, that's such a shame. they won't get it up there in northern ireland, in scotland. oh well never mind. mind you, some people, some people don't like the heat. but we love, we sort of love and hate the heat,

don't we? we want the heat and then when it comes it's, it's too hot. it's, that's . yeah. too hot. it's, that's. yeah. that's the general mean. >> well in this country it gets very humid doesn't it. it's even going to get more humid tonight actually, so more humidity around and that humidity really comes in during the latter part of saturday and pushes northwards across the uk during sunday into monday. it does look as though monday will be the hottest of all, and that's most likely across eastern england. so if you're living from yorkshire, east yorkshire, down through the midlands into south—east england, that's where you could probably exceed the highest temperature of the year so far, which is a very modest 32 degrees, it must be said, some ten days ago at kew gardens. so we'd like to see temperatures higher than that in a typical summer. temperatures higher than that in atypical summer. we've had very a typical summer. we've had very few hot days this year. it's been a very disappointing summer all around, but as you say, some people like it a bit cooler than that. but i think today if you look out the window today, it's pretty miserable in most places. and there's some torrential rain across northern ireland going into scotland, so i'd swap that. i think , i think, >> yeah. so, so how long is this going to last? you say monday, a

bit of tuesday and then that sort of it, it is basically at the moment it is because that jet stream is going to become zonal again. >> what it's going to do is it's going to change the amplitude once more. everything is going to start steaming in off the atlantic at a great rate of knots. a lot of energy being put into the jet stream because it's an ex—hurricane . and that means an ex—hurricane. and that means to say the wind speeds high aloft in the aircraft level, the wind speeds that are going to increase, it's going to be developing more weather systems from west to east, coming across the atlantic. and they're heading straight for us. it just depends exactly where they are going to aim at us, more likely over northwestern parts of the uk, which means it's a fairly typical scenario for our typical british summer. if you like. i don't want it into the southeast necessarily, where you're going to get the very hot weather. but you must remember that we are going to see this battle zone between that change in the weather, the bands of rain coming in, the stronger winds as well , coming in, the stronger winds as well, meeting this hot weather that's going to be around just for sunday and monday. so at the battle zone, there could be some thunderstorms. let's just enjoy

the 33. for some of us, if we do get it . get it. >> lovely. i can't wait for it. john kettley thank you very much. the legend that is john kettley, he's a meteorologist, right. a reminder of this hour's big breaking news. a former labour councillor who appeared to incite the violence at a counter protest yesterday has been arrested. we'll keep you updated throughout the programme on that and more. stay with us. i'm nana akua on gb news britain's newsroom. let's get an update with your weather for today with annie shuttleworth . today with annie shuttleworth. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of the day, it is unfortunately staying pretty cloudy and quite damp. it's going to stay muggy overnight as well, but tomorrow is looking a lot clearer. that's because a cold front will push through the

country overnight tonight. before then though, we've got a selection of warm fronts bringing that muggy, humid air and quite a bit of rain to parts of scotland, northern england through this evening. some fairly persistent drizzly rain across parts of wales, southern areas of england that should unger areas of england that should linger through much of the night, whereas further north it will turn a bit fresher as the night goes on, clearer and drier air will move in by the morning, so it's not going to be quite as close across parts of scotland and northern ireland, but across the far south, temperatures holding up into the high teens. so quite a muggy start to the day across many southern areas of england. some drizzly rain still as well, particularly across the southeast, lingering towards lunchtime. temperatures here 19 degrees in the west, though parts of west wales already a bit brighter by tomorrow morning . northern tomorrow morning. northern ireland and western scotland seeing some sunshine, but also a risk of a few showers through tomorrow morning. and there is a bit of a westerly wind as well, so it will be a bit breezier if you are across the west coast through friday. but in general it's going to be a brighter, a

sunnier day for much of the uk once that rain does clear away to the south and east, the risk of showers does continue for particularly northern areas of scotland, but across wales and much of england, as well as northern ireland, it should stay dry and bright through much of the day and in the sunshine we'll feel quite warm. temperatures around 23 to 25 degrees across central and eastern areas of england in the high teens. further north. friday evening doesn't look too bad. plenty of sunshine to end the working week, but overnight cloud will build once again from the south and west. introducing more humid air for saturday, we'll likely brighten up by the afternoon, but it's sunday and monday when the temperatures are set to rise to the high 20s and low 30s. >> looks like things are heating up . up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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this is gb news and i'm at nana akua. some breaking news in the last hour. former labour councillor ricky jones has been arrested after he appeared to incite violence at a counter protest yesterday evening. police have made nearly 500 arrests as the crackdown on the violent disorder continues , and violent disorder continues, and the prime minister is chairing another cobra meeting today. he's vowed to not let up in the response to the riots as police braced for 20 further potential gatherings. tonight and this is quite unusual. king charles asks the government for daily updates on demonstrations as tensions run high. is it time for him to speak publicly or should he wind his neck in all that and more between now and six? it's been so super busy i haven't got a chance to read some of your comments, but i'm going to do that. i'm going to check out the gb views right now. you can send

me some more gb news.com/yoursay. but first let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with cameron walker . headlines with cameron walker. >> thanks, nana. good afternoon. it's 5:01 i'm cameron walker in the gb newsroom a suspended labour councillor. as you've been hearing, has been arrested after footage emerged of him onune after footage emerged of him online in which he allegedly inched online in which he allegedly incited the murder of anti—immigration protesters. met police officers say they arrested a man in his 50s at an address in south—east london under the public order act. he is in custody at a south london police station, and a labour party spokesperson previously told gb news his alleged actions are completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. a second greater manchester police officer is under criminal investigation for assault after an incident at manchester airport last month. it comes after a video emerged of a man appearing to be kicked and punched by a police officer inside a terminal building. the

incident , the independent police incident, the independent police watchdog, had previously announced a police constable was under criminal investigation , under criminal investigation, but says it has since received a further referral of a complaints detailing several allegations from one of the people involved. the second police officer is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct for alleged breaches of police professional standards, including use of force. police have ramped up efforts to pursue rioters as the total number of arrests rises to 483. charges totalled 149, with that figure expected to rise significantly as investigations continue. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting later to reflect on last night's and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up . important we don't let up. despite less violent protest last night where thousands rallied in cities and towns across england , the largely across england, the largely peaceful crowd chanted refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of

officers deployed and more than 100 events rumoured. the prime minister says additional police presence is having an effect . presence is having an effect. >> most important lesson is for those involving themselves in disorder because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged , hundreds, many have been charged, some already in court, and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. that is a very important message to those involved in disorder. >> nhs waiting lists have risen for the third month in a row. new figures have revealed. health secretary wes streeting said the numbers confirm that 14 years of and i quote 14 years of conservative neglect left the nhs broken and vowed to work night and day to get the nhs back on its feet. today. he's spoken of gp's threats to take strike action. >> i think collective action at this stage would not only hurt patients, it would also put more

pressure on other parts of the nhs when frankly, as a whole nhs team, we need to pull together so we can take the nhs from the worst crisis in its history to getting it back on its feet and making sure it's fit for the future . future. >> meanwhile, it's another record for high reports of anti—semitic incidents in the uk for the first half of this year, according to figures from a jewish security charity, the community security trust says it's registered almost 2000 cases in the first half of the yean cases in the first half of the year, compared to 964 over the same period last year. year, compared to 964 over the same period last year . the same period last year. the charity, which provides protection for british jews against antisemitic attacks, says it's the highest total ever reported in the first six months of any year . reported in the first six months of any year. now, a banksy artwork has been removed from an area in south london. less than an hour after it was unveiled, the silhouette of a wolf howling on a satellite dish was posted to the bristol based artist's instagram. this afternoon, but a number of men took it from a roof in peckham, pushing a

passer by who challenged them with a ladder. it's unknown where the artwork has been taken. patients in england with an inherited blood disorder are to become the first in europe to benefit from a gene therapy costing well over £1 million. the treatment uses molecular scissors to disable a faulty gene that causes delayed growth, bone and hormonal problems , and bone and hormonal problems, and affects quality and length of life in trials, 90% of people were effectively cured by a single treatment and finally, great britain's ellie aldridge has become the first ever olympic gold medallist in kite surfing. at today's event in marseille, the discipline, which sees competitors fly above the water at up to 40 knots, powered by huge kites, is making its games debut now. 27 year old aldridge, from dorset, powered her way to golds by winning both races in the final series. today with those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm karen walker, back 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 cameron. right. well welcome on board. if you're just tuned in i'm nana akua i'm in for martin daubney. we are live here on gb news, on tv, onune live here on gb news, on tv, online and on digital radio. it's just coming up to seven minutes after 5:00. lots of you have been getting in touch with gbnews.com/yoursay. let's see what, ray harris says, ricky jones , this is, of course, the jones, this is, of course, the labour councillor who has had his knuckles rapped and has been suspended, he says, and arrested ricky jones just like all other labour reps will be advised to apologise, sit at home a couple of weeks and then all will be forgiven and hunky dory. i'm not so sure, gary says there must be somewhere in our law where the

people majority view can remove an unpopular and undemocratic government. i think that's what we call a general election. and we call a general election. and we literally just had one, jack. nice try, darling. very good. i'm not reading the second bit, but he says, but what you have said is true or interesting anyway, because some people might agree with you. others may disagree. but you've said starmer doesn't need to be wasting his time posturing at cobra meetings . there are many cobra meetings. there are many other issues that need attention. maybe immigration could receive some consideration and determined actions, which may reduce tensions in the need for panic policing measures. again, i think you make a good point and, keir didn't appear to be answering the specific question. and susie d, finally, you saw the shot of people running for sunbeds. she said, couldn't think of anything worse than running for a sunbed. thank you very much. keep them coming. gbnews.com forward slash your say right? well we start with the news that broke in the last hour and former labour councillor ricky jones has been arrested after he appeared to incite violence at a counter—protest. jones was suspended by the labour party because before his arrest. here

is the incident in question. he we've got children and women using those trains, destroying the morality they are disgusting, nasty and we need all the roads and get rid of . all. >> i just want to say thank you all. believe me now. >> and three three free, free free palestine. >> free free palestine. thank you. god bless you all. >> so there was a lot in there sort of mixed with the free palestine and somebody from amnesty international, at least wearing a jacket a high vis amnesty logoed, top and the words that he used there, if my ears are correct, are disgusting nazi fascists. and we need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all. but he does end with thank you. god bless you all. well, i'm joined in the studio by reporter adam cherry . studio by reporter adam cherry. adam, what was he talking about? why was he making these comments

in the first instance? >> well, i mean, as you saw in the video there he was at a protest yesterday in walthamstow, and he was responding to the riots that we've seen over the last week. and those were the comments were directed at those protesters that we've seen over the last few days, labour coming out very strongly on this in the last couple of hours, saying we completely condemn those comments and assuring that he has been suspended . and as you has been suspended. and as you say now, in the last hour, the metropolitan police saying they've arrested a man in his 50s, they've arrested this man and he is in custody as we speak, a big headache for laboun speak, a big headache for labour, of course , it's not the labour, of course, it's not the only one, though. there's another one because there is another one because there is another one because there is another one unfolding as we speak. another one unfolding as we speak . this is about lauren speak. this is about lauren edwards, an mp for rochester and strood. now lauren edwards , over strood. now lauren edwards, over ten years ago in july 2009 and some in 2010 and 11 series of tweets , which have are quite tweets, which have are quite appalling language actually, i want these so and so estonian so and so's out of my flat. another one attacking, pakistani people,

it's really ugly stuff. now, she has apologised for that and said that she, wholeheartedly apologises. and she's learned from it and, you know, have having been a councillor previously as well, she, she has built on that, you know, and this is all in. >> well she wasn't a councillor when she made those comments though was she. she wasn't she wasn't at the time. >> no. she's been a councillor since 2021. but i mean either way it raises the question how did none of this get past labour's vetting, the national executive committee, they are responsible for vetting what keir starmer claimed would be first class candidates in this election. she's a brand new mp. she's one of the new lot, and yet all of this completely supped yet all of this completely slipped by and there's plenty of it. and someone on the national executive committee saying, look, we miss these tweets dunng look, we miss these tweets during the due diligence process. and you have to ask how that happened. given that, starmer said, we will have a zero tolerance approach to anti—semitism , racism and anti—semitism, racism and discrimination, and you've seen how quickly they've moved on

that labour councillor, we've just seen that video. question is now will they do this, do something similar with this, mp the because they set the bar very high. so now the question is, you know, does this clear that or not. >> well, it is an interesting question. but also if that had been say a reform candidate or somebody from another party, this would have been horrendous. >> yeah . well, reform are saying >> yeah. well, reform are saying effectively the same thing in the last few hours and, you know , the last few hours and, you know, given the problems that they've had in the past, labour, labour themselves of anti—semitism with themselves of anti—semitism with the corbyn leadership, they're very keen not to have any of this sort of stuff. polluting their, their brand and starmer's leadership. so, they're not commenting at the moment. but this is a developing story, and i think a lot of attention will be paid to this because they have got form for that as well. >> i mean, wasn't it azhar ali as well, who was the one of the candidates who was suspended? they didn't end up with an mp.

but listen, stay with me because nearly 500 people have been arrested. thank you very much, adam, for taking part in violent disorder across the uk. the prime minister is chairing another cobra meeting today. he's vowed not to let up on the crackdown on rioters as police forces brace for 20 potential further gatherings. tonight i'm joined by gb news political editor christopher hope . so, editor christopher hope. so, christopher. so where are we with this story ? with this story? >> well, cobra meets tonight. that's. what that means in engushis that's. what that means in english is that the pm chairs a group of his senior advisers in a room called the cabinet office briefing room. cobra lord hermer has arrived. just in the past five minutes. he's the attorney general. we're likely to see the pm there. pictures. i think of yvette cooper there. the meeting will be held to reflect on last night. the pm is pleased with last night. of course there were meant to be 160 protests last night . only 36 took place. night. only 36 took place. minimal disorder, only a handful of arrests, according to the national police chiefs council, 20 gatherings tonight, we're

told, three counter—protests, the pm has said today we're not giving up on our efforts. what he won't do is talk about the future, about why these issues are happening. let's not even go anywhere near the violence that is to be condemned across the board. but there is a concern about immigration that many believe. certainly in our gb news online postbag that you've been reading out. it's not being looked at at all. he was asked this question earlier, and here's what he had to say. >> if we have indeed turned a corner and seen an end to the violence, is now the time to engage with the underlying tensions that are in communities over the issue of immigration. >> the first priority is safety and security of our communities and security of our communities and yes, last night was much better than was expected. but we are not going to, you know, give up on our efforts here. that's why it's very important that i continue my discussions coordinating with law enforcement, with police leaders to make sure we've got the right

officers in the right place to keep pushing on the criminal justice response . i was very justice response. i was very keen that we were able to demonstrate that if you're involved in disorder, within days, you'll be in the criminal justice system. and some people starting long terms of imprisonment that needs to continue. and so that is my sole focus. >> that's the pm. his sole focus is dealing with the law and order side of this. and he's very well aware of course, he was dpp. he ran the prosecution service in england and wales. but beyond that he's not willing to discuss maybe wider concerns about immigration, why it's not far right to be anti—immigration and the like. we've heard from gavin stevens, who's the chair of the national police chiefs council. he's going towards some of this. he's saying just this afternoon that it's important to have conversations with young people , teenagers over the people, teenagers over the course of the next few days, really important, he says. they shouldn't get involved. don't go near this stuff. don't get drawn into it. because he says in quotes, it could change the prospects for the rest of your

life. and we are seeing a lot of young children caught up in fights here, and it will have a real bearing on their ability to become employed in the future. it's worth comparing. just finally nana. the numbers arrested so far to 2011, the last comparable riots. just, i mean, 500 arrests, a lot of arrests are in nine days, 500 arrests, 2011 arrests are in nine days, 500 arrests, 201! similar riots across the country, 3000 arrests. so very different. barely a sixth of the way there compared to 2011. so and everyone hopes we're not going to get there. but in terms of context, it was much worse in 2011, in terms of arrests than it is now. but it's very bad how. >> now. >> well, we haven't got room in the prisons or what are they doing? but if he's pleased, he's sort of fallen for a hoax. i think some people are saying that this 100 riots was some sort of hoax, and we don't know this. >> i mean, that's again from social media. it's not from authorities. >> we don't know. >> we don't know. >> was it being spread on social media channels to make the counter protest turn up and no one's there? i mean, we don't know the answer to that question, and the authorities are not going to go there. >> well, yeah. well, thank you

very much, christopher hope and also adam cherry. well, moving on to this story, king charles has been urged to break his royal silence on the recent riots. apparently, his majesty is requesting daily updates on the disorder. but is it time for him to speak out and make the official statement, or certainly just wind his neck in? well, joining me now is royal commentator michael cole. michael, lovely to talk to you. do you feel that king charles should now speak out even though he's not really supposed to get politically involved, as it were ? politically involved, as it were? >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> nana. well, as head of state and as a human being, a decent human being, the king will obviously be concerned about this. >> and as you intimated, although he's on his holiday annual holiday up in scotland on the balmoral estate, he's been asking for regular updates about it. and of course he would, because most of his adult life he's been working to improve and foster better race relations and community relations, not just in this country but throughout the commonwealth. and he's made a good job of that. >> so he will be concerned.

>> so he will be concerned. >> but no, i don't think he'll be speaking out. >> that's not quite how it works. the royal family will works. the royal family will work in different ways, but after the riots of 2011, which have just been mentioned, he did go to tottenham several times and made his presence felt and spoke to people who were concerned about it and the late, the late queen, his late mother, met some of the people who'd been injured in the arena bombing . bombing. >> terrible event up in manchester. they're not likely to say what's on their minds about this, but you can be pretty sure that the king there who and interacts very brilliantly with people. and there he is in a cancer ward, talking to somebody who's suffering in the same way as he is. he's very good at relating to people in a situation like this. and of course , like all this. and of course, like all right minded people, he would have been deploring these widespread riots for which there is absolutely no excuse. and i'm sure that the police chiefs will

be informing him because actually it's not a job for the government at the moment. >> it's a job for the police. >> it's a job for the police. >> it's a job for the police. >> it's their responsibility. they must be allowed to get on with it. and i think the last person to interfere with that would be the king. >> he would stand back and encourage them, of course, and hope that they soon get this matter under control. >> and this scourge completely removed from our society because it has no place here. >> all right. well, michael cole, thank you so much. really good to talk to you. of course, people do tend to write when they feel disenfranchised in society, or they don't feel they have a stake in it. and often there are other reasons. obviously, violence is unacceptable. i would urge those in power to actually find out why people are rioting, and then maybe you can solve the issues, but let's move on to this story, because for the first time, the nhs will help trans patients who want to return to the gender in which they were born. stay tuned. you won't want to miss it. i'm nana akua on gb news. we are britain's news

good afternoon. 22 minutes after 5:00 i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm for in martin daubney now. later this hour we'll have the latest on the day 13 of the paris olympics, where katarina johnson—thompson is hoping to finally win an olympic heptathlon medal. but first to this story, the nhs is to launch its first ever service for transgender patients wanting to return to their gender of their birth. now the move is helping people. detransition was actually announced as part of the cass review, common sense , i the cass review, common sense, i would say at last, i'm amazed that it's taken them so long. but joining me now is transgender teacher debbie hayden . i can't say my genes hayden. i can't say my genes today, debbie. i'm stuck struggling with the genes for genden struggling with the genes for gender, debbie, is this not a

long awaited final sense of common sense ? that should have common sense? that should have really been there a long time ago. >> well , things have come full >> well, things have come full circle, haven't they? >> is the nhs finally appreciating it has a duty of care to patients, >> not, it's not there to allow patients to make their own mistakes. that seems to be what's been happening. and it's about time that the nhs is taking some responsibility for what it has done to people. >> well, of course, and part of this review said that you won't go back to the people who actually did the change on you, because then you could either become they may sort of program you or reprogramme you to think that this is all part of it. this all, you know, changing your mind and thinking, oh, have idone your mind and thinking, oh, have i done the right thing? it's all part of the process of healing. or they may kind of dissuade you from even pushing it further. so do you think it's a good idea that actually they shouldn't go back to where they actually had the surgery? >> oh, you should certainly shouldn't go back to their place, which has treated you

before. >> because what you're saying, what the patients have come to realise is that was a dreadful mistake. >> so going back, there is not going to be right for anybody. >> no. this needs a new service and a new service that's going to be based in medicine and not in ideology . in ideology. >> now, i wanted to ask you about olympics because obviously the olympics is a big thing at the olympics is a big thing at the moment. and we've got the actual boxing, the female boxing, where one of the contenders, in fact, two of them, apparently the olympic committee have said that they both have, x y chromosomes, which would make them biologically male, what's what's your view? i mean, we don't know all the details, but to me , they all the details, but to me, they both look, the two athletes in question look biologically male to me. what's your thought on, biological males in women's boxing ? boxing? >> well, i think we need to take a dispassionate stance on this and actually look at what's happening and why it's happening in sport. >> there are two categories. we know why there's two categories. and the simplest way of demarcating those categories is to say, if you've got two x

chromosomes, you can be in this category. if you have a y chromosome, you're in the other category. >> now, perhaps we can then look at, at differences of sexual development, those intersex conditions. >> we talk about. but that comes second. first of all, if you've got a y chromosome you shouldn't be in the womb. >> you certainly should not be, boxing women in the ring, in paris. >> well, this could end up with the way it's going with two males or biological males. if it's true that they have x, y chromosomes, which in my view, looking at them, i believe they do. it could end up with two biological males fighting against each other in women's boxing. how absurd is that ? boxing. how absurd is that? >> well, it is, isn't it? and this could if they don't have y chromosomes, this could be stopped immediately by one of them having a cheap, cheap, cheap swab and having the gender test. >> these are not difficult tests to do . they're very simple, to do. they're very simple, straightforward tests. >> why do you think that they are? in a sense, it feels like we're being withheld this information, it seems a bit odd. i mean, it's not a big deal for

them to just tell us the truth. >> well, it isn't, but the ioc has got themselves into a huge mess here. at one point they were saying that because, because the a passport marker had an f marker that that was okay. well, as passports can be changed. changed very easily. you know, that's well known. what's important are people's bodies. and if you have a y chromosome , you have an chromosome, you have an advantage which puts you ahead of people with two x with two just xx with two xx chromosomes. and you should not be in that boxing ring. i think everybody should be able to understand that. >> it's not a big deal, is it? i mean, if the women fighting it is dangerous, i would argue. and so i don't really understand why this danger should be allowed, because in men's boxing you have lightweight, heavyweight, featherweight and all the different weights bodies are taken into consideration. i think that should be the case and it shouldn't be an issue. but if you come back to the cass review now in when you had your transition, did you at any point feel that you wanted to reverse that or was there a point in your mind, or even now, do you

regret doing it? >> well, i went into what i did as a 4043 year old who was fully mature. i was of my own mind and this this, i was the demographic that the nhs had been treating for some time. middle aged men who suddenly decided they wanted to transition. but what happened about ten years ago was a totally different demographic. came along. these were youngsters, overwhelmingly female and suddenly there was a change here. and the nhs, rather than rather than adopt a curious approach, which would be saying, why are these young women suddenly coming forward? they didn't do that. they treated them in exactly the same way as those middle aged men. and there's a big difference between an 1819 year old woman and a 42 year old man, and why the nhs didn't, didn't respond to that. and adopt a curious approach. well, it beggars belief quite frankly. >> so for you, did you regret your transition or, you know, was there any point where you

wanted somewhere where you could go to talk? because i know i take your point that it's a completely different demographic now. and i would be asking the questions why that is and why, because it seems a bit odd to me. but with your transition, did you regret any of it? and would you have liked a service that would have enabled you if you had wished to detransition . you had wished to detransition. >> well, at at my age, i went into it, as i said, with, with the knowledge of what it means, what it means to be an adult. do i regret it? it's hard to say. my i regret it? it's hard to say. my life would have been totally different if i hadn't transitioned, >> i've written a few times that, if i know now, if i knew in 2012 what i know now, i probably wouldn't have transitioned in the first place. but what's done is done. but it's a very different situation for somebody starting out life as 19, 20, 20 years old, without any children, without the full knowledge of what it means to be an adult, not having yet reached, medical, sorry, mental maturity, which you reach in our mid—twenties, a very , very mid—twenties, a very, very different situation. and it's

the one one that's been treated very irresponsibly in my view, by the by the health service , by the by the health service, >> and your thoughts finally on on the cass review as an entire review, did you get to read most of it or get the gist of most parts of it? >> yes, i've read it. i appreciate it . it's, it's what appreciate it. it's, it's what was needed. it's, it's taken a fresh view on things, and really, it's changed the burden of proof, especially when it comes to children. the burden of proof before seemed to be that, if you thought this was a bad idea to be transitioning children medically, you had to prove it. now it seems to be the other way around. those who think that transitioning children is a good idea. now, the burden of proof is on them to prove it, and i don't think they can, because it seems to me totally irresponsible thing to be doing. >> oh , debbie hayden, it's >> oh, debbie hayden, it's always a pleasure to talk to you.thank always a pleasure to talk to you. thank you so much for your view and your thoughts. brilliant. that is debbie hayden. she's a transgender teacher with her views on the cass report. and of course, the

fact that the boxing, women's boxing may well be fought in the final by two blokes. really, seriously stay with me still to come between now and 6:00, we'll be to talking a terrorism expert. after two teenagers were arrested in vienna. they're suspected of planning to carry out an attack at the taylor swift concert this weekend. stay with me. loads more still to come, but first, let's get your latest news headlines with cameron walker . cameron walker. >> thanks, nana. good afternoon. it's 530. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. a suspended labour councillor has been arrested after footage emerged of him online in which he allegedly incited the murder of anti—immigration protesters. met police officers say they arrested a man in his 50s at an address in south—east london under the public order act. he is in custody at south london police station. a labour party spokesperson previously told gb news his alleged actions are completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated . a second

will not be tolerated. a second greater manchester police officer is under criminal investigation for assault after an incident at manchester airport last month. it comes after a video emerged of a man appearing to be kicked and punched by a police officer inside a terminal building. the independent police watchdog had previously announced a police constable was under criminal investigation, but says it's received a further referral of a complaint detailing several allegations from one of the people involved. the second police officer is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct for alleged breaches of police professional standards, including use of force . the prime minister is force. the prime minister is chairing another cobra meeting with law enforcement officials this evening to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days. joins by senior ministers, including the home secretary, yvette cooper, sir keir starmer is holding the third high level gathering of its kind in the last week, after threats of further disorder largely failed

to materialise on wednesday evening. police had expected more than 100 events, with 30 counter demonstrations planned . counter demonstrations planned. nhs waiting lists has have risen for the third month in a row, new figures have shown. health secretary wes streeting claims the number of confirmed 14 years of conservative neglect has left the nhs broken. that's what wes streeting says . but there was a streeting says. but there was a sharp decline in the number of people waiting the longest to start treatment , and a banksy start treatment, and a banksy artwork has been removed from an area in south london less than than an hour after it was unveiled. the silhouettes of a wolf howling on a satellite dish was posted to the bristol based artist's instagram. this afternoon, but a number of men tookit afternoon, but a number of men took it from a roof in peckham , took it from a roof in peckham, pushing a passer by who challenged them with a ladder. it's unknown where the artwork has been taken . and finally, has been taken. and finally, great britain's ellie aldridge has become the first first ever

olympic gold medallist in kite surfing at today's event in marseille. the discipline, which sees competitors fly above the water at up to 40 knots, powered by huge kites, is making its games debut this year. 27 year old aldridge, from dorset, powered her way to gold by winning both races in the final series today. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. for now i'm karen walker. 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 alerts

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also extend our deepest thanks to the air ambulance team, whose swift response and expertise were crucial in airlifting her from the scene to the hospital . from the scene to the hospital. we know that their intervention saved her life. we were deeply saddened by the recent disorder and the attacks on our police force. it is important to highlight that when the horrific events unfolded, our police officers were the first on the scene. we are immensely grateful to the officers who stood by our daughter's side, providing assistance and support until she was safely transported to the hospital. this has been an incredibly difficult time for our nation, especially for the families affected by these tragic events, and we appreciate the continued support and compassion from everyone during this challenging period. whilst we are relieved that our daughter is on the path to recovery , our hearts go out to recovery, our hearts go out to the families of bebe , alice, the families of bebe, alice, elsie and elsie during this immensely painful time. thank you . well stay tuned loads more you. well stay tuned loads more on all the stories here on gb news, but moving on. three taylor swift concerts in

australia have been cancelled due to suspected islamic terror plots. authorities made two arrests with one suspect being unked arrests with one suspect being linked to isis , according to linked to isis, according to officials. a teenager accused of plotting the attack had carried out concrete preparatory actions. but don't worry, police say it won't have any impact on her return next week to the uk when she plays wembley stadium for her five final shows in europe later this month. well, joining us now to discuss this is the director of policy at the counter extremism group, tom wilson. so tom, we have they've actually cancelled concerts. so how much can you tell us about what they found out about what was being planned at these events ? events? >> well, what they seem to have discovered as part of the raids on the individuals who were planning these attacks is that much like the kind of attacks that we saw a few years ago, they were fairly rudimentary in that the individuals planned to use vehicles and knives and

explosives potentially made from sort of chemicals that are fairly easily available, and that also they found material linking those individuals to islamic state and al—qaeda, which highlights the fact that although there's no evidence yet to suggest that these individuals were being directed, that you don't have to have a sophisticated organisation for these attacks to be planned, you simply need individuals who are inspired, who can access this material, and who will attempt to carry out attacks in the name of an organisation, even if they aren't formally part of it. >> plugging in. >> plugging in. >> do we know if these , these >> do we know if these, these people were known to the counter—terrorism police or the groups? do we do we know if they actually knew of them before any of this? >> it's not clear how far in advance they became aware of the individuals, but they did highlight the fact that foreign intelligence was, important and useful. to foiling this plot. and we know that one of the individuals actually uploaded a

video of himself taking an oath of allegiance to islamic state, online. so that may have been quite significant in discovering that this plot was being planned. and of course, vienna back in 2020 did suffer a terror attack inspired by by an individual inspired by islamic state. so the authorities there are aware that there is an ongoing problem of individuals who seek to act in the name of islamic state and that potentially there are networks in that part of europe that are loyal to the organisation, even if it doesn't have the sort of territory that it had. you know, some years ago in iraq and syria, from which was a base of operations. now, much like al—qaeda, islamic state is disparate. it operates internationally, and it doesn't need to control territory to direct attacks in western countries. >> so how confident are they, then, about the concerts in the uk? i mean, in europe, sounds like they're saying, oh, don't worry, it's fine, but nothing to see here. but a bit disturbing

that some of the concerts have actually been cancelled . actually been cancelled. >> well, absolutely. i mean, i think it is the case that whenever large events take place, there's always going to be the possibility that individuals may seek to target them. and obviously, of course, britain with the ariana grande concert has suffered that kind of attack before, the fact that the event in vienna was cancelled, was based on concrete intelligence and for the events intelligence and for the events in london to be going ahead, it would suggest that, you know, obviously there is no comparable intelligence. i think the greatest concern here is the fact that when these plots are uncovered or when attacks do happen, is that other individuals may seek to imitate them. but i would imagine that it will be the case that because of what's happened in this instance, that the authorities here will be taking even further precautions on what they would usually do at a mass event like this. but but we are aware that all major public events potentially can be subject to being targeted by extremists. of course, france suffered the

bataclan attack in israel after october the 7th or in october the 7th. the music festival was targeted. so this is something that authorities always now plan for and are aware of. when mass events like this are being organised. >> and of course, social media companies do they have a role to play companies do they have a role to play in this, and are they playing a positive role in helping to counter terrorism ? helping to counter terrorism? >> mainstream social media companies absolutely are. and i think there's very little, terrorist content that still appears on most mainstream social media. obviously there are more, informal and newer and fringe sites that are being established. there is the case that beyond terrorism, you have other types of rhetoric that legitimise violence. so, for instance, you may not have you won't see, for the most part, islamic state or al—qaeda content being freely available on, on your, you know, standard social media websites. but what

you will see is, individuals who legitimise and who validate and endorse, the use of violence and islamist narratives. and i think there is more to be done, to crack down on that. and particularly, of course, during the conflict in gaza, we have seen individuals be able to use social media to legitimise the idea of organisations like hamas and hezbollah carrying out attacks. and that's where i think there is a role for social media companies to intervene on those sorts of narratives, even if the explicit content, like terrorist training manuals, are not being shared on their platform s, platforms, >> tom, thank you very much . >> tom, thank you very much. we'll leave it there. that's tom wilson. he's the director of policy at the counter extremism group. but over now to the olympics. team gb has won its 13th gold medal at the olympics . 13th gold medal at the olympics. and we're going well in one of the athletics events. stay tuned. find out more. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel

good afternoon. 48 minutes after 5:00. welcome. this is a gb news where live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm in for martin daubney now to the olympics team gb has won its 13th gold medal. ellie aldridge became britain's first ever olympic gold medallist in kitesurfing . 27 year old kitesurfing. 27 year old aldridge, who's from dorset, won two races today. so for the latest let's cross to the sports broadcaster chris skudder chris. it's looking like a very good olympics for us so far. where are we on the medals then? how many golds have we got and how many golds have we got and how many have we got in total? >> big breakthrough today. they've reached the magic 50 mark. that was the target for team gb when they started these games. >> bear in mind they've reached 50 the last the fifth games in a row 51 in beijing, 65 in london, 67 in rio and 64 in tokyo, >> heading for 60 plus, i would

say again. so up to 5013 gold, 17 silver, 20 bronze. >> been a few disappointments along the way. >> i think that gold medal total should be a little bit higher, >> but there's more chances to come, well done to ellie aldridge, by the way . aldridge, by the way. >> that's the first time that event the kite surfing has ever been held. and she was absolutely fantastic. and it was absolutely fantastic. and it was a big british crowd to watch it as well, beat the french girl into second place. >> so well done to her. and more to come. i think, in the, the track and field, katarina johnson—thompson, a very familiar name, i'm sure to a lot of viewers who have never won an olympic medal despite being the top of the tree in the commonwealth games and in the worlds as well. >> but she's leading the heptathlon at the moment. >> that's the all around, the seven events. >> she's only done two, but it's looking pretty good at the moment and i think she's going to get a medal of some description tomorrow, >> lots more to come. the cycling, we've got more to come tonight, i think in the keirin, which is a very technical these

cycling events. but remember emma finucane , who comes from emma finucane, who comes from west wales, won a the women's team sprint, a gold medal the other night. >> well she's through to the final of the keirin in the next half hour as is. >> katy marchant. so it's looking very encouraging and that that medal britain still in fifth. but they're level on goals now with france and with a bit of luck they're going to go ahead of them. >> so the big things to look out for in the next, because we've got the medals table up now china have 28 golds. the united states 27, australia have 18. then tying in fourth and fifth place, france and great britain. and underneath us is south korea, so our next potential gold medal. where do you think it's going to come from, chris, >> well, hopefully in the next half an hour in, in the women's cycling, emma finucane, who's a brilliant sprinter, she's she's got a great chance to, certainly get a medal. it would be lovely if it's gold as well. she's got another chance to come over the next couple of days as well, but katy, as i said in the heptathlon, great opportunity, 1

or 2 disappointments. >> remember jade jones , the >> remember jade jones, the taekwondo fighter, won two gold medals in successive games. >> she was hoping to make history of making it three today, but she lost in the first round. >> she was absolutely gutted. >> she was absolutely gutted. >> real shame for her and bradly sinden, another fancied british fighter, lost in his semi—final but he'll be going for a bronze medal at least, so , more medals medal at least, so, more medals to come. just to go back to that medals table by the way, australia, this is their best ever olympics in terms of gold medals. they've had a brilliant games and, in their track and field it's their best for 50 plus years. so i think where they've got the golds where we quite haven't, it could easily have been the other way around and we'd have been in probably third place there, wouldn't we? but it's, you know, it's still they've met the target of 50. it's going to be 60 plus, probably. and that is exactly where they wanted to be. and i think with some a fair wind to follow and some strong events to come, i think we can overtake france as the hosts with a much bigger team. that would be quite a scalp , a scalp, >> fascinating. well, listen, chris skudder, we'll keep our

eyes on the prize. we've got some big races to cycling tonight and tomorrow . just tonight and tomorrow. just what's what's to look out for tomorrow? >> well , catherine >> well, catherine johnson—thompson in the heptathlon is a good one, i think, you know, she's she's such a storeyed career, hasn't she, you know, very much in the pubuc she, you know, very much in the public eye and had some personal problems and injuries and just never could quite get across the line in olympic games. but she's got a great position at the moment. she's got a big rival from belgium who she's ahead of at the moment, and she's got a couple of events to come tonight. in fact, she got the shot put, which is probably our weakest event then the 200 and then tomorrow long jump javelin and 800. i think the smart money is going to be on katarina. and 800. i think the smart money is going to be on katarina . i is going to be on katarina. i mean, you know, it's a bit like the story. >> speak to you soon. >> speak to you soon. >> a bit like keely hodgkinson. it feels like it's her time now, what a great opportunity she's got. and i think everyone will be glued to that later on. >> well i'm going to look forward to watching that. chris skudder thank you very much. really good to talk to you. that was chris scott. and make sure you keep your eyes on the

olympics. right. we were talking to debbie hatton earlier with regard to the detransitioning and the clinic potentially that will be set up by the nhs. a lot of for love debbie, by the way. but lisa says common sense from debbie and nana. thank you very much brenda . now this is much brenda. now this is interesting one. brenda said that d transgender on the nhs. oh please. how much more will this gender change cost us? sorry folks, people are dying waiting for operations and this is obviously going to cost us more. let's have some common sense please. and adrian again says debbie always talks sense. so lots of you have been in touch with your views and your thoughts . well, always good to thoughts. well, always good to hear those . stay tuned loads hear those. stay tuned loads more here on gb news. we have who's up next? yes, the fabulous michelle dewberry will be up next with what she has coming up. that's it from me. dewbs& co is up next. don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow morning. it'll be breakfast with stephen and anne, followed by britain's

newsroom at 930. that is, of course, presented by me. i'll be back tomorrow morning with the fully conquered britain, me with the brilliant ben leo, and then back on the weekend at 3:00 as well. so you can't get rid of me. and then of course, after that it's good afternoon britain from midday. well stay tuned. loads more still to come. michelle dewberry is up next. i'm nana akua. i've been martin daubney for these few days, but now it's time to get an update with your weather with annie shuttleworth. have a good day. i shall see you tomorrow morning at 930. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . good afternoon. welcome >> news. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news, weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of the day. it is unfortunately staying pretty cloudy and quite damp. it's going to stay muggy overnight as well, but tomorrow is looking a lot clearer. that's because a cold front will push through the country overnight tonight. before then though,

we've got a selection of warm fronts bringing that muggy , fronts bringing that muggy, humid air and quite a bit of rain to parts of scotland, northern england through this evening, some fairly persistent drizzly rain across parts of wales, southern areas of england that should linger through much of the night, whereas further north it will turn a bit fresher as the night goes on. clearer and drier air will move in by the morning, so it's not going to be quite as close across parts of scotland and northern ireland, but across the far south, temperatures holding up into the high teens . so quite into the high teens. so quite a muqqy into the high teens. so quite a muggy start to the day across many southern areas of england. some drizzly rain still as well, particularly across the south—east, lingering towards lunchtime . temperatures here 19 lunchtime. temperatures here 19 degrees in the west, though parts of west wales already a bit brighter by tomorrow morning. northern ireland and western scotland seeing some sunshine, but also a risk of a few showers through tomorrow morning. and there is a bit of a westerly wind as well, so it will be a bit breezier if you are across the west coast through friday, but in general it's going to be a brighter, a sunnier day for much of the uk

once that rain does clear away to the south and east, the risk of showers does continue for particularly northern areas of scotland, but across wales and much of england, as well as northern ireland, it should stay dry and bright through much of the day, and in the sunshine it will feel quite warm. temperatures around 23 to 25 degrees across central and eastern areas of england in the high teens. further north. friday evening doesn't look too bad . plenty of sunshine to end bad. plenty of sunshine to end the working week, but overnight cloud will build once again from the south and west. introducing more humid air for saturday. we'll likely brighten up by the afternoon, but it's sunday and monday when the temperatures are set to rise to the high 20s and low 30s. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

the whole rioting might see a whole new sea of authoritarian measures introduced into society. should it? what do you think? your thoughts on that? many people absolutely disagree with that. other people say, do you know what? we deserve it. your thoughts and the labour party ngannou sorry, the tory party. we're going to re—evaluate the eligibility for social housing. labour is going to scrap that. the right move or not. last but not least, should shamima begum be allowed to return to the uk, then, after her latest court hearing, setback ? all of that and more. setback? all of that and more. but first, the 6:00 news headunes. headlines. >> good evening. it's just

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