>> morning 930 on wednesday, the 28th of august. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and we're back together. bev turner. >> nice to be back. >> nice to be back. >> so prison panic. the ministry of justice confirms that only 100 spaces are left in male prisons in england and wales. mark white has more . mark white has more. >> well, not just in prisons throughout the criminal justice system. there is a deep crisis as the government moves towards the emergency measure of releasing thousands of criminals back onto the streets . back onto the streets. >> starmer's brexit reset the

prime minister is in germany this morning. he's trying to secure deals on trade, defence and tackling illegal migration and tackling illegal migration and no cheer from keir. >> the tories are warning that nothing will be safe, as sir keir could be plotting a tax raid on middle classes in the autumn budget. have a listen to what he said yesterday . what he said yesterday. >> there is a budget coming in october and it's going to be painful. those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden and the vaping crackdown . crackdown. >> britain's top doctors are demanding a total ban on all flavoured vapes to tackle what they call the e—cigarette epidemic. >> plus tech instead of teachers, ai is set to mark school homework and plan lessons in a £4 million project. it's all to relieve pressure on our stressed out school staff. what do you think of that .7

do you think of that? >> and customers in germany. but just looking back on what he said yesterday about those with broadest shoulders, this is starmer who we know took £20,000 from waheed alli, who's worth £250 million to pay for his suits and spectacles in the election campaign. 20,000. >> we have a lot to say this morning and we want to hear from you as well. gbnews.com/yoursay. it's nice to be back. first though, the very latest news with sofia . with sofia. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. at 930, the prime minister is in germany today for what he said is a once in a generation opportunity to reset our relationship with europe. sir keir starmer is now meeting with german chancellor olaf scholz to launch negotiations on a new bilateral treaty , which hopes to boost treaty, which hopes to boost business and increase joint action on illegal migration. the

prime minister has said his two day trip to berlin and paris hopes to turn a corner on brexit and fix the broken relationships left behind by the previous government. but conservative leadership candidate robert jenrick told gb news earlier the government must not undermine brexit. >> i do not want us to do is to undermine brexit. i want to ensure that we are taking full advantage of the freedoms that we secured as a result of leaving the european union, and that will mean diverging with europe taking a different path at times, because we need to ensure that our business and industry, and in particular the ones that are going to drive growth in the future, like financial services, like tech, like life sciences, can have better and smarter and more nimble regulation than our european neighbours . i worry european neighbours. i worry that keir starmer is going to do precisely the opposite to that. >> in other news, the israeli military has launched a major operation in the west bank. palestinian health officials claim at least nine people have

been killed in the strikes. the israeli army confirmed today that they have begun what they said was an operation to counter terrorism in jenin and tulkarm , terrorism in jenin and tulkarm, andifs terrorism in jenin and tulkarm, and it's been revealed that hundreds of cannabis couriers have been caught trying to smuggle suitcases full of the drug through british airports. the amount seized in the uk has tripled in less than a year. the national crime agency says most of the couriers, who can be paid up to £10,000, are being duped by traffickers into thinking the uk authorities are soft on cannabis and will let them off with just a fine . those are the with just a fine. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler. 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 .

>> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> welcome. this is britain's newsroom on gb news live across the uk with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so we've got the prime minister in germany. he's going to make a 45 minute speech. god help us. because the 20 minute speech yesterday was long enough. he's talking about the eu and resetting our relationship. but i'm still he's what he's doing today in germany is still overshadowed, in my view, by what he said yesterday. it was billed as a state of the nafion it was billed as a state of the nation address. it was gloomy. he talked down britain again on the day that the pound had soared to a two year high against sterling. growth is doing much better. inflation is lower than it was when labour handed over the country to the tories in 2010. look, i'm not saying the tories didn't leave the country in a mess. they did. but i just thought the speech was he still behaves like he's leader of the labour party and not prime minister. >> he does. and i heard you, i was in the kitchen yesterday pottering around, and i heard you and dawn on the radio and i thought that was a really smart

observation, actually, andrew, because he hasn't stepped into the shoes of the prime minister yet. and you can only whinge for so long about things that you don't feel responsible for. for me, i was desperate for one of the journalists when he blamed the journalists when he blamed the riots on the rise of populism that he said had taken advantage of poor economic situation in this country. i wanted a journalist to say, what do you mean by populism? what do you actually mean when you use that word? because i think what he's saying is people who like coronation street and who might like donald trump and who might like, i don't know, gb news populism , this idea that, like populism, this idea that, like the silly people, the thick people, not the intellectual political elites with whom i hang around with, that's what it sounded like to me. >> i know, but also in that 21 minute speech, 22 minute speech, he did not use the word immigration once. now it is becoming. it might be one of the biggest issues of the day. and we all know that labour won't talk about it . we're not talk about it. we're not excusing the riots. of course we're not. they were shocking. they were cretins who were smashing up buildings and trying to burn down libraries .

to burn down libraries. appalling. but there is an underlying issue that drives some of the concern of people in, particularly in our northern towns and cities, about the scale of immigration which happened under the tories started by blair. and he didn't mention immigration once , and mention immigration once, and yet he talked endlessly about the riots. notice he didn't talk about the unrest in notting hill. i know the previous weekend three people stabbed two of them with life threatening injuries and i wished him well. >> i genuinely i don't want this country to go to hell in a handcart. i want him to do a good job. we all need to feel like we got more money in our pocket at the end of the month. we all need to feel hope and optimism in our hearts, and he is just not engendering that for the country at all. more censorship. more draconian, authoritarian sort of view on the world. when he's in germany today and in his conversations. is he going to talk about free speech? he's going to talk about the arrest of the guy that runs telegram, you know, is he going to talk about these major censorship issues which are

going on across the world? no, of course he's not, because he wants everybody to think like him. that's my conclusion. >> and he's going to be he's with the german chancellor. we will be taking his speech a little later . but one of the little later. but one of the consequences if we do strike this trade deal with germany, which apparently one they will want to be able to take some of our defence contracts. now, the defence industry is massive employer. right. so we're going to get the germans to build our tanks now are we? we get the chinese to build our trains . and chinese to build our trains. and i mean, there's a quid pro quo if we do a do deals with the european union. that's why we left the eu. we wanted to build our own things. we didn't want to have to do procurement with the germans and the french, because that was the rules of the eu and that and the french building our nuclear reactors. and i fear we're just going to be turning the clock right back to where we were before. >> you know, where i keep coming back to with stay calm, stay calm. keir starmer is sir keir is . i can't calm. keir starmer is sir keir is. i can't get out of my head. when he was asked that question

about if you had a loved one who was dying, would you use private health care to get them? care and he said, no, i said no. and that for me spoke volumes about a man who puts ideology and principle. don't get me wrong, principles are good. there's not enough of them in public life. but to put principle above humanity and love and kindness, that's where that's where i see him. i think he's a bit of a totalitarian bully . totalitarian bully. >> i don't know if i believe him. >> you don't believe him about that, because i do. >> well, it's terrifying if it's true, because you would scrape every last penny you could together if it was to save the person you loved most to get them that life saving operation or life saving treat, wouldn't you? what would you sell ? everything. >> yeah. anyway. right. as you can tell, we've got a lot to say. we want to hear from you as well. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> now, big issue. there are only 100 spaces left. according to the government , only 100 spaces left. according to the government, in men's prisons in england and wales. somebody obviously counted them. >> that's right. the system already in the middle of an overcrowding crisis, is understood to be close to breaking point after increased strain over the bank holiday

weekend. >> gb news home and security editor mark white joins us. has the latest mark. i suppose the notting hill carnival, after the riots a few weeks ago has added to the pressure . to the pressure. >> yes, there's no doubt the bank holiday weekend in general, where there were a number of festivals, but of course the most notable being notting hill. because of the high arrest rate there. but you also had the return of the football season over the last couple of weeks. so lots of football matches and inevitably there are people arrested on weekends over football matches. and just the factit football matches. and just the fact it was a bank holiday weekend, it's often busier than normal for the police filling up their custody suites before a significant number of these people are then pushed on into the prison system, into romance . the prison system, into romance. but listen, this is certainly a very serious issue that is afflicting the prison estate,

but it's not just limited to the prison system. this is a crisis thatis prison system. this is a crisis that is engulfing the whole of consequence of that, many of the people engulfing the whole of that is engulfing the whole of the criminal justice system, the criminal justice system, because as well as the fact that because as well as the fact that we have now reached capacity in we have now reached capacity in 100 is neither here nor there. 100 is neither here nor there. if you have any less than 2000 if you have any less than 2000 spaces available in the prison spaces available in the prison estate, you're in deep crisis. estate, you're in deep crisis. so 100 we are at capacity and so 100 we are at capacity and there is nowhere at the moment there is nowhere at the moment really to put these people apart really to put these people apart from holding them that bit from holding them that bit longer in police cells or longer in police cells or encouraging magistrates and encouraging judges not to, sentence and send longer in police cells or encourtnotg longer in police cells or encourtnot to, sentence and send judges not to, sentence and send people to prison for a few days people to prison for a few days or a week yet. but in the courts or a week yet. but in the courts itself , you have a logjam with itself , you have a logjam with itself, you have a logjam with itself, you have a logjam with tens of thousands of cases, tens of thousands of cases, trials that are still awaiting trials that are still awaiting their turn to proceed. and as a their turn to proceed. and as a consequence of that, many of the consequence of that, many of the

people who are people who are on trial are remand prisoners. so they are

people who are on trial are remand |to.oners. so they are returned to. >> mark, can you speak to yesterday , starmer talked about yesterday, starmer talked about the horror of having to pore over prison numbers to try and find spaces for the rioters. has this government got a long term solution? is it going to build more prisons, or does it have a more prisons, or does it have a more radical idea? >> well , more radical idea? >> well, certainly the programme of providing more spaces that the previous conservative government had embarked on is going to continue. so they are going to continue. so they are going to continue. so they are going to create more spaces, but that won't be enough because the prison population projections show a very significant upsurge in the number of prison places that will be required over the coming decade, and just building more prison places alone is not going to do it. they're going to have to really rethink what they do within the criminal justice and then hearing from fellow pri within that they can and then hearing from fellow pri within the they can system. and that may be a and then hearing from fellow pri within the criminal] do within the criminal justice system. and that may be a rethink on the types of crimes rethink on the types of crimes that should carry a prison that should carry a prison sentence. but the difficulty sentence. but the difficulty

with that is you then see a with that is you then see a government that has almost a government that has almost a schizophrenic approach where schizophrenic approach where it's talking tough on the it's talking tough on the rioters, it's talking tough with rioters, it's talking tough with a new blitz on shoplifters and a new blitz on shoplifters and sexual offenders, all manner of sexual offenders, all manner of crimes. but then it's saying to crimes. but then it's saying to the judiciary in a lot of these the judiciary in a lot of these instances, look to alternatives instances, look to alternatives to a custodial sentence to free to a custodial sentence to free up places that are needed within up places that are needed within the prison estate . the prison estate . the prison estate. >> tempus novo, which is an the prison estate. >> tempus novo, which is an organisation. i think we're organisation. i think we're going to talk to them later in going to talk to them later in the show. these are the guys who the show. these are the guys who work with prisoners on when they're released and they have remarkable results in terms of reducing re—offending. and they've tweeted just recently saying it's unheard of. we've had lads ringing from inside prisons over the weekend asking for help because they're getting out early. they said they're worried about being released with no plan, no support, no job and then hearing from fellow prisoners that they can

going to talk to them later in the show. these are taskiuys who going to talk to them later in the show. these are task for who it's a very significant ask for the probation service at a time when it , like other the probation service at a time when it, like other parts of the probation service at a time when it , like other parts of the when it, like other parts of the criminal justice system, is just stretched to breaking point. so there's no easy solutions to this at all, and you're right about the issues in terms of trying to get those who are released on a path away from re—offending. i've seen that myself, over the years , but myself, over the years, but about sort of work placements, the kind of, you know, constructive approach that gets them into employment that gives them into employment that gives them a hope and a purpose and steers them away, hopefully from reoffending and in the majority of cases, that does work . so of cases, that does work. so thatis of cases, that does work. so that is the way forward. but these, these schemes are not in themselves cheap or easy to set up as well. so there are big old issues to tackle here. as i say, no easy solutions. and at the moment we are deep, deep into a

crisis throughout the whole of the criminal justice system. >> okay. thank you. mark mark white, our home security editor there. you've all been getting in touch at home. i mentioned in breakfast how people can be into radiators or drains. yes. you know, you spend time with someone and you either come away feeling like you've been given energy and heat and warmth , or energy and heat and warmth, or you come away thinking, i'm exhausted after that conversation and people . and i conversation and people. and i said, keir starmer for me is a drain. and kevin said , i love drain. and kevin said, i love it. gb news breakfast is my radiator. >> how nice. coming up we're talking about keir starmer says workers won't be hit by higher taxes, but actually if you're a car driver we think you might be. you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> good morning. it's 950. this is britain's newsroom on gb news

with andrew and bev. >> well, the prime minister warned has warned october's budget will be painful for the country. and it looks to us like it's going to be particularly painful for britain's motorists. >> so keir starmer stressed there will be no increase in income tax, vat or national insurance, but it looks like they're going to try and raise that money by increasing fuel duty. >> well, let's talk to howard cox, a great friend of this programme, who is, of course, the founder of fairfueluk. he's very successful campaign. howard, morning to you. you've done some crunching here and you've got some pretty good sources within hmrc. you're pretty sure even though the prime minister says there will be no taxes on working people, there's going to be the fuel duty is going to go up, which to my mind means a lot of working people . people. >> hello andrew and bev. thanks for having me on. yeah i'm for 15 years i've had quite a lot of close contacts in whitehall, and i've seen some documentation whereby some of the treasury modelling is actually what would happen. and to be fair, this is under the tory government as well. what would happen if you increased by £0.03, £0.05 £0.10, all those sorts of things. and

it's quite right that they should look at that. but unfortunately i've also seen a particular documentation said that they've settled on around £0.10, which is reversing the £0.05 cut that rishi sunak put in place a few years back, as when he was a chancellor and then putting £0.05 further on top. so it's a total of £0.10 from where we are now, which is equivalent to around about 5 or £6 for average fill up for the average family car. >> well, howard, like, you know, we went to the pump. so it was extortionate. and then it seemed to just judder down again, as you say, keir starmer and rishi sunak made that slight amendment. but are we now just going to be living in an age, howard, where it's going to be upwards of £100 for a tank of diesel? i have i never get a tank now for just diesel? i have i never get a tank now forjust about less tank now for just about less than £100. this is just the age that we're going to be living in now, isn't it? the car will only be for those wealthy people who can afford it. >> well, yeah, and unfortunately it's going to hit, quite rightly

what? andrew made the point. working people, but low income families, people who have to go to hospital, people who can't use public transport because there isn't anything around, particularly in areas outside urban conurbations. the thing is, the point is this government fundamentally is anti driver and they are looking at the success. and i hate to say this of sadiq khanin and i hate to say this of sadiq khan in london now in his third term with ulez . and tomorrow is term with ulez. and tomorrow is a ulez anniversary of the extension to the m25. and you know, and i'm writing some articles in the papers for that tomorrow, but i'm seeing so much more of that right across the country, local authorities and obviously national government saying, hey, where can we get some quick cash and guess where it's coming from? drivers. >> so when they say the success of ulez, that's how they would define it. maybe not publicly, they may not define it as a success because it's a fantastic generator of income from tickets that people don't know they're actually getting. but how else are they selling it as a success? howard >> well, i'm seeing some documentation and reports to say

that the air quality has improved under ulez extension. well, i, i'm releasing tomorrow some bits and pieces. i'm happy to come on your programme, but whereby we've looked at 119 london tube stations comparing roadside particulate levels 2.5 and ten micrograms per litre , and ten micrograms per litre, compared to platform level. and i'm afraid the platform level is still around about 17 times more polluting at roadside level. and get get this we did this last june, july and august in 2023, and we've just done it in 2024, july, august, the same stations and the ulez extension areas, tubes in ulez extension or expansion area have gone up 3%. >> unfortunately, we can't expand this interview though. howard, we need to go. we've been beaten by the clock. always good to see you. here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb

news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through today. it will feel very warm if not hot for some of us. sunny spells for many northern and western areas, but plenty of long lived sunshine across the east. we've still got the remnants of a weather front from yesterday pushing into the north—west, as well as parts of wales , well as parts of wales, southwest england, parts of northern england. that will bnng northern england. that will bring a risk of some rain and showers through the day, but it will tend to fizzle away as the day goes on. so some hazy sunshine, a risk of a chance of rain for north and western areas in the east, though. plenty of sunshine, temperatures climbing as high as 29 degrees in the south and east, but quite widely mid to high 20s for many central and eastern areas of england. a little fresher further north and west. we've got quite brisk winds still across the far north of scotland, and potentially still some quite heavy showers across the northern isles. many northern areas of scotland, in fact, into this evening, i think they will tend to ease as the night goes on, but we've still got that risk across parts of

northern ireland as well. northern ireland as well. northern england staying that much drier as well as wales. but we've still got the remnants of that weather front i mentioned earlier, bringing cloudier skies to central areas of england. now, once that weather front does push through overnight tonight, it will turn much fresher. so tonight is going to be a much fresher night than last night. it was quite a mild night last night, so clearer skies developing quite widely across the uk and that cooler air pushing in, bit of a brisk breeze across the north and west and further showers will affect western areas of scotland as well as the northern isles . western areas of scotland as well as the northern isles. but temperatures in towns and cities in the low teens . but we could in the low teens. but we could be down in single figures rurally across many northern and western areas where we do see the longest lived clear skies. so thursday looks like another sunny day . it's not going to be sunny day. it's not going to be quite as warm as today. and across the north and west further showers, but i think the showers will be fewer and further between on thursday. so many of us will stay relatively dry through the day in any sunshine. still feeling quite warm. highs of 23 or 24 degrees in the south and east in the

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>> good morning. it's 10 am. on wednesday, the 28th of august, live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner panic in the prisons. >> the ministry of justice has confirmed there are just 100 spaces left in male prisons in england, and wales. >> and is this starmer's brexit reset? the prime minister is in germany this morning hoping to secure deals on trade, defence and tackling illegal migration. christopher hope is in berlin . christopher hope is in berlin. >> sir keir starmer is here in berlin to discuss a new treaty with the german government. but is he starting to unwind that vote from the 2016 brexit? >> would he'd love to of course. and is there trouble in paradise? because prince harry

is to go on a 2000 mile trip without his wife? we'll have the latest . latest. >> and a vaping crackdown, i hope so. britain's top doctors are demanding a total ban on all flavoured vapes to tackle what they call the e—cigarette epidemic. we've been calling it that for a while to certainly have. >> and apparently 1 in 2 lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people say they're being bullied or harassed at work. well, have you experienced this or witnessed this in the last 12 months? >> now, it's not funny being bullied in the workplace is a bad thing. of course, we all agree that's not good. >> i'm just very sceptical of these surveys. it's by the tuc who do they ask? who do they talk to? >> the thing is, i think it's a bit strange. i find this really odd that 50% of gay people in 2024 could be bullied at work. is that a possibility?

>> and i just don't believe it. >> and i just don't believe it. >> i mean, i give him a hard time sometimes, but i wouldn't describe it as bullying. >> well, good luck. if they want to bully me, i'd to love know what. >> i'd love to know what industries they've questioned. maybe there are some very traditional old like macho industries, no macho industries left in this country? >> no, i'm just very sceptical. anyway, we'll have that discussion . discussion. >> yeah, we will, we will. we're going to do all of that and a lot more after the news with sophia wenzler. >> bev thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom at 1002. your headlines, some breaking news to bring to you. a man has now been charged with attempted murder over the stabbing of a mother at notting hill carnival. 20 year old shaquille thibou will appear in court this morning charged with the attempted murder of the 32 year old woman, who was attacked while with her young child. two other men have been charged in relation to the same incident. the three men are brothers . in

the three men are brothers. in other news, the prime minister is in germany today for what he said is a once in a generation opportunity to reset our relationship with europe. sir keir starmer is meeting with german chancellor olaf scholz to launch negotiations on a new bilateral treaty, which hopes to boost business and increase joint action on illegal migration. the prime minister is on a two day trip to berlin and paris to turn a corner on brexit and fix the broken relationships left behind by the previous government. but conservative leadership candidate robert jenrick told gb news earlier the government must not undermine brexit. >> i do not want us to do is to undermine brexit. i want to ensure that we are taking full advantage of the freedoms that we secured as a result of leaving the european union and that will mean diverging with europe, taking a different path at times, because we need to ensure that our business and industry, and in particular the

ones that are going to drive growth in the future, like financial services, like tech, like life sciences, can have better and smarter and more nimble regulation than our european neighbours. i worry that keir starmer is going to do precisely the opposite to that. >> now there are just 100 spaces left in male prisons across england and wales. that's according to the ministry of justice, with reports this is the closest the system has come to running out of places. it comes after the activation of early dawn, where defendants in active court cases are kept in police cells until standard prison spaces open up . now, with prison spaces open up. now, with hundreds more arrests from riots and notting hill carnival disorder over recent days and weeks, there are concerns prisons may run out of capacity. shadow leader of the house of commons chris philp, has called for more spaces during last year. >> every week there were about 100 additional net additional prison places were created by

the previous justice secretary, alex chalk, so they were bringing on 100 more places each week than were being retired or withdrawn for refurbishment. so i think the solution to this is more prison places. and in the very short term, these rapid deployment cells are dcs are what i would like to be see being used . being used. >> in other news, the israeli military has launched a major operation in the west bank. palestinian health officials claim at least nine people have been killed in the strikes . the been killed in the strikes. the israeli army confirmed today that they had begun what they said was an operation to counter terrorism in jenin and tulkarm . terrorism in jenin and tulkarm. the government has announced a £4 million project to train generative ai tools to assist teachers in creating lesson plans and marking homework. it will use government documents, including curriculum guidance and pupil assessments, to develop ai tools for classrooms. research says it will allow

teachers more time for classroom interaction and to focus on other key areas . but former head other key areas. but former head teacher chris mcgovern says we must be careful about al . must be careful about al. >> children's brains are changing because of the impact of the technology. you can photograph the brain and see it. so it is a pathway which is rather dangerous and it also could make teachers quite lazy because if you have children using ai because if you have children using al to generate homework and ai marking their homework, well , that's not the way well, that's not the way forward. what teachers need to do is they need to mark homework so they can plot the progress of children and understand the child. and also, of course , ai. child. and also, of course, al. the implications are that it tends to dehumanise the situation. and, you know, we do need to get away from the obsession with al now. >> top doctors have called for legislation aimed at tackling youth vaping to include a total ban on disposable e—cigarettes , ban on disposable e—cigarettes, cigarettes and all flavours. apart from tobacco. the british

medical association urged ministers to take bold and brave actions to protect the health of children and young people amid a vaping epidemic. children and young people amid a vaping epidemic . and ryanair vaping epidemic. and ryanair chief executive michael o'leary has called for alcohol limits in airports to tackle a rise in disorder on flights. he said passengers should be restricted to two drinks per journey to kerb. what he says is an increase in anti—social behaviour and violence. he told the daily telegraph violent outbursts are occurring weekly, with alcohol , especially when with alcohol, especially when mixed with other substances . mixed with other substances. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's

newsroom. we've got a lot of catching up to do. we've both been away on our holidays. this is of course, bev turner and andrew pearson. >> well, the prime minister is in germany this morning. he's with olaf scholz that is the german chancellor. they're talking about resetting britain's relationship with germany post—brexit. so we're going to go live to our political editor, christopher hope, who's there in berlin with them all. chris >> morning, both. morning, andrew. morning, bevan. to great see you back together again. yeah, i'm here in berlin. here waiting for olav schulz and sir keir starmer's press conference, starting in about an hour's time . starting in about an hour's time. he's here, sir keir starmer, to sign a treaty or to agree the start of terms of a treaty with the with the german government, which should be signed in about six months time. looking at market access, critical science, innovation, supply chain resilience. and so it goes on trade across the north sea and crucially, tackling illegal migration. this is a model, we're told by sir keir starmer's team that will be echoed around

the european union . lots more of the european union. lots more of these bilateral trade deals with other countries, starting with the biggest one, germany, to try and strengthen the uk's relationship with the eu member states. it won't touch the european union. that connection is built into that treaty agreed by boris johnson. the single market won't be touched, we're told, and the customs union, but it will spark concern amongst brexiteers that any attempt to do deals elsewhere, it will look like liliput. we get tied to the eu in different ways, which may restrict us doing deals globally. so that's why i think brexiteers are on high alert for what could be seen as a brexit betrayal. but olaf scholz is a good friend of sir keir starmer. they've met five times and there's a warm relationship. i've witnessed myself this morning how officials with the uk delegation give warm bear hugs to their german counterparts. this is what sir keir starmer said he'd do at the election. he's resetting that relationship with the european union and trying to find deeper

ways and deepen that relationship after those difficult. frankly eight years since the 2016 brexit referendum . since the 2016 brexit referendum. >> but how popular is olaf scholz with the german public at the moment? >> he isn't . >> he isn't. >> he isn't. >> no, he's not. and of course he he, sir keir starmer has has. but you knew that didn't you bev. but the but sir keir starmer has just, just won an election landslide . he is down election landslide. he is down 15 points since the election and many would say his honeymoon is over before it really began in the uk. but there's no question he is secure. for five years with that huge election landslide and that schultz has not got that at all. so in a sense, sir keir starmer comes here as as the dominant partner in this partnership with germany. and that might help with the uk negotiations. but they do share these concerns about illegal migration. we'll try and find out more about how the two countries can work together to stop that. >> chris, later, i think he's going off to france to see

macron, another european leader in big political trouble. and he'll be at the opening, of course, at the paralympics. i think that's right. >> that's right. he goes from here to paris for the opening of the paralympics . i we're not the paralympics. i we're not we're not briefed on it yet, but i'm sure he'll try and get some face time with emmanuel emmanuel macron. and this is all this is all the attempts which we were told about this pre—election to get closer, to find, to use this kind of the better personal relationships between sir keir starmer, obviously a remainer, to try to reverse the brexit referendum with the suggestions of a second referendum when he was jeremy corbyn's brexit spokesman. he's more in tune with so many more on the continent. i should, while i'm on, just tell our viewers i was pre—emptively stopped from broadcasting earlier by a german official, but it was all fine. the germans didn't want me to carry on speaking . while sir carry on speaking. while sir keir starmer and olive schultz walk past . but it's all fine walk past. but it's all fine now. how. >> now. >> gosh, i have to hear it. >> i like that little insight, christopher. thank you. i wonder

when keir starmer is in paris whether he's going to talk to macron about the arrest of pavel durov, the guy that runs telegram of course, amazing defender of free speech, russian born left russia when putin asked him to control the content and sent a telegram and he said no, i believe in free speech. and guess what? the french have arrested him. >> i wonder if, though chris will also get a question in either of these press conferences, because number 10 yesterday gb news boycotted again by the prime minister. fourth time that's happened since the election. >> it just tells you a picture, doesn't it? >> and as somebody said recently, throughout history, the good guys are never the ones who are censoring more people. >> watch this channel. this station and watch sky news and sky news were called third or fourth keir starmer. >> that's because they think you are victims of populism, whatever that is meant to mean means you can't think for yourself anyway. we love the fact that you do. there are only 100 spaces left in men's prisons in england and wales. we know this morning, so the system is clearly there is an overcrowding crisis. >> people are saying it's close

to breaking point, but not least because of the strain caused by the bank holiday weekend, the festivals and the return of the football season. >> and joining us now is retired prison governor and author vanessa frake. good morning vanessa. thank you so much for joining us. how bad is this situation in your experience, in terms of the numbers which are available in the prisons now ? available in the prisons now? >> yeah. good morning to you both, you know, well, it's been close a few times, there has been a few twitches here and there , but nothing like the there, but nothing like the this, you know, i mean, what sort of country are we that we've got a prison service that is literally grinding to a halt? i mean, it's just absolutely ridiculous. and, you know, you reap what you sow. if you don't invest in your public services, if you don't have enough staff, if you don't have enough staff, if you don't have enough staff, if you have overcrowding, you know, if you have old, dilapidated buildings that are no longer fit for purpose , then, no longer fit for purpose, then, you end up like this and unfortunately, that's that's a very sad state of affairs. >> the last justice secretary,

alex chalk, as i recall. vanessa, you will know this better than me, was bringing about 100 places back a week or every two weeks, because renovation work that was due to take place because clearly they were dilapidated cells was being delayed. is that a potential solution or not? >> the problem is , is the >> the problem is, is the staffing of it, you know, right . staffing of it, you know, right. if cells are out of order, then you put the, you know, the quick fix cells together and you can move your staff from those cells over to the quick fix ones. but if you're expecting to put quick fix ones and bring back cells on online, then you have no staff. you know, the prison services is frankly like devoid of any staff at the moment at the moment, you know, we've got a very high turnover of staff who are poorly trained, inexperienced , trying trained, inexperienced, trying to run our prison system and, you know, it . i can only

to run our prison system and, you know, it. i can only imagine the, the issues that they are facing with the overcrowding, as is much less to the point where, you know, the system grinds to halt. >> vanessa, what do you make of recently, particularly in the wake of, of the riots, the number of people that have been banged up for writing stupid, potentially incendiary things on the internet . we've had an the internet. we've had an unprecedented number of people. the one that sticks in my mind is the 55 year old mother, a carer for her husband who's got 15 months in prison for admittedly writing something stupid and angry and pretty vile on facebook, but admitted straight away that she did it in haste and she regretted it and deleted it. should that kind of person, in your opinion, be in prison? >> no. absolutely not. she made a stupid mistake. she made a stupid comment. you know , first stupid comment. you know, first time offence. interestingly, women are twice as likely to be jailed for a first time offence than males. but, you know, i

think she'd have been far better off serving a sentence in the community and probably working with the muslim community and finding their talking to them and, and actually understanding the impact of her stupid statement. yeah. >> and the irony is, of course, the prime minister was talking in his speech yesterday, vanessa, about the horror of having to try and find spaces in prisons for people involved in the riots. and we know the prison system, the courts were responding to his demand for tougher sentences. so, ironically , that woman is in ironically, that woman is in prison because of the prime minister's rhetoric. yeah absolutely . absolutely. >> yes. but but you can't have one rule for one and one rule for another, can you? you know, you know, are they going to say the same thing about the arrests at the weekend? i, i highly doubt that . are they going to be doubt that. are they going to be fast tracked? i highly doubt that that only causes division in our country. and you know that, you know , itself creates that, you know, itself creates disturbances and riots and things like that. you know , we things like that. you know, we always knew that the bank

houday always knew that the bank holiday was going to be a difficult time. because of various things going on around the country. but but actually, you know, it was it was doubled, trebled and then quadrupled by the recent disturbances. so, you know, nobody thought of that. but, you know, this, this isn't a new thing. this has been you know, people have been successive governments have been warned and warned and warned again about the lack of prison spaces , the lack of staff, the spaces, the lack of staff, the overcrowding, and just nobody has done anything about it. and, you know, today we are where we are. >> thanks , vanessa. lovely to >> thanks, vanessa. lovely to see you. retired prison governor and author vanessa frake. >> there is a victim of his own rhetoric, isn't he, starmer? >> this is the trouble. if you're always putting ideology above common sense and also above common sense and also above humanity, you end up making stupid mistakes. >> and he didn't even mention what happened in notting hill this weekend. >> over 300 arrests. he won't civil disorder. so three people

seriously stabbed. yeah. one. one person now being charged with attempted murder. not a word about that. >> why? >> why? >> because in case he's accused of what? being racist. what is it ? what is it that goes on of what? being racist. what is it? what is it that goes on in his mind that he won't say those things? >> two tier care. remember it's becoming more that label is sticking , isn't it? sticking, isn't it? >> right up next, ryanair boss michael o'leary has called for a two drink limit law to change stop violence on flights. that's at the airport , of course. i'm at the airport, of course. i'm guessing that means you can still buy plenty of booze on his aeroplanes. yes, call me cynical. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. welcome back . we have been welcome back. we have been joined in the studio by former labour mp stephen pound, broadcaster mike parry, now ,

broadcaster mike parry, now, mike, look at that. it's a bit sort of spiritual, wasn't it? >> that's how i feel. >> that's how i feel. >> yeah. as we go into the next dimension, a little blurred, which is actually the perfect place to move to you because we read that you were on the list for a heart transplant. >> i was yeah, no, because they couldn't find a heart, >> i was in harefield hospital and i was in patient for three months, and then for the next four months, waiting for a heart transplant. >> then i had to go back into hospital because i deteriorated. but after another month, i said , but after another month, i said, doc, how long is this going to take? and they said, how long is a piece of string? i said, right, i'm going. and they said, we can't guarantee you'll survive if you leave. and that was 20 years ago. in 2004. yes. and when i got home, ambulance took me home. i couldn't walk five yards, but i had 10,000 letters and cards from talksport listeners saying, hope you get better soon. and the post box was 100 yards down the road. it took me ten days to be able to get to the post box by doing a few yards more every day, and i self cured myself. and two years

later ran the great north run . later ran the great north run. >> amazing! >> amazing! >> yes, that is amazing and i'm a medical miracle, literally, because hearts don't generally improve like that. >> and we were sven—goran eriksson. yep wrote to you about this, didn't he? >> well, i was in hospital at the time and i was doing an awful lot of work. obviously, i used to cover every england match home and away, and all that. got to know sven very well. so i was rushed into hospital quite suddenly and he asked somebody at an england press conference, where's mike? and somebody said, i'm afraid he's had a bit of a setback. oh, what is it? he's been rushed into hospital and he's been diagnosed as having , acute heart diagnosed as having, acute heart failure. he needs a heart transplant . really? where is he? transplant. really? where is he? i was in harefield hospital the following day. a messenger turned up , with a following day. a messenger turned up, with a shirt. an england shirt . and i don't know england shirt. and i don't know if you've got a picture of it, but if you look at bottom right, if you look at bottom right on that image, it says to mike, get well soon. best wishes, sven eriksson. but then he got the rest of the squad. this is in 2004 to sign the shirt . he sent

2004 to sign the shirt. he sent it to me. it was absolutely amazing. and what you see there is the shirt in a frame which now hangs on my wall at home. >> what a nice bloke we're talking about, of course, because sadly sven passed away at the weekend and you have a bit of history with him as well. yeah. >> isn't it interesting how everybody says the same thing? what a thoroughly decent gentleman he was, and how he actually drew out the best in footballers. but he and i used to do quite a few fundraisers together, and we'd basically we'd auction shirts and things like that. and there's one and i think there's a picture lurking around there somewhere where we're doing this. nancy and mrs. p and him and he had these, these two balls that he was actually going to walk. and he passed me and said, i'd like you to hold these in front of yourself, stephen, please. so if yourself, stephen, please. so if you look at the two little balls in a bag. well, indeed, i think we have it , in a bag. well, indeed, i think we have it, but i don't in a bag. well, indeed, i think we have it , but i don't know. we have it, but i don't know. >> we can maybe see it here. >> we can maybe see it here. >> so it just shows that the swedes do have a sense of humour. unfortunately, the photograph has now been for all time . sven—goran eriksson, me time. sven—goran eriksson, me and two extremely large globes at groyne height. >> yes, and?

>> yes, and? >> and you liked him as well? he's a very nice guy. he was an absolute about him. everybody had a nobody had a bad week on those particular fundraisers. >> it was afterjapan and we >> it was after japan and we were talking about because it was at the house of commons and somebody said, oh, by the way, sven, you know, i'm sure you'll be getting paid. he said, no, i won't take any money for this. and it's for the footballers benevolent right. and he's just a genuinely sweet guy. i mean, he had a fairly average, if i can. i think he won about 54% of the games. >> well, we never got further than a quarter final in a major competition, unfortunately. so to that extent. but the players loved him. you know, i knew a lot of the england players. i wrote jo cole's book. joe cole got most of his caps under sven—goran eriksson. he said he was just a delight to work with. david beckham loved him. >> david beckham's tribute was very moving. >> beckham used to say to us, you know , he's so passionate, you know, he's so passionate, he's so intense, he knows the game so well and that can steer a footballer's career. one of the next england manager was fabio capello. okay, he couldn't speak english. he was an authoritarian. he used to shout at the players and they never

got anything out of them. >> presumably they didn't know what they were shouting. >> no, no, they didn't know. they didn't know. >> is it interesting? here's sven—goran eriksson's last words. well, look, don't don't mourn you know, i've had a good life. and there's a lovely story about an england footballer. you all know who it was who was sitting at 10:00 in the morning by the swimming pool. and sven turns up with a bottle of champagne and a couple of glasses, and he says, well, what are we celebrating? life. oh, love that, love that. >> right, let's move on. let's talk about ryanair boss stephen colbert talking champagne to limit law. yeah, this is about the law should change so that if you're at the airport, you shouldn't be able to have more than two drinks before you get on a plane. >> yeah, well, hey, how on earth are they going to enforce it? >> quite, quite. i mean, i've beenin >> quite, quite. i mean, i've been in quite a few football specials where you're leaving at gatwick at 7:00 in the morning. and to be fair, one has a ferocious thirst. yes. at 7:00 in the morning. and it's part of the tradition. so are you going to then put on a force, one of those sort of groucho marx moustaches and come back? no, i've not been here before. i'll have another six pints, please. yeah, but why don't. this is all about you know, and i know they

ryanair squeeze the dollar from every. so you look at the price of a can of beer on a ryanair flight and then ask yourself why do they want us to buy on the plane instead of in the airport? ding. yeah, because it's about ten times the price to introduce the two drink limit on his flight. >> no, of course, of course, of course he's not. i mean, they've expressed this mad idea that, oh well , you get expressed this mad idea that, oh well, you get your boarding pass stamped. okay. and then two stamps on the boarding pass. people don't have boarding . people don't have boarding. exactly. but the other thing that really amuses me is he's up against tim martin. right? tim martin runs wetherspoons, the biggest wetherspoons in this country are stansted airport and gatwick airport. and if you've ever been to gatwick at 4:00 in the morning, as i have, it is , i the morning, as i have, it is, i mean, the most active pub in the world and the idea of telling people when they've just got stuck into their bacon and eggs and they want their third pint, you can't have one, is nonsense. >> but 4:00 in the morning. >> but 4:00 in the morning. >> yeah, 4:00 in the morning. makes you proud to be british. >> it does? yes. >> in his defence we are seeing and he says weekly now they're

having. that's a different matter, though, isn't it, on their stewards, on the aeroplane. so i kind of understand we have to have a conversation. yes, but can you believe what how easily we now talk about banning things. >> i agree, restricting a human being i agree, but but but the airport authorities have commented on this and said i think he might be confusing it with the number of people who are under the influence of drugs these days when they're coming to airports, rather than just dnnk. drink. >> and i've always said that you need one spotter at the gate who can pick out the person who shouldn't be fit to get on the aeroplane, because we all know a drunken passenger is a liability in an aircraft, so they should take it very seriously. but not to the nanny state effect, where you've only had two drinks. >> well, beware of hen parties on planes. i always say when you get on a plane and there's a hen party in front of you, they're, you know, they're all dressed up as smurfs or lady police officers dangling handcuffs. yeah. we're going to get diverted to reykjavik. yes >> right. absolutely. yeah. >> right. absolutely. yeah. >> can i just we just do this story about these four people jailed after forging marriage documents and organised criminal

gangs? yeah, so people could stay in the uk illegally. what happened? >> well, you see, this has been going on, hasn't it, for about 50 years, hasn't it? isn't this the biggest racket in the illegal immigration? one of them, in industry. and i'm just surprised they found them because one of the biggest problems we've got with immigration in this country is the black economy and people coming here. no documents, no identification, discipline, the black country. how do they identify these people as being illegal anywhere? i just don't understand it because i don't know if you've ever seen a forged uk passport, but it is brilliant. i mean, the people who make them are absolutely expert at making them. so a i applaud them for doing it. but b i would say it is the tip of a huge iceberg of illegal immigration in this country, which needs to be looked at. and frankly, i think this is at the lower end of concern . lower end of concern. >> well, when the eu is enlarged, we had a huge problem, certainly in my part of the world where you had these phoney weddings where and one of the

registrars in ealing always ask questions now because what used to happen, some polish woman would turn up with a guy wearing trainers and shorts. no, never met each other in their life before. and they said, by the way, what's your husband's name? what's your name? you know and you know, it is a dreadful scam. the other thing is, of course, this one is i think that they've identified 2000 phoney certificates. are those 2000 people going to get tracked down? and are they then going to get deported? yeah. because quite frankly, if they must have willingly known and participated. oh, absolutely . participated. oh, absolutely. >> absolutely. i mean, they shouldn't get away scot free. it's almost like jury service, isn't it? somebody on the street approaches you. would you like to come in here and take part in this ceremony? i know it's i mean , it's ridiculous. mean, it's ridiculous. >> hang on a second. >> hang on a second. >> i mean, when my dad got married in the navy back and he got married in union street in devonport , and they decided to devonport, and they decided to get a couple of passers by because they had to have two witnesses. yes. and unfortunately, the biggest brothel in union street happened to be just down the road from the registry office. however, they were delightful witnesses . they were delightful witnesses. >> did they charge for their services ? services? >> that's not the question you ask your father.

>> yeah, yeah , yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and just briefly, let's touch upon the fact that spencer matthews, former reality star. amazing. he's done 30 marathons across sand in deserts in 30 utterly incredible guinness world records . i mean, i can't world records. i mean, i can't you go into that letterbox. i mean, it is run. >> yes. i mean this is amazing. >> yes. i mean this is amazing. >> yeah. i mean that was 13 miles and i had to walk it because my heart still can't take enough oxygen to run. but this is incredible. who's that, showbiz guy who wants to be an mp? eddie? somebody. he ran more marathons than this, even. and how people can. eddie izzard, he through me. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he ran them in high heels. >> he ran them in high heels. >> he ran them in high heels. >> he did. he well, he well he ran about 35 and 35. so i'm not putting down spencer matthews. this is utterly incredible considering he's doing it for other people. but how does the human body recover from a 26 mile run overnight and do it again and again, looking at him with his shirt off? >> i think i'm not sure. >> i think i'm not sure. >> i'm not sure. pretty impressive. i'm not sure doctors would recommend it. >> no. probably not. >> no. probably not. >> he clearly trained very hard

and look at him finishing. he looks sprightly. >> he's smiling. >> he's smiling. >> yeah, he covered it all on social media and he he raised £350,000 for charity, 250 grand. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> and it'll be, it'll be more than that because people like me might just say, i think i'll send him a few bob, because i'm so impressed with what he's done. you know what i mean? because there's a website there where you can send it. so i would you know, ask everybody to think about it and do it because it's fantastic. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> we've got to move on. gentlemen, i'm so sorry. we've been beaten by the clock again. but you'll be back in the next hour because sophia wenzler is waiting very patiently with your news headlines. >> bev. thank you. good morning. from the gb newsroom at 1032. your headlines, the prime minister is in germany today for what he said is a once in a generation opportunity to reset our relationship with europe. sir keir starmer is meeting with german chancellor olaf scholz to launch negotiations on a new bilateral treaty, which hopes to

boost business and increase joint action on illegal migration. the prime minister is on a two day trip to berlin and paris to turn a corner on brexit and fix a broken relationships left behind by the previous government. but conservative leadership candidate robert jenrick told gb news earlier the government must not undermine brexit. >> i do not want us to do is to undermine brexit. i want to ensure that we are taking full advantage of the freedoms that we secured as a result of leaving the european union, and that will mean diverging with europe, taking a different path at times, because we need to ensure that our business and industry, and in particular the ones that are going to drive growth in the future, like financial services, like tech, like life sciences, can have better and smarter and more nimble regulation than our european neighbours. i worry that keir starmer is going to do precisely the opposite to that . precisely the opposite to that. >> in other news, there are just 100 spaces left in male prisons

across england and wales. that's according to the ministry of justice, with reports that this is the closest the system has come to running out of places. it comes after the activation of early dawn, where defendants in active court cases are kept in police cells until standard prison spaces open up . a man has prison spaces open up. a man has been charged with attempted murder over the stabbing of a mother at notting hill carnival. 20 year old shakeel thibou will appearin 20 year old shakeel thibou will appear in court this morning, charged with attempted murder of the 32 year old woman, who was attacked while with her young child . and the israeli military child. and the israeli military has launched a major operation in the west bank. palestinian health officials claim at least nine people have been killed in the strikes. the israeli army confirmed today that they have begun what they said was an operation to counter terrorism in jenin and tulkarm. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very

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gb news. >> 1039 this gb news. >>1039 this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> so a new survey by the tuc union has revealed 1 in 2 lgbt+ employees face high levels of bullying and harassment in the workplace. >> so delving deeper into the numbers, more than 1 in 5 lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people were exposed to verbal abuse within the last five years. this is according to a tuc survey. >> the tuc not got better things to do . to do. >> well, i guess people say it's important. i'm just very sceptical about this. as a bloke who's been out in the workplace

for 40 years. yeah, i probably was bullied 35 years ago. you were a lot, but not now. well, let's talk to the writer and podcast of bisexual brunch . podcast of bisexual brunch. lewis. lewis, morning to you. and what is bisexual brunch? pray tell . pray tell. >> it is a podcast we created because we couldn't get the mainstream media to talk about bisexuality because everyone thinks it's dumb and there's nothing to say. and now it's one of the highest rated lgbtq podcasts in the country. >> indeed it is. lewis, right. we're a bit cynical about this, but maybe that's because we're such open minded , kind hearted such open minded, kind hearted people because i can't imagine a world in which in 2024, anyone would be openly bullied in the workplace because of who they choose to sleep with. we're beyond that, aren't we? >> sadly not. and i think that it can sometimes feel for us in our london bubble , working in our london bubble, working in the media like, oh, it's just great for everyone. well actually, that's not the case for some of the examples given are, you know, people working in the services industry, you know,

deaung the services industry, you know, dealing with customers, also teachers, but also, you know , teachers, but also, you know, people that work in trades and things like that, you know , things like that, you know, outside of our city bubbles, we're actually saying that you, you know, like men in a very male environment still means you're going to get it. >> are they are people these people who say they're being bullied, are they being bullied because people are the way they dress, the way they speak, perhaps because they're seen as camp ? camp? >> well, i mean, there's a whole different set of reasons why people might be bullied. yes, it might be the way they present. it might just be that actually it's come out that they've got a boyfriend and they're a man. and actually, that's weird. and what do you mean? and so, you know, all of those questions about your sex life and what does that mean? and how would you do this? would you do that or just pull out, you know, being called derogatory terms? there's a whole, you know, raft of things that could come your way if someone finds out you're lgbtq in the workplace, i bet there will be bullying . will be bullying. >> but i'm still sceptical that more than half of people, gay people, lgbt people talk to him

in this survey say they've been they've been bullied more than half . really. half. really. >> well, yeah. but i mean it comes out in its research , comes out in its research, right. is that i think it's about 16% of people actually bother even reporting it. and only about 25 people would tell someone else that this is happening to me. so it goes on. and a lot of people just think, well, you know what? i'm just gonna have to live with this. this is just the way it is. i don't want to make a big deal out of it. people think i'm sensitive or whatever, and so people hide it, and you know, this survey, obviously, it's only when people have actually been sat down and asked, is this going on that people say, oh, yeah, it's going on. but the reason people don't think it is because, well, people don't really report it. and also the big thing as well is about being closeted like so many people in the workplace just don't come out because they might think it's not anyone's business, but b they might worry , look, people b they might worry, look, people then make a big thing about it. >> yeah, i just this is just not a landscape that i recognise. >> maybe it's because i've got teenagers in my house and pretty much , well, every, every other much, well, every, every other friend that appears in my

kitchen table appears to be bisexual , to be honest. i mean, bisexual, to be honest. i mean, there's almost no such thing as demographic as heterosexuality anymore . honestly, it blows my anymore. honestly, it blows my very old fashioned mary whitehouse mind. i can't, i can't lie, but i just wonder what what they do in this situation . louis, do these situation. louis, do these people then go to their hr department? do they complain about it at all because there is legislation in place now, which means you can't discriminate or be to cruel somebody on the bafis be to cruel somebody on the basis of who they date . basis of who they date. >> yeah, but these things are really hard to prove and i do. look, i'll balance this out. i do think there is a lot of pressure on employers right now. rightly so. we should have protections in the law to make sure that bullying like this cannot go on. but i do think one of the suggestions in this report is that the government need to put more pressure on employers. and actually, i think if you're a small business and you maybe don't even have an hr department, it can be really hard to know how to deal with these things. and we are sort of trying to legislate for people just trying to be good people, if that makes sense. you know,

and that's really hard to do in and that's really hard to do in a legislative term. you know, don't pick on your colleagues because of their sexuality or their race or gender or whatever. it is actually that that can be a really hard thing for some employers to implement. so it does need a robust, solution. and also this , this solution. and also this, this report, in my opinion, does not go far enough because we're talking about lgbtq+ people. it doesn't really get into the nitty gritty of what's going on by the demographics for bisexual people. i would say in the workplace, in previous places i've worked, actually , the abuse i've worked, actually, the abuse that came at me was from gay men. so it's not as simple as, oh, it's just a bunch of straight people against. >> so gay men are bullying bisexual men or women, gay men are gay men or gay women are bullying bisexual people. is it gay men doing the bullying ? gay men doing the bullying? >> so gay men tend to be sceptical that bisexual men actually exist, and they think that they're just struggling to accept themselves. and similarly , accept themselves. and similarly, lesbian women are not all obviously , the lesbian women obviously, the lesbian women tend to be sceptical of bisexual

women. >> and lewis, as a bisexual man, have you been bullied by a gay person, >> well, i would never describe it as bullying because i just personally wouldn't let it go that far. i mean, i'm on national tv talking about this. i'm not going to take someone making comments to me, but people have definitely tried it. and i've definitely had in places i've worked before. people being very, oh, bisexual. there's no such thing . you're there's no such thing. you're just gay and you'll come out eventually. and i, you know , eventually. and i, you know, take that to heart, you know, because i've got a female partner . so people are saying partner. so people are saying that this is, you know, a sham relationship, but, you know, there are different things and also, i think a lot of the things put it, bisexuals is about, oh, you're gay, you can't accept it. you know, i'm very proud of all of the men that i've dated, and i'm not embarrassed about it at all. >> right. fascinating. honestly. mind blowing. >> lewis, i'm going to have a listen to your bisexual brunch podcast. >> right. thank you so much, lewis oakley. i will honestly, some days are just i'm still sceptical. get over. i'm still sceptical. >> yeah, i bet you are over 50%, although that put a little slightly different spin on it

that there's a little subculture of bullying within the homosexual world. >> look, 30 years ago fleet street was not a very easy place to be gay, i can tell you that. >> how hard it must have been. it was pretty, pretty awful. >> but now it's transformed. >> but now it's transformed. >> of course it is. >> as are most workplaces. >> as are most workplaces. >> i would have thought. >> i would have thought. >> i would have thought so. right. let's move on. britain's biggest union of doctors, the bma, have called for a ban on all flavoured vapes in a bid to tackle the country's e—cigarette epidemic. >> bma says the government should take bold and brave action because they want to protect children, particularly from the harms caused by these flavoured vapes. >> quite right. so joining us now is doctor marina murphy, spokesperson for the uk vaping industry association. good morning marina. good to see you again . now can you put a defence again. now can you put a defence as to why these doctors are wrong when they call for a ban on these products ? on these products? >> well, as as we've said many times before, these products are designed for adult smokers to help them to quit smoking. and they do that very effectively. and there's already legislation

in place. it's illegal for anybody under 18 to buy or use anybody under 18 to buy or use an e—cigarette . so for me, an e—cigarette. so for me, i think it makes no sense to target the smokers that want and need these products. rather, we should be targeting the retailers that are selling the products to the young people because they shouldn't be doing that in the first place. they're not getting them from nowhere, and the industry has has long argued that there be a licensing scheme and that there be tough, repercussions for people who do that. and i think that is a far more useful thing to do, the flavours are very important for quitting . we've seen that quitting. we've seen that flavours are far more popular than tobacco, not least because, you know, they differentiate smoking and vaping, but also , smoking and vaping, but also, you know, they taste very different to smoking. and when people give up smoking, they're their taste improves. so, you know, they no longer like the taste of tobacco. and that's also recognised by the pharmaceutical industry. when you see their products like nicorette come in, say fruit flavours, for example, and mint, they don't come in tobacco

flavours. >> but marina is a bubble gum flavoured vape, really aimed at a 55 year old trying to quit smoking. or is it aimed at a much younger person? >> well, i would say that the naming conventions i think there are issues around the naming conventions and, they are problematic. that's not to say that adults don't want or need a wide range of flavours. they definitely do. however, there is an argument to be made that of course, naming conventions and the appearance of products could be regulated more strictly. however, banning products for adults doesn't solve the youth issue. the only way to solve the youth issue is to stop these products getting into their handsin products getting into their hands in the first place, and thatis hands in the first place, and that is to, down i think, retailers we shouldn't be targeting smokers or adult smokers in order to try and solve a youth problem. i think we should be targeting the retailers and the manufacturers who aren't abiding by the rules. let me tell you, they're so, you know, let's be compliant and let's abide by the rules.

>> let me tell you what i've observed. just this is just my real world experience, as we might say , i'm not basing this might say, i'm not basing this on data. i see teenagers who would never have picked up a cigarette because it didn't taste very nice, addicted to nicotine . you've successfully nicotine. you've successfully got another generation addicted to nicotine, and i've also seen recently this summer, old friends who haven't smoked for 20, 30, sometimes 40 years. and now they are routinely vaping. you know why? because they like the taste of it. and because they are now addicted to nicotine. so the success of the vaping industry is not to get people to quit, it's to create a whole nother generation of people who are addicts. >> well, like i said, young people shouldn't be vaping in the first place. just admit it. >> you know, you just you just admit that's what this is. >> it's not a quitting product anymore. just admit that's what you're doing. >> well, if you accept that the human race has used nicotine for more than 10,000 years and probably more, but that's the

evidence that we can find because tobacco is perishable. well, then, if you are pragmatic and you accept that humans want or need to use nicotine, well, then the pragmatic thing is to provide them with a safe way to do that and unfortunately, then stop pretending you're trying to make people quit smoking. >> that's not what this is. and i think you just all need to be honest. and the vaping industry that you want a whole nother generation of adults and children addicted to these products, like i said, are designed for adults that want to quit smoking. >> and the fact is that the vast majority of people that use them are either smokers or ex—smokers or smokers that are trying to quit. >> and how many people now are vaping marina compared to five years ago in this country ? years ago in this country? >> well, if you look, there are more people vaping, but there are also a lot less people smoking. and also if you look so there are more people, vaping is that not a measure of the failure of your product? no. the fact that it's replacing smoking is i think is a is a success. so

there are less people smoking , there are less people smoking, are less people smoking. and there are there are more people vaping. but most of those people were what are the numbers maria? >> what are the numbers? >> what are the numbers? >> actually i don't know what the numbers are off my head, but i do know if you look at the statistics, one of the very good things to come out of it this yearis things to come out of it this year is that the number of young people vaping has gone down well , people vaping has gone down well, marginally, i would suggest. >> or maybe you just don't know how many of them are actually vaping. i'd be really interested to know what are the profits been for the uk vaping industry in the last 5 to 10 years? >> well, i wouldn't be the right person to ask that because i'm a i'm a scientist, not a business person. >> do you, do you vape? marina no. why not? >> i've never been a smoker, so i don't use nicotine, so i have no reason to vape. >> okay . would you want your. >> okay. would you want your. i don't know if you have children. would you want your children to vape? >>i vape? >> i wouldn't want a child to do anything that they shouldn't be doing, but i would rather that somebody who would be a smoker would be a vaper instead. or if

they do smoke that, they try something else. >> public health success story . >> public health success story. almost the only public health success story of the last 20 years has been the reduction in smoking to his credit, actually, tony blair stopping smoking indoors. and then the way that we've gradually made smoking socially unacceptable has been a major public health success, and the uk vaping industry has just come into that fantastic story and ripped it up and just handed children tobacco. sorry, nicotine in another form. and there is no evidence that this will ever stop them smoking. i'm now seeing teenagers starting vaping and then moving to on cigarettes. i just wish the industry marina would be honest about the fact that that is the intention . intention. >> i would disagree with you. i think that there have been a lot of measures put in place that have been very successful, but i think one of the important things that has happened is that the department of health and the pubuc the department of health and the public health community in the uk has supported the use of vaping for quitting smoking, and

that has been very important. even if you look at the who. and the framework convention, which is an international health treaty , one of the things they treaty, one of the things they say is that one of the important pillars of tobacco control is harm reduction, and providing people with an alternative to cigarettes, which is one of the things that the uk has done very successfully, in addition to other things like increasing the taxes on on cigarettes and prevention programs. but they all work together . and i think, all work together. and i think, of course, prevention and fiscal measures work, but they work better if they are working in combination with harm reduction, which means providing alternative products for smokers. >> thank you very much. we appreciate you coming on. doctor marina murphy, their spokesperson for uk vaping industry association. >> i'm just going to say there's a figure here from charity action on smoking health ash. they say 8% of 11 to 17 year olds vape regularly or occasionally, compared to 1% in 2014. that's dramatic. >> and the rest you go around. and if any of you have been to

music festivals this summer where there are teenagers, they are all sucking on what appear to be like. it's like a usb stick from a computer. it looks ridiculous. you can't smell it and they're all getting high. >> i'm amazed they're not banned in public places, actually, because smoking is because there is no vapour. >> people, people do it in the workplace, not here. but i know people who sit at the office and they'll just. because you can because with a cigarette you would never do that. but you can be addicted. >> would you would, would you let anyone dope in your home? >> scandalous. >> scandalous. >> would you let anyone vape in your home? people sometimes do. >> and i've said, we get in the garden with that. you're not doing it in my house. >> that would be my view, the time's come up to 1054. we're going to go to the weather. this is britain's newsroom on. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news. weather update brought to you from the met office. through the rest of the day, it will feel very warm across eastern areas and some

central areas of england . sunny central areas of england. sunny spells for many of us, but a risk of some quite heavy showers where we see this weather front pushin where we see this weather front push in across parts of scotland, northern england, wales , southwestern england as wales, southwestern england as well later on today. so risk of some showers for some of us, particularly across the north and west , the next batch of rain and west, the next batch of rain will spread into parts of western scotland later on this afternoon, as well as northern ireland, but ahead of this area should stay dry. the sunshine will be relatively hazy, but as i said, it is going to feel very warm. warmest day of the week for many of us, temperatures climbing as high as 29 degrees in the south and east. but for many areas in central and eastern england in the mid to high 20s, a little bit fresher elsewhere. but still relatively warm across the east coast of scotland, where it should stay dry through much of the day. temperatures around 20 degrees or the high teens across the east further west, though, where we've got the heavier rain, potentially some quite thundery downpours, it will be cooler. we'll turn a little bit drier overnight across parts of northern ireland and into wales and the south—west. as this band of cloud slowly sinks further

south and east into more central and eastern areas of england. so that brings a risk of the odd shower across eastern england, eastern coast of northern england, the east coast of scotland this evening. but then things will turn more widely dry overnight. tonight we could see a few mist and fog patches developing across some southern counties, and a few further showers spreading into the far north and west. but with clear and dry skies. for most of us, it's going to be a cooler night tonight than last night quite widely. temperatures dipping down into single figures rurally. so a fresh but bright start to the day on thursday. quite a lot of sunshine around on thursday. it will be a fresher feeling day through much of the day, but still pretty warm in the sunshine, particularly across more southern areas where away from the breeze as it will be a few showers still affecting the west and northern areas of scotland, and northern areas of scotland, and here temperatures a little below average elsewhere , just below average elsewhere, just above sea. >> soon that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> it's 11:00 gb news. >> it's11:00 on gb news. >> it's 11:00 on wednesday the >> it's11:00 on wednesday the 28th of august. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so starmer's brexit reset the prime minister is in germany this morning hoping to secure deals on trade, defence and tackling illegal migration. he's going to be speaking any minute now . how. >> now. >> bet you can't wait. prison panic. minister of justice confirms only 100 spaces are left in male prisons in england and wales. >> and is there trouble in paradise ? maybe prince harry is paradise? maybe prince harry is going to go on a2000 mile trip, but he's going without his wife. we're going to have the latest on that . on that. >> and that vaping crackdown. britain's top doctor is demanding a total ban on all flavoured vapes to tackle what they call the e—cigarette epidemic .

epidemic. >> we are waiting to bring you some of sir keir starmer live in europe this morning. let's see what he's going to say. i know you're not exactly on the edge of your seat. thrilling, but it will be interesting every time he speaks. now i'm trying to work out who he is and what he's going to do for our country, so don't go anywhere. gbnews.com/yoursay to let us know your thoughts. first, though, the very latest news with sofia . and fix the broken relationships with sofia. >> bev. thank you. good morning left behin(. with sofia. >> bev. thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom at 11:00. from the gb newsroom at 11:00. your headlines. the prime your headlines. the prime minister is in germany today for minister is in germany today for what he said is a once in a what he said is a once in a generation opportunity to reset generation opportunity to reset our relationship with europe. our relationship with europe. sir keir starmer is meeting with sir keir starmer is meeting with german chancellor olaf scholz to german chancellor olaf scholz to launch negotiations on a new launch negotiations on a new bilateral treaty , which hopes to bilateral treaty , which hopes to bilateral treaty, which hopes to boost business and increase bilateral treaty, which hopes to boost business and increase joint action on illegal joint action on illegal migration. the prime minister is migration. the prime minister is on a two day trip to berlin and on a two day trip to berlin and paris to turn a corner on brexit paris to turn a corner on brexit and fix the broken relationships and fix the broken relationships

left behind left behind by the previous government. but conservative leadership candidate robert jenrick told gb news earlier the government must not undermine

terrorism in jenin, and telecom. there are just 100 spaces left in male prisons across england and wales. that's according to the ministry of justice, with reports this is the closest a system has come to running out welcome prime minister keir starme|has come to running out of places. it comes after the system has come to running out of places. it comes after the activation of early dawn, where activation of early dawn, where defendants in active court cases defendants in active court cases are kept in police cells until are kept in police cells until standard prison spaces open up . standard prison spaces open up . standard prison spaces open up. now, with hundreds more arrests standard prison spaces open up. now, with hundreds more arrests from riots and notting hill from riots and notting hill carnival disorder over recent carnival disorder over recent days and weeks, there are days and weeks, there are concerns prisons may run out of concerns prisons may run out of capacity . capacity . capacity. >> germany and the uk . starmer capacity. >> germany and the uk . >> germany and the uk. >> germany and the uk. >> now let's cross live now to >> germany and the uk. >> germany and the uk. >> now let's cross live now to sir keir starmer in germany. sir keir starmer in germany. >> both of us will be working >> both of us will be working hard to ensure that this hard to ensure that this relationship will continue to relationship will continue to thrive . bannau damen und herren thrive . bannau damen und herren thrive. bannau damen und herren thrive. bannau damen und herren ladies and gentlemen, i'm ladies and gentlemen, i'm extraordinarily pleased to extraordinarily pleased to welcome prime minister keir welcome prime minister keir

starmer so soon after taking office. >> germany and the uk share a long standing and a trustful partnership, which is based on shared values and reliable friendship . we are going to friendship. we are going to foster and promote this cooperation for the benefit of our peoples, for the benefit of europe and security and the trends of atlantic sphere . we trends of atlantic sphere. we want to continue to intensify these relations. we don't want to leave it at statements, but base our relations on an entirely new footing in the coming months. we are going to work towards a treaty which reflects the whole spectrum of our relations. such a treaty has not existed between germany and the united kingdom yet we also want to deepen our cooperation between our two governments through government to government consultations, which we are going to have very soon. already now, we're coordinating closely

in our day to day work, we coordinate closely and based on the spirit of trust, all of this goes to show germany and the uk are special partners. indeed, together we want to strengthen the european pillar in nato and closer cooperation in the field of security will play an important role . we also dealt important role. we also dealt with a situation in ukraine today. germany and the uk stand firmly by ukraine's side. i explicitly say this also against the backdrop of the fact that attempts were made to sow the seeds of doubt when it comes to this commitment, we will continue to lend financial, economic, political and military support as long as this is necessary. the budget, the draft budget, has earmarked ,4 billion in bilateral aid for ukraine. in addition, together with the g7

states, we provide a 50 billion loan to ukraine in order to make sure that ukraine has reliable financial support and in order to do so , we also use windfall to do so, we also use windfall profits from immobilised russian central banks assets. we are deeply worried about the situation in the middle east and the escalation in the region. the immense human suffering which we're observing for months is growing just as the risk of a regional conflagration we call upon all parties involved to continue negotiations immediately. negotiations on a ceasefire and the liberation of hostages , the catastrophic hostages, the catastrophic humanitarian situation in gaza and the lack of protection for civilians and humanitarian aid workers is something that deeply worries me . israel needs to do worries me. israel needs to do more . we coordinate closely , not more. we coordinate closely, not only in terms of security

policy. it is also important to further develop relations between the european union and the united kingdom. i am happy about the announcement by keir starmer to seek a reset in the relations to the european union. we want to take this hand which has reached out to us. the uk has reached out to us. the uk has always been an indispensable partner when it comes to solving the big issues affecting all of europe, and nothing has changed. after the uk left the european union with the withdrawal agreement, the protocol in ireland and northern ireland, the corporate comprehensive trade and cooperation agreement and the windsor framework, we have a reliable legal framework for our relations that needs to be fully implemented. one last point is important to me. the contacts between our societies, between germans and people in the uk have declined massively after brexit and the covid 19

pandemic. we want to change that because if you know each other well, you understand each other better. we share similar views on this and this is why we want to intensify the exchanges between germany and the uk. mr prime minister, welcome to berlin. >> thank you very much. can i first express my sincere condolences for the shocking attack in solingen last week? our country knows what it's like to suffer such senseless and despicable acts, and our thoughts are with all the families affected by this terrible event . and, olaf, thank terrible event. and, olaf, thank you. it's fantastic to

terrible event. and, olaf, thank you. it's fantastic great hospitality of this great nation. so thank you for hosting yet another episode in english footballing trauma. i've been through a lot. anyway, i'm delighted to be back at this moment of opportunity for our two countries. olaf on every occasion that we have met, we have talked about our ambitions for the future, our values of security, prosperity and respect, and our shared determination to harness the power of government for the service of working people. and thatis service of working people. and that is what we are doing today. a new uk germany treaty , a once a new uk germany treaty, a once in a generation chance to deliver for working people in britain and in germany, a new agreement, a testament to the depth and potential of our relationship with deeper links on science , technology

on science, technology development, people , business, development, people, business, culture, a boost to our trading relations. germany of course , relations. germany of course, already the uk's second largest trading partner in the world, and through that a chance to create jobs here and in the united kingdom and deliver that most precious of goods for both our countries economic growth. let me be clear. growth is the number one mission of my government , and what we government, and what we understand clearly is that building relationships with our partners here in germany and across europe is vital to achieving it. that is what our agreement today represents, the chance that we have. we will also deepen cooperation on shared social challenges , for shared social challenges, for example on illegal immigration, because we cannot smash the smuggler gangs who perpetrate this vile trade without the help

of our partners . and i am really of our partners. and i am really glad that we had substantive discussions today about how we tackle the smuggling gangs and agree to develop a joint action plan to tackle illegal migration. we will also renew our commitment to the calais group, enhance our intelligence sharing on organised immigration, crime , but also immigration, crime, but also increase collaboration on tackling climate change an important goal for the planet. of course , for greater energy of course, for greater energy security. but also for tackling the drivers of challenges like illegal migration at source . and illegal migration at source. and finally, at the heart of this treaty will be a new defence agreement, an agreement that builds upon our already formidable defence cooperation, but which expands that relationship to face the threats of a volatile world. together

that, of course, means a shared resolve to stand up for the security of our people and the wider european continent. and that begins with our unyielding support for ukraine. and we discuss that in some detail today. discuss that in some detail today . because as europe's today. because as europe's largest contributors to ukraine's war efforts, and as the nations with the highest defence expenditure among the european countries in nato, we know too only well the debt we owe to the ukrainian people who fight not to just defend themselves, but for the people and all the people across europe . and all the people across europe. so today we affirmed our commitment to stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. we also share a common commitment to resolve the crisis in the middle east. as you have just referenced, and we agree on israel's right to self—defence in compliance with international

humanitarian law. the need for de—escalation across the region and for restraint and caution to be exercised . unfettered be exercised. unfettered humanitarian access into gaza agreement to a ceasefire and release of all hostages, and the importance of working together towards a political solution based on the creation of a palestinian state alongside a safe and secure israel. the only way to provide long term peace and security for both israelis and security for both israelis and palestinians . now that, of and palestinians. now that, of course, is not an easy goal, but it is one that we are committed to pursuing together because, as today shows , britain can advance today shows, britain can advance its interests much more effectively when friends and partners. this treaty is part of a wider reset, grounded in a new

spirit of cooperation with our shared understanding that this will be developed at pace and that we hope to have agreed it by the end of the year. a britain reconnected , resetting britain reconnected, resetting our relationship , rediscovering our relationship, rediscovering our relationship, rediscovering our common interests , delivering our common interests, delivering for working people. britain and germany already have an incredible relationship. we invest billions in each other's countries. thousands and thousands of jobs are supported through trade. and every year millions of people travel between our two countries exchanging ideas , collaborating, exchanging ideas, collaborating, creating and connecting. but today we build on that. a bright new future for uk german relations. two great countries brought closer together than ever before the strongest strategic partners in europe and on the world stage. thank you so much for hosting us here today.

thank you. thank you very much. >> as you know, we have a drill for questions. for questions. brookside hsi. the first question goes to wes streeting pubuc question goes to wes streeting public and commercial services union. >> thank you beth rigby, sky news prime minister pm after pm has come to berlin asking for a better deal, better trade deal, only to fail. you've ruled out rejoining the eu, the single market or customs union, but you know you'll have to make concessions for a better deal. do you acknowledge that? and specifically , will you allow specifically, will you allow freedom of movement for young germans? and chancellor , our new germans? and chancellor, our new prime minister is talking about a once in a generation reset between uk and europe. but does berlin and your partners in brussels have real appetite for the reset? the prime minister is pledging can the uk really expect to cherry pick better trade terms outside of the european union, and is youth

mobility something that might materially shift the dial for you? thank you very much. >> thank you beth. obviously today is predominantly about the bilateral treaty that we will agree at pace. and we've talked about the substance of that today and that will be ambitious. it will be wide ranging covering trade, the economy, defence and many other issues. and the fact that we have agreed the substance, the ambition and the pace of it today , i think is very today, i think is very significant for both the uk and for germany. and that is why i say it's a once in a generation opportunity to take something of that order forward for both of our countries when it comes to the wider reset with europe, i am absolutely clear that we do want a reset. i have been able to repeat that here today. a reset with europe, a reset with the eu. that does not mean reversing brexit or re—entering

the single market or the customs union, but it does mean a closer relationship on a number of fronts, including the economy, including defence, including exchanges. but we do not have plans for the youth mobility scheme . but we do have plans for scheme. but we do have plans for a closer relationship between us and the eu. as part of that, white said. so the position today is exactly as it was before the election. but what we have been able to do today is to move that forward with the bilateral treaty agreement to and reiterate our desire to reset the relationships with the eu. thank you . eu. thank you. >> i don't have much to add from my point of view. we want to create good relations between the uk and the european union . the uk and the european union. it can become better day by day and we all share an interest. the historic decision in germany was taken from great britain. the uk has left the european

union, but we're friends. we live on the same continent and from our point of view , from our from our point of view, from our perspective and we are of the opinion that there is reason to do everything in our power to improve relations between our both countries , but also the uk both countries, but also the uk and the european union . and the european union. >> the prime minister herr bundeskanzler, sie haben eben die hilfe fur die ukraine nochmal btec es gibt aber zweifel ob dieses financial instrument von gb views und der eu fur die ukraine. verfugung steht waffen zu kaufen deswegen ganz konkret die frage an sie bead wird werden . diese windfall bead wird werden. diese windfall profits aus den frozen russian assets noch in diesem jahr werden konnen. der ukraine eine credit uber ,50 million dollar zu geben, und wie es eigentlich der anteil des credits den grossbritannien und auch deutschland zu steuern and prime minister. second question for you germany will deploy american

mid—range weapons from 2026 onwards until germany , france onwards until germany, france and britain have developed own capacities in this field. how do you bridge the capability gap in this field? also with american weapons? thank you , thank you, weapons? thank you, thank you, i will start. >> okay . es ist so? dass wir uns beim? >> well, in apulia at the g7, we agreed on a lending big support to ukraine with a loan to the tune of ,5,050 billion, with windfall profits of the immobilised russian central banks assets. and this is a major effort. but it is something that is possible and we want to swiftly promote this. we are intensively working on, technical preconditions. i talked to the president of the

european commission as far as europe's share. germany's share is concerned and how we're going to do it. we have far advanced we coordinate closely with our american friends so that it fits well within their rules and regulations. and the same holds true for involving all those who want to lend a contribution as part of g7, the uk , canada and part of g7, the uk, canada and japan. and of course, we are happy if others chip in and join. these are the developments and in this sense, in this regard, we're at work and we hope that we have the technical preconditions ready for it to happen. >> so if you're listening on the radio, this is the prime minister alongside the german chancellor, olaf scholz. there are joint press conference in the german chancellery. and you're hearing a female translator translating the german chancellor's answers the prime minister is speaking to. because, of course, some of the

questions are from british journalists and also german journalists and also german journalists too. so that's what's going on right now , what's going on right now, working so closely together. >> so far as the uk is concerned, there's been no change of position, no new decisions made in relation to capability, and the contribution we make is in accordance and consistent with the contribution that was made before the election, because there has been a high degree of consensus, political consensus in the uk in relation to that, as you would expect , ukraine was a part of expect, ukraine was a part of our discussion here this morning as we looked at the challenges ahead and our resolve is, as even ahead and our resolve is, as ever, to stand shoulder to shoulder with ukraine, to provide the support that it needs for as long as it needs. thank you , mr. president. thank you, mr. president. >> the mid—range weapons of american . yeah. american. yeah. >> well, look, i mean, i'm not

sure there's much i can add to what the chancellor already said . what the chancellor already said. first, i can find the text. >> thank you. chris mckeen press association, following on on the subject of ukraine and weapons and long—range weapons. firstly, the prime minister, is it the case that it is american objections that are preventing the use of storm shadow missiles to target, well, to hit targets in russia? and what discussions have you had with the chancellor on lifting restrictions on the use of weapons in russia? and chancellor , is now the time to chancellor, is now the time to consider lifting restrictions on the use of german supplied weapons against russian targets, particularly supplying f—16 jets and the taurus missiles . and the taurus missiles. >> let me just address that, obviously. and as you know , we obviously. and as you know, we have been providing support and weaponry to ukraine. consistent with the approach of other key allies, including germany, we

supported the approach and the framework put forward by the previous government in the united kingdom. when we were in opposition, and we are acting consistently with that in government. and that's why i am very clear that no new or different decisions have been made. i am not going to get into, tactical questions about the use of weapons for very obvious reasons. but no new decisions have been taken, but ukraine is of course, a constant theme of discussion between nato allies and we all recognise the need to stand by for ukraine as long as it takes. and we've renewed that commitment here this morning . commitment here this morning. >> the barge plant is . >> the barge plant is. >> the barge plant is. >> germany is one of the very large supporters of ukraine. in europe, within europe, we are the largest contributor. we are continue going to continue this

support and this support is bolstered and added by the 50 billion loan that we prepared as g7 . and we're intensively g7. and we're intensively working on realising this as far as weapon supply is concerned, there are no new decisions from germany . germany. >> vielen dank, herr premier, thank you very much, prime minister >> the knife stabbing attacks in soungen >> the knife stabbing attacks in solingen have led to a debate in germany as to how to limit irregular, migration. you just announced that there will be a new action plan between the uk and germany on this topic. which tangible measures are contained in this action plan? and prime minister, what are the recommendations to the chancellor based on your own experiences in dealing with knife stabbing attacks in soungen knife stabbing attacks in solingen and mr chancellor , the

solingen and mr chancellor, the opposition leader, friedrich merz , offered to support laws merz, offered to support laws draft bills without the support of your coalition partners, this would infringe upon the coalition treaty. are you categorically against this because of that reason , because of that reason, taiwanese wir haben uns . first taiwanese wir haben uns. first of all, yes, we intensively exchanged views on the terrible attack of solingen and very grateful for the condolences and the solidarity expressed by the prime minister in our personal meeting, and for reiterating his condolences here. it is a terrible, terrible indeed. what happened there . and i'm going to happened there. and i'm going to continue. and i will not forget meeting those who were there. who are suffering and going through difficult emotions because it was a terrible

situation for the people fighting for their lives. and we know three people have lost their lives in this terrible attack, this terrible, murderous attack, this terrible, murderous attack cost, people's lives . and attack cost, people's lives. and further victims continue to be hospitalised. hospitalised? we mourn the victim, and we wish a speedy and comprehensive recovery to those who have been injured . we can't go back to injured. we can't go back to daily business after this attack. we cannot do that. we will not do that. we will draw the necessary lessons. it is clear we are continuing our efforts to contain irregular migration into germany. as far as we know . the perpetrator of as we know. the perpetrator of lie—in, solingen, was supposed to have left germany already. he was supposed to be deported to

bulgaria. we are going to closely investigate why this did not happen, why authorities did not happen, why authorities did not deport him and this needs to change so that such terrible attacks don't happen again in order to contain irregular migration , the government, in migration, the government, in cooperation with the federal states , and the bundesrat and states, and the bundesrat and the bundestag, has passed a measures in the past 12 months, a law on deportation which has removed legal and bureaucratic obstacles that lends assists authorities in deporting perpetrators. the police now has more authorities to search and look for , people who are to be look for, people who are to be deported , and persons can be deported, and persons can be detained longer, and asylum seekers receive a reduced amount

of support. at the same time, we massively expanded controls and border checks and we will continue to do so as long as it is possible. all of these decisions show effects. the number of those who come to germany have illegally have reduced and in comparison to 2021, the number of people deported has increased by 60%. and yet the numbers are not the way the citizens expect them to be. and the way i hope them to be. and the way i hope them to be. this is why the federal government is going to continue its efforts to contain and limit irregular migration further , we irregular migration further, we are going to discuss new and coordinate new measures. a tightening of weapons laws,

measures against violent islamism , and further measures islamism, and further measures in order to make repatriation. eafienlt in order to make repatriation. easier. it is a good signal when the largest opposition party signals its cooperation and the willingness to cooperate. and we welcome this willingness to cooperate with us. the federal government is going to swiftly take the necessary decisions with representatives of the federal states and the cdu, csu party, and also talk about proposals, that are made the federal minister of interior is going to invite swiftly, chairman of the prime ministers conferences of the federal states and representatives of the respective ministries for meetings on this matter. the aim of this joint effort is clear.

we want to further reduce irregular migration to germany. at the same time, we all know, germany needs and relies on regular immigration. 20 million of our citizens with migrant background, lend a contribution to economic prosperity. they are well integrated as neighbours, as classmates. they pay taxes. it's a success story and we can be proud of this with modernisation , with modernising modernisation, with modernising the laws on immigration and nationality. the federal government has, made a big effort and the state has to contain irregular immigration so as to not to overburden the country. this can and must succeed . without questioning our

succeed. without questioning our bafic succeed. without questioning our basic law and also international treaties , we owe this to the treaties, we owe this to the victims of solingen . victims of solingen. >> relation to the terrible attacks here in germany. i just reiterate, our thoughts are with all of the victims and their families in what is a very difficult set of circumstances . difficult set of circumstances. on the wider question of irregular migration and the particular issue that we have in the uk of small boats crossing the uk of small boats crossing the channel i have long said before the election that i thought the rwanda scheme was a gimmick, which is why we stood it down immediately. but nonetheless it is very important that we take back control of our borders. i have long been convinced that the best way, the most effective way to do that is to take down the gangs that are running the vile trade of

putting people in dangerous situations across europe and across the channel and i said before the election that i would invest political capital in making sure we could work more effectively with our partners in taking down those gangs. and that's why i'm very pleased today that we have had a substantive discussion. agreed to a joint action plan, and that will, as you would expect, deal with issues like data sharing, intelligence sharing, what we can do on joint operations, because that is the way to take effective action in relation to the vile trade that sits beneath irregular migration across europe and in particular, beneath the vile trade of putting people into small boats across the channel. thank you . across the channel. thank you. >> so that was german chancellor olaf scholz and the prime minister, sir keir starmer, talking in berlin and finishing up there. the question and the answer that keir starmer was

giving was about irregular migration . stephen pound and migration. stephen pound and mike parry is still with us. irregular migration gentlemen , irregular migration gentlemen, this is the new terminology for the small boat crossings formerly called illegal migration. >> yeah. well, considering you went through his downing street press conference yesterday , it press conference yesterday, it didn't mention it once. and that was supposed to be his first speech as prime minister on, you know, centralising on the big issues affecting this country not mentioned once he has to go to germany to mention it and then change the description of it to irregular migration. i mean, what is irregular migration? can he is he going to define that or is this a new this is the new word. >> is it the new word, or has he discovered something else? >> in addition to illegal immigrants coming to this country, it's no longer a criminal matter to cross the channel illegally. yeah, well, it looks like that changed international law. well, he must have done , because we all know have done, because we all know if somebody comes to this country uninvited, it's against the law. and they're illegal aliens. >> you're not. >> you're not. >> listen, i'm sorry, a couple of key points here. you can

change the name, but you can't change the name, but you can't change the name, but you can't change the problem. and i think what's fascinating about this is that the understated aspect of schultz's speech, sweden and germany were the two most welcoming nations in europe when it comes to immigrants. both of them are now saying enough is more than enough. sweden is now cracking down hugely, and olaf scholz has made more statements in the last couple of weeks against against so—called illegal immigration than he's ever made in any german politician has made. so i think there's a wind of change blowing through the chancellors of europe on this particular, but not here, but not in this country. well, i'm sorry, i'm sorry. you just heard it there. no, no, no, it's going the other way in this country. >> it's no longer calling it illegal migration. >> yeah. i don't care what you call it. as long as we can stop it. >> yeah, but by calling it something else, he's downplaying its significance. well, i don't know. >> you could say it's. it's up playing it. i don't know, but he ignored it altogether. >> yesterday when he had the opportunity to address it, he completely ignored it, as though we haven't got a problem with people coming to the country who aren't who aren't legal. >> i have a real problem with

how many words he's using. and presuming we all have a shared understanding of the definitions of those, populism was the other one. one. >> one. >> oh, populism drives you mad . >> oh, populism drives you mad. populism, populism, populism used to describe people who don't agree with my political theory. anybody. anybody who doesn't agree with my political stance is a populist. oh doesn't agree with my political stance is a populist. on people who like freedom, people who like majorities, people who like to bond with others and say this is the way of life. it's outrageous to call them the states. >> get out of their life. >> get out of their life. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> well, no, the point about populism is an insult, right? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, i'm sorry, it was people who si king the varne ardour of the crowd. that was the idea, was that you actually sacrificed your principles in favour of what might be popular at the time. yeah. you know, words matter. they do , they do. words matter. they do, they do. >> we've had enough of them. from you. from me? oh that's harsh. not harsh enough. >> more , more stephen powis. >> more, more stephen powis. right up next, find out why prince harry is riding solo in a2000 mile trip. is britain's newsroom on news, right

>> it's 1138. this is prince son heung—min gb news andrew pearson. bev turner. >> well, prince harry jetting off again a little closer to home to new york city to visit the un and take part in climate week. >> but he's not going with his missus. what's that about? >> so probably not the great royal sage of this station, michael cole, joins us now. >> michael, morning to you, environment is a big issue for this couple, although they seem to have spent quite a lot of time in private jets flying around the world, should we should we read anything into the fact that he's going alone? >> good morning. andrew. good morning. bev, this is a further attempt by prince harry to prove he's relevant. if you are a member of the royal family, you just are . if you're a just are. if you're a semi—detached member of the royal family living in california, you have to be. you have to be on the move to show

that you are of some worth to the world. hence the recent trips with his wife to nigeria and colombia. and that's what he's doing. he's going to new york in the week of the general assembly , the world's biggest assembly, the world's biggest talking shop. and as you say , talking shop. and as you say, andrew, climate week. and he's carrying the banner of the archewell foundation, now, his partner in the archewell foundation, of course, is his wife, meghan . but she's not wife, meghan. but she's not going. so what should we read into that? are they concerned about another one of those two hour relentless car chases through new york city, which happenedin through new york city, which happened in may last year or didn't happen? the indian taxi driver and indeed the mayor, his honoun driver and indeed the mayor, his honour, the mayor of new york, both weighed in and poured cold water on that tale of them being pursued by paparazzi and being scared out of their lives. so we don't know why she's not going. perhaps she has other things to do. jam to make people to talk

to. on her hilltop in montecito. but there are the facts. so harry will be there trying to put forward the diana foundation , put forward the diana foundation, founded in the name of his mother, the halo trust , which founded in the name of his mother, the halo trust, which i think is to help landmine victims and other good causes. well, jolly good for that. but will anybody be interested? because new york is going to be quite busy that week and there'll be a lot of important people, most of the important people, most of the important people in the whole world will be heading towards the big apple. >> he's done. here's the problem. i'm trying to think why we're being so snooty about this. if you build a career solely on your personal life and your relationship and your marriage, which is what they've done via their netflix documentaries, via his book spare if your life is only about your relationships, when you then go without your wife. yeah, that's what triggers the speculation, because there's no other sort of substance beneath what they do is there? that's

the problem here. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. and what have they got to sell? they've got celebrity and that's a fast depleting, factor in all of this. and in america they don't want what was yesterday. they want what's next. you know, what are you doing now? that's the question you get in new york. this is the home of nostalgia. this is where we cherish old hollywood stars who come over here and pantomime. so they've got to come out of the box all the time to prove that they are relevant and that they are important. well, they could have done an extremely good job within the royal family of doing that. they would have had the structure and the support to do wonderful work around the 54 countries of the commonwealth, and they started to do it, and they were doing it rather well. and she was being an asset. but then suddenly in 2020, they took fright , jumped 2020, they took fright, jumped on a plane to canada and then to on a plane to canada and then to on california, which may have been her destination. all along. so it's difficult for them . i'm

so it's difficult for them. i'm not weighing in to criticise them. i'm just feeling rather sympathetic because harry is 40. on 15th september. this visit will be just after that . at 40, will be just after that. at 40, a man should be wondering, you know, what am i going to do with my life? what have i done and what is my future? obviously, i wish him well. i remember when he was born, the first day he went to school, his first holiday, all of that stuff. and i remember , of course, the i remember, of course, the tragedy when his mother was killed and i'm sure that has had a great effect on him. so i'm sympathetic. i say. at the same time, i wonder really what is happening. >> yeah, well , don't we always, >> yeah, well, don't we always, michael, but you always help us understand a little bit more clearly what is happening. thank you so much. good to see you. and let's just have a look what you've been saying at home, shall we? there you go. do you want to read from that one? yeah. for you. >> i have to do it on paper. alan says no, let's say christine, she says, i think she gets it right about simon. he's cold. he shows little or no emotion or empathy. my mum would have said he's like being

covered with a blanket. or as beverley turner would say. is he a radiator or a drain? >> he's a drain. he's a drain. >>— >> he's a drain. he's a drain. >> he's a drain. he's a drain. >> he was even then. he was, he did. he can't raise a smile like he could have gone on there today at the lectern. given that our economy is doing really well, weirdly, all credit, i have to say to the conservatives, yes. and he could have gone on and said, well, you know, our economy is doing well. we're here to give you a few pointers, olaf. you know, like just just have some warmth about you. >> just something he's got a constant crib sheet there in front of him, isn't he? he couldn't stop reading his notes. >> i know, i guess, and it's not because he's new at the job. he's been leader of the opposition for four years and he was an accomplished lawyer, so he should be used to thinking on his feet and answering questions. >> doesn't seem to be able to. he stands there like he's a barrister and he's looking at his notes all the time. he never talks from the heart. maggie. good morning maggie, she says, how many times does starmer met with eu leaders in the last two months, and why exactly? i don't see any tangible benefits to the uk from this great reset. >> i can answer that. >> i can answer that. >> i can answer that. >> i noticed that word as well, maggie. >> it'll be five meetings with macron and four with schultz,

nine meetings, and he's only been prime minister for seven weeks, >> and phoebe says, i wonder how he'd like it if we referred to the riots as irregular protests. >> very good point. that's a bit mischievous, phoebe, but i know what you mean, anne—marie says. >> does he have a mandate for this so—called reset that he's talking about, starmer has said nothing different, says andy, and still done nothing to stop illegal migration. that's a summary . a lot of you are summary. a lot of you are irregular migration , dennis irregular migration, dennis says. a dipstick who will betray his wife by undermining all women by pretending that a woman can be a man, is capable of any subterfuge, and is not fit to be prime minister. we were well warned. now we have the consequences to contend with. you know, it's not terribly popular with our viewers. >> well, not well, i don't think he's had a very good start. i'm not sure that people on the labour left either are too enamoured. really where's the opposition? well, i was talking to robert jenrick today. who's the tory? one of the tory leadership contenders. so people aren't interested in what you've got to say. that's the problem at the moment, are they conservative? >> tumbleweed. >> tumbleweed.

>> where is where is where is the leader of the opposition? >> keir rishi sunak, back from his holiday? >> apparently. no. >> apparently. no. >> right. don't go anywhere. you've got to stick around to hear the new plans to tackle the huge workload for teachers. you don't want to miss this. it's britain's newsroom

gb news. welcome back to britain's newsroom. so the government has announced a £4 million project to train regenerative ai tools to train regenerative ai tools to assist teachers in creating lesson plans and marking homework. do you know what that means? >> i don't really know what that means, but we're joined now by the chief executive of alex dot ai, formerly known as school online, lucien bywater. who's going to explain it? lucien, help me out because i'm a luddhe help me out because i'm a luddite and i don't really know what this means and why it's significant. >> i don't believe that for a for a moment, but thank you for inviting me on. so, so a! has the potential, we believe, to really, really help teachers

with a key challenge right now, which is workload. so as you probably know, around 10% of teachers are leaving the profession every year. and the number one reason for that is over overwork typically , over overwork typically, teachers are working more than 15 hours a week outside of their their paid hours, and this is obviously a problem. we have a teacher shortage, particularly in key subjects like english and maths. the promise of generative ai is that it can take some tasks away from teachers and make them much simpler, whilst delivering the same quality and additional insight into classrooms. so these generative ai tools, and the most famous of these you will have heard of, called chatgpt and have a real deep understanding of particularly english language. so a lot of subjects that are taught , with so a lot of subjects that are taught, with a so a lot of subjects that are taught , with a lot of writing , taught, with a lot of writing, such as english, history, geography , religious studies, geography, religious studies, the ai tools can really, really help teachers by shortcutting all of their effort whilst

delivering really, really high quality, output marking back to students and do so in in a very, very quick time. so, so our product at olex ai takes typically a four hour task for an english teacher marking gcse essays and turns it into a four minute task. and that's time back that the teachers can only spend with students doing to 1 to 1 coaching, or indeed for their own wellbeing, not having to work saturday mornings marking essays over the weekend. >> i sort of despair, lucien, when i hear this, because i'm sure this is the future, but i want my teachers to know my child and they can only know my child and they can only know my child if they know what that child if they know what that child is capable of writing in an essay. and when i have a parents evening, an essay. and when i have a parents evening , they'll say, parents evening, they'll say, this was right, bev, this was wrong. they need a bit more of this. how can a teacher know that if a computer is doing it for them? >> so firstly, at least in our case, all of the all of the ai

output only goes to the teachers. so it doesn't it doesn't. all of our products are designed to augment teachers, give them extra powers . so all give them extra powers. so all of the feedback goes to them and they edit it and they review it, and they and they choose what they want to send back to the to they want to send back to the to the students, what they don't have to do is read through 3600 words essays, which is going to take them four hours to do. and in many cases they don't actually want to do that. what they want to do is get an overview of the entire class. some essays. yes, bev, your children, they will want to go through those in detail. others actually, what they want to get is an overview of the class as a whole and see that the class as a whole has a particular weakness in character development or in use of adjectives, and that they can do through the ai in much, actually much more detail than they would by the time they've been through all 30 essays. so this is for lazy teachers then, is it not? it's for teachers that are working incredibly hard and having to work 15 hours overtime

at the weekends, and evenings to do what they really came into the profession to do, which is help children do better and help do children do better in class? and if they can do that, spending more time 1 to 1 with individual students, having more insight for each student, and where they've got to, and indeed have the ai help them create a brilliant lesson plan for the next lesson , then they, next lesson, then they, i believe, are going to teach your children better than overworked teachers who aren't getting through all of the marking. and therefore, actually what they're doing at the moment is setting fewer essays for students because they haven't got time to mark them is, i'm afraid i'd rather rather. >> so by this idea, i have to keep an open mind . keep an open mind. >> my instinct is it's a terrible idea, but you're a very convincing salesman. >> i can see the virtue in it, actually, lucien, i can write lucien bywater there. >> thank you so much forjoining the labour teachers to do more of the creative stuff, which is a really important part of the teaching. >> i hope it does. >> i hope it does. >> it doesn't let them. >> it doesn't let them. >> so boring. >> so boring. >> have longer time in the staff

room. having a coffee and chatting about their weekend. that's my worry. i'm not sure. >> i think that sounds quite interesting , as long as they interesting, as long as they don't think about bringing ai into present radio shows or tv shows, unless . unless you play shows, unless. unless you play bev turner. of course . bev turner. of course. >> right? she is al now, the wonderfully human emily and tom. >> here they are. see you tomorrow . tomorrow. >> a man has been charged with attempted murder after a mother was stabbed in front of her child at notting hill carnival over the weekend. we'll be live outside westminster magistrates court, and we're also going to be marking a bit of a milestone. >> the 20th thousandth migrant will have crossed the english channel by the end of the day. since the beginning of this yean since the beginning of this year, we'll be live in the studio on that one with mark white. stay with us. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news .

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downpours, it will be cooler. we'll turn a little bit drier overnight across parts of northern ireland and into wales and the southwest, as this band of cloud slowly sinks further south and east into more central and eastern areas of england. so that brings a risk of the odd shower across eastern england, eastern coast of northern england , the east coast of england, the east coast of scotland this evening. but then things will turn more widely dry. overnight tonight we could see a few mist and fog patches developing across some southern counties, and a few further showers spreading into the far north and west. but with clear and dry skies. for most of us, it's going to be a cooler night tonight than last night quite widely. temperatures dipping down into single figures rurally. so a fresh but bright start to the day on thursday. quite a lot of sunshine around on thursday. it will be a fresher feeling day through much of the day, but still pretty warm in the sunshine, particularly across more southern areas where away from the breeze as there will be a few showers still affecting the west and northern areas of scotland, and here temperatures a little below average elsewhere. just above sea. >> soon that warm feeling inside

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