king charles has called gb news. king charles has called for unity and praised the community spirit that countered the riots over the last week. it comes as the policing minister warns there is intelligence more protests could happen today across the pond, the race for the white house continues , with the white house continues, with polls nationally and in battleground states showing kamala harris building a lead or catching donald trump. we're asking who will be the next president .7 and algerian boxer president? and algerian boxer amin khalife clinches olympic gold, hitting back at critics , gold, hitting back at critics, saying i am a woman. should she have been allowed to compete in the first place. i'm darren grimes and the weekend starts . here. on this show is nothing without

you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all of the stories. we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash your say and join the conversation there . now the conversation there. now keeping me company this hour is former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider and leader of the heritage party, david kirton. but before we get stuck into today's stories, here's the news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> darren, thank you and good afternoon . the top stories from afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom. king charles has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began. he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. this comes after prime minister sir keir starmer said the police should remain on high alert, going into the weekend, despite the violence easing , police

the violence easing, police forces across the uk are on stand by over the weekend, with cabinet office minister nick thomas—symonds saying the government is in a state of high readiness for the prospect of further disorder. thousands of officers will be on duty as the met continues to support and reassure communities . met continues to support and reassure communities. teams are also visiting faith and community venues in their local areas to listen to the concerns of residents and provide reassurance. around 741 people have now been arrested over rioting. that's according to the national police chiefs council, of which over 300 have been charged . merseyside police says charged. merseyside police says two more people have been charged following violent disorder in southport and liverpool, bringing the total number of people charged there to 24. a senior police service of northern ireland officer says there will be a significant visible policing operation in place ahead of a planned anti—immigration protest and counter protest in belfast. assistant chief constable melanie jones says the police are expecting a very busy

weekend for policing across northern ireland, with a risk of spontaneous protest. around 1000 people gathered in belfast for a counter protest against several hundred anti—immigration demonstrators last night. police responded to several race related hate crime incidents and other disorder on thursday night in what the police said was the fifth night of disorder that officers have dealt with. in other news, the funeral for british teenager jay slater, who died whilst on holiday in tenerife, is being held today . tenerife, is being held today. well—wishers to attend the service have been asked to wear something blue in his memory. a post—mortem examination found the 19 year old died of traumatic head injuries consistent with a fall from height. the spanish civil guard said mr slater could have fallen in the steep and inaccessible area where he was discovered . an area where he was discovered. an investigation has now been launched after a plane crashed in the state of sao paulo in brazil, killing all 61 people on board. the black box was found

late last night. there were 57 passengers and four crew members on board that flight. and if you're watching us on television, you'll see the dramatic footage of the plane spiralling out of control and crashing through trees , crashing through trees, eventually ending in a large plume of smoke . elsewhere, plume of smoke. elsewhere, dozens of people have been killed in a strike that targeted a school turned shelter in gaza city. that's according to the palestinian health officials. according to gaza's civil defence agency, more than 100 people have been killed, with dozens more injured. israel's military said it struck the location yesterday, describing its target as a hamas command centre embedded in the school . centre embedded in the school. former president donald trump arrived to address the republican masses at a rally in montana this morning . they say montana this morning. they say the republican nominee arrived at bozeman, montana, after his

plane was reportedly diverted to a different airport due to a mechanical issue. this comes after trump yesterday spent nearly an hour at his mar a lago home in florida , addressing home in florida, addressing a select group of reporters claiming that america was in the most dangerous position it's ever been in. he also called harris a radical vice president. kamala harris, a radical left person , is grossly incompetent, person, is grossly incompetent, and in my opinion, has a very low iq. >> but we'll find out about her iq during the debate. okay, let's find out about her iq. >> and in sport, the men's team gb 400 metre relay team has come away with bronze at the paris olympics. the quartette of great britain's zharnel hughes nethaneel mitchell—blake , louis nethaneel mitchell—blake, louis hinchcliffe and jeremiah azou finishing strong at that final in paris in the four by 100. and that is, of course, after the women's relay team won silver in the same event. team gb's nethaneel mitchell—blake spoke

to reporters after that victory and praised his team—mates. darnell it's been an enjoyable experience to kind of just learn from each other and go through this process together, so i think that makes it even more special . special. >> he's the fastest man in british history , so having them british history, so having them as a part of our quartette will always be with us and always give us an opportunity to elevate the possibility of success. and for him to put his health literally on the line for all of us to achieve a medal, we're very grateful for that . we're very grateful for that. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

forward slash alerts. >> thanks very much, tatiana. let's get stuck in to today's topics. now, king charles has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began , he thanked the police and began, he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace across the country , and he welcomed how the country, and he welcomed how communities have actually countered the violence. now this comes after the prime minister said that police forces across the country should remain on high alert going into the weekend, despite an apparent easing of violence. well joining me now is gb news political correspondent , olivia utley. correspondent, olivia utley. olivia the king doing this now, this in 2011 when we had the riots, her majesty, our late queen, her majesty the queen, she did not make an intervention. so just how significant is this? >> well, it can be seen as quite

significant. i mean, on the face of it, king charles's comments are relatively innocuous, even banal. are relatively innocuous, even banal . he thanks and praises the banal. he thanks and praises the emergency services, and he talks about the communities that have countered the violence. but look a little deeper. and that last bit is actually quite controversial. the communities which countered the violence, presumably by that he means the counter protesters who turned out on the streets to , to hit out on the streets to, to hit back at the protesters . well, back at the protesters. well, those counter protesters in themselves are seen by some as quite controversial for example, there were cries of from the river to the sea, a phrase which is very, very offensive to many jewish londoners being shouted over and over again. and lots and lots of these counter protests. there's also the story of that labour councillor who's now been suspended by the labour party for suggesting that the throats of far right protesters should be cut. now, the fact that king charles appears to be praising the communities , and

praising the communities, and perhaps even the counter protesters, can be seen as quite controversial in itself. it's probably very helpful to keir starmer. keir starmer's solution to these riots from the beginning has been to basically put as many of these people as possible into prison. it hasn't really been about focusing on the root cause of the protest , the root cause of the protest, but it'll be really interesting to see how that statement from prince charles, from king charles. sorry, plays out over the next couple of weeks. what will conservative politicians, for example, make of it all? >> now, of course, olivia, the monarch could well be responding and reacting to advice from the prime minister. what are we heanng prime minister. what are we hearing in that regard? >> well, that is the really big question . how much was keir question. how much was keir starmer involved in this statement from the palace? it's possible that the king and buckingham palace drafted the statement with with no conversation with the prime minister that said, i would have thought that normally with with statements like this , they are statements like this, they are in a routine way passed by the

prime minister beforehand. if conservative mps believe that the king and the prime minister are sort of working in cahoots over this, i think that is probably a bit of a stretch too far. but i'm sure we would would hear about it in the in the coming days. and weeks. >> all right. olivia utley there. fabulous as ever. that's olivia utley, our political correspondent. let's see what our panel makes of this. we've got the former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider, and leader of the heritage party, david kirton . hello to both of david kirton. hello to both of you. now, james, i'll start with you. now, james, i'll start with you because one of our viewers, mark, says the king is simply a puppet of the prime minister because he would not have been allowed to say what he said without the approval of sir keir starmer. do you think this has come from a high command? >> i don't think so. i mean, of course i don't know and none of us really know what goes on in the conversations between the prime minister and the monarch. but i wouldn't have thought so. what he said , which to me seems what he said, which to me seems very good and decent. the scenes that we saw of violence across

the country were absolutely shocking, of racist violence, were absolutely shocking, and the scenes we saw were of communities coming together to look after each other, to repair damage and to stand in solidarity with one another. were extremely heartening, and that it should be what our country is, is really about, it seems quite in keeping with the message that charles gave in his first message, in what's it called that happens at christmas day? the speech. yeah which was about , day? the speech. yeah which was about, bringing, bringing communities together support for pubuc communities together support for public sector workers and for our shared institutions. and to me, that seems like the right sort of message that should be coming from the top of our society at this time. after, you know , we've seen really very know, we've seen really very shocking scenes which have frightened many, many people. and the main message, i think that we should all be taking is that we should all be taking is that these do not represent the bafic that these do not represent the basic fabric of our country,

which wants to work together . which wants to work together. >> well, david, speaking of the fabnc >> well, david, speaking of the fabric of this country , i would fabric of this country, i would argue that that fabric has never been picked up more and that actually the seams are starting to fall off, said fabric, and i view it potentially as a mistake for the monarch to be given a statement at this time, because i do think that we are thoroughly disunited. >> well, yeah, the king is responsible for his own words. and what he said obviously comes from him and will be seen to have come from him . and on one have come from him. and on one level, it's a nice statement calling for unity, praising communities and so on. but like you said, people will read into this and this doesn't address the underlying issues. the underlying tensions that are there in the country, which were sparked off by the murder of three english girls in southport, and that doesn't seem to be addressed . and there's a to be addressed. and there's a lot of people in this country who are really, really concerned about rising crime, specifically crime that is associated with migrant communities. and that's

not to disparage everyone who is a migrant to this country. but there certainly are things that are happening now which seem to be on the increase. and people who address or speak about this and just express concerns about the rapid mass immigration that we've had over the last 30 years or more, which is changing the way that england feels are continually disparaged and disdained. and that's not being addressed. >> and what would you have liked to have heard from sir keir starmer then? because obviously he's given a series of press conferences, throughout this period. and actually, i'm wondering whether or not they, they actually reach out to people to say, we hear your concerns, we're going to do something about it. instead, it seems to have been quite the opposite. >> it was completely the opposite. i mean, he went up to southport the day after the murders had happened, with some flowers, put them down, didn't even speak to the people in the community, and he just looked like someone who didn't care

who's going through this playbook . that always happens playbook. that always happens after a migrant crime event where they lay flowers and then they say, oh, we're going to protect minority communities because they're the ones who are really in danger. never mind the people who were killed who were engush people who were killed who were english children. and then they have a church service. ring some bells and sing, don't look back in anger. and then they kill the story and don't talk about it again . and that seemed to be again. and that seemed to be what they he was doing. and i think that angered people because he could have put a lid on it by saying, we understand your concerns and we're going to do something to keep you safe in your communities. i mean, james, where are you are on that then? >> because, you know, there has been a lot of pushback to comments that he's made with some actually accusing the prime minister of pouring flame petrol rather on the flames. >> the root causes of the violence that we have seen is the intense racism and anti—muslim feeling of a small minority in our country. well, let's go back to what actually happened. well, in south take you up on that.

>> wait, wait, wait, you can't call everyone who is out. >> we're talking about the root causes. you were saying not deaung causes. you were saying not dealing with the root causes. i'm talking about the root causes.i i'm talking about the root causes. i said the root causes are the intense racism and violent anti—muslim feeling from a small minority in our country. now, what actually happened in i can in southport? >> that's not the case. >> that's not the case. >> i'm talking i'm talking. you're not listening to me, darren. darren, you're. no, you're not darren. you're not listening to me. because. no, i'm not darren. darren. the reason why i'm not and the reason why i'm not and the reason why i'm not and the reason why you're not listening to me is that's not what i said. i said that the root cause of attacks against a mosque in southport that that some people, some far right activists and some far right activists and some racers went and attacked the mosque in southport. the root cause of that is the racism of those people, which i'm saying is a small minority and actually agreeing with the king does not represent the vast, vast majority of people. you know, when i look at when you're

scrolling miserably on social media, seeing the scenes we're seeing , people media, seeing the scenes we're seeing, people being dragged out of their car because of the colour of their skin, that does not represent our country. and the root causes of that are racism. and the things that do represent our country are , for represent our country are, for example, when there were people walking to prayers in accrington and people came out of the mosque and were hugging people and saying respect, and you are seeing the unity of people coming together there. that's what represents our country. the root causes are disunity and drummed up racism and drummed up feelings against against muslims and against minorities, which are wrong. that's the root cause and that's what we should all be standing against. >> i mean, we've got leftie councillors at these so—called anti—racist protesters calling for throats to be cut. so, i mean, it's not all that harmonious, is it? >> not at all. i mean , there are >> not at all. i mean, there are hoougans >> not at all. i mean, there are hooligans and i despise them and there are also i've not heard anyone, certainly not on this channel. >> no one condones what has happened. right. that's the. but

you have to give that caveat every two seconds. >> you have to allow people to protest and what's happening here is we've got two tier policing, a two tier society where the counter—protests , where the counter—protests, which seem to be very, very organised with placards up professionally made with to stand up racism banners in advance. they are celebrated and they are lauded by the state. but the people who want to go and protest about mass immigration, about two tier policing, about migrant crime or rising levels of criminality seem to be suppressed. targeting. >> targeting. targeting hotels. you've got. you've got migrants. >> you've got white people being targeted as well. we can see that house migrants is not protesting against a political issue . issue. >> it is a it is issue. >>itisaitisa issue. >> it is a it is a racially motivated anti—migrant attack. motivated anti —migrant attack. yes, motivated anti—migrant attack. yes, of course we should all praise the thousands of ordinary people who came out to defend these. these places and these people. and that meant that this

small minority who you say you condemn the racist violence, that they had to go home, that they weren't able to enact their hatred and their division in our society. and that is the thing thatis society. and that is the thing that is picking apart, well, the scenes of our of our society . scenes of our of our society. >> in that instance, you do have to question what was going on, because this has been widely spoken about . the police knew spoken about. the police knew about this 48 hours in advance, and they didn't call off. they didn't cordon off the area at all. >> knew about what the attack on the migrant hotel in rotherham. >> so you've got a question there. >> what's happening there could well have been very bad police failures. i agree the police should have been there. so we have two tier policing here going on and we have policing. they weren't protecting the hotel. the two tier thing is an absolute nonsense. >> i promise we'll come back. we'll come back to this because there's plenty to talk about. we could go on all day. but thank you very much there to james schneider and david kirton. now folks, for all the best analysis and opinion on those stories and more, you can go to our website gb news.com. now the race for

the white house continues with polls nationally and in battleground states showing that kamala harris is building a lead or catching up to donald trump. on that after the

break. a very warm welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes. now a senior police officer in northern ireland, says there will be a significant visible policing operation in place ahead of a planned anti—immigration protest and counter—protest in belfast . counter—protest in belfast. leeds heads up there now and we're going to go to our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie dougie, i can hear it. it sounds like it's kicking off. is it ? kicking off. is it? >> no, definitely not. there's, a very, very light police protest here because the anti

immigration protest that was due to happen here happened yesterday. so but actually that's it's quite strange because when you look at these pro immigration protests they're headed up by the trade unions. they're assembling down in ryders square. and i'm going to make their way up to the city hall and these trade unions, i mean, yesterday this protest came during working hours , and came during working hours, and there was signs up on facebook all over the place, public records, offices closed, etc. and there's very well financed anti—immigration or pro—immigration protesters arrived up all in their yellow bibs . they're obviously being bibs. they're obviously being paid for being here because they've took the time off work. and if you just look out behind us now, there's a huge stage here that'll cost thousands of pounds. and that's for those pubuc pounds. and that's for those public sector workers to protest against the anti—immigration protesters. and really, darren, i listened to your panel just before. i have been covering this on the ground for two years in the republic of ireland, and they are not getting what is

happening. the republic of ireland has had more immigrants per head of population than britain. there are about a year ahead now of where we are and you see tented villages along the canals. you see the shopkeepers in that side that are not racists, but women are not coming into their shops. so they are closing. they're not racists . i have spoken to many racists. i have spoken to many working class areas here in belfast who have took the majority of undocumented immigrants coming into their area because housing, their social housing is owned by private landlords, including the hotels and stuff . and they hand hotels and stuff. and they hand them over to a group called mirrors and mirrors. they make sure that immigrants have housing in those areas. but the problem with that of course, is those private landlords are no longer in the social housing bubble. and i've spoke to, children or women here who are who have bought their houses in those areas. so they're by no means working class people who

are just claiming the dole or whatever, but they only have one car and they are having to put their children to schools three miles away because there is places set aside in those schools for immigrant children . schools for immigrant children. there is families here who have grown up in those areas and need the family support because their jobs they have just about lets them pay the mortgage, just about lets them run a car and they depend on their parents that live in the same area . that live in the same area. those people are not racists by any stretch of the imagination, but they are completely agree with you about what is happening to their society. >> thank you for saying that because i imagine there are a lot of viewers at home right now that were screaming at their television a completely agree with you, but that's why we have the debate on this channel. but dougie, how significant was it? the scenes that we saw on social media and all the rest where you've got the ulster banner flying alongside the irish tricolour, it actually it it was astonishing, wasn't it, to see both sets of protesters actually for the same cause.

>> well, that hasn't happened really since 1798 with united irishmen. and really what you see here is those working class areas coming together north and south of the border and challenging the political establishment, saying we don't mind immigrants, but not too many, please, because we haven't got the services to deal with what we already have. and strangely, yesterday sinn fein, which is the largest party in ireland but not yet enough to form a government in the repubuc form a government in the republic of ireland. their voting base would be in those working class areas . and working class areas. and yesterday they were standing alongside the trade unions behind me here and they were, supporting immigration into northern ireland. and because they're an all ireland party, well, they're actually supporting immigration into the repubuc supporting immigration into the republic of ireland. and that is strange when you look that the general election in the republic of ireland will be sometime before february , although

before february, although i think it will probably come in november and it will be strange to see or interesting to see. will that voter base now turn out for sinn fein and many of those people that arrived here last week were viciously attacked on twitter or x for danng attacked on twitter or x for daring to come up and support people of the working classes in northern ireland. >> absolutely. it's going to be interesting to see what happens to sinn fein actually now, because of course they were looking like they were going to win on both sides of the border at one point. but, dougie, thank you very much for your time as even you very much for your time as ever. that's our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie there. we'll come back to him later in the show. right. let's go back to our panel. now. we've got the former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider, and the leader of the heritage party, david kirton . i have to ask you david kirton. i have to ask you what you thought of that . what you thought of that. because, james, what gets me is that dougie has stood there in front of a massive stage that's been well funded by a group of

pubuc been well funded by a group of public sector activists who want to denigrate and belittle people and, frankly, smear them as being fascists and racists when they're absolutely not public sector public services. rather are creaking at the seams. we have never seen levels of migration this high. it isn't racist to turn around and say, we cannot go on like this, and frankly, i don't want to watch my community change into something that is thoroughly unrecognisable, which has happenedin unrecognisable, which has happened in large parts of the country. >> so i don't think that the trade unions, i don't know the details of what's going on in belfast, but i have seen what the posties union have done , the posties union have done, what the railway workers union have done, what the fire bngades have done, what the fire brigades union have done, which is to promote working class unity, which means standing against those who wish to divide the working class and divide the country through racism. so that's why the rmt and the fbu

and the cwu instructed their branches to go and provide support for mosques where that was needed , because, yes, all of was needed, because, yes, all of those issues which, dougie raised public services squeezed, housing unavailable and expensive problems with schooling , limited living schooling, limited living standards, pay not meeting the mortgage and meeting the rent, insufficient childcare. all of these issues are issues that for us to overcome them and improve them, we're going to need unity and the unity which realises that someone who is, for example, born in jamaica and is a bricklayer, has much more in common with another working class person who was perhaps born here than they do with the people that are cutting their services, who are getting the enormous tax breaks, who are making, who are taking money out of our public services, who are privatising them . that is the

privatising them. that is the real unity that we need to see. so i don't think that the trade unions and those that are standing against racism are what they're doing is they're not denigrating sections of people who have bad services, bad pay, bad bad jobs, bad housing. they are standing with them fundamentally to have a unity which can take on the people that are really in charge in our country and are really running it into the ground and have been for 40 years, which is which is your party, which is which is right now. >> well , i'm right now. >> well, i'm actually right now. >> well , i'm actually not >> well, i'm actually not a member of the labour party, sir. >> and labour have been in charge for about three minutes. well, one month and they've done a fine job of it in that time. >> and in that time they've cut the winter fuel allowance for, for 10 million pensioners. so they're the party that's making poorer people poorer at the moment. >> but on that point, you know, david, if you ask me, it's been a long time since the trade unions actually did represent the working class, because i know a lot of people have been writing into me in my inbox. i know people that work in, educational institutions in this country, and they get union letters from their union saying

we must campaign against these racist protests and all the rest of it, dismissing entirely all of it, dismissing entirely all of their concerns. the trade unions do not represent the working class people of this country. absolutely. i don't think it's adam. >> what if i could if i could have a go now, if what was good about the report there is the language that dougie used there. there were not racists and anti—racists as other people have said, these are people who are against mass migration . and are against mass migration. and then, on the other hand, the counter protests were more accurately called pro mass immigration protests. and that is the dividing line here. and it's good that he actually called them out for what they actually are. the trade unions, as you say, have been on the side of all these far left policies and agendas. mass immigration, transgenderism and many, many other things that you might call woke and so on. but you know what we've got here in northern ireland is a community that up until a couple of years ago was very, very homogenous and now they're radically, quickly, rapidly seeing the

changes that have happened more gradually in england over 40 years. they're seeing them happening just in the flash of an eye now. and it's very disconcerting to people there. and as you say, this is causing all kinds of problems in the availability of services. the availability of services. the availability of services. the availability of housing. and people aren't racist. they just don't want a rapid change in their communities, in the availability of services. and also in the culture of their country. and that's an absolutely legitimate thing to go out and say, all right, we'll come back to that because we're going to protesters gathering in manchester for a to stand up racism rally. >> and these are live pictures coming in now as hundreds of people march with their banners now similar protests are happening today in london and we'll be live outside of the home office. after your headunes home office. after your headlines with tatiana sanchez .

headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> darren. thank you. the top stories. king charles has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began , he thanked the police and began, he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. this comes after prime minister sir keir starmer said the police should remain on high alert going into this weekend, despite the violence easing . and as the violence easing. and as you've been hearing, police forces across the uk are on stand by over the weekend with cabinet office minister nick thomas—symonds saying the government is in a state of high readiness for the prospect of further disorder. around 741 people have now been arrested over rioting, according to the national police chiefs council. merseyside police says two more people have been charged following violent disorder in southport and liverpool, bringing the total number of people charged there to 24. they have announced this hour. a section 60 order has been

introduced in liverpool city centre for 12 hours following the violence and disorder seen last week . a senior police last week. a senior police service of northern ireland officer says there will be a significant visible policing operation in place ahead of a planned anti—immigration protest and counter protest in belfast. assistant chief constable melanie jones says the police are expecting a very busy weekend for policing across northern ireland, with a risk of spontaneous protest. around 1000 people gathered in belfast for a counter protest against several hundred anti—immigration demonstrators last night . the demonstrators last night. the funeral for british teenager jay slater, who died whilst on houdayin slater, who died whilst on holiday in tenerife, is being held today . well wishers who held today. well wishers who attend the service have been asked to wear something blue in his memory. a post—mortem examination found the 19 year old died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height. the spanish civil guard said mr slater could have fallen in the steep and inaccessible area where he was

discovered . those are the latest discovered. those are the latest gb news headlines for now , i'm gb news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward

>> welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes. now today, dozens of anti—racism rallies are being held across the united kingdom. we're going to let you see manchester playing out right now, now hundreds of people are gathered for a to stand up racism. march says protesters are expected to hold a stop. the far right demonstration outside the .

demonstration outside the. london headquarters of nigel farage's reform party in london. so you can see those pictures there. crowds gathered. now, what we found out during the protests just the other day was that hope not hate, which is a charitable organisation, had said openly admitted that it was a hoax , that the far right would a hoax, that the far right would all be gathering in their masses with a reported 100 protests taking place up and down the country that simply didn't materialise . so, you know, there materialise. so, you know, there seems to be a lot of confusion going on here, a lot of speculation and not much in the way of actual far right thuggery , way of actual far right thuggery, that on the street there right now, i mean, i can't see anything being lit on fire. >> there's nothing there, is there? >> no, >> no, >> so i wonder if they're being had once again. but we shall see, because there are, as we said earlier, a fair few protests going on in the country

right now. we're joined now, though, by the national reporter, charlie peters of gb news. and he is not in manchester. he's going to give us the latest outside of the home office. charlie, is that a damp squib as well? >> well, we're expecting a protest later this afternoon in central london, as you mentioned . central london, as you mentioned. stand up to racism, putting on several events across the country today that protest in manchester, you just showed some pictures of, but also in birmingham and in edinburgh and in newcastle, where in the last half hour or so there have been a couple of arrests by northumbria police. now they introduced a special legal order introduced a special legal order in newcastle city centre earlier today, giving police there additional powers for stop and search, but also to detain anyone who was covering their faces. a core part of so many of these protests and demonstrations over the last fortnight or so has been people

wearing masks, and northumbria police acting, we understand, on some intelligence there , have some intelligence there, have arrested at least one person for wearing a mask in the last half houn wearing a mask in the last half hour. there is a anti—immigration protest taking place in newcastle, but it is significantly outnumbered by the stand up to racism march, with their placards also present. and that's the same thing that happened yesterday in crawley, south of london, where there was about 4 or 5 anti—immigration protesters gathering outside of a hotel swamped by about 300 counter demonstrators . again, counter demonstrators. again, stand up to racism were part of that procedure. and that comes as as you said, darren, there was that fear of significant protests on wednesday that never occurred. but tens of thousands are reported to have taken to the streets across england that night from so—called counter demonstrators , again mostly demonstrators, again mostly unked demonstrators, again mostly linked to stand up to racism. that campaign group. now in the morning after that, sir mark rowley said that that was a

display of unity from our communities, that that comment has been slightly rebuked by, the cabinet office minister, nick thomas—symonds, who said that he didn't want to encourage any protesting because it's hard enough for the police to deal with one side of protests, particularly if they are potentially going to be whipped up into violent disorder. but if they're dealing with two separate sides, that changes the whole policing operation. i saw it myself on wednesday evening in aldershot, where a stand up to racism protest came in from outside of town, and then locals turned up to demonstrate against it. they weren't really even organised protesters, those opposing stand up to racism, they just sort of appeared from they just sort of appeared from the wider local area . so at the the wider local area. so at the moment the police are dealing with those concerns that any sort of demonstration could be matched or met with an opposing protesting force. they've arrested over 740 people linked with disorder. now, since these started on that tuesday evening after the southport killings,

over 300 charges, most of them for violent disorder, but but also for attacking emergency workers. some online offences and some, possession of weapons. and just one further case, i want to bring you quickly, a wife of a tory councillor, lucy connolly , is going to be connolly, is going to be appearing at nottingham magistrates court later today on charges of stirring up racial hatred online. that's a public order offence relating to alleged posts, where she called for people to burn down hotels. so lots of protests today , lots so lots of protests today, lots of charges. the police dealing with a nervy britain today. >> all right, charlie, one brief one before i let you go, a lot of people are saying this looks all very expensive. you know, all very expensive. you know, all these protests going on throughout the country and they're all flying these palestinian flags that have been handed out, like, sort of confetti at a wedding. what's going on there , going on there, >> expensive protests in terms of the protesters, i'm not sure

about that. but i do know that there's a lot of public concern about the cost of dealing with the policing operation, the criminal justice operation, of deaung criminal justice operation, of dealing with anyone who gets arrested is a concern, as you said, as we've covered kind of relentlessly on the channel. we don't have many cells spare in the in the prison estate at the moment. they're freeing up additional cells. but the ministry of justice confirmed yesterday that they need to they're going to be releasing some of the people they arrest on these disorder charges 40% of the way through their sentence. that's a new measure they've brought in. so some of the people being charged at the moment and sentenced for these riots could soon be released . riots could soon be released. >> all right. charlie peters there. always a pleasure. thank you very much for all of the latest there. now let's get the final thoughts from the panel today. final thoughts from the panel today . former adviser to jeremy today. former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider and leader of the heritage party, david kirton . now, james, how do david kirton. now, james, how do you sort of why is it that the palestinian flag do you think has become a sort of proxy of,

of what's going on right now with people flying it at the anti—racism rallies and on even pride marches and things like that? how has it become this , that? how has it become this, this sort of symbol of a progressive causes, i guess. >> i think it's become a symbol for justice because people who forjustice because people who are flying the palestinian flag are flying the palestinian flag are opposing the terrible crimes that have been done to the palestinian people. i just want to make another point, because i think people in this country, all of us, we're being really we're being really royally mugged off at the moment because housing is completely is unaffordable and is bad quality. and why is that? it's because social housing, council housing is being sold off and rents are soaring away. our public services are on their knees. why is that? because we've had 14 years of cuts to public services. at the same time that corporations were given tax handouts. we've got rip off bills and we've got pollution, we've got sewage in our waters and in our rivers. why is that?

because we had the great rip off of privatisation, which stuffs money in the pockets of people in tax havens and we have to live with the consequences. pay is down, pay is basically at the same level it was two decades ago. why people can't organise in trade unions to improve their pay- in trade unions to improve their pay. wealth is soaring away. why is it weight? corporate lobbyists write our laws and they get huge. and we've had huge handouts and giveaways from the bank of england. did migrants cause any of that? not one bit of it. but but the bankers , the bosses and the bankers, the bosses and the billionaires and the political and media class that they control, they have caused all of this. the reason, of course, the media, the media is overwhelmingly left wing. >> they all had the same thing on the pages of the front pages the other day. i mean, even the daily mail and the sun are getting in on the act. >> it was astounding, wasn't it? it was. it was really a set up. and you wonder if it came from the government and that was something that they decided in their cobra meeting they were going to do on wednesday. they said, there's going to be all these far right riots, 100 of them. there was absolutely

nothing happened. i think there was one protest that happened in farnborough, which was peaceful. and then you have stand up to racism, go out and saying, oh, look, we've chased off the far right. well, it's to easy chase off people who don't exist and didn't appear on the streets , didn't appear on the streets, isn't it, but they got the headunes isn't it, but they got the headlines there, and this is exactly what's happening today. again, they're putting out another fake story. it's going to be all these far right? riots. stand up to racism. let's go out and beat the far right. and there's nobody there. and they're there. and they've got a lot of money. as you said, they're all professionally organised. and this organisation is intimately linked with the labour party. you know, you've got some of the same people there. i mean, as you saw with there. i mean, as you saw with the councillor who said the dreadful things on night of you've ever organised a protest because there because there really aren't very expensive to organise. >> you need, you need you need, you need a level, you need a level of organisation . and you level of organisation. and you need people that want to turn up for a cause. >> thank you very much. james schneider there, former adviser to jeremy corbyn and leader of the heritage heritage party, david kirton, you're with me.

darren grimes on gb news. after the break. i'll be getting the latest from the world of sport with magee. see you

you stand. welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes. hey, you guys are getting stuck in in that inbox. thank you very much for that. but we're going to get the latest in the world of sport now. now, the controversial algerian boxer imane khelif won the olympic gold in a packed roland gerald. the 25 year old is one of two boxers at the centre of a gender eligibility row. now joining me to discuss this is the broadcaster aidan magee eden. always a pleasure my friend. >> now good to see you down the gold medal there that's kicked off spectacularly. >> the ioc the actual committee behind the olympics. they've stood by that decision though. >> yeah they have and we're not

going to get any further on this darren. realistically, unless the iba, who were the original governing body of boxing , who governing body of boxing, who imposed the sanctions for the world championships previously when khalife was deemed to be ineligible due to gender criteria tests , she was judged criteria tests, she was judged to have had an xy chromosome , to have had an xy chromosome, which which increases muscle mass. it also increases durability and makes a punch harder , quite frankly. so we saw harder, quite frankly. so we saw in the first fight, i think it was the second fight actually against angela karina of italy. that was last week. you know, the fuss that that caused and the fuss that that caused and the tears in the middle of the ring. the tears in the middle of the fing.and the tears in the middle of the ring. and it was very unedifying for both the iba and the ioc because the iba had had for various reasons, there is a little bit of a of fury between the two organisations. so if you if you think about it, the iba worked with in boxing 24 over seven, same as fifa with football. now fifa are governing the football at the olympics. but the iba who which which is their boxing equivalent are not governing boxing at the olympics. that's been taken off them by the ioc before this. so there is some there is some

needle between the two, each trying to discredit the other. but until the iba reveal how they reached their decision, and they reached their decision, and the ioc also revealed their criteria, we're going to be no closer to knowing who's who's right and who's wrong. it's possible that khalife could could be a bona fide contender in which case he's won a gold medal and nobody's liked it. nobody or it could. it could be the case that she sailed through these opponents, and she shouldn't have been there in the first place. so until until they come clean and show us everything and show full transparency , then we're no transparency, then we're no further on. and it's not a good look for the for the olympic movement as a whole, or for the ioc or for the iba or for the boxers involved. >> no, i mean, i saw the ioc president actually saying, well, actually we it's not an easy way to determine. >> no, it's not, it's not i mean, it's, it's, you know , it mean, it's, it's, you know, it was a car crash as soon as i heard about it. it wasn't the first round. >> no. we all knew this was going to happen. yeah, we all knew exactly it would play. >> i mean, people, even people saying that angela karina sort of faked it a little bit or

something. i mean, ijust believe that that's. i believe that's nonsense. >> i mean, we are doing well overall in the olympics. all right. >> we are indeed. yeah. we're fifth in the middle medals table right now. we've had a good spread of medals as well across the across the board. i mean, lots of different weird and wacky and wonderful events these days.i wacky and wonderful events these days. i mean, they were saying that breaking hasn't really or breakdancing hasn't really captured the imagination, but other ones like climbing. yesterday we got a gold yesterday with toby robert. yeah. he he's he's his father built him a climbing frame climbing contraption in his back garden during covid. and he said his earliest memory is climbing out of the cot when he was three years old. so he was born to do it, wasn't he? yeah, but he relied on his his japanese opponents. or he relied on a on a little bit of a mishap with three, three, three moves to go. so you do need a little bit of luck in these things, don't you. but look, he took it and he's fantastic. and if you look at the overall medals table. yeah britain have done really well across lots of different events. and so it's not like we've just done one in the swimming or just done one in the swimming orjust done one in the swimming orjust done one in the swimming orjust done one in the rome, which is what normally happens. they're showing strength across it and they're still medals to play for. and so who knows. they could even get above fifth and

then football. >> we've got the community shield and we've also got a new england manager. >> yeah i'll start on lee carsley quickly. it's quite an unremarkable bloke, but he's done a steady job recently but he's in an interim role at the moment. people are saying to me has he got a chance to get in the job? of course he's got a chance to get in the job, darren. if he keeps winning matches, even if he doesn't, even if he says he doesn't want the job, he's going to be kind of railroaded into it in some ways. you know? i mean, i knew him when he was at brentford a few years ago, years ago, and he was a temporary manager. he did do well, but it was insistent at the beginning. i don't want to be a front line manager. all the aggro that comes with that as well. he was a republic of ireland player, ireland international player, although much the although he's very much from the midlands heart. he's midlands really at heart. he's one of those one of those island players who i think had a guinness and so, so he managed to be eligible for the republic of ireland just on manchester united. we've not really discussed domestic football since about fa cup final. since about the fa cup final. you've had the euros, you've had the olympics and all the other things going on in between. erik ten hag still situ at ten hag still in situ at manchester united, they had a football review, a couple of months ago, which basically entailed the new owners, ineos and sir james ratcliffe, entailed the new owners, ineos and sirjames ratcliffe, going and sir james ratcliffe, going through a list of candidates that they think might replace ten hag. and either they weren't

available or basically the long and the short of it is they couldn't find anyone to replace him. >> aiden, just very, very briefly, how how much have you seen people saying if you go on these protests will kick you out of the football club or won't let you into the ground? >> yeah, i've seen a lot of that. >> i have indeed, yeah. a few clubs have put their oar in when i'm not sure they should. yeah. oh well just my feeling. >> yeah, yeah. well we'll see. aiden, thank you very much. aidan magee there. >> you're with darren grimes on gb news. coming up on the show. we'll see

break. good afternoon . it's just 1:00 good afternoon. it's just 1:00 on saturday, the 10th of august. this is the weekend on gb. news king charles calls for unity and praises the community spirit that countered the riots over the last week. it comes as the policing minister warns there is intelligence more protests could

come over this weekend. across the pond, the race for the white house continues, with polls nationally and in battleground states showing kamala harris building a lead or catching donald trump. we're asking who's going to be the next president and algerian boxer. imane khelif clinches olympic gold, hitting back at critics, saying i am a woman. should she have been allowed to compete in the first place. i'm darren grimes and this is the weekend . this is the weekend. now, my friends, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. you're going off like you wouldn't believe in this inbox. and on gbnews.com/yoursay. thank you very much for doing so. we'll get to some of those in a moment and join that conversation. but

keeping me company this hour is the former editor of labourlist, peter edwards, and the former deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib. but before we get stuck in to today's stories, it's the news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> darren, thank you very much and good afternoon. the top stories. king charles has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began. he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. this comes after prime minister sir keir starmer said the police should remain on high alert going into the weekend, despite the violence easing . police the violence easing. police forces across the uk are on stand by this weekend, with cabinet office minister nick thomas—symonds saying the government is in a state of high readiness for the prospect of

further disorder. protesters are out in their hundreds in manchester already rallying against racism. no reports of any disorder thus far. around 741 people have now been arrested over rioting, according to the national police chiefs council, of which over 300 have been charged. merseyside police says two more people have been charged today following violent disorder in southport and liverpool, bringing the total number of people charged there to 24. a section 60 order is now in place for 12 hours in the liverpool city centre . the liverpool city centre. the family of six year old bebe king, who died after being stabbed in southport, said she was full of joy , light and love. was full of joy, light and love. they say she'll remain in our hearts as the sweet, kind and spirited girl we adore. that statement, released by merseyside police just moments ago and of course, she tragically died alongside seven year old elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva akua, who was nine. a senior police service of

northern ireland officer says there will be a significant visible policing operation in place ahead of a planned anti—immigration protest and counter protest in belfast, where people have begun to gather. assistant chief constable melanie jones says the police are expecting a very busy weekend for policing across northern ireland, with a risk of spontaneous protest. around a thousand people gathered in belfast for a counter protest against hundred several anti—immigration demonstrators last night . anti—immigration demonstrators last night. the anti—immigration demonstrators last night . the funeral for last night. the funeral for british teenager jay slater, who died whilst on holiday in tenerife, is being held today. well wishers who attend the service have been asked to wear something blue in his memory. the post—mortem examination found the 19 year old died of traumatic head injuries consistent with a fall from height. the spanish civil guard said mr slater could have fallen in the steep and inaccessible area where he was discovered . an area where he was discovered. an investigation has now been launched after a plane crashed in the state of sao paulo in

brazil, killing all 61 people on board. the black box was found late last night. there were 57 passengers and four crew members on board, and if you're watching us on television, you'll see the dramatic footage of the plane spiralling out of control and crashing through trees, eventually ending in a large plume of smoke . elsewhere, plume of smoke. elsewhere, dozens of people have been killed in a strike that targeted a school turned shelter in gaza city. that's to according palestinian health officials. according to gaza's civil defence agency, more than 100 people have been killed, with dozens more injured. israel's military said it struck the location yesterday , describing location yesterday, describing its target as a hamas command centre embedded in the school . centre embedded in the school. former us president donald trump arrived to address the republican masses at a rally in montana this morning . they say montana this morning. they say the republican nominee arrived

at bozeman , montana, after his at bozeman, montana, after his plane was reportedly diverted to a different airport due to a mechanical issue. this comes after trump yesterday spent nearly an hour at his home in florida, addressing a select group of reporters claiming that america was in the most dangerous position it's ever been. and he also called vice president kamala harris a radical left person . according radical left person. according to the new york times today, kamala is leading in the polls in three key states. >> kamala is grossly incompetent and, in my opinion, has a very low iq. but we'll find out about her iq during the debate. okay, let's find out about her right. >> and in sport, the men's team gb 400 metre relay team has come away with bronze at the paris olympics . the quartette of great olympics. the quartette of great britain's zharnel hughes , britain's zharnel hughes, nethaneel mitchell—blake louis hinchcliffe and jeremiah azou finishing strong in that final. and that is, of course, after the women's won team silver in the women's won team silver in

the same race. those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana. let's get stuck into today's topics. now. king charles has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began, he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace across the country, and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. now that comes as bofis violence. now that comes as boris johnson launches a scathing attack against the prime minister, sir keir starmer, over his handling of these far right riots and his

approach to immigration. now joining me to discuss this is gb news political correspondent olivia utley . olivia, it was olivia utley. olivia, it was quite the article that boris johnson has written because he basically urges sir keir starmer to start packing right away and get himself abroad and rethink what boris johnson perceives as utter, well, madness, frankly, from the labour party. >> yeah, it's a very punchy article in the daily mail today, in classic boris johnson style. he starts by criticising keir starmer for reversing some conservative policies, namely building more prisons. in fact, the labour government has said that it will be closing prisons and will be some of the prisons that are in the worst state for, for for, renewing them. and as a result, we'll have to release thousands of prisoners early. now, keir starmer is a bit painted himself into a corner there because his response to there because his response to the riots so far has been to get

as many people behind bars as possible. well, that might be very sensible , but as we are very sensible, but as we are living through a prisons overcrowding crisis, it will probably set himself up for problems later down the line. the crux of boris johnson's article, though, is criticism of keir starmer for not getting to what what boris johnson sees as the root of the problem of the riots. so, as i say, starmer's response mainly has been to get the courts working in overtime, get as many people arrested as possible. nearly 500 people arrested already, 150 already charged. all very laudable , but charged. all very laudable, but it can't be ignored . as boris it can't be ignored. as boris johnson points out, that 34% of british people, to according one poll, are sympathetic to the rioters cause, even if they're not sympathetic to the means that the rioters are making. and bofis that the rioters are making. and boris johnson makes the point that it can't be true that over a third of british society are sort of racist right wing thugs. and if that's not the case, well , and if that's not the case, well, perhaps those third have a point. and when is keir starmer

going to talk about the immigration crisis as opposed to just the rioters who are protesting about the immigration crisis? >> well, olivier was asked about it. the other day during a press briefing, and he didn't have much to say about it. in fact, i think he would rather talk about anything else but that. but olivia utley there gb news political correspondent, thank you, as ever, for your time now, folks. a senior police officer in northern ireland says there's going to be a significant visible policing operation in place ahead of a planned anti—immigration protest and a counter protest in belfast. let's head up there now and speak to our northern ireland reporter , dougie beattie reporter, dougie beattie o dougie. there are lots of people there now . there now. >> oh, there are, there are hundreds of people, but all mainly from the public sector and absolutely no police in riot gear whatsoever. no tactical support groups are here. they were here last night for the

anti—immigration protesters that in fact, it was shocking how many of them that actually were with snatch, land rovers, etc. and they were stopping and searching some of those protesters on the way in to the area. and what we are now seeing is the public sector. many of the trade unions having this, protest behind us, and an awful amount of palestinian flags, gay pride flags, and amazingly , on pride flags, and amazingly, on friday i seen flags of the nuj, the national union of journalism, where we're meant to be, very, just straight down the middle on this. it was quite , middle on this. it was quite, quite disturbing to me to see that. but these are people who live in middle class areas and as yet have not seen illegal immigration. and it's very, very important that we stress this down. people in northern ireland and the republic of ireland are not against immigration. what they are against is a undocumented immigrants coming

in to northern ireland and being put in those working class areas, and they are changing the concept of those working class areas, people there. i have spoke to you at great length who do not want to appear on camera, because they would be branded racists. this is where we have got to that you are branded racist if you turn around and just tell the facts of what is happening, some some of these people can't even get their children into local primary schools because there are so many places set aside for immigrants. some of them those very people, maybe only have one car. the husband works nights. the wife works days, and they are having to drive their children three miles up the road to another school. then they want to have a family support in the area that they grew up, and they're trying to buy the houses in the family that they grew up. but private landlords have bought those houses up and they give them up over to groups such as mirrors that then use those social houses that are in the

hands of private landlords, including hotels , give them five including hotels, give them five year contracts in them and move in undocumented immigrants into that area . now, in the last two that area. now, in the last two years, i have been in the repubuc years, i have been in the republic of ireland, which really in terms is so far ahead of britain, not because of the amount of immigrants they have taken , but because of the amount taken, but because of the amount of immigrants per head of population. we are now seeing even middle class areas kicking back on this and saying, no more. we cannot have any more here. we haven't got the facilities or infrastructure to deal with it. one man i spoke to was a butcher on the canal in dublin. a beautiful tourist place is now full of tented villages with drugs , villages with drugs, paraphernalia, pornography, drink, human excrement and those shops that are beside those tents are now closing because, well, they can't get women into the shops to buy stuff because the shops to buy stuff because the amount of it here. so these people from the trade unions and it is a trade unions, i think haven't just got to grips with

those areas that are really being affected. >> no. right. >> no. right. >> yeah. middle class trade unionists have no doubt. but dougie beattie, thank you very much for joining dougie beattie, thank you very much forjoining me as ever and much for joining me as ever and offering your thoughts there. ben, i have to put to oh, i should introduce you first, then i just assume people should introduce you first, then ijust assume people know should introduce you first, then i just assume people know who you are. i'm joined now by my panel you are. i'm joined now by my panel. the former editor of labourlist, peter edwards, and the former deputy leader of the reform party, ben habib, who i was just about to talk to now, ben , i have to ask you this ben, i have to ask you this comment because we saw there the palestinian flags flown by the trade unionists. you've got the new sort of, epilepsy inducing pride flag that's been that's what struck me. they're saying one of our viewers, true brit says, look, darren, i'm banging on about this until i'm blue in the face because actually, this is all stonewall's diversity , is all stonewall's diversity, eqtu is all stonewall's diversity, equity and inclusion. and actually that it's that whole agenda that they're putting through universities, hospitals, civil servants, councils . that's

civil servants, councils. that's the issue here. do you sort of is that the i completely agree, i completely agree this isn't about the far right versus sane people who are counter—protesting the so—called anti —racist counter—protesting the so—called anti—racist marches are actually infused with prejudice as the way that you've just described it. >> and as you know, from past conversations we've had, in my view , diversity, equity and view, diversity, equity and inclusion is an incredibly prejudiced , divisive government prejudiced, divisive government regulatory , expensive, regulatory, expensive, expensive, damaging to the economy. but what it does is give protected status to ethnic minorities and affords them the ability to come out and do what they're doing on the streets and have some kind of cloak of protection against the criminal justice system in the way that they behave. and that's why there's also a feeling of two tier policing, because of this protective cloak that they have. but the one thing i want to draw viewers attention to in northern

ireland, it's the most remarkable thing that the anti—immigration protests have managed to have managed to do, what, 40 years of government policy has failed to do, which is bring together people flying union jacks and the tricolour of the republic of ireland on the same side. they recognise that it is actually an assault on the island of ireland that's taking place at the moment, with mass immigration and illegal migration. i thought dougie gave a really good exposition of what was going on. i would disagree with dougie on one thing. this isn't just about illegal migrants. this is about migration. full stop . and the migration. full stop. and the people who joined together to protest are not far right. they are typically the overlooked white working class from depnved white working class from deprived areas of belfast and across the united kingdom and they are typically labour voters. they're not far right. >> and on that point, ben habib, i've got to bring in peter edwards now because one of our

viewers, peter called gary has written in and gary says, hi, darren, please can you try to stop those that are pro unlimited or pro mass migration calling people with the opposite view, racists and nazis? it's inaccurate, insulting and insane. that's where we're at with the public discourse at the minute, is it not? >> well, i want to come back. i've heard quite a right leaning stream of consciousness from dougie, and then views from both of you that i do disagree with quite strongly. i don't understand why ben takes the view , and ben and i will view, and ben and i will disagree on most things, but i don't understand why he takes a view that the stonewall flag, i.e. in support of gay community or the wider lgbtq+ community, is he used a phrase infused with prejudice. i don't understand that at all. and then coming on to the people who are now in jail, i explain that, yeah, and now come on to people in jail to say that they are labour voters is an absolute nonsense. one can speculate. i think we can all agree they're violent and morons. if they're in jail for assaulting mosques or assaulting

people, we can agree they're violent. >> but do you agree that they're not? >> why are we saying they're labour voters? >> there's no evidence that at all. >> but, but but there's more evidence for that, given that they come from deprived working class areas across the country , class areas across the country, then there is to classify them as far right. there are, at least in labour constituencies. >> right? we know that at least most of them. >> i would say someone who we've said i'm looking at times, it could be any newspaper, a guy who's in jail, possibly for assaulting police. none of us have met him. we don't know what street he lives on. we don't know how he votes. >> but ben saying we've convinced he's a labour voter. no i didn't say that. >> no, that's not what i said. what? i'm saying is that you're absolutely right that we won't know what their political disposition is, and therefore we cannot classify them as far right. it is extremely divisive. and playing dirty politics by the prime minister to categorise all those who have a legitimate protest against immigration as far right he does it in order to rubbish their position. that's what the prime minister is doing. and you're rightly

saying, you're rightly saying , saying, you're rightly saying, peter, that we don't know what their political ideology is, but what i'm saying is that i agree with you, but if we were to hazard a guess at what their political leaning is, it's probably labour because they come from white working class backgrounds across the uk, the depnved backgrounds across the uk, the deprived areas that have been repeatedly promised that they would be levelled up, and what they've seen is immigrants in masses coming into their communities, being put ahead of them on social housing, education, nhs, getting cash in their pockets. all of this is an offence to the white working class man. and just last point , class man. and just last point, labour party has turned its back on its constituency, which is the working class of this country . the labour party is country. the labour party is infused with some kind of ideological nonsense that it's inherited from the dei agenda. >> all right. >> all right. >> i think that's a rant, and there's too much for me to respond to there. i do i don't want to just sit here grumbling. i want to make a meaningful contribution. but ben didn't offer evidence. what he's saying. we know that in poorer

areas, turnout is lower,. so lots of the people ben believes are left wing may not vote at all. >> i didn't say that. i didn't say i believe they're left. >> ben, you've had an awful lot of time to rant away. >> yeah, but you miscategorised what i say, peter. >> tough luck. it's a debate show, so i think we all agree the violence is wrong. >> i would say, you know, there's lots of individuals in there's lots of individuals in the paper today. if someone's convicted and admitted racially or religiously aggravated harassment, there's no evidence at all to suggest that person from the left, i'd imagine if they behave like that, they're probably not voting at all. and then to come to how the labour government's doing, you know, laboun government's doing, you know, labour, like the last government , labour, like the last government, will be judged on its record in office and it will be on a house, house, building the nhs, inflation, all the things that we vote on and care about. but when labour's been in government for a month to say, and they've pledged to build more houses, to say immediately that labour have turned their back on the working class after five weeks. i mean, to put it politely, that's a bit daft. >> well, i think it's been going

on a lot longer than that, though. peter, with respect, i think you can go all the way back to gillian duffy. you can go all the way back to tony blair. and the working class started to move away from the labour party. i mean, that's that's not pure speculation. that's there is actual evidence . that's there is actual evidence. >> well, labour lost elections and you need to win working class votes and middle class votes. that's just a fact. but and you know, i'm, i stress labour will be judged and it will be judged harshly on its record over one, two, three, four, five years. but to say after five weeks when labour won and the other parties lost, it's turned back is just without any evidence at all. >> no, it's not without evidence. it's not without evidence. it's not without evidence. typical labour voter would. the typical labour historic ideology was is the typical the typical typical labour ideology of the past was to promote british workers rights. okay, you do not promote british workers rights by embracing mass immigration, the foundation for which were put in place by tony blair. as darren

rightly identifies. and you do not hold your hand out in friendship to the white working class in this country by categorising all those who are protesting against immigration as far right this government has turned its back instantly. within five weeks on the working class in this country. >> this shows the problem with debate, because ben is so angry and we're all angry, have different views. but every time i come on the show, ben gets angry and waves his finger at me. i just make one point about wes streeting, the new health secretary, he said in the nhs, you're more likely to meet an immigrant as a nurse or a doctor or a cleaner. rather than a patient. i thought that was a very pithy summary. he was trying to get to the heart of it and say, immigrants are not jumping the queue. immigrants are making a massive contribution to public services and the economy that that is valid. and it's completely, different. talking about illegal immigration, i was worried that dougie, in his summary, is merging these two things together because society needs together because society needs to treat lawful immigrants who come here to make a contribution. very distinctly from illegal immigrants. >> well, yes, but there is still

a problem with the assimilation of both, right? the assimilation of both, right? the assimilation of both, right? the assimilation of both legal and illegal. >> well, if you if you're legal, let's park that. >> if you're illegal, you shouldn't be here. so we don't want to assimilate illegal immigrants. if you're a legal immigrant, there's absolutely a pressure on public services. and you're completely right with that. school places, house building is obviously a very long standing one. the other one that really comes up is getting to see see your gp and i think, you know, i defend a lot of what the blair government did, but i think one thing they didn't do enough on was investing in pubuc enough on was investing in public services infrastructure to ensure, that there weren't community tensions and there were enough gp places and so on and so on. >> well, i mean, i saw that bofis >> well, i mean, i saw that boris johnson had said that migration was too high and i just thought, oh please, boris, i know boris, come on everyone, you can't see that boris johnson of course, let it go sky high. but anyway, we'll leave that there. we'll come back to you both. ben habib, the former deputy leader of reform uk, and peter edwards, former editor of labourlist. now for all the best

analysis and opinion on that story and more, you can go to the website where on gb news.com. now the race for the white house continues with polls nationally and in battleground states showing kamala harris building a lead or catching donald on that after the

break. welcome back to the weekend with me , darren grimes. now, the me, darren grimes. now, the battle for the white house continues. a short while ago, former president donald trump arrived to address the republican masses at a rally in montana . the day . well, the montana. the day. well, the republican nominee arrived at bozeman, montana, after his plane was reportedly diverted to a different airport due to a

mechanical issue. now, despite that delay, trump still had time to criticise kamala harris once again. >> kamala is grossly incompetent and in my opinion has a very low iq , but we'll find out about her iq, but we'll find out about her iq, but we'll find out about her iq during the debate. okay, let's find out about her right. >> well, well, well , feisty >> well, well, well, feisty stuff indeed. >> i'm sure that will be a debate. well worth watching . debate. well worth watching. let's see what my panel make of this. former editor of labourlist, peter edwards, and former deputy leader of the reform party, ben habib. peter, i'll start with you. kamala harris, to her credit, does seem to have, rebound and galvanise the democratic base. >> yes. i mean, i think we've got to forget everything about the us presidential race up till about 2 or 3 weeks ago because, in effect, it restarted . and it in effect, it restarted. and it it reminds me of that adage about you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. i think her first impression. i think her first impression has been good. so far. i actually think the polls are fairly meaningless at this stage because whereas trump's been campaigning for basically

four years since he lost last time, she's only just got started to use an american word, she's got a good back story, you know, worked in mcdonald's, i think, to put herself through their equivalent of a levels or or law school was fairly loyal to joe biden, and she's done better than expected so far. we expect trump will be very personal and mean in the debates, and he was already calling her stupid, but she has had a good start. but don't pay too much attention to the polls because we're in this kind of is this a honeymoon period? yes, i think we're in a rewritten race. and if she's 2 or 3 weeks in to something to a vote that happens in november, you know, she's 2 or 3 weeks into a sort of a three and a half month race. so it's relatively early doors. >> i mean, ben, there are a lot of issues actually. you know, funnily enough, america has the same issues at our southern border when it comes to illegal migration. for example, there are issues across 2 million a yeah are issues across 2 million a year. i mean, 2 million a year. >> extraordinary, isn't it? >> extraordinary, isn't it? >> and a whole host of other

issues in which the democrats weren't polling too well in. they have rebounded, as i just said, with peter, there . so are said, with peter, there. so are you expecting is this is this over for trump now? >> no, not at all. not at all. is this over ? i mean, i agree is this over? i mean, i agree that it's very early doors and she's getting a bit of a bounce, partly because money has suddenly flooded into the lots of money. lots of money's come in. they weren't backing , in. they weren't backing, understandably. they weren't backing, you know, biden, who was self—evidently senile , and was self—evidently senile, and now it was a choice between someone who's senile and who trump describes as someone who's got a very low iq, but she can look to what could be with unburdened by what has been before. have you have you seen that clip which which i think is interesting . no, i think trump interesting. no, i think trump is going to get ahead of her. i she will reveal herself. i do agree with trump. i don't think she's the brightest, sharpest knife in the in the box or brightest button in the jar or whatever the expression is. >> and is there a worry, though, that he , as peter, said, that he

that he, as peter, said, that he will go on the personal and that that will put arne slot she's gone for the personal for him. >> she's already said he's a bit weird, right? you know , the weird, right? you know, the presidential races are very ad hominem. they go for each other's jugular, you know , it's other's jugular, you know, it's not like the refined british political scene where peter and i can have a civilised debate on gb news. you know, they go for each other. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, peter, what i would say, though, is that i remember when , was it a cnn poll? when, was it a cnn poll? i forget, but they said hillary clinton had a 99% chance of winning the 2016 presidential. >> just forget it. i mean, just forget forget the polls because evenin forget forget the polls because even in the kind of last hour of the race, they can be wrong. but we're in the first few weeks of the race, so just forget the polls. i know we need to talk about something, but i think i'm quite interested in the economy because i think i'd imagine for the next week or two, whenever the next week or two, whenever the debates are, kamala harris will continue to be ahead in

general in national polls, possibly in a few swing states as well, which is where the change has happened, which is why we're talking about it. but trump is still ahead on the economy, which is fascinating, obviously very anti—trump, but trump ran a business and he was several and he was accused over a long period of inflating the worth of his assets and inflating the worth of his business, which he denied vigorously. but he's been a ceo some would say he was hopeless or, exaggerated it. but he's run a business and he's ahead on the economy. and we know americans like most countries like here, vote on the economy. >> he was he was very good for the american economy. last time he was president, he cut corporation tax in the teeth of massive criticism. people said, don't do it. it won't boost the economy. all you're going to do is damage the fiscal position of the of the us, which is already poon the of the us, which is already poor. and actually it boosted the us. he had it over a very healthy economy to biden. >> but then jd vance, who was president trump's nominee for vice president, he has, i think ben habib. and i don't wish to

make assertions here, but i actually think he has different views on the economy than perhaps you would. to be honest. he's very protectionist. would you say? >> yeah. you know, i'm not wholly against protection. okay. i think unfettered free trade is not necessarily a good thing. look at the way we've created a dependence on china, an inability to produce steel domestically, an inability , domestically, an inability, therefore, to be sure that the uk can defend itself. unfettered free trade needs to be needs to be measured. and i, i disagree with so—called, you know , with so—called, you know, conservative, ideology when it goes to, you know, just get to the lowest possible cost of production. i think you need to look at what national interest in, you know, at the same time, that's what they're talking about. >> but peter, thank you very much. that's peter edwards there. and ben habib, thank you very much to you. we'll come back to that panel after the break. now we're outside coming up the home office as protesters rally at the stop, the far right and stand up to racism

demonstrations across the country. we're live with our national reporter after the headunes national reporter after the headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> darren. thank you . the top >> darren. thank you. the top stories. his majesty the king has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country. he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. this comes after prime minister sir keir starmer said the police should remain on high alert this weekend, despite the violence easing . around 15,000 violence easing. around 15,000 people are taking part in an anti—racism rally in belfast following a week of unrest and disorder in the city. the demonstration began at writers square and made its way to city hall, where speeches are also taking place. a senior police service of northern ireland officer earlier promised a significant visible policing

operation. around 1000 people gathered in belfast for a counter—protest against hundred several anti—immigration demonstrators last night . police demonstrators last night. police forces across the uk are on stand by this weekend, with a cabinet office minister saying the government is in a state of high readiness for the prospect of further disorder. protesters are out in their hundreds in manchester rallying against racism. no reports of any disorder thus far, and around 741 people have now been arrested over rioting, according to the national police chiefs council, of which 302 have been charged . merseyside police says charged. merseyside police says two more people have been charged. there today following violent disorder in southport and liverpool, bringing the total number of people charged there to 24. a section 60 order is now in place for 12 hours in liverpool city centre . liverpool city centre. meanwhile, the family of six year old bebe king, who died after being stabbed in southport, said she was full of joy , southport, said she was full of joy , light and love and she'll

joy, light and love and she'll remain in our hearts as the sweet, kind and spirited girl that we adore. that statement, released by merseyside police. and of course, she tragically died along with seven year old elsie dot stancombe and alice dasilva aguiar, who was nine. up to 500 mourners have attended the funeral service of teenager jay slater, who quotes touched the lives of so many people. the british teenager died whilst on houdayin british teenager died whilst on holiday in tenerife. those who attended the service wore blue in his memory. a post—mortem examination found the 19 year old died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height. the spanish civil guard said mr slater could have fallen in the steep and inaccessible area where he was discovered . and those are the discovered. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now , latest gb news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward

>> welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes. thank you very much for your company. now dozens of protests are taking place up and down the country today for the stop the far right and stand up to racism. we're going to one such protest up in manchester. now, as you can see, it's getting pretty lively there. what's that? an anti—israel slogan there. lots of palestinian flags, lots of chants and everything else going on there. i mean, i don't know what this obsession is with these protests that are supposed to be combating what's going on in our country, actually turns into a proxy for palestine . and proxy for palestine. and basically bashing israel at every given opportunity. and i

heard earlier there was chants from from the river to the sea, which in my opinion is calling for the genocide of the jews . for the genocide of the jews. but, you know, i don't know how that's an anti—racism chant. i really, really don't . but, you really, really don't. but, you know, there they are. their demo is kicking off and, well, know, there they are. their demo is kicking off and, well , there is kicking off and, well, there are several of these going on up and down the country right now as we speak , i can't see any as we speak, i can't see any counter protests. you know , the, counter protests. you know, the, ever prolific in the in the media sense, far right. doesn't appear to have emerged. but we'll bring you more of those pictures as and when we get them. right, folks, we're joined now by national reporter charlie peters to give us the latest , peters to give us the latest, which is outside of the home office . charlie, we've been office. charlie, we've been seeing the pictures there up in manchester. it's appears to me to have turned into another one of what suella braverman deemed to be hate marches .

to be hate marches. >> well, darren, i'm not seeing those pictures, but there are significant stand up to racism protests taking place across the country today. the police are on high alert and 6000 specialist riot police remain on standby to be mobilised across the nation if necessary. for the last fortnight . with these protests, fortnight. with these protests, counter—protests and significant disorder associated with them, the police have relied a lot on mutual aid where other officers from different forces come to support local teams when they have to face down rioters or violent disorder. so that's the message that the national police chiefs council are putting out today. they also said last night, their chair that the tide had turned. they believed after the last significant piece of disorder taking place on tuesday evening in plymouth. but they remained on high alert and were not going to be complacent. and that's just one side of the criminal justice proceedings going on, because of course,

we've got to deal with the legal aspects. the courts now, the crown prosecution service say they have an additional 100 prosecutors, many of them working around the clock to deal with all the additional pressures that this disorder and various sets of protests have put on to the system. many courts sitting today. some highlights from the magistrates in the last hour. laura connolly, a wife of a tory councillor, arrived at the nottingham magistrates earlier today. she's been remanded in custody on charges of racial hatred and she was alleged to have shared a post about burning down asylum hotels. and she'll appear at a crown court on monday. another person appearing in the magistrates today, a scaffolder who is alleged to have had a knuckle duster at a protest in southampton earlier this week. and just to bring you a line from the defending barrister in court , said he put barrister in court, said he put his fingers, he put it on his fingers and he couldn't get it off. she, she then argued that he has quite thick knuckles.

well, the judge hearing that argument decided to also remand lee james, 42, into custody. he'll appear at a crown court on monday as well, so the police remain on high alert. with all of these demonstrations after the last significant round of so—called anti—fascist demonstrations taking place on wednesday evening, the police standing . by to monitor those standing. by to monitor those protests with two reports of arrests in newcastle but no further around the country. >> all right, charlie peters there. thank you very much for that update as ever. right. we'll see what my panel makes of this. now. former editor of labourlist, peter edwards and former deputy leader of the reform party, ben habib. one of our comments, ben says you might as well rename this. this is from john, who is a member. thank you very much for being a member, john. he says you might as well rename this country palestine because that's all i ever see. palestine, palestine, palestine. these flags everywhere. how about we put union jacks on all the lampposts around the country? >> well, i wish, i wish we were

prouder of our country and our flag and our history and our identity and our. flag and our history and our identity and our . culture i wish identity and our. culture i wish we were prouder. i wish we had positive government initiatives to promote the united kingdom to the people of the united kingdom, and i wish we didn't practice die in the earlier segment, peter challenged me on how die might be divisive. well, i'll tell you how it's divisive. it literally puts a protected status around minority ethnic, ethnicities , around people who ethnicities, around people who have minority religious beliefs, sexual preferences, including the transgender ideology. lot. and when you when you create a protected status around people and you're promoting them and in businesses are required to employ them ahead of white people to report on how many ethnicities and how i run a business, a public company. peter, you can shake your head. >> i have to report a company as well. >> i have to report. i have to

report on the number of people from different backgrounds that i employ . and this progressive i employ. and this progressive discrimination is nothing more than discrimination against the majority of the people in this country . dei is divisive and country. dei is divisive and it's damaging to the cultural social fabric of this country, andifs social fabric of this country, and it's deeply damaging to our economy and our defences. even the raf was looking to hire people from diverse backgrounds to fly jets, as opposed to white people. they didn't want white jet fighter pilots. i don't care about the colour of people's skin. i want them to do the job that they're best suited to do. >> all right. thank you very much for that. ben habib, one of our comments says that i actually this dei has permeated every institution and torn actually this dei has permeated every institution and tom the soul out of the country. i mean, what i saw this week , peter, was what i saw this week, peter, was the fact that robert peston, who of . course, has itv's flagship

of. course, has itv's flagship politics show, was advertising for a job in media. and you could only apply if you met these, this diversity, equity and inclusion target. and can you understand the frustration by people saying, actually, i look at the stats and i see that it's the white working class who are doing less well than other groups. >> okay , let's try and >> okay, let's try and disaggregate facts and opinions. >> so i've been an employer as well, in the public and in the private sector . private sector. >> well, that is a fact about the white working class in schools. hold on. >> but i've never seen anything in years of being an employer and a chief executive of community organisations where employers are forced to hire someone not forced. >> there's a you absolute, you know , nothing. peter. know, nothing. peter. >> ben, let me speak. >> ben, let me speak. >> you actually don't know. >> you actually don't know. >> please stop. >> please stop. >> you don't know what you're talking about. please stop talking. >> make the point. make the point. >> yeah. so i've been chief executive, you know, in a political organisation for six, seven years. the law does not force companies or charities or third sector organisations to employ someone of a particular

race. you, companies and so on and so on can choose to do that. and obviously we've seen it in many walks of life. i've not seen the robert peston advert. what we often see on job adverts is not a legal requirement, but we've often seen a form of word that says applications from underrepresented groups are encouraged. so it's offering support. but it's not saying we will hire a gay person exclusively, or this is only a job for people of colour. it's encouraging. yeah. so i'm a bit worried that we're kind of creating myths. >> no, peter hasn't got a clue. there is a positive obligation on companies under section 172 of the companies act to promote social justice that has been instituted through regulation across the united kingdom through esg, environmental, social and governance. the social and governance. the social element of esg is diversity, equity and inclusion. many regulatory bodies, including the fca, the financial reporting council and others, require the businesses that they regulate to use dei as a

fundamental basis for delivery of social justice in their communities and peter, i have to read out because this is from robert peston and the job application says this opportunity is only open to individuals from a group that is underrepresented in the creative industries. >> again, that that anger and resentment towards all of this. do you do you not think that all of these initiatives, they may well be laudable or whatever else, but they're actually making things worse? the divisiveness in the country , i divisiveness in the country, i don't think they're making things worse. >> i mean, the organisation i ran before my current job was, in east london, and it had a majority muslim workforce. so we spent a lot of time thinking about these issues. and the approach took was generally, when you shortlist someone for a job, you want the best people, and it kind of helps , certainly and it kind of helps, certainly in a community organisation, to have a shortlist that represents a community. so living in east london, if you had a shortlist of 5 or 6, white, middle aged

men, that and obviously a white middle aged man, that would be really odd. but actually living in east london also found that that was quite easy to do. there was no requirement for positive discrimination. if you shortlisted the best people, you tended to get, women and people of colour and a few white british men and possibly gay people. and you did get a cross—section of society. >> we'll have to we'll leave that that particular discussion there. a huge thank you to the panel there. a huge thank you to the panel. peter edwards, former editor of labourlist and former deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib. lots to talk about. coming up, i'm getting to your views, i promise, i promise i am. we've got more to discuss. that's after this

break. welcome back to the weekend with me , darren grimes. lots of you me, darren grimes. lots of you have been sending in your thoughts. jeffrey dobson on that diversity, equity and inclusion point. he says darren robert

peston's job advert i can't believe that ethnic minorities or lgbtq+ are underrepresented in the media industry. surely it means the role is only open to the straight, white working class? well, that would be a turn up for the books. jeffrey wouldn't it? i don't think itv wouldn't it? i don't think itv would like that one at all too much. john says donald trump is going to help nigel farage save the west. well, i mean, you know, what we've seen recently has filled me with dread, and many of you, as well, in this inbox, all of you are feeling really, really quite nervous about what's going on in our country. and speaking of what's going on in our country, on the uk protests, siobhan says, i'm against immigration, but i'm not far right or racist. it's heartbreaking to be branded as one. and siobhan, you absolutely should not feel like that. you shouldn't be made to feel like that. you are not right. i know

that. you are not right. i know that with my in my heart of hearts, i don't even know you, siobhan, but i feel sorry and deeply, deeply. i find it an egregious slander by the political and media class to actually smear everybody with concerns. as far right there are millions of us. let's not forget that now . continue to let me that now. continue to let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay. join the conversation there. you're with me. darren grimes on gb news see you after the break. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello! welcome to your gb news. weather update from the met office. some late evening sunny spells in the north. cloudier in the south before turning hot and humid sunday and more so into monday. so looking at the bigger picture then we've got this waving feature and this is responsible for the areas of cloud today. but higher pressure situated towards the south. so through the rest of today then

that cloud should generally melt away , generally just staying away, generally just staying along the southern coast of england. so murky here, elsewhere clearer skies developing. any showers across scotland generally fading as we go through the night. so underneath the clear skies could turn quite chilly for some of us in rural spots. but underneath this cloud are humid , this cloud are humid, uncomfortable night with some muqqy uncomfortable night with some muggy conditions here. so to start monday morning, then like i said, a lot of cloud around, especially across parts of devon and cornwall and along english coast. some low cloud here elsewhere, some sunny spells perhaps turning a bit hazy with the sunshine across northern ireland and parts of northern england as well, and across scotland, sunny spells mixed with just a few showers still coming in from the west. so through the rest of sunday hopefully most of this cloud should start lifting and breaking in that low cloud retreating back towards coastal areas elsewhere. many places

seeing plenty of sunshine, showers fading across parts of scotland as well. and for many of us it is going to be a warm if not very warm and humid day. highs in the southeast up to 27, possibly even 29 degrees. so then as we go into sunday afternoon and evening time , that afternoon and evening time, that cloud generally melting away, plenty of clear skies on offer. but notice low pressure out towards the west. and that could bnng towards the west. and that could bring a focus for some quite heavy thundery showers on monday. going to be feeling very hot as well . monday. going to be feeling very hot as well. highs of up to 32 on monday, but by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers,

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saturday the 10th of august. this is the weekend on gb news. king charles has called for unity and praised the community spirit that countered the riots over the last week. it comes as the policing minister warns there is intelligence more protests could happen over the weekend across the pond . the weekend across the pond. the race for the white house continues, with polls nationally and in battleground states showing kamala harris building a lead or catching donald trump . lead or catching donald trump. we're asking who will be the next president and the algerian boxer. imane khelif clinches olympic gold. she hit back at critics, saying, i am a woman. should she have been allowed to compete in the first place and folks, i want to give a quick shout out to wendy dees who says, i'm a happy member of gb news, but never by my name do i ever see the long forward member of gb news. wendy, thank you very much for being a member of gb news. we love you all. i'm darren grimes and this is the

weekend . weekend. now folks like wendy you can get in touch by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation with me there. now keeping me company this hour is the author and journalist nichi hodgson and the broadcaster and journalist claire muldoon . now, journalist claire muldoon. now, before we get stuck in to today's stories, we're going to go to the news with tatiana sanchez. >> darren, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories . his afternoon. the top stories. his majesty the king has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began, king charles thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to

restore peace, and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. this comes after prime minister sir keir starmer said the police should remain on high alert going into this weekend, despite the violence easing . despite the violence easing. around 15,000 people are taking part in an anti—racism rally in belfast following a week of unrest and disorder in the city. the demonstration began at writers square and made its way to city hall, where speeches are also taking place. gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie has more. >> for the second week in a row, belfast city centre is now closed down because of protests. this one, though, is pro—immigration fronted up by the trade unions of northern ireland, gay pride and amnesty international. but more importantly, the political classes have joined in and many in those working class areas that are facing the majority. the biggest amount of undocumented immigration now feel that their political voice has gone . this parade will, due

has gone. this parade will, due to end in the next hour, but it remains to seen what will happen in the coming days. >> police forces across the uk are on stand by this weekend, with a cabinet office minister saying the government is in a state of high readiness for the prospect of further disorder. protesters are out in their hundreds in manchester rallying against racism. no reports of any disorder thus far. around 741 people have now been arrested over rioting, according to the national police chiefs council, of which over 300 have been charged. merseyside police says two more people have been charged following violent disorder in southport and liverpool, bringing the total number of people charged there to 24. a section 60 order is now in place for 12 hours in liverpool city centre . liverpool city centre. meanwhile, the family of six year old bebe king, who died after being stabbed in southport, said she was full of

joy , southport, said she was full of joy , light and love and she'll joy, light and love and she'll always remain in our hearts as the sweet, kind and spirited girl that we adore. that statement, released by merseyside police today, of course, she tragically died along with seven year old elsie dot stancombe and alice dasilva aguiar, who was nine. up to 500 mourners have attended the funeral service of teenager jay slater, who quotes touched the lives of so many people. the british teenager died whilst on houdayin british teenager died whilst on holiday in tenerife. those who attended the service wore blue in his memory. a post—mortem examination found the 19 year old died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height, the spanish civil guard said. mr slater could have fallen in the steep and inaccessible area where he was discovered . in other news, an discovered. in other news, an investigation has now been launched after a plane crashed in the state of sao paulo , in the state of sao paulo, killing all 61 people on board. the black box was found late last night. there were 57

passengers and four crew members on board. and if you're watching us on television now, you'll see the dramatic footage of the plane spiralling out of control and crashing through trees, eventually ending in a large plume of smoke . dozens of people plume of smoke. dozens of people have been killed in a strike that targeted a school turned shelter in gaza city. that is, to according palestinian health officials. according to gaza's civil defence agency, more than 100 people have been killed, with dozens more injured. israel's military said it struck the location yesterday, describing its target as a hamas command centre embedded in the school . and in sport, the men's school. and in sport, the men's team gb 400 metre relay team has come away with bronze at the paris olympics. the quartette of great britain's zharnel hughes nethaneel mitchell—blake louis hinchcliffe and jeremiah azou finishing strong in that final in the four by 100. and that is, of course , after the women's of course, after the women's team won silver in the four by

100 relay team gb's nethaneel mitchell—blake spoke to reporters after the victory and praised his team—mate zharnel . praised his team—mate zharnel. >> it's been an enjoyable experience to kind of just learn from each other and go through this process together, so i think that makes it even more special . he's the fastest man in special. he's the fastest man in british history , so having them british history, so having them as a part of our quartette will always be a world with us and always be a world with us and always give us an opportunity to elevate the possibility of success. and for him to put his health literally on the line . health literally on the line. for all of us to achieve a medal, we're very grateful for that . we're very grateful for that. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

slash alerts. >> thanks. ever saw tatiana right . let's get stuck in to right. let's get stuck in to some more topics, shall we? king charles has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began, he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace across the country, and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. but the big question is, was he right to do so? or should the monarch not be getting overly involved in these really quite fractious political issues? well, i'm going to pose that question to the royal historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo rafe . thank you heydel—mankoo rafe. thank you very much for your time. rafe. i just want a very briefly read out a question from a viewer who says he's called jonathan, and jonathan says there's a massive disconnect between, on the one side, the government, the

unions, the woke middle classes, the king and the hard left. and on the other side, the working class . normal british person. class. normal british person. jonathan thinks that his majesty the king has allied himself like this. do you ? this. do you? >> yeah, i can understand that question. and i should say, you know, i'm. aside from being a royal historian, i'm also a senior fellow at the new culture forum, and i specialise in the problems of mass immigration, the problems of lack of integration, particularly within britain's islamic communities. and i've given many speeches showing that the super diversity we now have in britain is a weakness, not a strength, especially in our neglected towns and cities where, quite rightly, you know, people are living every day with the terrible consequences of mass immigration. and they've seen their towns and cities, change beyond all recognition in the space of two decades. so i absolutely understand that. and ihave absolutely understand that. and i have a lot of sympathy with all of this. look, the cardinal rule of monarchy is that the

king must never involve himself in politics. so we have to ask, does this statement actually involve his majesty in politics, especially because in 2011, the last time we saw rioting on this scale , her late majesty the scale, her late majesty the queen did not issue a statement. even though five people died dunng even though five people died during those days of violence. now, we don't know whether the statement was made at the initiative of the palace or whether the prime minister formally advised the king to say this. we'll never know what that whether that was true or not. but it's also the case that our monarch is very different to his predecessor, to his mother, you know, as prince of wales, he spent much of his life devoted to interfaith dialogue, to trying to build bridges between ethnic communities. so in that context, i think this statement can be understood. and what we have to realise, if we look at the statement, you know, the criminality and violence and mayhem that we've seen on our streets from both sides ,

streets from both sides, importantly, and the terror instilled in people living innocently in their in their communities can never be condemned and can never be justified. so it's not political for the king to call for unity, for the king to call for unity, for the king to call for unity, for the king to try to ease tensions, and for the king to praise the police, for restoring, peace to our streets. that's entirely in keeping with the king's role. and crucially, he doesn't name the far right . he doesn't name the far right. he doesn't name islamic extremists. he just addresses criminality and violence from the few. so that's not politically unneutral . what politically unneutral. what i would say, however, is that the king, by issuing this statement, has now set a precedent which must be followed for consistency. so in the years ahead, if the black or asian community have rioting, if blm and antifa or, you know , islamic and antifa or, you know, islamic extremists or environmentalist extremists or environmentalist extremists start rioting in the streets, the king must issue a similar statement, because there is so much distrust now in this country about our institutions ,

country about our institutions, justifiably because of the appearance of two tier policing, the appearance of two tier reporting from our legacy media and two tier government in the way that they speak about the protesters versus the counter—protests , the monarchy counter—protests, the monarchy must rise above that to avoid accusations of double standards. i mean, rafe in your heart of hearts then, because sharon's written in and sharon's a member of gb news. >> thank you very much, sharon. she says the king should keep quiet. the queen never got involved, which of course you've just mentioned. now rafe my concern with his majesty the king and i am by no means a republican, has always been around the king, getting involved in in politics, around environmental issues that you've just mentioned. highly contentious, i think, of real detriment to the working class and these issues. once you start making statements, no matter how sort of bland or beige you try to make them, there will always be people that interpret them in different ways. so surely it just is on these really

contentious issues. better to just say nada. >> and there's, you know, there's a lot of reasons for saying that. and that indeed was the policy of the late queen. our king is a very different type of monarch. and each monarch approaches their role differently . the king is far differently. the king is far less involved in these matters than he was at as prince of wales. he understands the importance of neutrality. but you're quite correct. there are valid arguments to be had here. look, king george the fifth was at one extreme. king george the fifth was very involved in government . the queen elizabeth government. the queen elizabeth ii was almost completely uninvolved in government. our current king is somewhere between the two, but he's far closer to his late mother than to his great grandfather. but on this statement, actually, we know that this will this statement importantly came out after the yougov polling and the yougov polling shows that the vast majority of the british pubuc vast majority of the british public do not approve of the unrest of recent days, well over 80% versus only 7% who actually support the unrest. so the

british public is actually on the king's side in this. so i think it was quite a safe decision for him to make . i decision for him to make. i think he has remained within those bounds of neutrality. but clearly, you know, veering quite close to the edge, one could say, in terms of the way that the communities were mentioned. but i think he understands his role. i think the palace is fully aware of the importance of this as i say, the test is now going forward, will similar statements be issued when there are rioting from different parts of the british population? >> well , we of the british population? >> well, we shall of the british population? >> well , we shall see rafe of the british population? >> well, we shall see rafe and no doubt we'll have you to be able to react to it if and when it happens . but, one of our it happens. but, one of our viewers says rafe is a legend. he frequently destroys misinformed idiots on television. there we are. high praise indeed. rafe high praise indeed. rafe heydel—mankoo. thank you very much for your time there. let's see what my panel make of this. we've got the author and commentator nichi hodgson and the broadcaster and journalist clare muldoon , nikki,

journalist clare muldoon, nikki, i'll start with you. the sort of dalliance into politics. it's not really because of the fact that the statement didn't go into criticising people for any particular political bent or anything like that. sure. but there are a lot of people who are saying, i knew this would happen. i knew charles would be like that, but i don't think he's got a choice at this stage, considering how people now feel about the monarchy, >> and, you know, the fact that there is an increasing movement for a republic , not saying for a republic, not saying anything is no longer an option. he has to be seen to be adding value somehow to society. and that means he can't ignore these kinds of events. i mean, he did wait till friday to have the phone call. that's literally last night when he basically it was all over. and it's important to say that he's not having his weekly, audience with the prime minister at the moment. they don't over the summer. i didn't know that, actually. they get the summer off. who knew? still, things that happen that need to be talked about, obviously. but

i mean, i just think it's interesting because an american friend asked me, where's the king and i had to try and explain why you wouldn't be getting a statement from the monarch any time soon, i, you know, i was slightly encouraged, but it's very bland. there's kind of nothing in it. and if they go and visit communities and do some community work after, fine. that's great. that's what the royals should be doing. >> would you have liked them to have been more robust then? >> yeah, i think so. >> yeah, i think so. >> and say what? what sort of thing would you have liked to? >> well, i just think he should have been quicker. i think by, i think on wednesday would have been a better timing personally. >> do you agree with that clare. >> do you agree with that clare. >> no i don't i really don't think he should have taken a view at all. >> and i don't think he should have published anything. and because i don't think the public actually look to the sovereign or the monarchy as it is for guidance, any more than, you know, they used to, because we have got 24 hours rolling media coverage, news channels, people get their news from tiktok, for heaven's sake. more than you know, the gracious statements from an ailing king, who is king of the country ? i think that of the country? i think that optic now is completely and

utterly lost. there are still there still will be, and especially gb news viewers. a lot of monarchists, which is great. but i think the whole model of the royal family has to change. i think king charles himself realises that with a slimmed down version of the monarchy, that's actually given him problems. >> well, claire, the grumpy granddad in our, gb news your say inbox says this is exactly why the old queen never got involved. yeah, because whatever they see could be seen as taking sides, even if it wasn't intended. and king charles should take should have taken his mother's lead on this. but we have to remember that his majesty is also advised by the prime minister. how much do you think that i'm not asking you to be mystic meg? because, of course, we're not privy to those conversations. but how much? >> well, darren, if i were a mystic, meg, i wouldn't be sitting here right now because i won the lottery last year. >> i'd have won the lottery. so, you know, it . before he was the

you know, it. before he was the king of britain. prince charles, prince of wales, was quite political. he did dalliance at times with politics and with his statements that he released especially, moreover, on environmental issues, that we all remember him talking to his plants at highgrove. and he's very much part of, you know , very much part of, you know, he's very interested in the whole net zero thing. and getting the country more economic in terms of renewables, etc. we know that. we know he's a very green king. i would actually question whether or not, as a country, we actually look to the monarch for comfort, for guidance, for legislation, for guidance, for legislation, for anything other than pomp and ceremony. and i think you made a good point , ceremony. and i think you made a good point, nikki. i would like to see them out once they've come back from birkhall in scotland to actually visit the families of those tragically slain girls in southport. and i think if they can do any good with their material wealth, if

they can do anything good with their publicity, then that is why that's where i would far rather it be. >> be posted. the girls had died. these girls didn't die, you know. they were murdered. >> they were murdered. they were murdered. ups the were slaughtered. >> and so then that that sort of fits into my point, though, nikki, which is that the king, the monarch, the crown, if you like, beyond charles is the unifier, right? to unify the whole country . the country right whole country. the country right now is hurting, right? i think the country is feeling a deep sense. one of our viewers, 75 year old grandmother, wrote in and she said that she doesn't recognise her own country . how recognise her own country. how can the king possibly seek to ever get involved in a discussion where we're seeing people saying sir keir starmer as prime minister has actually fanned the flames of what's going on in the country right now? >> well, with this kind of modified language, you know, without pinning anything to the

past, i mean, we have to remember as well that king charles always wanted to be seen as defender of the faith. do you remember? that was the thing that was said before he was ever king. and so it is going to be very important to him to not put the blame on any kind of, you know, religious or racial element. he's never going to do that. but, you know, i still think that i still think it's appropriate. i still think it's appropriate. i still think it's appropriate because i feel that the public want more for their money out of the monarchy now. >> right. so in the world of 24 over seven, the sort of kim kardashian reality telly, dare i say meghan markle and prince harry, is that true? >> i don't i cheapens the monarchy. >> yeah. and i think it i think it brings them down to this instant gratification. and i think it is. i don't think the monarchy should be there to be approachable because they're not. who on earth can actually identify with the monarchy at all on any level? >> mary says he knows nothing about british people's lives. that's the rhetoric that you're

hearing. >> one of your viewers said the 75 year old grandmother. sorry, i forgot, i forgot you who what your name was, but i have two, actually, claire. but but my kids are actually my youngest is 20. they don't recognise the britain that they were brought up in in west london. they're all. i mean, they're scattered all. i mean, they're scattered all over leeds . newcastle, all over leeds. newcastle, belfast. they've got one in belfast. they've got one in belfast and one in australia and they're just like mum, i, we just don't recognise britain anymore. >> i mean, nikki, i'm not. that's sad. sympathy for people that say that. yes definitely. >> definitely. i mean my family emigrated to australia 20 years ago, so my brother actually works in politics in australia, so he keeps abreast of uk news. but he is constantly asking me questions about why has this happened, what's this about trying to understand? you know, he's still in politics and international relations, so he's got all the background to understand where this has come from. but even he is, you know , from. but even he is, you know, boggled by some of it. and i think and it's important for people to say if they don't understand that isn't criticising any particular group for saying that. no, it's just saying what has happened so

rapidly in this country. i think it's completely fair enough. yeah. >> all right. i wasn't expecting you to say that, actually. you're a sort of, you can't pin nichi hodgson down. >> contrarian. i'm afraid, >> contrarian. i'm afraid, >> well, true. brit says, they're coming back to you, though, nikki. he's not a defender of the faith, which was the church of england. he is now defender of faith at outright old faith. >> yeah, but i meant plural. exactly. yeah, but i understand. >> but i mean, to be honest with you, i'm not sure that head of the established church should be saying that, to be honest. like, not to diminish anyone else. >> not when he was anointed king. you know, you've got to remember that the coronation was a religious ceremony. yes. you know, there isn't. we don't know what happens behind the element that we don't get to see. but, you know, that has a divine aspect to it. still, the inbox is going crazy. >> let me tell you that. and a lot of people are not very happy at all. he's political mess says what about defending our culture? your majesty? well, we'll see about that one. thank you very much. there. nichi

hodgson and claire muldoon will be getting more from them. for all the best analysis folks and opinion on that story and more, you can go to our website gb news.com. now coming up, the algerian boxer imane khelif clinches the olympic gold , clinches the olympic gold, heading back at critics saying i am a woman. should she have been allowed to compete in the first place? though, we're discussing that after this short boxing match, also known as the break

welcome back to the weekend with me , darren grimes. now let's get me, darren grimes. now let's get the latest in the world of sports, specifically the controversial win of algerian boxer amin khalife, who won the olympic gold in a packed roland—garros. now the 25 year old hit back at critics, who said she should not have been allowed to participate in the games by saying i am a woman

after that historic win. well, let's see what my panel make of this one. author and commentator nichi hodgson. and the broadcaster and journalist claire muldoon both still join me now . claire muldoon both still join me now. nikki, i'll start claire muldoon both still join me now . nikki, i'll start with me now. nikki, i'll start with you, i mean , jk rowling a slew you, i mean, jk rowling a slew of women. nicola roberts, the former boxer who won in what was it, 2012? here in london. they're all saying this is a damn outrage. i nearly swore a travesty. yes, a travesty . this travesty. yes, a travesty. this is it is way below the watershed right now. but a lot of people very vocal about this, very, quite angry by it and really saying that this is tantamount to allowing sport to allow those who are men to hate women. i mean, where are you on that? >> it is so much more complicated than the media is portraying for several reasons , portraying for several reasons, this particular boxer has dsd .

this particular boxer has dsd. this is it's a term that means differentiator sex differences. it's when somebody has, a mixed range of indicators about their biological sex. right. and we define that in terms of chromosomes, hormones, genitals and reproductive organs. it's not one thing. now, when we're taught biology in school, they just teach us that it's chromosomes and genitals. when we're born, the doctors assign us our sex based on our genitals. but there are other factors, and most people don't know themselves what their range of, chromosomes or hormones are. or are you know, so because of that, it isn't necessarily untrue that she is a woman. but we need to decide what the parameters are of biological sex. it's not about gender. this is about biological sex. when it comes to thinking about, i don't know, a certain amount of prowess or a physical advantage over somebody else. i mean, there is an argument that says, well, the whole point of the olympics is that some people

have physical advantages over other people. they're just incredible specimens of humans, but i think we have to really talk about this in a nuanced way, and we have to decide what we're going to accept. well the ioc came out and said that they couldn't differentiate between what the definition of a man and a woman actually is. >> and i thought, well, i'll do it for you for free. but the other, discussion there is that the actual international body representing the sport itself, boxing itself, they of course , boxing itself, they of course, bannedit boxing itself, they of course, banned it and said you cannot compete because you have an advantage, a physical advantage over women . is that not the over women. is that not the point that we are putting women at risk here? >> and just it just shows that the ioc are quite a misogynistic organisation in my view, and i take up a point that nikki made. she said that most of us don't actually know biologically what we are, what we do, because men are hold the x, y chromosome and women have the x chromosome, but we don't know about most people don't know about the hormones level hormones. you mentioned hormones in the same breath as

chromosomes. that's what you said. i just wanted to clarify that because most of us do know if we're male or female, also, bafta and i don't know if you're aware of this, but bafta have actually sorted out the last two years of will they have just categories for an actor instead of actor and actress now? they've now stopped that. they've now stopped that. they've put a stop to that quite clearly and very well. in my view, they've asked producers now to , put forward votes for now to, put forward votes for actors and actresses. so it's a male and female categorisation straight down the line. no one needs to be muddied and we don't needs to be muddied and we don't need new ons because we're deaung need new ons because we're dealing with facts. nikki. also the boxing nicola adams it was and she said very vociferously she stands with angela karina the italian that was knocked out. well not she wasn't knocked out. well not she wasn't knocked out. yes. took a big blow to the head within 46 seconds of being boxed or being punched by iman,

who now has gone to on win the gold medal. i think it's an absolute abomination and nicola adams has come from a very dark place to try and get women's sport. women's boxing, part of the olympic games. and if she says , oh gosh, this is and this says, oh gosh, this is and this is awful, then i'm sorry. she's in the game. she knows all about it. i'll take her advice. >> then she did post on x, though, a follow up saying this isn't about the trans issue. no no, because people with dsc dsd are not trans. >> no. >> no. >> yeah, but what i would say is they do exist and they make up up to 2% of the population. that's a million people. some of those people won't load themselves and, it is factually accurate to say that biological sex is made up of those four factors. you know, everybody, all the, all the top scientists now are oxford, cambridge, harvard, all agree on that. that is scientific truth. now, where you decide to draw the parameters is political. and that's different. and that's the

conversation we need to have. but the facts are it is not as simple as chromosomes and genitals . genitals. >> okay. i mean, claire, where are you at on that then. because i mean the where do we actually draw the line . because sir keir draw the line. because sir keir starmer is not going to do it. >> well, he's clearly not. he doesn't he remember he forgot what a women was. >> yes. 99% don't have a penis. >> yes. 99% don't have a penis. >> exactly. yeah and david lammy as well. let's not forget him . as well. let's not forget him. the brilliant foreign secretary. l, the brilliant foreign secretary. i, i'm just so appalled that we're actually having conversations like this that people are presenting in violent sports with the ability to hit women. and i think that is the bafic women. and i think that is the basic of it all. that is the base of it all, and i'm not happy about it at all. i'm really not. it's not right. it's not fair. and it doesn't adhere to the olympic elite of sporting events , in my view. events, in my view. >> i mean, nick, do you think that that we've just gone sort of ideology mad, right, in that you know, this has become maybe ten years ago, we could have sat here and had a discussion about

how we actually categorise people and what groups we put them in. as far as sports are concerned . now, though, it does concerned. now, though, it does become part of the discussion around sex based rights and all these, which a lot of women feel are very much at threat. >> sure. and i completely understand that i'm a feminist. i you know, i couldn't agree with that more about the need to protect women. and i have a i have a baby daughter. i think about that all the time. i think about that all the time. i think about male violence often because it worries me so much for her. but i just think that we've got to use the new science that we have to make a better judgement. and it would be very it'd be very easy to be quite cut and dry about it. you can decide a threshold. if we all decide a threshold. if we all decide that chromosomes are the factor, then that's fine. if that's what is decided. >> also, male puberty and levels of testosterone . of testosterone. >> absolutely, absolutely. elatedly. >> that's what a man had gone through. >> and that is also and that is also something that we talk about regularly in sport. testosterone has long been an issue in deciding whether someone can compete or not. but

i do object as well to the bullying that khalife has received, you know, because there has been so much hate and it has overshadowed the gold medal. >> okay . thank you very much. >> okay. thank you very much. two views there. thank you very much for your time. that's claire muldoon and nichi hodgson. thank you to them. now coming up, protesters rally at a stop the far right demonstration outside the london headquarters of nigel farage's reform party. we're live there with our national reporter. after your headunes national reporter. after your headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> darren. thank you. the top stories this hour. police forces across the uk are on standby this weekend, with a cabinet office minister saying the government's in a state of high readiness for the prospect of further disorder. protesters are out in their hundreds in manchester at the moment, rallying against racism. no reports yet of any disorder there. around 741 people have now been arrested over rioting.

that's according to the national police chiefs council, of which over 300 have now been charged . over 300 have now been charged. merseyside police says two more people have been charged today following violent disorder in southport and liverpool , southport and liverpool, bringing the total number of people charged there to 24. a section 60 order is now in place for 12 hours in liverpool city centre . around 15,000 people are centre. around 15,000 people are taking part in an anti—racism rally in belfast following a week of unrest and disorder in the city. there, the demonstration began at writers square and made its way to city hall, where speeches are currently taking place. a senior police service of northern ireland officer earlier promised a significant visible policing operation . around 1000 people operation. around 1000 people gathered in belfast for a counter—protest against several hundred anti—immigration demonstrators last night . his demonstrators last night. his majesty the king has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country. he thanked the police

and emergency services for their efforts to restore peace , and efforts to restore peace, and welcomed how communities have countered the violence . this countered the violence. this comes after the prime minister said the police should remain on high alert this weekend, despite the violence easing . and up to the violence easing. and up to 500 mourners have attended the funeral service of teenager jay slater, who, quote, touched the lives of so many people. the british teenager died whilst on houdayin british teenager died whilst on holiday in tenerife. those who attended the service wore blue in his memory. a post—mortem examination found the 19 year old died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height . and those are the from height. and those are the latest gb news headlines . for latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. sam has your next headlines for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. >> sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward

>> welcome back. now nana akua will be live on gb news from 3 pm, and i'm delighted to say she's joined me in the studio now. nana what's coming up on your show? >> well, of course we're going to be talking about the king calling for unity and kind of covering as much of the protest. if there is much action across the country. stay with us on gb news for that. now i'm also going to do my monologue or my monologue is on sadiq khan, who says that he feels unsafe. and i'm thinking, well, welcome to my world in his london, his own london, because he says being a muslim is the first time he's felt really, really, really unsafe there. but so we're going to sort of have a look into that as well. obviously, nobody should feel unsafe, but surely you should be looking at the safety of all in london. it would be great now that if he could address a lot of that. plus i'm asking, are you having buyer's remorse after purchasing sir keir starmer as your leader?

>> it is beginning to feel a little bit like a dictatorship. but what do you think we'll be discussing that my brilliant guest is dame andrea jenkins. >> she'll be in my big interview later on as well. so lots coming up. >> brilliant nana. we look forward to it. thank you very much. that's nana akua coming up at 3:00 with a jam packed show. now right, folks? i'm going to go to gbnews.com/yoursay and, sharon says, who is a member ? sharon says, who is a member? thank you sharon. she says the only way to stop these men competing is all women refusing to compete. actually, in sport. sharon wants to see women protesting against it by saying, i'm not going to participate. and sharon, i guess that would be hard for people because let's not forget that these women, many of them have been doing it since childhood, right? building themselves up to get to the level of competing with at olympic level. and it's incredibly important that they're able to do so fairly and openly. and, well, political mess says i object to the

protests, which we're going to talk about in a second, being called anti—racism. most people are not racist. they're just worried about our culture dying out and i dare say, political mess , because that's what we're mess, because that's what we're in. quite the political mess that i actually. it's also a worry that is perfectly legitimate. i mean, we're seeing scenes on screen right now of the burning and all the rest of it. no one, i certainly don't condone that. i think it's absolutely awful. and there are working class men and women that have to ultimately go out and pick up the pieces and clean up the mess that people have made. but i tell you what i do understand. i understand the angen understand. i understand the anger, the disenfranchised, and frankly, the disillusioned with the political process and sir keir starmer has continued to pour petrol on the flames, quite literally, that we're seeing on screen there. quite literally, those flames burning. and i think he's done nothing to quash, to quell and to actually heal a nation in a state of

complete and utter disrepair. and, the ian points out that in the anti—racism marches today, if we can call them that, what is noticeable is the lack of national flags. ian says not one tricolour in in ireland or any flag of the british isles around the uk, he says i still can't fathom how british people are going along with it. fathom how british people are going along with it . yeah, i going along with it. yeah, i mean, you know, an anti—racism on these marches, really some of the chants that they're making really i don't buy it anyway, folks. you're with me. darren grimes on gb news coming up. we're going to be discussing. we will wait. we will go live, i promise you to our national reporter as protesters gather outside right outside of nigel farage's reform office in london, this is the weekend on gb news, where britain's news channel

welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes. patrick reminds us we're going to talk about the rallies taking place today. patrick says what was not the first riot we saw in leeds? why has that been washed off of the mainstream media? it's a good question now. today, though, as i mentioned, dozens of anti—racism rallies are taking place, being held across the united kingdom. it says protesters are expected to hold a stop the far right demonstration outside the london headquarters of nigel farage's reform party. well, we're joined now by gb news's very own national reporter, charlie peters, to give us the latest. outside of those headquarters. charlie, take it away . charlie, take it away. >> well, it's a pretty significant gathering here. down about 200 so far. a couple of

bus buses going past, beeping their horns and getting plenty of support here at this pretty significant gathering. as i said, there's a broad range of people here at the stand up to racism protests. we've seen placards from the socialist worker magazine smash fascism and racism by any means necessary on the front of a lot of those placards, i've been speaking to people here in the moments leading up to you coming to me, and people were saying that they were holding farage accountable for what was going on. i can just take you round the corner here. there's a swastika being thrown into a bin being held outside of reform uk's offices here by groups, a broad range of groups coalescing under the to stand up racism bannenl under the to stand up racism banner. i spoke to a couple just now who said they were from the marxist—leninist communist party of turkey. they've been working in britain for the last year, so that's a slightly unique far left representation. at a protest outside of the leader of a british political party, you might say plenty of palestinian flags here. we've got a flag in

the far distance. i'm not sure if you can see it, just behind the tree there, which is circled on palestine, which is an irish pro—palestinian group. now, the man there told me he wasn't really formally aligned with the group , which perhaps was a group, which perhaps was a useful thing to say considering they held a commemoration in dubun they held a commemoration in dublin for ismail haniyeh, the leader of hamas who was killed by israel in a strike in tehran just last week. so a broad group of representation here at this rally for stand up to racism, and it comes across nationwide protests being organised by that group. we've seen protests in manchester this morning in newcastle, where there have been some arrests of people. one man arrested on suspicion of bringing a hammer onto a march with the police kind of siphoning through protesters there. other gatherings in glasgow, in edinburgh and also other parts of the country, including birmingham. but the main focus, i think, is going to be in london now because of the nature of this protest right outside reform uk's london headquarters. when i spoke to them earlier today, reform uk

told me that no one is in the office today, so whoever they're shouting at won't hear them, but hopefully we'll be able to hear from a representative from reform uk later today and i'm sure they'll give their reaction to seeing swastikas being shown outside the office, associating perhaps reform uk with the nazis. and i've been to a few demonstrations over the last couple of weeks. in aldershot on wednesday night, people were chanting nazi scum off our streets and as we've just shown, those placards smash fascism by any means necessary. one woman i spoke to earlier told me that she was holding farage accountable for some of the rioting and disorder we'd seen in the week. she said that while some people have been charged andindeed some people have been charged and indeed very quickly sentenced for those crimes, she said that perhaps nigel farage should also face police prosecution for his involvement. in her view , whipping up hatred in her view, whipping up hatred would. of course, mr farage isn't to here defend himself against that claim, but i'm sure he would refute it very sternly indeed. now this protest

expected to go on for at least a couple of hours. broad groups here, and i think we've just started to hear some chanting on the stage that they have out in front. but this now the protest outside reform uk's london office, the pinnacle , perhaps, office, the pinnacle, perhaps, office, the pinnacle, perhaps, of the nationwide stand up to racism protests taking place today in reaction to the violent disorder that we've seen across the country over the last fortnight. i want to get you some more pictures of this crowd. if we can just move closer in, you can see a better image of some of the placards on display here, some of the representation, some of the signs down with the far right nonsense. stop the hate, stop the poison . nice people welcome the poison. nice people welcome immigrants and keep all our muslim families safe. possibly in reaction to mosques being targeted by some protesters in southport. but yeah, darren, a pretty, pretty positive atmosphere here, despite the fact that they are clearly associating reform with nazis by virtue of a swastika being thrown into a bin. >> yeah, an absolute outrageous assertion. >> and to be perfectly frank,

charlie , when it comes to those charlie, when it comes to those sorts of rallies and they call for the genocide of the jews and all the rest of it, i don't think nigel farage should be taking any lectures from them, but that's just my view . we'll but that's just my view. we'll leave it there. charlie peters, thank you very much . as ever, thank you very much. as ever, susan writes in excuse me, susan says farage didn't start the riots. in fact, just like all other parties, he condemned the thugs. so why are they protesting outside of the reform party headquarters? a good question, susan, but we're going to get some showbiz news now. and we're delighted as ever to have the showbiz reporter stephanie takyi with us now. stephanie. yeah olympics, who's actually expected for the closing ceremony of the olympics ? closing ceremony of the olympics? >> well, they're hoping for it to be a star studded affair . to be a star studded affair. obviously, the opening ceremony got drew a lot of controversy , a got drew a lot of controversy, a lot of criticism. so they're hoping to rectify that. we hear tom cruise because it's going to be about the handover now from paris. we're now looking forward to 2028 for the olympics in los angeles. so apparently he's

going to be abseiling down the stade de france . apparently stade de france. apparently there's talk of taylor swift performing as well . you know, performing as well. you know, she was due to do these three concerts in vienna which have now been cancelled. so there is talk. she may be appearing, but then also there's other people like snoop dogg who's been giving people a lot of commentary during the olympics . commentary during the olympics. apparently he will be performing, so they're trying to make it a big hollywood affair, because you're kind of saying all of walter paris and hello to los angeles now, sort of tried a hybnd los angeles now, sort of tried a hybrid of that, didn't they? >> with lady gaga at the and ceune >> with lady gaga at the and celine dion. yeah, of course. speaks perfectly fluent french. yeah. but, it all seemed to be. why was lady gaga not with an audience? >> this is what people haven't understood. and i think this is what the artistic director , what the artistic director, thomas dolby, he got severe criticism , received death criticism, received death threats. so now they're trying to make it as smooth as possible. because there's two things about the olympics. is your opening ceremony and your closing ceremony, which really goes down in history for a country, because france has sort of got it wrong for the opening. they're trying to rectify it

how. >> now. >> now, you mentioned you touched on it there, the horrible, terrorist threat that was, basically found out by the authorities shocking . authorities shocking. absolutely. and they said he wanted to do all kinds of things. yeah, horrible things to these three people involved. >> yeah, yeah , definitely. >> yeah, yeah, definitely. >> yeah, yeah, definitely. >> and now, as a consequence, apparently ticket prices in wembley, where taylor swift is performing have gone down. can people feel safe, do you think i well, you know, london mayor sadiq khan is saying that the security will be beefed up. >> he's saying there's no intelligence shown that there will be any threats of terror. but it's more what's in the public's consciousness. now, if you are going to see taylor swift and wembley, it's just that feeling of feeling unsafe andifs that feeling of feeling unsafe and it's nothing to do with taylor because unfortunately for her, she's been caught up with this like she was with southport as well as just her name has been associated with these terrible acts of terror. but the thing is, you've got people who've been dying to see taylor swift. they will pay an arm and

a leg to go see her. so unfortunately the show must go on. but people need to feel safe. >> i agree with you, steph. i wanted to talk about katie price. >> oh my gosh. we need to some point. >> i want to i've got to have to talk to her at the break. thank you very much. no worries. stephanie takyi there. you've been with me though. darren grimes on gb news thank you very much. don't go anywhere. plenty more coming up with nana. see you next time . you next time. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. sponsors of weather on gb news hello ! welcome to your gb news hello! welcome to your gb news. weather update from the met office . some late evening met office. some late evening sunny spells in the north, cloudier in the south before turning hot and humid. sunday and more so into monday. so looking at the bigger picture then we've got this waving feature and this is responsible for the areas of cloud today, but higher pressure situated towards the south. so through the rest of today then that cloud should generally melt away ,

cloud should generally melt away, generally just staying along the southern coast of england . so southern coast of england. so murky here. elsewhere, clearer skies developing. any showers across scotland generally fading as we go through the night. so underneath the clear skies could turn quite chilly for some of us in rural spots. but underneath this cloud, a humid, uncomfortable night with some muqqy uncomfortable night with some muggy conditions here. so to start monday morning, muggy conditions here. so to start monday morning , then, like start monday morning, then, like i said, a lot of cloud around, especially across parts of devon and cornwall and along english coast, some low cloud here, elsewhere, some sunny spells perhaps turning a bit hazy with the sunshine across northern ireland and parts of northern england as well, and across scotland, sunny spells mixed with just a few showers still coming in from the west. so through the rest of sunday hopefully most of this cloud should start lifting and breaking in that low cloud retreating back towards coastal areas elsewhere. many places seeing plenty of sunshine, showers fading across parts of

scotland as well. and for many of us, it is going to be a warm if not very warm and humid day. highs in the southeast up to 27, possibly even 29 degrees. so then as we go into sunday afternoon and evening time, that cloud generally melting away . cloud generally melting away. plenty of clear skies on offer. but notice low pressure out towards the west and that could bnng towards the west and that could bring a focus for some quite heavy thundery showers on monday. going to be feeling very hot as well. highs of up to 32 on monday, but by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb

>> hello, good afternoon and welcome to gb news on tv, online and on digital radio i'm nana akua and for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking

on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course it's yours will be debating discussing it. at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours, former labour party adviser matthew laza and also political commentator lynn, my coming up in the next few hours , are you in the next few hours, are you having buyer's remorse after your purchase of sir keir starmer, or do you believe he's doing a grand old job? also in my nick gibb, i couldn't help feeling a little annoyed that it seems only now sadiq khan has noficed seems only now sadiq khan has noticed just how dangerous his london is becoming because it's affecting him and dame andrea jenkins will be joining me for the interview later in the show. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with sam francis . francis. >> now, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. >> 3:01, the top story from the newsroom this hour.

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