attack. the lives in that attack. the victims include a 56 year old woman and two men aged 56 and 67. four of the wounded remain in a life threatening condition . in a life threatening condition. as we were just hearing there from ben at the top of the hour, breaking news tonight that warning sirens are sounding in tel aviv and across towns in central israel as hamas have fired a rocket across the border in retaliation for what it is calling israeli massacres against civilians in gaza. israel, in just the last few minutes, have confirmed at least one missile from gaza did land in an open area, though they say it has caused no injuries. this latest strike comes just hours after the militant group rejected new israeli conditions put forward in ceasefire talks, casting further doubt on the chances of a breakthrough in those us proposed deals. it's also the latest escalation in now a ten month old war and ongoing tensions in the wider

region following last night's exchange of fire between israel and hezbollah. they have, though, pulled back from that conflict, saying that neither of them want to see a full blown war. a british man is missing, feared, buried under rubble after a russian missile hit a hotel used by journalists in the east of ukraine. he was part of a six strong team from the reuters news agency. a ukrainian and a us national were also injured. reuters have released a statement . they say they're statement. they say they're urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in kramatorsk and supporting their colleagues and the families of those affected . the families of those affected. a royal navy warship has conducted a major drug bust in the caribbean. cocaine worth a street value of more than £40 million, has been seized, and three alleged smugglers have been handed over to us authorities. so far this year. hms trent has seized close to seven tonnes of drugs worth more

than £500 million, taken from traffickers . back here at home, traffickers. back here at home, police say they have made 38 arrests today and recovered four knives on the first day of the notting hill carnival in west london. more than 7000 police officers are out on the streets, with a million people expected to attend europe's biggest street festival. a man believed to be in his 20s was stabbed earlier. his injuries, though, aren't life threatening . and aren't life threatening. and finally, news into us tonight that a beach in devon has had to be evacuated after a suspected bomb washed ashore. that object, believed to be an unexploded shell, was discovered by a metal detectorist, prompting an emergency response. police coast guard teams and a bomb squad have now secured the area, cordoning off the beach and closing a nearby road. the pansh closing a nearby road. the parish council in bere confirmed no one is allowed near that object as authorities assess the situation. we're currently waiting for an update from the devon and cornwall police and the ministry of defence. if we hear any more on that, we will

bnng hear any more on that, we will bring it straight to you . those bring it straight to you. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis, back with you at 10:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good evening. happy bank houday >> good evening. happy bank holiday to you sir keir starmer will make a massive speech on tuesday warning broken britain will only get worse before it gets better . so much for gets better. so much for so—called political analysis like this . like this. >> then you look at the chaos going on in the continent, particularly in france. you look at the chaos, likely ahead in the united states, and suddenly for once , for the first time in for once, for the first time in many of our lives, actually, britain looks like a little haven of peace and stability, and that in itself is going to draw money into this country . draw money into this country. >> yeah, okay. the bbc's andrew marr last month there,

commenting on the new labour government, i think even the most ardent labour supporters would agree britain is anything but a haven of peace and stability right now. and likewise the claim we're now governed by serious people. what kind of serious people make the bizarre and unprecedented move of giving a downing street pass to a millionaire who donated half £1 million to the labour party in the election campaign? because that's what somebody in this government has done. they handed tv mogul lord ali unfettered access to number 10 until the end of this month , and until the end of this month, and nobody quite knows why. what a mystery. and along with the growing scandal currently embroiling this government, the politically neutral civil service jobs handed to former party aides and donors, labour's shameless cronyism makes the tories look like amateurs . i'll tories look like amateurs. i'll remind you what keir starmer said about it all before begging for your vote last month. >> i say to all my fellow politicians, labour and tory, to change britain, we must change ourselves. we need to clean up

politics. no more vip fast lanes, no more kickbacks for colleagues, no more revolving doors between government and the companies they regulate. i will restore standards in public life with a total crackdown on cronyism . cronyism. >> so we've established the pm plays fast and loose with the truth, which is why this huge speech he set to make on tuesday should be taken with a massive pinch of salt . starmer will say pinch of salt. starmer will say there are no quick fixes to remedy what he calls the rubble and ruin left by the conservatives and he'll claim that labour were just left with not just an economic black hole, but a societal one too. but economically at least, it's hard to not conclude that the pm is just telling big fat fibs. his government has been handed a utany government has been handed a litany of economic gifts from the outgoing conservatives, who, let me make clear at this point, were almost as bad as this lot. but one thing they did start to get right towards the end of their chaotic reign, however, was the economy. the tories groundwork in their final months has given labour falling inflation. falling interest rates reduced mortgages for

homeowners and a six month set of gdp figures that absolutely wiped the floor with europe. and they were the best set of figures in seven years. and what have labour done with it in response? well, they've gone back on their promise to freeze energy bills. prices are going up, of course, 10% this winter. instead, they've swiped the winter fuel allowance from skint pensioners when they accused the tories of wanting to do the same thing. they've handed £14 billion worth of public sector pay billion worth of public sector pay rises to the same unions that gave hefty donations to most of the cabinet, and in october, no doubt they'll hike capital gains tax and inheritance tax to prove once and for all that this is the party of jealousy and envy. and as for what starmer calls a societal black hole, give me a break. this is the government that's overseeing a convicted child rapist walk free from prison, because our jails are prison, because ourjails are too full of people who write stupid things on the internet. and let me tell you, there's nothing more rotten about a society that allows child abusers to roam free. a haven of peace and stability. my

backside. joining me now is the former editor of labourlist, peter edwards. good evening peter. thanks for joining peter edwards. good evening peter. thanks forjoining me. listen, what do you make of sir keir starmer's anticipated speech on tuesday? he's saying things are an absolutely terrible state and they're only going to get worse before he can pick up the pieces. is he just bluffing ? bluffing? >> no, i think he's saying what he thinks. you know , left, he thinks. you know, left, centre and right. all said there'd be no honeymoon for whoever won the election. labour won, ran quite a sober, almost downbeat election campaign. they won very comfortably, but people accepted. britain's in a bit of accepted. britain's in a bit of a bad state and that's whether you're in a primary school with a classroom ceiling and a bad state, whether you're trying to get a gp's doctor's appointment or whether you're a big business trying to invest in an infrastructure project in a slightly sclerotic british economy , i don't think they ran economy, i don't think they ran their campaign. >> peter, on a downbeat vision of the nation. i mean, let's take the energy prices for example, keir starmer and labour were saying that they'd freeze energy prices from day one. it was in their manifesto. it was in other labour material. so i

mean, that's quite a positive, buoyant message to get across to the electorate. is it not? >> i think people are exhausted and i've heard again , i've heard and i've heard again, i've heard punst and i've heard again, i've heard pundits of every perspective say this, and i did a lot of campaigning for labour. no one thought the mood was like 1997. remember, we've had covid, we've had inflation up to 11% and people are tired. and that's that's not a party political point at all. there is a sense in britain that a lot of things don't work, and that led to the type of election campaign we had where jeremy hunt, the conservative chancellor, warned of saving or potential tax rises to come. labour warned of the same, and the independent obr, the office for budget responsibility, said that austerity was baked in whoever won. so we're in a difficult situation. it would be daft to deny that peter the i played you that clip in the introduction there of andrew marr at the bbc, saying finally, we've got a government that can bring a country of a safe haven of peace and stability. >> and finally, the grown ups

are in the room. i mean, that was the common catchphrase. a couple of weeks back, thank god. thank goodness the grown ups are back in the room. so i just can't agree with your point that nobody expected good things of this government. it is complete. the complete opposite. surely >> well, i didn't say that that wasn't my point. i think there wasn't my point. i think there was an element of hope, but no one would deny it was a pretty sober dare i say , flat election sober dare i say, flat election campaign. but these things are relative, right? there are other parts of the world where innocent people are losing their lives every day . britain has a lives every day. britain has a lot of problems, but in relative terms it is a peaceful country. there is a social security system, there is a health service. we are not at war. we've got to be realistic about the state of britain. >> okay, peter, let me ask you this final question. we heard for years labour, angela rayner, rachel reeves, sir keir starmer banging on about tory corruption, cronyism , jobs for corruption, cronyism, jobs for the boys. they've just done exactly the same thing. former donors, former aides given politically neutral civil service jobs. a guy who donated half a million pounds to their

campaign, given a pass to number 10 to do god knows the hell, what with you know, surely you can you can address the fact that that is mass hypocrisy. >> you know, i'm very happy to address that. so the sunday times splashed on that today. as you know, the sunday papers generally specialise in exclusives and the toughest line the sunday times could say about that member of the house of lords was that it was within the rules. okay. and the rest? a few eyebrows and the rest. >> rachel pretty modest. rachel wouldn't they were holding the torirachel modest. rachel reeves rachel reeves hiring a >> rachel pretty modest. rachel reeves rachel reeves hiring a financial director in the financial director in the treasury who had personally treasury who had personally given her £5,000 in donations given her £5,000 in donations previously as a politically previously as a politically neutral, by the way, civil neutral, by the way, civil servant. this has been going on servant. this has been going on for weeks. not just this one guy for weeks. not just this one guy today. >> well, it was conservative today. >> well, it was conservative minister lord francis maude who minister lord francis maude who said ministers need to be able said ministers need to be able to appoint their own candidates to appoint their own candidates to appoint their own candidates to deliver change. and again , it to appoint their own candidates to deliver change. and again , it to deliver change. and again, it was within the rules and, labour to deliver change. and again, it was within the rules and, labour colleagues have defended her and colleagues have defended her and conservative colleagues have conservative colleagues have said it's fine as well. said it's fine as well. >> well, if it was fine, peter, >> well, if it was fine, peter, that guy i think his name was that guy i think his name was ian caulfield. he stepped down ian caulfield. he stepped down last night amid the controversy. last night amid the controversy. he wouldn't have stepped down if he wouldn't have stepped down if

there was nothing to answer for. there was nothing to answer for. but peter, thank you for joining but peter, thank you for joining me. appreciate it. i'm going to me. appreciate it. i'm going to bnngin bnngin me. appreciate it. i'm going to bring in now, top brexiteer and me. appreciate it. i'm going to bring in now, top brexiteer and businessman ben habib to get his businessman ben habib to get his take on all this. ben, what's take on all this. ben, what's your thoughts about everything your thoughts about everything that's going on with this labour that's going on with this labour government right now? well, i tories government right now? well, i thought you set it out extremely thought you set it out extremely well, ben, if i may say so. well, ben, if i may say so. >> and, you know, the idea that >> and, you know, the idea that labour discovered a £22 billion labour discovered a £22 billion black hole when they got into black hole when they got into office, giving them carte office, giving them carte blanche to do what they're doing blanche to do what they're doing now or threatening to do with taxes is just completely wrong in the run up to the election, the books were open to them. the obr oversaw the exercise . they obr oversaw the exercise. they knew exactly what was going on and what labour has calculated. as far as i can see, in every single walk of governance, all the way from the economy to the way they've dealt with these riots, to the way they're deaung riots, to the way they're dealing with immigration, is that they think they've got a massive majority, so they will ride roughshod over the british people . and so you take the people. and so you take the economy. they said that they wouldn't they were holding the

is their start in office this is their start in office has been absolutely appalling. they've broken every promise. and how on earth can you have free reign of number 10 as a donor to the party? number 10 is the highest. if you like grace and favours, grace and favour. what's a home that's granted by the government to the prime minister? it doesn't belong to keir starmer. it's the taxpayers belonging that home. there should be no labour donors holding parties in number 10. >> it's completely wrong, justin. we've got 30s left. what's going on there with that guy? lord alli a tv mogul. why was he. i mean, he donated half £1 million to labour in the election campaign, and then he's given a number 10 pass. nobody knows why the government haven't said why. what do you think is going on there? >> well, they don't care . they >> well, they don't care. they don't care what you and i think,

ben. they think the guy's giving us half a million. we're going to we're going to reward him. it's like everything else. starmer, rachel reeves, jess phillips , angela rayner they're phillips, angela rayner they're brazen. they feel emboldened, and they are just reversing all the promises they made. and they're riding roughshod over they're riding roughshod over the british people. and they and this is going to come home to roost . mark my words roost. mark my words notwithstanding, the majority, they have, this is going to come home to roost for the labour government. >> okay. remains to be seen. ben habib, brexiteer businessman. thank you. appreciate your presence with us this evening. let's get the thoughts now of my panel campaigner peter tatchell. former conservative mp dame andrew jenkins and journalist and communications adviser linda duberly . good evening to you duberly. good evening to you all. peter, let's start with you. what do you make of the labour government's first 5051 days? can you agree there's a rather stinky smell of hypocrisy wafting through number 10 at the moment. >> well, certainly about these allegations of jobs for donors, access for donors to number 10, there does need to be an

investigation. it may be innocent, there may be nothing a, you know , toward, but it a, you know, toward, but it needs to be investigated. so that's why the independent ethics adviser, laurie magness, must conduct an investigation. a fair and impartial investigation, and give us the truth about who these people are, what they did and why they were given access and why they were given access and why they were given access and why they were given jobs. >> i mean, you call for an independent investigation, but you can't quite clearly, we've got civil servants now in whitehall who are not politically neutral . labour politically neutral. labour hired one. i've forgotten her name, but we've mentioned it last night . name, but we've mentioned it last night. is it rose something? rose grayson, who's been hired to oversee ethics in whitehall. she was a former labour donor and has now been given this plum job in in the civil service. andrew jenkins, i said in my introduction there, the cronyism puts your former lot to shame. the tories . lot to shame. the tories. >> i've completely i mean, let's not forget that sue gray was director general of propriety and ethics, and she's at the heart of government, so she would know more than anybody that what's been going on is wrong and how it looks. and so i

think they've got this stonking majority and they don't care. they think they can get away with anything. i think that's what's really happening. >> is it arrogance? >> is it arrogance? >> oh, completely. yeah. >> oh, completely. yeah. >> it's worse than that. it's hubris. it's actual hubris. i think this is deplorable activity. and i agree with peter. peter, there does have to be an investigation. but at the end of the day, some of the damage has already been done . damage has already been done. you know, there's huge reputational risk here. why did keir starmer do this so early on in his tenure? i mean, this was an unforced error. >> they probably thought politically were so far away from election. get this out of the way now. well that's the argument isn't it. that's what they're doing. no. but that's what the general public that's what the general public that's what they're doing. i mean there's no excuse. it's appalling. >> that's something i keep hearing. get the dirty work out of the way first. the winter fuel payments, the you know, the tax rises , swiping benefits. tax rises, swiping benefits. >> this is very different. this is this is paying people or giving them positions because they are major donors to a political party. >> well, rachel reeves done in the treasury. >> well, it's just unacceptable. it's morally unacceptable. if

you talk about ethics as part of your election campaign, you have to be prepared to walk the talk , to be prepared to walk the talk, as you said, ben. >> hypocrisy. >> hypocrisy. >> yeah. and it's rather chilling for democracy. actually, i don't understand how you can have politicians grandstanding for weeks in an election campaign making promises to voters saying, we're not going to be like these people in government at the moment. we are going to be houer moment. we are going to be holier than thou. we're, you know, virtue signalling about how ethically superior they are. and the moment they get into power, they do exactly the same thing. and worse. >> peter, i totally agree. but in the case of wajid ali, we don't know when he was given the pass and for what reason it may have been merely to attend meetings or events. i mean, i've been given a pass, number 10 downing street, to attend an event. >> how long did your pass last? >> how long did your pass last? >> oh, only lasted a day. >> oh, only lasted a day. >> this guy's pass lasted as far as we understand from reports. i mean, at least since the start of the election, and it expires at the end of this month. so that's what i mean. >> when i had a pass, because i was a government whip, and i used to go into, you know, the chief's office in downing street and, but but it was for an

allocated time. yeah, you know, for a few years until it ran out, etc. so otherwise you'd get these temporary passes which run out in a day. so lex greensill's got a pass to get into number 10, and he was at the centre of a major investigation . a major investigation. >> and david cameron just gave him the pass. no one knew why he had it and no one knew what he used it for. and no one knew how long. >> but even as mps, i mean, as an mp for nine years, you know, you get lots of people asking for passes and, you know, you wouldn't dream of doing it because you've got to think this is, you know, you're there representing the british public. your constituents. and what does it look like? >> the point is, it looks bad. yes. it has to be investigated. it has to be investigated impartially, independently and fairly. and the public has a right to know. >> peter, andrea. linda. thank you. you'll be back with us very shortly. coming up next, former police superintendent leroy logan and political commentator connor tomlinson on whether the notting hill carnival should be banned. stabbings every year , banned. stabbings every year, last year, the year before, the year before that. and

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this is ben lear tonight. only on gb news. time now for our head to head . and london's head to head. and london's notting hill carnival is well underway this weekend as more than a million people celebrate canbbean than a million people celebrate caribbean culture in the caphal caribbean culture in the capital. it's billed as a bank houday capital. it's billed as a bank holiday weekend of good music, good food and good vibes. but the event has been marred in controversy over recent years after widespread disorder and indeed a spate of stabbings. there were ten stabbings last yean there were ten stabbings last year, 7 in 2022, 18 in 2019, 7 in 2018 and 12 in 2017 and unfortunately tonight, the met police have confirmed at least one person has been stabbed already this weekend . 7000 already this weekend. 7000 coppers are on duty for the carnival this year , a mammoth

carnival this year, a mammoth police operation that in 2023 cost the taxpayer £11 million. so tonight i'm asking, after a spate of knife attacks year after year, should the notting hill carnival be banned? let me know your thoughts by heading to gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet me @gbnews with me now to debate. this is former police superintendent leroy logan and political commentator conor tomlinson. good evening to you both. thank you for joining tomlinson. good evening to you both. thank you forjoining me. both. thank you for joining me. leroy, let's start with you. the stats speak for themselves. stabbings year after year. if this was any other events, it's been argued, say for example, it was a far right event. who meet yearly to raise concerns about migration. and there were stabbings every year. surely that would be banned, would it not? >> well, one of the biggest difference between carnival and far right events is that it doesn't actually enable community cohesion. that's one of the things that the carnival does. it's not just the weekend in august , the six police officers that does. it's not just the weekend weaugustn last year might be the six police officers that weaugust , last year might be the six police officers that in august, but it's also around weaugust , butt year might be the six police officers that weaugust , but it'sar might be the six police officers that weaugust , but it's also ght be the six police officers that weaugust , but it's also around in august, but it's also around mobilising communities because mobilising communities because those costumes don't turn up those costumes don't turn up

overnight. the bands don't overnight. the bands don't actually play excellently just actually play excellently just overnight. they actually there's overnight. they actually there's a lot of prep, there's a lot of a lot of prep, there's a lot of planning . and when you think planning. and when you think about it , planning planning. and when you think about it, don't you think, the about it, don't you think, the kensington and chelsea borough kensington and chelsea borough don't consider this or the home don't consider this or the home office or even the mayor, you office or even the mayor, you know , they have to weigh out the know , they have to weigh out the know, they have to weigh out the know, they have to weigh out the risks and the rewards, okay? and risks and the rewards, okay? and we know it's the biggest street we know it's the biggest street procession in europe and it procession in europe and it obviously brings in a lot of obviously brings in a lot of income, a lot of kudos to income, a lot of kudos to london, >> conor tomlinson, a lot of london, >> conor tomlinson, a lot of kudos to london. nice outfits, kudos to london. nice outfits, good music, good vibes. what's good music, good vibes. what's the issue? the issue? >> the issue is if leroy thinks 3> the issue? 3 leroy this is great for community the issue? 33 leroy thinks >> the issue is if leroy thinks this is great for community cohesion, this is a fantastic cohesion, this is a fantastic representative of black, representative of british, jamaican imported culture, all the videos of cohesion, this is a fantastic represerall ve of cohesion, this is a fantastic represer all the if cohesion, this is a fantastic represer all the videos of people gyrating half naked in culture, all the videos of people gyrating half naked in the middle of the street on x or the middle of the street on x or the middle of the street on x or the numerous stabbings, or maybe the middle of the street on x or the numerous stabbings, or maybe the numerous stabbings, or maybe the six police officers that the numerous stabbings, or maybe the six police officers that were bitten last year might be

>> do you do you go, let me land, let me land, >> i really think that the preparation work that police can do with these youngsters to ensure that on their own notice, to not attend, and also to try and divert them from saying, listen, this is not a place to do your feuds and everything. i had to do the same thing when i was superintendent in hackney, and we had significant results in preventing our young people attending there to turn up and create merry hell. >> would you take your kids down there this year or next year? leroy? >> i've done it many times. i've doneit >> i've done it many times. i've done it many times. my children and even my grandchildren. i wouldn't, i wouldn't, i wouldn't take my kids down there at all. i'd rather because you don't really relate to it . and listen, really relate to it. and listen, i grew up with i went to carnival in the 70s when i why don't i relate to it? >> leroy ? >> leroy? >> leroy? >> because i don't think you really understand the benefits of it. and it is a carnival to see people and, and, you know, build relationships and, and

foster new ones. and it's a question of really understanding that it's not just a dance party. >> let me get a word from coordination of communities to know. >> yes , we can have an event and >> yes, we can have an event and it attracts millions of people and okay, things can happen. but it's let me bring in success. >> connor. yeah, i agree with leroy, >> it seems the machete fights aren't necessarily an english pastime, and i don't really think sexual assault to the benefits of diversity. funny you say that about the football stuff, though. didn't sadiq khan put a preliminary ban on gatherings ahead of the euros because he thought there was going to be violence. why didn't he do that here, considering there were 308 arrests last year against six police officers bitten, police officers assaulted, i think it was 57 of them. there was police women being assaulted on video and they couldn't really do anything because the men were much larger women also being sexually assaulted last year. i mean, the list just goes on and on of offences. so you're absolutely right. there is just a lack of will to police it here. we can police all sorts of other protests . we mobilise police all protests. we mobilise police all around the country to ensure people didn't gather during covid. it'sjust people didn't gather during covid. it's just that this is policed very differently because

of, let's say, community sensitivity. >> you actually haven't been to carnival, have you? it is heavily because no one gets stabbed. >> i don't want to get stabbed. i actually avoided lewisham and new cross train station. >> the big difference between you just observing it from afar. >> leroy, i have policed it and i know how very, very strong grip they have on it. so please don't tell me it's a double tier thing because that doesn't hang. >> connor, you've not even been to carnival mate. you're not allowed to comment on it. >> yeah, because i'm just trying to relate to it. >> it's quite clear you don't have that cultural awareness. you don't have that cultural competence. so get real people. i'm not expecting you. >> i don't, i don't i don't think a culture is very good if it results in many stabbings. and that doesn't just mean white people as well. the sikhs manage to not kill people and they carry swords around all the time. >> listen, i am not trying to justify the violence, but i'm again, i'm seeing the rewards of it keeps a lot of young people from going into more criminality, getting involved in carnival, getting involved in

band practice, in costume design. there are so many spin offs in that, and it does create income to help people to say, okay, let me go on to other things. instead of the madness we see on our street. so as i said, kensington and chelsea , said, kensington and chelsea, the mayor, the home secretary, look at the risk and reward and they don't ban it. that says something . something. >> connor, last word to you. >> connor, last word to you. >> yeah. the mayor also didn't ban the palestine marches ehhen ban the palestine marches either. so i think he's not great on that one. i personally think we can have jerk chicken without all the stabbing. i think we have the recipe. >> okay. political commentator , >> okay. political commentator, political commentator connor tomlinson, the comment. >> thank you. that's really worth listening to . worth listening to. >> what's your problem with that? i mean, he's just cracking, he's just cracking a joke, leroy. i mean, actually, actually, it's a fair point as well. >> it's. it really? you call that a fair point? this shows you are totally out of your depth , both of you. and you depth, both of you. and you really need to get real. you know, you have these, comments about you bring the jerk chicken .

about you bring the jerk chicken. what does that mean? >> listen, it's you can have cultural events without people stabbing each other to death. >> i think that's possible . >> i think that's possible. >> i think that's possible. >> there's certain things that you can't relate to. and this is one of them. >> okay. all right, we'll leave it there. former police superintendent leroy logan and political commentator connor tomlinson. great debate. fascinating i don't think i'll be down to carnival next year or any time soon. but anyway, coming up, king charles is reportedly open to a truce with his estranged son, prince harry, after receiving what's been described as spiritual guidance from faith leaders. royal biographer angela levin will join me shortly to talk us through the details. i think that was leroy on the mic there. but next reports in the sunday times today suggest that britpop's biggest band , oasis, britpop's biggest band, oasis, is set for a huge reunion next summer as the gallagher brothers feud apparently cools off. i'll be speaking to the lead singer the biggest oasis band after

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it caused great immature. it caused great heartbreak to fans, and i respect the fans who love them, and i just think they shouldn't have been deprived all these decades of this, these performers. >> okay, the hunt is on now on the panel for the oasis fan andrew jenkins, an oasis fan. >> i mean , i did sing along to >> i mean, i did sing along to wonderwall, but no, i mean, i mean, they epitomise britpop, didn't they, in the 90s, but i actually preferred pulp and i had a crush on jarvis cocker in the 90s. am i admitting that? can you believe it? yeah. but no, i mean, will it happen because liam and noel fall out all the time, and every couple of years they say there's going to be a reunion, don't they? yeah, yeah. great. if it does happen. yeah, yeah . happen. yeah, yeah. >> and what about you, linda? >> and what about you, linda? >> no, i'm afraid so. >> no, i'm afraid so. >> no, i'm afraid so. >> no one here is an oasis fan. >> no one here is an oasis fan. >> we're out. you know, i don't i don't mind, as peter said, singing along with their kind of greatest hits and i think they're fine. i thought all that bickering was so childish and so distracting and completely irrelevant, but they did sort of personify a certain era. era,

actually a feel good era. so maybe we could do with a little bit of that . yeah. bit of that. yeah. >> and also it's quite i was saying to my wife the other day, i was talking about one direction, actually, in this example, but i was saying it's quite handy when at one point you were a global megastar or a massive global band, because you can split up, get your money, and then you know, life goes on and then you know, life goes on and maybe when you get a bit skint or go through a few divorces, you can just decide to, you know, call your mates up again and go on a world tour and pocket another ten, £20 million. >> peter, what about spandau result. and joining me now, as i mentionerwhatormer result. and joining me now, as i ballet? can we all agree on mentionerwhat about spandau >> peter, what about spandau ballet? can we all agree on that? >> oh yes. yeah yeah, there we that? >> oh yes. yeah yeah, there we go. >> we all agree spandau ballet, go. >> we all agree spandau ballet, but i agree that a rumour but i agree that a rumour allegedly is that one of the allegedly is that one of the motivations is that there's a motivations is that there's a big divorce settlement coming up big divorce settlement coming up and that, oh, about about £20 and that, oh, about about £20 million is required. million is required. >> which one? which brother noel >> which one? which brother noel i think. i think. >> yeah. oh i think yeah. >> yeah. oh i think yeah. >> yeah. oh i think yeah. >> yeah. oh i think yeah. >> i once did a story on noel >> i once did a story on noel for the sun. he was he submitted for the sun. he was he submitted planning a planning application planning a planning application to create a massive games room to create a massive games room at his house in. where did he at his house in. where did he live? i can't remember, it live? i can't remember, it doesn't matter. but a massive doesn't matter. but a massive

games room with a swimming pool games room with a swimming pool and whatever else at his pad. it and whatever else at his pad. it was a proper bachelor pad, so was a proper bachelor pad, so i'm not surprised to hear he's i'm not surprised to hear he's getting divorced. if he wants to getting divorced. if he wants to keep that kind of lifestyle. keep that kind of lifestyle. >> but we wish them well and >> but we wish them well and we're glad for the fans. we're glad for the fans. >> yeah. completely. >> yeah. completely. >> definitely. >> yeah. completely. >> yeah. completely. >> definitely. >> definitely. >> yeah . it's. yeah, it's going >> definitely. >> yeah . it's. yeah, it's going >> yeah. it's. yeah, it's going to be an interesting time. i'm >> yeah. it's. yeah, it's going to be an interesting time. i'm admittedly not a massive fan. i admittedly not a massive fan. i have, as i said, sung have, as i said, sung wonderwall, probably a couple of wonderwall, probably a couple of times after a heavy night out. times after a heavy night out. but yeah, we'll see how much the but yeah, we'll see how much the tickets are at wembley. have we tickets are at wembley. have we got colonel richard kemp on got colonel richard kemp on standby? yes, we have. right. standby? yes, we have. right. we're going to move on swiftly we're going to move on swiftly because this evening there seems because this evening there seems to be a bit of an escalation in to be a bit of an escalation in the war in the middle east. the the war in the middle east. the armed wing of hamas says it armed wing of hamas says it fired an m90 rocket at tel aviv, fired an m90 rocket at tel aviv, which you can see live footage which you can see live footage of now on your screens. in of now on your screens. in response to what it said was the response to what it said was the israeli massacre of civilians in israeli massacre of civilians in palestine. here's the live palestine. here's the live pictures of tel aviv tonight. pictures of tel aviv tonight. beautiful, shining lights, it's beautiful, shining lights, it's beggars belief to think there'll beggars belief to think there'll beggars belief to think there'll be rockets fired in the civilian beggars belief to think there'll be rockets fired in the civilian packed city overnight. but look, packed city overnight. but look, the idf, the israeli defence the idf, the israeli defence force said that sirens have force said that sirens have sounded in central israel as a sounded in central israel as a result. and joining me now, as i result. and joining me now, as i

mentioned, is former mentioned, is former british army commander colonel richard kemp. good evening, richard , kemp. good evening, richard, this does seem like a rather concerning escalation. no rockets, i think one, at least one hamas rocket has fired. and as i understand , landed in open as i understand, landed in open area. it didn't hit anything . area. it didn't hit anything. but the concern, i guess, is that more are fired and indeed buildings and civilians will be hit . hit. >> yeah. oh of course there were, about 2 or 300 rockets fired this morning by hezbollah in lebanon at israel, which , the in lebanon at israel, which, the hezbollah planned a much larger barrage, but that was prevented by a, an israeli pre—emptive strike that took out, i think, a thousand several hezbollah missile launchers. so this one missile launchers. so this one missile in tel aviv and i'm actually in tel aviv at the moment. it's one missile which landed not too far from where i am, as you say , landed in open am, as you say, landed in open space. didn't do any damage and wasn't intercepted by iron dome because it was projected to land

in an open space. my understanding also is that hamas in khan younis, inside gaza, fired another rocket as well at pretty much the same time. but that landed inside gaza . i don't that landed inside gaza. i don't know if any casualties were incurred among the people of gaza as a result of that, but it's not uncommon for hamas rockets. quite a large percentage of them do actually land inside gaza and kill their own people. >> richard, how do you feel being in tel aviv? can you hear the sirens? do you feel scared? are you bothered ? are you bothered? >> i heard the sirens earlier on and this morning there was obviously a very high level of alert here and people were told not to really go leave their homes unless they had to, or at least to be close to shelters. that was then lifted as the day progressed , i think this, this progressed, i think this, this latest hamas attack is, is a token attack. of course, it certainly wouldn't have been token if it had landed on a occupied building or something, but if that had been what was

going organisation , whatever

terrorist organisation, whatever figures they give, i think the latest is around 40,000. but we can't depend on that. but what we should be aware of , i think, we should be aware of, i think, is that, of that if it is 40,000, we don't know that . 40,000, we don't know that. then, the idf estimates and their estimates are obviously going to be much more reliable than hamas propaganda that they have killed 17 to 18,000 terrorists since this war began. so nearly half of the total killed, if it's 40,000, will have been terrorists . and then have been terrorists. and then from the other half, you must deduct those people that hamas have murdered intentionally inside gaza, which is a large number since the war began. those people who have been killed by rockets dropping short into gaza and people dying of natural causes. and if you if you kind of add all that together, what it means is the idf have may have killed about one civilian for every combatant

killed or less. now, that sounds terrible. it is terrible. but if you compare it to other conflicts like afghanistan, quite low, isn't it? quite low forces ratio was about five civilians to every one in afghanistan and 3 to 1 in iraq. so the israelis, it is terrible. there's no getting away from it. but this is the kind of unfortunate tragedy you have to expect when terrorists use their own civilian population as human shields. they fight from within populated areas. >> okay , colonel richard kemp, >> okay, colonel richard kemp, thank you. stay safe. and if we need to, we'll come back to you later in the show. depending on what happens in israel overnight. thank you very much. coming up next, king charles is reportedly open to a truce with his estranged son, prince harry, after receiving what's described as spiritual guidance from faith leaders. i'm not sure if that is, you know, speaking to rabbis and priests or maybe a tarot reading from a psychic who knows? we'll find out shortly. royal biographer angela will join me after

welcome back. this is ben leo tonight only on gb news. now. king charles is reportedly open to a truce with his estranged son, prince harry, after receiving what's been described as religious, well, figures rather from religious figures. according to the mail on sunday. i'm joined now by royal extraordinaire angela levin. good evening. angela. >> hello. >> hello. >> what's going on here? who has he been receiving spiritual advice from? from clairvoyant psychics or rabbis? >> no, no . archbishop of >> no, no. archbishop of canterbury. oh, now, the interesting thing is the archbishop of canterbury married harry and meghan. and i was wondering that harry has a very great difficulty nowadays in actually finding someone he can actually finding someone he can actually talk to, to get him to talk to his father. oh, right. so i wondered whether he actually asked the archbishop to help him talk to his talk to his father so that his father would talk to him. and the reason

mainly that king charles hasn't spoken to harry is that he calls at just any old time king charles doesn't have any phones that he walks around with, and he needs his working hard. he needs to rest and he needs a treatment. so it's not necessarily, very difficult. and he needs quiet and calm and harry has been on and been shouting at him, demanding this, determined to get that . so we determined to get that. so we have to think , does king charles have to think, does king charles take advantage of what the archbishop says to him and decides to see harry because he is the head of the church? >> so as far as you're concerned, do you think justin welby has suggested to the king that, you know, encouraged at least a truce with his son? >> well, i think any priests i don't think he's gone that far, but i think any priest try and help to sort out problems within families, you know, they can help sort it . they are very

help sort it. they are very positive about people working together. and i think the king charles is very worried about this, about what's happening. but also for himself. i don't think for a minute that this will work because harry won't give in. he won't compromise. he's very determined not to do anything. this sort of money. now he and meghan are short of money, so he might ask for that. he might want to get some of the words that the king is saying, so he can sell them and make money out of that. he could want to. this has taken the government three times to say that he wants to be looked after, protected three, 24 over seven. yes. and he's lost them, all of them. but he's going on and on and on because he wants the top protection, not the one. just under the top. and i think

that he wants a lot out of it, but he actually won't give very much in it. and he wants a big house. but we have to think what will william think about this? william will be crazy about this. he absolutely wants nothing to do with harry. how would , the princess feel about would, the princess feel about that? she's been ill, and she will feel that, you know, meghan has been so rude. harry has been so rude. does she want them around? i wouldn't have thought so. so it's very, very difficult. it's not simple, but i think we have to know from harry and meghan that they are going to behave and apologise. >> okay. well, that's , that's >> okay. well, that's, that's a bombshell revelation. >> justin welby. you know, mediating almost between the king and his son, who knows what will happen. so many people watching this tonight will say, well, harry doesn't deserve a second chance, but it remains to

be seen. angela levin, thank you. appreciate you being with us. and you're back with me next weekend. >> next i will yes, yes. >> next i will yes, yes. >> thank you. great stuff. thank you. angela. coming up, labour are planning to remove more than 14,000 failed asylum seekers by the end of the year. do you trust them to do it? i'm not sure. i'll be speaking to former conservative minister and reform uk spokeswoman ann widdecombe about that, and i'll be asking her about the reform of reform uk turning from a company to a proper political party. this is ben leo tonight, only on gb news. i'll be back in just a few minutes . minutes. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office. there's an improvement in our weather as we head into monday. a bank holiday. for some of us, there will still be some showers around, but more in the way of sunny spells and it will just feel a little warmer. low pressure moving off the sea in a brief ridge of high pressure moving in ahead of the next

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>> tonight the man has picked up the plate and whacked me on the side of my head with it . and side of my head with it. and there was cutlery on the plate too. the wife is now chasing behind me, calling me a fat b word . word. >> the nando's worker violently assaulted by customers, breaks her silence as the metropolitan police apologise for telling her nothing could be done about the attack. do you trust our police anymore ? anymore? >> and there is no current lead in the uk? >> that's why we're here. that's why you're in the situation. >> the home office raids hundreds of car washes across the country and detains 75 illegal immigrants. labour promises to turbocharge deportations by kicking out 14,500 of them. by the end of the year. tomorrow's newspaper front pages are coming imminently, and my panel are ready to get stuck in. joining me tonight is activist and campaigner peter tatchell, former tory mp and education minister andrea jenkyns, and the journalist and communications adviser linda doebele. and what's happening here? oh my god, it's a person of colour.

>> hi. person of colour. >> hi. person of colour. >> are you okay? yes. no you're not. you're not . not. you're not. okay? >> why were the police too chicken to arrest violent nando's scumbags. next. >> very good evening to you. back to ben in just a few minutes time. first, though, a look at the headlines at 10:00, and we'll start with the latest developments on a story we've been covering throughout this afternoon in ukraine. the search for a missing british man. well, in the last hour, we've heard he has been found dead, buried under rubble after a russian missile hit a hotel used by journalists in the east of the country. the 38 year old, named as ryan evans, was a former british soldier and had been

working with the reuters news agency. he was guiding journalists in the conflict zone. two of the journalists, ryan evans, was supporting were injured in that attack. one of them seriously. while the rest of the team is believed to be safe, reuters have released a statement in the last hour or so saying they are devastated to learn that ryan evans, who was working with their team in ukraine, has been killed. they've added that they are urgently seeking information on the situation there in kramatorsk, and that they are supporting the colleagues and the families of those affected. any more on that, we will bring to you tonight. well, in other news, the man accused of killing three people at a cultural festival in western germany has been accused of being a member of a terrorist organisation. the 26 year old syrian, identified by prosecutors as issa al—hajj, has been charged with three counts of murder, attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm. islamic state says it was behind friday's knife attack, which has also left eight people injured , and a church service

injured, and a church service has been taking place today in germany to remember those affected and to pay respects to those who lost their lives in that attack. the victims include a 56 year old woman and two men, one aged 56, the other 67. four of the wounded remain in a life threatening condition in hospital tonight. warning sirens are sounding in tel aviv as hamas claims to have fired more rockets across the border in retaliation for what it calls israeli massacres against civilians. israel have confirmed that at least one missile from gaza has landed in an open area, though it caused no injuries. it comes just hours after the militant group rejected new israeli conditions that were put forward in ceasefire talks , forward in ceasefire talks, casting further doubt on chances of a breakthrough. it's the latest escalation in the ten month old war and ongoing tensions in the wider region. after last night, israel and hezbollah traded their most intense for fire months before pulling back just hours later.

here, the prime minister is set to warn that things will get worse in the uk before they get better . in a speech on tuesday better. in a speech on tuesday this week, sir keir starmer is likely to say there are no quick fixes to remedy what he'll call the rubble and ruin left by the conservatives. he'll also continue to argue that the last tory government concealed the true state of public finances . true state of public finances. but the conservatives have responded and accused labour of fabricating a financial black hole to clear the way for tax rises. they're also calling on the prime minister to reverse cuts to the winter fuel payments, arguing it would leave pensioners out in the cold. in london, police say they have made 38 arrests today and recovered four knives on the first day of the notting hill carnival in the west of the city. more than 7000 police officers are on duty, with around a million people due to attend. it's europe's biggest street festival. a man believed to be in his 20s has also been stabbed and his injuries aren't at this stage believed to be life threatening . russia are

life threatening. russia are claiming the arrest of telegram's boss is a witch hunt by the west. pavel durov, who founded the encrypted messaging app' founded the encrypted messaging app, has been detained in france and local media there are reporting the platform is being investigated for potential criminal activity by its users . criminal activity by its users. and finally, certainly my favourite story of the day. hopefully yours too. a world war ii veteran celebrating her 102nd birthday has become britain's oldest parachutist after leaping from a plane. here's the moment she took that leap . well, she took that leap. well, manette bailey marked the milestone with that skydive and raised over £10,000 for charity. brave woman, despite admitting the jump was a bit scary, she encouraged others in their 80s and 90s to keep going and to never give up. well, it's not the first time that the daredevil 102 year old. there you can see her. her relieved face landing on the ground has pulled a stunt for her. 100th

birthday. manette drove a ferrari on a racetrack at silverstone . i wonder what silverstone. i wonder what she'll do for 103. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis, back with you for your last update at 11:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> good evening. cast your eyes over this footage here. a young female waitress at nando's chicken restaurant in london is savagely whacked over the head with a plate by a man dining with a plate by a man dining with his wife and child. the victim says the attack was completely unprovoked, and it all started because the family were told they couldn't sit somewhere specific because of their request for a highchair. >> i placed the food down and i ask, are you not using the highchair? then, because they

moved by themselves without taking the highchair? it's at that point the man has picked up the plate and whacked me on the side of my head with it, and there was cutlery on the plate too. i remembered that the police were in the restaurant. so as you can see in the video, that's when i said i'm going to the police. i walk off and i go to one of the officers. there were two officers present, a male and a female officer. at this point, the wife is now chasing behind me, calling me a fat b word. whilst i'm in the office, i can see from the cctv screens that the police let the guy 9°- screens that the police let the guy go. so the male officer who took him outside basically let him wander off without taking any of his details, without taking any statements, without checking the cctv. and i could see on another screen that the female officer was having a laugh with the wife and playing with the baby. the officers are now telling me that i am not allowed to press charges, or that i can't press charges because i'd have to go in front of a jury of 12 to convince them that i was unprovoked, attacked in any normal functioning

society. >> that scumbag of a father and poor kid, by the way, would be banged up and facing a judge. but not in broken britain, it seems, because instead the female staff member has today broken her silence on the incident to reveal that she's been grossly let down by the police. not only did they refuse to investigate that attack, despite officers being in the restaurant at the time, eating their own lunch there, they were there at the time they let the attacker walk free without even taking his name . taking his name. >> i filed a complaint against the officers a couple of days later, their supervisor got back to me and basically said, they're humans and they made a mistake at work. the same way you can make a mistake at work. their supervisor also told me that these officers are very experienced and that due to the commotion and the busyness of the environment, that maybe they didn't understand me. they also told me nothing could be done about the situation, and that the case has to be closed. since all of the attention it's gotten online, the police have now issued an apology to me, and they've opened up an investigation again. the man still hasn't been found as of

yet, but they're looking for him. i'd just like to say this was just a part time job for me. i'm a uni student, and this was just supposed to be me being able to be financially independent. and it's just a shame that the safety in the workplace, especially for young women, isn't something that's promised and that police being present also doesn't promise you safety. >> so let's get this straight. not only did the officers on the scene fail to complete their most basic duties, but their supervisor later on also proved to be an incompetent numbskull to be an incompetent numbskull to the met. police have since apologised for the series of gaffes and have reopened the investigation. but let's be quite clear here this apology has only come because footage of the attack went viral online. how many times a day do you reckon this level of gross incompetence from our police happens all across the country? just a few months ago, i experienced a pretty similar situation with my local police force. an online troll directed

to me what i considered to be a death threat over twitter, now known as x. and this isn't uncommon , but i decided that as uncommon, but i decided that as this one chap was so brazen, he was pictured with his profile picture partially named and even discussed previously where he'd worked and did work at the current time. i thought i'd report him to the cops. i gave police all the evidence they needed to have a word with him. i found his facebook profile in two minutes, confirmed it was the same person, and even found his work profile on the website of his employer. so what happened when i received a follow up phone call from a police officer? she told me that despite me literally doing their jobs for them and confirming with me that they found a gentleman by the very same name in the very same small geographical area, i told them he lived. they needed definitive proof that this was the person i was talking about and who wrote the tweet. well, i said to them, well, why don't you just call the one person you found with the one person you found with the same name in the same area on your database and ask if it was him? oh no, i can't, can't do that, she replied. why not? i

asked. well, because there's a chance it won't be him. she said. well, i said, well you never know until you call him and ask him. will you? there's only one person, just call him. i can't do that. i can't do that. why? i asked again because. because what i ask, i need more proof. i said i gave you proof. i've done your job you proof. i've done yourjob for you. and around and around we went . i told her to forget we went. i told her to forget it. i just couldn't believe the level of incompetence and downright laziness, to be frank. look, i'm sure there are a good few police officers who want to do an honest job, but in my case, and the case of this poor nando's worker who was let down by the very people meant to protect her, it's no surprise that levels of trust and respect for our police have hit rock bottom when they simply can't be bothered to do their jobs. in a bothered to do theirjobs. in a statement on the incident, the metropolitan police have said we're looking into why we didn't respond promptly at the time of this incident in march and are sorry we didn't provide a better service . we've taken a statement service. we've taken a statement from the victim and will keep her up to date with the progress of our investigation. we haven't made any arrests yet, and if you

can help us identify the man. call 101 referencing crime number 187221. let's get the thoughts now of my panel. activist and campaigner peter tatchell, former conservative mp and education minister dame andrea jenkins, and the journalist and communications adviser linda doebele. peter, what did you think when you saw that assault in nando's ? and that assault in nando's? and also the follow up video from that poor girl there who says that poor girl there who says that she was just let down, betrayed even by the police ? betrayed even by the police? >> well, it was clear evidence of a crime, and it should have been investigated by police there. and then the idea that they interviewed him allowed him to walk away without taking any details from him. that's just truly shocking. it's not just incompetence. it's an absolute failure of the police obligation to protect the public. they are there to serve us. now, i've got to say that this incident is no justification for it, but most officers do their job. this is an example where officers don't, and it needs to be brought to account. we need to have

answers, and i think we also need to recognise one of the problems with policing. and there's a big problem with policing in our society is that there have been such huge cuts in police budgets. the metropolitan police, between 2010 and 2019 had cuts of over £800 million from their budgets. >> they spend thousands doing their cars up in rainbow flags and dancing. the ymca. if they're so skint. >> well, that's a tiny, tiny fraction of the cost. a few thousand pounds perhaps. >> either your skin's been struggling or you're not. i mean, if i. if i couldn't afford my groceries , i wouldn't go to my groceries, i wouldn't go to waitrose. >> the point is, we need more officers , better trained officers, better trained officers, better trained officers, and we need to end the cutbacks that are putting the police under pressure. the metropolitan police are going to lose another 1250 officers in the coming year because, you know, gordon brown crashed our economy. >> well, don't forget this. >> well, don't forget this. >> peter is saying that under your government, the police have been left to rot and ruin. >> no previous government. >> no previous government. >> look, we've had 10,000 new officers in recent years , but

officers in recent years, but going back to that case, though, what i'm concerned about really is that this is allowed to go on. i mean, i've got a similar situation as what you had with stuff online. and did you report it to the cops? well, i had a constituent who lived just a mile away from where i lived, and he sent me 70 emails in the space of three months, one of them telling me to buy a stab vest. and the police would not do anything about it. wow. and i had his address because he was a constituent. i even had to go to the speaker. i even had to go to the speaker. i even had to go to the home secretary at the time to get them intervene to do something. and a few months ago, when i got that email, which i came on gb news at the time when they threatened my for my son to be raped by hamas , they still be raped by hamas, they still haven't found that person. >> goodness me, that is awful. so what did the cops say to these emails? why didn't they do anything? >> well, the one, recent one about hamas, >> i got told. oh, it was sent early hours of the morning.

maybe the person was drunk. >> and what difference does that make, linda? yeah. >> i mean, at the end of the day, i used to get those. this is before, before online stuff went on. when i was on newspapers, we called them green anchors, and they used to really, really threaten us. and i've had two death threats, actually. but but to go back to this case, this girl clearly has a case for assault. completely. it's filmed. there are officers in the restaurant. he has hit her over the head with a plate. now that's really assault or actual bodily harm. so someone should be bringing a prosecution. but she has to go there. and i think she has to instigate this. >> but also the police need to be reprimanded on this as well. >> they have to be they they have to get this proof. proof proof. it's called evidence. get the evidence . bring in the the evidence. bring in the prosecution. i mean, it can't be that difficult . that difficult. >> the evidence is there on cctv. it's gone viral online. all the copper had to do. in fact, this girl said in the video, we couldn't include all her responses. it was seven minutes, but she said the coppers eventually did go and watch the cctv and then said, look , regardless, here it is.

look, regardless, here it is. look. look at this whack. it's just terrible. and also, what kind of man that must be actual bodily harm. what kind of man is not a man? what kind of father would do that in front of his young kids? is that how you want to treat women? >> can i just ask you again what happened about someone saying to her, well, you'll have to face 12 people on a jury if you want to go through with it. >> she was saying that the reason the coppers at the scene, regardless of after seeing the cctv, they said to her, you're going to have to if you want to press charges, you're going to have to go in front of a jury and prove that you didn't provoke him. >> well, not necessarily, because if it was dealt with at magistrates court, she wouldn't have to go in front. >> i mean, they were just they were just trying to worm out that worm their way. >> they shouldn't be talking about stuff. they don't understand that. exactly. >> peter, should these coppers be sacked? and the supervisor, by the way, certainly disciplinary action. >> not sacked. definitely. >> not sacked. definitely. >> well, i'd sack them straightaway. totally incompetent. >> i think disciplinary action. we have to see how they respond. if they're remorseful and apologetic, then maybe not. not sacking, but just suspension. it seems to sack a manager. >> oh, of course i would. absolutely. it seems to me,

though, that it's said in the report that they was having their lunch. they didn't want their lunch. they didn't want the lunch spoiling. there was hurrying it along. that's what it looks like to me. >> would you sack them, linda? >> would you sack them, linda? >> no, i'd reprimand them and they would therefore have their card marked across their careers. and i think as a first stage. >> but with this two tier policing, they're making examples out of people for tweets and everything. you've got to make examples out of bad behaviour, affray causing an affray. >> i spoke to a senior police officer about this, causing an affray done in the wrong circumstances. ignoring this. hang on a minute. causing an affray done in certain circumstances where it has lethal repercussions, carries a life term that is a completely different crime . different crime. >> and they they just let him walk away. i know. unbelievable. you've been bad. you've been clobbered round the head by a man with a plate, a strapping six foot plus man with a plate, with cutlery on this, this. this young girl, you know, looks quite petite. she looks quite small. even if she wasn't small, it doesn't matter. she's been whacked around the head and the coppers have let her go. and

yet, as you said , andrea, we go yet, as you said, andrea, we go back. people writing stupid things on twitter that should be banned from the restaurant plate . banned from the restaurant plate. >> hitting her head at the right angle could have could have knocked her unconscious. caused caused permanent eye or brain damage. >> it's actual bodily harm. >> it's actual bodily harm. >> i'm sure. and indeed it's true. there are many, many good, honest serving police officers. but in my own experience, not just the example i gave in the introduction there, i've had many other experiences and this is just anecdotal, just my opinion. they've all been useless. i don't think i've met one good cop, although, you know, there are probably indeed it's true. there are many very good police officers around . i good police officers around. i just think, though, at a time when respect for the police is so low and trust of the police is so low, this does them no favours. >> no completely anyway. >> no completely anyway. >> right. coming up, i have all of tomorrow's front pages with my press pack and they'll be nominating their greatest britain and union jackass. and next, labour are planning to remove more than 14,000 failed asylum seekers by the end of the yeah asylum seekers by the end of the year. i'll be speaking to former tory minister and now reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombe about that, and i'll also be asking her about reform uk

reform uk's plans for their own reform, becoming a proper political party and not, as ben habib would describe, a limited company. this is ben leo tonight only on gb news. back in a

tick. this is ben leo tonight only on gb news now. home secretary yvette cooper has outlined her deportation drive when it comes to asylum seekers. she set an aim to return 14,500 failed asylum seekers by the end of the yeah asylum seekers by the end of the year. and that's after it's emerged that more than 200 foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers were flown to brazil earlier this month, which was the largest single deportation on record. so will these robust plans have the desired impact? joining me now is former conservative minister and reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombe. good evening and thank you for joining widdecombe. good evening and thank you forjoining me again. thank you for joining me again. glad to see you for another week. what do you make of this then? laboun what do you make of this then?

labour. they seem to be doing what they said they would and getting a grip of illegal migrants. no. and failed asylum seekers . seekers. >> well first of all it's not my job to defend the tories, but i should point out that the fact that they're able to do this is largely owing to legislation put in place by the conservatives and, above to all, deals put in place by the conservatives who set up the deals with the various governments. and i can remember when the conservatives set up the deal with albania, labour pouring scorn on it, you know, now they're trumpeting it as a big success. but crucially , as a big success. but crucially, this, they've given an amnesty to about 100,000 asylum seekers that itself will act as a magnet , that itself will act as a magnet, not as a deterrent, but secondly, these deportations can only take place in certain countries. they can't take place in three of the biggest, senders, if you like, of people in the small boats afghanistan, syria and iran , they can't send syria and iran, they can't send them back there. there are no deals in place. they are most unlikely to be any deals in place . and, you know, there are

place. and, you know, there are obvious problems with people coming from those countries . so coming from those countries. so i'm not exactly dancing with hysterical delight at the moment. >> and when it comes to afghanis, for example, because i did see the story that they were the biggest cohorts of small boat arrivals , do you not think boat arrivals, do you not think we have an obligation to take afghani refugees because they are genuine refugees? i mean, you know, let's i'll play devil's advocate. us and the americans ran riot in their country for the best part of ten, 20 years. >> well, first of all, they may not be genuine refugees because the definition of a refugee is that you're subject to persecution, not just that you happen to, you know, live in a country which has got difficulties, but you actually happen to be subject to persecution. we have an enormous obligation, an enormous obugafion obligation, an enormous obligation to the afghan interpreters. yeah and it was a case of perfidious albion. and it was only at the very last moment that britain actually got its act together to try and get those interpreters out, but they're not the ones coming on they're not the ones coming on the boats, the ones coming on

the boats, the ones coming on the boats, the ones coming on the boats are very largely what they have always been , which is they have always been, which is young economic migrants. >> yeah, there's a great scandal with the interpreters, the afghan army personnel who worked with our special forces, yeah . with our special forces, yeah. >> after the taliban, they were left to the mercies of the taliban. yeah. and that was the conservative government. >> yeah. i think that's a great stain on our country, actually, the way we've treated a lot of those, those afghanis who helped us out over there. look, let me move on to your party. reform uk is reforming its own structure, ben habib has been talking all week about the fact that there needs to be more accountability in the party. it needs to be more democratic. it's currently run as a limited company. what's going on? >> an oh, nigel farage made it very clear even before the election, he made it very clear that yes, we didn't go for large scale democratisation before the election because we had to get on with it. basically, we just had to put the candidates in place. we had to get on with it, but he always said that once the election had taken place, reform

would become a proper political party with a democratic structure and a constitution and branches and all the things that the other big parties have. and now he is taking steps already. i mean, the election was only a few months ago taking steps to put that promise into practice . put that promise into practice. >> okay. so let me ask, would reform be the, how to describe it? the promise it appears to be, if nigel farage wasn't leader . leader. >> oh, i'm sure nigel farage would easily win a leadership election every time. but the point is that every major party has a mechanism for electing a leader, we will no longer be the exception to that. >> okay? and this is going to cost money. no doubt, because you're going to be shoring up your vetting processes for candidates . your vetting processes for candidates. et your vetting processes for candidates . et cetera. et candidates. et cetera. et cetera. where's the money coming from? >> well , first of all, we've got >> well, first of all, we've got to shore up our vetting procedures because they did let us down in the last general election. we know we've got to do that. we've got to do it thoroughly, and we've got to start early so that everything is in place by the time the

election comes, money will come. as the money comes from other parties, branches will raise money, subscriptions, already account for a large portion of our income and donors, as with every other single party, >> just very briefly, last 10s , >> just very briefly, last 10s, are you quietly glad that you didn't achieve the. was it 12 or 14 seats that reform had on the exit poll? because in actual fact, you've got your five mps now, but if you had any more and you didn't really have, by your own admission, a proper vetting process, you could have had some wild cards in there which you didn't know about. >> well, you could have had some fantastic ones in there. i met fantastic ones in there. i met fantastic candidates during the general election, and i wish some of them had been in there. so no, i'm not relieved that we didn't get more candidates . didn't get more candidates. >> okay. ann widdecombe, thank you very much for joining me. i'll see you again next week, hopefully. thanks very much. coming up, all of the front pages are on their way, hot off the press and my nominate their greatest britons union jackasses for this week. see you in just

bethany elsey tonight only on gb news. the front pages are here. i'm about to bring them to you in just a few minutes. but before we jump into them, let's get more on the big story of the day. joining me now to react to the news that oasis are set to reunite is the lead singer of tribute band oasis. iggy, iggy. oh, there we go . fully, fully oh, there we go. fully, fully playing the part. my friend. iggy, how are you doing? i remember watching you play about 15 years ago in worthing in west sussex. it was a very good night. my mate, my mate fell asleep on a pillar standing up. i'll never forget it. look what this, this this oasis reunion , this, this this oasis reunion, what does it mean? racist? the best. or one of the best british exports ever in terms of rock and roll. and also in terms of your tribute band, aren't you going to be out of a job now, >> i think, yeah, i think they are. >> they're one of the biggest exports that are going to come from the uk. you know, the songs and the album sales speak for themselves, you know, i just

think that this is like the biggest reunion of rock in rock and roll history. and i've been seeing people saying about reading festival all weekend about some of the bands that they've had on there saying music is dead. well, now it's back, oasis are back and music is back, and it's and it's going to be good. and as far as it's not going to affect our if anything, we'll be busier, i mean, we're already really busy anyway. so, so yeah, it'll be it'll be good for us, you know. >> so they're playing heaton park in manchester and wembley stadium as well. do you reckon they'll sell out? and b how much do you think ticket prices will be there. >> well they'll sell out. this is the beauty of it. i've been saying this to our boys today because i've just got back from a gig in kent. today, and we were saying that the beauty of this, this, you know, reunion is that they won't have to market it at all. they'll just say, yes, we're getting back together. here's the dates, here's the venues , and they'll here's the venues, and they'll just sell out in in minutes like

that. just sell out in in minutes like that . i just sell out in in minutes like that. i mean, liam's been selling out the definitely maybe toun selling out the definitely maybe tour, he sold 250,000 tickets or something like that in less than ten minutes. yeah. oasis. it's going to be. it's going to be ridiculous, you know? and as far as ticket prices, it's going to be minimum 100, 150, £200. and you know what? people people are going to pay that as well . going to pay that as well. people are going to pay that. >> well it sounds pretty cheap when you compare it to, say, taylor swift tickets, which were going for five, six, five, £600 over the past couple of weeks. yeah and, yeah, if you, if you ask me, i'd rather see oasis than taylor swift, but i know where i'd be. >> yeah, exactly. that yeah. >> yeah, exactly. that yeah. >> zigi. we're running out of time, unfortunately, because we've got the newspaper front pages. but thank you for joining me. and, hopefully , maybe we can me. and, hopefully, maybe we can get you on in the future weeks in the studio, maybe with your acoustic and bash out some supersonic. >> you never know, mate. funnily enough, i was in worthing on friday night as well, so. yeah. yeah, it's quite bizarre. you mentioned that, but yeah. yeah, i'll come back. yeah. >> when are you in worthing? this friday night. >> no, no, i was in worthing friday. just gone.

>> oh right. >> oh right. >> okay. it's a place called the. it's a place called the factory. but, but yeah, it was a good, good gig . okay. people in. good, good gig. okay. people in. good night. >> thanks, zigi. cheers right, let's get these front pages in. let's on to some serious news. the daily telegraph, pm under pressure over number 10. pass for donor. this was the story i covered at the top of my show. so labour have given or had given a number 10 pass to downing street to this media mogul, lord alli , who surprise, mogul, lord alli, who surprise, surprise had donated half a million pounds to the labour campaign during the election . campaign during the election. cronyism at its best. moving on to the daily express . it's to the daily express. it's a betrayal. labour has no mandate to axe winter fuel payments and the daily star, sun's out, tums out. what's this about? things can only get hotter. we're in for a sizzler as a 24 degrees subtropical surge heads our way . subtropical surge heads our way. sorry, guys. at the daily star, 24 degrees is not a subtropical surge, nor a sizzler. balmy nice. i'll welcome it, but, yeah. tabloid at its best. peter tatchell. was that 24 degrees?

is that too hot for you ? is that too hot for you? >> it doesn't feel like 24 degrees to me. >> no, i mean not not now. i mean, i think it's i think it's i think it's coming next week. >> i'm one of these people i can handle 30, 35 degrees, 40 degrees, but anything below 20 sends me the shivers. >> yeah, right. yeah. me too. yeah >>i yeah >> i love the sun. well, i was in crete a few weeks ago and it was 33, and it was wonderful, actually. >> yeah, delightful. right, should we look at the daily telegraph? we touched on it of course, at the top of the show. i talked about it. the pm under pressure over number 10 pass for the donor labour supporter gave ten grand. oh this is a new line. labour supporter gave ten grand to constituency party of sue greys mp. son sue gray. oh my gosh sue gray again really shocking. wow andrea. >> oh this is blimey. i mean let's not forget that she is the one who, helped to bring boris down. and then, you know, several weeks later, she's getting a job working for the labour party. this she's the ethics adviser without any ethics adviser without any ethics . we've seen two tier

ethics. we've seen two tier policing and two tier free speech, and now it's two tier ethics. >> but hang on, hang on. there's nothing illegal or against ethical rules to make a donation to an mp. >> no , but given the power sun, >> no, but given the power sun, give it. yes, exactly. >> it doesn't matter whether sue gray sun or not. >> it does. i think giving a pass as well. >> people give donations to mps all the time. virtually every tory mp has had donations from business people fine , but business people fine, but they're entitled to do that. >> but i didn't give him a parliamentary pass. when i've had money from you, i don't think i don't think the donor got a pass, did they? >> he got a pass to number 10. this is the media mogul, lord ali. yeah but that's not the donor who donated £10,000. yeah it is. he gave, he gave. so this is this is an update to the story i was talking about at the top of the show. he gave 500 k top of the show. he gave 500 k to labour during the election , to labour during the election, and that included, according to the telegraph, ten grand to sue grey's son. >> it stinks . yes. >> it stinks. yes. >> it stinks. yes. >> terrible. okay, okay. >> terrible. okay, okay. >> fair enough. a limit to how many donations you can actually give to a constituency party. no

no.so? give to a constituency party. no no. so? so any amount can go to your constituency. >> yeah . it's only your constituency. >> yeah. it's only in your constituency. >> yeah . it's only in the short >> yeah. it's only in the short campaign that you can't give that you can't spend a certain amount. yeah. but you can give whether this is the tories, labour or reform, if they ever get their this kind of thing, the lobbying, the donations , the lobbying, the donations, this needs to be stamped out. >> i mean the whole charade of a democracy is an absolute walking joke when you've got you've got people millionaires who can donate money willy nilly. well, you can't get people to win the trust of the public. >> but we've got to start seeing rishi sunak and all the shadow cabinet of the conservatives now come out. >> where are they? where are you exactly ? they've really got to exactly? they've really got to be coming out now. yeah, yeah. >> but they haven't got a leg to stand on given all the corruption and corruption under the conservatives i mentioned, number 10 passes were wrongly handed out under david cameron. >> let's not forget that lex greensill's was not exactly a paragon of virtue. and he had one. >> no, but whoever she was, whichever party, it's wrong. it's wrong. >> any party, any party

shouldn't be doing that. >> but the fact that sue gray was the ethics adviser in in government, she should know what this looks like. >> so it says here in the telegraph, tory sources claim that such passes, though issued by the downing street security team, were under their watch signed off by either the prime minister their parliamentary private secretary or by the chief of staff, which in this case is sue gray >> yes, exactly. >> yes, exactly. >> but we still don't know what those temporary passes were for. it needs to be investigated, it needs to be exposed. but at the moment we don't have the evidence about what those parliamentary parties. >> the thing is, peter, he can visit downing street and go through security. he doesn't need a pass. he can just have the day pass. he doesn't need to have a pass for at least month. >> so the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, today admitted that lord alli had been given a pass, saying i believe he may have had one. i don't think he's got one any more and i don't think it's unusual for people to have passes to attend political meetings. if they need to do so. downing street wouldn't confirm why alli was given a pass or who authorised it. i mean, they why

he was labour could clear this up straight away by just explaining, you know, if it was honest. absolutely. >> they've got to speak out. got to tell the truth. >> yeah okay. interesting. right. more papers to come in. just a tick. i think we've got have we got this this video guys. powers that be in my head. all right. we're going to break. okay. stick with us. we've got more newspaper front pages coming right up. and this funny video i have in store

tick. welcome back to ben liu tonight only on gb. news. more newspapers have just dropped hot off the press. let's take a look at the guardian. it leads with airstrikes on hezbollah. not the end of the story, says benjamin netanyahu, the israeli leader . netanyahu, the israeli leader. and that's just. yeah, that's the only one we've got at the moment. the situation in israel, in the middle east, peter , are in the middle east, peter, are you concerned about it, bearing in mind the escalation tonight , in mind the escalation tonight, rockets into gaza, into tel aviv? >> well , absolutely, there is >> well, absolutely, there is a real serious danger that this could escalate into a major regional war, which nobody wants. and really , all sides wants. and really, all sides have to get down together, talk, negotiate, you know , we know negotiate, you know, we know that war, war is not the solution. there has to be some kind of negotiation , some kind kind of negotiation, some kind of settlement. and the root cause is obviously the dispossession of the palestinian people and the disproportionate attacks by israel on gaza

civilians . civilians. >> it's unacceptable hostages, don't they? sorry. they need to release the hostages. >> well, yes. but and of course, when israel did negotiate with hamas back in november, over 100 israeli hostages were released. and if they'd only negotiated since then, more would have been released already. so it it is absolutely wrong that netanyahu has put the kibosh on negotiations, which has meant those hostages are not released. and in fact, some of them have been killed by israeli airstrikes. >> andrew, let's not forget what happenedin >> andrew, let's not forget what happened in october. i mean, pregnant women had their babies pred pregnant women had their babies ripped out of their stomach. i'm not sure about that. i'm not sure about that. you saw that. i saw the photographs of what the government put out, etc. online. and but the fact is , if somebody and but the fact is, if somebody did that to brits, you know, i would want to destroy those who did it. >> but if you talk to any military leader, any military expert, they will say the response is disproportionate. they'll say it's understandable, but they'll say it's disproportionate and it's

fuelling it's fuelling a new generation of jihadis because so many civilians, including women and children, are being killed by israel. >> that is creating a new generation of people who want to fight back. we need to de—escalate, stop the fighting, get de—escalate with hamas. >> and yet they're putting all their bases under hospitals. you know, you cannot negotiate in charge because he has a whole different plot with hamas. is it? >> it's not the head of israeli security. the shin bet has said there's got to be negotiation. he said that the war strategy is not going to work. it's going to prolong suffering for both israelis and palestinians. there's got to be a negotiated deal there's got to be a negotiated deal. that's the head of israeli security with terrorists . security with terrorists. >> who are hamas. >> who are hamas. >> you can you can negotiate with anybody. we negotiated with the ira and got a peace settlement in northern ireland, is that most people think that hamas knew exactly what the response was going to be in terms of being disproportionate , terms of being disproportionate, and that's why they did it. that's quite i can quite believe

that. we can't prove it . but that's quite i can quite believe that. we can't prove it. but i think israel walked into a trap with their response, and it has fuelled the escalation and continuation of the conflict. hamas are really bad people. i've opposed them from day one when they first when they first took power, but there has to be a negotiation and we must not conflate hamas with a wider palestinian people . most palestinian people. most palestinians want a settlement with israel. >> well, maybe if donald trump wins in november , you may see wins in november, you may see some progress on that front, because of course, it was joe biden who gave the iranians something like, was it $6 billion in the year leading up to that october 7 attack, joe biden, in my opinion, has a lot to answer for the disastrous exit from afghanistan. you know , exit from afghanistan. you know, making america look like a laughing stock on the world stage. what happened after that? russia invades ukraine, putin gets big for his boots. anyway. should we move on to the daily mail? i'm not sure we can show it just yet. maybe we can, but it just yet. maybe we can, but it leads on starmer. the story we were talking about previously, starmer in passes for, passes for glasses , sleaze

for, passes for glasses, sleaze row, again, the pm's top donor who paid for his suits and spectacles. >> that's another point. >> that's another point. >> so this is another one. so the prime minister's top donor who paid for his suits and spectacles, got unrestricted access to number 10. lord alli again. >> yeah, it's all the personal stuff, isn't it ? it's the stuff, isn't it? it's the charles street shirts. is the cufflinks. it's the personal stuff for his office and all the rest of it. i mean , that makes rest of it. i mean, that makes it so much worse. i think that it so much worse. i think that it should be those kind of. i mean , surely, to goodness, the mean, surely, to goodness, the average mum member of the public would expect. keir starmer to be paying would expect. keir starmer to be paying for his own shirts. >> well, when he does his press conference on tuesday, he makes his speech. let's see if he answers the questions because , answers the questions because, you know, we've got to go to town on this. this is not acceptable. >> i think, you know, whether someone a donor pays for suits or glasses , that's that's one or glasses, that's that's one matter when they get a pass , a matter when they get a pass, a pass to number 10 downing street. following that . that's street. following that. that's the issue of concern. and that's what's got to be investigated

and if necessary, exposed. do you think labour voters will care about this? >> peter. >> peter. >> yeah, i think labour voters expected clean government. that's what keir starmer promised. and i think people are disillusioned. i think a lot of people are disillusioned. >> but do you not think that they might just say, well, they've not broken any rules. they you know, they were allowed to bypass the vetting processes for a lot of these civil service appointees. i think there's something to do with exceptions in times of need. do you not think labour voters will just say, well, they've not broken the rules they've done, but they have broken the rules? >> there are there are accepted routes to appointing spads , routes to appointing spads, special political advisers and political advisers and some other categories. there are accepted routes and these have not been stuck to, i think some labour supporters are going to feel quite aggrieved and disillusioned. >> others will just accept it because they're glad the tories are out and labour is in. but that that's not the approach. labour has to be cleaner than clean . that's what they clean. that's what they promised. that's what we expect. >> andrew, do you think? not laboun

>> andrew, do you think? not labour, but keir starmer will last the five years? >> no, i think there'll be a bunfight between rayner and reeves actually to try and get him out. that's what i think. >> yeah. why do you think that. >> yeah. why do you think that. >> oh, well they're all vying for that top spot. and once we see the labour going down in the polls, i think they'll they'll push forward. >> i think he'd go the distance really . absolutely. yeah. yeah. really. absolutely. yeah. yeah. i'm not saying whether that's right or wrong, but i think he will. >> i think he'll go the distance and get a second term, barring any major catastrophe. >> do you think a second term. >> do you think a second term. >> well, whether he deserves it or not, that's a different question. but i think on the current, on the current levels of public support, i think labouris of public support, i think labour is riding high. >> i dare to imagine great britain after ten years of laboun britain after ten years of labour. we've had 50 days and maybe i'm just being, you know, a bit. >> well, it can't be worse than 14 years of toryism. >> well, i don't know. i mean, i think there's look at the state of the streets at the moment. i think the first 51 days of labour has been far worse than the last 14 years of tory government, and the tories were absolutely atrocious. let me

tell you. no offence, andrea jenkins. >> no, look, look, i was outspoken myself. ben. >> do you miss politics? andrea >> do you miss politics? andrea >> no, not really actually. why why do i not miss it? i miss the constituency stuff , etc. but no, constituency stuff, etc. but no, do i want to be in the chamber seeing angela rayner as the deputy prime minister of our great country at the despatch box, she may be pm in the next five years. not really. no. i'm quite, quite ashamed to see that actually . okay. actually. okay. >> all right. let's time to reveal today's greatest britain and union jackass, peter tatchell, your greatest britain nominee, please. >> well, this is the last week or so. so i'm going to choose kirstie allsopp for having the guts to sit down with their son. a vet him and allow him to go interrailing with another friend around europe. yeah. >> so this is a big story, sort of brewing in recent days. she allowed her 15 year old kid to go on a rail adventure across europe and apparently she, according to today's papers, had according to today's papers, had a visit from social services because somebody grasped her up on twitter or something. yeah. you think 15 year old kids are

okay to be travelling across europe? >> not all 15 year old kids, but but her son was obviously very mature. he did the trip. he's now back safe. nothing bad happened.she now back safe. nothing bad happened. she quite clearly , as happened. she quite clearly, as a parent made the right judgement. he's my son. i'm going to vet him. i'm going to talk to him. i'm satisfied that he'll behave responsibly. and i think the attacks on kirstie allsopp have been totally wrong and totally out of proportion. parents have a right to decide based on the information they have of their own. >> children got it. andrew jenkins, your gb nominee, >> the free speech union. they've really come, you know, been amazing these last few weeks standing up for free speech, only a couple of days ago they wrote to yvette cooper, the home secretary , because of the home secretary, because of the home secretary, because of the tweet that the home office put out on x, where they labelled a thousand people that had been arrested as criminals. and surely it's innocent until proven guilty. so definitely the free speech. >> okay, linda, i think the lovely 102 year old woman who

jumped out of an aeroplane today to celebrate her birthday has to be commended . be commended. >> that is an enormous thing for someone you know. i think she's she the elderly. is she the oldest woman in britain? >> 102, 102. >> 102, 102. >> she's got to be one of the oldest. yeah, look at that. that is tremendous. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> what a woman. yeah. what a woman, what a girl. look at that. and she. she looks like she moves a lot better than, you know, a lot of 60s and 70s. i'm not gonna name names, but. oh, yeah. fantastic. okay, my winner today has to be manette. i mean, amazing, 102 years old, jumping out of an aeroplane. i don't think i could do a skydive. i don't think i'd have the guts to don't think i'd have the guts to do it. would you, peter? probably. yeah. you would. andrew. it's on my on my bucket list. >> i think i can probably do it. >> i think i can probably do it. >> yeah, yeah, you would do it. okay. peter, your union jack has nominated chris. >> rachel reeves, the chancellor labour was elected on a promise of change. rachel reeves has announced a continuation of conservative austerity tax rises are coming. cuts in public

spending and public services. it's going to be disastrous for the average briton . it's the average briton. it's a complete betrayal of what labour stands for . stands for. >> okay, andrea, your union jack has sue gray >> she's at the heart of what's going wrong in labour at the moment. i mean, as we saw in the front line, her own son got money from a donor who got passed to number 10 and she was propriety and ethics director general. she should know better , general. she should know better, >> people talk about or trump does talk about the deep state or the blob. yes, it is sue gray >> she epitomises the blob. she completely does. >> linda, your union jack house nominee, >> i think that it is ian crawford, the guy that resigned, over taking money as an adviser. it was too little to avoid reputational damage , so i think reputational damage, so i think it is irrelevant now whether he's resigned . he shouldn't have he's resigned. he shouldn't have been doing what he was doing in the first place. >> yeah , really absurd hiring >> yeah, really absurd hiring from rachel reeves for that chap there. he had given thousands of pounds to the labour party,

including five grand to rachel reeves herself. and then he suddenly parachuted into a politically neutral civil service job. it just beggars belief. >> can i just say, though , i >> can i just say, though, i don't agree, that the civil service is a blob, i speak as a mother of civil servant and i think that's very rude . think that's very rude. >> no, i think it is very rude to describe having been a minister. it's still rude. well it's the truth. >> are they. would you would you argue they are left leaning the civil service. >> i mean people were starting at me, in meetings. absolutely. >> no, i don't notice that. and ispeak >> no, i don't notice that. and i speak to quite a few of them. >> well, they may tut tut. but the civil servants are their civil servants to execute the government's will and that's what they do in america. >> we need a system like america, the winner of the union jack award tonight is rachel reeves. >> she said she didn't know there was going to be such a big black hole in government. of course she did. she gave an interview to the financial times weeks before the election, saying, we've got the obr, there'll be no surprises. i can't just walk into the treasury. anyway that's enough for tonight. thank you. panel. really appreciate you being with us.thank really appreciate you being with us. thank you. viewers back at home. i'll be next. i'll be back

next saturday from 9 pm. next up is headliners after your weather with greg. good night . weather with greg. good night. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. there's an improvement in our weather as we head into monday, a bank holiday. for some of us, there will still be some showers around, but more in the way of sunny spells and it will just feel a little warmer. low pressure moving off the sea and a brief ridge of high pressure moving in ahead of the next weather system, which does come in late monday and into tuesday , in late monday and into tuesday, but an improvement anyway through the rest of the day. overnight into monday morning, there's still quite a lot of cloud across the uk. this band of cloud across northern ireland, southern scotland into northern england will continue to give some showery rain. elsewhere, a mixture of clear spells and showers and temperatures milder than they

have been of late , generally have been of late, generally staying in the mid teens. so a mixed start to monday morning. bright skies across much of scotland with a scattering of showers, particularly across the north and the west. driest towards aberdeenshire . on the towards aberdeenshire. on the fresh side. temperatures around 9 to 11 celsius, though northern ireland seeing a mixture of sunny spells and showers, but this cloudier zone across northern england into wales, giving some showery outbreaks of rain in places brighter for the rest of england, but some showers across southeast england initially clearing away along with a brisk , brisk breeze here, with a brisk, brisk breeze here, but then generally through monday winds falling light. we'll see a scattering of showers through the day, largely across the northern part of england into northern ireland, north wales, southern scotland . north wales, southern scotland. elsewhere dry but some sunny spells and with lighter winds it will feel warmer temperatures lifting to the high teens to low 20s, up to around 23 across southeast england on tuesday. wet and windy weather spreading in across the north and the west of the uk. some of this rain

will be heavy at times , but will be heavy at times, but further south and east we'll start to import some warm air winds coming in from the south. plenty of sunny spells and temperatures lifting towards the mid 20s, perhaps even higher by wednesday , approaching 2829 wednesday, approaching 2829 celsius before turning cooler again on thursday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> very good evening to you. it's just after 11:00 and the top story from the newsroom tonight. a british man has been found dead , buried under rubble found dead, buried under rubble after a russian missile hit a hotel used by journalists in the east of ukraine. the 38 year old, named as ryan evans, was a former british soldier and had been working with the reuters news agency guiding journalists in the conflict zone. two of the journalists he was supporting were also injured in that attack. one of them seriously. while the rest of the team is believed to be safe . german believed to be safe. german prosecutors have now named the man suspected of carrying out a knife attack that sadly killed three and injured eight. he's been named as isa al—haj, the 26 year old syrian national is accused of being a member of the terrorist organisation and of sharing islamic state ideology.

he's also been charged with three counts of murder and attempted murder . while the attempted murder. while the suspect, who had reportedly appued suspect, who had reportedly applied for asylum in germany, handed himself in to police following that attack . a church following that attack. a church service has been taking place today to remember and to pay respect to those who lost their lives in that attack in germany, the victims include a 56 year old woman and two men, one aged 56, the other 67, and four of those wounded are still in a life threatening condition . life threatening condition. well, in the last few minutes, we've heard from the middle east that talks aimed at securing a gaza ceasefire have tonight ended without a deal, according to security sources from egypt, both hamas and israel have reportedly refused to accept the latest compromises , despite the latest compromises, despite the efforts of mediators. it comes as warning sirens have been sounding in tel aviv in the last few hours, with hamas claiming to have fired a rocket across the border. the militant group said that that latest strike was

in retaliation for what it is calling israeli massacres against civilians . a royal navy against civilians. a royal navy warship has conducted major drug busts in the caribbean . cocaine busts in the caribbean. cocaine worth a street value of more than £40 million, was seized and three alleged smugglers have also been handed over to us authorities so far this year, hms trent has seized close to seven tonnes of drugs worth more than £500 million. and we'll just bring you an update on some breaking news from the metropolitan police regarding the notting hill carnival this weekend. we now know that 90 arrests have been made so far. on the first day of that carnival , 15 officers, they say, carnival, 15 officers, they say, have been assaulted. fortunately, at this stage, the metropolitan police say that none have suffered any serious injuries. but there were three stabbings. a 32 year old woman in hospital with a life threatening conditions. a 29 year old man also in hospital