to just come clean? >> middle east to just come clean.7 >> middle east tinderbox western intelligence services are on high alert after israel carries out a wave of pre—emptive strikes across southern lebanon , strikes across southern lebanon, they say, to thwart a large scale rocket attack by hezbollah. now, nato allies fear serious escalation and manslaughter on the med. >> the captain of the doomed british superyacht is investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck after the sicilian tragedy left seven dead. and it's a very special day for tom harwood is a very special day and i've got a little present for you. >> you hid it so well, emily. i had no idea. it's that that is cracking you. wow. yeah. no, this is this is absolutely . this is this is absolutely. >> brandish your weapon.

>> brandish your weapon. >> yeah. this is probably going to be illegal in britain soon. there we go. it is. it is my birthday, it is also michael gove's birthday. >> oh, well, there you go. michael gove's birthday. mother theresa michael birthday. happy birthday, mother theresa and macaulay culkin and macaulay culkin. well, there you go. you share a birthday with some of the greats. i do, but yes, colin, the caterpillar. i mean , colin, the caterpillar. i mean, other caterpillars are known for children's birthday parties, but we thought it was fitting for tom because apparently it's his favourite. i do, i do like i asked his mum and he said yes. she said it's his white chocolate . chocolate. >> it's the white chocolate that i just, i very, very much. >> well i'll cut you a slice for the break and. well you pick one, you pick which face you can have the face. of course you can have the face. of course you can have the face. and we'll be getting to serious. we will be getting to serious. we will be getting to serious news. and while he's eating that, i'll let you know that. please do get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay. what do you make of this, cronyism. oh, dear, don't don't look at him. this this is why you shouldn't eat on air. really? isn't it? this cronyism with animals or children? i mean, how

how did a pass a number 10 security pass? that's the top pass. really get into the hands of a labour top donor. it's all rather curious. we're going to speak to a number of people about this and find out whether keir starmer should just come clean and say, who on earth authorised this pass? was it him himself that did so? it may well have been the top guy, our prime minister. we shall find out more. so stick with us this afternoon while tom eats his bit of cake. but it's the headlines with sophie reaper . with sophie reaper. >> good afternoon. it's 12:03 whilst tom enjoys his cake. here are the top stories from the gb newsroom. a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people taken to hospital. home secretary yvette cooper thanked firefighters and other emergency workers for their bravery and swift response. she said my thoughts

are with all those affected by the major incident in dagenham. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety advisor ryan evans. the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the news agency reuters. when the hotel they were staying at was struck on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. the strike also put two other journalists in hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition . this a serious condition. this morning, german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of solingen has been named as isa al h. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state. italian prosecutors have placed the

captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of sicily last week, under investigation. it's been reported that james cuckfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel sinking led to the deaths of british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman being left in a life threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first day of the event. a heavy police presence is now expected today for the main parade as it passes through the streets of west london. over in the middle east, tensions have escalated between israel and hezbollah after an exchange of fire on both sides, the israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes in southern lebanon early yesterday morning, saying it believed hezbollah was planning to carry out an attack of its own. the iran backed militants then launched drones at israel, allegedly in response

to the killing of one of its top commanders in an airstrike on beirut last month. in response to this. british foreign secretary david lammy has urged restraint on both sides . that's restraint on both sides. that's all for your latest headlines . all for your latest headlines. back to tom and . emily. back to tom and. emily. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:06 now. a blaze continues to cause havoc in dagenham after a tower block was engulfed in flames. >> yes, a very dramatic scenes , >> yes, a very dramatic scenes, 45 engines and around 225 firefighters were called to this major incident in east london,

with more than 100 people having to be evacuated and two taken to hospital. >> well, the home secretary, yvette cooper, has been praising emergency services for their bravery and swift response. >> yes . so this bravery and swift response. >> yes. so this all happened in the very early hours of this morning around 2:30 am, as you can imagine, it must have been absolutely terrifying for those who were likely sleeping at the time in that very tall block there. it was covered in scaffolding and we should mention these are live pictures how. >> now. >> firefighters still on the scene, still dousing the building in flames in water. as those as those flames are being put out. as those embers continue to smoke and burn. but yes, clearly a swift response from the fire service in this instance. but questions to be asked about about how this happened and frankly , concern happened and frankly, concern too around the scaffolding that engulfed the building and

whether that put it at risk. >> yeah, i mean, apparently the london fire brigade , they've london fire brigade, they've said that the building mixed use residential and commercial building, was known to have a number of fire safety issues. we don't know if the scaffolding was up there to try and improve the condition of the cladding , the condition of the cladding, condition of the building, to make it more fireproof or not. we don't know yet if the scaffolding was the reason why it went up in flames so quickly. but yes, apparently the services were on the scene within within about five minutes. >> it's impressive, especially as it was overnight. i mean, thank goodness in some ways it was overnight. there's a nursery on the ground floor of that building which which could have been a very , very concerning been a very, very concerning situation had it had it been operational. well, absolutely. >> thank goodness for that . but >> thank goodness for that. but the apparently, according to a planning application from last year , it was covered this year, it was covered this building in what's called non—compliant cladding. well, we know cladding has been a very controversial issue in this country for a number of years.

many high rises , being found to many high rises, being found to have cladding that simply isn't good enough. basically so those are the scenes, very disturbing . are the scenes, very disturbing. >> interesting to see that that water is still being poured on at quite the rate that was live pictures there from dhaka. >> yes. so the local council will have to find temporary accommodation, perhaps for the 100 people who've been evacuated because it looks , well, because it looks, well, unhospitable, that's for sure . unhospitable, that's for sure. well, we'll bring you any updates on that story as and when we understand there have been no deaths, no one has lost their lives as a result of this. but i believe there are a couple of people in hospital as as a result of that fire. >> now, in other news, is the honeymoon period for officially over for the new prime minister, sir keir starmer? >> well, he's facing fresh cronyism allegations after it emerged that major labour party donor lord waheed alli was given a downing street security pass despite not having a formal job on the premises. >> well, on top of that, sir keir starmer is being accused of

laying the foundations of breaking election promises on both tax and public spending after he claimed that things will get worse before they get better , adding that fixing the better, adding that fixing the rot left by the conservatives won't happen overnight. >> well, should we discuss this further with gb news reporter adam cherry? adam, there have been questions over appointments to the civil service, a number of labour backers being given plum roles in whitehall. now that there's this issue over this top pass essentially to downing street, which not many people have access to, to a labour party donor who doesn't actually have a job in number 10. what's going on here? >> so, lord waheed alli is a long standing donor of the labour party. in fact, over the last 20 years, he's given around £500,000, including to sir keir starmer personally, actually giving him about 15 to £16,000 to give him a bit of a makeover as he enters downing street. new glasses, new suits and so on.

and the question over this pass is who approved it and why did he have it? now the official spokesman , or rather downing spokesman, or rather downing street sources say he no longer has that pass and he only had it for a few short weeks to have political meetings in number 10 and to organise a party in the garden. that's why it's now been removed . obviously the removed. obviously the opposition, the conservative party, are now going to jump on this and say this is the latest in a series of stories surrounding cronyism within the labour party because, you know, dunng labour party because, you know, during the campaign, the whole point of labour's pitch, or at least parts of it, was that the end it would bring the end of sleaze and cronyism and jobs for mates. so they're licking their lips at this because they think it proves hypocrisy. as you said, there are a couple of other instances over civil service jobs being handed out to those who have very close ties to the party. one of them is ian

corfield, who was supposed to be a director within the treasury as a civil servant until it emerged that he'd given a £20,000 to labour and a few thousand pounds to reeves personally. he has now stepped back following that scrutiny, and there are even questions over whether rachel reeves should be investigated, because for breaching the ministerial ministerial code, because the civil service watchdog, which approved all these appointments didn't know about those donations before they arrived. so that's the context of this. it will continue to build momentum when parliament is back next week because, as i say, the hypocrisy or the perceived hypocrisy or the perceived hypocrisy is what's central to this absolutely fascinating stuff there, adam, particularly this this interesting shift that's happened, perhaps this double speak that we're getting from the government that first this pass was handed to this donon >> there was obfuscation to the sunday papers when this was

being reported yesterday , only being reported yesterday, only for then after they were printed to then suddenly downing street say, oh, the pass has now expired, they could have said that before the journalists went to them. surely >> i suppose so, tom. yeah. i mean, it's always the cover up that gets you, isn't it? if they'd been more honest about this, it might have been a smaller story, that might have been a mistake , perhaps. you been a mistake, perhaps. you know, the a team weren't on over the bank holiday weekend, look, as i say, this is not the first instance of this. they're going to need to get on top of it quickly and explain it quickly. pat mcfadden said over the weekend that you sort of tried to explain it away by saying, look, the past no longer exists and it was only there to facilitate a few meetings with, you know, with, with aides and so on, and also point out that under the previous government, they say that similar arrangements were had with, you know, non—political or other , know, non—political or other, non—civil service people coming in for a short period of time on temporary passes. so that so that's what they'll argue. but whether it sticks , given the whether it sticks, given the hypocrisy angle, is another

question. it's interesting. >> i've been reading some of these reports. one of the non—political people that the tories brought in to the environment department was rachel reeves husband. right now. now chancellor's husband was one of these non—civil service people brought in by. and this is supposed to prove cronyism on the tories side. i don't quite get it, adam, thank you so much for the explainer. it's a remarkable story. >> they're all fishing in, isn't it ? it? >> really is. no, i'm sure this is one that will run and run. let's get some more on the journalistic aspects of this with the political editor at the huffington post, kevin schofield . huffington post, kevin schofield. because, kevin, this is not a good start to the labour party's time in government. it wouldn't be a good start to any party's time in government, but particularly because this was a party that campaigned against sleaze. >> yeah, it's only a few weeks ago really, that keir starmer was talking about coming in and being a clean broom that would

remove cronyism and sleaze from politics. after he said, 14 years of such activity under the conservatives. so no, to put it mildly, it's not a great look at all for labour to be seen , even all for labour to be seen, even all for labour to be seen, even a suggestion to be indulging in the same type of behaviour, and adam is absolutely right there. i think part of the problem here is that labour have not been able to get on top of this story. i mean, i spoke to 1 or 2 people yesterday. today about the waheed alli, story in the sunday times, and there was confusion, basically, one senior minister told me that he had no idea why waheed alli had this passin idea why waheed alli had this pass in the first place, and labour couldn't explain it ehhen labour couldn't explain it either. so, it's all very odd. why did he need a full security passifit why did he need a full security pass if it was only meant to be attending a few meetings? and then why was it taken off him , then why was it taken off him, in the end. so it's all a bit murky, it doesn't smell very good. from a labour perspective.

we're always expecting to see keir starmer out and about tomorrow. he's making a big speech. hopefully he will take a few questions and be able to shed some more light on it. >> but yeah, i mean i doubt that keir starmer is a man who likes to stick to his script, doesn't he? and he's not afraid to , not he? and he's not afraid to, not answer the question directly at least i think that's what we've learned in the last few weeks. and during the election campaign, very much sticks to the script . do you suppose that the script. do you suppose that he might just completely avoid this line of questioning? just pretend it's not really happening and never really, truly address it ? truly address it? >> no, i think they will need to address it. i think there needs to. i mean, it's a fairly straightforward question, you know, why did lord alli have this pass? i think that's something that i think they should be able to explain. and who approved it. was it keir starmer himself who approved it was it sue gray who approved it? you know, these are justifiable questions. and i think we should be getting answers. >> this comes to the core of what's going on in the way that the british state is to some

extent, being reformed behind the scenes . sue gray, this the scenes. sue gray, this character, this pivotal character, this pivotal character in the civil service who turns out has a labour party mp son now was clearly quite a political person all this time in the apolitical civil service now is running keir starmer's operation and is not only bringing donors into downing street. if indeed she's behind this pass, we do not know that. but also appointing political advisers to the civil service in particularly senior civil service roles , propriety and service roles, propriety and ethics. for example, someone brought in from a labour think tank to a relatively senior civil service post. i mean, this stuff is deeply unusual. it's changing the way our civil service works . service works. >> yeah , no, there's nothing >> yeah, no, there's nothing wrong in principle with bringing in outside experts to work in the civil service. >> however, it all needs to be done with full transparency and the commission which approves these appointments needs to be

aware if these individuals gave money to labour in the past, now , money to labour in the past, now, it would seem certainly as far as the treasury official who we were discussing earlier, that wasn't the case. and that may well explain why he no longer has the position that he was given after labour won the election. so yeah, labour have said that all the rules have been adhered to , but it doesn't. been adhered to, but it doesn't. as i said earlier, it doesn't smell very good. it doesn't pass the smell test. really. i think voters who voted labour on the promise of change, who were maybe fed up after 14 years of the conservatives and thought that they were, you know, out of energy. they were a bit sleazy. they'll be thinking to themselves, well, hang on a minute . it all seems to be just minute. it all seems to be just the same, but just with a new party in power. so yeah, labour need to get ahead of this pretty pretty quickly, i think. >> yes. and tomorrow we're going to all be told that things are going to get worse before they get better. kevin schofield, thank you very much indeed. political editor at the

huffington post uk. thank you very much indeed . yes. questions very much indeed. yes. questions will be asked whether they'll be answered. i'm not so sure unless there is you know, a you know, a very easy explanation for all this. i think we know what keir starmer is going to say because they've already put it in the statement. >> he was only there to organise one garden party. it was a temporary pass and that's the end of it. okay. well if that's true, why didn't you say that yesterday? why did you obfuscate to the journalists that asked you about this pass? and only after the story was printed say suddenly he doesn't have the pass anymore? i, i think there's, there's , there's i'm, there's, there's, there's i'm, i'm slightly frustrated in the way that i can see this press conference going. the question will be asked. he'll give that answer. they'll be trying to be follow up questions, and he'll just return to that answer again. and we won't get any closer to the truth is, these political appointments to the civil service that gets me, though, gets my goat. >> i mean, it's supposed to be apolitical. you're not supposed to just, you know, ram it full of your mates. well, i mean, and

we know mockery . we know mockery. >> we know how many troubles boris's mates, you know, we know how many troubles the conservative party had in government trying to get things through the civil service. so many, so many alleged incidences of civil service, resistance of ministers and their civil servants not getting on. we know what happened when liz truss tried to sack one civil servant in tom scholar, then the whole of the system tried to sort of, resist that. and similarly , the resist that. and similarly, the way that dominic raab and civil service interacted, if the tories had just cleared out the civil service and got their own people in, maybe they would have had fewer problems. but but i imagine there would be an almighty uproar, probably a bigger uproar than this. >> and that's why it's important to scrutinise the government, whatever colour it is . now it is whatever colour it is. now it is time for the great british giveaway now, because it's your chance to win £30,000 in cash. you're going to have to hurry though, because lines close at 5 pm. this friday. >> so here's all the details you'll need and how the next winner could be. you >> it's the final week to see how you can win an incredible

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good afternoon. britain. it is 12:25. now for some breaking news. >> yes, the former england manager, sven goran eriksson has sadly passed away aged 76, a hugely , hugely successful man hugely, hugely successful man throughout his career. very sad. we're just hearing he had

pancreatic cancer, and at the beginning of the year he said he only had a year to live at best. so very sad news that he has now passed away aged only 76. we'll bnng passed away aged only 76. we'll bring you some more reaction throughout the show . throughout the show. >> absolutely. across the world as well . clearly loved in as well. clearly loved in sweden, perhaps loved even more in england where he was such a successful manager for the england team. >> yes, indeed. well we're going to move over to the middle east because things are looking pretty dramatic. there's been no agreement in the gaza ceasefire talks that took place in cairo. neither hamas nor israel have agreed to several compromises presented by mediators. well with the conflict continuing, warning sirens were heard across tel aviv as israel's iron dome shot down rockets coming across from southern lebanon. >> joining us now is our national reporter , charlie national reporter, charlie peters. because charlie, there seems to have been pre—emptive strikes, expectations of counter

strikes. this thing could really escalate. >> it could. and the idf described their attack yesterday morning in southern lebanon as a pre—emptive strike, hitting mostly rocket launchers . because mostly rocket launchers. because we estimate that hezbollah, probably the strongest militia group in the world, backed as it is by iran , has over 100,000 is by iran, has over 100,000 rockets and missiles in store with much greater range and capability than those in the gaza strip that hamas has, or indeed that the houthi militia has in yemen. they could hit tel aviv with a sufficient barrage to overcome the iron dome defences. and so the idf said that their 100 jets in southern lebanon yesterday were hitting the launchers. they can't expect to remove all of the missile stockpiles, but they can try and remove the capability that prepares them and launches them into israel. now, we don't know how successful that's been. they reported that they had an adequate number of strikes, some casualties reported in southern lebanon. on the hezbollah side , lebanon. on the hezbollah side, though their strikes earlier in the morning, they killed a

israeli sailor who was struck by some debris from an interceptor that was launched to tackle a missile coming over the border. but they didn't have any direct impacts on any military bases, to according the idf. we've not been able to verify those claims. there is often, as in many cases in modern warfare, a swift movement to cover the communications and media outcomes from these attacks because they can strike a lot of fear into the hearts of the civilian population. if you see your nation's missile defences being overrun so rapidly as they they were in october, now this comes in the backdrop of slightly more precarious diplomatic scenario in cairo, where the qatari and egyptian mediators linking washington with hamas and israel have failed to achieve the breakthrough that washington were teasing quite aggressively in the earlier weeks. in august, the beginning of july, there were several possibilities on the table. none of those appeared to have been agreed on, appeared to have been agreed on, a couple of red lines being breached on both sides and israel. they are not happy with

some of the proposed prisoners being released. they think that some of them are too dangerous, and they're also not keen on the proposals to remove the idf from the so—called philadelphia corridor, which is a nine mile stretch of land in the south of the strip. hamas are concerned about the screening of people returning to north gaza. they think this is an unacceptable red line as well. so all things off the table on that front, and it does appear that this ten month war is set to continue and, charlie, for those who aren't okay with all this, who exactly are hezbollah? >> how mighty are their are they and what exactly are their aims in the region? >> well, hezbollah is the iran backed shia militia group in lebanon. they are possibly the most powerful militia group in the world, actually, almost certainly they are. they are the most dominant force in lebanon as well, a fractured and splintered society with so many different groups sunnis, christians, shia, a druze socialist coalition as well. this diverse and fractured society is quickly and easily

overrun by iran backed groups in particular lebanon. what is their goal? what is their ambition? their stated goal is to destroy israel, and they have been attempting to do this on and off for many decades since they had in power. >> and yet charlie , they haven't >> and yet charlie, they haven't been and there hasn't been this war on two fronts, which is the fear from the start of this with hamas in the south and hezbollah in the north. so far, israel has only has avoided war with hezbollah as well, despite the group being intent on the destruction of israel. it's a cunous destruction of israel. it's a curious sort of balance that we've seen. >> can israel fight a war on two fronts? it is a multi—front war already, really, in terms of the competing concerns they had. there was a strike in the golan heights earlier today by the sea of galilee from syria, potentially. so, so many different fronts and also missiles and drones coming in from yemen. israel is still under siege. those skirmishes on the northern border with lebanon have been intense. but as you say, tom, have yet to reach the threshold of all out war. that's relief for both sides. now, both

sides saying the first phase is over of these attacks from sunday. the iranian foreign minister this morning said that they've still not made their response to haniyeh ismail being killed at the end of july. he was hamas leader of their political bureau. so there is still that fear that it could escalate and what might that mean for britain? well, there are tens of thousands of people with british passports in lebanon in beirut in particular. the country, as i said, is fractured. it's splintered. it's also in crisis. it's been on an economic downturn for many years. the beirut port explosion in august of 2020 really exposed how weak its civil society and its state is. there are thousands of troops, british troops in cyprus on standby, ready to move should a national evacuation order be called . if evacuation order be called. if this war escalates and thankfully at the moment it doesn't look like it will, then britons will be on the biggest airlift that this country has seen since the afghanistan crisis of 2021. >> well, there you go. we'll speak to you a little bit later because there's so much to say on this. i understand that iran is saying that essentially this

attack shows israel has no deterrent power left, whatever that means . exactly. but we'll that means. exactly. but we'll get into that a little bit later on. charlie, thank you very much. charlie peters, our national reporter. >> well, this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. lots more coming up on today's show , coming up on today's show, including the very latest on these reports out of italy. the captain of that super yacht could be being investigated for manslaughter. that's after the news with . sophie. news with. sophie. >> thank you. tom, it's just after 12:30. now for the latest headunes after 12:30. now for the latest headlines from the gb newsroom. some breaking news in the last few moments, former england manager sven—goran eriksson has sadly died, aged 76. it was revealed that he had pancreatic cancer at the start of the year, as he said he had a year to live at best. the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high

profile clubs such as man city benfica, roma and fiorentina . a benfica, roma and fiorentina. a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people being taken to hospital. a resident of the building described the incident as very terrible, and said he was coughing up black from the smoke. home secretary yvette cooper has thanked firefighters and other emergency workers for their bravery and swift response. she said my thoughts are with all those affected by the major fire incident in dagenham this morning. german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of solingen has been named as isa al h. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state. italian

prosecutors have placed the captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of italy last sicily last week, under investigation . it's been investigation. it's been reported that james cockfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel sinking led to the deaths of british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety advisor ryan evans. the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with news agency reuters when the hotel they were staying at in kramatorsk in ukraine was struck by the missile on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. the strike also put two other journalists in hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition and closer to home. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one

woman being left in a life threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and almost 100 arrests were made on the first day of the event as the main parade starts to get underway today. a heavy police presence is expected on the streets of west london. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward alerts

>> good afternoon britain. it's 12:38. and back to that breaking news. sadly, the former england manager sven—goran eriksson has died at the age of 76. >> yes, it was revealed that he had pancreatic cancer at the start of the year. he said he had a year to live at best. now

the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team. in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city, benfica, roma and fiorentina. >> well, joining us now is the sports broadcaster aidan magee, because aidan simply a huge, huge figure in football. >> yeah he was. tom good morning to you both by the way. yeah. you have to consider where engush you have to consider where english football was when sven—goran eriksson was appointed back in the early part of 2001. a few english candidates had tried. we'd had terry venables, we'd had kevin keegan, we'd had glenn hoddle, and it was felt that maybe an overseas voice, an overseas set of eyes, was needed for a very talented group of players that were coming through. and you have to say that in the early part of 2001, he started extremely well. within a few months, he'd notched that magnificent victory in munich against germany, which all but qualified england for the world cup the following year. but then the cracks started to appear, i

suppose in the 2002 world cup, he didn't really show the tactical nous that was necessary. during that quarterfinal against brazil. he was famously pictured on the side of the dugout with his hand on there. and then i think afterwards, i think it was one of the players who wasn't wasn't actually identified. and although i have no idea who it was to put it in the political vernacular, they said in the dressing room at half time they were expecting winston churchill, but instead they got iain duncan smith. and then after that, though , they went to after that, though, they went to the euro 2024. again, some notable victories. but he kind of on the pitch. he suffered the same kind of well, he befell the same kind of well, he befell the same unfortunate situation that other managers before and since have have come across. and that's that they were beaten on penalties. but there were more highlights than i think there were . there were lowlights. i were. there were lowlights. i think there were the scandals as well. you have to consider, you have to you have to remember that there were indiscretions off the pitch, namely with faria alam, who worked at the fa, and ulrika jonsson back in 2002, which i don't really think affected england's preparations for the 2002 world cup. but

nonetheless he was seen to be quite, quite an avuncular figure, quite a bit of a i don't know what's the best way to. i interviewed somebody once who played for him when he played for mexico . he was only a young for mexico. he was only a young player and i said to him, i see your eriksson's taking over as the mexico coach . and he said, the mexico coach. and he said, he looked at me and said, casanova, that guy was a fella called santos who played for, he played for tottenham hotspur. but as i say, he brought through some memorable players. one one might if you put a critical eye over his reign, you might say, well, look, he had the famous golden generation akin to what we've got today david beckham, steven gerrard, wayne rooney, ashley cole, john terry, rio ferdinand , etc. and he couldn't ferdinand, etc. and he couldn't quite lift england over the line but nonetheless celebrated in this country. and he'll be fondly remembered. there's no question about that. >> yeah, an absolute icon of the sport. i mean, how many songs and chants were sung, especially especially for him when he was managing our national team in england. but we knew that he was unwell, a short battle with

pancreatic cancer. and he told the world, didn't he, that he, he thought he only had a year at best. >> yeah. he turned out to be exactly right. i mean, i recorded an obituary for gb news back in, back in january, so. yeah, i mean, he said inside a yean yeah, i mean, he said inside a year, he got it exactly right. but the dignity he showed in, in recording interviews and inviting all his players over to see him in sweden, he lived just on an island there on a massive ranch, and his family were around him as we know. we knew from the weekend that he was struggling and he was very unwell. but it was interesting that just prior to the euros, it was a tv company went over there and, and recorded some of his players going back to, i think david beckham went to, went to see him and a lot of his other england players as well, and they held him in high regard. there's no question about that. i mean, you have to say that some of those questions, some of those players, particularly michael owen, david beckham, they had their england, their england careers really launched under sven—goran eriksson. it was it was under him that they really hit their straps. >> and of course, bursting onto the stage as england manager. it was the early successes that

perhaps painted his his time as manager that that five one win against germany, you mentioned early on a pretty incredible, world cup qualifier match back in back in 2001. >> i remember it very well. i mean, the game before that, they they put in quite a limp performance at home to holland in a, in a friendly. but he was always very clear friendlies are for experimentation. that's where you try your players out. it's the really big games that matter and the odds were stacked against england, although england were quietly confident, as i remember. but a win over germany back then was extremely rare to go to their backyard, fall behind early on to a carsten jancker goal, and then for owen to rattle in that hat trick and steven gerrard and emile heskey to add to the other goals as well, was one of the. well, i would say the standout memory of most people's england supporting lives. i would have thought and will will always have, that nobody will ever be able to take that away from him. >> and, sven, i mean, it's

amazing looking at his , his amazing looking at his, his career, just how many teams all over the world he's managed . over the world he's managed. really. he was clearly respected . really. he was clearly respected. absolutely. globally. his most recent role as a director at a swedish club, karlstadt, that was the one he left due to health reasons . was the one he left due to health reasons. he's been working on this his entire entire life. >> he there was a big english influence in his coaching. the irony is that although england recruited him in order to bring, like a continental flavour to our football, he'd learned from engush our football, he'd learned from english coaches. he was very good friends with roy hodgson because roy hodgson worked in sweden in the back end of the 70s and during the 80s. and so he that's why when he, when he got here the fourfourtwo which which characterised england's play which characterised england's play and arguably held us back for a number of years, was something that sven was very sort of wedded to. and players since then have said maybe he needs to tweak the tactics. in fact, we can see the pictures just then on on screen right now of roy hodgson, his great

friend, in the background saying hello. they were rivals in sweden back in the day. and you mentioned karlstad back then . i mentioned karlstad back then. i actually went to karlstad in two thousand and seven for sven's first game in charge of manchester city. and it's interesting because manchester city was an interesting postscript to his england career, because he had a year there before the really, really big money went in there and had a quite successful year, and the next partner of mine actually worked at manchester city at the time, and said that when he left manchester city, he'd been staying at the radisson edwardian hotel in manchester, and he actually purchased for every single member of staff. and i'm talking about 150 people here, a massage treatment at the hotel, which probably would have been about, i mean , i'm not been about, i mean, i'm not saying he wouldn't have got a bulk discount, but it would have been £100 each. i don't know any other manager who's done that for any of his staff. and i'm not just talking about his players, i'm talking about everybody who works at the club. it was magnificent. >> but of course, his time at manchester city really shows the breadth of the highs and the lows that first year there incredible results . man city incredible results. man city bursting its way to the top of

the premier league. but by the end of his his time by, by by 2008, was it that man city was having a real torrid time ? having a real torrid time? massive defeats, some of the biggest defeats of sven—goran eriksson's career. >> it was a one year tom moore. it was a one year period. yes, he did start very well. i'll tell you what, he did well and i covered them. you know, i was just getting into manchester at the time. i was working out of london, but at the time i think about a week before the season started. so in between that friendly and karlstad that i mentioned and the opening day of the season, he had to work with a couple of agents and get his scouting network engaged to sign about 9 or 10 different players to start the following week away to start the following week away to west ham united. and they did it. they recorded a20 win at west ham, and they spent loads of money over the summer as well. west ham it was really improbable victory and it set the tone for the first, certainly until about february, because they weren't. they famously won at old trafford, their great rivals manchester united did the double over them, in fact, but they won at old trafford for the first time since 1974. and that's another feather in his cap that city

will always give him. but yes, as you say, once they'd achieved safety, they did . they did fall safety, they did. they did fall away quite badly in the last few months. but i can tell you now that they were owned at the time by the former pm, the disgraced former thai pm thaksin shinawatra, and the club was in chaos. off the pitch. there was no hope in terms of their ownership. he owned the club for one season and he decided he'd taken a dislike to sven in the latter months . but yeah, i mean, latter months. but yeah, i mean, the last day of the season at manchester, at middlesbrough, rather they lost 8—0, but even in spite of that it was still a very decent, decent return over the course of the season because you have to remember where city were 12 months earlier, where you took over and that wasn't that was pretty much nowhere, to be perfectly honest with you. >> well, thank you very much indeed. aidan magee sports broadcaster, of course. really to great speak to you, what a career. what a career. terribly sad how quickly cancer can take, can take a life, but a career to celebrate, that's for sure. >> well, this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. lots more to come after this

good afternoon britain. it is ten minutes to one now to that breaking and sad news that the former england manager, sven—goran eriksson, has died at the age of 76. >> yes, it was revealed that he had pancreatic cancer at the start of this year , and he said start of this year, and he said he had a year to live at best. >> well, the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city, benfica, roma and fiorentina. >> well, joining us now is sports broadcaster ben jacobs. ben, thank you very much indeed. tell us a little bit about his life and some of the some of the highlights on this. on this sad day. >> well, i think with sven, those of us that have seen the

documentary will have noted almost a goodbye message where he basically said, always remember to smile . and i think remember to smile. and i think back to a little bit earlier, when the ex—footballer didi hamann told a brilliant story which encapsulates sven where they're on a sun lounger by a pool they're on a sun lounger by a pool, and sven walks out with a silver tray and there's two glasses of champagne , and he glasses of champagne, and he walks up to didi hamann and he gives him a glass of champagne, and didi turns around and says , and didi turns around and says, what's this for? what are we celebrating? and sven just replied, life gave him the glass of champagne and walked away. and i think that loss for life and that ability to ignore the noise, which is tough when you're england manager, for example , were definitely traits example, were definitely traits within his personality that made him very unique and special. he was humble, he was dynamic and charismatic. he never forgot anyone's name. he lived his life to the full in terms of football and coaching. all around the world, and also off the field as

well. and the beauty was that very late on, after he said in january that he unfortunately had pancreatic cancer and less than a year to live, he got to manage at his beloved anfield as a lifelong liverpool supporter in a charity game. and that was very special as well. we'll remember him as england manager and manchester city boss. we'll remember that iconic moment when england qualified for the 2002 world cup with that late david beckham free kick against greece and more globally because of how many places he managed in the glory that he managed and the trophies that he won will never be forgotten. let's not forget there was the uefa cup at gothenburg. there were three league titles at benfica, there was a coppa italia . at roma, was a coppa italia. at roma, there was a serie a with lazio . there was a serie a with lazio. so success on and off the field a humble and passionate guy and somebody that always tried to live life with the full and smile at the same time. >> and of course, in some ways his life encapsulates,

encapsulates in a funny sort of way , england's footballing way, england's footballing history. to some extent these highs, but also these lows. funny for the first foreign manager of england to encapsulate so much of that . encapsulate so much of that. >> yeah, the major tournaments he wasn't really able to take england towards finals or semi—finals. it was three quarter finals at major tournaments , had a great tournaments, had a great qualifying record, but he was groundbreaking coming in as a foreign manager. also, the first swedish manager in the premier league as well, with manchester city during a difficult time under tough ownership . but he under tough ownership. but he found a way to enjoy what he loved doing without getting sucked into media headlines. and make no mistake, he made a lot of them in football terms and at times with his personal life as well . well. >> but there was always ben, thank you so much for joining us. we'll have to leave it there. but thank you very much. sports broadcaster ben jacobs, this is good afternoon britain. we're on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show, including a few problems for the

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temperatures largely staying in double figures . so it's a wet double figures. so it's a wet start to the day on tuesday across scotland , with outbreaks across scotland, with outbreaks of heavy rain. there could be some local disruption, particularly across western and southern areas. we've seen quite a lot of rain here over recent weeks. some tricky travelling conditions with the heavy rain pushing north and eastwards. temperatures in the mid teens, rain starting to clear. northern ireland, some heavy bursts possible and that rain also extending into northern england, western fringes of wales and later the west country. but much of england and wales, starting the day dry with plenty of sunshine as we head through the day, this weather front just slowly pushes a little further south and eastwards, clearing northern ireland, brightening skies here. a few showers also for northern and western parts of scotland, but the remaining rain remains across southern scotland, northern england, wales down into the west country. here, quite cool and breezy to the southeast of this warm and sunny temperatures, reaching 2526 celsius, fresher behind it. temperatures generally in the high teens through into the evening time on

tuesday. this weather front just stalls and stays across parts of south—west england, wales, the midlands, northern england. further heavy bursts possible and then over the next few days, well temperatures peak on wednesday around 29 celsius and then cooling as we end the week. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers

>> well . >> well. >> well. >> well. >> well good afternoon britain. it is now 1:00 on wednesday. on monday, wednesday monday the 26th of august. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood. well, coming up on the show today, former england manager sven—goran eriksson has died at the age of 76. it was revealed that he had pancreatic cancer at the start of the year. he said he had a year to live at best labour cronyism. >> well , labour cronyism. >> well, starmer is under pressure to reveal who authorised the downing street

security pass for a millionaire donon security pass for a millionaire donor, all amid growing mates rates. rail running through the government. is it time to come clean and middle east tinderbox western intelligence services are on high alert after israel carries out a wave of pre—emptive strikes across southern lebanon. >> they say, to thwart a large scale rocket attack by hezbollah. nato allies fear serious escalation manslaughter on the med. >> the captain of doomed british super yacht is investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck after the sicilian tragedy left seven dead. >> lots of you getting in touch about this labour cronyism stuff. there's quite a lot of comments saying, well, what do you expect? every government is the same. they all do this, whatever colour they are. they've all got their, you know,

snouts in the trough and willing to, you know , give people who've to, you know, give people who've given money to their party a little bit of a, you know, a little bit of a, you know, a little bit of perks. >> oh, that is certainly true. the number of members of the house of lords who happen to have donated a lot of money to all the big parties is certainly to some extent doesn't pass the sniff test. but what's different here is people aren't being appointed to sort of political positions, aren't being political advisers or members of the house of lords or, or plum roles in, in x, y and z that are political positions. this is supposed to be the impartial civil service. that's what's so particularly different about what's going on here. this is supposed to be the very machinery of government and what would still be running the government . were there a change government. were there a change in government? are they trying to set roots in here so that whatever government we elect, it will only follow a certain set of tram lines ? of tram lines? >> well, i mean, it would be a move, wouldn't it? it would be a

move. it makes sense. anita says labour accused the tories of letting their friends in. sorry, labour and their double standards at it again. they're going to get worse. not because of the tories but themselves. laboun of the tories but themselves. labour, with their lies, already started trying to blame everything on the conservatives. well, that's one point of view, certainly. i mean, it will be interesting to see when keir starmer is actually asked about these things by the media, by these things by the media, by the opposition, what he'll actually have to say and whether it will all stack up and make sense . sense. >> but this is the problem. the conservatives. there is no opposition. >> there is no opposition. >> there is no opposition. >> there is no opposition. >> the main opposition party in parliament is rudderless and leaderless. they're not going to have a leader until october. how much more stuff is the government going to basically get away with, without rishi sunakin get away with, without rishi sunak in beverly hills? well, there you go. >> well , there you go. send your >> well, there you go. send your views and post your comments. visit gbnews.com forward slash your say. please do let us know what's on your mind today. but let's get the news with sophie reaper. reapen >> thank you emily. it's 1:03

>> thank you emily. it's1:03 now for the top stories from the gb newsroom. some breaking news in the last half an hour. former england manager sven—goran eriksson has sadly died aged 76. a statement made by his family made the announcement this afternoon stating after a long illness, sven—goran eriksson died during the morning at his home surrounded by family. the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city, benfica, roma and fiorentina . now, prince william fiorentina. now, prince william has led the tributes to eriksson , has led the tributes to eriksson, saying sad to hear about the passing of sven goran eriksson. i met him several times as england manager and was always struck by his charisma and passion for the game. my thoughts are with his friends and family, a true gentleman of the game . it's now been the game. it's now been confirmed that everyone has been accounted for. after a major incident was declared following

the break out of a fire overnight at a block of flats in dagenham, over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people being taken to hospital. london fire commissioner andy roe has said a full investigation into the fire and its cause will now get underway. he said we know there will undoubtedly be concerns around the fire safety issues present within the building, and this will form part of our report . a british man killed by report. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety advisor ryan evans. the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the news agency reuters , when the hotel they reuters, when the hotel they were staying at was struck by a missile on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death, and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. this morning, german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of solingen

has been named as isa al h. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state. italian prosecutors have placed the captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of sicily last week, under investigation. it's been reported that james cuckfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel sinking led to the deaths of british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman being left in a life threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first day of the event. heavy police presence is now expected today for the main parade as it passes through the streets of west london over to the middle east. tensions have escalated between israel and hezbollah after an exchange of fire on both sides. the israeli military

carried out a series of airstrikes in southern lebanon early yesterday morning, saying it believed hezbollah was planning to carry out an attack of its own. the iran backed militants then launched drones at israel and allegedly in response to the killing of one of its top commanders in an airstrike on beirut last month. in response to this , british in response to this, british foreign secretary david lammy has urged restraint on both sides. meanwhile, closer to home, sir keir starmer is set to give a speech tomorrow in which he is expected to say things will get worse before they get better. it's believed the prime minister will say he wants to be honest with people, whilst outlining what he calls the rubble and ruin left by the conservatives. this comes after chancellor rachel reeves warned last month of a £22 billion black hole created by the previous government. meanwhile, one of labour's biggest donors, waheed alli, was given a temporary security pass to downing street, bringing about claims of government cronyism. a spokesperson for the prime minister has said the pass was given to alli whilst he helped

organise a post—election event, but that it was handed back several weeks ago and something like to finish on. the world's oldest man has turned 112 today. john tinniswood was born in liverpool on this day in 1912, and says the secret to his long life is just luck. that, along with his weekly portion of fish and chips, asked how he feels to be turning 112, he told the guinness world records in all honesty, no different. i don't get excited over it . that's get excited over it. that's probably why i've reached it. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm sophie reaper more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> tributes are coming in after the death of sven—goran eriksson

was announced aged just 76. now the prince and princess of wales are leading these tributes to the former england manager. they say sad to hear about the passing of sven—goran eriksson. i met him several times as england manager. always struck by his charisma and passion for the game. my thoughts are with his family and friends. a true gentleman of the game . w for gentleman of the game. w for william there. that's prince william's tribute that he's just posted on social media. >> well, it was revealed that sven had pancreatic cancer at the start of the year , as he the start of the year, as he said he had a year to live at best. the swedish national, of course, became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city, benfica, roma and fiorentina. >> well, joining us now is gb. news, sports presenter paul coyte paul. a very sad day of course, for sven's loved ones, but also for sports fans the world over . football fans of world over. football fans of course. an absolute icon of the

game . game. >> yeah, he's an icon of the game. and the interesting thing, emily, is that it's almost that we are hearing the tributes twice because it was back in january, like you said , that it january, like you said, that it was announced or he announced that he'd had pancreatic cancer and said, you know, at best i've got a year. and that's when tributes come in. and i think it's probably almost for him. it's nice. well, for anybody to be able to see those tributes before you pass away because nobody ever sees these. you know, we're going to be doing the same thing as we were saying in january. we'll talk about him as an england manager. we'll talk about him as a very successful european manager. but we've already done it in january. and then it was just a matter of time. there's a documentary that's come out recently as well, where sven talks and says, you know, i want to be remembered with smiles. and i think that's how most people will remember him, he is spoken about a lot still, although success did elude him when he when he actually took the job at england . yes. he got the job at england. yes. he got to three quarterfinals of major

championships, but it was with that golden generation that people still talk about today with the, the lampards, the gerrards, the beckhams. that really never quite achieved probably what they should have done, although in his career he certainly did achieve, but unfortunately for not england when it came to lifting trophy. >> although there were those standout, spectacular england results five one against germany in 2001 that can never be taken away from him. that is something that will be seared onto the memory of any football fan. >> yeah, i think there's a few perfect england performances that we look back over the years and think, if only it was like that the whole time. and that was one of those 2001 in germany. playing over there. nobody really gave england a hope. and you're thinking, well, how is this going to go? and in munich , at the olympic stadium, munich, at the olympic stadium, where they lifted the world cup in 1974, and england under sven absolutely tore them apart , and

absolutely tore them apart, and obviously the fact that it was germany , every and everybody germany, every and everybody enjoyed that so much. so that was one of the great performances, in the south korea, japan world cup 2002, there was the win against argentina, which was that first real payback from the hand of god and diego maradona. so that was a great result . and that was was a great result. and that was david beckham scoring that penalty, but again , it was they penalty, but again, it was they all were there. there were a few and far between. but not as many as maybe we would have hoped for though, for england. >> well, thank you very much indeed. paul coyte gb news, sports presenter. thank you very much for your time. reflecting on a on a sad day, now we're going to move to some news overnight in dagenham. a blaze there continues to cause havoc after a tower block was engulfed in flames. as you can see there, the picture. huge amounts of emergency services on the scene. >> yes, 45 engines and around 225 firefighters were called to the major incident in east london, with more than 100

people having to be evacuated from the building, with several taken to hospital. >> yes, the home secretary, yvette cooper. she's been praising emergency services for what she calls their brave and swift response. >> well, we're joined now by steve dudeney, a former borough council commander at the london fire brigade. because steve, clearly it looks like the fire bngade clearly it looks like the fire brigade were very swift in their response to this. and no doubt saved lives today . saved lives today. >> yeah. that's right. good afternoon. i think, from so knowing where that is, there is a fire station nearby. but because the building would have been known by london fire brigade as a building that needed cladding remediation as soon as they started getting multiple calls to that 999 calls to that incident, they would have sent ten fire engines straight away. the initial call would have been upgraded to ten fire engines, and the on arrival of the first incident commander, i would have expected he probably would have doubled that

probably would have doubled that probably within the first 20 minutes to 20 fire engines , minutes to 20 fire engines, because he knew that building would have had a simultaneous evacuation in place because of the cladding, because it needed remediation. the existing stay put policy that belongs to , put policy that belongs to, generally speaking, blocks of flats would have been suspended. the building would have had a fire alarm put in it, and then, of course, the evacuation would have been the priority for the first arriving crews, who would have had to have got up on every floor. so simultaneously they would have started an attack on the fire. but other crews would have immediately been deployed inside the building to assist that evacuation . that evacuation. >> and steve, have you ever in your career been involved in something on this scale? what appears to be the entire tower block affected by a by a huge fire? >> yeah, i mean, very sadly , >> yeah, i mean, very sadly, towards the end of my career in the last year, i attended grenfell tower, which was the worst fire anyone in living

history. i'd, i'd done 30 years service by that time, and it really was, but i've attended hundreds of because i spent most of my time serving in east london, where there's a lot of high rise buildings. i've attended hundreds of fires in high rise buildings and very occasionally as as we saw with grenfell tower, lakanal house and with this fire, you do get a fire that does spread beyond the initial compartment as we call it, the initial flat. and then you do get a catastrophic fire, although in this case, thankfully, the evacuation work, the amazing response from lfb, the amazing response from lfb, the everyone was i believe i've just looked at lfb have now updated recently to say everyone's accounted for, but i know by the early hours they'd successfully completed all of the fire fire survival guidance calls where people were ringing in saying they were trapped in their flats, and then lfb were able to deploy crews to bring

them out so that that evacuation was effected. really quickly, thankfully, thankfully very quickly. >> that's a huge relief that everyone is now accounted for in that building. i'm sure family and friends were absolutely horrified to see the footage of that. >> yes, and steve just just lastly, obviously change the change in sort of guidance here. how what was initially a remain in situ policy is now suspended for instances like this, have the right lessons been learnt? is this a is this perhaps a despite the dramatic images and the terrible loss of property, though thankfully no loss of life? is this a sign that lesson the right lessons have been learnt from grenfell ? learnt from grenfell? >> i think so, yeah. i mean lfb have done amazing work so national fire chiefs council have obviously picked up on this for the whole of the uk. but i know lfb have, i mean there's no taking away of the absolute

bravery shown by individual firefighters on the night of grenfell tower, but the organisation realised pretty quickly that there was some learning to be done and that that has done. there's been new equipment, new procedures, new training and certainly as a as a consultant now working closely with high rise landlords outside , with high rise landlords outside, it's working closely with lfb . it's working closely with lfb. we are providing them with plans so that on their arrival, they know exactly what the status of the building is, where the vulnerable people might to be much to much more enable them to better, better react to fires like this. even though the majority of fires over the last 60 or 70 years in high rise buildings are unknown because many thousands of them have been fought successfully, at least now when they do go wrong, when things are amiss, the fire service have learnt a lot. they know how to respond properly now and more strategically than just looking at it as an individual

fire. they're looking at what the building might do and they've also got the plans in place that that all people like me work with organisations to really bring, bring that those two worlds together . two worlds together. >> well, thank you very much indeed for your time and for sharing your expertise with us and your experience. steve dutton, a former borough commander at the london fire brigade, very interesting indeed. so he's been to hundreds of fires in buildings like this. incredible bravery. yeah. incredible bravery. yeah. incredible bravery. yeah. incredible bravery. yeah >> well, moving on to political matters now is the honeymoon penod matters now is the honeymoon period over for sir keir starmer? the prime minister is facing fresh cronyism allegations after it emerged that major labour party donor lord waheed alli was given a labour a downing street security pass despite not having a formal job on the premises. >> well, this is just the latest in a in a growing list of cronyism rows hitting the labour party after it emerged that several former labour aides, advisers, donors they've been

handed civil service jobs in the new government , handed civil service jobs in the new government, some of them pretty high up. >> and on top of that, keir starmer is being accused of laying the foundations for breaking election promises on tax and public spending after he claimed things will get worse before they get better, adding that fixing the rot left by the conservatives won't happen overnight. >> so elect me another time. only ten years. i need ten years, he says. we're now joined by chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul. i mean, john, what should we make of this cronyism row, particularly with this lord being given a number 10 security pass? he's a big labor party donon pass? he's a big labor party donor. given this pass that not many people get. keir starmer, he's given a sort of he's given two sort of stories on this . two sort of stories on this. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no. >> no. >> well i mean it's not very important is it. >> i mean, we, you know, this this is it paints a picture, doesn't it? no, this this is fluff. and fluff and nonsense. >> i mean, there was there was a serious problem over the appointment as a treasury civil

servant of someone called ian caulfield because rachel reeves had failed to declare that to the to the civil service that he he had donated money to her personally to her office. >> that was a that was a terrible oversight and a big mistake. >> but he i mean, ian caulfield is now now left that job and is just advising rachel reeves informally, which is which is what he should have been doing in the first place. >> but apart from this , it's not >> but apart from this, it's not just it's not just ian caulfield, it's also the now civil servant in the department for science and technology who previously worked as a political adviser for peter kyle when he was in opposition . it's also the was in opposition. it's also the former labour think tank who's now been put in the propriety and ethics team within the civil service. i mean, the list goes on and on and on about labour staffers, labour advisers, labour campaigners, labour donors now in the civil service.

>> well, the tories, the tories have tried to create a big, big fuss about this and, and create a long list. i mean that, you know , lots of lots of outside know, lots of lots of outside experts have been appointed to , experts have been appointed to, to civil service posts in the past, and they will in the future. and that's, that's a good thing, i mean, this is mostly about party activists. >> well, i mean , and as for lord >> well, i mean, and as for lord alli, you know , he's he's a he's alli, you know, he's he's a he's an adviser and friend to the labour leader, >> i mean , he shouldn't have >> i mean, he shouldn't have been given a pass, but i mean, it's not it's no big deal. calm down. john. >> john. there's nothing to see here. nothing to see here. oh! come on. you know , when there's come on. you know, when there's rows over the conservatives, over this sort of thing, you'd have a lot more to say, john. >> no, i wouldn't. >> no, i wouldn't. >> i genuinely wouldn't. >> i genuinely wouldn't. >> i genuinely wouldn't. >> i think the conservatives. the conservatives, appointed a lot of people to civil service posts. i mean, some of whom had had been conservative advisers in the past, some of whom had some kind of politics. but of course, generally a good thing. >> rachel reeves husband, one of

the people the tories appointed to the civil service in defra. i mean, that was an outside, outside expert appointment. it seems that the tories are appointing labour activists as well as the labour party. >> yeah, but i mean and nobody made a fuss about that quite rightly, because there's no fuss to be made. >> no. we should let's concentrate on keir starmer's ridiculous speech tomorrow, where he's going to try and talk the country down and say everything's going to get worse. that's much more important. yeah, i'm not really sure about this. >> i mean, presumably the whole point of telling us that it's all going to get worse is, is, is that he can say, well, you need to vote me in another time so i can finish the job, and if ihave so i can finish the job, and if i have to tax you to the high heavens, then it's all the tories fault and nothing, nothing bad. that's happening is my fault. it's all the tories fault. and i'm the only one i don't understand. john. what's this message really ? this message really? >> well, i mean that that's what he's up to, but i think he's overdoing it because he sounds like , he sounds like like, he sounds like a conservative criticising his own government as things go on

getting worse, he ought to be offering people, a vision of a brighter future. which i gather he is, he is going to try to do. i mean, i imagine the speech is hastily being rewritten. i'm afraid he'll have to leave in the words rot, rubble, and ruin, which i think are ill advised because they've been pre—released to the to the press. >> but, john, is this not is this not starmer repeating the same trick that he did as leader of the labour party? it's something that the brilliant author tom baldwin wrote about in his biography of starmer. he calls it the j—curve, the idea that, and this is something that morgan mcsweeney, the senior adviser to starmer, came up with the idea that you you have to go down before you go up. you have to. so, so starmer took the labour party, just go up, took the labour party down into a dark place with wrangling over constitutional reform and then shot up into the heights of massive majority government. could it not be argued that keir starmer is doing a first year down strike before he shoots us up into the into the heights of

heady electability? >> yeah, well, no it's not. that's not a bad way of analysing, what what he's up to. but he shouldn't be doing the analysis. he should leave that to people like me. i can say things have got to get worse before they get better. but he should say i'm dealing with this tough stuff that i've inherited from the conservatives but things. but but you know, mark my words , things are going to my words, things are going to are going to get better. it'll take it'll take time. it won't be instant. but you know , be instant. but you know, instead of instead of rock rubble and ruin, he ought to be offering a brighter future. >> well, yes, he's going to compare what he's having to do in terms of cleaning up the tories mess with what local communities did in clearing up the mess after the violent unrest we saw, a few weeks ago. >> not a not a great analogy. >> not a not a great analogy. >> no, i mean, i'm not sure about that one. i'm not sure about that one. i'm not sure about that one. i'm not sure about that one. >> yeah, but i think i think thatis >> yeah, but i think i think that is a fair point because i think most people in this country are on the side of the people who came out after the riots. yes. creep up and tidy up and they and they are proud of proud of people who do that and that's, that's a good thing. but

trying to compare that to what the conservative to what the to what the labour government is doing after the conservatives is a bit much. i mean, assuming you know, implying that rishi sunak was running amok, throwing bncks was running amok, throwing bricks at mosques is a little bit like when rishi sunak kept reminding us of lockdown every time he spoke in the election campaign anyway. >> john rentoul, political commentator, chief political commentator, chief political commentator at the independent. thank you very much indeed. >> well, lots more to come. this is good afternoon britain on gb news. we're talking middle east tinderbox next. could this thing swell out of control ?

>> okay. good afternoon britain. it is now 1:28 and there was no agreement in the gaza ceasefire talks that took place in cairo. neither hamas nor israel agreed to several compromises presented by mediators. >> well, with the conflict

continuing , warning sirens were continuing, warning sirens were heard across tel aviv as israel's iron dome shot down rockets coming across from southern lebanon. >> yes, we're looking at live pictures now of that lebanon israel border there. but shall we speak to a research fellow at henry jackson society, andrew fox? andrew, thank you very much indeed for your time . clearly, indeed for your time. clearly, western nations and the middle eastern nations, of course , are eastern nations, of course, are very worried that this may escalate. can you tell us a little bit more about hezbollah, what their aims are in this region, and what exactly is the latest in this conflict? >> of course. so hezbollah are a an iranian proxy organisation. they emerged in the early 1980s in response to an israeli invasion of lebanon that was aiming to counter the palestinian liberation organisation. so it's a deeply, deeply complex backstory . but deeply complex backstory. but since 7th of october, hezbollah have been firing missiles into israel. we've got 60 to 100,000 israelis displaced from the north of israel. they can no

longer stay in their homes because they're not safe. and in the last sort of 24, 48 hours, we've seen an increase in attempted rocket attacks from hezbollah in response to israel killing their military leader, fouad sukh. this is been very, you know, excellently deterred by the israelis. they launched 100 planes two nights ago, and they destroyed thousands of hezbollah rockets and rocket launch sites, and the question now is, what will the next move be? >> hezbollah say that they've they've done all they want to now in in an attempt to revenge sukh. but we'll have to see, you know, how this plays out over the over the coming weeks and months . months. >> it is a deeply concerning situation across the board, particularly because we've seen what israel described as a pre—emptive strike. and then i suppose post emptive strikes as well. obviously, things haven't spilled over to , to the scale of spilled over to, to the scale of warfare that we've seen with hamas, with hezbollah. but this is really on the cards now .

is really on the cards now. >> yes. and it's going to take some diplomatic efforts, i think, to get this to calm down, it's a very difficult thing to say that because israel is in a real bind. they're under attack from six different fronts at the moment. and they can only really deal with one at a time. so they're not going to be able to try and, try and conduct ground operations in lebanon against hezbollah, at least until the gaza war is, is fully completed. i would suggest . i would suggest. >> and what is iran saying? they back this group. they back hezbollah in terms of funding and presumably strategy. what are they saying about all this ? are they saying about all this? >> well, they're keeping pretty quiet. they've had a humiliation of their own. when ismail haniyeh, who was the political leader of hamas, was killed in a bombing in tehran as he was visiting the iranian regime for the inauguration of their new president. so they've been humiliated internationally , and humiliated internationally, and they'll be keen to try and do something against israel in response. but the americans have pushed to aircraft carrier

groups into the region. there's a nuclear submarine there as well, and the white house has been very clear about repercussions for iran if they do decide to escalate in a way similar to the one we saw in april, where they launched 500 rockets and drones at israel, and all but one were shot down. so, you know , iranian options so, you know, iranian options are quite limited here. they don't have the strongest of militaries . their entire militaries. their entire strategy is based around these proxies. they have dotted all around the middle east, so i wouldn't be overly concerned about an iranian direct response at this point. >> that is a reassuring note to end on, i suppose, although of course, the situation remains very, very volatile. andrew fox, really appreciate your time. research fellow at the henry henry jackson society. thank you for your expertise this afternoon. >> yes. well, this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show, including a question i want to put to you about why on earth teachers are being told to learn about whiteness. stay tuned .

whiteness. stay tuned. >> it's just after half past one. now for your latest headlines. some sad news. first of all, former england manager sven—goran eriksson has died aged 76. the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city, benfica profile clubs such as man city, benfica , roma and fiorentina. benfica, roma and fiorentina. prince william has led the tributes to ericsson, saying sad to hear about the passing of sven—goran eriksson. i met him several times as england manager and was always struck by his charisma and passion for the game. my thoughts are with his family and friends. a true gentleman of the game. it has now been confirmed that everyone has been accounted for after a major incident was declared following the breakout of a fire overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people being taken to hospital. london fire

commissioner andy roe has said a full investigation into the fire and its cause will now get underway. he said we know there will undoubtedly be concerns around the fire safety issues present within the building, and this will form part of our report. earlier today, german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of soungen the attack in the city of solingen has been named as eissa al h. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state. italian prosecutors have placed the captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of sicily last week under investigation. it's been reported that james cockfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel's sinking led to the deaths of british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people. those are the latest gb news headlines for

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good afternoon britain. it's 1:38. >> yes . and the prince and >> yes. and the prince and princess of wales. they are leading tributes to the former england manager, sven—goran eriksson, who has sadly passed away at the age of 76. prince william has put out on social media. sad to hear about the passing of sven—goran eriksson. i met him several times as england manager and was always struck by his charisma and passion for the game. my thoughts are with his family and friends. a true gentleman of the game, and he signs it off with w. >> and of course, prince william is the patron of the football association here in england. it was revealed, of course, that sven had pancreatic cancer at the start of the year. he said he had at best, a year left to live. >> yes, the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city,

roma and fiorentina. >> well, joining us now is a sports broadcaster who has spent much of his career in sven goran eriksson's england press conferences. thank you harry. harry harris forjoining us. let's start off with how sven sort of burst into public consciousness at the start of the millennium. here in england, the millennium. here in england, the first foreign manager that the first foreign manager that the england team has ever had. >> well, it was hugely controversial and split opinion , controversial and split opinion, >> i was working on the mirror at the time and very much in favour of the right man. not where he came from or what his nationality was, but it wasn't a view shared by the majority. and when i left the mirror very suddenly and joined the daily express, i invited him to a very long and boozy lunch to the daily express headquarters on the invitation of richard desmond, and got to know him very well indeed. i was there at

his first press conference, of course, but controversy followed him around. he was he was a hugely likeable guy. i liked him very much. a great company, but one of my favourite stories was with alex ferguson, because he was going to leave the england job and had signed a contract to become manchester united manager. ferguson had already announced his retirement. he got wind of eriksson was going to replace him and they did a complete u—turn. that was the actual secret reason why he did actual secret reason why he did a u—turn and stayed on at manchester united. >> oh, really ? tell us a little >> oh, really? tell us a little more about that. >> well , the agent who actually >> well, the agent who actually negotiated the deal told me all about the contract. and sven was very keen to join man united, but you know, i also recommended him even before the england job, to become the spurs manager. and he had a lot of flirtations with engush he had a lot of flirtations with english clubs, he needed join blackburn. in fact, he signed a managed that golden generation with beckhini and many contract for them and he joined managed that golden generation with beckh in fact, many managed that golden generation with beckh in fact, heiny blackburn. in fact, he signed a contract for them and he joined

aston villa, and, you know, he aston villa, and, you know, he had he had a period at notts had he had a period at notts county, which was one of the county, which was one of the most bizarre periods ever. the most bizarre periods ever. the owner, he thought, came in with owner, he thought, came in with loads of money, but it didn't loads of money, but it didn't transpire and he left very transpire and he left very quickly. yes. and there was, quickly. yes. and there was, there was an issue with, with there was an issue with, with non—paid tax and all the rest of non—paid tax and all the rest of it and what was supposed to be a it and what was supposed to be a club that was going to burst club that was going to burst into the premier league and be into the premier league and be the new moneyed success story the new moneyed success story all sort of collapsed. yeah. all sort of collapsed. yeah. well i knew sol campbell very well i knew sol campbell very well . personal friend of mine, well . personal friend of mine, well. personal friend of mine, actually. and, he was, he joined well. personal friend of mine, actually. and, he was, he joined notts county because of notts county because of eriksson's involvement there. he eriksson's involvement there. he was very much involved and he was very much involved and he played for a few games, but played for a few games, but never got paid. so eventually, never got paid. so eventually, he was trying to sue them. it he was trying to sue them. it was it was quite, quite an was it was quite, quite an occasion. the controversy occasion. the controversy followed him around. but, you followed him around. but, you know, obviously there were some know, obviously there were some magical moments with england. no magical moments with england. no one's going to forget that night one's going to forget that night in munich when they beat germany in munich when they beat germany five one. and of course, he five one. and of course, he managed that golden generation managed that golden generation

with beckham and many with beckham and many others in it that everyone believed would succeed. he reached three quarterfinals, very unlucky in the in the euros to go out to portugal on penalties, but you know , no one's managed to crack know, no one's managed to crack the code . not eriksson, not the code. not eriksson, not southgate. no one since ramsey in getting in winning england team. so, it probably came as close as anybody to having a great england team and did give us those magical, magical moments and that hope that the england team has had so very often only, only to, of course, be dashed at quarterfinal after quarterfinal. >> but, but but after the england team, of course we've mentioned some of those some of those clubs that he managed, not just in england or the uk but around the world, but particularly , what was it, two particularly, what was it, two thousand and seven, 2008? man city which was a pretty bumpy ride, but but started

city which was a pretty bumpy ride, but butabouted city which was a pretty bumpy ride, but butabout it. he won no question about it. he won seven trophies in italy, he won the league in italy. and it was because of that that , a very because of that that, a very good friend of mine, brian king, we were talking about it. spurs needed a new manager , and i needed a new manager, and i said, well, what about sven—goran eriksson ? i thought sven—goran eriksson? i thought he'd never come to english football. he said no, no, he wants to come to english football. i rang alan sugar, who had never heard of it, and he appointed christian gross instead. you remember christian gross with his underground ticket, it was a complete disaster. but, eriksson was a phenomenal club manager. no question about it. >> well , thank you very much >> well, thank you very much indeed, harry harris , sports indeed, harry harris, sports broadcaster. you spent much of your career in sven—goran eriksson, england press conferences. thank you very much. great to get your perspective on all of this. now, lots of you have been getting in appeared to gloss over the issu

issues of cronyism issues of cronyism and perhaps sleaze? django says if it was the tories selling security passes for downing street. i mean, you could call it selling security passes in a way, you know, if you're taking lots of money in donations for a new wardrobe, glasses for passes, and then you get yourself passes, get yourself a security pass. >> passes for passes if you're from the north. >> he says the media would be wall to wall coverage of a cash for access scandal. the crooked media in this country is a large reason why we're living in, why we're living in neo—soviet state. strong stuff , pwc says. i state. strong stuff, pwc says. i bet starmer will do his usual and dodge the answer to any questions . and martin says, well questions. and martin says, well done, emily and tom at least challenging something. rentoul clearly wanted to gloss over nothing to see here, although at least rental acknowledges the depressing starmer constantly running down the uk, even when in power. inspirational, yes. i can't say i'm looking forward to this speech tomorrow. it does sound like it may be very depressing indeed. but of course this is all setting up, setting things up for that agree

>> why? decker seems to agree with you. i don't want to hear another address to the nation from starmer. we all know what he's up to. the only variable will be which face he uses to deliver it . deliver it. >> a scathing assessment, i should say, for balance. grumpy grandad says politicians from both the tories and labour have got away with lying to us for years. they do it that often. we've learnt to expect it, almost like it's part of their job. every time they swap places they've got a massive mess to sort out and he goes on. so yes, unimpressed with the with either party. well part of that mess will be talking about after the break. >> yes. the mess of the prices of fish and chips in this country. >> where are you with that? >> this is good afternoon, britain

good afternoon. britain. it is 1:49. >> and according to new figures,

the average price of a portion of fish and chips has now risen to just under £10. and that's a rise of over 50% in the five years to july. gosh, £10. £10 for a fish and chips. it's probably just a small one as well. >> fish and chip shop owners are blaming what they call a perfect storm for the price rise, including soaring energy bills, inflation and geopolitical events. >> i was down in deal in dover yesterday and i didn't get any fish and chips, but there was lots about should we find out more with the owner of whitehead's fish and chip shop, geoff whitehead? geoff. go on, tell us why the price hike in fish and chips is not your fault, >> good old british weather. that's that's not helping. obviously, we're all aware of the fact that we had a really wet summer last year, >> the yield of potatoes was was not the best. so supply and demand dictates , obviously, if demand dictates, obviously, if there is not a great deal of product about the price goes up. he then put into the equation the price of cod and haddock.

obviously we dictated dictated to via the quotas . the quotas to via the quotas. the quotas dropped down the same again . dropped down the same again. supply and demand quotas dropped, prices went up, gas and electric potato prices, fish prices. it's, as you quite rightly said , it's the perfect rightly said, it's the perfect storm. >> it is a pretty astonishing sight to see. just sort of that that sort of totemic £10. i mean, i think most people can remember buying fish and chips for a quarter of that, i mean, what this is, this is sort of seeming over and above the level of inflation that we've seen sort of across the board, on average . average. >> the guys within the industry are all saying the same thing. the general public are still getting value for money when it comes to the takeaways. if you compare it with other takeaways , compare it with other takeaways, it's still the best takeaway out there. it's still the most nutritious takeaway out there , nutritious takeaway out there, but this £10 scenario at the

minute , minute is all. then down minute, minute is all. then down to the portion sizes, the shops out there that are giving you the right sized portion for the right price that they that they are setting. so don't, don't be hoodwinked into thinking that just because it's £10, you're not getting value for money because you most certainly are. oh yeah, certainly. >> i mean, a good fish and chips is something that pretty much everyone enjoys. and there are a lot of people out there who will be willing to pay £10, even more than £10 for a really good fish and chips. i mean, it's absolutely delicious. >> although actually, i have to say, like i suppose the last few times i've i've ordered fish and chips, i've never been able to finish the thing. it's always enormous. so perhaps, perhaps just one. you can share it with a couple of people. >> no, don't tell people that. don't tell people that you'll put a fish and chip shops out of business, but has has business been impacted by the by the price hikes? i mean not your fault. perfect storm of reasons why the prices are going up, but can people afford it? >> obviously, when it comes to

people are being picky if they'll come in, look at the menu, see the different prices and then they'll make the choice thereafter . we put and then they'll make the choice thereafter. we put on an all day special to try and compensate for this. i can't eat a regular fish and chips in my place. it's too big. so i put something on which suited me and it also suits the public. we put out an all day special small fish, a little bit more chips with peas, do that for 6.95. so it's more affordable and you're getting the perfect portion as well. >> yeah, that's quite nice. particularly for lunch maybe. are we getting more innovation in the way that fish and chips are delivered? >> these days? perhaps i've got, in the view of my head, just sort of generic. oh, they just slap a massive battered fish and loads of chips, but there's lots more options starting to they're starting to think outside the box now because they have to go outside. >> fish and chips come along and yeah, yeah. you can't just come along and say, right, i want regular fish and chips. and when you're paying anything from depending on regional variation with prices 10 to £15, you've

got to start thinking out of the box to, to, to make it more enticing. >> jeff, we're just running out of time. so where can people find your shop? >> we're in hornsea . we're about >> we're in hornsea. we're about a three minute walk from the seafront in east yorkshire. >> lovely. well, thank you very much indeed for your time. good luck with the business. geoff whitehead, thank you. thank you. owner of whitehead's fish and chip shop. it's difficult, isn't it? you've got to put the prices up if everything is costing you more. these fish quotas need to be got rid of. >> well, i mean, it's a it's a fraught negotiation. every year with the french isn't it. >> it's it is a fraught negotiation. yeah. after the break, we're going to be checking up on what's been happening at notting hill carnival. it is the third and last day of the festivities that take over part of west london. but it's not all festivities . but it's not all festivities. >> there have been multiple stabbings. one individual remains in critical condition, according to the police. after a pretty frenzied attack, we'll have the details for you. but that's after we take a look at the latest weather forecast .

the latest weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. it's a bit of a northwest southeast split over the next 24 hours. wet and windy weather moving in from the atlantic with temperatures rising in the sunshine towards the southeast. high pressure here, keeping it largely settled, but low pressure moving in from the atlantic will bring some wet and windy weather across northern and western areas for the next few days . across the uk for few days. across the uk for monday evening, plenty of dry weather across england and wales. however turning wetter and windier across northern ireland into scotland as this next weather system moves in. the rain turning heavy as we head into the early hours. the met office rain warning coming into force by the end of the night. southerly winds picking up to, drawing in some warmer temperatures, largely staying in double figures. so it's a wet start to the day on tuesday

across scotland, with outbreaks of heavy rain. there could be some local disruption, particularly across western and southern areas. we've seen quite a lot of rain here over recent weeks. some tricky travelling conditions with the heavy rain pushing north and eastwards. temperatures in the mid teens. rain starting to clear. northern ireland some heavy bursts possible and that rain also extending into northern england, western fringes of wales and later the west country , but much later the west country, but much of england and wales, starting the day dry with plenty of sunshine as we head through the day , this weather front just day, this weather front just slowly pushes a little further south and eastwards , clearing south and eastwards, clearing northern ireland, brightening skies here. a few showers also for northern and western parts of scotland, but the remaining rain remains across southern scotland, northern england, wales down into the west country here. quite cool and breezy to the southeast of this warm and sunny temperatures, reaching 2526 celsius, fresher behind it. temperatures generally in the high teens through into the evening time on tuesday. this weather front just stalls and stays across parts of south—west england, wales, the midlands,

northern england . further heavy northern england. further heavy bursts possible and then over the next few days , well the next few days, well temperatures peak on wednesday around 29 celsius and then cooling as we end the week . cooling as we end the week. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

>> good afternoon britain. it's 2:00 on the 26th of august. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. the former england manager sven—goran eriksson has died today at the age of 76. it was revealed that he had pancreatic cancer at the start of the year. as he said he had at least a year to live at best. >> labour cronyism row. starmer is under pressure to reveal who exactly authorised a downing street security pass for a millionaire donor, amid a growing mates rates row runs

through government. is it time to just come clean? >> middle east tinderbox western intelligence services are on high alert after israel carries out a wave of pre—emptive strikes across southern lebanon. they say to thwart a large scale rocket attack by hezbollah. nato allies fear serious escalation and manslaughter on the med. >> the captain of doomed british superyacht is investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck after the sicilian tragedy left seven dead. and it's a it's a rather big day in west london, in notting hill, the notting hill carnival . the notting hill carnival. apparently a million people will descend on the area . descend on the area. >> gosh, what a bank holiday it is for them. but of course , it's is for them. but of course, it's not all jubilation. there have been some serious policing incidents. of course, a 32 year

old woman who was stabbed yesterday remains in critical condition in hospital and the police are now appealing for further information about any violence that may take place today, which is a remarkable thing for the police to say. >> now i'm in two minds about the whole notting hill carnival because i understand for a lot of people it is a fantastic celebration. people have an absolutely wonderful time. you know, people get all dressed up. they've been rehearsing some of these dances and songs and music, and there's lots of artists there, and it's a nice day out for a lot of people, but it always comes with this spike in violent crime in the area. and you've got, age uk, the charity, for example, working with older residents in the area to essentially ship them out for the weekend so they don't have to put up, presumably with the noise and the mess and the and the risk and the risk and the risk. so i'm just i'm just wondering if there could be a little bit of a compromise, i don't know, some kind of

compromise. but the takeover, a huge residential area and a lot of people think it's, oh, well, you know, it's just rich people who are affected because notting hill, of course, has houses that are worth millions and millions and millions of pounds. but, i mean, if every single shop has to board up its windows, you've got people urinating in, in your garden. >> well, i just want to read this short bit of this statement from, from the dac. r.d. adelakun , a police officer, of adelakun, a police officer, of course, saying yesterday we saw the first day of carnival marred by unacceptable violence. three people were stabbed and we only very narrowly avoided a fatality. this was supposed to be the family day, a celebration suitable for all ages. one of those in hospital, a 32 year old woman whose condition remains critical, was at carnival with her young child. we're tired of tired of saying the same words every year. we're tired of telling families that their loved ones are seriously injured or worse , we are tired of seeing or worse, we are tired of seeing crime scenes at carnival. that

from the police. >> that's quite strong from the police because, you know, the police because, you know, the police have have put out things in celebration of this carnival and you know how positive it is and you know how positive it is and all the festivities and everything like that. but i mean , everything like that. but i mean, with, anyway, we're going to move on because, yes , i can't move on because, yes, i can't speak gbnews.com/yoursay news headunes speak gbnews.com/yoursay news headlines now . headlines now. >> good afternoon. it's 2:03. now for your top stories from the gb newsroom. some sad news to start with. former england manager sven goran eriksson has died aged 76. the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city, benfica, roma and fiorentina. following eriksson's death, prime minister sir keir starmer has paid tribute to the former england manager, saying he was deeply saddened by his passing. he went on to say he will be remembered for his tremendous

contribution to english football, which brought joy to so many over the years. our thoughts are with his family. it's now been confirmed that everyone has been accounted for after a major incident was declared following the breakout of a fire overnight at a block of a fire overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people being taken to hospital. london fire commissioner andy roe has said a full investigation into the fire and its cause will now get underway. he added we know there will undoubtedly be concerns around the fire safety issues present within the building and this will form part of our report . a british man killed by report. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety adviser ryan evans. the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with news agency reuters when the hotel they were staying at was struck on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death, and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. the strike also put two other journalists in

hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition . this a serious condition. this morning, german chancellor olaf scholz laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack has been named as issa al h. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state. italian prosecutors have placed the captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of sicily last week, under investigation. it's been reported that james cuckfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel sinking led to the deaths of british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman, one woman remaining in a life threatening condition. police have also said 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were

made on the first day of the event. a heavy police presence is now anticipated for the main parade as it passes through the streets of west london in the middle east. tensions have escalated between israel and hezbollah after an exchange of fire on both sides. the israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes in southern lebanon early yesterday morning, saying it believed hezbollah was planning to carry out an attack of its own. the iran backed militants then launched drones at israel, allegedly in response to the killing of one of its top commanders in an airstrike on beirut last month. in response to this, british foreign secretary david lammy has urged restraint on both sides. meanwhile, sir keir starmer is set to give a speech tomorrow in which he is expected to say things will get worse before they get better. it's believed they get better. it's believed the prime minister will say he wants to be honest with people , wants to be honest with people, whilst outlining what he calls the rubble and ruin left behind by the conservatives. this comes after chancellor rachel reeves warned last month of a £22 billion black hole created by

the previous government. meanwhile, one of labour's biggest donors, waheed alli, was given a temporary security pass to downing street, bringing about claims of cronyism in the government. a spokesperson for the prime minister has said the pass was given to alli while he helped organise a post—election event, but that it was handed back several weeks ago and something a little bit cheerful now. the world's oldest man has turned 112 today. john tinniswood was born in liverpool. on this day, all the way back in 1912, says the secret to his long life is just luck. that, and his weekly portion from the fish and chip shop. asked how he feels to be turning 112, he told guinness world records in all honesty, no difference. i don't feel that age. i don't get excited over it. that's probably why i've reached it. those are your latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code,

or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:08 now the prince of wales and the prime minister are leading tributes to former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. >> us prince william praised his charisma and his passion for the game, while sir keir starmer has credited and thanked him for a tremendous contribution to engush tremendous contribution to english football and for the joy he brought the nation. >> well, our reporter sophie reaper has been taking a look back at sven's life . back at sven's life. >> sweet moments like this are what sven—goran eriksson will be remembered by. a legend of the game. hailed as one of europe's best managers during his time, he gave england fans moments they'll never forget. away home,

we're not going home. for five years, he managed the england national team, leading the golden generation, including the likes of steven gerrard , david likes of steven gerrard, david beckham and michael owen, just to name a few. in 67 games, he won 40 and lost ten. he was far from a flop , while his tactical from a flop, while his tactical approach was described as pragmatic , it was a key pragmatic, it was a key ingredient to his success, which landed him jobs managing some of the biggest footballing superstars in the world. former england and manchester city, right back danny mills was given his international debut by sven, including a world cup cap in 2002. he says sven brought something different that other managers didn't have. i don't remember sven ever raising his voice, let alone shouting. >> he was very much in the arsene wenger mould of management , arsene wenger mould of management, spoke arsene wenger mould of management , spoke very, arsene wenger mould of management, spoke very, very softly. >> his football knowledge was absolutely incredible. worked with some of the top clubs in

the world. a lot of the top players as well spoke. i would say fluently five languages, probably spoke 7 or 8. >> away from international football, he managed a number of clubs, mainly across europe. there he won five league titles among many domestic cups. while his style may not have been to everyone's taste. his character and treatment of players is something he'll always be admired for . something he'll always be admired for. and now his death has sent ripples of sorrow across the sporting world. sophie reaper. gb news. >> well, there's a look back on sven—goran eriksson's life. as we said, the tributes are flooding. flooding in led by prince william. and of course, the prime minister too. >> well, let's move on now, because italian prosecutors have launched a manslaughter investigation into the captain of the bayesian super yacht

after it sank off the coast of sicily last week, killing seven people. >> now, whilst it's believed that a sudden meteorological event played a large role in the vessel's sinking, the investigation will look into whether there was negligence on the part of the yacht's 51 year old captain, james cutfield . old captain, james cutfield. whether that ultimately caused the deaths of those that perished perished, which included british tech tycoon mike lynch and his daughter, who was only 18 years old. hannah. >> well, let's get the views now of sarah allen, partner at penningtons law , because sarah, penningtons law, because sarah, this, of course, has become a massive, massive story. just how unprecedented was this sort of sinking ? have we seen anything sinking? have we seen anything like this before , like this before, >> no we haven't. i mean, we've heard of storms and hurricanes in the past, but certainly , a in the past, but certainly, a yacht of this size, her proximity to the shore, she wasn't being raced or anything like that. the sails were down,

it wasn't just the suddenness of the storm. it was actually this weather event. we don't know exactly what what that was. and then ultimately, the speed that she sank. i mean, she she went down in such a short period of time. so i think, you know, an absolute tragedy. lots of people are really obviously asking questions as to how this could have so suddenly happened. >> and sarah, before we get into the, the potential criminal investigation, just how safe are super yachts in general. i mean of course lots of very very rich, wealthy people. what they do in the summer months is really to charter one of these mega yachts. and you know, swan off around the mediterranean and the like. how safe are they , the like. how safe are they, >> i think, probably, probably the question is, there's a number of yachts and depending on the type of yacht and the size of the yacht are subject to a lot of, international conventions. this particular yacht, she was over 24m. and as such, has to comply with, higher

standards. she was also commercially coded because i think she was used for chartered. and she was also flagged in the uk. now the uk ship register has something called the red ensign group code. so therefore she will have been, operated to a very high standard indeed. she would have also been built to class standards, and that's called a classification society , and i classification society, and i think she's also, well managed as a yacht with a designated, shore manager. so ultimately, this will have been a yacht that's very well managed. and a number of the yachts that are chartered and used are run very well. >> but i suppose this brings us on to the question of, if the if the yacht was, you know, kept in dock. well it was it fit all of these stringent regulations that you're talking about for, for yachts of size. the question then comes to malpractice to how

how this was being sailed, whether it should have been there. and of course, now a criminal investigation is being launched against the captain. the captain who actually survived this sinking when so often a captain of a ship would want to be the last person to leave that boat. is it standard practice for this sort of criminal investigation to be launched ? launched? >>i launched? >> icant launched? >> i can't sort of talk specifically about this particular incident, but, we've handled myself and as a firm a number of, major total loss casualties of super yachts or slightly smaller, smaller boats within mediterranean waters. and it is a matter of procedure. if you had such loss of life that you had such loss of life that you will usually have some form of criminal investigation that will will follow. and nobody would ever be jumping to any particular conclusions. one will imagine that a very, long investigation will go ahead before there are any, charges even before there are any, charges

ever, ever brought, but ultimately there will be looking at, you know, was this just a fortuity or, you know , fortuity or, you know, potentially negligence, the fact that an accident has happened doesn't mean to say that there has been some, breach or not breach or some criminal or unlawful or failure that that is so reckless that goes beyond that, and then as a uk flagged vessel, she will ultimately the, the british registry. the flag here will be interested in the mib will do investigations and they will look at that solely from a safety aspect and may well make recommendations as to, you know, lessons learned from incidents. i mean, i think i'm, i say i've sailed all my life and have yachtmaster nothing like boats of this size, but we can all look back to events like, you know, when the fastnet race happened, so many years ago in 1979, with considerable losses, that lessons are learnt and things, you know , and things, you know,

improvements can be made. but ultimately, this was a yacht that was at anchor at the time. she wasn't being sailed at the time. and i think insurers and people are becoming much more aware of the suddenness of the storms that are occurring in the mediterranean. i mean , recently, mediterranean. i mean, recently, there was one in formentera and things, but as you say, storms aren't, you know , they they do aren't, you know, they they do happen. and this is an absolute tragedy, but further investigations need to take place. >> well, sarah allen, thank you so much for your expertise on all matters of law around this. really appreciate your time. sarah allen, partner at penningtons law. >> thank you very much. well is the honeymoon, officially over for sir keir starmer? if there was one. the prime minister is facing fresh cronyism allegations after it emerged that major labour party donor lord waheed alli was given a downing street security pass despite not having a formal job on the premises. >> well, this is the latest in an ever growing list of cronyism rows hitting the labour party after it emerged several former labour party aides, advisers and

donors have all been handed civil service jobs in this new government. >> okay, well, we're joined by political correspondent at the spectator, james heale james, what sticks out for you? here we've had these appointments to the civil service. we've now got this party donor being given a top security pass to number 10 without actually having a job there. what's in this story ? there. what's in this story? >> well, i think what really sticks out to me, emily, is what was highlighted in the news bulletins at the top of the hour tomorrow. keir starmer is expected to give a big speech warning of doom and gloom, saying that labour needs not five years but ten years to clear up the mess. the tories have done and insinuating that we're all in this together, trying to solve the big issues facing this country. and yet he's spending today having to talk about this whole row involving waheed alli , a big involving waheed alli, a big donon involving waheed alli, a big donor, one of his biggest donors, who's donated about half £1 million, i believe, to the labour party in recent years about giving him a top security pass to number 10. and really it shows labour on the back foot. and of course it leads to a number of questions, not least, of course, who granted this pass how long he was giving it and

how long he was giving it and how long he was giving it and how long he was operating it for. and of course, i mean also about number 10 and media management as well, which is why do they not address these questions to the sunday times? went for them to comment on friday, and they've now spent three days talking about that, rather than their plan to revitalise britain's economy. >> this is the vital question, james. is it not, that on friday the sunday times went to them with this story? they didn't give a fulsome response. they didn't say anything to contradict the fact that this person had a pass. and then two days later on sunday, they say he doesn't have a pass anymore. i mean, this seems like a change in story or a pretty rapid change in policy over the weekend. >> yes. and i think that anyone who's been following british politics for the last few years ought to know that whoever is in number 10 really does become the story very quickly. and of course, there were stories about dougie smith from the tories having a pass to downing street. in this case, of course, it's partly because they just haven't simply been honest about it. and what the sunday times team have been saying is that we went to them for comment. they seemed to suggest he didn't have a pass. now they say they did have a pass, but that it was only for a

short time a few weeks ago and tried to sort of play down those suggestions. so they sent pat mcfadden their best spinner, out on sunday, to sort of play down. he suggested they might have had a plots in the past, but really, i think. >> sorry, when was this government elected? james? >> yeah, exactly. yeah. 6 or 7 weeks ago, i believe. tom. i mean, in the past, in the past. all these things are very relative, aren't they, tom? so i think the danger is, is this story i don't think is not that substantive in itself. it's a kind of cumulative thing which is really adding up for labour, which is this the story about the jobs morale, the fact that in caulfield for instance, who was a top labour donor, has now had to step down from his job, i think that will really kind of paints a picture at a time when the new government has a short window to try and define themselves. it's the worst possible thing for the labour party. >> yes, indeed. well, thank you very much. james heale, political correspondent at the spectator. great to have you on to talk about all of that. i just love that soundbite. >> oh, he had it in the past in the mists of time. a week ago. >> gosh, don't you sometimes just hate politics? there are lots more coming up on today's show. now, of course, those brutal stabbings in germany , in

brutal stabbings in germany, in soungen brutal stabbings in germany, in solingen in west germany, just a couple of days ago, we're going to be asking whether isis is making a comeback in western europe. stay with

us. well, good afternoon britain. it is now . 223 now the suspect held is now. 223 now the suspect held over the festival terror attack in germany that killed three people on friday night has been charged. >> syrian national issa al h was named as the man accused of carrying out a knife attack in the city of solingen, which left a woman and two men dead. >> well, joining us now is our national reporter, charlie peters, to tell us a little bit more. charlie, what do we know about this prime suspect? >> well, isa al h is the name we've been given. and just a bit of a clarification on that name.

the h is the initial of his surname, but they don't reveal the full surname when there's been a charge or a prosecution in germany, it's their privacy laws. but helpfully they do give you the full name . further you the full name. further details have emerged about this man, this 26 year old. he is a failed asylum seeker according to most recent reports and questions have been asked as to why deportations were not sped up for this man who reportedly entered the eu via bulgaria and then made his way to germany. that's what's being discussed at the moment in germany. but there have been claims surrounding why he carried out this alleged attack on friday, via reports released by isis on their amaq news agency. that's their publishing hub online. they originally said that the attack was revenge for muslims in palestine and everywhere yesterday they released another clip. now this was purportedly isa al h. again, this chief

suspect, his surname. again, we don't know this time reportedly him saying that his attack was in retaliation for the killings of muslims in syria , iraq and of muslims in syria, iraq and bosnia. and he also made reference to the people of palestine. germany is one of israel's key allies. and throughout this program today and earlier on the channel, we've been talking a lot about this ongoing escalation in the israel—hamas crisis, also with hezbollah. and people might be asking, why do we care so much about this foreign conflict? well, as we've seen time and time again, what happens in the middle east can have a devastating consequence for the security situation in europe . security situation in europe. britain alone in hartlepool in october, we had a terrorist attack occurring very soon after the start of the war, where a failed moroccan asylum seeker murdered an innocent pensioner walking down the street by plunging knives into his neck. a similar procedure and attack has occurred on friday, with a 56 year old and another 56 year old

and a 67 year old being killed again by a knife attack to the neck. this has been the strategy for several of these knife attacks by islamists in europe in the last few months. >> and yet, charlie, it's remarkable how quickly that terror attack in hartlepool has been memory holed has been sort of forgotten about in public discourse , why do you think that is, >> well, there was also rioting very soon after the southport crisis kicked off at the end of last month, a lot of people were asking, why is it happening in hartlepool? partly because of that. some people didn't know about the extent of the anger in that teesside town over that terror attack. in october. people weren't aware how furious people were about that. obviously the rioting and the disorder was completely unacceptable, but the violence was in reaction to i think, people feeling as though they had been ignored over that crisis , partly because when it crisis, partly because when it happened, no one sort of knew it was a terrorist. >> it was only announced as a terror attack quite a while after it happened. and so it didn't get the sort of coverage

that you would have gotten an immediate incident. i mean, it does seem that perhaps there's been a dereliction of duty from a lot of the media there in reporting such a thing. >> i think we are limited in the reporting restrictions given to us by the counter—terrorism policing. i was aware of that case early on, but we are limited in what we're allowed to reveal due to the ongoing legal processes in this country, germany. those restrictions aren't quite so severe. we've got a name, we haven't got a surname, but al h is what we have, and they've also given some information what they described as an islamist mode for going after this attack. so they're quite clear on what they think has happened here. we've had these two clips released by isis. one of them suggesting that that is the perpetrator , that that is the perpetrator, this 26 year old syrian national and the wider conversation happening in germany now is about whether or not the immigration facilities in the country, their capacity to carry out deportations . is that a weak out deportations. is that a weak link in the country's security apparatus? and it comes amid a wider discussion also about how badly the bnd is doing.

germany's intelligence agency earlier in august of last year, two of its former chiefs said that the agency was collapsing and that the intelligence services are , quote, must not be services are, quote, must not be allowed to degenerate further into toothless watchdogs with muzzles and iron chains. >> and we've had the conversation in this country many a time while failed asylum seekers have gone on to commit crimes. why were they in the country to begin with, or not deported more quickly? but this is what isis does, isn't it? just tells their followers who are in the west to just grab a knife, grab a weapon, whatever you can, and just try and kill as many people as possible, anyway, we'll bring you some more updates. thank you very much. charlie peters, our national reporter. >> well, to on notting hill carnival now, where the festivities are truly underway, but also providing a huge policing headache for the met. >> yes. earlier today, the met published a list of the crimes committed at the carnival yesterday, including sexual offences, assaults on police officers and even stabbings , officers and even stabbings, with one woman being left in a critical condition. >> well, let's get the thoughts

now of the former met police detective chief superintendent kevin hurley. kevin is a pretty extraordinary to see the that the list of offences posted there online by the police, but also a more emotional statement to saying time and time again, year and year again, what is supposed to be a well in the case of yesterday, a family day ended up with stabbings . ended up with stabbings. >> yeah. well, i mean, it's i'm not surprised because i police the carnival for many years . the carnival for many years. indeed. i used to be on an undercover arrest squad for a number of a number of years. so i'm used to the violence that goes on there. >> most people are not aware. >> most people are not aware. >> you don't see much of it because the crowds are so dense. >> it's so noisy. >>— >> it's so noisy. >> and on the family day, like we're seeing there now, it's absolutely fine. >> but as things liven up towards the evening and certainly tonight, it becomes pretty much an unpoliced , pretty much an unpoliced, lawless place, you certainly would not see me personally at the carnival from now on,

because i don't regard it as a safe place to go , safe place to go, >> what's the solution here, then , kevin? what's the solution then, kevin? what's the solution here then? kevin? because we hear , you know, up to a million hear, you know, up to a million people are descending on notting hill . lots of people there just hill. lots of people there just wanting to have a nice time, enjoy some good food, some good music and whatever. but then you also have residents having to board up their private property , board up their private property, businesses having to do the same. you have, you know, unfortunately, stabbings and assaults and drug offences . et assaults and drug offences. et cetera. et cetera. is there a compromise to be had here? >> well, murder some years. >> well, murder some years. >> i mean, i can't offer a solution on this one. >> this is for politicians and local people to decide what's going to be done , going to be done, >> just from the police point of view, they try and put as many people out there in the field as they can, and they try and moderate some of the excesses that occur. certainly on the last night of the carnival, but, you know, i don't think there's going to be any solution. there's been talk in the past. it should move to hyde park and

so on, >> but it the issue on it is it's just a huge number of people is extremely noisy, a lot of drink, a lot of people who not a lot. >> but there's a substantial number of youths who go along there, who are relatively lawless in their behaviour. mix all of that stuff in, you'll get trouble. i mean, if the police try and make an arrest any time from, about 5:00 onwards tonight and it goes wrong, you'll end up with rioting. it's as simple as that. it's, it's a it's a tinderbox place. and it is a classic example of two tier policing where a lot of offences are ignored and police will not act because they don't want to antagonise some of the elements in the crowd. and end up, inevitably with the rioting. i can tell you many times when i was there, i was called off with my arrest squads or i'd be called to go and arrest someone in the midst of the crowd. and i'd say, well, i can do it, but

i'll need 80 men. do you want a risk? what's going to happen next? and of course, senior police leadership would always say, well, no, no, no, we'll leave it there. this is for serious offences like knifepoint robbery. that's very. it's the nature of the carnival. >> that's that's very worrying. and also just the number of police resources just for this one weekend. i do worry about crime elsewhere in the capital, yeah. >> sorry. sorry no, just just how revealing that is about the mindset of sort of how how these decisions are made on the ground. perhaps not. not an intentional level of two tier policing, but just the reality that it could cause more trouble to, to do an arrest there than it's worth an extraordinary place to find ourselves in. kevin hurley really appreciate your your expertise, your experience there . fascinating experience there. fascinating stuff. former met police detective chief superintendent kevin hurley. >> yeah, i mean, you've got thousands of people in just a small space. you know, one arrest could, you know, kick things off, it's a good afternoon. britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. we're quickly going to get the headlines, though, and we'll be back.

>> thank you for that, emily. now, some sad news to start with. sven goran eriksson, former england manager, has died aged 76. the swedish national became the first ever foreign manager of the england men's football team in 2001, also managing a series of high profile clubs such as man city benfica, roma and fiorentina . benfica, roma and fiorentina. following his death, prime minister sir keir starmer has paid tribute to the former england manager, saying he was deeply saddened by his passing. he went on to say he will be remembered for his tremendous contribution to english football , contribution to english football, which brought joy to so many over the years. our thoughts are with his family. it's now been confirmed that everyone has been accounted for after a major incident was declared following the breakout of a fire overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two

people being taken to hospital. london fire commissioner andy roe has said a full investigation into the fire is now underway. he said we know there will undoubtedly be concerns around the fire safety issues present within the building and this will form part of our report. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety adviser ryan evans. the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the news agency reuters. when the hotel they were staying at was struck on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. this morning, german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of sulingen has been named as eissa al h. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the

islamic state. and italian prosecutors have placed the captain of the superyacht , which captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of sicily last week under investigation. it's been reported that james cockfield , a 51 year old new cockfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel sinking led to the deaths of british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman being left in a life threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first day of the event. heavy police presence is now expected today for the main parade as it passes through the streets of west london. that's all for now. i'm sophie reaper here in the gb newsroom 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. >> slash alerts

>> 239 is the time you're watching listening to good afternoon britain, but coming up at 3:00 is, of course, martin daubney martin. so what have you got on your plate today for us? what are you serving up? >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> tom. i believe you're a birthday boy today. so happy birthday boy today. so happy birthday there. yeah. continuing the tributes to sven—goran eriksson. >> so long fan. >> so long fan. >> i worked in the newspaper game when he was the england gaffer. paul coyte international manager, part international playboy. a legend that taught us to embrace the continent. stop being so tied to the aspect that the england gaffer had to be from england. that of course, gave us that forever night in munich when we mullered the germans five one. that was enough for most england fans to cherish his legacy forever and also continue your conversation about the notting hill carnival.

i'll speak to three former london coppers, one who spent a lot of time policing notting hill, saying not on your nelly. notting hill needs to go . he notting hill needs to go. he thinks it benefits from two tier policing. there'd be far more arrests if they applied the law in the same way they do for example, at saint george's day march, let alone a far right march, let alone a far right march of patriots. soft policing means we get low arrests. the actual arrest tally will be much higher. another cop, though, says it's a much needed part of london's fabric that brings £300 million into the economy. it must go on for the sake of a multicultural britain. is it time to ditch the notting hill carnival? i went 20 years ago with my mum, saw violence straight away , never been back straight away, never been back since and also tony blair said things will only get better now. sir keir starmer says things can only get better. have the labour party totally lost all of their optimism? and who can blame them? because the country seems to have lost it to all come in. three. two six gosh, sounds like

a jam packed show, martin and thank you for the happy birthday. >> i will make sure that i cut you a piece of caterpillar cake. wait for it , there you go. there wait for it, there you go. there you go . threw the shoe. i'll you go. threw the shoe. i'll make sure we'll send that down to you in westminster, virtually . to you in westminster, virtually. great. look forward to it. three till six. >> oh, always a good show. always a cracking show. now, in other news, teachers across the uk are set to receive new training aimed at challenging whiteness in the classroom , whiteness in the classroom, whatever that means. >> well, the controversial guidance, which has been endorsed by major universities and teaching unions, seeks to embed anti—racist practices in education and reshape how educators approach racial issues in schools. >> okay. well, joining us now to discuss this is teacher bobby seagull, bobby, this sort of thing is going to put off people from joining the profession. >> surely the way i think about it is, firstly, i want to say

happy birthday to tom. and as a quiz fact 1676 was the birth date. >> same as you as robert walpole, the first ever prime minister. >> so you share a great birthday. but back onto the teaching issue, so i think it's absolutely right that teachers should promote an education that's a inclusive, b tolerant and c anti—racist. >> and again, teachers, students, we should be taught to challenge discriminating behaviours because ultimately , behaviours because ultimately, as educators, we need to create young people that can contribute positively. >> okay, bobby, but but white people shouldn't be taught that they have whiteness, whatever that means. and they certainly shouldn't be told to project a positive white racial identity. i mean , what on earth is that? i mean, what on earth is that? >> yeah. so this is where i think it gets complex because race, education and social justice, they're not like maths. it's not like pythagoras theorem where there's always the same answer every time. and i think as educators, while we should promote inclusivity and tolerance , we do have to be tolerance, we do have to be careful about different ideologies and theories and biases entering the school

system. and this is where we just need to be mindful of people with agendas who try to huack people with agendas who try to hijack education systems, educational theory . so again, educational theory. so again, when i go back again, our first day of term is next week. monday teacher training students back in on tuesday and wednesday, students would have been aware of the riots that went on across much of england in the of the past month. so again, they'll be asking questions about these things. so we should make sure we answer these questions. but again, no one should be taught to hate themselves. again, i teach students that are black, asian, white, british, white, eastern european. so you make sure that everyone feels included. so again, teaching someone to hate themselves is definitely wrong. teaching people to feel included and understand that we're in a tolerant society i think is right. so again, it's where teachers have got to draw the balance. and again, if there are theories that are coming in, perhaps critical race theory, we have to be very mindful of that. >> that's what this is, bobby. that's exactly what this is. it is critical race theory. >> but do you think that actually many teachers will be paying actually many teachers will be paying attention to stuff like this? how how compulsory? when, when the relatively militant

teaching union sort of says, do all of this peculiar stuff? i mean, i guess teachers just want to teach. they don't want to have to go through sort of some ideological crusade. >> so again, this is where i think you're right. teachers do. again, if you're in primary school, you teach year four, year five, year six. in secondary, you teach a subject like maths or science and you just want to teach. but if you're a teacher, often it involves doing psat, which is personal, social and health education. and that's more wider societal impact. learning and for that, often schools head teachers will set an agenda . teachers will set an agenda. again, these teaching unions will set like a guidance and schools will choose to adopt it in the way they want to. and again, if a head teacher says, we are going to be teaching this policy, then teachers, it's difficult to go against it. so again, teachers individually have to follow the policy of the head teacher. i mean, bobby, this is just this is just racist stuff. >> i mean, like, it makes me want to weep. i mean, teachers will be instructed in how to disrupt the centrality of whiteness in schools. according to a best practice document. i

mean, what on earth does that mean? the centrality of whiteness , bobby? like, what whiteness, bobby? like, what does that mean? because it sounds like just, i don't know, want to put white people on the bottom of the pile? i don't understand what does it mean? >> i guess i'm trying to understand from their perspective, britain is predominantly 8,090% a white british country, maybe 10 to 15% are minorities is to make sure that minorities don't feel excluded. but again, as a teacher, i always think the best way to do that is to make sure everyone is included. and again, if you look at education results, there's been people not willing to talk about the minority, which actually suffering the most are white working class boys. if you look at maths results, gcse results, they're the minority that are really impacted. and again, if you look at the riots, if people are not educated, don't feel they have opportunities, whether you're white, black or asian, then you feel as if you're no stake in society. so i think you've got to be very careful when we come back in september as educators, to make sure that everyone feels included. of course, people should be

anti—racist, but it shouldn't be saying, oh, that means we need to be anti—white. that i think, is where the line goes wrong. >> that sounds great. perfectly fine. i just don't know what this tosh is all about. well i hope that most teachers will just take a look at the flowery language that the unions have put forward and just sort of do this and, and, and just just leave it to one side, get to what teachers do best, which is being brilliant and inclusive in the way that they teach, without having to resort to sort of saying that, you know, whiteness is some sort of peril. yeah, some sort of disease . bobby some sort of disease. bobby seagull, thank you very much indeed. you're a teacher. of course . so very well placed to course. so very well placed to discuss this. >> and thank you for the birthday fact. it's a great one. another one is the eruption of krakatoa, 26th of august. >> sorry, did you see my roll? my eyes there , anyway, we're my eyes there, anyway, we're gonna have lots more coming up on today's show, including the lady windsor. she's joining the army. this is very interesting

>> good afternoon. britain it's 10 to 3 now. lady louise windsor, the daughter of prince edward and sophie, is reportedly considering a groundbreaking career in the military. >> yes, it would make her the first female royal to serve since her grandmother, queen elizabeth ii. she's currently studying at saint andrews. she's 20 years old and she's expressed a very strong interest in joining the armed forces after her studies. >> well, joining us now is the former bbc royal correspondent, michael cole. michael, this is a pretty uplifting story. a royal who, at least in my household, is not a household name, but perhaps it's different for other people. but but clearly a sense of duty. there >> good >> good afternoon >> good afternoon tom. >> good afternoon tom. good afternoon emily. yes, this is the king's youngest niece and she's thinking about joining either the armed services or

going into the diplomatic service or becoming a lawyer. well, i think it's extremely good news that she's thinking of being the first female member of the royal family as emily has just said, to consider wearing the king's uniform. the last one being the late queen elizabeth the second. her grandmother, who did so, joined the ats during world war ii, and it would be great news for this young lady we're seeing there, because she didn't have an easy start in life. she was born four weeks prematurely, which affected her sight. it made her eyes turn in on themselves, but she had corrective surgery and i understand that she has absolutely perfect sight now , so absolutely perfect sight now, so she would obviously pass the medical to go into the armed services. and i think it is, as you just said, a great sense of duty . and why not? her father , duty. and why not? her father, prince edward? of course he volunteered. he was very keen about the royal marines. he joined and he was well on his

way to getting the green beret when suddenly, in january 1987, he decided that show business was for him and he left the royal marines. i think there was some chagrin on the part of the duke of edinburgh, his father, because he was captain general of the marines at the time. but he did. he went and joined andrew lloyd webber's really useful company, and all the rest is history. but lady louise, i think, is good news that she took over the carriage. you've seen her there from the duke of edinburgh, his ponies and his carriages , and she seems, at the carriages, and she seems, at the age of 20 16th, in line to the throne to be a rather well grounded young, fit into the armed services rather well . armed services rather well. >> but of course, we're supposed to be living in a world of a slimmed down royal family. only a small number of senior royals being in the public eye should we even be talking about this ? we even be talking about this? >> well, i think this is a good thing, tom, because when there are major events , remembrance

are major events, remembrance sunday and so on, and members of the armed of the royal family wear their uniforms. the armed of the royal family wear their uniforms . well, gee, wear their uniforms. well, gee, if she goes into the army, navy or air force and wears hers with pride, she's earned it. she's earned every stripe she gets . earned every stripe she gets. and why not? i think for many young people, a few years in the service are a tremendous grounding for the rest of their lives. you have to get on with all sorts of people. yeah, you have to make your way. you have to be responsible and you have to be responsible and you have to account for yourself at all times. so if she does it, she's studying english, as you said andrews at the moment. if she opts for that, i think a round of applause is, well, yeah, i think so. >> michael cole, we're going to have to leave it there. your former bbc royal correspondent, thank you very much indeed for your time. she's got other options, though. could be the law , could be diplomacy. but law, could be diplomacy. but apparently she loved the army. cadets fell in love with it. >> well, that's it for us today on good afternoon. britain. don't go anywhere. martin is up

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across scotland, with outbreaks of heavy rain. there could be some local disruption, particularly across western and southern areas. we've seen quite a lot of rain here over recent weeks. some tricky travelling conditions with the heavy rain pushing north and eastwards. temperatures in the mid teens. rain starting to clear. northern ireland some heavy bursts possible and that rain also extending into northern england, western fringes of wales and later the west country, but much of england and wales starting the day dry with plenty of sunshine as we head through the day. this weather front just slowly pushes a little further south and eastwards, clearing northern ireland, brightening skies here. a few showers, also for northern and western parts of scotland, but the remaining rain remains across southern scotland, northern england, wales down into the west country here. quite cool and breezy to the southeast of this warm and sunny temperatures reaching 2526 celsius, fresher behind it. temperatures generally in the high teens through into the evening time on tuesday. this weather front just stalls and stays across parts of south—west england, wales, the midlands ,

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