it's 11:00 here with the people's channel gb news. and in a moment, headliners, but let's bnng a moment, headliners, but let's bring you up to date with the latest news headlines and the us president today. the united states is to be announcing new sanctions against russia this week . president joe biden was week. president joe biden was speaking to thousands who gathered in the centre of warsaw in poland telling crowds the ukrainian people's love of their country will prevail in the war against russia. it follows talks held this afternoon . the held this afternoon. the president of poland a day after his surprise visit to ukraine. the two leaders addressed securing issues and growing nato's presence in poland . the nato's presence in poland. the west is not plotting attack russia as putin said today and

millions of russian citizens only want to live in peace with . their neighbours are not the enemy. this war is never a necessity . it's a tragedy . well, necessity. it's a tragedy. well, russia has issued a warning to the west by suspect ending its participation in nuclear arms treaty with the united . vladimir treaty with the united. vladimir putin making the announcement dunng putin making the announcement during a major speech on the war in ukraine, where he also accused the west of trying acquire limitless power . but acquire limitless power. but russia not abandon the treaty, but suspend its participation before . resuming the discussion before. resuming the discussion of this treaty . we must first of this treaty. we must first understand what does such countries have nato france and great britain aspire , do.7 and great britain aspire, do? and how will we take their strategic arsenals into account here ? arsenals into account here? government departments have recommended that nhs workers, police officers , teachers get police officers, teachers get a three and a half percent pay rise in new submissions put

forward to the independent pay review body. that's well below the average pay demand of around 10% and that comes nurses announced a pause on next week's planned strike action, saying they've entered intensive talks now with the government on pay . now with the government on pay. the royal college of nursing talks . the health secretary talks. the health secretary steve barclay start in earnest tomorrow . nurses were set to tomorrow. nurses were set to walk out on march the first for 48 hours in their long running dispute overjobs, pay and conditions . and the chancellor conditions. and the chancellor is under pressure to improve pubuc is under pressure to improve public sector pay rises for workers after official figures showed , state finances are showed, state finances are stronger than predicted. the office for national statistics revealed the reported a monthly surplus of revealed the reported a monthly surplus of £5.4 billion in january. the surprising is mainly because of self—assessment income tax . but self—assessment income tax. but jeremy hunt, who's due , set out jeremy hunt, who's due, set out his plans for tax and spending in the budget march the 15th, played the significance of a

surplus . consumer news and surplus. consumer news and supermalls kids are going to be rationing a growing of fruits and vegetables . asda is allowing and vegetables. asda is allowing and vegetables. asda is allowing a maximum of just three items from a list of eight, including tomatoes , broccoli and tomatoes, broccoli and raspberries. morrisons follow suit from wednesday . bad weather suit from wednesday. bad weather across europe and africa is being blamed for the disruption in supply chains with retailers warning it could last for weeks . those are your latest news headunes . those are your latest news headlines now. headlines . headlines now. headlines. hello, i'm simon evans. welcome to headline news. joining me tonight to take you through tuesday's top stories have the escolha of no we don't know we don't go to backbones as last night you can't be scold got it

backi night you can't be scold got it back i put something out about being bullied in a genuine it backbones was you and you and leo. yeah yeah there's that scrolling. oh, i don't know what. swell of dissipated spine watcher and i'm not willing to see you labelled in that manner . you. i'm waiting for my corner in that way. anyway, listen we have a couple of comedians here and willing to do this. and even if they if those who are operating the teleprompter. so let's a look at tomorrow's let's have a look at tomorrow's front pages. we start with the daily mail , i front pages. we start with the daily mail, i believe, and your last land and power will that is a biden doomed mode they're addressing putin telegraph pubuc addressing putin telegraph public sector to be offered 3.5% raise that a unlikeliness to be an adequate offer the paper resign if you want to sunak tells ministers as he calls tory rebels bluff on brexit deal. we have the guardian nurses paws

strike to enter intensive pain and the time is has putin signals the return cold war nuclear . picture of signals the return cold war nuclear. picture of david hockney there in a pair of extraordinarily unattractive plastics . what do they call plastics. what do they call croc? he knows for a while . and croc? he knows for a while. and finally, the daily star. now farmers warn spud and lettuce crisis . the farmers warn spud and lettuce crisis. the thin end of veg. oh those is the front pages . let's those is the front pages. let's take a look at them in some more detail . so let us kick off with detail. so let us kick off with the times. josh, in that picture. david hockney that's probably not the most alarming . probably not the most alarming. well, i dunno, nuclear war, crocs see that again on a grown man have both the end of civilisation and arguably so he out of time who doesn't see it. maybe he's just thinking if i'm

about to be fried anyway because . well, yeah, yeah well transgressed the last he's done most of these but it's all beautiful he's got a lovely look and he's got a lovely suit scarf and he's got a lovely suit scarf and everything he has converted since that, you know i actually went to an exhibition of his about three or four years ago maybe longer is that a notice from the royal academy and it was all done on ipad he created loads images you read about loads of images you read about parts yes i was a bit parts and stuff. yes i was a bit disappointed. be a nice way disappointed. be it's a nice way for to you know create them for kids to you know create them out when you haven't access out when you haven't got access to yes yeah. mind to when you. oh yes yeah. mind you he's very, very old isn't he. easy time. yeah. he. he finds it easy time. yeah. yeah. hey have heavy. yeah. hey brushes have heavy. yes anyway just get on with the new yeah that's got to see new so yeah that's got to see you can know all stuff so putin's the return of cold war nuclear he's basically he nuclear tests he's basically he has this is a slightly strange thing. so there's a thing called start nuclear arms treaty . start the nuclear arms treaty. you say he's going to suspend his participation russia's his participation, russia's participation . yes, but participation in it. yes, but he's not going to withdraw from it. so i it's hard to understand

for him. yeah, exactly . but for him. yeah, exactly. but really already they really what it already they they're meant like be they're meant to like be examining other's nuclear examining each other's nuclear stockpiles that stockpiles and whatnot that happened since 2020 because of covid and that's what i thought was was included as part of it. exactly. so they haven't done that. exactly. so they haven't done that . but the other thing exactly. so they haven't done that. but the other thing is that. but the other thing is that he's basically saying, if does any nuclear testing , then does any nuclear testing, then russia is going to do some nuclear testing. yeah. okay. so he's sort a threat, but also not, i think just wants to bring up nuclear weapons like. hey, guys, a reminder. yeah guys, just a reminder. yeah whilst you're giving all these weapons, we nuclear we weapons, we have nuclear we nukes. he also has, of course , nukes. he also has, of course, got a bit of other rhetoric as . got a bit of other rhetoric as. well, but go ahead. this just seems to me, like a sabre rattling goes fairly lame, isn't it? because we all what he's got the moratoriums . the treaty has the moratoriums. the treaty has beenin the moratoriums. the treaty has been in disuse some years, as you've already said, and he's threatening to suspend rather than fully withdraw from it. so actually, maybe this is an indication of his relative weakness . yes. most of the

weakness. yes. most of the i don't know if we might be coming to on it later. i think me, but the most of rhetoric seem to be more of a cultural and motivational sort of nature of who's to blame and so on. did you have anything to say about the digital? yeah, give digital ids to all for a tech revolution urge blair and hague this is the former prime minister former leader of the opposition basically trying to remain relevant or trying to do stuff in their sort of ways thing. that was an yeah, but i'm a little bit more surprised to see haguei little bit more surprised to see hague i think is to give like a cross—party element to but arguably they have point although that but one of the things that's talking about these digital ids that's going to basically incorporate passports driving licences records qualifying haitians the right to work . it's records qualifying haitians the right to work. it's an interesting debate because we so talked about this yesterday with how there's not this sort of cross—linking of data that's likely to be very helpful in a of ways. on the other side, you have more conspiratorial minded people who would argue this . the

people who would argue this. the movement towards control all by government. so there's a very strong libertarian argument against what are essentially identity cards. but at the same time, of course, if you have any concern for illegal immigration inevitable to the uk to use in order to restrict and monitor and control . order to restrict and monitor and control. i think the labour market i think some of it might have been bill clinton was this or it might have been barack obama or somebody to come in. but but the reality is it's kind of already there in important regards anyway with with with the commercial organised nations they have much you'll have so they have so much you'll have so much data amazon have so voluntarily and delightedly carry our phones. exactly yeah. every, every conversation we talk suddenly an advert suddenly . exactly. flexes your in the day in greece. yes. pop, pop, p0p p0p l 9° day in greece. yes. pop, pop, pop pop i go next google search price evidently they prepared to pay price evidently they prepared to pay for the millions and delight of the things we carry with us over time . of the things we carry with us overtime. but this of the things we carry with us over time . but this report

over time. but this report actually is wider in scope than that. there's 40 suggestions for helping. yeah in many helping. yeah are behind in many countries and a lot of this stuff in terms of like planning permission for labs and think about how money for about how raise money for science these things we are going have to decide we going to have to decide do we want like singapore want to be more like singapore or we want to more like or do we want to be more like the wild west because we're in we're kind of getting the worst both at the moment. it is both worlds at the moment. it is to large extent. it's a debate that's going on. definitely is a decision will have to make. so come on then, roger, you've got the which is your the guardian, which is not your natural now not natural home, but now it's not my home. galatea, which my home. the galatea, which features delightful of features a delightful picture of children them children throwing away from them so which actually so fat which which actually taken that that's that's in a beautiful in wales. i know. yeah and it's fabulous. the bishop of in wales. yes of course. and it's a cherished fabulous . the, it's a cherished fabulous. the, the cathedral has one of those little mechanical clocks outside. it designates the third oldest clock in that has been in use . and it's a phenomenal piece use. and it's a phenomenal piece of engineering and it's not a mind bogglingly building shamble

all pancakes on the roof of the seb gorka and them. the real story here is , of course, that story here is, of course, that the nurses the aca and have cooled off that industrial action for this week. it's very, very hard to tell of course from the outside buckled or what concessions been made whether it's the upping the offer , it's the upping the offer, whether it's the rcn capitulating and of course we don't know and won't know until the details are revealed. but intensive pay talks are apparently now underway. it's optimistic so they might get it resolved before. i begin to move into the demographic requires a regular basis the government last year one talking to the unions at all they were calling the meetings off and they were refusing to talk about money. now obviously the situation is different. inflation is going down. they've got this a little of extra cash as well. so the now the government is least willing to talk and nurse unions are going to take that in faith and now we'll see. hopefully it

will. the gamble by the government will pay off, but unfortunately it means that this is perhaps an effort to split the of course well the unions of course as well because they're talking to the rcn, the other unions. rcn, but not the other unions. well, let's to that, well, let's move on to that, because daily front page has because the daily front page has a story on the public sector generally. yeah, public sector to be offered 3.5% raise in with inflation going down. that of course doesn't close to it. and the private sector has had a rate of pay rise. they're saying about 7.3% or something. so it's still below the private sector . still below the private sector. whether that's going to be enoughi whether that's going to be enough i doubt it. they're saying here. is it going to hold the wave of strikes? probably not no. i'm by with the princess of wales wearing a mask. absolutely. it might simply an empty pancake . that pancake that empty pancake. that pancake that she's off over getting her mouth, she's using a body double. that's convenient. that's true. yeah can't tell. you have to look at the years i

believe don't you. she might be worried about little squares of lemon. so asylum backlog at highest level on record. yeah 150,000 for the moment. which is a lot. and we can this to mind boggung a lot. and we can this to mind boggling numbers in my bucket. look you can you can't blame the government for the numbers coming and for some of the what's happened but you certainly can blame that on the funding of the those departments and how it's got so bad but you know there are more civil servants than there were a few years ago and they're simply failing to process applications to any of rights they've become somehow or other. and i don't know the detail whether it's because they're all working from home or, returned to home or, haven't returned to work meaningful way, but work in any meaningful way, but one another are one way or another they are failing application failing to process application and any kind of satisfaction . and any kind of satisfaction. the suspicion is always that they've expanded the sort of . they've expanded the sort of. the process is a process so that it goes in ever greater and more self—replicating loops that making any progress parkinson's

law and smartwatches could disrupt pacemakers it's kind of terrifying . roger scoffs yeah . i terrifying. roger scoffs yeah. i like this tiny story. terrifying. roger scoffs yeah. i like this tiny story . print terrifying. roger scoffs yeah. i like this tiny story. print is too small to read. rodent may hold key to reverse menopause. hopefully will be a bigger story by the end tomorrow. daily of this specific maybe that's a picture on the front of the baby data. no this praise for be beavers . i think it's a pun beavers. i think it's a pun they're trying to a sorry . is they're trying to a sorry. is this the end of video now this is quite genuinely i mean they've made a silly point about but it's a slightly alarming story. it sounds fresh fruit and veg are disappearing from the shelves. yes, they are temporarily. for as long as the crisis . this is to do with crisis lasts. this is to do with apparently flooding and bad weather southern spain and weather in southern spain and nonh weather in southern spain and north africa. potato is not brexit. i don't think there's a link to brexit as far as i'm aware. if you find my just we to go to the break now so that's

out from pages we see you back very shortly we in the second half we have a break where the snp breaks its own rules we have itv news in on sky news are in trouble with ofcom. nobody's perfect and are you ready for the four day week. i certainly mind see in a couple of minutes

and welcome back to headliners still joined by josh howie and roger monkhouse both of whose spines are in excellent shape. so josh, the daily mail has details of putin's latest speech . go into the other details . i . go into the other details. i once again find myself unnervingly close to him on all counts of war issues . putin counts of war issues. putin mocks church of england's plan use gender neutral terms for god.so use gender neutral terms for god. so essentially, putin and

you know, he's did everything sort of argue that he's not this evil warmonger . yeah, that's evil warmonger. yeah, that's p0p- evil warmonger. yeah, that's pop. but he did have it wrong when it comes to church of england. which dissonance. yes strange where we're heading towards a spiritual catastrophe because of the of england's recent decision to explore gender neutral terms. and he said may god forgive them for not so he's actually already respecting of their own yes our terminology that they them and also he's about the blessings of same sex marriages and so but if you move to scotland he'd be fine. yes, it doesn't. but i wonder whether i mean, he likes to present his image of himself as a christian leader of established church in russia and so on. and there is a sort of close bond. and i assume the russian orthodox is still quite powerful force in russia. do you do you think what i'm getting at is you think that they think is do you think that they think we're essentially a we're still essentially a christian country on which an on again , an untended god is being

again, an untended god is being so sure there's something in of course, you assume, don't you, that people are like yourselves. yeah and this this this is good red meat, isn't it. public yeah. yeah, it's very well you know you can see how it might in america as well. here america is dishing it up as well. you know they have they're they're admiral and all the rest of it and i'm sure they he's quite capable of finding some some juicy tidbits to trump to the crowds america side as crowds from america side as well. yes. yeah. it's well. yes. yeah. i mean, it's interesting. think real interesting. i think the real lessons of his continuing in russia, this is very interesting. but his approval ratings, there's something up in the high 80. they really slowly say even you trust them . yeah say even you trust them. yeah apparently , this is the case. apparently, this is the case. i mean, obviously you will allow bias, but nonetheless, apparently his approval are incredibly high. and what's amazing think is that even in an internet and in a society is developed as russia you can still control the media narrative. but yes, clamping on all dissent and controlling the

media, he did something even cleverer than that. so i read a book about about what must moscow and what he does is. he allows this controlled dissent . allows this controlled dissent. so he actually encourages the little parties, even money in them, and allows them the freedom . and the same with the freedom. and the same with the different tvs and whatnot. but, you know, there people who believe that that that controlled opposition is used of lot of people, including people on channel. but as see it on this channel. but as see it discussed, proven that he does. yes i just want to say also this whole like gold. i think when it came out a few weeks ago, i wasn't doing the show was in judaism. isn't this idea of gendered god because there's no jesus. so like a show is jesus. so it's like a show is possibly jewish well, possibly a jewish then? well, yeah , everything but but the yeah, everything but but the idea is that god is unknowable so yeah. tribute male female to that it's a tradition which has emerged as much from michelangelo and b isn't gelato and that sort of thing as much as it does from the bible itself, isn't it because we like

to think it's got to the bush. well, go to the bush. but there aren't in the old testament where god, he is clearly personal, he's masculine, and he's he's a bit of a warmonger at times, isn't i mean he's at times, isn't he? i mean he's he's a sort war chest with he's a sort of war chest with him. no wasn't married him as him. no wasn't married to him as the concept of a masculine god . the concept of a masculine god. i believe that's from the da vinci code . try to over to the vinci code. try to over to the herald now. and i can't help thinking this is going to neatly into vladimir putin's next anti—west invective. this great this is another example of how the progressive left can tie itself in knots and shoot itself in the foot like . some sort of in the foot like. some sort of demented contortionist . and kate demented contortionist. and kate forbes , who was, i believe this forbes, who was, i believe this morning, the book is favourite to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister in scotland his being referred the snp's own conduct committee by members of the party's lgbt q plus wing after , she said in an interview after, she said in an interview . itv border and i'm quoting

exactly here, and it's a fairly uncomfortable factual thing, but apparently it didn't find the lgbt wing of her party i'm quoting now. i that a trans woman , a biological male who woman, a biological male who identifies as a woman what that like a fairly straight based dictionary definition. yeah. holy moly but not it's actually illegal. he one of them, according to the her own internal but also the news you as well that's right because according to the regulations that were adopted i think in 2021 it's is a legal or an acceptable to deliberately misgender someone or use phrases or language to their gender identity is not for example referring to trans woman as a biological man. yeah. wow so it is. and also she's in trouble for saying that if she had had the opportunity she would not have voted for gay marriage about. yes, which i suppose is a

little more straightforward reactionary rather than simply definition i mean, i don't know whether you would check for the party isn't yeah although she isn't threatening to rescind anything so let's try and revisit that merely personal stance. and she has been upfront about it and she is interested in the part of this which is quite a small sect, isn't we three religious sect which i believe based in the western isles and that particular and then scotland is a very conservative scotland always has been extraordinary and well it's just the two things that come out from this are number one is how the snp only thing that really them as an ideology really binds them as an ideology is yeah, yeah. it's actually a very broad spectrum of the type of yeah, we think of them as this kind of woke because of their actions and laws they put in last years. but in over the last years. but that's necessarily case. that's not necessarily the case. the is this from the second thing is this from the this from the the herald, this from the only publication we were able to find that covered this that actually covered this story. and we believe the story. and we believe are the only organisation who only national organisation who are that's are now talking about. that's interesting and think it's interesting and i think it's very fact that

very interesting the fact that she's up breaking she's now going up for breaking our i don't know our own rules. i don't know whether relevant, but whether it's relevant, but i just browsed the history of the sort of changing of the legislation and the public temperature , i suppose, about temperature, i suppose, about homosexuality and so in this homosexuality and so on in this country. the wolfson report, country. as the wolfson report, in so another ten years in 1957. so another ten years before you have the sexual offences act, 1967, which decriminalised homosexuality in england wales and according england and wales and according to david steele , who you may to david steele, who you may remember, david steele , the remember, david steele, the liberal party, he was intrigued as to why it had been made. england wales, not scotland. and he man brought the he asked the man brought the bill forward and he said, because we're going to bring this forward on friday. this bill forward on the friday. and a fact that if and we know for a fact that if we include scotland in that legislate action, the scottish champions behind champions will stay behind and vote we rely vote against it. but we can rely on them go on friday knowing on them to go on friday knowing that this bill will not actually include . and he said he thought include. and he said he thought on the whole that was a perfectly and sensible approach. and scotland well ahead of and now scotland well ahead of the pack , say that they got the pack, say that they got scotland very probably. no,

absolutely. just the telegraph. now, it sounds like ofcom have noficed now, it sounds like ofcom have noticed disgraceful and exploitative behaviour of our two closest competitors , two closest competitors, terrible, terrible ofcom demands explanation . broadcasters over explanation. broadcasters over fully coverage when . the news fully coverage when. the news came out that the body discovered was the family also privacy and it seems like itv and sky news at point were still hounding the family is it kay burley in particular i think was implicated i heard something on the previous show and that is not not you know that's not behaviour. i mean there to be i'll be honest with you, i have followed this story as closely as some have and i know it is absolutely gripped some people and there seems to be a general feeling that the feeling though that the media have atrociously have behaved atrociously throughout and have throughout the few days and have also pressurised the police into not behaving entirely well . then not behaving entirely well. then there's been a bit of a blame game pattern forth between the police and the media, even the

family sort of in the middle. but a general feeling, the whole thing has been miserably, badly handled. i don't handled. the beginning. i don't know you do on that, know if you do have a on that, which i haven't particularly it but police obviously take but the police obviously take every opportunity to every possible opportunity to cover in glory and cover themselves in glory and they've evidently mishandled horrendously interest horrendously yeah. the interest the i think their relationship with the media itself broken it. it isn't think responsible for it isn't i think responsible for the . yes that's right. but the serco. yes that's right. but the serco. yes that's right. but the feeling i got was that the media were excoriating the police and order to respond to that the police came out and said actually, you know, one of the reasons we think this is because we happen to know this about the historic and then everyone is i think we didn't need to know that and that's so completely inappropriate thing you know mean? it's all you know what i mean? it's all just very much two just become very much two warring families in same warring families in the same area. about area. that information about been discreetly released. yes. media and they might have dealt with perhaps discreetly, more with it perhaps discreetly, more deftly, hopefully, ofcom will look our covering of the look at our covering of the story now . and

story yeah right now. and i would like to think we are ofcom's and perhaps we should all learn lessons from this anyway. sources today on our homework project guardian the latest in a series of articles supporting all stand up comedians have been saying for some time. i think everyone's mad this is the world's gone mad. this is a report in the guardian and course the guardian spin on this is that it is all about the of mental health in england and why. about the of mental health in england and why . but apparently england and why. but apparently the police are inundated with calls to attend and deal instances of mental health cnses instances of mental health crises which have spiked horrendously the last few years , particularly disproportionately in certain specific places , for instance , specific places, for instance, in suffolk, police have recorded an increase of 342% since 2019. and in norfolk, 260. but then in leicestershire, only 54. so suffolk and norfolk have just found out about the moon landings or something or kicked off their bail. going to get in

trouble for that one. the place is clean. they are having to deal with these instances when they would be better used . they would be better used. fighting as is correctly pointed out by government spokesman . out by government spokesman. real crime. looking for my bike would be nice but there is there i mean there's no doubt is a funding issue but i think there also is a sort of general gathering of momentum in mental health crisis people people are thinking in those terms more than they used to, aren't they ? than they used to, aren't they? so this is going to have obviously a wider. doug shipley said the number of mental calls has risen by 1,784, over last 11 years. is and it does coincide with the underfunding of. yeah. yes. and now they're saying that the government is saying that they're going to invest 2.3 billion additional funding, too little too late. well, we have a story after the break which will perhaps to ease some of the pressure that people live. but thatis pressure that people live. but that is all for this section after that break. we have south park again, a race faker park nailing again, a race faker at, not cricket at.

at, least just not cricket at. we'll see you in a couple of minutes .

and welcome back to headline as we have the times, our josh this ihave we have the times, our josh this i have to say sounds like unusual early positive news for fans of a long weekend day for day working . we boost revenue day working. we boost revenue and make staff happier. we cover this. about six months ago, they were starting study. then they were starting study. then they were bringing thousands of people across a bunch of companies to see work. companies to see this work. yeah. out it everybody's yeah. turns out it everybody's happier . productivity has gone happier. productivity has gone up. one point something% well with a missing day. yeah. so essentially instead doing 34 hours across the week, seven hours across the week, seven hour days, they do 32 hours across the four days. right. and also they just for eight hour days. yeah. instead five, 7 hours a day. and they see people are like because of that they've

cut out like long boring meetings to justify their job. they found their own little shortcut and really working shortcut and it's really working also. i mean, this must i mean, you'll register this, this be a huge like very meaningful change for anyone who has children because have a day when the children are at school and you're at home and that that just doesn't happen. otherwise it's like it's like it's like a miracle, you know, doing this yourself and doing all the admin stuff. yeah that you need to do is just takes up so much time. yeah. increasingly in a world, of course, both parents work can make such a situation viable in a way. yeah. we've all struggled to work. i wonder to make work. and i wonder whether i mean, presumably they have it as i understand it, have done it as i understand it, with monday for with either a monday for a friday off. but you could of course choose to take wednesday off or you could off presumably or you could probably half days. probably have two half days. then up late monday then you can show up late monday and early on friday. and go home early on friday. yeah, that hard work yeah, it's not that hard work out. a flexible roster when you're manning or staffing a shop obviously you have to work

with that level because i have i mean obviously it's different kinds of jobs there are different purposes but there is a thing i don't know if you know this idea deep work a guy called coulson or something i can remember because remember something because it count wrote a book count kristol he wrote a book basically amount of that basically the amount of that people get and so on nowadays it's just extraordinary hard it is to get your momentum going after even just noticing an email has arrived, let alone actually it this kind of thing. if can create environments where people can spend 2 hours focusing on a single task that's like an equivalent really like a full working day , you know, in full working day, you know, in a lot of situations i'm way out of course, famously the least productive workforce in europe yeah. outweigh yeah and we've always had this macho work culture whereby work longer hours than the of the world and then we're just but certainly you go out and get plastered wonderfully culture but in actual fact it's not doing us anything that we all is stand up comedians we've had friday gigs where the audience are drunk

before they get started because he's been so exhausted. exactly. you know, just released. yeah, yeah. no it's the question is now , is how quickly are other now, is how quickly are other people to start adopting it be persuaded of it? yeah, i suppose for us mean i do two nights a week here. that'll be me to . week here. that'll be me to. down oh well i'll just wait until everyone catches up. just the express has news . meghan the express has news. meghan markle is upset by her portrayal in south park, which i have to say, is unheard of. people use so flattered by these things. i i mean meghan markle is upset and annoyed over how she's portrayed in south park parody. like you say it's like i think that's a badge of . yeah really that's a badge of. yeah really and actually they're saying the experts are such as saying that the way that she deals with it is going to it could be good for her like it makes you conversation. yeah if she sort of comes out and is they're talking look getting the lawyers to look it, that's like the to look at it, that's like the worst possible that could worst possible that you could do. somebody told me, i don't know if this woman doing know if this woman is doing this on twitter. say for on twitter. i cannot say for

sure this is. but the sure whether this is. but the streisand effect, you know the streisand effect, you know the streisand if it destroys independent after barbra streisand you streisand obviously is when you launch action , try and launch legal action, try and prevent a libel prevent something being a libel being repeated instead you being repeated and instead you attract much more attention to it otherwise and i think it it than otherwise and i think it was originally applied south park the south area they park i think the south area they did something about her in a show when she and she threatened to sue and suddenly it was all over the front pages whereas. otherwise it would have been nothing. this be an nothing. and this be an indication how genuinely dim indication of how genuinely dim and skinned they are and indeed thin skinned they are yeah. answer how yeah. how they answer yeah. how how have around them how they don't have around them just look go it even just saying look just go it even do own thing mickey out of do your own thing mickey out of it yourself. it's funny because generally speaking, mean the generally speaking, i mean the thing her and diana her thing about her and diana her was that she was supposed to be so media savvy than the old so much media savvy than the old royal family that in certain regards they, they have regards they, actually they have a angle. generally a better angle. generally speaking, just a slight tangent. there's an amazing 60 minutes thing probably on thing you probably watch on youtube, which is like how they make park because, you make south park because, you know, all in one know, they do it all in one week. wow. from the writing to

the recording day and it's the recording and day and it's just hour how just this amazing hour of how they i would like to they get it yeah i would like to say they have sustain and quality verve there's quality and like verve there's a vim and overlaying something vim to and overlaying something like 30 seasons now. i mean the simpsons was like exhausted after about half that, wasn't it? very done. we went to see the book of mormon last, which is also very maybe a tiny bit dated, but it has been there for, i don't know, 12 years or something. now that's in central still not rich enough to be able to sell tickets. now you should go past every time you go to the comedy store buying obviously. anyway, over mail now anyway, roger over the mail now further is further evidence that america is such a racist country. people do anything they're not anything to pretend they're not white. this white. this is lovely. yes, this is is like a mrs. doubtfire is this is like a mrs. doubtfire autopsy this the story of the autopsy. this the story of the muslim act of ist who has claimed that was of latin, south asian and descent and has been working at the based quaker group of american friends

committee . she's been outed by committee. she's been outed by her hilariously as being as white as the driven snow . her white as the driven snow. her mother is apparently of descent. i think might have an image of her with this . they go on this. her with this. they go on this. she is she's the latest where a lot of foundation there is she's implying she's trying to look like kamala harris that's extrude she's got to oh my goodness she's got the scarf on she's got the flag extraordinary. it's a hilarious inverse of the you know, the prevalence skin whitening cosmetic are available throughout asia and africa. brazil, massive on those used throughout the world. and this is hilarious but they seem to be happening . america there does happening. america there does seem to be some question marks over what her motivation because i believe she had actually been part of some group part of some media group previously that are known for drawing attention to muslim crimes muslim terrorism threats and so on. well, there is a

suggestion apparently that she is some sort of sleeper something. yes, exactly. yeah she's infiltrated. so what's space? i guess just times . this space? i guess just times. this is one way to get onto the iranian property ladder. i guess . does that sound fat to our suspect had a mentor offered land by iranian foundation. this is a iranian charitable foundation what a lovely charity foundation what a lovely charity foundation to implement on khamenei's fatwa , which is the khamenei's fatwa, which is the best day of charity. so the rspca know you get a halfway through. oh i'm sure he's fine. this is where i work the foundation . yes. woman mnemonic foundation. yes. woman mnemonic my trust but it's temporary only work four days a week you just drop the bin laden is full of bags socks outside but it does . bags socks outside but it does. you wouldn't want to steal the oh he's been offered a thousand square metres. it's about quarter of an acre for of a

valuable and fertile agricultural land quarter of an is that's a market garden isn't it. really. if that is going out in return for the injuries he's of inflicting on the writer and wow what do you want a country mean he's in america. to be fair, the iranian gentleman in question then he is the iranian though i think his family are from lebanon of lebanon. oh, they. okay, sorry apologise. and he's . that's right, of course. he's. that's right, of course. so he is awaiting trial and the suggestion that might be able to get home and setting up his start like hoeing and cropping i mean that's just in any foreseeable future but as nice sort of gesture anyway they really are like a charity sorry. yeah heart warming cricket . now yeah heart warming cricket. now in the telegraph, when it comes to trans players they're stumped ooh out that's an image i think well zero nine this is how the ecb's somewhat prevaricating

this is shocking really but the equality and human rights commission have said that it's entirely within the remit of the ecb. the english cricket board, not the european bank to rule against trans women playing . against trans women playing. there's been an interest specifically highlight it i think by the telegraph of a middle aged trans woman being permitted to compete against year old females. permitted to compete against year old females . yeah. and year old females. yeah. and obviously she's undergoing puberty a male and has transitioned subsequently consequently has all the strength advantages of adult male and she's caused injuries apparently because of her superior strength other sports have acted of course to exclude trans athletes. but ecb are just a little too timid. well, this actually complete came out three years ago. they've been equivocating that time, basically saying, well, we know we're going to be breaking the

law and all of this is because stonewall in particular has been telling organisations and telling these organisations and yeah interpretation the yeah wrong interpretation the law and conflating gender for sex so this is exactly the result of that do you think stonewall has done that cynically and deliberately ? that cynically and deliberately? that is mean? is there any. yeah. is there any suspicion that cricket, unlike say, boxing or proper contact sports? right. yeah this is a so i suppose a sense it would be unlikely the upper body strength would hurt another . well you upper body strength would hurt another. well you can upper body strength would hurt another . well you can still get another. well you can still get another. well you can still get an umpire and it has happened. someone else is ought to be enough where they actually have given the sport a 12 year old girl. this is ridiculous saying thatis girl. this is ridiculous saying that is this section done? but join us for the last part in a couple of minutes where we are looking the dangers of models looking at the dangers of models without me label and the without makeup me label and the worst exam question and i see him a couple of minutes minutes

and we'll come back to headliners for our final section josh we off with the telegraph they have news of coming plan now rivals have regain some credibility indeed look a bit more sweaty and dirty. bbc reporter was told so they're revamping bbc news channel and they said that this will hopefully inspire more trust from their viewers if they're looking dishevelled. so we're going to do little experimentation here. oh okay. they're going to see how this. you got up. my goodness . and you got up. my goodness. and things people do . i kept asking things people do. i kept asking do you would definitely for me host a children's science in the 70 seconds that would be, you know, feel more attractive? van de graaf generator of looking about , you know, covid vaccine. about, you know, covid vaccine. ihave about, you know, covid vaccine. i have say always. i mean, the obvious snide is just, you know,

tell us the truth and. don't allow your personal biases to creep in. and would be a creep in. and that would be a good place to but i do good place to start. but i do when like kate wouldn't when people like kate wouldn't do hair is distracting do the hair back is distracting me people like katie doing me when people like katie doing a from a war zone. what i a report from a war zone. what i always loved about bbc was that they were well presented . they they were well presented. they actually you know and actually looked, you know and they had there was was zipped up and they you know they can't think reason why they think of a good reason why they wouldn't oh exactly i think wouldn't be. oh exactly i think it's grim standards decline it's grim the standards decline like i mean, occasionally, like that. i mean, occasionally, jeremy is covered in mortar jeremy bone is covered in mortar dust or something. and you're aware that been to an aware that he's been to an explosion, never loosened explosion, but he never loosened piece cloth? yes been covered piece of cloth? yes been covered in dust. you never get the feeling that he himself was allowed to stand as the slip. he simply he's exploded. simply he's been exploded. i think she's totally over over. having said that, you know she's come straight from denmark. maybe she's brought some of the danish kind of exposure smoking on a thing about stories. danish kind of exposure smoking on a thing about stories . the on a thing about stories. the bbc nowadays is that the salary is always quoted a person yes

speaks she earns almost as much as a diversity inclusion officer. you see news digital director and she apparently 180,000 or something between 180 and 185,000. she should have been out to afford a decent brainstorming session before she came up with that tripe . roger came up with that tripe. roger mira . news of a young ukrainian mira. news of a young ukrainian who sounds like she's taken that advice a little bit to heart . advice a little bit to heart. this is tatiana. tatiana lin, a ukrainian actress and model based in taiwan says that she was in malaysia with her boyfriend when mix up occurred and has apparently been blocked from a border block from entering the country because she didn't look like her passport photograph because she wasn't wearing makeup . we have the wearing makeup. we have the photographs here. let's have a quick look. so, sacha she doesn't in her passport is on what did she look like? wow. so

actually that is the part. oh i don't know. but they can't be she. that can't be of those are our passport photographs that's if that is the second one of her trying to enter the country up on a serious slightly serious point find that slightly alarming because what it reveals is how thin you have to be in order to look good make as a model like . she looks kind of model like. she looks kind of ill doesn't she? and the reason is really, really with . is she's really, really with. yeah, fabulous. is she's really, really with. yeah, fabulous . yeah so before yeah, fabulous. yeah so before the skin glow and everything would sort of roll in all of that, i think that's quite a serious here this is her trying to get malaysia. yeah. and to get into malaysia. yeah. and i it's because they're i think it's because they're being and thinking being very racist and thinking that the that all white people at the same possibly she actually has got i think she might have a famous boyfriend. famous malaysian boyfriend. i think pictures her think there's some pictures her which like photo and they which look like a photo and they were next to floating were sitting next to a floating tray swimming they had tray in swimming pool. they had a engush tray in swimming pool. they had a english breakfast. it a full english breakfast. it you've in this you've really invested in this story intrigued to see story i was intrigued to see what she looked but what differences she looked but i feel sorry for hold you just

as we call it just the mail. now once again they're coming for our from my cold dead baps. well if you ever live still we'll see scientists gruesome cigarette stall warnings on meat that are why meat is like capital letters yeah you know. well, yeah, could be. it's not an acronym to be used to shame buyers so they've tried a but this is in the netherlands the delft university of technology done a bunch of different experiments that kind of get to the gist of it but it seems works is not stuff about your personal health saying this could impact your life. i'm yeah and you live or whatever but more what's the impact of oh there it is of course. yeah so here we go. some horrible some kind of weird chicken race or something. animals and this is militant vegetarian making its health thing. it makes me angry that actually it's like they sign artists in inverted commas or the impact on the

environment. those are the two things that seem to work on the environment and photos . so the environment and photos. so the idea that you might get constipation , high blood constipation, high blood pressure from eating too much red meat, we can live with red meat, yeah, we can live with that. i don't that. well, i mean, i don't know. comes from delft the home of mayor. shame isn't of the mayor. the shame isn't how they've fallen, but how far they've fallen, but i suppose this is this is young people, isn't we don't think the same people. now, same as young people. now, i have know, i'm going to have you know, i'm not going to change about me. change my view about me. i regard it my birthright, but i see my daughter's generation. they of they're they quite kind of they're a little bit squeamish it little bit squeamish about it because didn't because they didn't propagandised for years . yeah, propagandised for years. yeah, well, it's violence and dead cows are really violent. yeah i mean, maybe they are bracing themselves for a meatless future. i think it's about time we actually access to some of these cricket based burgers and sausages and so on, isn't it? they've closed a while. they've closed for a while. tried of those really is it tried one of those really is it already wasn't the burger. it was like a crouton . oh right. was like a crouton. oh right. like a courgette you know. yeah, i'm saying like what? they made an artificial crack it like it was like chicken nugget. oh i

see. well yes i do too. any time. yeah yeah, i know you are in efficient and i'm a factory chickens. it's a very grim business, but i mean, you know, you you produce the meat in like 35 days till the did you know that organic. so they a very short unpleasant life that's a good thing right it's life is hell it's a bit like the old woody allen joke because they're literally happier, consequently fattened quicker . they are fattened up quicker. they are bunded fattened up quicker. they are blinded in the that makes sense if you're making not want to eat meat anymore . oh, it's going to meat anymore. oh, it's going to last for a good couple it's a stern warning now from history in the star on the dangers of trying to get a on the never never obviously is a chap or a bloke according to the star bloke according to the star bloke but nice you know write down the story he's been out on which to make them much more accessible. this is a bloke in america who apparently is still paying america who apparently is still paying down student loan 45 years on and he didn't finish the course sounds dubious this

to me but and it doesn't it's a bit he's he's had a mixed odd life by the look of things he's apparently i suspect it is a on apparently i suspect it is a on a few occasions yeah he's tried to live outside the system he's gone off radar they've caught with him he's never paid off his loan i don't know. i have minimum i am impressed by american terms of phrase i sometimes he says i live on peanuts. i can never get from underneath this we go one more story we're going to squeeze it in this is josh with the star teacher fired for straightforward inquiry into morals. yes rogue university teacher fired after bizarre exam question caused outrage this is basically he's talking about a brother and sisters they go on houday brother and sisters they go on holiday they have make love but they're wearing they but they're wearing they have conscience that tells them what is it wrong is it i've heard this is it wrong? i've heard this question because it's in jonathan hyde's book, the righteous it's a righteous mind and it's a discussion in that context, discussion and in that context, i think it is a very interesting conversation about how we instinctively things instinctively that things are

wrong, engineering wrong, even though engineering under . exactly. and in under duress. exactly. and in pakistan . and i come out pakistan. and i come out thinking he was he was going beyond remit. and what is time and a place for this sort of thing? you know, he says, please refer to your own personal experience. yeah. yes i is . experience. yeah. yes i is. well, this show is nearly over. you so much for staying with us. let's take another quick look at wednesday front pages before we go to . the daily mail kick off go to. the daily mail kick off with your last for land and power will that is biden to putin telegraph public sector to be offered three and a half% pay rise the paper have resigned if you want to, sunak tells ministers as he calls tory rebels bluff on brexit deal . the rebels bluff on brexit deal. the guardian has nurses as poor strike action to enter intensive pay strike action to enter intensive pay talks fingers crossed the times putin signals the return of cold war nuclear tests, though where your front pages that all we have time for this

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an unrepentant vladimir putin gives a state of the nation address today in moscow. we'll be asking, is there any end to this war in sight? a big week for keir starmer. he's actually announcing policy. is labour getting onto the right track and we'll have a quick thought about how the tories about attach themselves to pieces over the

northern ireland protocol. and joining me on talking pints, a world record holding former first class cricketer pat pocock . and we'll talk about the incredible revival of english cricket. but before all of that, let's get more news with polly middlehurst . nigel you and good middlehurst. nigel you and good evening to you. our top story on gb news tonight, us president joe biden says the united states will announce new sanctions against russia this week . biden against russia this week. biden has been speaking to thousands , has been speaking to thousands, thousands who gathered in the centre of warsaw , telling the centre of warsaw, telling the crowds that the ukrainian people's love of their country will prevail, in the war against russia . it follows talks he held russia. it follows talks he held this afternoon and with the president of poland, a day after his surprise visit to ukraine. well, the two leaders today addressed secure city issues and growing nato's presence in poland . the west was not poland. the west was not plotting to attack russia . as plotting to attack russia. as putin said today.

plotting to attack russia. as putin said today . and millions