the here's the latest from the newsroom and our top story tonight, a lawyer representing the young person involved in the bbc presenter scandal has told the corporation that their mother's allegations are, quote , rubbish and nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened. it comes after police said that they would work to establish if there is any evidence of a criminal offence following reports that a presenter paid a teenager for explicit photos . the corporation explicit photos. the corporation announced yesterday that it had suspended the unnamed star almost two months after a complaint was first made. a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed at tewkesbury academy in gloucestershire . the secondary gloucestershire. the secondary school was put into temporary lockdown, along with two neighbouring schools , following neighbouring schools, following concerns that the suspect may have fled the scene. police say they do not believe the incident was terror related . us president was terror related. us president joe biden has completed his

brief tour of the uk after meetings with the prime minister and the king. he's now travelled to lithuania for a two day nato summit, which starts tomorrow. mr biden was given a warm welcome at windsor castle earlier, where he discussed climate issues with the king. followed a meeting with rishi sunak at downing street, where, despite recent tensions over ukraine, both leaders paid tribute to the special relationship . the home secretary relationship. the home secretary has reiterated the government's commitment to detaining illegal migrants who arrive in the uk on small boats. suella braverman was speaking following the arrival of almost 1500 people since friday. the provisional total for 2023. so far is about 4% lower than this time last yean 4% lower than this time last year, when around 13,200 crossings were people rather, had crossed and more than 100,000 holidaymakers have been affected by easyjet's summer flight cancellations as the

airline has cancelled around 1700 flights between july and september, most from gatwick airport. fridays and weekend days are expected to be most at risk of disruption. easyjet saying it's due to air traffic control restrictions rather than staff shortages . 95% of staff shortages. 95% of passengers booked onto alternate flights. andy samu is stuck in budapest because his flight was cancelled. he spoke to us earlier on. >> we're given a hotel, but many of the passengers were asked to sleep two to a room, which i've not seen before. it's quite unusual to see that we've we've had further disruption this morning because some parents with their children have been given rows given seats on different rows from their children . and we from their children. and we received a refreshment voucher, which is worth £2, 55 in local currency. and i've tried four shops and none of them will take it. we're on tv online on dab+ radio and on tune into this is gb news. >> time now for nigel. farage

good evening. >> i'm back. my break from gb news was rather shorter than it had originally been planned to be. i say break. i mean, i went to normandy. it was lovely, but my phone was ringing off the hook every five minutes because what i had to say about my situation with the british banking industry has led to thousands of people coming forwards who have been treated appallingly. and tonight i'm asking you , are you happy with asking you, are you happy with your bank? get in touch with us, please . gbnews.com so what please. gbnews.com so what really makes me angry is when the banks got it wrong , the banks got it wrong, completely wrong and threatened to bring down the economy. we bailed them out. sorry. you bailed them out. sorry. you bailed them out. our taxes went up as a direct result of it. and yet they're free to treat us

with absolute contempt. i hadn't when i went away. name the bank in question, but coots themselves briefed the bbc. they told them that apparently i didn't have enough money in my account. this turned out to be completely untrue, as scores of coots customers came forward to say they didn't have £1 million sitting around in their current account either. quite what made coots think they could breach gdp rules and my own privacy ? he gdp rules and my own privacy? he is completely beyond me. they even denied that i was a pep a politically exposed person, which again turns out not to be true . now, at the root of all of true. now, at the root of all of this, our money laundering rules is crazy. compliance in british banks and in my particular case, an eu directive on money laundering that applied to people in politics. and of course this affects me and other prominent public political figures, but of more concern are the thousands of businesses

ranging from window cleaners to pawnbrokers who've had their accounts closed down in this year. accounts closed down in this year . and it seems to affect year. and it seems to affect people who take cash . us your people who take cash. us your local window cleaner could be a great money launderer. local window cleaner could be a great money launderer . according great money launderer. according to many of our banks, the worst of the banks are closing accounts would appear from my inbox. accounts would appear from my inbox . and by the way, it's been inbox. and by the way, it's been one of the biggest inbox a's i've ever had in my life. thank you so much for the support and information that you've been sending sending into me . information that you've been sending sending into me. but it really is a major scandal now for myself . if at a cost of many for myself. if at a cost of many thousands of pounds, i've gone to find out my world compliance profile. this is what's said by the big international agencies about me. oh, and notes on you as well . in my case, it's as well. in my case, it's a series of guardian articles eu disputes. when i was there in the european parliament, when

they endlessly accused me of wrongdoing . but what is much, wrongdoing. but what is much, much, much worse is on my profile. there is a long list of family members me, my company , family members me, my company, my family and even associate and friends of mine are all to be treated as pr reps. this has now been confirmed and it is all, i think, deeply sinister and potentially could be misused by bad government . it's potentially could be misused by bad government. it's i potentially could be misused by bad government . it's i realise bad government. it's i realise that by becoming the whistleblower for this and this has happened to me, we've even learnt that the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, was turned down by mondo , that lord turned down by mondo, that lord kenneth clark had his american express card removed. having had it for almost 50 years. this has happened to many, many other prominent public figures, but they've chosen not to speak out . i've become the whistleblower for this . and the problem is, for this. and the problem is, i think having done this, i'm now

a pariah in terms of the uk banking industry. and right at the moment i have absolutely zero chance of getting a uk bank account that is the mess that i currently find myself in. so what needs to happen ? we've had what needs to happen? we've had the treasury, we've had the treasury minister saying that potentially when a vicar has his account closed because he questions why the front of his bankis questions why the front of his bank is covered in pride flags that there could be a very deeply sinister effect on free speech. and they're right. we've even had andrew griffith, the city minister, write to the fca , the regulator, to ask the question, are banks doing their job properly? but you know, it isn't just for government to talk, it's for government to act . but it is seven years since we voted to leave the european union and there needs to be a change, a rapid change to that eu directive that i and others have been caught by. we also

need to stop penalising small businesses in the way that we are. it's outrageous and please , please, if you're a small business who has been closed down, then please email me here and farage at gbnews.com. i want to find out more and more of you.the to find out more and more of you. the big the bigger case studies we can build, the more we're going to get parliament to act. and by the way, well done, jacob rees—mogg, for fighting and for a change to the and arguing for a change to the law in parliament today by saying people should not shut saying people should not be shut down because opinions do down because their opinions do not align with the so—called values of the bank and perhaps biggest of all, i think we all should have the right to a bank account, every one of us. you have that in france. you have that in germany. we used to have it in our country until sir vince cable privatised the post office and that right no longer appues office and that right no longer applies there is an all out war on cash . it's about control of on cash. it's about control of our lives at every level. it will inevitably end up with

central bank digital currencies . already we are recruiting people working in that field . people working in that field. the pilot scheme will be launched in 2030 and that's why i am backing wholeheartedly 100% gb news don't kill cash campaign , so please go to gb news dot com forward slash cash . sign our com forward slash cash. sign our petition. there's a qr code there on the screen. now we use this of course, for voting for the tric awards . use the qr the tric awards. use the qr code. is there . don't kill cash. code. is there. don't kill cash. cash brings us freedom . state cash brings us freedom. state control of our money would be a complete and utter disaster. now the news headlines have been utterly dominated over the course of the last few days by the bbc scandal and by the illegality kwasi of a bbc presenter who has now been suspended. i kept asking myself what it is. it is presenter dumb that was illegal. you may think

it's immoral. that was illegal. you may think it's immoral . you may think what it's immoral. you may think what he's done is wrong, but surely not illegal. had the sun newspaper gone too far ? all of newspaper gone too far? all of that in just a moment.

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> well, i asked you, are you happy with your bank? stewart

says, personally, i'm happy with all my accounts. there fully working as they should. nevertheless, i have grave concerns about the experiences other people are having . ryan other people are having. ryan says no because they're in the pockets of marxist organisations that are seeking to destroy british society . i don't think british society. i don't think our banks are marx's este ryan, but they're certainly corporatist and another anonymous says my bank who i've been with for some time, refused me a sole trader account without out explanation. i have never beenin out explanation. i have never been in debt or withdrawn another bank gave me an account within minutes, so i closed the other. well, well done you for finding another account . finding another account. unfortunately, i'm not in that position now. the big story , of position now. the big story, of course, has been the bbc scandal . this exchange of photographs, videos , whatever they may be. videos, whatever they may be. a large sum of money paid by a prominent bbc news presenter to a young man. and lots of talk that it was illegal and i've been questioning how and why is

this illegal? it was the mother . it was the mother of this young person that spoke to the sun newspaper . young person that spoke to the sun newspaper. and that's young person that spoke to the sun newspaper . and that's where sun newspaper. and that's where the story has come from. i've been pretty sceptical as to whether anything that went on here is illegal, but there have been a couple of bombshells on this story in the last couple of hours. and let's go to new broadcasting and join gb broadcasting house and join gb news reporter national reporter paul hawkins. paul, bring us up to speed. what's happened in the last hour or so ? last hour or so? >> yeah, it's a confusing picture . nigel. so first of all, picture. nigel. so first of all, we had the statement from the lawyer read presenting the young person in the past few hours. they said that their client contacted the sun on friday via whatsapp, saying that that the statement their mother made to the newspaper was totally wrong and there was no truth to it. nonetheless yes, the sun newspaper proceeded to publish what the lawyer describes as an inappropriate article, and it also goes on to say that for the

avoidance of doubt, nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the bbc personality and the allegations reported in the sun newspaper brazier are, in their words , rubbish. then about half words, rubbish. then about half an hour later we get a statement from the sun that says we have reported a story about two very concerned parents who made a complaint to the bbc about the behaviour a presenter the behaviour of a presenter and the welfare of their child. their complaint acted upon by complaint was not acted upon by the bbc. we seen evidence the bbc. we have seen evidence that supports their concerns. it's for the bbc to properly it's now for the bbc to properly investigate. so you've got claim here made by the mother of the young person and counterclaim made by the young person themselves . you've got now the themselves. you've got now the sun's reputation on the line here as well, because so far i've been through those articles again published. again that they've published. i can't evidence . there's can't see any evidence. there's no screenshots, there's no simply allegations made by simply the allegations made by the mother. so the sun's journalism . is this evening at journalism. is this evening at stake and still some questions for the bbc who have said

nothing really today about what has happened. there's an ongoing investigation. they take the allegations very seriously . allegations very seriously. they're trying to establish the facts fast as possible. but facts as fast as possible. but still, questions be still, questions have to be asked why, when this complaint was on may the it has was made on may the 19th, it has taken long to act. why was taken this long to act. why was the presenter so still on air? potentially it could be because the client represented by the lawyer here is saying that these allegations are totally rubbish. we just simply put, nigel, we don't know what's going on. it's been a vacuum here where there's a lot of speculation and very little fact and that vacuum is even wider this evening. well if you find the answer, please come back to us live. >> at any point in this or any other programme. thank very other programme. thank you very much important to much indeed. an important to note metropolitan note also that the metropolitan police is police have said there is no investigation this time. investigation at this time. well, joining me is the x series editor of question time editor of bbc's question time and former head of presentation for cameron . nick pisani, for david cameron. nick pisani, a bbc. you work with the bbc for many years there have been some awful scandals over the years.

you know saville, harris, stuart hall, name it . and this . hall, you name it. and this. one, this one, it's difficult now quite to know what to believe . very difficult. clearly believe. very difficult. clearly a rift between i say, and the young person is 20. unusual, isn't it, for the parents to be speaking in public on behalf of a 20 year old? well yeah. >> i mean, i think that the central allegation was that the guy used the money, raised the alleged £35,000 to buy illegal hard drugs. and that's his mother talking about their child. so that in itself seemed a bit weird. but i think the alarm first went off this morning that the story may not be quite as it appears when sir craig oliver, who is david cameron's director of communications, he he he said that as the public should be that we as the public should be concerned that we haven't yet heard full and then heard the full story. and then kelvin mackenzie, the very successful editor the sun successful editor of the sun across the 1980s, you know, when he was selling under his editorship, four, 5 million copies a day, he gave an interview to the bbc world at one programme today, and he said

facts may yet come out that show that this story is not as it appears be. and we'll see it appears to be. and we'll see it through very different light. through a very different light. now, be of now, there will be a lot of people with a lot of egg on their faces if what he says and what the lawyer statement about on behalf of this this younger person , if prove to be person, if they prove to be correct , there's going to be correct, there's going to be a lot of people who are who have been having a go at the bbc on the presumption that what the sun says and the sun's journalism is definitely on the line is factually correct. well, it may not be, it seems. >> so what are the sun do in a position like this? >> well, the sun have made a rather strange statement saying that, know, now for the that, you know, it's now for the bbc investigate. we've put bbc to investigate. we've put the facts them. the bbc the facts before them. the bbc claim mother claims that claim and the mother claims that fresh evidence was put before them. truth is, don't them. but the truth is, we don't know. this doesn't stack up, though, does it? >> the claim doesn't stack >> the sun's claim doesn't stack up this has now been up because this has now all been reported to metropolitan reported to the metropolitan police metropolitan police and the metropolitan police and the metropolitan police says there is no investigation at this time. presumably if the met police has

seen anything they were concerned about, they would have acted way. acted in some way. >> well, assume that that >> well, i assume that that statement would be followed by one saying that one tonight saying that we've now opened official inquiry, now opened an official inquiry, having conversations now opened an official inquiry, havirthe conversations now opened an official inquiry, havirthe bbc. conversations now opened an official inquiry, havirthe bbc. butonversations now opened an official inquiry, havirthe bbc. but they'sations now opened an official inquiry, havirthe bbc. but they they,1s with the bbc. but they they, i imagine, were shown evidence this morning sun claims this morning that the sun claims to be so solid that they've dominated the headlines of their own publication and almost every other the last three days. other for the last three days. >> no, they have. if >> no, they have. well, if they're wrong . they're wrong. >> i mean, if they're wrong, this going very, very this is going to be very, very serious. it's going to be serious. it's going to be serious for a lot of organised nations, not and the bbc may just may turn out to have handled this absolutely correctly. they may have been completely right in not releasing the name of the presenter who's alleged to have been at the centre the storm. been at the centre of the storm. because is interesting, because this is interesting, isn't because this is interesting, isn'because course, the cliff >> because of course, the cliff richard case in which the bbc had helicopter filled showing had a helicopter filled showing the police raiding cliff richard's house. and all of that has led on, hasn't it, to supreme court judges , agents supreme court judges, agents that actually the presumption of innocence before guilt is pretty

important. yeah, absolutely. >> in fact, the bbc going back to cliff, richard story, as to the cliff, richard story, as i recall, were landed serious i recall, were landed in serious trouble court because he trouble in court because he contested said and trouble in court because he contewere said and trouble in court because he contewere forced said and trouble in court because he contewere forced to said and trouble in court because he contewere forced to apologise . they were forced to apologise. they were forced to say they were now they have a duty were wrong. now they have a duty of to their employees. and of care to their employees. and if the allegations out to if the allegations turn out to be or fake , they will be made up or fake, they will have been absolutely right. not to released this guy's name to have released this guy's name or the presenter is, and or whoever the presenter is, and this presenters supposedly a high profile presenter. >> trouble is, nick, in the modern world and the internet, twitter is what it is . yeah. twitter is what it is. yeah. what i mean, what recourse is there? there >> it's very, very little. i mean jeremy vine was making that very point when he was saying, you know, not me and nicky campbell was talking about seeking legal advice on defamation. i'm not sure that there is any comeback, save to say that i think the vast majority of the population will not know who this person is. if it turns out that they are the subject of false or at least

misleading claims, because the mother is also not saying, i think that there is no relationship only that there was nothing illegal about the relationship. so you have to ask what is motivating these people? drugs are involved. it seems , by drugs are involved. it seems, by the own confession. the mother's own confession. >> mother claims the son >> the mother claims the my son claimed not have paid the mother. >> yeah, well, there again seems very strange. yes. the very strange. yes. i mean, the whole thing very strange whole thing seems very strange because was supposedly because the bbc was supposedly told may and then it was told back in may and then it was only last thursday that tim davie , the director general, was davie, the director general, was told because they were showing davie, the director general, was told supportingey were showing davie, the director general, was told supporting evidence howing davie, the director general, was told supporting evidence thatng new supporting evidence that they very seriously. and they took very seriously. and now we have the sun with a rather wishy washy statement saying the bbc saying, well, it's for the bbc to that what we're saying to prove that what we're saying is and i think the is not correct. and i think the onusis is not correct. and i think the onus is perhaps other way onus is perhaps the other way around. just think of the around. well, just think of the consequences tabloid consequences if the tabloid i mean, feels like a pre mean, this feels like a pre leveson do you remember leveson story. do you remember the types back in the early 20s when anything goes? their names were were you were straight out. you were you were straight out. you were you were receiving end of were on the receiving end of more than more than more than one, more than one of them. i mean, just think them. so i mean, ijust think right now we don't know. but in the next 24 hours, i think

either the will been either the bbc will have been judged have handled this very either the bbc will have been judg> moral of the story, folks at home is do not believe every single see or hear. single rumour you see or hear. i'm going to be back to you in a moment talking about mr biden being in downing street and what are we to do about are we going to do about nato, given disagreements? given the disagreements? but first, weather first, let's get the weather that warm feeling inside from boxed boilers , proud sponsors of boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin

weather on. gb news alex deakin here from the met office with your latest gb news weather forecast . forecast. >> a wet one tonight for large chunks of the country. we do have met office yellow warnings in place, quite mild and quite blustery, thanks to low blustery, all thanks to low pressure been throwing pressure that's been throwing cloud and rain in from the atlantic for much of the day across the west, whilst we've seen sunny spells in the seen some sunny spells in the east, cloud now east, the cloud is now thickening to come thickening further. rain to come across southwest england and the midlands. heaviest rain midlands. but the heaviest rain across we do have midlands. but the heaviest rain a

intense, even thundery downpours here during the afternoon. temperatures rise again around or maybe a touch below average for the time of year. struggling to get into the low 20s for most places, a dry, sunny start of course, eastern england during wednesday , but then the showers wednesday, but then the showers get again through the day. get going again through the day. so again, it'll be a case of dodging the downpours, perhaps not as many, intense s, not as many, not as intense s, but still some lively showers moving through. and again, things on the cool side in the breeze with temperatures high teens low at . best teens or low 20s at. best >> that warm feeling inside from boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on .

radio. >> well, aren't we lucky ? the >> well, aren't we lucky? the leader of the free world, joe biden, has popped into london today. he's gone to see the king he, of course, having a marvellous time discussing climate change. he also to climate change. he also went to downing to meet rishi downing street to meet rishi sunak, where pretended that sunak, where both pretended that the relationship rock the special relationship is rock solid everything is solid and that everything is fine. but he's really hopping on the way to vilnius for what i think is a very important nato wmmw think is a very important nato summit. it really , really is. summit. it really, really is. joining me to discuss this is nigel gardiner, director of the margaret thatcher centre for freedom at the heritage foundation in washington , dc . foundation in washington, dc. he's been to the uk quite a bit

lately, but doesn't really like us, does he? >> yeah, i would say that biden does not like britain at all. in fact, he really hates britain in many respects and he is doing his destroy the special his best to destroy the special relationship. i suspect, though, the american people are glad that of the country for that he's out of the country for a at and but his a few days at least. and but his his visit really basically a non visit in terms of overall importance pales in comparison, for example, with donald trump's state visit a few years ago. and biden has done his best really to knife britain in the back on multiple fronts over the course of the last couple of years. so he's no friend of the british people. no. and i really important moment here because the in vilnius, the nato summit in vilnius, the biden have decided biden ministration have decided they cluster bombs to ukraine. >> there were 120 nations that were signed up to wanting to stop the manufacture of them completely. the united kingdom is one of the worry is is one of them. the worry is that this ordnance can lie around for years and years afterwards . i know the russians afterwards. i know the russians are using it. i get that. but

where's nato going? i mean, you know, the brits are mistakenly, in my view, calling for ukraine to be allowed entry to nato immediately . to be allowed entry to nato immediately. but to be allowed entry to nato immediately . but longer term , immediately. but longer term, the direction of nato is my concern . ben wallace ex army concern. ben wallace ex army officer, heart and soul in defence and nato has apparently been vetoed by joe biden for ursula von der leyen, president of the european commission and a woman who, when she was defence minister in germany, was thought to have done a terrible job. yeah. what is going on here? >> yeah, great, great questions. and i the der leyen and i think the von der leyen had absolutely disastrous had an absolutely disastrous tenure germany's defence tenure as germany's defence minister and she is the last person on earth you'd want to have running the nato alliance. biden is in essence , a euro biden is in essence, a euro federalist. he hates brexit. he did not want to see a british defence secretary in place. he torpedoed ben wallace's candidacy for nato secretary—general. wallace is by far the best qualified person. i

think , to lead the nato think, to lead the nato alliance. but biden could not get over his own prejudice against britain. his hatred of brexit, but also he is at heart really very pro eu. he's pro french, he's pro german. >> well, you see, i wonder about this. i wonder whether what some of the american administration are thinking is that with von der lion, nato in effect becomes more of a european army us with less input needed from america. >> yeah, well, that's that's a very good, good point. i do think there are many in the biden administration who support these delusions of grandeur about creating a european union army . and i think that if you army. and i think that if you have the president of the european commission taking over nato, nato in effect becomes an extension of euro the euro federalist sort of dream . this federalist sort of dream. this is what worries me, although i also i always say worry though, nigel, that in 13 years of so—called conservative government in this country, we have run down the royal air force , the royal navy and the force, the royal navy and the british army to the most extraordinary degree. >> we had a retired boss of the

royal air force on our program last week saying global britain's now fantasy. we're not big enough. we're not strong enough. could it also be that whilst we've had amazing relations between our militaries over the years that america's beginning to look at the uk and not its force not taking its military force seriously? well i think that's that's true. >> actually. i think what we have with you acas military have seen with you acas military capability a gradual erosion capability is a gradual erosion of it that has to be reversed . of it that has to be reversed. britain needs to spend more on its defence, needs to build up greater capability . there are greater capability. there are many in washington who doubt britain's long term commitment actually to a very strong , actually to a very strong, forward looking military . and i forward looking military. and i think that what you are seeing is a lack of confidence, actually, that worries me in the uk and that's a dangerous path. path for this has to be reversed even without biden's prejudice towards this country. exactly. you know, the senior retired american military figures are saying we're not taking you guys quite as seriously. >> yes. as we were final a quick one. what are the scores on the

doors? what are the polls telling us in america at this stage, george? >> say that well, >> well, i would say that well, firstly, biden is doing very badly against a whole range of republican candidates . and the republican candidates. and the american increasingly american people increasingly view as just too old. yeah view biden as just too old. yeah and frankly, biden's out of his mind a lot of the time. we saw that at windsor castle. joe is wandering around. he had to be shepherded by by king charles iii, really. and but i do think there is a conservative revolution in the united states right now . there is a resurgence right now. there is a resurgence of support for us conservatives. and i think the fight back is very much in place against what is the most far left presidency , i think, in american history. and i do think that biden's days are numbered. interesting now. >> you. and now they're >> thank you. and now they're mentioning fight mentioning a conservative fight back, taking place in america. and happening in france and and it's happening in france and it's happening in germany and it's happening in germany and it's happening in spain and it's happening in italy . it's happening in italy. it's happening in italy. it's happening everywhere, apart from the united kingdom, where they've actually given up on

being conservatives. now, by what the farage moment, how extraordinary in this amazing pride we're all pride month that we're all celebrate so much at celebrate so much that at a rally yesterday, sarah jane baker , a trans activist who baker, a trans activist who campaigns on behalf of trans prisoners, someone who was released from prison three years ago after serving 30 years for the kidnapping and attempted murder of her stepmother's brother and for attempting to kill another prisoner whilst incarcerated. yes despite that, sarah jane baker was one of the main speakers and just have a look at what she had to say. >> i was going to come here and be really fluffy and be really nice and say, yeah, be really lovely and queer and gay. no if you see a bunch of in the . face you see a bunch of in the. face there, we are advocating violence, advocating punching in the face. >> terfs these are radical feminists , apparently people who feminists, apparently people who write books like harry potter

would be in that category. absolutely appalling. isn't it funny how the incitement of violence this seems to be ignored when it's part of pride month . and if i know what the month. and if i know what the farage what is it with our country? the local council in york, having conducted an investigation on rather like the england and wales cricket board, have decided that york is utterly beyond the pale. it is culturally , institutionally culturally, institutionally racist in every regard. it is apparently a complete hellhole to live in, all of which of course is total nonsense. it's one of the best places to live in the whole of england. but we constantly try to do ourselves down. we're going to stop the boats and remember rishi sunak five weeks ago in dover on a monday, saying the numbers are down by 20. i told you that evening this was all nonsense. it was because of the weather in a moment, i'm going to tell you what happened over the weekend and why the dutch prime minister is about to fall.

and why the dutch prime minister is about to fall . the 12th. is about to fall. the 12th. >> a day to celebrate history , >> a day to celebrate history, community and family here in northern ireland. join me arlene foster on me dougie beattie as we bring you live coverage of the july 12th celebrations from the july 12th celebrations from the beautiful city of belfast. >> i'm right across the united kingdom. >> it's all happening here on gb news, britain's news .

channel >> i've been coming out regularly around the country doing live shows with you, the audience. they've been going pretty well. next thursday , the pretty well. next thursday, the 20th of july, will be the 40th farage at large , and it'll take farage at large, and it'll take place in newport in south wales. now we've sold it out already . now we've sold it out already. we've now booked a bigger venue . if you want to come to newport for a live farage at large, live

at 7:00 next thursday in newport, please go to gbnews.com as i said before the break, rishi sunak saying he was stopping the boats. the numbers were coming down is complete and utter nonsense to bring us up to date. gb news is home affairs editor mark white has given us this report . this report. >> crossings are now down 20% compared to last year. >> this is proof that our deterrent strategy can work . deterrent strategy can work. >> it was a bold claim just a month ago. the prime minister down in dover insisting his stop the boats plan was working, but since then, a surge in small boat arrivals has exposed that claim to be at best premature . claim to be at best premature. the latest arrivals at dover harbour come amid an improved movement in weather conditions, which has seen more than 1500 people brought here in just four days.in people brought here in just four days. in fact , the number of days. in fact, the number of arrivals for the year so far has

reached the 13,000 mark. that figure is the same as the 13,000 who crossed at this point last yeah who crossed at this point last year. matt time experts who know these waters well say the initial 20% reduction in crossings was purely down to bad weather and not government policy. despite the clearly increasing numbers of channel migrants, the home secretary has reiterated her determination to stop the boats . stop the boats. >> while prime minister and i are absolutely clear, we've got to stop the boats. that's why we're working very hard to introduce new legislation. last year there were 45,000 people who arrived illegally . it's who arrived illegally. it's costing us £6 million a day in hotel accommodation . this has to hotel accommodation. this has to stop. >> the sarge and small boat arrivals is just the latest setback to the government's plans to tackle the channel migrant crisis. plans to tackle the channel migrant crisis . the court of migrant crisis. the court of appeal ruled the deal to send some of those arriving to rwanda is unlawful and in parliament,

the lords are continuing to block the progress us of the government's illegal migration bill. weather conditions in the channel are set to get choppy in the days ahead , but we're the days ahead, but we're heading for the peak months where flat calm conditions will pave the way for thousands more to cross . and if those figures to cross. and if those figures can continue to increase beyond last year's totals. rishi sunak will face the prospect of failing to meet one of his government's key priorities as mark white gb news. well there you are, all complete and utter rot from the prime minister. >> nothing is stopping. nothing is changing. tens of thousands more will come this year, be in no about that and its no doubt about that and its impact all over the country . but impact all over the country. but it isn't just here. we're talking about this. no, in the netherlands, mark rutte, who's been serving on and off as prime minister since 2010, has given in his resignation to the king.

and it's all over immigration. i'm joined live from the european parliament in strasbourg. somewhere i know really rather well by mikhail hoogeveen , who's an mep for 21 hoogeveen, who's an mep for 21 from the netherlands . what on from the netherlands. what on earth? i mean, we thought mr rutter was there forever. what's the row about? what is going on? how big is immigration ? as how big is immigration? as a debate in the netherlands ? debate in the netherlands? >> well, for me as dutch people, it really feels like the end of an era. he's been our prime minister for over 13 years and for years before that he was opposition leader. so for especially for people from my generation, i mean, i was walking around the college dorms when he became prime minister. so for my generation , it really so for my generation, it really feels like, well, saying goodbye to what should also honestly say a remarkable , well a remarkable, well skilled politician. he failed on on politician. but he failed on on multiple issues. and one of the biggest issues he failed on for campaigning for 12 years was kerbing the influx of migration of migrants. and he failed to do

so. and, well, it's all over now i >> -- >> yeah. -_ >> yeah. so what happens ? i >> yeah. so what happens? i guess we get a new set of elections that take place in november. i think they're scheduled to be. everything seems to move very slowly in netherlands politics, but november is being touted as the time for the next election . when time for the next election. when we talked a moment ago about a revival of conservative views, meaning more control of borders, taking place in italy and france and germany , what is the and germany, what is the political weathervane telling us in the netherlands? well we're a coalition country, so we need to form government coalition, and that's where it went wrong with with prime minister mark rutte, because he chose to govern with left leaning social liberals and left leaning social liberals and left leaning social christian parties who are still in favour of this welcoming asylum procedures . procedures. >> and we as 21, we did all kinds of amendments on limiting family reunion in agreements

with third countries such as rwanda, strict border controls, putting pressure on african and middle eastern countries to take back the migrants. but he well, everything was voted down by him. so what we're seeing now is really a shift in in the dutch electorate moving towards more sceptical parties, towards immigration and also inherently towards the immigration policies by the european union . by the european union. >> but isn't this really , >> but isn't this really, mikhail, your problem that the numbers that have crossed the mediterranean so far this year are significantly higher than numbers that have come last year and i sat in that building, i sat in that building in 2015 when the eu asylum policy was announced and it was announced on behalf of all of us, that basically obe anyone that set foot on eu soil would be allowed to stay. and that's why people move up into into sweden, into

the netherlands and elsewhere. frankly i honestly don't see that as eu members. there's very much your government can do about this . about this. >> well, i still remember back in 2015 with angela merkel from germany saying reshuffled us. rita also said this is a once in a lifetime influx of immigrants . but what we actually see now is that record after record of influx of immigrants are still coming to the netherlands. and thatis coming to the netherlands. and that is mostly because of, well, the policies you probably remember that were invoked by jean—claude juncker back in 2015. and since then, 27,000 migrants have crossed the mediterranean , have died on the mediterranean, have died on the mediterranean, have died on the mediterranean, which is which is a big tragedy. and we as the eu should realise that the only solution to this is well, for example, looking at what denmark is now trying to do within the eu, sweden is also doing in the eu, sweden is also doing in the eu is trying to come up with a more of an australian model by making it crystal clear no way

will the eu be your home to the migrants that are willing or coming across the mediterranean. i think the poles and hungarians have had a fair bit to say about these issues as well. >> now of course dutch politics, netherlands politics, proportional representation as you've said already, it is by, you've said already, it is by, you know, by necessity, a country of coalition. and we do see big shifts in voting patterns . but what happened with patterns. but what happened with the rural farmers party in the senate elections recently was astonishing . just bring british astonishing. just bring british viewers up to date on that, please . please. >> well, what we're seeing now is that the that the dutch voters are still looking for a party that is really anti establishment, but also wants to deliver more. so the farmers party became the biggest party. they are now in some province potential coalitions . but the potential coalitions. but the dutch voters are also looking, looking at my party in particular, to deliver more on migration. what we're saying is

if you want a strict and more fair and humane immigration policy, they should vote for us because we are the ones who are truly going to deliver that. no fine, i get that. >> but returning to the rural theme about the farmers, you know, we've seen these huge protests , you know, in your protests, you know, in your country . is this now a moment country. is this now a moment when people are genuinely questioning what we're doing in the name of net zero? >> well, there are so many cnses >> well, there are so many crises , nigel, that we are crises, nigel, that we are cnses crises, nigel, that we are crises that are made up by our politicians. i mean, if we take this farmers protest, politicians. i mean, if we take this farmers protest , for this farmers protest, for example, that's mostly about the air pollution of nitrogen dioxide and ammonia. but well, they come up with these kinds of laws and well, then they point at the judges. but i mean, we can not only point at judges because who makes the laws that is elected politicians. the people in government . so is elected politicians. the people in government. so in order to change this , we need to order to change this, we need to change governments and people need to vote for different

parties and final for laws. >> you know , when are you as >> you know, when are you as a country going to regain your pride and go for nexit and become an independent country like us? >> well , we like us? >> well, we miss you dearly as british brits in the european parliament. >> we really miss the british style of debate. it's all french. it's all german. i have to listen it via my translators . it's you know, it hasn't been a lot of fun, but, you . it's you know, it hasn't been a lot of fun, but , you know, a lot of fun, but, you know, we're still fighting the good fight here. and we really believe that we can still reform this eu, go back to its roots, go to it being a strong go back to it being a strong common market with strong external borders. we still believe we can do that . but. believe we can do that. but. well, fighting the good well, it's fighting the good fight. >> i wish you luck with that. and i'm so sorry that you missed me in my debating style in the chamber. thank you for chamber. but thank you for joining me from strasbourg. thanks this thanks for having me. this evening. well yesterday was a very nerve wracking day. not because i haven't got a bank account. but because the account. no, but because the ashes oh, there was so much hope and expectation. all and expectation. but it all appeared have horribly appeared to have gone horribly wrong to nail down.

wrong as we went to nail down. but yesterday afternoon, headingley, had a chance headingley, we had a chance to get one back and boy, it was a real nail biter up to the very wire and i do have a barrage. the farage that was sent in yesterday from neil who was watching the ashes at headingley. what have you got for me, neil? >> hi, nigel. it's neil. where are you going to get back on with this channel crossing problem? because it's massive. we need to sort this out big time . time. >> well, i mean, i don't think anyone's tried harder than me to wake people up as to what's going on in the english channel. and yes, nearly 1500 have come over the course of the last three days. so i'm doing my absolute best on it. i really promise you that i am. now i'm joined by jacob rees—mogg . two joined by jacob rees—mogg. two big subjects of discussion. jacob maybe three. number one, won . we we won the game. we won. won. we we won the game. we won. >> wasn't it exciting? >> wasn't it exciting? >> it was terrific, wasn't it? >> it was terrific, wasn't it? >> it was absolutely brilliant. and australia was in it until so

late on and i was on the edge of my seat watching it. yeah i very rarely sit at home watching cricket. i pay the subscription to get the camera and very rarely see it. but yesterday, yeah, i'm normally a radio because i'm busy, i'm doing stuff and i normally have on the radio. >> but now i sat and watch. >> but now i sat and watch. >> well, i met the great jonathan agnew recently. he a bbc can have complete bbc star. we can have complete confidence and he reminded confidence in. and he reminded me i had once called for him to get rise because somebody get a pay rise because somebody had on about this. this had been on about this. this footballer who paid footballer who gets paid a fortune, but why don't footballer who gets paid a for1pay but why don't footballer who gets paid a for1pay to but why don't footballer who gets paid a for1pay to money but why don't footballer who gets paid a for1pay to money aslef 1y don't footballer who gets paid a for1pay to money aslef popular we pay to money aslef popular jacob, you put forward a piece of saying that banks of legislation saying that banks should out as should not close people out as part their views. i'm going part of their views. i'm going to put an amendment down the digital will digital markets bill that will come report stage slightly come back report stage slightly later the to and later in the year to try and protect your position protect people in your position so the banks can't close your account because it doesn't account down because it doesn't like views. metro like your views. or as metro bank said, somebody allegedly we don't don't our don't you don't share our culture. about culture. and i don't care about my bank's culture. i care my bank's culture. i just care that my get cleared and that my checks get cleared and money into it. and out of it. >> you know, we've had some

since i sort of broke cover on this. a lot of other names have come out that have had problems with and a lot of small with banks and a lot of small businesses emailed me desperately i really desperately, i mean, really desperately, i mean, really desperately one to speak desperately with no one to speak for i'm pleased at for them. and i'm pleased at least doing that . we've for them. and i'm pleased at leassome doing that . we've for them. and i'm pleased at leas some fine ng that . we've for them. and i'm pleased at leas some fine wordst . we've for them. and i'm pleased at leas some fine words from z've for them. and i'm pleased at leas some fine words from the had some fine words from the treasury and you know, from andrew griffith, the city minister. are they actually going to act? >> there are two things they can do. one is the piece of legislation to make sure that people have a right to a bank account and they're free speech doesn't change it. other is doesn't change it. the other is on the politically exposed persons issue. that secondary legislation the government legislation on the government can change just do tomorrow can change just do it tomorrow if to. if it wants to. >> they? well i wouldn't >> will they? well i wouldn't hold my breath, but they really should, because it's very straightforward to do. >> we're no longer in the eu. we're longer bound by eu law, we're no longer bound by eu law, which all this came which is where all this came from. from international from. it came from international agreement in the eu. >> eu put, put, put the >> but the eu put, put, put the prize on it. >> yeah. and when you discover that ken clarke had a bank account, refused, i know even the chancellor, this is the current chancellor, this is an absolute madness. this was

meant stop dictators meant to stop dictators syphoning off funds and the worry is it puts off good people going into public life because they the hell with it. they think the hell with it. >> put up with all of >> we can't put up with all of this. >> and also its tentacles reach so wide. it's not just the so wide. so it's not just the politician, the politician, it's the politicians, family . it's politicians, family. it's the politicians, family. it's the politicians, . so the politicians, associates. so the producers programmes are producers of our programmes are almost certainly politically exposed persons, and that's just so unfair. >> got my subject access >> i got my subject access request at the end of last week back from the international organisations. i'm horrified by the list. jacob it's all yours. in just a moment. but before all of that , we have to go to the of that, we have to go to the weather and indeed to the . news weather and indeed to the. news >> the temperatures rising , >> the temperatures rising, boxed solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin weather on. gb news alex deakin here from the met office with your latest gb news weather forecast . forecast. >> wet one tonight for large chunks of the country. we do have met office yellow warnings in place, quite mild and quite

blustery, thanks to low blustery, all thanks to low pressure been throwing pressure that's been throwing cloud and rain in from the atlantic for much of the day. across the west , whilst we've across the west, whilst we've seen sunny spells in the seen some sunny spells in the east, is now east, the cloud is now thickening rain to come thickening further. rain to come across england and the across southwest england and the midlands. but the heaviest rain across have across scotland where we do have across scotland where we do have a office yellow warning in a met office yellow warning in place, also some downpours place, also seen some downpours today of northern today across parts of northern ireland. some further ireland. so some further disruption this disruption likely through this evening does evening and overnight. it does turn a little drier over north wales and northern england. quite night, particularly quite a mild night, particularly in the south—east. temperatures really here in really holding up here in a dull, damp, humid start to tuesday. that rain should peter out across east anglia and southern counties of england. and then it's a case of, yes, some sunny spells, but also plenty moving through plenty of showers moving through on a brisk breeze for most, but light in northern scotland light winds in northern scotland means slow means we could see some slow moving, intense or even thundery downpours here during the afternoon. temperature wise , afternoon. temperature wise, again around or maybe a touch below average for the time of yeah below average for the time of year. struggling to get into the low 20s for most places is a dry, start across eastern

dry, sunny start across eastern england during wednesday. but then the showers going again then the showers get going again through the day. so again, it'll be a of dodging the be a case of dodging the downpours. perhaps not as many, not as intense , but still some not as intense, but still some lively showers moving through. and again, things on the cool side in the breeze with temperatures high teens or low side in the breeze with tem at 'atures high teens or low side in the breeze with tem at best,; high teens or low side in the breeze with tem at best, the|h teens or low side in the breeze with tem at best, the temperaturesrv 20s at best, the temperatures rising , boxed solar 20s at best, the temperatures rising, boxed solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news sponsors of weather on. gb news the live desk with me, mark longhurst and me, pip tomson >> it's here monday to friday on gb news from midday. >> we'll bring you the news as it breaks, whenever it's happening and wherever it's happening and wherever it's happening from across the uk and around the world. >> refreshing and feisty, but with a bit of fun too. >> if it matters to you, we'll have it covered on tv , radio and online. >> join the live desk on gb news. the people's channel. britain's news .