how. hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course it's yours. we'll be debating, discussing and at times we will disagree. but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours, broadcaster and author christine hamilton and also broadcaster and adam brooks is something else i can't remember. right. coming up, ten years of protesting, i'm getting a touch of the covid lockdown deja vu. thenin of the covid lockdown deja vu. then in my niggle, i'll be discussing the utter hypocrisy of the so—called peaceful counter protests, which saw our crew being attacked by a peaceful protester coming up, nicholas danes , gymnast, high nicholas danes, gymnast, high diver and stuntman. he's performed over 50 stunts in loads of different movies . performed over 50 stunts in loads of different movies. he's joining me for the interview. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with sam francis . francis. >> nana, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's just after 3:00 and the top story this hour, the funeral of one of

the three children killed in the southport stabbings is taking place this afternoon . alice place this afternoon. alice dasilva aguiar was nine when she was killed two weeks ago. these are the live pictures outside of that funeral taking place at saint patrick's church. you can see there mourners have gathered to share their grief together. a various family and friends inside that church . as that inside that church. as that funeral takes place, the nine year old died alongside b.b. year old died alongside bb. king and elsie dot stancombe dunng king and elsie dot stancombe during a mass stabbing at a dance class two weeks ago. scriptures meanwhile, the justice minister says the fallout from the recent riots is, she says, going to be felt for years. shabana mahmood says it will set back the new labour government's efforts to fix the justice system, which was already facing a massive backlog of court cases and dwindling space in prisons. it comes as a 15 year old boy today has become the first child to be convicted. for his part in violent disorder in sunderland . and it comes as

in sunderland. and it comes as hundreds of other people involved in the widespread unrest are now set to appear in court as a top prosecutor has warned some could face up to ten years behind bars business and trade secretary jonathan reynolds says the government, though, is prepared. >> yes, there is sufficient capacity in the prison system because of decisions that were made in the early days of the new government. we have seen, i think, 780 arrests, 350 people charged already, and there will be more to come, and it will be the case that people will face the case that people will face the full force of the law. and i think it's important that the pubuc think it's important that the public see not just a judicial system that's working well, but effective public services again in britain . in britain. >> the education secretary says children will be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online in the wake of the riots . bridget phillipson said riots. bridget phillipson said that she is launching a review of the curriculum in both primary and in secondary schools to arm children against what she's called putrid conspiracy theories. and it comes as sir

keir starmer has suggested the government will review social media laws as more sentences for onune media laws as more sentences for online offences linked to the riots are expected. the housing secretary has dropped conservative plans to prevent recently arrived migrants from applying for a council house in england. the previous government had planned to introduce a uk connection test, which would have restricted social housing to those who had been a resident for at least ten years. but angela rayner has now scrapped that plan and vowed to ramp up the provision of new social homes as part of wider planning reforms to boost housebuilding. it comes as almost 1.3 million households are on local authority waiting lists for social housing. two people have died in the channel in what's been described as a tragic incident involving a small boat, french and british vessels rushed to the scene this morning after the boat got into trouble. more than 50 people rescued and transferred to a french support vessel. it's believed around 500

migrants have attempted to make that crossing this morning, migrants have attempted to make that crossing this morning , with that crossing this morning, with as many as 400 reaching uk waters . a government waters. a government spokesperson says the tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of callous criminals involved in channel crossings president volodymyr zelenskyy has for the first time acknowledged that ukraine is conducting a military offensive inside russia's western kursk region. the operation, which began five days ago, has taken russia by surprise and prompted mass evacuations across both sides of the border, russia's defence ministry has said. air defence units destroyed 14 drones and four ballistic missiles over that region this morning . that region this morning. meanwhile, ukraine says it's destroyed 53 russian drones dunng destroyed 53 russian drones during an overnight strike. military analyst sean bell says that there are three main reasons for ukraine's offensive planes got very long border with russia. >> undoubtedly, it'll put russia on the back foot. secondly is to demonstrate that russia is not in control in this conflict. at the moment, that actually there is a there are two sides here.

and thirdly, just imagine the morale for ukrainian fighters that are actually starting to take the fight into russia. now, many i spoke to a ukrainian the other day who said they wanted to see a ukrainian flag planted in moscow. >> and finally banksy has confirmed he was behind a new fish artwork, which has appeared on a police box in central london. it's the seventh animal themed piece. the elusive street artist has claimed so far this week. he's used translucent spray paint on the glass windows to create the design, turning the sentry box into what looks like a giant fish tank. and art experts say people will have to decide for themselves what they think it represents . those are think it represents. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis, more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

slash alerts. >> good afternoon. it's just coming up to seven minutes after 3:00. if you've just tuned in, where have you been? well, it's good because you're here now. it's the start of my show. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, onune nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. here's what's coming up in this houn here's what's coming up in this hour. the country's top prosecutor warns the most serious rioters could face up to ten years in jail. jack carson has the latest . has the latest. >> yeah, well, of course you know, you've got these new phase of cases. of course, coming through that, mr parkinson, of course, head of the crown prosecution service, is saying as part of this new wave, could have these stricter sentences up to ten years if they're charged with rioting. >> so for the great british debate, this hour, i'm asking, does the punishment fit the crime ? all of that. as starmer's crime? all of that. as starmer's popularity slumps in the wake of the nationwide riots, olivia utley has the latest prime minister's honeymoon period has ended with a bang. >> but will it change the way that he's approaching this problem? find out more with me

very soon, >> i'm also asking, do you believe that sir keir starmer has handled this crisis well elsewhere, donald trump's campaign says it was hacked by iran as kamala harris climbs in the approval ratings . all of the approval ratings. all of that coming up in this hour as i get me your thoughts, your comments, gbnews.com/yoursay . so comments, gbnews.com/yoursay. so let's start things off with the top story for today. the top prosecutor in england and wales has said that hundreds more involved in the unrest over the last week will be brought to justice. stephen parkinson has claimed that those involved in the most serious crimes could face up to ten years in jail, and this all comes as labour prepares to release prisoners who served just 40% of their sentence to combat overcrowding. in the meantime, sir keir starmer his approval rating has dropped amid the unrest up and down the country, while gb news is west midlands. reporter jack carson has been out and about

asking for people's opinions on the story. i'm delighted to say he joins me now. okay, so to start me off then, does the punishment fit the crime? what are people saying about all of this ? this? >> well, it really is a mixed opinion. some people, you know, saying to me very clearly that if you go to a ride, if you're part of that violent protest and that's what you're involved in, then you have to face the consequences, of course, of your own actions. but others wary, picking up on points simply around, you know, whether whether it's actually consistently policed and there is consistent sentencing across all groups and all protests that we've seen. all of, you know, we've seen. all of, you know, we've seen. all of, you know, we've seen violence and a lot of protests over the past few weeks. so questions of consistency , but also as well consistency, but also as well around the cost that it takes, of course , to have a prisoner, of course, to have a prisoner, you know, within the criminal justice system. and if it's ten year sentencing, of course, that is that is a lot of money. but these comments are coming from stephen parkinson. he's the head of the crown prosecution service's report in the sunday

times, saying that as more people enter the criminal justice system that have been arrested and are charged some, when you get to these more serious cases that the justice system is now getting through, they might well be charged with they might well be charged with the charge of rioting. now, so far, what we've seen over the past week as people very quickly have maybe been involved in disorder, are then going through the justice system. they've been charged and very quickly sentenced some within 48 hours. they've been charged with violent disorder and that carries a much lesser sentence, only up to the to the point of to the point of five years. so that's why people being charged with rioting, that is seen as a more serious offence. and that's why if you've been involved in that violent disorder, if you've been charged with rioting, that sentence could carry up to ten years. now mr parkinson has basically said that they warned of the consequences. and so they're simply delivering those consequences. it's not about exacting revenge, but it's about

delivering justice. now, the prime minister had said that courts in some cases could could well be open for 24 hours in order to fast track these people through the system, have very much acted as a deterrent. but what have people been telling me on the street? here's what some said earlier on. >> i think the question should be who's getting sentenced? because if that's consistent across the entire people across the uk, then that's fine. but i think the biggest challenge is, you know, when we look at about the riots , is everyone getting the riots, is everyone getting treated fairly? probably not. i think what i've noticed and what i can see is different communities are getting treated differently, and that's not fair. >> i think if people are going to do this sort of thing , yeah, to do this sort of thing, yeah, then they must be prepared for then they must be prepared for the consequences. you know , the consequences. you know, normal people. well, i say everyone is normal to a certain extent. and if people want to go about doing their own business and people are going to keep rioting, it's making other people uncomfortable. so if the punishment is there for the crime, then they'll have to

serve it, won't they? and if that's what the government need to do to make these people realise that, you know, you can't just go around doing what you want to do then. then they'll have to take the prison term, won't they? and i think that's fair. i think that's fair for everybody. other people just want to go about doing doing their own business and enjoying life, you know, and if these people are going to try stopping them, it's not right, is it? >> i think it'd be, well, it's way too much because the government is concerned about financial gains and the actual debt of the country, and they're trying to pull back money. well, if you send one person to prison, i think it's about average of £80,000 a year to look after one for one year. so it's ten years. it's like nearly £1 million. well, that's actually ridiculous. so we send 100 away to prison. that's an awful lot of wasted money. i mean, there's got to be other ways of actually dealing with this situation than actually sending people to prison. and i think they're going to do better by because is it going to benefit him? no, it's not long term. he'll probably make them w0 i'se. woi'se. >> worse. >> so lots of different points that you heard there that those people are making within any sentencing of judges, is there

to view it as they will there of course, always mitigating factors within sentences that mean very few people maybe get the maximum term, but that is the maximum term, but that is the availability that is there for judges. if someone is forjudges. if someone is charged with rioting and they go through the court system, if a judge deems it necessary to sentence them for ten years under these powers, and of course, on the order of the crown prosecution service, that when that is available, they are happy. of course, if they want to sentence them towards ten years now, over 770 people have already been arrested for in instances within violent disorder, more than 340 people charged those charges will are expected to continue into the coming weeks as these people are investigated by the police. >> all right, jack carson, thank you so much. really good to talk to you. jack carson on sentencing the new sort of ensuring that people do get the full the full force of the law. but with all of that, a lot of people are saying that keir starmer is doing a good job, but

some people don't seem to think so, because joining me now is gb news political correspondent olivia utley. olivia, sir keir starmer's poll rating is plummeting. >> it is absolutely plummeting. it seems to be almost in freefall as a result of these riots. now, the criticism of most people who responded to the survey was that keir starmer didn't respond quickly enough. it took him a week to organise a cobra meeting for and last, last week it wasn't clear whether or not he was going to cancel his european summer holiday with his family . he european summer holiday with his family. he has now said european summer holiday with his family . he has now said that he family. he has now said that he will be cancelling that summer holiday, but for some people that comes too late. i think another issue which keir starmer is facing, which is impacting his poll ratings, is that his voters are very, very split on whether he's taking the right approach to this in a more sort of macro way. his approach at the moment is to basically get as many people behind bars as possible for as long as possible, and there are plenty of voters 34%, according to one study, who think that actually some of these rioters have a point, even if they don't like the way they're going about it .

the way they're going about it. they think that there is a problem with mass migration, with uncontrolled immigration, and that keir starmer needs to sort it out. that is going to be a really, really tricky problem for keir starmer to deal with because of course, his voters make up a very, very broad coalition, particularly on the issue of immigration. you've got those on the left sort of classic labour voters who think that even talking about reducing illegal migration is, is racist in some way. and then you've got those who are, who are perhaps more traditionally conservative voters, but but got fed up with the last government and decided to give labour a chance at this election. who believe that that immigration needs controlling part of that 34% who boris johnson mentioned in his mail on sunday article yesterday. so keir starmer has got to try and find a way to marry those two groups together, not get anyone angry about the issue of immigration. that's going to be tricky. well it is because he's got lots of different factions of his party, >> so we hear from sir paul stephenson, the former metropolitan, commissioner. he said that he was not impressed by sir keir's response ,

by sir keir's response, suggesting that it had prioritised tough language over action. i mean, this is, as a former metropolitan police commissioner is also saying the same thing. >> yeah, there, there there is definitely that argument. i mean, you could say that that keir starmer in a way, has been quite tough in that he has managed to keep courts open for much longer than usual. he's pretty speedily got people arrested, 500 arrests already, 150 or so people convicted already. but even that poses its own problems for the prime minister, because he's basically painted himself into a corner keeping courts open like this, a fast tracking cases through the courts and getting people arrested. it costs a lot of money and rachel reeves and starmer, when they were when they were doing their election campaign, they really tied their own hands together by not really promising very much more money. so that they said, as we know that they are not going to be increasing taxes on working people. well, now they've set this precedent for how quickly people can be sentenced for issues such as rioting. i think they will probably be a public

demand for other crimes to be sentenced quickly, too. and can they do it? >> if you can do it that quickly for rioting, then you need to do that quickly for everything else. olivia utley thank you very much. yes, very good point. well, joining me now is lawyer rebecca butler for more on this rebecca, thank you so much. really good to see you. very good to talk to you. okay. so first of all, the sentencing giving people up to ten years as a maximum for the worst form of rioting, in your view, is that a realistic thing ? and will realistic thing? and will anybody ever be likely to be charged with that ? charged with that? >> well, the thing about rioters to be charged for a riot, there are certain factual devices that need to be present, and it actually requires the consent of the dpp. >> in the ten years between 2008 and 2018, only 35 people were in fact convicted of riot. it is a very rare offence and as i say, there are very specific factual matrix matrices that have to be fulfilled before the offence of riot is made out. i suspect that very few will actually be

charged with riot. it's much easier for the police to charge the violent disorder and affray as alternatives to riot, and i honestly can't see that many, going , going to be honestly can't see that many, going, going to be convicted or charged even for riot, >> because i'm just looking at the prison situation and i realise that there are just over 700 places available. apparently what on earth what are we going to do with these people ? is to do with these people? is where are they going to go? the prisons are already overcrowded . prisons are already overcrowded. >> well, you're presuming guilt because there are a fair number of people who have people who have been charged, have pleaded guilty at the first opportunity, already they get their discount , already they get their discount, they get their early and swift justice, and you know, they're sort of dealt with. there are a number of people, particularly the incitement to cause disturbances. the people with social media, charges . now, it's social media, charges. now, it's

not it's not a done deal that they're going to plead guilty at they're going to plead guilty at the first opportunity because they may wait to run their case before either the crown court with a jury or to run their case before magistrates. so we can't assume that everybody is going to plead guilty. proving riot is exceptionally difficult to do. and i really do believe that it is more likely that the police are going to prefer affray, which is three years, and violent disorder, which is a maximum of five. you don't get the maximum just because that's what you're charged with, because the way that the courts deal with sentencing is they go through a series of factors and then look at the mitigations and then look at the mitigations and the previous record of the defendant in front of the court, >> so there's a lot of money, though , they're going to be though, they're going to be spending on doing all this , spending on doing all this, >> well, there's a lot of money. they're going to be spending cleaning up these communities that some of these thugs have completely trashed. and a lot of money has to be spent on dealing

with the causes of these, these disturbances, which is going to cost eye—watering sums of money. the country is desperately divided. people are not being listened to. people are being branded, and people feel very frustrated. none of us will sympathise with the riots who go and speak with their fists. but in for order these matters to be quelled, yes, you do need quick justice. and some of them have seen that others won't, but you need to see equal handed policing. you need to see consistent policing. you need to see fair court processes, and you need to see dialogue and discourse between the different groups involved in these problems. it's exactly what they did with football hooliganism in the early 2000. they managed that extremely well with a combination of legislation, guidelines to the court and the policing having the opportunity

to go and speak to the football thugs and to really get into the bones of why people were committing those violent acts at that time. >> well, rebecca, let's hope that they do look to the causes of these things. obviously, nobody agrees with rioting in any way, shape or form, but the question needs to be asked . why? question needs to be asked. why? rebecca butler, thank you very much. very good to speak to you. that's rebecca butler, she's a lawyer. if you just join me coming up to 21 minutes after 3:00 here with me, i'm nana akua. this is a gp news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio now on the way with the top prosecutor warning rioters they could face ten years in prison. i'm asking, does the punishment fit the crime? that's in my great british debate coming up

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live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana. akua. don't forget as well, you can download the gb news app. it is completely free, but now it's time for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking does the punishment fit the crime? the top prosecutor in england and wales has said that rioters involved in the most serious offences could be slapped with a ten year prison sentence. all of this comes as labour prepares to release prisoners who have served just 40% of their sentence, to combat overcrowding. meanwhile, a former prisoner governor has claimed that these rioters could actually meet the criteria for early release. so if the great british debate sarah, i'm asking, does the punishment fit the crime? well, joining me now to discuss this, my panel, broadcaster and author christine hamilton, also a broadcaster, adam brookes, i'm going to start with you, christine. ten years were the worst of the rioting. well, as i understand it, the first three people who've been who were convicted , i can name who were convicted, i can name them, but i won't, >> they've got three years, roughly. the first one, he had

14 previous convictions. so some of these people we're talking about are serious criminals. they just saw this riots going on and they thought, whoopee, we'll join in, because they have seen that political protests and things like that get treated fairly likely. frankly, they've seen, you know, the just stop oil people getting away with it and etc, etc. and the anti—israeli marches and black lives matter stuff and they've seen that not a lot happens. another one, declan gearin, has 13 previous convictions. >> adam wharton 16 previous convictions. >> so that's the sort of person who's been dealt with straight away. they're habitual criminals . away. they're habitual criminals. i think it's unlikely that many of the people caught up will get ten years. i mean, to get the ten years. i mean, to get the ten years. i mean, to get the ten years under the public order act of 1986, you have to use a petrol bomb or incendiary device, a firearm or other highly dangerous weapon , highly dangerous weapon, instigate or carry out a leading role or your actions escalated the level of violence. so i think a lot of people will just fall below that bar. so i think it's highly unlikely that many

of them will get ten years. and frankly, if they do , they will frankly, if they do, they will be out very quickly. but i also don't see, sorry, just the other end of the scale. i don't see any point in sentencing somebody to three months in prison. it's just clogs up the system. by the time they've got themselves. >> keir starmer was saying that if your sentence is under a yean if your sentence is under a year, do something else with them into prison. adam brooks, i think these numbers of ten year sentences are being put out by the government to scare people off. >> attending further riots. let's also remember that there was a riot in harehills, leeds, just a few weeks ago as well. i haven't heard anything about facial recognition from that riot. i haven't heard anything about ten year sentences for people that were clearly on video, rioting, smashing up and burning. police cars and attacking police. so let's, stop this labelling everyone far, right? if you attend a riot and you attack a policeman, or you set fire to a mosque or a church or whatever building there is , or whatever building there is, you do deserve ten years in

prison. i'm sorry. for the latter, no one's trying to condone that, but we want some consistency here. i mean, three years for facebook posts. i mean, this really does come under authoritarian rule and we are being mocked . elon musk is are being mocked. elon musk is highlighting to the world the inconsistencies. we've had. someone that was involved , someone that was involved, charged with manslaughter involved a machete. let out after six months. we've had another case where, someone was let off a sexual assault or a rape because they didn't know the laws of the land and they wasn't told that it was wrong or they was told it wasn't wrong. here. our justice system isn't here. ourjustice system isn't the envy of the world. i think it's the laughing stock of the world now. and hopefully keir starmer can get a grip of this. but at the moment there's a lot of fear mongering to try and deter further riots and that's why we're seeing the media go along with it. no one's going to get ten year sentences at all. i think your last guest or someone

before said that only a dozen or so people over the last couple of decades have been convicted of decades have been convicted of rioting. it's not going to happen. it's scare mongering to try and regain order, but it seems to be sort of working in some respects, >> well , what stops people >> well, what stops people committing a crime is the fear of being caught. and what happens to them if they are caught. so the riots in 2011 were put down relatively quickly because there was overwhelming police presence and swift action was taken when they caught people. so those are the things, you know, most of us have a moral compass that wouldn't enable us to do all those things. but for those that don't have that moral compass, it's two things. >> well, what is calling me, though, is for a lot of the riots, usually they say, what's the cause of the riots? >> why do people doing such a thing? but this, this question, they don't want to answer it. >> i speak about illegal. i speak about illegal immigration and the swelling numbers of asylum claims nearly every day on this on on x and twitter and whatever. and i won't be silenced by people calling me far right, they're trying to

generalise everyone as being having an extreme view. when you've got genuine concerns. let's remember that asylum claims here. you know, lack of school places, lack of housing affects people that are white or black and are brown and the poorest in our society. i've got every right to talk about illegal immigration, asylum seekers and not be labelled from this. >> true, true. but then if you look at the numbers , say 40,000 look at the numbers, say 40,000 is a lot, admittedly, say in a yean is a lot, admittedly, say in a year, but that's not going to sort of squash the services, is it just. >> well, it is squashing the services of social housing. >> what i'm saying it's well, it's not i mean, i'm not, i'm not i think it's i think they need to address it. it's not acceptable. we need to deal with illegal immigration. but i'm saying that surely it's the legal migration that actually is the bigger problem. >> well, it's both it's the cumulative effect. but as adam was saying, it's there's a class of people in this country who feel that the tide has gone out and they have been left behind. they are marginalised, they're alienated, they're resentful,

they have no hope. they feel abandoned and then they see migrants, whether they're legal or illegal, getting given this, that and the other, they understandably feel resentful. and what can they do about it? so they a riot happens. they are not far right. they're just british citizens who feel a deep sense of personal injustice and nana. >> let's just remember this lie that there was going to be a hundred far right riot riots. there is an organised far right in this country that's a lie. there might be a few thousand tops of morons that want to cause racial trouble or attack people because of their religion. >> there's some in every country this lie that we have got some massive organised far right in this country. >> you know, it's being used as propaganda to try and silence people on illegal immigration and label people look , there was and label people look, there was no there was no way that that 100 riots were going to happen the other day. but the media, put it out there. that was deliberate false information, wasn't it? >> fake news? >> fake news?

>> well, i don't say, but i wonder where that information came from, because i think if there is a crackdown on on fake news or misinformation or disinformation , whichever one disinformation, whichever one you're looking at, then i think that's one of the things that i would like some answers for. as to where that information came from. but what are your thoughts? gbnews.com/yoursay you're with me. i'm nana akua this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio coming up. so starmer's popularity slumps over his response to the riots. i'm asking, do you believe that he has handled the crisis? well? thatis he has handled the crisis? well? that is coming up in the next great british debate. but first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> nana, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. just coming up to 3:32, the top story, the funeral of one of the three children that were killed in the southport stabbings is taking place this afternoon . taking place this afternoon. alice dasilva aguiar was nine when she was killed two weeks ago. these are the live pictures outside of the church. saint

patrick's church in southport, where mourners have gathered to share their grief. she died alongside b.b. share their grief. she died alongside bb. king and elsie dot stancombe during that mass stabbing at a dance class. now, two weeks ago . meanwhile, the two weeks ago. meanwhile, the justice minister says the fallout from recent riots is going to be felt. she says for years, shabana mahmood says it will set back the new labour government's efforts to fix the justice system, which was already facing a massive backlog of court cases and dwindling space in prisons . it comes as a space in prisons. it comes as a 15 year old boy today has become the first child to be convicted for his part in the violent disorder in sunderland . in other disorder in sunderland. in other news, two people have died in the english channel in what the government has described as a tragic incident involving a small boat, it happened in french waters and others were rescued from the vessel and have now been taken to france. a government spokesperson here in the uk says the tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of callous criminals exploiting

vulnerable people . president vulnerable people. president zelenskyy has for the first time acknowledged that ukraine is conducting a military offensive inside russia. the operation, which began five days ago, has taken russia by surprise and prompted mass evacuations across both sides of the border. ukraine says it's destroyed 53 russian drones during an overnight strike. people in northern parts of the uk are being warned to expect heavy downpours and possible flash flooding tomorrow. a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covers northern ireland from midnight until 7:00 in the morning tomorrow, while an alert for scotland and the north of england is in place from 2 am. meanwhile, though, a brighter picture further south, warmer weather is predicted for london and the south—east, where temperatures could reach 34 celsius. and just a breaking line for you . from paris, there line for you. from paris, there has been an unexpected security scare there, as a man was spotted just about an hour ago

climbing the eiffel tower that's ahead of the olympic closing ceremony tonight. these pictures just came to us in the last few minutes , as that shirtless minutes, as that shirtless climber was scaling the iconic landmark, prompting french police to evacuate the area. some visitors were briefly trapped on the second floor, just around 1000ft in the air, but were safely escorted shortly after the incident unfolded. as paris is ramping up now , paris is ramping up now, security in the city, with 30,000 officers deployed citywide ahead of tonight's finale to the games and staying in paris, team gb have beaten their total from tokyo three years ago by winning their 64th and now 65th medals of the games. it's great britain end their seventh medal table with 14 golds tonight. gold medal winners alex yee and bryony page will be team gb's flag bearers at the olympic closing ceremony .

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>> 38 minutes after 3:00 welcome! if you've just tuned in, to good have your company. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, onune i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. right? it's time now for the great british debate this out. and i'm asking, do you believe that sir keir starmer has handled the crisis well? now sir keir starmer's popularity has dropped significantly as he's faced criticism over the handung faced criticism over the handling of the riots. and according to a recent poll for the telegraph , ratings fell the telegraph, ratings fell sharply with a notable increase in the number of voters with a strongly unfavourable view of him. criticism has been directed

towards his slow response to the unrest, including a delayed decision to hold a cobra meeting and, of course, that infamous holiday. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, do you believe that sir keir starmer has handled this crisis well? joining me to discuss broadcaster and author christine hamilton was a broadcaster , adam brooks, i'm broadcaster, adam brooks, i'm sure you're something else as well. >> a publican as well. >> a publican as well. >> and entrepreneur. >> and entrepreneur. >> entrepreneur is easily up there . there. >> yeah, they call me all sorts. >> yeah, they call me all sorts. >> you want to be the entrepreneur as well. next time, i can be whatever you want. oh, really? >> businessman. highly successful businessman. >> right? >> right? >> right. so again, let's remember that only 20% of the uk population voted for labour and keir starmer , and i think now keir starmer, and i think now the latest yougov poll says only 31% think that he's done well during. i mean, i don't know who this 31% are, but you know, they need to go and get their eyes and their ears tested. let's remember that pre these riots there was the hare hill riots.

we've had a few things go on, and then suddenly he addresses via a podium when, when the latest riots has happened and many that i speak to, think that he's actually declared war on his own people. really? you know, but who are his own people? >> if that's if that's no. >> if that's if that's no. >> or his own people really are every citizen of the of this country. by this blanket labelling and exaggerating this far right threat. what i spoke about earlier. >> but he would argue that there was an element of the far right within that, that those riots and obviously none of us could condone any of that . condone any of that. >> none of us will condone riots. but let's remember , riots. but let's remember, you've got to be very naive or ignorant not to think that a lot of the people that were rioting were you know, disillusioned youths that are out to try and hit the police that day or drunk and, you know, justifiable . no, and, you know, justifiable. no, it's not justifiable. but to label these people who've had mindless violence, you know, it's a day out to some of these

people that crave violence. it doesn't mean they're far right. we haven't got this organised, far right thing here. nana, i think he inflamed the situations with his podium addresses. i think his choice of words were wrong. his tone was wrong. and, you know, as you said, he was late to the party, he didn't mention the riots previously in harehills in leeds. i think they're inconsistent. and i think whoever is advising him on this is doing a bad job as well. well, surely he gets some credit, christine, for the fact that he appears to have quelled the riots. >> there were supposedly 100, protesters coming out or events that were supposed to happen, which didn't. and it could be potentially for the things that he has said . and he's arresting he has said. and he's arresting people, putting people in jail very , very quickly, rushing it very, very quickly, rushing it all through the courts and that from what i can see, it appears to have worked well. >> i personally think that that theory that there were going to be 100 or whatever riots, i think that was just deliberate misinformation. so i really don't think you can credit keir

starmer with quelling something that wasn't going to happen anyway. so i won't give him that. but eight out of ten people in this country did not vote for him. it's all very well for him to talk about my massive mandate. et cetera. et cetera. his mandate is actually very shaky. most people in this country did not want him, and did not vote for him. and we now see from polls that a lot of people are now having buyer's remorse. so if they had their chance again, they wouldn't vote for him. so he's on shaky ground. he was dithering while this country in the shape of police vans and shops were burning. he dithered , he didn't burning. he dithered, he didn't call a cobra meeting straight away. i don't think by the way, he should have recalled parliament. i think that would have just been a gimmick. i mean, we really don't want everybody flooding back and all popping up everybody flooding back and all popping up and down with their bits and bobs, well, i mean, that's what happens, isn't it? it's just a chance for everybody to grandstand and they all want to grandstand and they all want to get in. i don't think there's any point in that. but i mean, he was dithering and this i know it might sound stupid, but this business about his holiday will. he won't. he will. he won't he? he won't. he will. he won't he? he should have said straight away as soon as people started questioning, he should have said, i am not taking my family holiday. i will stay here. i am

the prime minister. i'm in charge. the buck stops with me. >> he also said that he would take friday afternoons off or yes, he did and i supported him on that. >> at the time because i said he's married to a jew, a jew, and therefore, what's wrong with taking a bit of time off on a friday? >> can't be specific when you're working in a job like this. no. it was. >> i spoke to some builders in my pub last week that cannot connect with him one bit. again, it this lie that labour is for the working people. rubbish. it is absolute rubbish. therefore the metropolitan elite. now you know it's not the party of the workers anymore. and what about on the wider scale? >> okay, so we've looked at keir starmer and how he's done his, his ratings are plummeting. but what about on the other members of the party. so angela rayner , of the party. so angela rayner, she's now looking to lift restrictions on social housing for migrants. >> so their tone their tone absolutely tone death. one of the reasons that people are so disillusioned in this country is because, as christine said earlier, we are seeing people come over on boats. they get free housing, they get, free

health care, they get free local travel, you know, they jump the queues on certain things. and that really does get the back up of many people. if you're the poorest in society and you see that, what does that say? you know what what message is that giving them that they're second best. you know, and i think to take away the ten year is it ten yeah >> so this is angela rayner. she's suggesting, it was a michael gove policy uk connection test where you should have been resident for at least ten years. >> this was what gove was going to bring in. and she's saying abandoned that. >> that's going to make it harder. >> you can apply for social housing that is going to make it harder for uk citizens that have been here either their whole life or they've been here more than ten years to now get social housing. >> and again, i've spoken to people from housing charities that are trying to explain to people that have been here their whole life why they can't house them and why, you know , migrants them and why, you know, migrants that are coming over on boats

are getting housing before them. now, there is no answer to that. there's no justification for that. and that's why there is so much anger. >> well, what happened to british houses for british workers, frankly, and also she's going to come up against a problem because 1 in 5, nine out of ten councils, sorry, apparently have their own residency rules and they have their own rules within their council areas saying who can and who can't have social housing. so she's going to have to bust that apart if she's going to do this. and the resentment that will build up from these people who are already at the bottom of the list and they're going to go even further down because the list gets bigger. well, of course, this is about this is this was unfair. >> and we're talking about, michael gove. he's the former housing minister, housing secretary. he published some proposals in january that would have prevented many of people , have prevented many of people, many people, from qualifying for actually staying, getting your social housing. so this is people like migrants, asylum seekers . they had to do some seekers. they had to do some sort of connection test first. and angela rayner is looking to

rip that apart or initiate these policies. we're running at a 1.3 million people on the social housing list already 1.3 million. so this would mean that potentially people from who haven't spent the time on the list that many of the british people have may go in front of them. that's the potential for that one to happen. what does it stay tuned. because next it's time for world view. trump's camp claim that they were hacked by iran back in june. find more in just a

good afternoon . welcome. if good afternoon. welcome. if you're just tuned in, where have you're just tuned in, where have you been? it's just coming up to 4:00. we've got about ten minutes or so. so it's time for world review. and former president donald trump has claimed that his campaign was hacked by iran back in june. and this was around the time that trump was also was set to announce his running mate for the 2024 us election. now, all of this as kamala harris is

surging in the polls, proving popular in a number of swing states. so let's travel over to america now and speak to hello, susan platt. she's the former chief of staff to joe biden. susan platt , thank you very much susan platt, thank you very much for joining me, so talk to me forjoining me, so talk to me about what's happening. how is kamala faring? because it seems like she's in the polls. as far as we've heard in the uk, she is now pushing ahead of trump. >> well, it's been an amazing summer in american politics to begin with. >> starting in, in june when we all went into a mass depression and then a big hi, once kamala harris became our official nominee for the democratic party on monday, she, of course, turned around and asked governor tim walz of minnesota to join the ticket. >> he and she together collectively have harnessed some sort of energy that i think we've all been wanting, we're tired of the same old thing. god bless joe biden. i love him , i bless joe biden. i love him, i worked for him, but he recognised it was time to kind

of pass the torch to a new generation , as i'm doing with my generation, as i'm doing with my granddaughter. and really , granddaughter. and really, people are ready for it. they're coming out of covid, they're coming out of covid, they're coming out of economic problems due to covid, and they're ready for some changes. they're tired of the old same old donald trump with grievances and revenge tours. they want hope. they want they want a new generation. and they're not going to go back. and it's something you can't manufacture . it's a moment. it's manufacture. it's a moment. it's becoming a movement. and i think it's, you know, you don't know how long it's going to last. a moment at 24 hours in politics is a long time. moment at 24 hours in politics is a longtime. but, right now is a long time. but, right now it's looking pretty good even in the swing states where she's just come through her on her tours where there was massive crowds, they turned away 4000 people last night because of the heat. it'sjust people last night because of the heat. it's just been incredible. people are ready for change and she's captured the moment. >> but do you not think that people are just just really wanted to get rid of joe biden? some people might be looking at your party and saying, well, how is it that you, in a sense,

maybe try to pull pull the wool over people's eyes to convince us that joe biden was capable? when it was clear to most people that he really wasn't, and people might be asking what kind of a party would would allow that? >> well, i think he was very capable. he did a lot more for this country than anybody else has in quite some time he passed the inflation reduction act. he act, he build back better. he's got roads being built. he's got towns and cities being rejuvenated. he's increasing access to broadband. he's lowering the cost of prescription prescription drugs. he's done so much for this country. but you know, maybe he didn't have a good debate. of course the man was sick. he was jet lagged. but, you know, i think it was a good idea on his part to say, okay, maybe i won't be able to do as well the next four years. let's turn it over to my partner. >> but even you saying that, i mean, he wasn't yet. i mean, maybe he was jet lag, but that wouldn't have accounted for a lot of the behaviours that we've observed from joe biden over the many, few years. i mean, who really the question that people might be asking is who was really in charge? because i just

from seeing him there, i don't believe that he was capable of doing all the things that you said. it feels like there was somebody else there doing it. >> well, if you want to believe the right wing conspiracy and lies which they tell it with such frequency, they can't even keep up with them. go ahead . but keep up with them. go ahead. but the facts remain the same. he is the facts remain the same. he is the president of the united states. he initiated great policies for the middle class, the working class. and kamala harris will continue to do that and make it easier for the middle class to get by. >> well, she does seem to be a soaring in the polls, so we shall keep an eye on this. it's really good to talk to you, susan. thank you so much for to talking me. that is susan platt. she's the former chief of staff to joe biden. well, welcome. if you're just tuned in, i'm nana akua. we're live on tv , online akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. keep all of your views coming up, you can go to gbnews.com/yoursay on the way. nana nagel. and that's sort of my monologue . just how of my monologue. just how hypocritical has the response to the riots been ? that's my the riots been? that's my question. stay tuned for my

nicolle in a couple of moments. time but now let's get an update with your . weather. with your. weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello! welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. plenty of warm sunshine on offer today. hot and humid for some of us tomorrow with the risk of thunderstorms in the north—west. looking at the bigger picture, we've got an area of high pressure across the uk, low pressure out towards the west and this is helping drive south easterly wind , bringing up south easterly wind, bringing up that warmer air. so through the rest of this evening plenty of late evening sunshine. we'll see a breeze picking up. so some gusty winds along the south and west with thunderstorms moving their way north and eastwards. so mainly affecting parts of northern ireland. we've got a thunderstorm warning here and across northern england and scotland as well, so some torrential downpours are expected. it is going to be a

warm and humid night tonight , warm and humid night tonight, temperatures possibly not even dropping below 20 degrees. so an uncomfortable night for sleeping. looking closer into the detail then through monday morning and we've got that thunderstorm warning in force across parts of scotland. so a heavy band of thundery rain is going to be pushing its way north and eastwards. so expect some disruption from this with gusty winds and some frequent lightning and possible hail too. turning dry across northern ireland and elsewhere. many places are seeing a dry and bright start. perhaps some cloud across western parts as well. so through monday morning rush hour across scotland, this band of heavy, thundery rain is going to be moving its way north and eastward. there could be some thunderstorms at further towards the south of this as well, so take care if you are out and about early hours behind that, turning drier, brighter and fresher as well. but towards the south. highs here of up to 34 degrees. so feeling very hot and humid. and there still is the risk of the odd thunderstorm

across the east as well. so through monday evening many places are seeing a dry end to the day. plenty of late evening sunshine as well. and then as we go through tuesday, still holding on to some warmth across the southeast but turning more changeable with temperatures generally around average by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> good afternoon and welcome to gb news live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua and for the next two hours, me and for the next two 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. we'll be debating, discussing and at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me today

is broadcaster and author christine hamilton , and also christine hamilton, and also broadcast from publican adam brooks . broadcast from publican adam brooks. coming up ten years for protesting and i'm getting covid lockdown deja vu. am i getting just deja vu on the way? my niggle i'll be discussing the utter hypocrisy of the so—called peaceful counter protests which saw our crew being attacked by a so—called peaceful protester and coming up, nicholas danes, gymnast, high diver. i'm also a stuntman. he's performed stunts in over 50 movies. he'll be joining me for the interview. but first of all, let's get your latest news with sam francis . latest news with sam francis. >> nana, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. 4:00 exactly. and the top story this houh exactly. and the top story this hour, the funeral of one of the three children killed in the southport stabbings has taken place this afternoon in the town. alice dasilva aguiar was nine when she was killed two weeks ago. you can see there on your screen pictures of that

funeral procession as the horse and carriage left the church, crowds cheered and applauded as it passed by that attend that service taking place at saint patrick's church with family and friends inside and many more listening outside on loudspeakers. well, alice died alongside bebe, king and elsie dot stancombe during a mass stabbing at a dance class. now, two weeks ago. meanwhile, the justice minister says the fallout from recent riots is going, she says, to be felt. for years, shabana mahmood says it will set back the new labour government's efforts to fix the justice system, which was already facing a massive backlog of court cases and dwindling spaces in prisons. it comes as a 15 year old boy has today become the first child to be convicted for his part in violent disorder in sunderland , and it comes as in sunderland, and it comes as hundreds of people involved in those widespread riots are now set to appear in court, as a top prosecutor warns , some could

prosecutor warns, some could face up to ten years in prison business and trade secretary jonathan reynolds told us earlier. the government, though , earlier. the government, though, is prepared. >> yes, there is sufficient capacity in the prison system because of decisions that were made in the early days of the new government. we have seen. i think, 780 arrests, 350 people charged already, and there will be more to come, and it will be the case that people will face the case that people will face the full force of the law. and i think it's important that the pubuc think it's important that the public see not just a judicial system that's working well, but effective public services again in britain . in britain. >> in the wake of the riots, the education secretary says children will be taught to spot extremist content and fake news online. bridget phillipson said that she is launching a review of the curriculum in both primary and in secondary schools to arm children against what she's described as putrid conspiracy theories. and it comes as sir keir starmer has suggested the government will review social media laws as more sentences for online offences

unked sentences for online offences linked to the unrest are expected in the coming days . linked to the unrest are expected in the coming days. in other news, two people have died in the english channel in what the government has described as a tragic incident involving a small boat. it happened in french waters and others rescued from the vessel have now been taken to france . a government taken to france. a government spokesperson here in the uk says the tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of callous criminals exploiting vulnerable people . president zelenskyy has, people. president zelenskyy has, for the first time now acknowledged that ukraine is conducting a military offensive inside russia's western kursk region. the operation, which began five days ago, has taken russia by surprise and prompted mass evacuations on both sides of the border. ukraine says it has destroyed 53 russian drones dunng has destroyed 53 russian drones during an overnight strike. well, military analyst sean bell says there are three main reasons for the offensive . reasons for the offensive. >> queen's got a very long border with russia . undoubtedly border with russia. undoubtedly it'll put russia on the back foot. secondly is to demonstrate that russia is not in control in

this conflict at the moment, that actually there is a there are two sides here. and thirdly, just imagine the morale for ukrainian fighters that are actually starting to take the fight into russia. now, many i spoke to a ukrainian the other day who said they wanted to see a ukrainian flag planted in moscow . moscow. >> and in other news, people in northern parts of the uk are being warned to expect heavy downpours and possible flash flooding tomorrow. a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covers northern ireland from midnight until 7:00 in the morning, while an alert for scotland in the north of england is in place from 2 am. until 1 pm. tomorrow. meanwhile, warmer weather is predicted for london and the south—east, though, where temperatures could reach up to 34 c. banksy has confirmed he is behind a new fish artwork, which has appeared on a police box in central london. it's the seventh animal themed piece. the elusive street artist has claimed so far this week. he's used translucent spray paint on the glass windows

to create the design, turning the box into what looks like a giant fish tank. art experts say people will decide for themselves what they think it represents, and turning to paris now, there's been an unexpected security scare in the last hour or so, as a man was spotted climbing the eiffel tower ahead of tonight's olympic closing ceremony. you can see here pictures from the eiffel tower, just near the top of the more than 1000 foot landmark. as the shirtless climber scaled it, prompting french police to evacuate the area. some visitors were briefly trapped on the second floor, but were safely escorted out of the area. the incident unfolded as paris is ramping up security, with 30,000 officers deployed across the city ahead of tonight's finale to the games and staying in paris, team gb have beaten their total from tokyo three years ago by winning their 64th and 65th medals of the games. it means great britain end up seventh in

the medal table, with 14 gold medals tonight. winners alex yee and bryony page will be team gb's flag bearers at the olympic closing ceremony . and we will, closing ceremony. and we will, of course, bring you all the action from the closing ceremony throughout the evening. those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm sam francis, more at 4:30 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam. welcome. if you just tuned in, where have you just tuned in, where have you been? i'm nana akua. we are live on tv, online and on digital radio. right. so here's what's coming up in this hour. the country's top prosecutor warns the most serious charges could face up to ten years in jail. jack carson has the latest . jail. jack carson has the latest. >> yeah, well, stephen parkinson, who of course, is head of the cps, has said that

they're entering a new phase of these people that have been charged during the riots in the past few weeks . some, if they're past few weeks. some, if they're charged with rioting, could face up to ten years in prison. >> schools will teach children how to identify fake news online so that the great british debate the. so i'm asking, is this the right approach then the closing ceremony has undergone massive changes following all the backlash from the opening one. but has this been a good games and trump's campaign say it was hacked by iran as kamala harris climbs in the approval ratings, all of that coming up in this houh all of that coming up in this hour. don't forget to send me your thoughts, post your comments at gbnews.com/yoursay . comments at gbnews.com/yoursay. so the top prosecutor in england and wales has said that hundreds more involved in the unrest over the last week will be brought to justice. stephen parkinson has claimed that those involved in the most serious crimes could face up to ten years in jail. all of this as labour prepare to

release prisoners who served just 40% of their sentence to combat the overcrowding. so in the meantime, sir keir starmers approval ratings have also dropped amid the unrest and up and down the country . gb news and down the country. gb news west midlands reporter jack carson has been out and about asking for your opinions on this story, and i'm delighted to say he joins me now. so, jack, what are people saying with regard to sir keir starmer ? sir keir starmer? >> well, of course there's some difference really, in opinion of how well he's handled this situation, particularly some people think he's gone hard and gone tough and gone. and the other thing people are thinking not so much in that respect. and of course today were being reported in the sunday times. we've got this new comments from stephen parkinson , who's the stephen parkinson, who's the head of the crown prosecution service, talking about this new phase of cases that's coming in. we know keir starmer wanted to use the courts and particularly get people sentenced, charged, arrested, charged and sentenced quickly in order possibly for

that to act as a deterrent within the violence that we've seen on the streets across the country over the past few weeks. and these new comments certainly seeming they're entering this new phase of different, more serious charges, therefore coming with stiffer penalties . coming with stiffer penalties. now, many people have been charged so far with involvement in protests and riots have been charged with violent disorder. now that only carries the sentence upwards of, you know, up to about five years imprisonment. the majority of sentences have been about between 2 and 3 years, some sentenced within 48 hours of their initial arrest. so that is certainly for the looks of it, with the fact we've had no serious violence on the streets in the past few days, it's been much of a deterrent. but mr parkinson saying that they warned of the consequences and that people now have to face those consequences, talking about it's not exacting revenge, it's about delivering justice for ten years. to some people that i've spoken to seems a bit steep. some people are concerned about whether it's consistent . about whether it's consistent. here's what they told me earlier

on. >> i think the question should be who's getting sentenced? because if that's consistent across the entire people, across the uk, then that's fine. but i think the biggest challenge is, you know, when we look at about the riots, is everyone getting treated fairly? probably not. i think what i've noticed and what i can see is different communities are getting treated differently and that's not fair. >> i think if people are going to do this sort of thing, yeah, then they must be prepared for then they must be prepared for the consequences. you know, normal people. well, i say everyone is normal to a certain extent. and if people want to go about doing their own business and people are going to keep rioting , it's and people are going to keep rioting, it's making other people uncomfortable. so if the punishment is there for the crime, then they'll have to serve it, won't they? and if that's what the government need to do to make these people realise that, you know, you can't just go around doing what you want to do then. then they'll have to take the prison term, won't they? and i think that's fair. i think that's fair for everybody. other people just want to go about doing doing their own business and enjoying life, you know, and if these

people are going to try stopping them, it's not right, is it? >> i think it'd be, well, it's way too much because the government is concerned about financial gains and the actual debt. winners of country, and they're trying to claw back money. well, if you send one person to prison, i think it's about average, about £80,000 a year to look after one for one yeah year to look after one for one year. so it's ten years. it's like nearly £1 million. well, that's actually ridiculous . so that's actually ridiculous. so we send 100 away to prison. that's an awful lot of wasted money. i mean, there's got to be other ways of actually dealing with this situation than actually sending people to prison. and i think they're going to do better by because is it going to benefit him? no, it's not long term. he'll probably make them worse . probably make them worse. >> so there's the views that people have told me over the course of this morning . but course of this morning. but you're right about keir starmer's favorability taking a hit nana in the past kind of week or so, those who take a strongly unfavourable view of him as a prime minister has risen by six points. that was after the first week of the

violence. and, of course, the labour cabinet now also warning of the long term fallout . of the long term fallout. shabana mahmood, the justice secretary, warning of course, of the backlog of cases that was already in the criminal justice system, now getting pushed further back because of these new cases. but labour saying today that there is sufficient space within the prisons to hold these people. of course we know these people. of course we know the concerns that has been, particularly in recent weeks, about how much space there has been. we await to see, of course, what happens in the coming weeks as more people are arrested and charged for their involvement within the violence. in the past few weeks . in the past few weeks. >> jack carson, thank you very much. that is jack carson our west midlands reporter. right. it's just coming up to 12 minutes after 4:00. you're with me. i'm nana akua . this is gb me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. now, according to the telegraph, social media influencers who inched social media influencers who incited riots online are being hunted by specialist police. organised crime units have been set up to investigate hundreds of leads after trawling through

social media posts suspected of inciting far right rioting by spreading hate and inciting violence. well, that's fair enough. violence. well, that's fair enough . inciting riots is wrong. enough. inciting riots is wrong. full stop. i would expect anyone who does that to be punished, and that is absolutely correct. if sir keir can meet her out justice zak quickly. wouldn't it be great, though, to see that happening across the board with knife crime, theft, rape , etc? knife crime, theft, rape, etc? but absolutely, you can't have people inciting violence and spreading hatred. i agree with those sentiments entirely. great chief constable chris hayward, the national police chiefs council lead for serious and organised crime, said let me be clear inciting violence and encouraging mass disorder and are incredibly serious offences. absolutely. so presumably this works regardless of which side of the incitement or hate you're coming from. so i'm hoping to see some action against sameera ali, the national organiser for stand up to racism, who were apparently behind the protest

yesterday. she addressed the crowd outside what she believed to be reform uk's hq. she said we are standing here today to send a message to nigel farage and reform uk. we think he is fanning the flames of bigotry and islamophobia . we are drawing and islamophobia. we are drawing and islamophobia. we are drawing a line in the sand. and islamophobia. we are drawing a line in the sand . there will a line in the sand. there will be no more fascists on the street . anti—racists are the street. anti—racists are the majority , so she's basically majority, so she's basically blaming him for stoking tension and calling him a racist, bigot, islamophobic and a fascist and saying that there will be no more like him on the streets. or that's what i'm reading into her words. words which you could argue are hateful and in my view, totally untrue. and even if you believe them, surely saying this sort of thing out loud to a group of people and targeting one individual outside, what you believe to be his party office without any real evidence, can be seen as misinformation or some sort of incitement. no, i mean , look,

incitement. no, i mean, look, what happened to charlie peaked as our reporter at the rally when they realised he was from gb news, where nigel works . our gb news, where nigel works. our crew were attacked. you could argue that her comments were the trigger for three, but that's me . trigger for three, but that's me. >> that's that's me. i will he's touching me right now. >> film it stephen, get your stuff in the back , back, back. stuff in the back, back, back. >> my job is your safety . no, >> my job is your safety. no, no, no. >> you're good. thank you, thank you. >> is that your bag? yes. >> is that your bag? yes. >> is that your bag? yes. >> i mean, the utter hypocrisy of it all. by all means, protest. but you have to be held accountable for your words. whatever side you're on. let's hope that justice is applied equally, because the problem for many on the left is that by believing they hold the moral high ground, many think anything goes and under sir keir's crackdown, if he wants to avoid being labelled two tier keir justice must be applied evenly .

justice must be applied evenly. well, i'm joined now by former labour parliamentary candidate and adviser paul richards. paul, welcome. well, paul, you heard what, samir, what was said , do what, samir, what was said, do you think that it was a fair , a you think that it was a fair, a fair, a fair comment with regard to nigel farage? >> well, the thing i saw on your footage then, i was that the police intervened immediately. this idiot attacked your, camera operator , surrounded him. i operator, surrounded him. i don't know whether he's been charged or not, but, i mean, he was treated, you know, in a criminal way, because he'd obviously done something stupid and potentially criminal. i think the police, are not behaving in a two tier way. >> i think they are doing this fairly. >> and when it comes to the sentencing and the ramping up of the criminal justice system , the criminal justice system, justice, of course, must be blind. >> but the government has got a duty to protect its citizens. >> and it was hanging in the balance . you know, a few days balance. you know, a few days ago we were expecting all kinds

of riots across the uk, which didn't happen. and that was partly because people could see that if they set fire to bins and aimed them at the police or smashed up greggs or tried to burn out a hotel, the police and the criminal justice system would come down on them like a ton of bricks. well that's absolutely right. >> but what about words, though? because obviously they're policing words online. absolutely. if people are incentivising any sort of violence. but i quoted the words from samira ali, she's the national organiser of stand up to racism. and she, as i said in the monologue, we're standing here today to send a message to nigel farage and reform uk . we nigel farage and reform uk. we think he is fanning the flames of bigotry and islamophobia . we of bigotry and islamophobia. we are drawing a line in the sand. there will be no more fascists on the street. anti—racists are the majority are the majority . the majority are the majority. so in my view, she was basically inferring that he is all those things. so well, i think that that kind of, heightened rhetoric is not helpful. >> and i think demonstrating outside party political offices and the labour party's had this

and the labour party's had this a lot over the last few months and years, is unhelpful as well. in a democracy. i mean, you know me, i'm a democrat. i stand for office. i come on gb news and debate points out with you because that's the way we should conduct our politics. i'm afraid there are some hotheads on on there are some hotheads on on the left as well as on the right. you think it should be fought out in the street, but thatis fought out in the street, but that is not how we do our politics in this country . and it politics in this country. and it should be resisted. >> well, it's an. thank you very much for that. that's, that's your thoughts on that ? so your thoughts on that? so finally, do you think that maybe she should be called out for that too? because if we are rounding up people for words that could stoke tension and, you know, potentially direct and incite danger towards someone like nigel farage, surely. do you think that perhaps she should be called out for that then? >> well , anyone then? >> well, anyone fanning the flame should think twice. anyone who's committing a criminal act, whether it's online or it's in person, should be arrested and there should be no fear or favour because, as i say, justice must be blind . but the justice must be blind. but the government has acted toughly. you know, they picked on the

wrong guy in keir starmer. he's got form on this stuff. he knows what he's doing. he's marshal the resources of the police and the resources of the police and the criminal justice system and got a fast justice. and that seems to have worked. it seems to have quelled the rioting and there haven't been any big riots over the last few days. and i think that's largely down to the government. >> well, it's largely down to the government, but i still like him to maybe have a have a chat with samira ali for those words, because i think they're quite incendiary. thank you very much. paul richards , very good to talk paul richards, very good to talk to you. the former labour parliamentary candidate . well, parliamentary candidate. well, joining me now to discuss author and broadcaster christine hamilton and also broadcaster and publican adam brookes, adam brookes, you heard that those comments, those words he even actually literally said agreed in the sense that keir starmer should have a sort of . should have a sort of. >> yeah. but again, it's one rule for the left a lot of the time. and another for those on the centre or the right. i see that. the centre or the right. i see that . and, some of the nastiest, that. and, some of the nastiest, vilest and racist tweets i've i've ever received have been from people that are on the left, last week we see

anti—racism riots where people were masked up, and they were in the police faces shouting and screaming at police. and these were the anti—racists. yeah so why, you know, why are they not arrested? why is that not plastered all over our media as well? that the videos are on social media, i do believe that we have professional agitators at these anti—racism so—called events that you know, are probably paid to be there, whether it's blm free palestine or the anti—racism protests. the same people turn up. and i think it's organised. i think there's a lot of money behind these protests. you can see with the boards , they're all organised boards, they're all organised with their wooden boards, they're an organised group and they're an organised group and they will show up at 24 hours notice. >> christine hamilton well, i think if there's one thing above all else that marks out the brits, it's a sense of fair play andifs brits, it's a sense of fair play and it's extensive, even handedness. >> and that comes out, you know, you learnt that as a kid, if he gets two sweets i want two

sweets. you learn that you're brought up and it's innate and it's inbred in all of us. and if people see that the police are acting differently towards one group and another, whether what samira whatever said is , comes samira whatever said is, comes under hate, i don't know, i would have thought possibly nigel could go after her for some of the things she said, complain, but that's a matter for him. and frankly, he's been he's been called worse. and it kind of goes with the territory and the territory, unfortunately, now is getting so heated. and i'm not surprised that a lot of people no longer want to be in politics because it's getting deeply personal. that was a prime example of that and why any woman wants to go into politics. goodness only knows. i really don't, because it's getting so frightening and it's getting so frightening and it's only a question of time before another politician. and we've not we've had david amess have had all that, but let's hope not. >> but let's hope not. christine, thank you for that. right 22 minutes after 4:00. welcome. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on

digital radio. next it's time for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, is tackling fake news in schools the right approach? children are set to be taught how to spot extremist content online, but will it work

good afternoon, 25 minutes after 4:00, this is gb news. we are britain's news channel, live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua and it's time for the great british debate. this out i'm asking is tackling fake news in schools the right approach now? according to reports, children are set to learn how to identify extremist content as well as fake news online. now the government are attempting to overhaul the curriculum and this follows on from a week of violence that has gnpped from a week of violence that has gripped the nation. education secretary bridget phillipson said that youngsters will be given a critical thinking course

or skills to enable them to spot misinformation . some will be as misinformation. some will be as young as five. so for the great british debate, this i'm asking, is tackling fake news in schools the right approach? well, joining me to discuss broadcaster and author christine hamilton, also a broadcaster adam brookes okay, so i used to lecture in schools and i used to teach critical thinking actually. so that was my big thing. and i would teach them all to look at things critically and not take everything they see with take it all with a pinch of salt and then work out the different things. adam brookes, i will start with you on this. >> so my main thing here, who is the arbiter of what is fake news? we've seen so many instances in the past few years where things that, you know are being taught to kids in schools. we have left wing teachers teaching kids that men can become women or women can become men, which is obviously factually absolute nonsense. but you know, who's going to say that ? that's fake news. the left that? that's fake news. the left wing teachers know , during covid wing teachers know, during covid we had the our own government telling us that astrazeneca vaccine was completely safe,

then withdrawn it a few months later because people were dying. and it was it wasn't. although they say that for some people it was fine, and for some people it did save lives . did save lives. >> but there were those. and so a point where they realise that there may have been it could be implicated. so fact, fact checkers online, they're funded by different groups. >> it's open to manipulation. who's you know, who's going to fact check the fact checkers. it's a worrying thing. and i just worry that kids now are going to be told this has been fact checked. this is 100% when we know that things change. >> well, there have been other things. i mean, there was the bbc, of course, they've had issues when they said about the bomb from, they said it was from israel. it turned out to be a backfiring from hamas. >> who is who is policing the, bbc's misinformation? well, they've got they don't do it themselves, haven't they? but they don't do it to themselves, do they . do they. >> let's let's set about that the better. christine hamilton, >> well, adam's absolutely right. who's going to what is his quiz? custodiet ipsos

custodiet. who's going to guard the custodians? and it depends who's doing the teaching. i thought that all children, from the minute they start to speak and think , are taught critical and think, are taught critical thinking. that's what i do with young people who i'm around you. what do you think about this? look at this, look at that, look at the other. critical thinking is a part of life. obviously now that we've got the internet, etc, you have to bring that into it. but where is adam says, where was the critical thinking over covid covid? they completely disregarded the voices. anybody who was against the conventional wisdom about covid sinner and people like that, leading academics in epidemiology, they were just completely brushed aside. they have now been proved that they were right . have now been proved that they were right. their have now been proved that they were right . their theories, were right. their theories, their thinking, apart from on gb news were never given any air space at all. so people never heard the other side of the argument. well, they did well. >> well, the problem with it though, if we bring it back, is that , there will be elements. that, there will be elements. some of them will be right, some

of them won't be conspiracy theories, some of them will, some of them won't. it will be very difficult for someone to determine which one is and which one isn't. and the bottom line is, is the school will the school actually be able to do that? because you could be feeding people even even so , for feeding people even even so, for example. so for example, the riots, they said they were going to be over 100 riots. there weren't that turns out to be potentially fake news. so there's lots of fake news that elon musk tweeted something that turned out to be fake. even the people who should know or may know they don't know the difference either. so how are they gonna do it at school, the bbc was saying fake news at in. >> in the wake of october 7. were they they were saying that an airstrike had been an israeli airstrike and it was nothing of the sort. so if you can't trust, if you can't trust, i can't believe i'm saying this. if you can't trust the bbc, which frankly, you can't. but it is difficult at some things to be fair. okay. let's be fair to the bbc. let's be fair to the they do do good dramas, don't they? they do. >> but let's also remember that we've had media outlets tell us the biggest, terrorism threat in this country is from the far

right when we've got 40 or 50,000 islamist terrorist, subjects on their watch list. so it's almost like you're being taught not to look up facts anymore. you know, it's agendas that are being pushed. who is going to who is going to police that those agendas that get pushed slowly but surely to give kids the skills to be able to critical think is a good thing. >> of course it's a good thing, but that i thought , >> of course it's a good thing, but that i thought, and >> of course it's a good thing, but that i thought , and rather but that i thought, and rather naively, that that was already in the curriculum and all that has to be added on is say, oh, and by the way, you now have to be very careful because of onune be very careful because of online stuff, which didn't exist x numbers of years ago. but teachers are not exactly representative of all thinking across this country. that is the problem. so i worry who is, as i started out by saying, who is in charge of the people who are taking these lessons? >> because i'm also concerned are things like critical race theory that's supposed to be exactly, you know, that basically white people are already the oppressor. and a theory that then means that black people are the victim and

that sort of thing, which seems to be something that would be acceptable within on the left side of the argument, which people will be teaching at schools and erasing , people will be teaching at schools and erasing, erasing history. i want to be told i'm a victim and also everyone's been a slave at some point in some at some point, every colour literally has had slavery . so, literally has had slavery. so, you know, it's all about who's teaching it and what direction they're going to take it. and that would be the worry. but what are your thoughts? gbnews.com/yoursay you're with me. i'm nana akua this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up, has paris had a good olympics closing ceremony? the closing ceremony? the closing ceremony has undergone massive changes following all of the backlash from the opening one. i'm in that one. did you see that? me? i'm in the opening ceremony. there's somebody who looks like me, but it's just been a good games. stay tuned. now, let's get your latest news headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> very good afternoon from the newsroom. just coming up to

4:33. the top story this hour. the first funeral has been held for one of the three girls that were killed in the southport stabbing attack. the parents of alice dasilva aguiar were joined by hundreds of mourners in saint patrick's church in the town. as you can see, there , members of you can see, there, members of the public were lining the streets as the funeral procession passed by. the nine year old died alongside bebe king and elsie dot stancombe dunng king and elsie dot stancombe during a mass stabbing at a dance class. now, two weeks ago. meanwhile, the justice minister says the fallout from the recent riots is going to be felt for years. shabana mahmood says it will set back the new labour government's efforts to fix the justice system, which was already facing a massive backlog of court cases and dwindling space in prisons. it comes as today a 15 year old boy has become the first child to be convicted for his part in violent disorder in sunderland , violent disorder in sunderland, two people have died in the engush two people have died in the english channel, in what the government has described as a

tragic incident involving a small boat. it happened in french waters and others rescued from the vessel have now been taken to france. a government spokesperson says the tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of callous criminals exploiting vulnerable people . people in vulnerable people. people in northern parts of the uk are being warned to expect heavy downpours and possible flash flooding tomorrow. the yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covers northern ireland from midnight, while an alert for scotland and the north of england is in place from 2 am. meanwhile, though further a.m. meanwhile, though further south, warmer weather is predicted in london and the south—east temperatures could reach 34 c in paris. there's been unexpected and unexpected security scare as a man was spotted climbing the eiffel tower just spotted climbing the eiffel towerjust hours spotted climbing the eiffel tower just hours before that olympic ceremony that nana was just mentioning. the shirtless climber scaled the iconic landmark, prompting french police to evacuate the area. you can see their pictures of some visitors briefly trapped, but they were safely escorted

shortly after, and that incident unfolded as paris ramps up security across the city with 30,000 police officers deployed ahead of tonight's finale to the games and finally staying in paris, team gb have finished seventh in the olympic medal table with a total of 65. it's one better than the previous games in tokyo, with 14 golds included in this year's haul . included in this year's haul. gold medal winners alex yee and bryony page will be great britain's flag bearers at the olympic closing ceremony tonight. those are the latest headunes tonight. those are the latest headlines for now i'm sam francis back with you for another update just after 5:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash

>> good afternoon. it's just coming up to 38 minutes after 4:00. we are live on tv, online and on digital radio. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. and again it's time for another great british debate. this hour i'm asking how's paris been? a good olympics, according to the reports, closing ceremonies at this year's paris olympics has had to be revised many times after the opening. one received major backlash. the catholic church. there's me. can you see me in the red outfit ? you see me in the red outfit? the catholic church? actually, no. i think that's a guy. the catholic church were dismayed by the content that featured transgender models and naked singer depicting the last suppeh singer depicting the last supper. and that's not to mention the gender hour. that's plagued algerian boxer imane khelif, who took gold in the women's welterweight final. the great british debate. so i'm asking, how's paris been? a good olympics. well, joining me now to debate this broadcast and author christine hamilton also broadcaster and public, and adam brooks . christine. brooks. christine. >> well, i watched the opening

ceremony and i frankly couldn't believe my eyes. it was appalling. it wasn't . and appalling. it wasn't. and pounng appalling. it wasn't. and pouring it wasn't their fault that the heavens opened. so that did put a massive damper on the whole thing. but i mean, some of the aspects of that opening ceremony were deeply offensive to millions of people throughout the world. christians in particular, and they were just appalling. and the whole idea of having these floats going down the san, instead of having it all together, i mean, opening ceremonies normally are in one basically in one place, and everybody is focused on one spot. and these were coming all. it was absolutely crazy . it was absolutely crazy. however, they seem to have got a grip after that and the weather got better and i think overall paris has had a very good olympics. do you think everyone is good? well, apparently yes. i mean , i mean after the opening mean, i mean after the opening ceremony, they could only go one way. what i think they have done, although they're apparently 25% over budget, they have not done what most cities do, which is vastly spend millions and millions, if not

billions. well, certainly billions. well, certainly billions on huge great new stadia. they used the backdrop of beautiful parisian buildings. so an awful lot of the olympics was encompassed within the city itself, and their viewing figures were mammoth. i mean, the opening ceremony apparently got 41 million. how many stuck it to the end? goodness knows. but their average viewing has been 35 million. and i think for me, the best thing about the olympics, i haven't watched it. wall to wall because i've actually been too busy organising mini olympics for young children at home. really? yes. they're not allowed to watch television, so we haven't watched any of it much. but there's something called which i didn't know about the champions park, which is an innovation this year that france has put in andifs this year that france has put in and it's free. it's been largely unreported. i didn't know about this until earlier today. unreported. i didn't know about this until earlier today . and this until earlier today. and it's just it's not part of the main olympics, but all the athletes and in particular the medal winners can go. and there's a sort of runway and a platform and a stage where they can go and strut their stuff and in join in with people who feel

that they're touch and gold and touching silver is not been expensive to put on. and i think that's been a way of bringing far more people in than can actually watch it themselves. so i think france probably will be fairly pleased with the way the olympics have gone after a disastrous, appalling, horrendous start. >> well, let's see if the closing ceremonies are much better. but, adam, i think you've brought the wrong panellist on if we're to talk about the olympics , because i about the olympics, because i was away for much of it on houday. holiday. >> and to be fair, i haven't wanted to watch it after the opening ceremony. it was so woke, so cringeworthy and virtue signalling, you know, it was utter nonsense. i think it was embarrassing, one thing i will say though, i've seen a few clips and obviously i've read some stories on social media, is it's highlighted, fairness and safety of women's sport internationally. and i think hopefully something that'll come out from this olympic games. and i'm not going to mention specific cases, but women must

be protected in sport because imane khelif though it is, is a woman , although that's your woman, although that's your opinion has x y. yeah. the safe i'm all i will say is the, the safety and the fairness of women's sport needs to be looked into because i box and if someone has got a genetic advantage, i'm not saying that person has. but if they have, which is being suggested, that is very dangerous. and it's a very dangerous sport to have an advantage over your competitor. >> if it's true that they have x y chromosomes, which is the male chromosome , then a man can punch chromosome, then a man can punch 2.6% harder or 2.6 times, sorry, harder than somebody , a woman. harder than somebody, a woman. sort of a similar way with x chromosomes. >> well , i chromosomes. >> well, i mean if, if, if, if ma'am had been running alongside somebody, a woman, a woman, i'm not qualified on a track, that would have been one thing, but actually to put two people in the ring who are. so this is why

they have heavyweight middleweight and whatever, in boxing , because it's a contact boxing, because it's a contact sport and you have to make sure you couldn't possibly have a heavyweight boxer with a with a featherweight box, and they just wouldn't do it. so why did they allow it? that's what i don't know. it should never have been allowed. >> hopefully this is a different situation, but hopefully this gets people talking about the fairness and safety when it comes to trans competitors because sharon, sharon davis is a regular on the on this, channel as well highlights the scientific and the moral issues with that. >> although to be fair , iman is intersex. >> as i said, it's a completely different situation. >> but but the point i think you can't make. sorry. the point i think still remains that if it is true that somebody has xy chromosomes, then in my view, and this is my educated view to and this is my educated view to a normal degree, like a normal person, that means that that person, that means that that person , when they were being person, when they were being made something went wrong. they were meant to be a man, and then the organs weren't made properly. that's why they've got

the xy. but if that's the case, then i think that that needs to be taken into account. i don't think that they should be boxing against anyone with x chromosomes. >> 100% agree with that. and you cannot make the rules for a very minuscule, infinitesimal number of people. how many people with those that chromosome combination are going to want to go into boxing ? almost. go into boxing? almost. >> i think the two of them were fighting each other, weren't they? have a gender, have a gender test and put it all to bed. >> that's what i would, i think, on their gender test. >> these two got through and they ended up being two. xy as fighting each other in the final of the women's boxing. so i think that says it all. but this show is nothing without you and your views. let's welcome our great british voices, their opportunity to be on the show and tell us what they think about the topics we're discussing. joining me from yorkshire is john dimebolin. john, welcome to the program. what are your thoughts? how do you feel the olympics has fared ? you feel the olympics has fared? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me on the show, nana. >> i'm a great fan and enjoy everything that we see on this show, so thanks for that, i saw bits of the opening ceremony

and, i think some of it was really, really good, >> but there are certain issues, there are certain wokery things that there's the virtue signalling, as your other guest is talking about there. and i think that, you know, maybe i think that, you know, maybe i think that, you know, maybe i think that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. and when you look back at previous olympic ceremonies, it was lighting torches, firing arrows . it was everybody arrows. it was everybody marching on with the flags. and it was just good old fashioned stuff. this seems to me some of it to be a little bit of a what i would call a step too far and what do you make of the boxing? >> the women's boxing? >> the women's boxing? >> i have a history with boxing. >> i have a history with boxing. >> i've been involved in boxing for many years. i have a couple of good friends, who were involved in boxing. i was at a boxing show last week, which was like a battle at the seaside in our town at withernsea. >> and, it's very simple to me, >> and, it's very simple to me, >> boxing is very dangerous. it's a full on impact sport. >> that's the reality of the situation . and if you've got, situation. and if you've got, men versus men or women versus women, it's got a certain amount of balance to it . it's got

of balance to it. it's got a certain amount of equality. and as you said , that men can punch as you said, that men can punch and they can, biologically men tend to be stronger than women. so if you've got a professional male boxer and you've got a professional female boxer , professional female boxer, generally speaking, the male boxer, even amateur, is going to be stronger, faster and hit harder. and those hits will cause damage. now, as for this girl who obviously this contentious issue, clearly the olympic committee feel that that she is a female and obviously they have nothing to gain by allowing somebody who's not a female to box and claim that she's a female if she's not. and i think it's reasonable to assume that she probably is a female, but where the danger starts to lie. sorry nana. where the danger? >> so quickly, quickly. you got about 10s. >> so where the danger lies is that measure the testosterone levels. if you've got females with high testosterone, put the testosterone levels into certain

bands. female against female, male against male. problem solved, problem solved. >> thank you very much . john de >> thank you very much. john de berlin. very good to talk to you in yorkshire. thank you for your kind words as well. 47 minutes after 4:00. right. worldview on the way. trump's camp claim they were hacked by iran back in stay tuned.

next. well, you're with me. good afternoon . welcome. this is gb afternoon. welcome. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. now. coming up, former president donald trump has claimed that his campaign was hacked by iran back in june. this was around about the time that he was set to announce his running mate for the 2024 us election. all of this as kamala harris is surging in the polls, proving popular in a number of swing states. now joining me with the by the us foreign and security policy professor, david dunn , professor professor, david dunn, professor david dunn, thank you so much,

for joining me, so kamala forjoining me, so kamala harris, she's apparently surging in the polls. donald trump tells us that he may have been hacked. can you tell us more about those two stories? >> yes . the hacking story two stories? >> yes. the hacking story is very concerning. and a number of regards, the suggestion is that this is iran who has been hacking, the republican party's computers, which shows two things. >> it shows that there are hostile states intent on interfering in the presidential election. >> and it shows that there are real vulnerabilities that wasn't just that they're trying to do it. >> they were successful. >> they were successful. >> and, stealing information from the republicans and passing those to a left wing, news outlet, politico. and that's a that's a problem in terms of the security of the election. >> it's also a problem in terms of actually the trust that people have in the whole electoral process. >> we know that whenever donald trump loses that he actually says that he's he didn't lose. >> he was he was cheated. >> he was he was cheated. >> and of course, when you have foreign states interfering in

the election process or trying to, it actually gives credibility to those ideas in the minds of certain voters, >> so the republicans have are clearly concerned about that. >> the, the momentum with, with harris seems to build the opinion polls have have actually stopped their steady decline that we saw under joe biden, that we saw underjoe biden, whereby his numbers were appalling, his approval ratings were, catastrophic, but lower than any president has ever been re—elected. and in fact, he he gave an interview today where he said that one of the reasons why he stopped his renomination and re—election campaign was that he realised that it wasn't just that the presidency that the democrats looked to lose, but actually key states in congress and the house and in the senate , and the house and in the senate, and the house and in the senate, and therefore the there was a need for him to pull out and to redirect the campaign and that's what we've seen. so not only has, harris stopped that slide in the opinion polls, she has

actually in some polls gone ahead both nationally and in the swing states ahead of donald trump. and, crucially , also on trump. and, crucially, also on the issue of who do you trust most with the economy? there's one poll out today that shows that actually, harris is more trusted on the economy that donald trump. so trump's had a fairly bad three weeks, a bad week in particular. and he doesn't really have found his footing on how to deal with harris. rather than talk about the issue which the republican party wants him to do, what instead he's done is to go for personal attacks, calling her a low iq individual , and other low iq individual, and other such things, which shows a lack of discipline as far as many republicans are concerned. so the wall street journal, the conservative wall street journal had an article this week where they said, have the republicans lost an entirely winnable, election by choosing donald trump, who seems unable to actually maximise the opportunity that they present . opportunity that they present. >> well, professor david dunn, thank you very much for your

thoughts . interesting stuff. so thoughts. interesting stuff. so it's going to be a big old election. i'm really excited for that one. but if you just join me. welcome. you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. up next, rioters could face up to ten years in prison. stay tuned . ten years in prison. stay tuned. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. welcome to your gb news. weather update from the met office. as we go through monday, it's going to be turning increasingly hot and humid for some of us, with the risk of thunderstorms in the northwest, but it will be turning fresher later. looking at the bigger picture, we've got an area of high pressure across the uk further towards the west, a deep area of low pressure and that's helping drive south easterly winds. so through the rest of this evening many places staying largely dry. but as we go through the night we'll see the risk of thunderstorms developing. firstly, in the west, but then across northern ireland and parts of scotland later, and we have got some weather warnings in force. so expect frequent lightning,

torrential downpours and some gusty winds and temperatures overnight. well, it's going to be feeling quite uncomfortable some places not dipping below 20 degrees now as we start monday morning we have this band of heavy, thundery, showery rain across western parts of scotland moving its way north and eastwards so there could be some difficult driving conditions in this , with frequent lightning as this, with frequent lightning as well and some torrential downpours. northern ireland turning drier as the day progresses and across much of england largely dry but cloudy further towards the west and already feeling quite warm by 8 am. so as the day progresses that band of rain will continue to push its way north and eastwards. some thunderstorms even ahead of that as well, so they can't be ruled out completely across the south. but many places should largely miss these many places. seeing some hot sunshine, especially across the southeast. it's going to be feeling very hot and humid with highs of up to 34 degrees, but fresher further towards the west. as we go through tuesday.

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>> good afternoon. it's just coming up to 5:00. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. and for the next houh digital radio. and for the next hour, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. but first, let's get your latest news with sam francis .

news with sam francis. >> nana, thank you very much and good evening to you. the top story from the newsroom tonight. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of alice dasilva aguiar, one of the three girls killed in an attack in southport. now, two weeks ago, two white horses wearing pink and white feathers carried her coffin in a carriage into the service in saint patrick's church . during that service, church. during that service, a tribute to the nine year old from her parents was read out. the nine year old died alongside b.b. king and elsie dot stancombe during that mass stabbing at a dance class. as i said now, two weeks ago. meanwhile, the justice minister has said that the fallout from the recent riots across the country is going to be felt. she says for years, shabana mahmood says for years, shabana mahmood says it will set the new labour government back their efforts to fix the justice system, which was already facing a massive backlog of court cases and dwindling space in prisons. it comes as a 15 year old boy has

today become the first child to be convicted of his part in violent disorder in sunderland . violent disorder in sunderland. and that comes as hundreds of people involved in that widespread unrest are now set to appearin widespread unrest are now set to appear in courts across the country. as a top prosecutor warns, some could face up to ten years in prison. business and trade secretary jonathan reynolds told us earlier the government is prepared. >> yes, there is sufficient capacity in the prison system because of decisions that were made in the early days of the new government. we have seen, i think, 780 arrests, 350 people charged already, and there will be more to come , and it will be be more to come, and it will be the case that people will face the case that people will face the full force of the law. i think it's important that the pubuc think it's important that the public see not just a judicial system that's working well, but effective public services again in britain. >> jonathan reynolds there, speaking to us earlier, while the education secretary says children will be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online in the wake of the protests, bridget phillipson said she's launching a review of

the curriculum in both primary and in secondary schools to arm children against putrid conspiracy theories. that's her words. it comes as sir keir starmer has suggested the government will review social media laws as more sentences for onune media laws as more sentences for online offences linked to the riots are expected in the coming days. riots are expected in the coming days . two people have died in days. two people have died in the english channel in what the government's described as a tragic incident involving a small boat. it happened in french waters and others rescued from the vessel have been taken to france. the government spokesperson says the tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of callous criminals exploiting vulnerable people . president vulnerable people. president zelenskyy has for the first time now acknowledged that ukraine is conducting a military offensive inside russia's western kursk region. the operation, which began five days ago, has taken russia by surprise and prompted mass evacuations across both sides of the border. ukraine says it destroyed 53 russian drones during an overnight strike. well, military analyst sean bell says there are three

main reasons for that offensive . main reasons for that offensive. >> ukraine's got a very long border with russia, undoubtedly it'll put russia on the back foot. secondly is to demonstrate that russia is not in control in this conflict. at the moment, that actually there is a there are two sides here. and thirdly, just imagine the morale for ukrainian fighters that are actually starting to take the fight into russia now, many i spoke to a ukrainian the other day who said they wanted to see a ukrainian flag planted in moscow. >> a bit of weather news for you now, and people in northern parts of the uk are being warned to expect heavy downpours and possible flash flooding tomorrow. a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covers northern ireland from midnight until 7:00 in the morning, while an alert in scotland and the north of england is in place from 2 am. a brighter picture further south, though, with warmer weather predicted for london and the south—east, where temperatures could reach up to 34 c. banksy has confirmed he is behind a new fish artwork, which has appeared on a police box in

central london. it's the seventh animal themed piece, the elusive street artist has claimed this week. he's used translucent spray paint on the glass windows to create the design, turning the box into what looks like a giant fish tank. an art experts say people will have to decide for themselves what they think it represents. in paris , there's it represents. in paris, there's been an unexpected security scare this afternoon as a man was spotted climbing the eiffel tower just was spotted climbing the eiffel towerjust hours was spotted climbing the eiffel tower just hours before the olympic opening ceremony. closing ceremony. rather, the shirtless climber scaled the iconic landmark, prompting french police to evacuate the area. some visitors were briefly trapped on the second floor, though they were safely escorted out shortly after and the incident unfolded. as paris is ramping up security tonight with 30,000 officers deployed across the city ahead of the finale to the city ahead of the finale to the games and staying in paris , the games and staying in paris, team gb have beaten their total from tokyo three years ago by winning their 64th and 65th medals of the games. it means

great britain ended up seventh in the medal table, with 14 golds in gold medal winners alex yee and bryony page will be team gb's flag bearers at the closing ceremony tonight . those are the ceremony tonight. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm off to figure out what banksy's painting truly means. in the meantime, back to nana for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam, it's just coming up to six minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. here's what's coming up in this hour. the country's top prosecutor warns the most serious rioters could face up to ten years in jail. jack carson has the latest . jack carson has the latest. >> yeah, the worst defending protesters could face up to ten years in prison. that's according to head of the cps, stephen parkinson. he says it's not about exacting revenge, it's

about delivering justice. >> and british gymnast turned stunt man nicholas danes will be talking through all the career highs and lows in the interview. is zelenskyy right to invade russia? more than 70,000 civilians are evacuated as ukraine admits it has made advances in kursk and the closing ceremony has undergone massive changes. following all the backlash from that woke one. to start with the opening one, remember that. but how? but how have there been some stand out moments? all of that on the way? but don't forget, get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay . so the top gbnews.com/yoursay. so the top prosecutor in england and wales has said that hundreds more involved in the unrest over the last week will be brought to justice. stephen parkinson has claimed that those involved in the most serious crimes could face up to ten years in jail, and all of this as labour prepares to release prisoners who have served 40% of a

sentence to combat overcrowding . sentence to combat overcrowding. meanwhile, sir keir starmer, his approval rating has dropped amid the unrest up and down the country. so gb news midlands west midlands reporter jack carson has been out and about asking your opinions on the story. he's here to tell me more. jack what have people been saying ? saying? >> yeah, well, it really is a mixed view on this idea of those people. the worst offending protesters within the violence that we've seen in the past few weeks. they could well be starting to be charged with rioting. that's according to the head of the cps , stephen head of the cps, stephen parkinson, and this report in the sunday times. now, most of the sunday times. now, most of the people that have been arrested and very quickly charged and then sentenced that have been involved in the violence that we've seen over the past few weeks, have been charged with violent disorder. now, that carries a much lesser sentence up towards five years imprisonment. many of those already sentenced have been receiving shorter sentences of something like 20 months, 32

months. we've seen over the past week, but it's how quickly they've been sentenced, which keir starmer has, you know, repeatedly said in the past week how pleased he's been. he said he would make available, didn't he, courts to be able to sit within 24 hours and get these people processed through the system, fast track them through the system . but as people the system. but as people continue to be arrested and charged as the police investigations, of course , investigations, of course, continue over the past couple of weeks for the violence that we've seen. stephen parkinson saying that these people could face ten years in prison, which is the maximum sentence if you are charged with rioting and if you are found guilty. now, this is because mr parkinson is reported in the times said that they said to people that there would be consequences and they're simply just delivering on those. he said it's not about exacting revenge, it's about delivering justice. we've seen already that this is how fast this is. of course, all happened . this is. of course, all happened. some people have been arrested, charged and sentenced within 48

hours in the past week. so that seems to have died down. the riots and certainly the violence that we've seen on the streets over the past few weeks, there's still been plenty of protesting that we've seen on the streets and mainly, of course, just yesterday outside the reform uk headquarters. but what do people make of this idea of ten year sentences? i've been speaking to people on the street today. >> i think the question should be who's getting sentenced? because if that's consistent across the entire people across the uk, then that's fine. but i think the biggest challenge is , think the biggest challenge is, you know, when we look at about the riots, is everyone getting treated fairly? probably not. i think what i've noticed and what i can see is different communities are getting treated differently and that's not fair. >> i think if people are going to do this sort of thing, yeah, then they must be prepared for then they must be prepared for the consequences. you know, normal people. well, i say everyone is normal to a certain extent. and if people want to go about doing their own business and people are going to keep rioting , it's and people are going to keep rioting, it's making other people uncomfortable. so if the

punishment is there for the crime, then they'll have to serve it, won't they? and if that's what the government need to do to make these people realise that, you know, you can't just go around doing what you want to do then. then they'll have to take the prison term, won't they? and i think that's fair. i think that's fair for everybody. other people just want to go about doing, doing their own business and enjoying life. you know, and if these people are going to try stopping them , it's not right, is it? them, it's not right, is it? >> i think it'd be. well, it's way too much because the government is concerned about financial gains and the actual debtin financial gains and the actual debt in the country, and they're trying to pull back money. well, if you send one person to prison, i think it's about average, about £80,000 a year to look after one for one year. so it's ten years. it's like nearly £1 million. well, that's actually ridiculous. so we send 100 away to prison. that's an awful lot of wasted money. and there's got to be other ways of actually dealing with this situation than actually sending people to prison . and i think people to prison. and i think they're going to do better by because is it going to benefit him? no it's not long term. he'll probably make them worse . he'll probably make them worse.

>> some interesting concerns that those people raising there, particularly around the consistency, maybe , of the consistency, maybe, of the sentencing that we've seen so far and certainly the arrests that we've seen so far, and also particularly that concern about the cost that it takes to host a prisoner within the criminal justice system. shabana mahmood, the justice secretary, talking about the long term fallout that all of this is going to have the already serious backlog , that already serious backlog, that they've been in the prison system. we know that there has , system. we know that there has, of course, been people that are going to be released early in order to make space, labour have been able to find 500 prison spaces and bring those forward in order to make sure that there's space for those who they're sending to court and sending into custody very quickly within this situation. and this reaction to the violent protests, we've seen keir starmer's own approval rating since that first week of riots has dropped in those who believe he's strongly unfavourable by six points or raised by six points. so his popularity

seemingly taking a hit labour have got a lot of work to do. if there are, of course, still going to be places for these people to be sentenced, which we expect they continue to be over the next week. >> all right, jack, thank you very much . jack carson is our very much. jack carson is our west midlands reporter. right. well, joining me now is the former senior investigating officer at the met police , officer at the met police, professor simon harding. simon, thank you very much for joining me. now, i know that you're very you're very interested in critical incident management. do you feel that the police have managed these protests? and of course, the riots? do you feel that they were managed well ? that they were managed well? >> well i think yeah. firstly, i'm not a professor, but, so. >> yeah, they put it up there. >> yeah, they put it up there. >> somebody else on the screen, >> somebody else on the screen, >> it's, it's very difficult, isn't it, when you're, you know, you can plan for so much, but when , you know, multiple when, you know, multiple thousands of people turn up and, you know, every everybody in the community in terms of, like, different types of people, kids, you know, grandparents all all

getting involved in, you know, in certain parts of the country. >> so it's very difficult to police, you know, against those sort of people, you know, the use of force if you're against some a small child compared to a, you know, a middle aged man compared to somebody who's older. so it's very difficult. snap decisions from, from police officers at the time. and, you know , i think as, as much as know, i think as, as much as they could, they could do they did , but of course, there's did, but of course, there's never going to be enough resources at the moment in policing to cover. one the stage was 41 out of the 43 forces. had you know, a disorder or expected disorder. so it's been very, very difficult in the last few weeks for them. >> do you think keir starmer's approach is the correct one? the fast, swift justice and then, you know, giving the impression that the maximum sentence of ten years has a potential of being imposed? >> yeah. i mean it's very interesting to see how that's developed and how they've managed to be so swift with, you know, getting people from , know, getting people from, arrest to, to charge to, to conviction and sentence. so, but

obviously those have been most of the people that have pleaded guilty or, you know, the evidence is overwhelming on what they were doing. when you start stepping up to things like, you know , charging people with know, charging people with riots, you know, that's a that's a very different kind of, crime to, to try and bring forward because you need to show that 12 or more people are acting together with a common purpose together with a common purpose to use and, and threaten violence . so, you know, you have violence. so, you know, you have to have those tools. so perhaps the investigation is looking at those groups that that have organised it turned up together and therefore could be falling into that category of riot at the moment. >> begs the question, though, if they can do swift justice like that. so quickly with this, what can't they do it with? everything else we've got so much other crime, >> yeah, of course , that's the >> yeah, of course, that's the question, isn't it? but, it would be lovely to do that. things aren't always that easy to do, you know, they've created a pathway and a created a system to be able to do this that doesn't exist with, with other offences. you know, you can't get to court that quickly quite often in certain things. but you

know, this is all part of the plan that they've got together with the police forces and the cps and everybody else to, to, to create this, this, you know, very, very swift, swift judicial process for them, >> now, i was going to ask you because i did my niggle where i get really annoyed with certain people for doing certain things. and i did it earlier at about 4:00, and i just wondered what your thoughts were on people sort of , because obviously sort of, because obviously dunng sort of, because obviously during these kind of protests and the protests that happened yesterday, there was a lady called samira ali. she's the national organiser for stand up to racism, and they were sort of behind the protests yesterday. they were at the reform uk hq and she made these comments. i just wondered whether you think that you know, perhaps this sort of justice should apply to her. she said . we're standing here she said. we're standing here today to send a message to nigel farage and reform uk. we think he's fanning the flames of bigotry and islamophobia. we are drawing a line in the sand. there will be no more fascists on the street. anti—racists are the majority. so basically, in my view, she's kind of blaming him for stoking tension and

calling him a racist, bigot, islamophobic. i mean, this is incendiary language to say the least. should they be rounding up somebody like that for making those sorts of i mean, she's standing on talking to a load of people. should they be, you know, should the police or someone be getting involved or coming to maybe speak to her about that language? >> i mean, i'm, you know, i've never passed comment politically like that at all anyway. >> but it's very difficult. people have got to be very careful what they say because, you know , things like that, you you know, things like that, you know, potentially could be inflammatory. taken by somebody else. somebody else might not feel they are. so it has to fall within the, you know, we have to work to a structure of what the law says. and, and if, if it falls within, you know, offences, then the police would, would look at it. and if it is inflammatory they would have to look at it. so i think, you know, anybody that's speaking in a political, arena at the moment and, and saying certain things that could fall into law, you know, could be expected to, to, you know, have a knock at the door or a chat with the police or even just a warning about how they how they conducting themselves, because slightly later on, then somebody went to

sort of attack our cameras and obviously nigel works for gb news and they knew we were gb news. >> they started chanting about gb news. so, you know, you could argue that that sort of incentivised that. i mean, that's where we're going with all of this, alison simon, it's really good to talk to you. thank you. so much for your thoughts. he's a former senior investigative officer at the metropolitan police. right. well, stay with me, because on the way, former international gymnast nicholas daines will be joining me in the studio to talk all things olympics and more in the interview. you won't want to miss it

good afternoon. if you're just tuning where have you been? no. i'm glad you're here. 21 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. this is gb news it's time for the interview. it used to be called outside. i

changed the name. you know what i mean? a bit of variety . very i mean? a bit of variety. very creative. the interview. so this week my guest is a professional gymnast and a high diver as well. what on earth is that? who competed in the 2003 trampoline world championships for great britain before becoming an olympics ? a hollywood stuntman, olympics? a hollywood stuntman, not an olympic stuntman, he hasn't done the olympics. nicholas daines, he performed stunts in over 50 tv shows and films, including charlie and the chocolate factory and harry potter films. but it wasn't always this easy for him. none of that looks easy, to be honest, as he found himself homeless for a period after moving to the states. well, i'm pleased to say, gb gymnast and hollywood stuntman. they're calling you a gymnast now. or are you a gymnast? >> yes, yes. »- >> yes, yes. >> i mean, you were basically my whole journey has been on the back of gymnastics ultimately. and did you did you go for the olympics ? olympics? >> i was part of the 2003 world championships team for british gymnastics , and represented gymnastics, and represented great britain to international level . level. >> yes. so i started as a

gymnast and basically it's been that that i've owed my journey to basically it's shaped my life and career. you know, being a gymnast and now a stuntman, you know, it was the perfect kind of, combination of skills that enabled me to become a stuntman, jumping off buildings, get on set, set on fire, hit by cars, and having the success that i have had, i attribute all to gymnastics , really, because i'm gymnastics, really, because i'm a gymnast. >> i used to do what you're doing there. you've just had a round off round off with two backflips. my record was a round off, 15 backflips and a double back somersault. oh, that was my that's a good that's good. but then when i became a bit older, i thought to myself , well, i i thought to myself, well, i want to develop as a woman. and i just thought it was what i wanted, all the bits just, i mean, the breasts and things. so i stopped doing it. >> well, i'm still going, you know, 45 years later. and that's what i, i love this sport. you know, i keep going and i haven't stopped. >> so. >> so. >> and it's put me in good stead for all the, all the things that i do at work now for all the big movies and on tv, if i'm jumping

from a building with a multi somersault sequence, you know, i'm using the gymnastics. oh, you have every single day, you know, it's cardio, it's body control, it's spacial awareness. and gymnastics has given me that you become a daredevil. >> you like i remember when i do the back walkovers, people go, aren't you scared to go backwards? i'm like, this is nothing . nothing. >> it is. it has been an adrenaline fuelled career. >> so talk to me about. so you did gymnastics and then how did you move from that to become a stunt person ? because obviously stunt person? because obviously you've done you've done sort of olympics after there you probably have a moment where you 90, probably have a moment where you go, oh, and when were you homeless? >> well, moving my, my dream was always to , to become a hollywood always to, to become a hollywood stunt man and go to the states and work and, you know, i always wanted to be in the entertainment business. >> so when i moved there, you know, as a starry eyed kid, you know, as a starry eyed kid, you know, it doesn't always work out the way that you think life is going to work out, you know? so and in fact, gymnastics was also really good in that, you know, you're so used to overcoming setbacks and the setback of not

getting what i wanted, just and never giving up. that's what gymnastics gave me. so it fuelled me to just keep persevering. >> and eventually, you know, it happened. i got my break in hollywood using gymnastics. my first ever job was actually back flipping across the streets of downtown la, followed by helicopter. >> so it was like a dream. >> so it was like a dream. >> realised what film was that on? >> that was on a tv show called jon benjamin has a van. >> yes. it was like. >> yes. it was like. >> i know it's a strange title. that bit it was. it was a strange . it was, it was comedy strange. it was, it was comedy central. so it was supposed to be funny, but actually it was, you know, i was i was covered in, like, bandages because he'd had an acid attack. and then i'm back flipping in a hospital gown, and you can see my pants as it flips up as i go backwards. i was quite funny. >> i was like, well, you're on screen now on fire. and, what's that like? did you get burnt on that, >> no , because you've got two >> no, because you've got two layers of nomex. you've got special protective gel over the top of you that you're covered on your face. so even slightly, not even one bit of, you know, you might feel a little bit of heat some in some places. and in

my hands i remember on that one and i had a prosthetic mask on as well to protect my face. so yes. yeah, i was actually fine. i looked like a bit like a fried marshmallow. there but all clothes need to be made out of that. well, it's all cotton fibres that you wear. nothing synthetic. so, you know, and you're racing . so suit your your you're racing. so suit your your fire suit underneath keeps you fireproof. >> so talk to me about. some of you were homeless at one point. >> when was that? well, yeah, basically, i moved to la without having a plan. really. and so, you know, i didn't at that point have the right working papers. i couldn't really, you know, couldn't really, you know, couldn't get a job or an agent or anything like that. so the basically, you know , i wandered basically, you know, i wandered the streets for a bit and lived in hostels and you know, there were shots running, ringing, ringing out around north hollywood and venice where i was living, you know, back then , you living, you know, back then, you know, you're talking early 90s. it was a lot rougher than it is today. so, yeah, there were penods today. so, yeah, there were periods when, yeah, i couldn't really afford to eat at all. and i survived off 69 cent bean

burritos from taco bell. that was that was my staple diet. so yeah , i just and sort of yeah, i just and sort of eventually you know, i found my feet . i told a few porky pies eventually you know, i found my feet. i told a few porky pies in the end to get get an agent. >> and then for things like that, you probably have. >> they sent me on a casting and it was doing a standing back somersault for a telephone, or a telephone company. and it was like someone slammed the door. it was like, yes, this is what i want to do this. i'm on the right track. and again, it was using my gymnastics. so it really has shaped my journey and career and life to date. >> well, what about this? and can you do this then? because i've done some stuff as well. go on, roll the tape. let's show them what i've got. ha ha. that's it. this is the down facing dog came back because this is just the old school. this was like the very, very good. i'll do it nice and slow to show you see, that's just very supple. that's from my gymnastic days , you see. yeah. gymnastic days, you see. yeah. >> beautiful lines, lovely line, great muscle tone. >> yeah, yeah. i'm old. i'm older than you. i'm 53.

>> oh, i'm. you're only one yeah >> oh, i'm. you're only one year. is it only one? >> all right. what about this ? i >> all right. what about this? i had to obviously take my moment just to get it straight, because sometimes i have to go slowly. handstand. oh, into the split leg. very nice. bring the legs up together. nice snap. kick. back in. >> very good. >> very good. >> bend you back though. i need to take that bend out so i can do the press handstand. i think that deserves recognition . that deserves recognition. >> hey thank you. maybe la maybe la 2028 i come out of retirement. >> why not? i don't believe it. i'm like, yes, that's me. that was me last week holiday in portugal. so listen . so talk to portugal. so listen. so talk to me now. so where are you at now and what are you doing? >> well, yes. hollywood stuntman on all the big movies, harry. well the harry potters were fantastic and i loved them. i was a quidditch player, so flying on a broomstick and falling off out, out of the sky. no, we had an electronic broomsticks that we had between our legs, and we were flying off all over the place. use the gymnastics well , somersaulting gymnastics well, somersaulting off the broomsticks, all the

wirework that we do, it's all spacial awareness and body control. so gymnastics is a great basis for that. i've done mission impossible, i've done indiana jones, the new indiana jones and the temple jones and the temple of doom . no, the dial the temple of doom. no, the dial of destiny. sorry, that was really old. yes, it was, but i doubled toby jones in that one. that was fantastic. and also, gosh, they all blended one charlie and the chocolate factory . charlie and the factory. charlie and the chocolate factory, as you mentioned. what did you say i was the oompa loompa? >> you're the oompa loompa? >> you're the oompa loompa? >> yeah. so. >> yeah. so. >> and he threw , didn't he? >> and he threw, didn't he? >> and he threw, didn't he? >> yeah. and we did all sorts of gymnastics. i'm the oompa loompa on top of violet beauregarde as she blows up like a giant blueberry. and i'm doing double double back somersaults off her. and we did teeterboard, which again, it's all gymnastics , so again, it's all gymnastics, so you can see how it all fits into alignment. >> and it's yeah, it's been strong, keeps you balanced , and strong, keeps you balanced, and you don't want to ever lose it. so you keep doing it and it is the one thing flexibility and strength. you don't actually need to lose. >> no, i keep going. that's what i say. i just train my basics and that i can still do

everything i used to do. even when i was competing. i still do all those moves. so i made sure i haven't stopped and i've used it in films like jurassic world, the latest one, dominion. i was a smuggler in that, you know, having to turn over a vehicle. but you're it's the spatial awareness as well. and you just, you know, it gives you great learning, being able to learn and develop new skills on the spot. so it's great for that as well. >> well, you listen to your body, then you have to move in the way that's required and you understand the dynamics of each muscle, which is. >> that's right. yeah. and i think learning it really there's a high correlation between, sports and academic achievement. you know, i did well at university. i did microbiology and got first class honours. and now with the tv presenting that i do it helps me to learn and learn about the subjects that i'm doing on the spot and be able to take people on that journey with me. risks yeah, absolutely. take risks. i mean, here i am, i'm taking a risk with you. >> so why dare you? what kind of

risk am i in that brilliant. well, it's really been amazing talking to you . thank you so talking to you. thank you so much, nicholas danes, gymnast , much, nicholas danes, gymnast, stuntman extraordinaire. briefly. where are you off to? you next. this is something we need to look out for you on. >> wicked will be the next one, which is out in thanksgiving again. you know, there'll be lots of acrobatic manoeuvres in that. lots of acrobatic manoeuvres in that . so. yes. look out for lots of acrobatic manoeuvres in that. so. yes. look out for me in that. >> well, i'll have to keep you here for tips on the press handstand. i'm working on it and it's just not coming. we should do it. >> we should do a handstand off. that's what we should do. >> well, i think you might win that one anyway. thank you very much. thank you. spain's pleasure. >> pleasure. thank you. thank you. >> right. 5:30. this is gb news. we're live on tv , online and on we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua still to come. is zelenskyy right to invade russia ? more right to invade russia? more than 70,000 civilians are evacuated as ukraine admits it has made advances in kursk. but first, let's get your latest news with sam francis . news with sam francis. >> very good evening to you.

just after 5:30, the top story from the newsroom tonight. the first funeral has been held for one of the three girls killed in the southport stabbing attack. the parents of alice dasilva aguiar were joined by hundreds of mourners in saint patrick's church in the town. members of the public were seen lining the streets as the funeral procession passed by. earlier. the nine year old died alongside b.b. king and elsie dot stancombe during a mass stabbing at a dance class two weeks ago . at a dance class two weeks ago. meanwhile, the justice minister says the fallout from recent riots across the country is going to be felt for years. shabana mahmood says it will set back the new labour government's efforts to fix the justice system, which was already facing a massive backlog of court cases and dwindling space in prisons . and dwindling space in prisons. it comes as today, a 15 year old boy has become the first child to be convicted for his part in violent disorder in sunderland , violent disorder in sunderland, two people have died in the

engush two people have died in the english channel. in what the government has described as a tragic incident involving a small boat . it tragic incident involving a small boat. it happened in french waters and others rescued from the vessel have now been taken to france. the government's spokesperson here says the tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of callous criminals exploiting vulnerable people . people in northern people. people in northern ireland, in northern parts of the uk, rather are being warned to expect heavy downpours and possible flash flooding tomorrow. the yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covers northern ireland from midnight, while an alert for scotland and the north of england is in place from 2:00 in the morning. meanwhile, though, warmer weather is predicted for london and the south—east, where temperatures could . reach 34 c. temperatures could. reach 34 c. and in paris there's been an unexpected security scare this afternoon as a man was spotted climbing up the eiffel tower just hours before the olympic closing ceremony. the shirtless climber scaled the iconic landmark, prompting police there to evacuate the area. some visitors were briefly trapped on

the second floor, but were safely escorted out shortly after. while that incident unfolded as paris is ramping up security , with 30,000 officers security, with 30,000 officers deployed citywide ahead of tonight's finale to the games staying in paris, team gb have finished seventh in the olympic medal table, with the total of 65. it's one better than the previous games in tokyo, with 14 goals included in this year's haul and gold medal winners alex yee and bryony page will be great britain's flag bearers at tonight's closing ceremony. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm sam francis and we can now cross back to for nana that handstand off for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts

>> oh well. good afternoon. 37 minutes after 5:00. welcome on board. if you've just tuned in. have you been. there's only 21 minutes to go. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel, live on tv, online and on digital radio. lots of you have been getting in touch at gb news.com/your say my niggle or monologue that i did earlier. i actually did it on what i thought was hypocrisy at the protests, but james, a gb news member, said that he in relation to that, he said in relation to that, he said in relation to that, he said in relation to your monologue, sameera ali, who is the leader of stand up to racism, has the right to protest and the right to say what she wants. that's free speech. i disagree with her, but she has the right to say it. mark says nigel has been attacked by police throwing things at him, so people will be inched things at him, so people will be incited by those putting the blame on him. lots of people getting in touch . ian talked getting in touch. ian talked about misinformation in schools. he said tackling misinformation in schools is a great idea. let's start with the

misinformation that boys and girls can change their sex and then progress to the climate hoax. basically, tackle many things that the left wing teachers are promoting. well, they'd probably argue they're not promoting that, but keep them coming and finally, this one here, janet says farage is not fanning the flames. he's not a fascist. nice to hear the voice of a reasonable lefty, well, i think she was referring to something earlier on in the programme. keep them coming, gbnews.com/yoursay. but it's time now for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, is zelenskyy right to invade russia? president zelenskyy has admitted that ukraine is conducting a military offensive inside russia. now, the surprise operation in the kursk region has prompted mass evacuations across both sides of the border. roughly up to 70,000 civilians. meanwhile, the unprecedented assault that began five days ago has been dubbed a major provocation by vladimir putin. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking you, zelenskyy right now to invade russia. well, joining me to discuss this broadcast and author christine hamilton, and

also broadcaster and publican adam brooks, christine hamilton . adam brooks, christine hamilton. >> absolutely. it's a complete and utter masterstroke. he's taken them completely by surprise, he didn't ask nato because, of course , nato would because, of course, nato would have said no. it's a brilliant, typical zelenskyy master. >> he's not a member of nato, though, is he? >> no , but he's got nato. you >> no, but he's got nato. you can bet your bottom dollar that there'll be nato equipment gone into russia . and if he'd said, into russia. and if he'd said, may i take your equipment? they'd have said, no, that's what i mean. sorry, i didn't make it clear. it's just like him . it's risky. it's bold, him. it's risky. it's bold, i think it's brilliant. and it's a massive morale boost because. and he is desperate to change the narrative, which is that russia is going to win. everybody is beginning to think it's only a question of time. russia's going to win russia. of course, when they first went into this war, thought, you know, it'll all be over by christmas kind of thing. and they have been horrified by what an amazing i mean, if you cast your mind back to when they first invaded and zelenskyy stood there in his battle

fatigues, which he has worn ever since his khaki t shirt, etc. and he said, we're going to fight them. and he has been absolutely resolute. he's been a brilliant, brilliant figurehead. so no, i think he's absolutely right. whether he can carry it off, i don't know , because off, i don't know, because obviously they're miles inside russian territory . they have russian territory. they have apparently taken a load of munitions and support stuff with them. so they're going to dig in and defend what they've now got. but whether they can in the end hold on, i don't know. but russia has had to divert resources, troops from ukraine and russia is, you know, talk about the monkey pinching the bears about the monkey pinching the bear's bottom. they've lost. they've lost a lot of troops. they've lost a lot of troops. they've lost a lot of troops. they've lost warships. they've had they've even had a drone attack on the kremlin, for heaven's sake. so they are beginning to realise , and if beginning to realise, and if this move by zelenskyy can put into the minds of some of putin's henchmen, this may not be quite as easy as we thought. and if they can be made to think we might not win this war, is it

worth? why don't we somehow make out that we've done our bit and get get up? so no, i think it's brilliant. good for zelenskyy. i think he's the muscle and people. >> well, if it starts to affect the russian people, they might have something to say. adam brooks, look, this is very embarrassing for vladimir putin. >> you know, suddenly you've got ukraine. ukrainian army on their own territory. but we talk about winners in this. there's no winners in this. there's no winners in this war. >> there is going to be if it carries on another two years or three years, the death toll will be millions. >> and these are poor ukrainians, poor russians that really don't want to get involved in the politics of this world, i think it's a tragedy. and i think it's still happening in humanity is disgusting. but i cannot see that ukraine can ever win this war. russia is a superpower. they've got far more equipment , far more people, so equipment, far more people, so at some point there is going to have to be dialogue. what i do

think this move does is that it becomes maybe a bargaining chip if suddenly he gets hundreds of miles of russian territory when they come to the table, you can offer something. you can say, we're withdraw here. if you withdraw from the donbas or crimea or whatever. so it could be a good move. but, you know, none of us are war tacticians or we don't know the legalities of war. we can only speculate that it's going to be a good bargaining tool. i think with the ukrainians, you know, it takes some balls to do what they've done. but let's not kid ourselves that ukraine tiny ukraine, can be a superpower in russia. it's not going to happen. and at some point there's got to be dialogue. >> but do you not think that there's a chance, just like in one war where the russian wives, the mothers were so upset that in the end that provoked , you in the end that provoked, you know, helped to stop the war? do you not think that actually the russian people, if it starts to affect them directly, which is what's been missing, not that you want any of that. no, but

that's not been happening. and i think on their own territory, i don't see how russia could ever give up and not save face because of the backing that ukraine has had from the west. >> i don't know how it ends, but maybe something internally happens with with putin. but at the intelligence suggests that if putin goes that there's further madmen that want to take over and that might be even more hard line. so yes , let's see, up hard line. so yes, let's see, up until now, the russian no ordinary russian people will have been fed lies and propaganda. >> they will have had no idea of exactly what's going on. so this may be perhaps we'll bring it home to them and also , don't home to them and also, don't forget that those ukrainians and little zelenskyy, for goodness sake, god bless him. he is fighting a war for all of us. he is fighting a proxy war for the rest of western civilisation . rest of western civilisation. and one of the things that horrifies me about the possibility of having a president trump again is that he has said no more support for ukraine if the usa fails to continue to support ukraine, then they are finished because as you say, they are not

exactly. >> let's also just say there's plenty of us in the uk that want to see an end to this because our taxes are going towards let's, let's be honest here, our money is being sent to ukraine without our permission as a whole . so we it's best for us whole. so we it's best for us that this ends soon. whatever way it ends, it needs to end . way it ends, it needs to end. and yes, look, russia invaded ukraine, but it has to end soon or millions are going to die . or millions are going to die. >> all right, well, listen, thank you for that. adam and christine coming up. paul coyte will be here with the latest on the olympics as they head towards the ceremony. stay tuned to that is on the

right. so it is the final day. if you're just tuned in. nana akua, this is gb news. don't forget you can stream the show live on youtube 48 minutes after 5:00. and of course we are fast approaching the closing ceremony of the paris 2024 olympics and

great britain has won 65 medals. whoa they beat their tally from tokyo in 2020 by just one, but still they beat it . but has this still they beat it. but has this been a memorable tournament or has it been one to forget? well, joining me now is broadcaster paul coyte paul. he knows everything about sport. right paul everything about sport. right paul. so has this been a where are you. are you in paris or is it just a background? >> i'll let you think i'm in paris. nana if that works for you, there's the sun comes down on the olympic games. >> i don't think it's that dark, actually, in paris. so you've given yourself away . okay, so given yourself away. okay, so what are your thoughts on the olympics then? has it been a success for the uk? has it been a good olympics for us, >> well, yeah, we've like you just said, we've got 65 medals. >> which is the most we've had in quite some time, but unfortunately, if we're looking at golds. >> yeah, we haven't. it's the least we've had in 20 years. but there've been so many close calls this year. right. going back to the swimming, i got to

look like adam peaty, who missed out by two hundredths of a second. it was the same in the another swimming event, 200m, there was a silver there . there there was a silver there. there was the rowing missed out by a 10th of a second. amber rutter, who has been one of the talk of the games, i think we spoke about how the skeet shooter, you know, she's the one with the and she, she hit one of these clay pigeons, although it wasn't given because nobody saw it and they had no replay. so she ended up with a silver. so on the whole i think it's been incredibly entertaining. i mean, i've loved every minute of it. i think i've probably watched more of these olympics than i have in years, and every spare moment and any sport. obviously that's my business, but i've enjoyed every minute of it, and i think you have to nana is that fair to say? >>i say? >> ihave?i say? >> i have? i mean, i, i slightly couldn't get over the opening ceremony that did stick in my craw a little bit, although i will add that there was one of them that looked a bit like me. is he the one? did you have a look on that? i don't know whether it was a male or female, but the one with the blonde

hair. but yeah, i did. was that a guy or a girl? >> well, you know what? whether it is or whether it isn't, or whether she was boxing or whether she was boxing or whether she was boxing or whether she wasn't, that was nothing to do with the sport. that was the opening ceremony. so then you have all these theatrical types that will try and bring up this opening ceremony. that will mean everything to anybody. but for me, it was about the sport. and i think this is what most people have enjoyed. so you know what? let's forget the opening ceremony now, shall we? it's going to be closing ones coming up. >> can we see the opening ceremony again? because there's there, there. i'm in the dress. can you see me? i think that's a man. i think that is a man. but she's got he. she's got my hair. >> i'm actually in that picture, but i just won't say which one. you're the one in the middle with the hat. no, no, i'm on the bndge with the hat. no, no, i'm on the bridge behind. you can just see me waving there. but yeah, i am there somewhere. you know what? there's a tiny. it was a bit of a strange ceremony, and it was almost like the rain went with it, didn't it? it was. it was a damp squib right the way across the board. but once the games got going, i think it's been great. and the olympics, i always find the closing ceremony always find the closing ceremony a little bit sad because they they do the handing over. it'll go to los angeles , which is

go to los angeles, which is where it's going to be in four years. and then there's the extinguishing of the flame, and there'll be the speeches and, more upsettingly tom cruise is going to appear , and i'm not going to appear, and i'm not really sure why, but we've got that to look forward to tonight. >> oh, well, listen, paul coyte lovely to talk to you, so ultimately it's been a success, but we have so few goals. it's all based on the gold. who did win? >> katie hodgkinson for me. i mean, she was the star for me, 800 metre runner. i thought she was absolutely magnificent, emma finucane, who was the cyclist? she ended up with three medals. one of those gold in the team sprint. there's been some great, great performances. we can't really look at it and go, oh, it was a bit of a disaster. it wasn't. i thought it was really entertaining. and i thought the team gb did very well, very unlucky in a lot of sports, but on the whole it was about the olympic spirit and it was about enjoying it, which i think everybody did. >> so was it china or america who won? >> yeah, well you know what united states and china, both on exactly the same. both ended up with 40 gold medals. but the

americans pipped them when it came to silver and bronze. so usa , china, japan, australia, usa, china, japan, australia, france, netherlands got above us, netherlands got above us. so we came seventh. great britain, south korea are all right. >> paul coyte thank you very much. good to talk to you. well, it's much. good to talk to you. well, wsfime much. good to talk to you. well, it's time for supplements sunday. the part of the show where i take a look at some of the stories and headlines that are that we've been discussing, but i thought, let's talk olympics because it's the olympics, so let's see who we've got. adam brookes, what have you got. adam brookes, what have you got on the olympics, mike? >> the story of it for me, again, i will carry on going on about women's sport, fairness and safety . so i need to shout and safety. so i need to shout out angelina carini, who is the italian boxer who abandoned her bout against imane khalife. again, i will reiterate fairness and safety of women's sport is paramount and must be looked into. >> imane khelif would argue that there a woman, christine hamilton. well on a on a lighter note, needless to say, beach volleyball features . volleyball features. >> apparently there was a big

row between canada and brazil pointing fingers and shouting at each other during the gold medal final business, and one of them was showed a yellow card and goodness knows what. so they played over the loudspeakers. john lennon's imagine, the 1971 i love that anti—war anthem and that apparently calmed everything down, and the audience smiled and the girls went on. but also i found this. if i have two quick ones, i find this quite astonishing, if i have two quick ones, i find this quite astonishing , to be this quite astonishing, to be honest. don't laugh everybody. 30% of british men and 25% of british women think that they could qualify for an olympic sport at 2028 olympics. >> oh well, we'll have to wait and see. >> i mean, christine, right? >> i mean, christine, right? >> and mike, finally my one has to be i think this has been an interesting olympics, but it's a bit of a joke in my view, because of lie—in and khalife. these are the x wires who have managed to win the women's boxing. i think that's quite interesting. but anyway , close interesting. but anyway, close the ceremony tonight. let's hope next the next one won't be like that. but on today's show i've been asking does the punishment

fit the crime? as the director of public prosecutions says that rioters could face up to ten years in prison. according to our twitter poll, less than 9% of you say yes. 91% of you say no.thank of you say yes. 91% of you say no. thank you so much to my brilliant panel. pub landlord broadcaster adam brooks and broadcaster adam brooks and broadcaster and broadcaster, author and broadcaster christine hamilton and aslef. thank you to you for your company. i'll leave you for your company. i'll leave you with the weather. take care. have a good week. see you tomorrow morning . tomorrow morning. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello! welcome to your gb news. weather update from the met office. as we go through monday, it's going to be turning increasingly hot and humid for some of us with the risk of thunderstorms in the northwest, but it will be turning fresher later. looking at the bigger picture, we've got an area of high pressure across the uk. further towards the west, a deep area of low pressure and that's helping drive south easterly winds. so through the rest of this evening, many places staying largely dry. but as we go through the night we'll see the risk of thunderstorms developing. firstly, in the west ,

developing. firstly, in the west, but then across northern ireland and parts of scotland later, and we have got some weather warnings in force . so expect warnings in force. so expect frequent lightning, torrential downpours and some gusty winds and temperatures overnight. well, it's going to be feeling quite uncomfortable some places not dipping below 20 degrees now as we start monday morning we have this band of heavy, thundery, showery rain across western parts of scotland moving its way north and eastwards so there could be some difficult driving conditions in this. with frequent lightning as well and some torrential downpours . some torrential downpours. northern ireland turning drier as the day progresses and across much of england largely dry but cloudy further towards the west and already feeling quite warm by 8 am. so as the day progresses , that band of rain progresses, that band of rain will continue to push its way north and eastwards. some thunderstorms even ahead of that as well , so they can't be ruled as well, so they can't be ruled out completely across the south. but many places should largely miss these many places. seeing some hot sunshine, especially across the south east. it's going to be feeling very hot and

humid with highs of up to 34 degrees, but fresher further towards the west. as we go through tuesday. still warm start in the south and east, but bright elsewhere. then we have another band of rain moving in from the west, so turning increasingly cloudy with outbreaks of rain for many across western areas. sunshine and showers behind that. and that sets the scene through wednesday and thursday with unsettled weather on the way. but turning fresher as well. by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb.

at the headunes at the headlines tonight. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of alice dasilva aguiar, one of

the three girls killed in an attack in southport two weeks ago. two white horses wearing pink and white feathers carried her coffin in a carriage to the service in saint patrick's church. during the service, a tribute to the nine year old from her parents was read out by her uncle. the nine year old died alongside b.b. king and elsie dot stancombe during a mass stabbing at a dance class. meanwhile, the justice minister says the fallout from the recent riots is going to be felt for years . riots is going to be felt for years. shabana mahmood says it will hold back the labour government's efforts to fix the justice system, which was already facing a massive backlog of court cases and dwindling space in prisons. well, it comes as today, a 15 year old boy has become the first child to be convicted for his part in violent disorder in sunderland , violent disorder in sunderland, the education secretary says the children will be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online in the wake of the riots. bridget phillipson said that she's launching a review of

the curriculum in both