small boat capsized this morning in the channel. we'll get the very latest on that rescue mission. then, the prime minister attempted to use minister had attempted to use this week to demonstrate how his government is getting to grips with crisis in channel. with the crisis in the channel. with of stop the boats with a series of stop the boats announcements could stop the boats week have gone any worse. and is coffee the key to feeling better .7 i'll have a special better? i'll have a special guest in the studio with me telling me all the secrets that are in caffeine. but first, before all that, let's get the news headlines with ray addison i >> -- >> good afternoon . it's 1201. >> good afternoon. it's 1201. our top story this hour, french maritime authorities have confirmed that six migrants have died after a small boat carrying more than 50 people got into difficulties in the channel this morning. dover lifeboat and several french vessels have been involved in the operation. about five miles off the french coast . ambulance crews greeted the casualties as they arrived at dover harbour .

casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. home casualties as they arrived at dover harbour . home office casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. home office has been chairing an emergency meeting of the small boats operator national gold command, this morning. home operator national gold command, this morning . home secretary this morning. home secretary suella braverman saying , my suella braverman saying, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic loss of life in the channel. charlie rowley is a former special adviser to michael gove. he told us this is a europe wide problem, a dangerous route into the uk. >> it's not something that people do lightly and it follows the incident that we had just last week in italy where an ambulance lost their lives because of the crossings that are taking place, not just across calais and dover , but across calais and dover, but across calais and dover, but across europe. it is a european crisis that we're seeing . but as crisis that we're seeing. but as i say, it highlights the perilous journey that people do take, which is all the more reason why we have to do more to stop it . stop it. >> immigration officials have arrested seven people in northern ireland as part of a crackdown on illegal workers as part of the home office's operation tornado to it was just

one of several raids across the uk . included in those arrests uk. included in those arrests was a female chinese national at a restaurant in county down. the second chinese man was allowed to voluntarily return to the repubuc to voluntarily return to the republic of ireland. takeaways owner. now faces a fine of up to £20,000. uk spending on pothole repairs is among the most severely cut of 13 nations, according to new research h. the local government association saying that annual expenditure fell from £4 billion in 2006 to 2 billion in 2019. only italy and ireland have seen bigger percentage cuts. the lga is now urging political parties to commit to a ten year programme to boost funding . police say to boost funding. police say they found a woman who went missing from a secure facility in somerset after originally warning that she may pose a risk to herself or to others. 43 year old laura van marle was subject to an indefinite hospital order after admitting the manslaughter of her mother in 2021. avon and

somerset police say she threatened a member of staff with a weapon while on escorted leave . maui county have leave. maui county have confirmed up to 80 people have died and hundreds more are reported missing due to the wildfires engulfing the hawaiian island. fresh evacuations are underway as flames forge towards the town of kaanapali. residents from nearby islands have loaded recreational boats and jet skis to bring supplies to those in emergency shelters. hawaii's attorney general is calling for attorney general is calling for a comprehensive review into how authorities responded to the wildfires . questions mounting wildfires. questions mounting over whether residents were warned quickly enough . fragments warned quickly enough. fragments of meteors the size of a grain of meteors the size of a grain of sand and travelling at 130,000mph will light up the sky tonight . the 130,000mph will light up the sky tonight. the annual summer persuade meteor shower has been active since july and will continue until august 24th. reaching its peak this evening.

the royal observatory of greenwich recommends watching the fireballs between midnight and 530 in the morning when light pollution is at its lowest . and finally, england captain harry kane has signed with bayern munich . he's completed bayern munich. he's completed his £100 million move from tottenham after travelling to germany for a medical last night . the deal, which lasts until 2027, will see mr kane wearing the number nine shirt. posting on social media, the 30 year old said he was sad to be leaving the club that he'd spent nearly 20 years of his life at. harry redknapp is a former tottenham manager. he says he was surprised by the move. >> yeah, it was shocked. >> yeah, it was shocked. >> i mean, i'm sure alan shearer had a party last night. he'd have been celebrating harry have been celebrating that harry had but , um, have been celebrating that harry had but, um, listen, it, had gone, but, um, listen, it, i'm not underestimating by munich. they're a fantastic football club and a team that will be challenging . now they've will be challenging. now they've got harry kane for the champions league even stronger this year.

they're a team that could win the champions league. next year they'll be pushing man city all they'll be pushing man city all the way. so you know, it's a big club, but i didn't see germany on the agenda. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now let's get back to gb news saturday with . emily with. emily >> thank you, ray. so let's start this hour with the developing story in the channel. french authorities have confirmed that six migrants have now died after their small boat got into difficulties this morning. dover lifeboat and several french vessels were involved in the operation to rescue multiple people in the water. about five miles off the french coast. so our gb news kent producer filmed these exclusive pictures at dover harbour as a number of people were taken off the dover lifeboat on stretchers and transferred to waiting ambulances. so joining us now is

gb news home and security editor mark white with the very latest. mark, the death toll has risen and the rescue mission continues. can you bring us the latest ? well a very significant latest? well a very significant operation that has unfolded in the english channel for a number of hours now. >> and yet that operation is continuing because there is a possibility that more people who were thrown into the water, there are still out there , still there are still out there, still missing. so that search is involving, we're told, aerial assets in the form of coastguard helicopters , lifeboats from both helicopters, lifeboats from both the uk and the french side. and of course, those various patrol boats from france and border force vessels who are out in the channel. anyway, this is a very busy day with more than 350 people who've crossed the channel so far. multiple incident , it's still channel so far. multiple

incident, it's still being reported, but these exclusive images were captured by our kent producer who was up first thing this morning, witnessed this very dramatic operation . we very dramatic operation. we know, according to the french authorities, that many of the casualties were taken to calais by french air assets, including helicopter person that was taken to calais, died despite being airlifted by helicopter. and then five other people who were taken by rescue boat to calais were also confirmed to have died in addition, of course, what we saw on the dover side was all of the others who had been rescued by the dover lifeboat and another vessel being brought in to dover harbour. and i think they were a mix of those that were actually rescued in the incident and perhaps some migrants that had been taken off another boat before dover come to that, because according to

the french, dover lifeboat, took ten of those rescue food and it looked a lot fuller than that when it got into dover harbour. >> so, mark, as i understand, some have been taken on the casualties. those who were in need of hospital care and those who have sadly died were taken to calais and the rest, as we understand it, have been taken, transported over to dover ? yes transported over to dover? yes >> yeah. there was some initial confusion , confusion this confusion, confusion this morning with suggestions actually that the vast majority of those involved in this incident had been taken to doven incident had been taken to dover. that might not be the case because french authorities are fairly adamant with the statements they've been putting out that a very significant number of the people who were pulled from the water, the majority , in fact, they say, majority, in fact, they say, were taken to calais, and that includes one person airlifted who subsequently died and five

people who were taken by a rescue boat to calais who died as well . but that dover lifeboat as well. but that dover lifeboat , when it came into dover harbour, was is full to the gunnels with migrants on board that boat. so it may well have been because, as i say, this is a very busy day out in the channel and surprisingly, because the weather conditions are atrocious . there are kent are atrocious. there are kent producer said that there were winds were gusting at more than 20 miles an hour from the southwest, really churning up the waves . but despite this, the the waves. but despite this, the people smugglers were still pushing these boats out into the middle of the channel. and that's what we're seeing now, absolutely chaotic scenes throughout the morning, absolutely chaotic scenes throughout the morning , which throughout the morning, which are continuing with border force lifeboats and french vessels responding to multiple sightings of small boats crossing and in addition, trying to carry out this ongoing search operation for anyone that may still be

unaccounted for from this boat that got into difficulties around 5:00 this morning. now, this is a sobering reminder, mark, of just how dangerous this route across the channel is for those taking dinghies which we know are well , extremely unsafe. know are well, extremely unsafe. >> and a dangerous way to travel across a very busy shipping lane in this will presumably focus minds on the challenge. this week was the stop the boats week for the government . they had for the government. they had various announcement boats. this is a pretty terrible and devastating end to that week . devastating end to that week. >> yeah, i mean, it's been completely by unforeseen events . the government wanted this to be their small boats week and it isindeed be their small boats week and it is indeed that. but for all the wrong reasons. is indeed that. but for all the wrong reasons . at the beginning wrong reasons. at the beginning of the week, of course , was the of the week, of course, was the first channel migrants who were being put on the bibby stockholm barge down in portland that was

supposed to be the government showing how they are putting people away from these very expensive hotels into more basic accommodation. but now of course, with the confirmation yesterday of this legionella outbreak that was detected on the barge, those 39 migrants have been taken off until that is dealt with. but of course, throughout the week , lots of throughout the week, lots of other incidents on thursday , other incidents on thursday, which was another busy day, a record day, in fact, in the channel 755 people who crossed in one day, a record for this year on that day, multiple rescues, again, 17 people were pulled from the water. a border force, unmanned . a drone ditched force, unmanned. a drone ditched into the sea after suffering some kind of . glitch and some kind of. glitch and technical malfunction. it crashed into the sea and then a border force vessel that was

involved in a lot of these activities. parties broke down and lifeboats had to be called up and out to take over. a lot of the sort of collection of people from these small boats and returning them to dover harbour. so, yeah, the news really has not been great for the government. we have had a statement from suella braverman who says that her thoughts on this morning's tragedy . our this morning's tragedy. our thoughts are with all of those caught up in this tragedy as she is liaising with her french colleagues and she has chaired a meeting of the small boats operational gold command , to operational gold command, to discuss just what they do going forward. as i say, this is still ongoing in the channel, not just with the search operation that's underway , but these multiple underway, but these multiple other small boats that are being reported and responded to as they have to because with the conditions that they are, there

was one incident about an hour or so ago in which a small boat was out there in difficulties. again and we had two lifeboats and a border force vessel around it. no one in the water. we don't think. but because of the very precarious nature of what's happening in the channel at the moment with these high winds and waves as they had to send a number of assets to make sure that these people could be safely transferred onto those vessels and taken to dover harbour . harbour. >> well, thank you very much indeed. >> well, thank you very much indeed . mark white there, indeed. mark white there, bringing us the very latest on what has occurred in the channel early this morning . thank you early this morning. thank you very much indeed for your time. a real tragedy. suella braverman there saying her thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by the tragic loss of life. and she's speaking to border force teams . there's also border force teams. there's also an emergency meeting of the small boats, operational gold command this morning to discuss what's going on. many of you are

asking if this took place five miles away from the french coast, should it have been the french's responsibility to take all the migrants back to the all of the migrants back to the french coast ? as mark was saying french coast? as mark was saying there, it is quite a confusing picture. we don't know exactly what has happened with respect to the division of labour there between the french and the british. now the prime minister, rishi sunak, has been urged to resurrect policy of migrant resurrect the policy of migrant pushbacks channel and pushbacks in the channel and pursue a plan b to get his stop. the boats pledged back on track. now conservative want border now conservative mps want border force mimic the greek navy, force to mimic the greek navy, deploy border guards on jet deploy uk border guards on jet skis physically force the skis to physically force the dinghies to france . could dinghies back to france. could this ever happen? it seems that many people think this just is not possible as a plan. it was abandoned in april last year. that was just days before a high court legal challenge. all of this of course, as this comes, of course, as migrants removed from migrants have been removed from the bibby stockholm barge in dorset after the bacteria was found , the legionella bacteria found, the legionella bacteria was the water. all of was found in the water. all of those on board are likely to be taken new accommodation.

taken to new accommodation. i believe already been believe they have already been taken accommodation in hotels taken to accommodation in hotels . so joining me now is international human rights lawyer david haig and the director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity, stephen woolf. thank you very much indeed . i'm not you very much indeed. i'm not sure if you heard what mark white was saying there. stephen are giving us the very latest on the tragedy in the channel well, very early this morning, about 4 am, 5 am, loss of life. we know that six people have been confirmed dead. who made this crossing or attempted this crossing? this is a sobering reminder, isn't it, stephen, of just how dangerous this route is and how important it is that the government gets to grips with the channel crisis ? the channel crisis? >> yes, it's another appallingly sad day to show that the failure of this government, the french government and the european union's policy on asylum and immigration and what's happening now is the loss of lives, not

just in the channel, but we know they occur in the waters towards italy . and until the governments italy. and until the governments get together and start looking at this more seriously rather than tinkering at the edges as they seem to be doing at the moment, we will be talking about another tragedy at another time in the near future . i would say i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you, stephen. david just your reaction to the tragedy really, and what this means for the government policy or what it should mean for government policy going forward? we can see with our eyes just how unsustainable and tragic this route can be. and what do you think the government needs to do moving forward? difficult question . question. >> good afternoon, emily. i think it's a very dark day for europe and for human rights. and you know, it's more evidence, if ever , that we needed it, that ever, that we needed it, that we've got a government that's completely incapable of governing. certainly when it comes to illegal migrants.

you've gone from devon stating incompetence. now to deadly, and it's going to get worse. they they are complete incapable of managing this situation. and in terms of a solution , it's what terms of a solution, it's what we've seen is a government that doesn't have a solution . they doesn't have a solution. they don't have one. its press release after press release and people are now dying and insincere . mere comments from insincere. mere comments from the suella braverman wishing her sympathy to those that have suffered is just that insincere and i think we're coming to a stage where if this carries on, beanng stage where if this carries on, bearing in mind that stop the boats is one of rishi sunak prime policies , you're going to prime policies, you're going to have a situation where there'll be even more calls for the government to stand down. >> david, why do you say her comments are insincere for presumably you would agree that suella braverman is home secretary is trying to resolve this problem or do you not accept that? i i as i've said before, i think what suella braverman doing in the

conservative party, sadly, is they're weaponizing essentially immigration and illegal migrants, particularly to assist them winning votes. >> and i don't think if she actually wanted to get control of the situation, protect our borders and have genuine asylum seekers actually getting asylum cases passed through and their lives improved, the policies that she's putting in place, the press releases and every couple of days it's a new press release, it's a new white elephant policy. she would be doing things properly and she's not high on stephen. >> is that fair? because we have the illegal migration bill for example. it's been passed. it will become an act and that is intended to stop the flow of migrants crossing the channel it's not fair to say, is it, that that this is just a government coming up with all sorts of random policies to try and create division in and stoke anger for at this issue? i'm not sure that's fair. the government is putting forward many policies

i >> -- >> well, there's much that david and i agree on in policies, but i don't agree with him that the policies of the government at the moment with the illegal migration act, it's attempts on rwanda, the bibi boats dealing with housing, it's all about stoking hatred and division between people in the country at all know what it's actually trying to do is solve a serious problem that has caused the awful circumstances that we see today. awful circumstances that we see today . and whilst people today. and whilst people smugglers are making huge sums of money out of it, they don't care whether people are dying in the channel and at least the government is trying to do something to stop those boats. now, not agree that all now, we might not agree that all their work. we their policies will work. we might agree those might not agree with those policies at all. as you saw in some of the pictures and the clips from dorset clips there from the dorset black matter group, there black lives matter group, there are those to going say, are those who are to going say, let's just bring people in whenever there are those whenever we can. there are those who, me, say, have managed who, like me, say, have managed migration with migration and let's deal with the migrants and only migration and let's deal with the genuine grants and only migration and let's deal with the genuine asylum nd only migration and let's deal with the genuine asylum seekers . and have genuine asylum seekers. and the government has got to try

and with cost the and deal with the cost to the taxpayer, potential for taxpayer, the potential for lives lost. but it also has the responsibility to deal with other countries who not other countries who are not doing their bit in the same way. everybody juggling , but no everybody is juggling, but no one actually really being one is actually really being affected. and that's because they do not know the solution to preventing hundreds of thousands of people from the poorest countries of the world seeking a better life in europe, irrespective of them being genuine asylum seekers . genuine asylum seekers. >> stephen, one thing the government is guilty of is being seen to blame everyone else but themselves . who do you blame for themselves. who do you blame for themselves. who do you blame for the government's failure to enact policy that will actually do something about this problem ? >> 7- >> oh, 7_ >> oh, look, i 7 >> oh, look, i would ? >> oh, look, i would certainly say that in some ways it's the government's fault because they didn't prepare well enough. or maybe, for example , when you maybe, for example, when you look at the illness on the boats that you're seeing through polluted water, but there is also a responsibility on the labour government for opposing everything that they do. there are certain charities and trade

unions that whatever happens, they will always challenge the government rather than seeing the other side of the picture . the other side of the picture. and that is what's causing the division. the general public in this country recognise the need for genuine asylum seekers. the general public in this country do not believe that illegal migrants are seeking migrants who are seeking economic benefit should be allowed to be here and they are now seeing the asylum seekers fall apart because of the divisions between the two extremes. sides of those who are not accepting that illegal migrants and economic migrants should not be using the asylum system. >> do . david. yesterday i spoke >> do. david. yesterday i spoke to a rep resentative of amnesty international and he seemed to think he claimed that the home office have simply stopped processing asylum claims. i think he believed that this was on purpose for one reason or another. can you clarify whether thatis another. can you clarify whether that is true? because because it seems to me on unfathomable that asylum claims aren't being processed, the government says

that they want to get grips with the backlog in the next year or so. 50. >> so. >> i mean, i'm not up to date with whether or not that's that's that's true or not. so i wouldn't be able to comment specifically. but even if they were currently being processed, asylum taking years. asylum claims are taking years. so would we notice in any event, if they were delayed if they if they were delayed for if they were paused, as it were, for a few weeks? i mean, that's the comment that i would make. i don't know specifically if what amnesty international has said is i said, is correct, but as i said, because taking so long, because they're taking so long, in event, would we notice in any event, would we notice it? think that is of it? and i think that is part of you know, it's not just one solution the problem that solution to the problem that we've got. one of things we've got. one of the things is obviously backlog obviously the asylum backlog is so considerably significant and nothing done to address nothing is being done to address it. they paused it, it. so if they have paused it, that the question why. that does beg the question why. >> and stephen, just >> yeah. and stephen, just lastly, a lot of our viewers have been writing in. >> they're asking why ? why if >> they're asking why? why if this boat capsized five miles away from the french coast , it away from the french coast, it were migrants taken all the way

to dover. do you understand what's going on there in terms of the division of labour? >> no, i don't. all i know is that from the press reports that we've seen is that there are some that were taken to france, others that were taken on boats and to the uk. and brought to the uk. and i suspect that in the imbroglio of what was happening in the waters , your previous , which were as your previous commentator, the home affairs spokesman said, that it was about 20 mile an hour wind aids. is that in process of trying is that in the process of trying to as many as to save as many lives as possible? the french and the uk governments together for governments work together for now. these circumstances, i now. on these circumstances, i don't problem with that. now. on these circumstances, i dthink problem with that. now. on these circumstances, i dthink it's problem with that. now. on these circumstances, i dthink it's bestyblem with that. now. on these circumstances, i dthink it's best to em with that. now. on these circumstances, i dthink it's best to save ith that. now. on these circumstances, i dthink it's best to save lives. it. i think it's best to save lives. and they go to france or they and if they go to france or they go to the uk, shouldn't go to the uk, we shouldn't really about making really care. it's about making sure people's lives sure that those people's lives are and i do understand are saved. and i do understand those who say perhaps it should have to france, but in have gone to france, but in these circumstances, got these circumstances, we've got to humanity well to put humanity first. well thank much indeed for thank you very much indeed for your . your time. >> stephen director of >> stephen wolff, director of the migration and the centre for migration and economic and david economic prosperity. and david hague, international human rights . thank very rights lawyer. thank you very much your time. now much indeed for your time. now lots you have getting in

lots of you have been getting in touch this very story. graham touch on this very story. graham says. it would take our lifeboats travelling at 20 knots an to france. so why an hour to reach france. so why do french not respond first? do the french not respond first? and why did the rnli think it was travel back to the was okay to travel back to the uk not the survivors uk and not get the survivors into hospital all sooner? into french hospital all sooner? lots of questions . it seems to lots of questions. it seems to be a bit of a confused picture in terms of how many people the french taken to calais and french have taken to calais and how many the british have taken to dover . so we'll how many the british have taken to dover. so we'll find out and we'll bring you the very latest as we get it on what exactly has happened. but as we know, the rescue mission is still very much underway. and sadly, at least six people have died from this capsized boat. len has to say, i would like to know why did rescue people five miles did we rescue people five miles from french coast? was from the french coast? what was the lifeboat border force doing there first place? yes, there in the first place? yes, many pointing out many people are pointing out that pay the french that we do pay the french authorities huge sums in order to secure that coast. and you know whose responsibility is it to rescue the migrants and to

bnng to rescue the migrants and to bring them back to their shore? please do keep your views coming in. a really tragic story. please do keep your views coming in. a really tragic story . and i in. a really tragic story. and i think it was a bit unfair to say the suella braverman was being insincere . i mean, she is trying insincere. i mean, she is trying at least to stop the boats. but i can understand why people have absolutely no faith in the government. this was stop the boats rishi sunak and boats week for rishi sunak and it boats week for rishi sunak and h been boats week for rishi sunak and it been an absolute, utterly it has been an absolute, utterly terrible rishi sunak, i terrible week for rishi sunak, i think fair to say, although think it's fair to say, although i believe he's still in california. you're watching or listening gb news saturday listening to gb news saturday with we've listening to gb news saturday witilots we've listening to gb news saturday witilots more we've listening to gb news saturday witilots more coming we've listening to gb news saturday witilots more coming upwe've listening to gb news saturday witilots more coming up on ve got lots more coming up on today's show. but first, let's take look at the weather with take a look at the weather with marco. rising , marco. the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office . update from the met office. we'll see rather mixed weather conditions the uk over conditions across the uk over the next couple of days. some outbreaks in most areas, outbreaks of rain in most areas, but will warm but things will start to warm up, particularly the up, particularly around the middle the coming week. up, particularly around the mid

the west southwest, fairly the west and southwest, fairly tightly so it's tightly packed isobars. so it's fairly out and about fairly breezy out and about certainly the evening. fairly breezy out and about certai|showers the evening. fairly breezy out and about certai|showers still|e evening. fairly breezy out and about certai|showers still packing|g. fairly breezy out and about certai|showers still packing in some showers still packing in across the north and across the uk from the north and west, becoming increasingly west, but becoming increasingly confined northern west, but becoming increasingly confwestern northern west, but becoming increasingly confwestern areas northern west, but becoming increasingly confwestern areas as northern west, but becoming increasingly confwestern areas as n go 1ern and western areas as we go through the overnight period with and east tending with the south and east tending to some drier conditions, to see some drier conditions, some spells times, too. some clear spells at times, too. but are, but wherever you are, it's a pretty warm night. temperatures holding , 13 to holding up in the range, 13 to 16 celsius, 16 in south—east 16 celsius, 16 in the south—east is fahrenheit . as for is 61. in fahrenheit. as for sunday, well, it's another day of and showers. the of sunshine and showers. the showers most frequent most showers most frequent and most widespread towards north and widespread towards the north and northeast of the uk could still be 2 thundery ones around northeast of the uk could still be we 2 thundery ones around northeast of the uk could still be we go thundery ones around northeast of the uk could still be we go through ones around northeast of the uk could still be we go through the as around northeast of the uk could still be we go through the day 'ound northeast of the uk could still be we go through the day on1d as we go through the day on sunday, towards the sunday, whereas towards the south showers more south and east, the showers more scattered, way of scattered, more in the way of sunny here and with sunny spells here and with lighter winds. on saturday lighter winds. and on saturday it little bit it should feel a little bit warmer out and about temperatures generally peaking in teens, locally in the high teens, locally low 20s the more 20s towards the north, more widely 20s towards widely in the low 20s towards the and southeast to high the south and southeast to high there london, celsius, 73 there in london, 23 celsius, 73 in fahrenheit . as monday in fahrenheit. as for monday with outbreaks will with outbreaks of rain will sweep southwest, sweep in from the southwest, bringing fairly unsettled day, bringing a fairly unsettled day, certainly across england and wales. thundery

wales. some heavy thundery bursts possible in bursts of rain are possible in places as sunshine and showers though and though towards the north and northwest things northwest of the uk. but things will down around the will quieten down around the middle the week. middle part of the coming week. temperatures mid temperatures peaking in the mid 20 celsius could even climb to 30 celsius . 30 celsius. >> the temperatures rising boxt solar probe . sponsors of weather solar probe. sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> thank you very much, marco. so we've got lots more coming up on today's show. we'll continuing to bring you the very latest the channel, but latest from the channel, but we'll be looking the we'll also be looking at the weird, weirder and wonderful acts this year's edinburgh acts from this year's edinburgh fringe festival. all that and fringe festival. all of that and more come. i'm emily carver more to come. i'm emily carver and you are watching and listening

>> 12:31. our top story this houn >> 12:31. our top story this hour, french maritime authorities have confirmed six migrants have died after a small boat carrying more than 50 got into difficulties in the channel this morning. dover lifeboat and several french vessels have been involved in the operation. about five miles off the french coast . ambulance crews greeted the casualties as they arrived at dover harbour . a home office has dover harbour. a home office has been sharing an emergency meeting of the small boats operational gold command this morning . home secretary suella morning. home secretary suella braverman saying, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic loss of life in the channel maui county have confirmed up to 80 people

have confirmed up to 80 people have died and hundreds more are reported missing due to the wildfires engulfing the hawaiian island. fresh evacuate actions are underway as flames forge towards the town of kaanapali . towards the town of kaanapali. residents from nearby islands have loaded recreational boats and jet skis to bring supplies to those in emergency shelters . to those in emergency shelters. and england captain harry kane has signed with bayern munich . has signed with bayern munich. he completed his £100 million move from tottenham after travelling to germany for a medical last night. travelling to germany for a medical last night . the deal, medical last night. the deal, which lasts until 2027, will see kane wear the number nine shirt he posted on social media, saying that he was sad to be leaving the club. he spent nearly 20 years of his life at. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com. now let's get back. >> yes. welcome back to gb news saturday with me, emily carver on your tv online phone and

digital radio show. thank you so much for sending in your emails about what's happened in the channel. six migrants have been confirmed dead after their boat capsized in the channel earlier this morning. it really is the most tragic state of affairs and it does make one think that this must focus minds on ending this illegal trade and ending these crossings in the channel. this can't be allowed to go on. people cannot be allowed to risk their lives getting a dinghy to come over to this country in this way. it really is quite tragic . and at the moment, tragic. and at the moment, proposed solutions have failed whilst stoking division amongst people from all sides. it really is a very sorry state of affairs and i do wonder whether people will begin calling for suella braverman to, you know, get the sack as she failed on this or do you blame others for the governments failure? do you blame legal activist , for blame legal activist, for example, legal challenges to the rwanda scheme? do you think we need a stronger deterrent print?

it's just such a difficult one. but please do let me know what you is there solution you think. is there a solution to this problem? but moving on to this problem? but moving on to a rather lighter is to a rather lighter things is renowned world for renowned around the world for discovering the discovering and promoting the very the creative arts. very best in the creative arts. the edinburgh festival is currently in full swing. the fringe a world fringe has become a world leading of arts and leading celebration of arts and culture, only by culture, surpassed only by the olympics cup in olympics and the world cup in terms global ticketed events. terms of global ticketed events. let's live to gb news, let's go live to gb news, scotland reporter tony mcguire, who this who joins us from edinburgh this morning tell us more. hello, morning to tell us more. hello, tony. there you are. who are you with? >> hello. good afternoon. hello. good afternoon . i am with baby good afternoon. i am with baby wants candy . this good afternoon. i am with baby wants candy. this is an act that i've grown very fond of over the years. i'm joined by chris and anna and they are here actually with three shows. so before i talk my heart out, with three shows. so before i talk my heart out , why don't talk my heart out, why don't chris, why don't you tell us a bit about baby wants candy and then particularly your own solo show this year? >> yeah, that's right. i'm doing the first wants candy the first baby wants candy produced it's called produced solo show. it's called chris grace. ask scarlett johansson . and i'm sure you can

johansson. and i'm sure you can tell by looking at me that i have a distinct physical similarity to her. of course, of course. i'm just sort of giving a to her life and a tribute to her life and looking at comparing and contrasting my career with hers. >> obviously black >> amazing. and obviously black widow franchise widow and the marvel franchise is that play a point in is that that play a point in your production there are some black widow in there there's some the shell some ghost in the shell i there's a red at some point there's a red wig at some point so i know you've always dreamed of me in a red wig. of see me in a red wig. >> and that's going to happen. >> and that's going to happen. >> sure. but maybe not so much the suit right? well, that's the pvc suit right? well, that's it's spoilers . come it's in there. no spoilers. come on.and it's in there. no spoilers. come on. and another about one of the big shows that's returning this yearis big shows that's returning this year is hamilton. right so tell me a wee bit about that. >> so hamilton, we get a suggestion of a historical figure or someone pop figure or someone from pop culture or fictional culture or a fictional character, and give them the character, and we give them the hamilton we hamilton treatment, right? so we see their life and their journey and their struggles. a lot of rapping, super rap, heavy, super story driven , super awesome rapping, super rap, heavy, super story iaiven , super awesome rapping, super rap, heavy, super story a great super awesome rapping, super rap, heavy, super story a great time' awesome rapping, super rap, heavy, super story a great time .awesome rapping, super rap, heavy, super story a great time . yeah.me show, a great time. yeah. >> just to clarify, alexander hamilton treatment, not lewis hamilton treatment, not lewis hamilton right yeah. >> otherwise it be done in like

20 minutes, right? yeah. but, you just to, just stick you know, just to, just stick with you a second. you know, it's improv, right? and that's something that we don't really see and clubs around see in theatres and clubs around the uk. so give us, give us an idea of kind of how a segment of that show might progress. >> so, you know, we get the person right and we kind of like, you know, see their path and like their upbringing and we just it through rapping. so just do it through rapping. so instead telling it instead of like telling it through through through script or through just words, the story words, we might tell the story through a song that ends up in multiple on stage or multiple people on stage or not, or show. so yeah, we're or a solo show. so yeah, we're just telling the story this just telling the story of this person hip so it person through hip hop. so it could rhyme, it could not rhyme as long everyone's it as long as everyone's into it and engaged. and we're all engaged. >> awesome, amazing . and >> it's awesome, amazing. and anna, your first fringe? anna, this is your first fringe? yeah um, pressure. so how is yeah um, no pressure. so how is it treating you? and then obviously , tell us a wee bit obviously, tell us a wee bit about the last show. does the fringe to the hype? fringe live up to the hype? i think it actually exceeds my expectations . think it actually exceeds my exp means 1s . think it actually exceeds my expmeans1s. audience is here. >> means the audience is here. unlike audiences i've ever experienced back home. >> a really, really great

>> it's a really, really great time . time. >> ? amazing. time. >> amazing. and just very >> yeah, amazing. and just very lastly, um , give us, give us lastly, um, give us, give us a wee sense , chris, of how things wee sense, chris, of how things are in the states . are in the states. >> only left us. well, it looks like he was having a rather nice time in edinburgh. i'd love to go to the edinburgh fringe festival. is he still there? tony no, he's gone. he's gone. but there you go. maybe you can go next, next year. if you've been by what you've been impressed by what you've seen in edinburgh . beautiful seen up in edinburgh. beautiful city. nice that city. it is nice to see that it's and not raining. you're it's dry and not raining. you're watching listening gb watching and listening to gb news me , emily news saturday with me, emily carver. lots more carver. we've got lots more coming on today's show. it's coming up on today's show. it's coffee. the key to feeling better? it certainly is for me, but have special guest in better? it certainly is for me, but studio ve special guest in better? it certainly is for me, but studio telling acial guest in better? it certainly is for me, but studio telling mel guest in better? it certainly is for me, but studio telling me the est in the studio telling me the secrets that within secrets that lie within caffeine. and more caffeine. all of that and more to you're watching and to come. you're watching and listening gb

sunday from 9:00. only on gb news britain's news . news britain's news. channel >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, emily carver on your tv online and digital radio. now coffee is much more than a mere pick me up. it really does possess the power to shape our emotions. that's according to new research, which reveals the that 50% of adults credit coffee with significantly influencing their emotional state. for younger adults, the figure rises to an astonishing 70. so before coffee, 29% felt tired. 11% felt grumpy and 9% felt irritable . i think i feel felt irritable. i think i feel all three of those. and after a cuppa, the dominant feelings

were relaxation , focus and more were relaxation, focus and more energy. so joining me now is co—founder of artisan coffee company and michelin star chef ashley palmer. what's ashley thank you very much for taking the time out of your saturday to come and see me. so you've given me two cups of coffee here. >> yes. so we've got two different characters here, two very different styles. so i thought we'd start off with something really, really simple, which we call the big shot, which we call the big shot, which is the one on your left hand side. so this one is really straight forward, quite classic, deep , dark chocolate fudge deep, dark chocolate fudge brownie notes in there. these are all natural things that occurin are all natural things that occur in different coffees and, you know, this is something that i think a lot of the country will identify as a very classical style. coffee. exactly what they're looking for. >> yeah. that tastes like a classic coffee and we're drinking it black. >> but obviously you can have milk and you can do whatever. >> you always drink with milk, but this is actually okay without the milk for me because usually find a little bit usually i find it a little bit bitter. i mean coffee

bitter. and i mean the coffee here much to be wanted. i here leaves much to be wanted. i must machine outside, must say the machine outside, although, it's better although, you know it's better than nothing. but this is lovely, actually. what will lovely, actually. so what will this do to me? >> well, it all depends. i think it's subjective as what it's very subjective as to what people are looking for. we're all. we're all different all. we're all so different and taste and flavour deliver different you go different things. so if you go on the next one, for example on to the next one, for example , this one dark chocolate , this one is dark chocolate with really nice sort of with a really nice sort of cooked red fruit, jammy fruits in so a little bit more in there. so a little bit more acidity, a little bit more complex than the first one that we tasted. oh yeah, that's quite different. >> and it finishes almost on high. >> there's things that happen in taste when you start middle and finish. it's a little journey that you go on. so what you're looking for in coffee at a certain time and a certain mood, whether it's in the morning, you're feeling a bit grumpy, you're feeling a bit grumpy, you're a little bit groggy. you know, you want something straightforward, and that's going mood into going to shift your mood into you whatever you need it you being whatever you need it to be. so your need state dictates what you're looking for. >> so i'm one of those people who in the morning thing i'll be struggling to get of bed,

struggling to get out of bed, right? but if someone brought me a coffee in bed, i'd be out of that bed very quickly. >> right. okay yeah, i suppose. >> right. okay yeah, i suppose. >> yeah, does really energise >> yeah, it does really energise me. that's what i find exactly . me. that's what i find exactly. >> the research showed >> i think the research showed that around 30% of that i think around 30% of people said their coffee in the morning was the highlight of their day, which tells you what that shift happens and it gets them ready for the day. whatever whatever they're looking for, you know, what do you have to say as a connoisseur? >> you have to say about >> what do you have to say about iced coffee? because i like to have iced latte the have an iced latte in the morning . yeah, i make it at home morning. yeah, i make it at home or i grab one from a from a coffee shop on the way in. is that sacrilege or is that, you know. no i mean, he'sjust as good. >> no, i mean iced coffees, cold brew, you know, whether you're brewing a hot coffee onto ice and you're calling it down and drinking later, that's great. drinking it later, that's great. i love cold brew. when you know, when feel like one. when i really feel like one. it's nothing like it. >> so what's the difference between a cold brew and just a cold americano? >> what could do if

>> so what you could do if you're at home, you could fill your glass with ice, top it up with milk, then whether with milk, and then whether you're an espresso machine you're using an espresso machine or pod machine , draw your pod or a pod machine, draw your pod onto that milky ice coffee. that's an iced coffee. and then a cold brew is where you would take some ground coffee. you put it into water and you'd leave it there for about ten hours, shake there for about ten hours, shake the bottle every now and again. it's really easy, though . it it's really easy, though. it sounds complicated. sounds really complicated. >> do the night >> so you could do it the night before then it'll be ready before and then it'll be ready in the morning. yeah >> and you literally pour >> and you just literally pour it coffee filter or a it through a coffee filter or a really fine sieve if you want. >> you think there's quite >> do you think there's quite a lot of. i don't know. is is lot of. i don't know. is it is do you think a lot of people have such a about coffee have such a thing about coffee i.e. know they think it's i.e. they know they think it's to going make them energised, they going to make they think it's going to make them less grumpy. think them less grumpy. they think it's them more it's to going make them more relaxed. therefore does, relaxed. so therefore it does, rather actual coffee, rather than the actual coffee, having magical powers. having these magical powers. >> think coffee, >> yeah, well, i think coffee, you the caffeine blocks you know, the caffeine blocks these our brain these receptors in our brain with receptors with the adenosine receptors that tell us that we're tired. so by having caffeine, it blocks

those and we don't feel tired anymore. there are stimulants in it do for different it that do things for different people. people are really people. some people are really sensitive. other people are, you know, like an know, a bit more like an elephant don't really get elephant and don't really get affected. an affected. and can drink an espresso at 1:00 in the morning and still go to bed. yes, i'm a bit like that. >> i can have a coffee, you know, after after dinner or whatever, and i'll still sleep, which lucky. also perhaps which is lucky. but also perhaps means that the caffeine doesn't have a great kick in the have such a great kick in the morning yeah but thank morning either. yeah but thank you very much indeed for coming morning either. yeah but thank ycoming much indeed for coming morning either. yeah but thank ycoming muiand deed for coming morning either. yeah but thank ycoming muiand deed fare oming . coming in. and these are absolutely so don't absolutely delicious. so i don't know allowed to keep know if i'm allowed to keep these in your cups, aren't they? >> you can these. >> you can keep these. >> you can keep these. >> oh, well, thank you very much. this keep awake much. this will keep me awake and energised the rest of and energised for the rest of the thank you very much the show. thank you very much indeed. ashley palmer. what's there? co—founder of there? who is a co—founder of there? who is a co—founder of the coffee and the artisan coffee company and also chef. we also a michelin star chef. we must about another must talk about that another time. will. my food. time. we will. i love my food. so you go. now, you've so there you go. now, you've been getting in touch on our big topic of the day. those tragic deaths in the channel. now, ian says this boat getting into says with this boat getting into trouble five miles trouble only five miles away

from coast, why were from the french coast, why were some the uk as they some rescued to the uk as they were territorial were in french territorial waters? were they not all waters? why were they not all rescued france? well, mark rescued to france? well, mark white seem suggest white seems to seem to suggest that there was a division of responsibilities . and because of responsibilities. and because of the wind that people the boat may have moved into to closer to uk waters . may have moved into to closer to uk waters. but it's important question to ask because of course we have been giving hundreds of millions of pounds to the or are due to give to the french or are due to give hundreds of millions of pounds to doesn't to the french, and it doesn't always they're doing always seem like they're doing a very good job of securing the coast. well, not at all, actually. really. we saw yesterday 755 people arrive by boat, which is quite extraordinary , really, and has extraordinary, really, and has to say our boats should only have been there to rescue people and transfer them to the french boats. no, they them boats. but no, they keep them on. them our boats. on. keep them on our boats. bnng on. keep them on our boats. bring to england . well, the bring them to england. well, the problem with this is, you problem with this is, do you know so angry about is know what i'm so angry about is that the government have not got to grips with this problem. and what's are what's happening is people are getting more frustrated getting more and more frustrated from of the debate. so from all sides of the debate. so people believe that we are from all sides of the debate. so peopl

from all sides of the debate. so peopl

division of labour is and where the responsibility is. keep your views coming in, subscribe to our channel, follow us our youtube channel, follow us on socials. we're at gb on our socials. we're at gb news. now moving on to something very new very different indeed. new dufies very different indeed. new duties working royals have duties for working royals have been in king charles's been announced in king charles's military reshuffle military appointments. reshuffle the prince and princess of wales have received three extra roles each. andrew has been each. prince andrew has been demoted no surprises demoted further. no surprises there. of his there. he's lost two of his previous titles. the king himself over eight of himself is taking over eight of the late queen's former honorary post. and there are also rumours , sources said, that , sources have said, that apparently there's a bit of difficulty between prince harry and in terms of how they and meghan in terms of how they bnng and meghan in terms of how they bring children, how bring up their children, how favouring a bit more of the privacy, wanting to keep them away from the bright lights and meghan wanting to pursue more of the spotlight. but we'll find out from former royal out more from former royal correspond point at the sun. charles rea charles, thank you very much indeed . let's go off very much indeed. let's go off what the sun are reporting today because former because you are former correspondent from the sun . correspondent from the sun. they're saying that . there is a

they're saying that. there is a little bit of a difference of opinion on how best to raise the children. now, this is just, you know, a source, but it does make sense, doesn't it? because harry is to out of is trying to keep them out of the spotlight. do you imagine? >> yes, emily, he is trying to keep them out of spotlight keep them out of the spotlight and ifs keep them out of the spotlight and it's no, it's no and i think it's no, it's no secret meghan appears to be secret that meghan appears to be going her own way in terms of her her profession or doing things and leaving harry to do his. >> what are they documentaries in africa. >> and the things that he does with the invictus. and he's in japan and singapore at the moment for a sports charity events. um so she wants to there's also been some suggestion that they want to leave montecito and maybe move further into hollywood because it's a good three hours away from hollywood where, you know meghan clearly would would like to be there talking about malibu i >> --

>> it's speculation at the moment. >> and yet there is a slight disagreement as to not just the children, but a number of things . it's being said that she's not terribly happy with harry's pursuit of these court cases that have been going on. and she'd rather they'd been left behind. i mean, harry's got a been his bonnet about the press and this court action. he's also got a bee in his bonnet about the children because he's he thinks he's trying to protect them because of his own. what he sees as his own upbringing, which , you know, i mean, apart which, you know, i mean, apart from which is bad enough, his mother mother died. i think he had pretty good upbringing, had a pretty good upbringing, but it it certainly is. there are certainly disagreements is the wrong word, but different views, different views from either of them. i think, emily, the short the short is that it's called marriage, where they always have disagreements. >> well , yes, that always have disagreements. >> well, yes, that is true. and if you're if anyone else is marriage was under the spotlight all the time. i imagine some

fractions would would appear mysteriously. of course , and no mysteriously. of course, and no one would want that. so we have to be fair to the pair. but it's pretty obvious that they have different aspirations perhaps. and let's just quickly have a little recap of this reshuffle within the royal family. it seems that william and catherine have been the winners . have been the winners. >> well, the winners are they are certainly taking on more dufies are certainly taking on more duties to help help the king i mean, the fact that william has become colonel in chief of the army air corps is quite significant. i mean , that is an significant. i mean, that is an organisation that you would have expected prince harry to have been the colonel in chief because he served with the 662 squadron apache helicopter. and dunng squadron apache helicopter. and during two tours of afghanistan . but of course, harry lost out on his military association is when he and meghan decided to up sticks and leave for america and

mean and william, of course, is also become um a i think patron of raf valley where he served as a, a rescue pilot , of raf valley where he served as a, a rescue pilot, um, of raf valley where he served as a, a rescue pilot , um, when he a, a rescue pilot, um, when he was in the air forces. so yes , was in the air forces. so yes, but the big thing is the fact that , you know, prince andrew's that, you know, prince andrew's had another kick in the teeth basically because he's he's been demoted again most of his patronages don't want him anywhere near charles. >> i'm terribly sorry that i have to interrupt you, but we've run out of time, sadly. but thank you very much for bringing your expertise on everything royal. there is a constant drama and changes to keep up with . and changes to keep up with. you're watching and listening to gb saturday me, emily gb news saturday with me, emily carvel. lots more carvel. we've got lots more coming today's show. coming up on today's show. but before but before i tell you what that is, let's take a look at the weather with marco . at the weather with marco. >> like things are heating >> looks like things are heating up, boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

of weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office . update from the met office. we'll see rather mixed weather conditions over conditions across the uk over the next days. some the next couple of days. some outbreaks of rain in most areas, but things will start to warm up, around the up, particularly around the middle the week. middle part of the coming week. low is anchored towards middle part of the coming week. low north—west anchored towards middle part of the coming week. low north—west anthe'ed towards middle part of the coming week. low north—west anthe uktowards middle part of the coming week. lownorth—west anthe uk at/ards middle part of the coming week. lownorth—west anthe uk at the; the north—west of the uk at the moment, feeding from moment, feeding in showers from the west southwest, but the west and southwest, but fairly packed isobars. fairly tightly packed isobars. so breezy and so it's fairly breezy out and about certainly through the evening. some showers still packing uk from packing in across the uk from the north and west, but becoming increasingly confined towards those northern and western areas as we go through the overnight penod as we go through the overnight period south east period with the south and east tending drier tending to see some drier conditions, some clear spells at times, wherever you times, too. but wherever you are, warm night. are, it's a pretty warm night. temperatures up in the temperatures holding up in the range, 16 celsius, 16 in range, 13 to 16 celsius, 16 in the south—east is 61in fahrenheit. as for sunday, well, it's another day of sunshine and showers. the showers most frequent and most widespread towards and northeast towards the north and northeast of 1 or 2 of the uk could still be 1 or 2 thundery ones around we go thundery ones around as we go through day on sunday. through the day on sunday. whereas south whereas towards the south and east, showers more east, the showers more scattered, more in the way of sunny here and with

sunny spells here and with lighter on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel a on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel a little saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel a little bitturday it should feel a little bit warmer out and about. temperatures generally peaking in locally low in the high teens, locally low 20s the north more 20s towards the north more widely low towards widely in the low 20s towards the and southeast, two the south and southeast, two high there london, high there in london, 23 celsius, fahrenheit. as celsius, 73 in fahrenheit. s as for monday with outbreaks of rain sweep in from rain will sweep in from the southwest, bringing a fairly unsettled day certainly across england heavy england and wales. some heavy thundery rain are thundery bursts of rain are possible sunshine possible in places, sunshine and showers though towards the north and of uk. but and northwest of the uk. but things quieten down around things will quieten down around the part of the coming the middle part of the coming week. temperatures peaking in the middle part of the coming weemidemperatures peaking in the middle part of the coming weemidempcelsius; peaking in the middle part of the coming weemidempcelsius coulding in the middle part of the coming wee midempcelsius could even the mid 20 celsius could even climb 30 celsius in looks climb to 30 celsius in looks like things are heating up . like things are heating up. >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> we have lots more coming up on today's show. we'll have the very latest on the channel migrants who were rescued this morning . when will this madness morning. when will this madness finally be dealt with

welcome to gb news saturday. i'm emily carver for the next two hours, i will be keeping you company on tv, online and digital radio. so coming up, french authorities have confirmed that 54 migrants have been rescued their small been rescued after their small boat capsized . and this morning, boat capsized. and this morning, six have confirmed dead . six have been confirmed dead. then suella braverman says those responses for the disorder seen in london's oxford street area should be hunted down and locked

up. have we become a lawless state? and harry kane finally gets his move . the england gets his move. the england captain has completed his transfer to bayern munich. but first, before we get into all of that, it's the news headlines with addison . with ray addison. >> good afternoon. rapidly approaching . 1:01 is the latest approaching. 1:01 is the latest . french maritime authorities have confirmed six migrants have died after a small boat carrying more than 50 got into difficulties in the channel this morning. dover lifeboat and several french vessels have been involved in the operation about five miles off the french coast . ambulance crews greeted the casualties as they arrived at dover harbour . casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. home casualties as they arrived at dover harbour . home secretary dover harbour. home secretary suella braverman saying , my suella braverman saying, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic loss of life in the channel. our homeland security editor mark white says the rescue operation continues stability that more people who were thrown into the

water are are still out there, still missing . still missing. >> so that search is involving, we're told, aerial assets in the form of coastguard helicopters, lifeboats s from both the uk and the french side. and of course , the french side. and of course, those various patrol boats from france and border force vessels i >> immigration officials have arrested seven people in northern ireland as part of a crackdown on illegal workers. one of the home offices, operation tornado two. it was just one of several raids across the uk . included just one of several raids across the uk. included in just one of several raids across the uk . included in the arrests the uk. included in the arrests was a female chinese national. the restaurant in county down. the restaurant in county down. the second chinese man was allowed to voluntarily return to the republic of ireland. takeaways owner now faces a fine of up to £20,000. you uk spending on pothole repairs is among the most severely cut of 13 nations, according to new research. the local government association saying that annual expenditure fell from

4,000,000,000 in 2000 and 6 to £2 billion in 2019. in only italy and ireland have seen bigger percentage cuts. the lga is now urging political parties to commit to a ten year programme to boost funding . mark programme to boost funding. mark morrell is a campaigner known as mr pothole. he told us the latest figures show spending has fallen further still . fallen further still. >> for 2019 there was a, you know, only investing 51% of what we should have done compared to 2006. but that's even worse because that 2019 figure doesn't equate to what currently spend is 1.36 billion. and if you include inflation, we're spending 25% of what we were in 2006 on maintaining our roads. >> maui county have confirmed up to 80 people have died and hundreds more are reported missing due to the wildfires engulfing the hawaiian island . engulfing the hawaiian island. fresh evacuations are underway as flames forge towards the town of kaanapali. residents from nearby islands have loaded

recreational boats and jet skis to bring supplies to those in emergency shelters. hawaii's attorney general is calling for attorney general is calling for a comprehensive review into how authorities responded to the blaze . england captain harry blaze. england captain harry kane has signed with bayern munich. he completed his £100 million move from tottenham after travelling to germany for after travelling to germany for a medical last night. the deal, which lasts until 2027, will see mr kane wearing the number nine shirt he posted on social media, saying he was sad to be leaving the club. he'd spent nearly 20 years of his life at. harry kane is a former tottenham manager. he says he was surprised by the move. yeah i was shocked. >> i mean, i'm sure alan shearer had a party last night. he'd have been celebrating that harry had gone . but, um, listen , i'm had gone. but, um, listen, i'm not underestimating bayern munich. they're a fantastic football club and a team that will be challenging in. now they've got harry kane for the

champions league even stronger this year. they're a team that could win the champions league. next year they'll be pushing man city the way. so you know, city all the way. so you know, it's a big club, but i didn't see germany on the agenda. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now let's get back to gb news saturday with . emily with. emily >> thank you very much, ray. so let's start this hour with the developing story in the channel. french authorities have confirmed that six migrants have died after their small boat capsized earlier this morning. now dover lifeboat and several french vessels were involved in the operation to rescue multiple people in the water. about five miles off the french coast. our gb news kent producer filmed these exclusive live pictures at dover harbour as a number of people were taken off the dover lifeboat on stretchers and then transferred to waiting

ambulances. joining me to discuss this and more is the chief political commentator at the independent, chief political commentator at the independent , john rentoul . the independent, john rentoul. john, a very sobering thank you for joining me. a very sober , forjoining me. a very sober, sobering tragedy in the channel this morning. we've now heard , this morning. we've now heard, as i said, six people have been confirmed to have died. this boat capsized , sized only five boat capsized, sized only five miles away from the french coast. this must focus minds in government and around the country that this route must be closed down soon and that this stop the boats policy, whatever it looks like, has to work well , i mean, the government was already pretty focussed on that. >> i mean, this this was supposed to be stop the boats week on the government's media grid . it's gone very badly for grid. it's gone very badly for the government. but this is a this this is above party politics. >> i mean , this is a really

>> i mean, this is a really serious and sobering reminder that that crossing remains incredibly dangerous. >> and the people who attempt it are desperate. they they are prepared to risk their lives . prepared to risk their lives. there's, you know, quite an assumption that sometimes creeps into the debate in this country that that the crossing is easy and unpoliced . and unpoliced. >> and the government has no control . control. >> and unfortunately, the one thing that does deter people from making that crossing is, is the risks involved . the risks involved. >> but it's not it's not sufficient of a deterrent. now >> now, suella braverman has has expressed her sympathy over this tragedy. she's come to twitter. i understand that there will be an emergency meeting this morning. it may well be underway already . it may have been it may already. it may have been it may be over by now. actually, an emergency meeting of the small boats, operational gold command. how does a government that has

said that they are doing absolutely everything to stop the boats handle a crisis like this? well it's very, very difficult, isn't it, because it just emphasises how now how much the government has failed to get a grip of the problem. >> having said that, it's throwing everything at it . i throwing everything at it. i mean, the politically the problem the government has is , problem the government has is, is that it has over promised and under—delivered . i mean, you under—delivered. i mean, you know, we can we can step back and say, well, actually, the problem is very, very hard to solve. >> but unfortunately, the government has given the impression that it can solve it and it is solving it. >> and yet we can see that it's not. and that is going to be damaging politically for. >> yeah , and the problem, for >> yeah, and the problem, for john, the government beyond this this tragedy, this morning is that people don't believe they are going to be able to solve this problem. we've seen that they've been throwing everything

at this and nothing seems to be working. they have said that legal activists legal challenges have stopped them from being able to do so . so you can blame able to do so. so you can blame others. but fundamentally , the others. but fundamentally, the buck stops with the government isn't. it's incredibly difficult. yes i mean, it is. >> but that is precisely why the government shouldn't have been overclaiming and over and mean when as soon as i saw rishi sunak standing at a lectern where which said stop the boats, i thought he was asking for trouble because stopping the boats is not something that it's easy or even possible to do . i easy or even possible to do. i mean, certainly stopping them altogether for is impossible. so i think he was setting himself up for trouble and this emphasises that this is a very serious matter of life and death and the and it just underlines the government's failure on john. it's not as if anybody

else has got any better ideas. but it underlines the government's failure. >> well, this is the thing. it's very easy for opposition to very easy for the opposition to point where the government point out where the government is wrong and it's very is going wrong and it's very easy them block easy for them to try and block some policy that they some of the policy that they deem be distasteful or deem to be distasteful or immoral, inhumane or etcetera , immoral, inhumane or etcetera, etcetera, and point out those problems. but to deliver something would actually something that would actually stop the boats end this stop the boats and end this trade across the channel is a very different task, isn't it? john than shouting from the sidelines ? so you seem to sidelines? so you seem to believe that it is actually impossible to get to grips with this. is this just something that we have to accept that people will try by any means to cross to richer western countries ? countries? >> well, i think it's impossible under the existing legal and international framework . international framework. >> i mean, obviously, it's theoretically possible to stop it. if we had total cooperation with the french, the french could could stop it if they allowed to us send back unsuccessful , um, or any ,

allowed to us send back unsuccessful, um, or any , any unsuccessful, um, or any, any people crossing the channel. but the french, the french government is never going to never going to do that. and theoretically, you can imagine a situation where the rwanda policy could work as a sufficient deterrent, but we're never going to be able to send enough people to rwanda to make it , um, to enough people to rwanda to make it, um, to make it certain that if you cross the channel, you are not going to be able to stay in the uk and that's that, i'm afraid is, is the, is the top and bottom of it. yes >> okay. let's move on to something very different. keir starmer in the telegraph today. it's been reported that the trade unions are encouraging him, let's say, to launch a tax raid on the wealthy . so wealth raid on the wealthy. so wealth taxes , this is something he's taxes, this is something he's been calling on to do. perhaps this is the trade unions congress. they say it's time to start a national conversation about taxing wealth . i mean, about taxing wealth. i mean, that's something that they periodically is one of periodically do. this is one of the common press releases that they issue the solution to our

problems is to tax the rich is this something that you think keir starmer would implement? >> no, absolutely not. i mean, that's you know, we've had we've already had quite a sharp argument in the labour party about about whether keir starmer is going to restore welfare benefits to, to, to more than two children. and he said he won't do that. he got criticised for that. you know , he's going for that. you know, he's going to hold the line on not putting up any further taxes and not promising any further spending . promising any further spending. um, because he says taxes are high enough and actually the few policies that labour already has , such as vat on school fees and, and abolishing non—dom status would would hit some of the better off. >> so, john, you don't think that perhaps he's pretending to be quite centrist at the moment to get power and then once he's in the trade unions will be calling the shots and they'll be

wealth. taxes are plenty . wealth. taxes are plenty. >> well that didn't happen under new labour, but mean keir is not tony blair and so any reassurances on on that front do depend on what you think . keir depend on what you think. keir starmer's game is. but i mean, tony blair's argument was always that you couldn't try and trick the electorate into getting elected once and then doing something so—called left wing. once you're in there because then you can't get elected again and you know, once you do get elected, once parties do want to win the following election. and that's what we've got to trust. will will impinge on keir starmers consciousness . starmers coi'isclousi'iess. >> starmers consciousness. >> yes, these types of policies would be very popular with his his members, although he's lost quite a few members , hasn't he? quite a few members, hasn't he? tens of thousands. i think it was that he's lost and i imagine those are the type of people who would want to tax the rich until the pip squeak. but we shall see come election . what the come the next election. what the manifesto itself contains gains. thank much indeed.

thank you very much indeed. john rentoul , chief political rentoul, chief political commentator at independent commentator at the independent there. you have there. now, lots of you have been getting in touch on the topics we've been discussing today. on the today. kate has to say on the tragedy this morning in the channel. it has been an channel. oh, it has been an absolute with illegal absolute farce with the illegal migrants. look like migrants. this week we look like fools the world stage. i fools on the world stage. i think home are think the home office are absolutely incompetent . i am absolutely incompetent. i am sure. i'm absolutely certain you are not alone in thinking that. it seems the home office cannot get to with this situation get to grips with this situation . just the barge, the fiasco over the barge earlier this week. i mean, really catastrophic optics for the government. it is utterly farcical that we had 15, then 16, then 19, then a total of 39 people moved onto this barge and within a couple of days off, they went straight back off the barge because this bacteria was found in the water system. you couldn't make it up. i mean, really, will says, i do not mind the dover lifeboat rescuing and bringing to safety in the uk french residents. i trust those french residents. i trust those french residents. i trust those french residents will be returned to french shores when they have recovered french

residents. are you referring to migrants there? those he doesn't mind them being brought to safety in uk , but he safety in the uk, but he believes will be returned believes they will be returned to french shores when they have recovered. not sure if recovered. i'm not sure if there's note sarcasm in there's a note of sarcasm in there. don't suppose that there. i don't suppose that will be case. i imagine they will be the case. i imagine they will now go into very wind now go into the very long wind bid processing situation that we have here. ken says. i feel very sad that people have lost their lives today at sea. my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents fought this grandparents fought for this country lost country and many people lost their now feel we are their lives. i now feel we are at war in a different way. well, this is just some of the emotions that arise when the government has let this problem get so out of control, you know, breach the 100,000 mark since 2018 of people coming over to this country in dinghies from calais . it really is a national calais. it really is a national emergency we territory, but it doesn't seem like anyone has a silver bullet solution to this at all. but let me know if you have the solution. alan says the blame for any incidents should be placed at the feet of those

involved and not the uk authorities . are you saying, authorities. are you saying, alan, that you think migrants shouldn't be taking this route , shouldn't be taking this route, they shouldn't be risking their lives in this way? well, we know there seems to be there is absolutely huge demand for people to continue to do so. the promise of living in this country clearly is a massive, massive draw. keep your views coming in on that. really quite tragic incident in the channel and what this means for policy going forward. i hope at least it will focus minds on this channel, on this, on this channel, on this, on this channel, on this issue from across the political spectrum. it needs to be solved now. police have arrested nine people and 34 dispersal and issued 34 dispersal orders after incident on london's after an incident on london's oxford street this week following social media rumours of planned disorder. the home secretary, braverman , has secretary, suella braverman, has called those who part called for those who took part to down and jailed. so to be hunted down and jailed. so joining me now is former met detective peter bleksley and former dci met officer perry benton . who better to talk to? benton. who better to talk to? thank you very much indeed. so,

peter, this is strong rhetoric from the home secretary is it backed up with the police power ? >> well, 7- >> well, i 7 >> well, i sincerely ? >> well, i sincerely hope so 7 >> well, i sincerely hope so . >> well, i sincerely hope so. there will have been a raft of cctv footage from this week and also perhaps body worn video from officers who were there at the disturbances. >> but i'm not known for heaping praise upon the police very often. but in this regard, i think the met police did rather well this week. >> they were across the social media traffic that was rallying people to the cause of this lawlessness . and they did deploy lawlessness. and they did deploy horses and dogs and plenty of officers . officers. >> and quite frankly, the disorder was a lot less than it otherwise might have been. so fair play to the met for their actions this week . actions this week. >> oh, well, there you go. some praise for the met police. it doesn't come often, perry, thank you for joining doesn't come often, perry, thank you forjoining me on this. it's seen reports today that that shopkeepers, shopkeepers in

bexleyheath, which i believe is in south—east london, they're bracing for more. tiktok fuelled looting today . store owners have looting today. store owners have been warned to lock their doors. there could be mass brawls . i there could be mass brawls. i don't know if things are escalating there as we speak , escalating there as we speak, but this is pretty different in terms of how to monitor this type of crime. using tiktok . is type of crime. using tiktok. is this something the police have special units for? can they really be spending their time monitoring social media? is this down to tip offs that they receive ? receive? >> well, they do have some special units that will look at social media all the time . social media all the time. >> but i think, you know, the social media companies should be doing more as well to monitor this kind of activity . this kind of activity. >> i'd just like to echo what my colleague is that i colleague just said, is that i think police a fantastic think the police did a fantastic job in sort of trying job this week in sort of trying to stop the disorder before it really escalated. >> and when you watch those videos back, i think it's really heartbreaking way heartbreaking to see the way they treat the shop owners. >> you know, you see assault on the you see

the shop owners. you see missiles at shop owners missiles thrown at shop owners who literally trying to sort who are literally trying to sort of, provide a service. of, you know, provide a service. >> it really >> and, you know, it really society should doing more to society should be doing more to sort educate the young people sort of educate the young people that sort of behaviour is that this sort of behaviour is not acceptable. you know, the videos lot the young videos show a lot of the young people wearing facial masks and hiding sort of , people wearing facial masks and hiding sort of, you know, hiding behind sort of, you know, their and their hats and their masks and their hats and things like that. but the police will do everything they to, will do everything they can to, you the public you know, preserve the public and this doesn't and make sure this doesn't happen police happen again. but the police will continue to monitor social media and will continue to support the public and the community. ask also community. but we'll ask also the community provide any the community to provide any information have. if they information they have. if they hear of anything, obviously to contact police as possible. >> peter, why do you think these youths feel so emboldened to behave like this ? behave like this? >> well, here's the flip side of my coin. when i previously praised the police , the police praised the police, the police to a large extent have brought this upon themselves because in recent years they have invented this revolting , recent years they have invented this revolting, disgusting expression , low level crime , and

expression, low level crime, and they've regarded shoplifting , they've regarded shoplifting, stealing phones, stealing people's bicycle , even people people's bicycle, even people having their houses broken into as low level crime. so they didn't investigate it. and when you do not enforce the law, you empower these lawless hooligans . they feel empowered to go and act in an even more law , less act in an even more law, less way. and quite frankly , that's way. and quite frankly, that's what's happened. police chiefs have recently said we're now going to investigate all crime. well i sincerely hope they do . well i sincerely hope they do. well i sincerely hope they do. we shall wait and see, although i'm not holding my breath . and i'm not holding my breath. and if we suddenly become into tolerant of this kind of behaviour where people walk into shops and help themselves with impunity and we start as we start prosecuting these people and getting deterrents so people don't act this way , perhaps this don't act this way, perhaps this behaviour might not escalate into what it is. behaviour might not escalate into what it is . and just before into what it is. and just before i finish bex , this is my home

i finish bex, this is my home town, born and raised and i still live there. i'm not there this weekend , but there's a few this weekend, but there's a few of my old schoolmates who were dusting down there. dr. martens, and getting ready to go to bexleyheath this afternoon. i could never condone violence and i sincerely hope it doesn't happen. but some occupants of bexleyheath are going to be out there to protect their own town. >> well, it's hardly surprising when you hear these reports and you know that people are going to be starting, well, starting a brawl essentially locally that people, you know, the general pubuc people, you know, the general public would want to get involved and protect shops. perry, do you share that assessment of peters that the police have in a way created a monster here by being too tolerant of low level crime ? tolerant of low level crime? >> i don't sort of necessarily say it's all the police's fault . i think it's society's fault because , you know, these are because, you know, these are young people. and so one of the things i would look at is, you know, where are the parents, where are the carers that are looking after these young people? are they actually

people? what are they actually teaching young teaching these young people about society? about the values of the society? i agree, though, that the i do agree, though, that the police you gone soft police have, you know, gone soft over the years on on what my colleague mentioned about low level do. but but level crime. so i do. but but again, comes down to again, it comes down to resources . you the police resources. you know, the police do finite resources. we do not have finite resources. we know there's in know that there's a change in policing coming. and in terms of how police with mental how the police deal with mental health things like that. and health and things like that. and what that it's what i would say is that it's things like that have put things like that that have put extra the police and extra pressure on the police and not the met, but police not just the met, but the police in general throughout the whole of uk in dealing with other of the uk in dealing with other matters they matters which historically they may done. that may not have done. and that has obviously my obviously and then, as my colleague said, empowered the young that they young people to think that they can do what they want and get away what they want. and away with what they want. and this to me of, this brings echoes to me of, you know, riots back in 2011 know, the riots back in 2011 when mark duggan was shot. i was a hackney the time and a hackney at the time and i dean a hackney at the time and i dealt a number of dealt with a number of individuals that part individuals there that took part individuals there that took part in sort of disorder then. in the sort of disorder then. and, know, lot of those and, you know, a lot of those were arrested and prosecuted and end up with criminal records, which obviously impact them which will obviously impact them in and i say, in the future. and but as i say, it really is a society problem.

and it not just the police and it is not just the police that can solve it. i think it's pretty fair uncontroversial pretty fair and uncontroversial to if you have a stable to say that if you have a stable family life and parents who taught you to respect authority see this sort of thing isn't going to tempt you and you're not going to be out on the streets looting shops, that's for sure. >> peter, just lastly, suella braverman said she said, we cannot the kind of cannot allow the kind of lawlessness in some lawlessness seen in some american cities to come to the streets of uk. do you streets of the uk. do you think that's fair comparison to that's a fair comparison to draw? seen from the us draw? we've seen from the us huge people looting huge numbers of people looting their local communities , causing their local communities, causing criminal damage going unchecked almost by the police. are we heading to that territory? >> i completely agree with the home secretary. i had a friend who was in san francisco recently telling me absolute horror stories about the streets out there. and another colleague who was in chicago painting a very gloomy picture . if you very gloomy picture. if you tolerate crime , then it will tolerate crime, then it will escalate and it will get worse

and worse. and worse. the home secretary has come out with quite a few statements that i concur with over recent times. but what i want to see is her providing the necessary resources to the police, keeping her shoe up their rear ends, keep them pointed in the right direction, which is in the direction, which is in the direction of criminals and start arresting them and locking them up. >> well, strong stuff from peter there. perry. i'll give you the final word. do you think suella bravermans comments? she's ordered the police to hunt down and lock up the violent thugs behind the shop looting. do you think those words are fair enough? justified or do you think the criticism that they're inflammatory is warranted? no i fully agree that she is right in saying what she said. >> i think but as my colleague said, she does need to support the police in the met and also the police in the met and also the uk. she needs to give them the uk. she needs to give them the resources and the tools to do their job and to protect society. and the moment, society. and at the moment, we've seen, you know, consecutive of consecutive governments sort of

failing reducing failing the police, reducing police numbers, reducing police pay ' police numbers, reducing police pay , shutting down police pay, shutting down police stations . so it's all very well stations. so it's all very well her publicly stating these things, but she needs to support the police in a lot more ways . the police in a lot more ways. but the police are doing a fantastic job. you know, you watch those videos again and you see my colleagues, former colleagues putting their lives on tackling violent on the lines, tackling violent individuals sort of individuals with no sort of thought of their own safety . and thought of their own safety. and that's something that the police officers day in, day out. but officers do day in, day out. but she should be supporting the police. should be giving police. she should be giving them all the tools that they need. they obviously need. so they can obviously protect everyone protect society as everyone hopes will. protect society as everyone hopyeah, will. protect society as everyone hopyeah, i will. protect society as everyone hopyeah, i think certainly most >> yeah, i think certainly most people you people will agree with you completely. thank you very completely. there thank you very much indeed time. perry much indeed for your time. perry benton former dci, met benton there, former dci, met officer bleksley, officer and peter bleksley, former detective. you former met detective. thank you very for your time. very much indeed for your time. please me know home at please do let me know at home at this crime has been this type of crime has been affecting area. really affecting your area. it really is quite shocking what's been happening street. now happening on oxford street. now we going on in we hear it might be going on in bexleyheath in south london. yes. let me know what you think.

the solution to this, do we need to come down harder with suella braverman right to say the police need to hunt down and lock perpetrators? lock up the perpetrators? you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, emily carver. lots more carver. we've got lots more coming today's but coming up on today's show. but first, look at the first, let's take a look at the weather marco. weather with marco. >> like things are heating >> looks like things are heating up.bob >> looks like things are heating up. bob boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna . >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see rather mixed weather conditions across the uk over the next couple days. some the next couple of days. some outbreaks rain most areas, outbreaks of rain in most areas, but start to warm but things will start to warm up, particularly around the middle of the coming week. middle part of the coming week. low towards low pressure is anchored towards the of the uk at the the north—west of the uk at the moment, feeding showers from moment, feeding in showers from the southwest, but the west and southwest, but fairly isobars. fairly tightly packed isobars. so breezy out and so it's fairly breezy out and about through about certainly through the evening. still evening. some showers still packing uk from packing in across the uk from the and west, but becoming the north and west, but becoming increasingly towards increasingly confined towards those northern and western areas as the overnight as we go through the overnight penod as we go through the overnight period with the south and east tending see drier tending to see some drier conditions, some clear spells at times, too. but wherever you

are, warm night. are, it's a pretty warm night. temperatures holding the temperatures holding up in the range, in range, 13 to 16 celsius, 16 in the south—east is 61in fahrenheit. for sunday, well, fahrenheit. as for sunday, well, it's another day of sunshine and showers. most showers. the showers most frequent widespread frequent and most widespread towards northeast towards the north and northeast of could still be 1 or 2 of the uk could still be 1 or 2 thundery ones around as we go through the day on sunday. whereas south whereas towards the south and east, the showers more scattered, in way of scattered, more in the way of sunny and with sunny spells here and with lighter and on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould and on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel and on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel and on saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel a little saturday sunny spells here and with ligshould feel a little bitturday it should feel a little bit warmer out and about. temperatures generally peaking in the teens, locally low in the high teens, locally low 20s north 20s towards the north more widely towards widely in the low 20s towards the south and southeast, two high in london, 23 high there in london, 23 celsius, in fahrenheit. celsius, 73 in fahrenheit. but as outbreaks as for monday, we'll outbreaks of sweep in from the of rain will sweep in from the southwest, fairly southwest, bringing a fairly unsettled day certainly across england some heavy england and wales. some heavy thundery rain are thundery bursts of rain are possible places , sunshine and possible in places, sunshine and showers though towards the north and of uk. but and northwest of the uk. but things quieten down around things will quieten down around the part of coming the middle part of the coming week. temperatures peaking in the celsius could the mid 20 celsius could even climb celsius . climb to 30 celsius. >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as. thank

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accusations of abandoning its christian tradition after it ended the practise of saying grace before meals. the decision to remove the explicitly christian wording was made in order to appear more inclusive. so joining me now is director of the common sense society , emma the common sense society, emma webb. emma, thank you very much indeed. now, i'll let you talk us through this story so the lincoln's inn, which is the inns of court, they date back to the 14005. 1400s. >> so 14005. >> so the inns of court have been operating for hundreds and hundreds of years. they have deeply pressured various traditions that are wound into the history of the common law and the culture of this country. and lincoln's inn has been operating since the 14005, the early 14005. and they have this traditional word of saying grace before meals, which is rooted in christianity, as all of the traditions of this country are rooted in christianity. and they've made this decision in they've made this decision in the name of inclusivity ,

the name of inclusivity, inclusivity, in order to remain, quote , relevant. they've made quote, relevant. they've made this decision to scrap the christian wording and instead to go with this sort of strange, insipid wording that they've chosen instead, which is to just to simply give thanks in a moment of silence . yes, i think moment of silence. yes, i think that this is cultural vandalism. they're erasing the christian heritage of one of our most important institutions actions. and i think the key thing here is that they seem to think that they you know, that they have a right to do this, but this isn't just the tradition of lincoln's inn. this is a this is one of our traditions as as a country with this being one of our precious historical institutions. and so i think that this is actually this is a problem all us because problem for all of us because this not an issue is this is not an issue that is limited to institution. and limited to one institution. and we're seeing this happening across the board, throughout institutions british society. >> and the irony is that people from all over the world absolutely love our culture and tradition and all the quirks

that make us unique as a country. it's such a shame to see this as you say, cultural vandalism now the right hon. sir geoffrey vos, master of the rolls and treasurer of the inn for this year, said it is it is a priority to continue to continue to enhance the relevance of the inn and that this included correcting outdated stereotypes . use the outdated stereotypes. use the use of that word, correcting is quite interesting. emma it is. >> they say it's interesting that the underlying premise of this is that in order to be inclusive and relevant and in touch with modern, diverse society , they think that what society, they think that what they need to do is to purge christian and traditional um, aspects of the traditions of, of the inn, as we've seen with other institutions as well. and like you say, the use of the word correction is interesting. i also think the use of the word relevance is interesting because they they obviously live in an echo chamber where they don't

think christian traditions think that christian traditions are the are relevant anymore. but the wording of the original grace is very precious. and actually the common law itself has been shaped by christianity, by christian theology , by christian christian theology, by christian ethics. so if they have a problem with the wording of grace before meals , don't think grace before meals, don't think it's going to be long before you see people making an argument. and i don't want to put this out there in the aether in case anyone gets ideas. but to do something decolonising the something like decolonising the common law because that obviously our obviously every aspect of our society its institutions society and its institutions have roots in christianity. but i think that there illiterate have roots in christianity. but i thi mistaken|ere illiterate have roots in christianity. but i thi mistaken toe illiterate have roots in christianity. but i thi mistaken to thinkerate have roots in christianity. but i thi mistaken to think that and mistaken to think that purging the christian elements of their of their traditions make them more inclusive as a society because our christian heritage is what led us to be the free society and enjoy the liberties that we have today . liberties that we have today. but is that think that historically illiterate on their part? >> is that one of the problems, emma, that fewer and fewer of brits are actually practising

christians ? i don't know what christians? i don't know what proportion of people in this country say grace before their meals at home. so is it our fault we've let this happen? essentially >> well, i think often we've been described as in the not too distant past, although i think most politicians would now. but even david cameron, he described us as being a christian country and actually we're a christian country regardless of the decline of practising christians, because like i say, it's baked into the very fabric of our dna as a nation into , you of our dna as a nation into, you know, into the cultural aspect that that we were talking on last week's show on the common sense crusade with nigel nelson and nigel nelson said, you know , although he's an atheist, he was very clear that sorry, not nigel nelson , but we were nigel nelson, but we were talking mistaking for someone else. but you know, there are lots of people who will say, i am a i am a i am lots of people who will say, i amaiamaiamnota practising christian, but am a cultural christian. and michael

cricket was not nigel nelson who said that although he's an atheist , he he said that although he's an atheist, he he is a cultural christian and all of us to in greater or lesser degrees, are cultural christians in ways that we don't even appreciate because we're not properly educated in our education system. on the ways in which christiana city influences the fact the very fabnc influences the fact the very fabric of the society that we live in and the way that we think, the manner of our, you know, affections and thoughts and so on. so i think that the influence of christianity on british is profound. we british culture is profound. we are christian country are a christian country regardless in regardless of the decline in practising christian do wonder. >> do who and how many >> i do wonder who and how many people have actually got upset about this. i mean, anne sharp, the under—treasurer at lincoln's inn, she said hosts will instead give thanks at meal times. yes, she said. this is not political correctness gone mad and it's not being driven by younger members, other members didn't feel comfortable. so we are trying to be a little bit more thoughtful . well, you know why

thoughtful. well, you know why can't you be more thoughtful of those who do care about the traditions that they've been so used to? i'm terribly sorry, emma, but that's all we've got time for. this is really does make me scratch my head. this i mean, why? who is getting offended by this? grace is a nice thing, surely. and it's not necessarily exclusive either. but thank you very much indeed for your time. emma webb there. director of common sense society. she'll also be back on your screens later this evening. she for calvin she is standing in for calvin robinson while he has a deserved, well—deserved break. you're listening you're watching and listening to gb saturday me, emily gb news saturday with me, emily carvel. lots more carvel. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. should government on should the government cut vat on motor cycle safety gear to help protect their riders? now, this is a big question. we'll be debating that with a safety expert in just a few moments. all of and more to come. all of that and more to come. you're watching listening to

>> gb news is the people's . channel yes . yes. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, emily carver on your tv, online and digital radio. now england go marching on in the world cup. the lionesses have beaten colombia 2—1 reach the semi—final 2—1 to reach the semi—final finals. alessia russo's fine finish means that england will face co—hosts australia in the last four on wednesday. so joining me now is our reporter jack carson, who i believe is live from birmingham pub . live from a birmingham pub. jack, there you go . jack, there you go. >> how's the atmosphere ? well >> how's the atmosphere? well i'll tell you what, this whole place went absolutely crazy

after england secured their place in the semi—finals of this women's world cup for the third world cup in a row. >> it's the first time that a team in these knockout stages has come from behind to progress. colombia did strike first. england started the game very, very well kept. colombia under pressure and there were some good chances carved out for alessia russo. unfortunately, she couldn't convert them. and colombia eventually worked themselves back into the game, later into the half. and it was santos that struck first. it was a really kind of strange kind of goal because it looked initially like a cross . it looped over like a cross. it looped over mary earps in the england goal, and that was colombia taking the lead. but england didn't take long to strike back right before half time in injury time , they half time in injury time, they went right up the other end and it was a bit of a scramble in the box. the colombia keeper dropping the ball and there was lauren webster just stamped to stab the ball essentially into the right before time.

the net right before half time. but the second half was a much different story. the lionesses played , very well. colombia played very, very well. colombia really couldn't really carve out many chances until the eight minutes of added time at the end of the game. and it was alessia russo had so many chances in russo who had so many chances in the first half, finally got her goal on minute. and it goal on the 63rd minute. and it means england will face means that england will face australia in the semi—finals of the women's world cup . jack, you the women's world cup. jack, you are an absolute brilliant football commentator . football commentator. >> i must say that was thrilling to listen to. now, you know, five, ten years ago, no one was really interested in the women's football. it wasn't really a thing. no one used to turn up to the matches. they were playing for more than for themselves more than anything. now, all those people in background , the football in the background, the football is lot, is on, it's changed a lot, hasn't it ? it is on, it's changed a lot, hasn't it? it has. and i think very much the impact of that is the grassroots level. >> it's a new generation of young england fans that are coming through. and of course we saw success of the lionesses saw the success of the lionesses back in the euros as well and how much the whole country got

behind them . and so it's very behind them. and so it's very much that very much with time, these lionesses have really beat themselves not only with a squad that shows they can win games as well as major tournaments , but well as major tournaments, but that means that all fans we've had young kids here, boys and girls, of women's teams girls, lots of women's teams that have booked tables here who were watching the game together as a group. and so the women's game has come on absolutely fantastically. look fantastically. and if you look actually over just the past few world from canada back in world cups from canada back in 2015 to now, even out in australia and new zealand, because some of these games were being out in australia. it's still an the morning. of still an 830 in the morning. of course, the game kicks off course, the game today kicks off at here uk time. course, the game today kicks off at here uk time . but what at 1130 here uk time. but what it shows actually is that fans are so eager to watch football with even the premier league starting people have still come out lionesses out to watch the lionesses today. well, it's always absolutely fantastic to see england well in sports and england do well in sports and certainly the football team . certainly the football team. >> you very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. jack there, reporter, jack carson there, our reporter, live from busy looking live from a very busy looking pub in birmingham. sadly, he

didn't australia, but didn't make it to australia, but birmingham's second best. thank you indeed to jack. so you very much indeed to jack. so you've been getting in touch on our big topics of the day . david our big topics of the day. david has to say the home secretary should everyone's should have everyone's full support. suella braverman has been banging her head against a brick months as home brick wall for months as home secretary. tried very secretary. she has tried very hard indeed. yeah, it seems there's a of. well, there's. there's a lot of. well, there's. there's a difference of opinion, i'd say, about how home i'd say, about how the home secretary has well, how well she's been doing in terms of stopping the boats. of course, none these solutions have none of these solutions have worked far. indeed, the worked so far. indeed, the problem seems to getting problem seems to be getting worse of course, problem seems to be getting worsethe of course, problem seems to be getting worsethe tragedy, of course, problem seems to be getting worsethe tragedy, she of course, problem seems to be getting worsethe tragedy, she this ourse, after the tragedy, she this morning, really does focus morning, it really does focus the minds and attention on what the minds and attention on what the government are saying. they want then the actual want to do and then the actual results. but suella braverman, has she been hamstrung by legal challenges, by the opposition? what do you think? let me know. david has to say migrants crossing france crossing the channel from france are responsibility of france are the responsibility of france and european union. they and the european union. they should been registered on should have been registered on entry and hold id entry to europe and hold id cards . well, there's a lot in cards. well, there's a lot in there. many people have cards. well, there's a lot in

there.asking|any people have cards. well, there's a lot in there.asking whether3le have cards. well, there's a lot in there.asking whether it; have cards. well, there's a lot in there.asking whether it wasye cards. well, there's a lot in there.asking whether it was up to been asking whether it was up to the french to rescue the those who have capsized in this boat this morning or whether the british were right to bring them over to dover. it seems there was a division of labour there, a division of responsibility . a division of responsibility. but it's a very sad that six people, at least six people have died, sadly, in that boat tragedy. gerald says , i would tragedy. gerald says, i would like to have the public made aware satisfied aware if they are not satisfied with main parties. there with the two main parties. there are other parties worth considering, of course, that is very indeed. our system very true indeed. but our system of voting doesn't itself of voting doesn't lend itself to smaller taking power, smaller parties. taking power, does it? although you could see coalition as we had them in coalition as we have had them in the past. course. please do the past. of course. please do keep coming in. keep your views coming in. subscribe youtube subscribe to our youtube channel, on twitter subscribe to our youtube channyou're on twitter subscribe to our youtube channyou're at on twitter subscribe to our youtube channyou're at it, on twitter subscribe to our youtube channyou're at it, we're nitter subscribe to our youtube channyou're at it, we're atter subscribe to our youtube channyou're at it, we're at gb while you're at it, we're at gb news. now something quite different motor cyclists account for just 1 to 3% of road users, yet they represent 13% of casualties and a staggering 20% of deaths. this week, the uk's leading road safety charity iam roadsmart is launching or is it iam? roadsmart is launching a

campaign to address the disproportionate risks faced by motorcyclists on uk roads. the campaign emphasises the need for affordable air jackets as a crucial safety measure for riders. iam roadsmart is urging the government to understand the significance of 0% based on air jackets. joining me now is motorcycling and high speed collision expert lee bigger. thank you very much lee indeed. do you think scrapping vat on these types of jackets will make a difference? yes. yeah most definitely. >> i think it will just bring the price bracket down. that's a lot more reasonable for people that you know, and they can afford these pieces of kit that, you know, really will save their lives . lives. >> and how dangerous is motorbike killing? i've just read out those quite shocking stats that motorcyclists account for 20% of deaths on our roads. thatis for 20% of deaths on our roads. that is pretty incredible. it's a dangerous thing to do, isn't it? motorcycling how do we make it? motorcycling how do we make it safer ? i think any form of it safer? i think any form of transport is dangerous , but transport is dangerous, but we're obviously the most vulnerable road users as well as

cyclists that are out there. >> and this piece of equipment really does, you know, give you better odds of surviving a high speed collision . as you can see speed collision. as you can see in that video , it just it just in that video, it just it just gives you more odds to come out of it in a better position than you would if you wasn't wearing the jacket. >> yeah, we're seeing motorcyclists here throwing around. i'm not sure what's going on actually in this moving footage. oh, there's a motorcyclist. it's a safety example. safety example. testing the vest there. the bike. the man has come off the bike very quickly indeed. and that vest could save this person's life. so how effective are these vests then? so, for example , if you then? so, for example, if you were at high speed and unfortunate you came off your motorcycle, would this er vest put you much greater chance of surviving that accident . surviving that accident. >> it well for my experience so i've got the highest recorded speed collision in one of the vests . at the time i was

vests. at the time i was a development test rider for triumph motorcycles and i'd wore the vest for two years. i just addedit the vest for two years. i just added it to my personal protection purely to just give me better odds and on the day of my accident, i just it was a situation i couldn't get out of. i hit the car with a full force of my back at approximately 52mph. the on the bike went from 51.4 to a dead stop and i was going a little bit quicker and i came away with no upper body injuries at all. >> wow. were you injured elsewhere ? elsewhere? >> i'd like to say walked away from it, but i broke my left leg and i broke my right hip and, you know, they they can be fixed. >> they fix those for me. but you can't replace your spine and you can't replace your spine and you can't replace your spine and you can't replace your major organs. and that's the difference . i wasn't wearing difference. i wasn't wearing that vest on that day. we wouldn't be having this conversation. >> well, thank goodness you were . and it's great that you're drawing attention this. drawing attention to this. how are getting with the are you getting on with the government, with the with the

lobbying ? i think there's very lobbying? i think there's very slow progress , but i think it is slow progress, but i think it is worth pursuing . worth pursuing. >> you know, we don't pay vat on crash helmets. so i think it should be scrapped on best products. >> i mean, they're not cheap and the price point of an air vest is what puts a lot of people off. yeah. >> how much are they then? >> how much are they then? >> you're looking between 500 and £1,000 for a good air vest, depending on which manufacturer you go with. but they're not a one use item . you pretty much one use item. you pretty much you, you know, if you have an accident, you put a new gas bottle in it and it's good to go again. >> well, it's like if you're a police officer or security person and you put on a bullet—proof vest, but on the off chance that something terrible might happen and you it saves your life and you are an example of that. so thank you very much indeed for your time. i'm glad drawn attention i'm glad we've drawn attention to and i hope to this and i hope any motorcycle lists at home, if they have one already, they don't have one already, look this. it really could look into this. it really could save your the sounds of save your life by the sounds of it.thank

save your life by the sounds of it. thank much, lee. it. thank you very much, lee. vicar there, motorcyclist and high speed collision expert who survived accident survived a terrible accident by the of it, with one of the sounds of it, with one of these vests. so perhaps these air vests. so perhaps the government into government may look into scrapping on those to make scrapping vat on those to make them cheaper more available them cheaper and more available to people you're watching or listening news saturday listening to. gb news saturday with me, emily carver. lots more coming show. but coming up on today's show. but before let's take a look before that, let's take a look at the with marco . at the weather with marco. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers, proud up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see rather mixed weather conditions across the uk over the next couple some the next couple of days. some outbreaks most areas, outbreaks of rain in most areas, but will start to warm but things will start to warm up, the up, particularly around the middle coming week. middle part of the coming week. low is anchored towards low pressure is anchored towards the of the uk at the the north—west of the uk at the moment, feeding in showers from the southwest, fairly the west and southwest, fairly tightly it's tightly packed isobars. so it's fairly and about fairly breezy out and about certainly the evening. certainly through the evening. some showers still packing in across from north and across the uk from the north and west, becoming increasingly west, but becoming increasingly confined towards those northern and western areas as we go through period through the overnight period

with east tending with the south and east tending to see some drier conditions, some clear spells at times, too. but are, it's a but wherever you are, it's a pretty night. temperatures pretty warm night. temperatures holding 13 to holding up in the range, 13 to 16 16 in the south—east 16 celsius, 16 in the south—east is 61. in fahrenheit . as for is 61. in fahrenheit. as for sunday, well, it's another day of sunshine and showers. the showers most frequent and most widespread north widespread towards the north and northeast of the could still northeast of the uk could still be or 2 thundery ones around be 1 or 2 thundery ones around as through the day on as we go through the day on sunday. whereas towards the south east, showers more south and east, the showers more scattered, in the of scattered, more in the way of sunny here with sunny spells here and with lighter on saturday lighter winds. and on saturday it feel a little bit it should feel a little bit warmer out about warmer out and about temperatures peaking temperatures generally peaking in high locally low in the high teens. locally low 205 towards north more 205 towards the north more widely the 205 towards widely in the low 205 towards the southeast, a high the south and southeast, a high there london, celsius, there in london, 23 celsius, 73 in as for in fahrenheit. but as for monday, with outbreaks of rain will in from the will sweep in from the southwest, bringing a fairly unsettled certainly across unsettled day certainly across england and wales. some heavy thundery are thundery bursts of rain are possible in places. sunshine and showers the north possible in places. sunshine and shov northwest the north possible in places. sunshine and shov northwest of the north possible in places. sunshine and shov northwest of the the north possible in places. sunshine and shov northwest of the uk. he north possible in places. sunshine and shov northwest of the uk. but|orth and northwest of the uk. but things quieten down around things will quieten down around the of upcoming the middle part of the upcoming week temperatures peaking in week. temperatures peaking in the could even the mid 20 celsius could even climb celsius . climb to 30 celsius. >> looks like things are heating

up . boxed boilers proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> thank you , marco. so we've >> thank you, marco. so we've got lots more coming up on today's show. we'll have the very latest on the channel migrants who were rescued this morning when their boat capsized . when will the government get to with this issue? all of to grips with this issue? all of that and more to come. i'm emily carver and you're watching and listening gb britain's listening to gb news britain's news people in britain, news channel. people in britain, they love free speech, but they also love fair play. >> i don't care if i'm speaking somebody from a trade union, from the labour party, somebody from the labour party, somebody from and i think the from the snp, and i think the viewers that. viewers like to see that. actually, we can challenge one another. but in a positive way. >> we think we ask the questions that people want ask, that people want to ask, and often we the questions that often we ask the questions that we to ask in parliament we wanted to ask in parliament but never got the chance to ask. >> join us every saturday, 10 >> so join us every saturday, 10 am. till noon on gb news, a.m. till noon on gb news, britain's news

channel. where hello and welcome to gb news saturday. >> i'm emily carver. for the next hour, i will be keeping you company on tv, online and digital radio. so coming up, french authorities have confirmed that 54 migrants have been rescued after a small boat got difficulty this got into difficulty this morning. six have been confirmed to have died as junior doctors

continue their latest four day strike as the waiting list hits 7.6 million. i want to ask , are 7.6 million. i want to ask, are they losing public support? and should doctors be banned from striking? and we'll be looking at the weird and wonderful act from this year's edinburgh fringe festival. but first, let's get the news headlines with . ray it's 2:00. with. ray it's 2:00. >> here's the latest update from the newsroom. french maritime authorities have confirmed six migrants have died after a small boat carrying more than 50 got into difficulties in the channel this morning. dover lifeboat and several french vessels have been involved in the operation. about five miles off the french coast . ambulance crews greeted the casualties as they arrived at dover harbour and secretary suella braverman saying , my suella braverman saying, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic loss of life in the channel. our homeland security editor mark white says the rescue operation continues. >> stability that more people

who were thrown into the water are are still out there, still missing . so that search is missing. so that search is involving, we're told, aerial assets in the form of coastguard helicopters, lifeboat boats from both the uk and the french side. and of course , those various and of course, those various patrol boats from france and border force vessels . border force vessels. >> us immigration officials have arrested seven people in northern ireland as part of a crackdown on illegal workers, part of the home office's operation tornado to it was just one of several raids across the uk. included in the arrests was a female chinese national at a restaurant in county down the second chinese man was allowed to volunteer to return to the repubuc to volunteer to return to the republic of ireland. the takeaways owner now faces a fine of up to £20,000. uk spending on pothole repairs is among the most severely cut of 13 nations, to according new research. the local government association

says annual expenditure fell from 4,000,000,000 in 2000 and 6 to £2 billion in 2019. only italy and ireland have seen bigger percentage cuts. the lga is now urging political parties to commit to a ten year programme to boost funding . mark programme to boost funding. mark morrell is a campaigner. he's known as mr pothole . he told us known as mr pothole. he told us the latest figures show spending has fallen further still. >> 2019 there was a you know, only investing 51% of what we should have done compared to 2006. but that's even worse because that 2019 figure doesn't equate to what currently spend is 1.36 billion. and if you include inflation, we're spending 25% of what we were in 2006 on maintaining our roads. >> maui county have confirmed up to 80 people have died and hundreds more are reported missing due to the wildfires engulfing the hawaiian island. fresh evacuations are underway as flames forge towards the town

of qatar , bali. residents from of qatar, bali. residents from nearby islands have loaded recreated boats and jet skis to bnng recreated boats and jet skis to bring supplies to those in emergency shelters . hawaii's emergency shelters. hawaii's attorney general is calling for attorney general is calling for a comprehensive review into how authorities respond ended england captain harry kane has signed with bayern munich . he signed with bayern munich. he completed his £100 million move from tottenham after travelling to germany for a medical last night. the deal, which lasted till 2027, will see kane wear the number nine shirt posting on social media, the 30 year old said he was sad to be leaving the club that he'd spent nearly 20 years of his life at. harry redknapp is a former tottenham manager. he says he was surprised by the move. >> yeah, i was shocked . i mean, >> yeah, i was shocked. i mean, i'm sure alan shearer had a party last night. he'd have been celebrating gone, celebrating that harry had gone, but , um, celebrating that harry had gone, but, um, listen, it i'm not underestimating by munich. they're a fantastic football

club and a team that will be challenging. now they've got harry kane for the champions league even stronger this year. they're a team that could win the champions league. next year they'll be pushing man city all they'll be pushing man city all the way. so you know, it's a big club, but i didn't see germany on the agenda. >> and of course, congratulations to england's lionesses who play australia in the semi—finals of the women's world cup after beating colombia 2—1. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now let's get back to . emily now let's get back to. emily >> i wonder how many smart speaker at homes across britain just switched to gb news? hopefully lots. hopefully lots of you are listening and watching. thank you very much indeed, ray. so let's start this hour with the developing story in the channel. french authorities have confirmed that six died after six migrants have died after their small boat capsized this morning . dover lifeboat and

morning. dover lifeboat and several french vessels have been involved in the operation to rescue multiple people of rescue multiple people out of the water. about five miles off the water. about five miles off the french coast. so our gb news kent producer has filmed these exclusive at dover exclusive pictures at dover harbour. they show a number of people taken off the dover lifeboat on stretchers and then transferred to waiting ambulances. so joining me to discuss this is the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul. john, thank you very much indeed for joining me. sobering images coming out of the channel this morning. we know that six people have sadly died making that treacherous journey. this week was, of course , small boats week was, of course, small boats week for the government. they were using august in order to push ahead with some of their big campaign gaining messages and one of those was, of course, small boats. it really has ended in disaster for them . in disaster for them. >> yeah, and this is a really terrible reminder that this

isn't a game. it's a deadly serious problem and that the government is quite right to try to tackle it. and, you know , to tackle it. and, you know, share people's frustration with the government for its failure to tackle it. and it's over promising . to tackle it. and it's over promising. i'm being to tackle it. and it's over promising . i'm being able to promising. i'm being able to tackle it. but i'm i'm equally frustrated with people who suggest that, you know, there's some kind of simple answer. but, you know, if only we could establish safe and legal routes to claiming asylum , then this to claiming asylum, then this problem would just magically disappear . problem would just magically disappear. i'm sadly i don't think that's true. >> it's interesting you say that, because we do hear that a lot from journalists , lot from journalists, commentators, those from refugee charities and also from members of the opposition that if only we had safe , safe and legal we had safe, safe and legal routes for migrants to come across in asylum seekers , then across in asylum seekers, then this problem would end. you don't believe that is true . don't believe that is true. >> you know , absolutely not. um

>> you know, absolutely not. um you know, i mean, i think robert jenrick was a little bit too explicit the other day when he actually said that if we made make it easier for people to come, if we processed their asylum applications more quickly , then more people will apply and more people will come. if we open up safe and legal routes. you know, more people will want to come than is than is available unless those safe and legal routes are essentially just opening the borders and just opening the borders and just saying anybody can come, you're not to going eliminate the demand to cross to cross the channel by unofficial means. >> well, that's the thing. and some people do would prefer to see, well, very liberal immigration, i.e. open borders. one thing that is very frustrating ing and perhaps the blame lies with the government on this. we have all of these policies being thrown out to the public, all of these proposed solutions, whether it's briefings about an ascension

island as the plan b to rwanda, whether it's the barge as accommodation which has ended up being a bit of an embarrassment for the government , being a bit of an embarrassment for the government, it's creating a huge amount of division in the country . and division in the country. and i for one and i'm sure a lot of people at home feel the same way, are so angry that the government hasn't managed to get to grips, too, with this because it really is tearing people apart over something that i mean , there will always be people who want to move to richer, wealthier countries and there will always be people who want to seek asylum. but how has it got to this stage, george? >> well , i got to this stage, george? >> well, i mean, it's got to this stage by by an accident of legal processes. i mean , the legal processes. i mean, the fact is it was it was because we shut our borders because of coronavirus. we actually stopped lorry traffic coming into the country to , to an extent that it country to, to an extent that it asylum seekers discovered how

how easy it was to cross the channelin how easy it was to cross the channel in small boats and that's when the when that increase started. i mean say easy but not safe. i mean that is as we've seen today , still is as we've seen today, still extremely dangerous. and yet people are prepared to risk their lives doing it. and as you say, that is a problem all over the world. i mean, people are risking their lives trying to get into america, africa, across the rio grande. and there risking lives in far risking their lives in far larger trying get larger numbers, trying to get across mediterranean to across the mediterranean to greece . this is a greece and italy. this is a huge, huge problem. and anyone who pretends that there's a simple solution really ought to be disqualified from taking part in the debate . in the debate. >> yeah, and people do say that that this issue is being weaponised by the conservative government. i think it's being weaponised by all sorts of people from all different political angles with all different kinds of solutions to this. it really is being being used in that way and it is can be deadly. and that's how it is such a tragedy. what's happened this morning. >> but what if it's been

weaponised by the government? then turning the gun on then there turning the gun on their own feet because you know, as you were saying, it is extremely frustrating that the government is claiming to be throwing everything at this problem . and you cannot problem. and yet you cannot cannot manage it. i mean , you cannot manage it. i mean, you know, we may have seen a very slight reduction in the numbers of channel crossings since last yean of channel crossings since last year, but it's only very slight. and rishi sunak stood at a lectern claiming he was going to stop the boats, stop the boats altogether. >> john, there are a lot of people, though, who don't blame the current situation on the government . they see suella government. they see suella braverman trying her best to solve this , coming up with ideas solve this, coming up with ideas and they see the opposition or the lords or legal challenges throwing it out. so actually there is quite a lot of sympathy from some people towards the government on this one. yeah. >> no, well i don't, i don't blame the government at for , all blame the government at for, all for the problem. i think the problem is, is very deep and

fundamental and worldwide and very difficult to deal with , very difficult to deal with, especially given the legality of the of the situation across the channel. and we can't just turn the boats back and hope that the french will deal with them. i mean , we wish that we could, but mean, we wish that we could, but that's that's just not going to happen. and labour's position is that they would just negotiate an agreement with france. well i mean that's, that's, that's pie in the sky. yes. >> this is the thing. i was just going to ask you just very quickly before i have to let you 90, quickly before i have to let you go, what has the reaction from the shadow cabinet been? have we had any statements ? i haven't had any statements? i haven't seen one. >> but i mean, you know, yvette coopen >> but i mean, you know, yvette cooper, the shadow home secretary, will put out a press release, i'm sure, saying that this is a terrible tragedy and she mean, she's she won't i mean, she's a serious politician. won't serious politician. she won't try score political points try to score political points off of this. but she off the back of this. but she i'm afraid , does not have the i'm afraid, does not have the answer to this problem either. i mean, she's got a five point

plan, which which in essence, involves processing applications a bit faster, which is what the government's trying to do. and doing a deal with france, which is what, which is what rishi sunak did when was over sunak did when he was over talking macron the talking to emmanuel macron the other . i mean, is no other day. i mean, there is no real difference between government and opposition on this. >> yes. and they even said that that they'd probably continue with the use of barges for a little while, at least . so there little while, at least. so there really is there is no money. yeah, well, quite . thank you yeah, well, quite. thank you very much indeed. john rentoul , very much indeed. john rentoul, chief political commentator at the indian pendant newspaper there . for now. a lot of you there. for now. a lot of you have been getting in touch on this. judy has said so very sad, but it's only the french to blame. shame on them letting unseaworthy boats leave their shores and allowing criminal gangs to operate in this country. yes, there's a huge amount of frustration about the fact that we are sending so much money the french and they money to the french and they seem incapable of stopping the boats from leaving the shores in calais . and we talk about

calais. and we talk about international cooperation , international cooperation, action and neighbours say they'd do same as government, do the same as the government, but or they'd magically but better or they'd magically be successful in what be more successful in what they're trying to do. and every deterrent policy pooh poohed deterrent policy is pooh poohed by, you know, the opposition action as being inhumane or immoral in one way or another. this really is a difficult situation, but allowing people to make this treacherous journey is not moral , that is for sure. is not moral, that is for sure. catherine says whilst obviously being sad about the of being sad about the loss of lives, the people got into the boats their free will and boats of their own free will and paid to do the french paid money to do so. the french are being paid millions. how can it be blamed the government ? it be blamed on the government? well, you go, catherine, well, there you go, catherine, defending government, but defending the government, but they're their they're saying it's not their fault. people do get into the boats of their own free will. but, you know, people, traffickers are extremely well they they tell them that they will arrive safely and that it's the land of milk and honey over here. maureen says the government with france could monitor the launching of the very large rubber boats using

drones to survey the french coast. then in the interests coast. and then in the interests of saving lives, could dispatch small helicopter squads and scuttle before scuttle the boats before they hit the water. well, i don't know about the logistics of that, but nice idea. keep your views coming in now. joining me now is former europe minister and labour mp denis macshane and former brexit party mep ben habib. thank you very much indeed. ben, your reaction to what happened this morning . what happened this morning. >> well, i mean, it was bound to happen. i understand it happened in french waters. what i found astounding is that british boats would enter french waters along with french boats, obviously, and bring all these people to british shores . if there was any british shores. if there was any shred of integrity to the deal that the government did with the french, the people who were rescued should have been deposited back in france . deposited back in france. >> ben, would it not have been ben, would it not have been all hands on deck? so they shared the responsibility. i understand

that there were five french ships in the operation and two british ships and a helicopter, all working to rescue these people. but you're saying they should have been all taken back to calais ? to calais? >> absolutely. they were rescued in french waters, weren't they? we're going to stick to this rule that when they're in french waters, they belong to france. and when they're in british waters, they belong to the united kingdom. we could at least, you know, adhere to it when it comes to rescuing these people in french waters. and they should go back to france. but i think, you know, john rentoul made a really good point, which is that the easier you make, it for people to reach the united kingdom, the more you will encourage the crossings speeding up the asylum process , speeding up the asylum process, providing so—called safe routes . all that will do is encourage more crossings . and then i mean, more crossings. and then i mean, john spoke a lot of sense. i was listening to him, but he then he said something which i whole

heartedly disagree with, which is that you can't stop these boats in the channel. it seems to be accepted by just about everyone except for myself that you can't stop these boats in the channel when we talk about stopping the boats, what we need to do is physically stop the boats . the british border force boats. the british border force , the british navy if necessary . we need to develop a bit of backbone and do what the name suggests on the tin and actually enforce this border control that is a physical process . it's not is a physical process. it's not a legal process . it's is a physical process. it's not a legal process. it's a is a physical process. it's not a legal process . it's a physical a legal process. it's a physical process . the boats need to be process. the boats need to be stopped . they need to be stopped. they need to be challenged. they need to be required to turn around whence they came. >> ben that requires us. that requires that requires that would require a level of cooperation with the french authorities so that we don't seem to have no. >> emily no. no level of cooperation required. it's an entirely british control issue. british border force, british navy. british border force, british navy . and we. and if and if

navy. and we. and if and if necessary, and probably a specialist force that's been trained to do it, stopping these boats physically and turning them around. we have international law on our side in international law on our side in international law on our side in international law enables us to take preventative to action ensure that people do not enter the united kingdom illegally and i can point you to the article before. let's bring our very patient, denis macshane , in as well. >> he's been shaking his head to me, it seems shaking his head. i'll let him have his response. it does seem to me that if we if we were to stop the boats, they would end up back in france. but then the french would presumably just let them go again. and it would be a to and fro. dennis your response to what ben's had to say there? >> look , i love debating with >> look, i love debating with ben, but this is saloon bar stuff. >> the iron law of the sea that the british first developed is that when men , women and that when men, women and children are dying and drowning

, everybody goes and saves them. and you have the row afterwards. you don't have a floating platform and divide them into goats and sheep. >> so i'll go back to france. >> so i'll go back to france. >> some can come to england. this is just silly. there's 100 this is just silly. there's100 miles of coastline between boulogne and le touquet, roughly between folkestone and brighton and zodiac is registered on the radar. that's why they're so small. those are the attacked boats of commandos can take over 20, 30 people. yes. it's dangerous conditions. we should be working much more strongly with the french, frontex , the eu with the french, frontex, the eu frontier establishment increased its budget to £650 million by 50. we should joining that because every country in europe has got this problem. but the top ten we should stop assuming only britain, only england has got. >> but dennis, i think what ben was saying was that by rescuing the migrants from the french

waters and bringing them to dover , the sustains the problem dover, the sustains the problem because it encourages . and then because it encourages. and then there's more potential for people to die. oh, we have lost denis macshane, ben , i think denis macshane, ben, i think that was what you were you were saying that by mean , i mean saying that by mean, i mean rescue and rescuing and bringing to dover will encourage more and more of these journeys. >> yeah , and it absolutely >> yeah, and it absolutely revealed the true nature of the relations with france, which is that it's accepted by the french and the british that actually anyone who manages to get there is a kind of pantomime. you get youn is a kind of pantomime. you get your, your dinghy in the water and you end up safe and sound on british shores pretty much, you know, the french navy will escort you to the point of entry to british territorial waters. and i think yesterday we had a french boat bringing people all the way to the three mile within three miles of the british coast . they were coming into our waters . waters. >> dennis, to you? yeah i

thought i thought it was a walk over there for a second. >> dennis. >> dennis. >> yes. i'm sorry. i'm in france. >> and obviously the french connection isn't working for me. >> they're stabbing me in the back on the front. i think we should back to actually what should go back to actually what britain do. and i was very britain can do. and i was very struck by a terrific report patrick christie did on gb news about ago. he went about nine months ago. he went to datchet and he interviewed an ethiopia , an army colonel who ethiopia, an army colonel who fled with family for his fled with his family for his life. he'd be life. otherwise, he'd be tortured murdered and tortured and murdered and arrived 2015 when arrived here in 2015 when theresa may remember her. remember her was home secretary there he was talking to patrick and still waiting to be interviewed in 2022. now, this is simple government incompetence. it's like saying incompetence. it's like saying in 1940, well, we'll think about solving the problem in 1947. it's all hands to the deck. i would like to see a lot more bipartisanship on this because i think the ding dong i heard david davis on today program this morning and sort of only blaming civil servants. i have

to say, he was a minister. he was a brexit minister. he and his colleagues blocked all cooperation in france for a number of years. we this is a europe wide emergency . many more europe wide emergency. many more people are dying off the greek and italian coasts. and these poor six people just died here between britain and france. you can't patrol or put tanks or put barbed wire on a hundred miles of coastline where you can just run these things off the back of a of a car into the sea and away you go. and until we're realistic about what should be done, it should be at the demand demand side of things . why are demand side of things. why are we not getting enough officials to actually process these people well, quickly, fairly , and send well, quickly, fairly, and send many back and many could be sent back, if only we didn't have this current government approach . yeah, maybe they'll say they're . but if you're they're. but if you're overwhelmed, i mean , ben, overwhelmed, i mean, ben, i think i think dennis makes a good point in terms of the fact that people are waiting months

and months and months and months to their claims processed. to have their claims processed. >> but at the same time, deportations are so few and far between that that wouldn't necessarily solve the issue, would it, if we were able to process 1000 a day , the speed of process 1000 a day, the speed of processing is not part of the problem . problem. >> the problem that we're trying to address is preventing people from attempting to cross to cross the channel that's the problem . speeding up asylum, problem. speeding up asylum, seeking applications is not going to address the problem. we get completely distracted. dennis's view. dennis is, dennis said a couple of things which i need to challenge . the first is need to challenge. the first is there was an assumption in what dennis said that borders cannot be enforced. he said, you know, the the italians the french have the italians have problem. greeks have this problem. the greeks have this problem. the greeks have problem. have this problem. there's hundreds coastline, hundreds of miles of coastline, hundreds of miles of coastline, hundreds miles of borders. hundreds of miles of borders. you can't enforce borders. well, that clearly utter tosh for that is clearly utter tosh for hundreds of years. we have enforced borders. this would never have happened. 100 years ago. we would absolutely have

enforced our borders . when the enforced our borders. when the belarusians tried to export create a problem for poland with promoting illegal migration into poland, poland shut its borders. the problem here is, is freedom of movement in europe. that's one major part of the problem , one major part of the problem, the schengen zone. the other part of the problem is a complete collapse in political will across european governments, including the united kingdom. no backbone to actually police and enforce our borders. of course, you can. we have borders for a reason . and i have borders for a reason. and i also need to challenge dennis when he says that we have an obugafion when he says that we have an obligation to rescue people at sea. yes, we do , but only if sea. yes, we do, but only if it's reasonable to do so. it's article 98 of the un convention of the law of the sea. but article 33 of the un convention on the law of the sea says explicitly, we have the right, as an independent nation state to take whatever preventative

action is necessary to prevent people from seeking to enter our waters illegally . and it is waters illegally. and it is unreasonable for these people to be seeking to enter the united kingdom unreasonably and we need to develop a backbone and a military might that will police our borders. it's as simple as that. >> dennis , for heaven's sake, >> dennis, for heaven's sake, we're not going to throw children into the water just to suit . suit. >> will you let me finish? you spoke all the time. just let me have a minute or two. i'll give you five minutes for every 305 i've had. >> well, go on, dennis. >> well, go on, dennis. >> going to throw >> we're not going to throw children will be back into children who will be back into the into the waters if we actually can be seen as the swedes, for example, send home every albanian. we think we might be on the point of doing that because of the finally somebody government said, somebody the government said, let's to these european let's talk to these european governments of governments instead of pretending all the pretending brexit solved all the problems. the goes out problems. if the word goes out that people are being shipped home, that's a small help we haven't got. we've got the smallest royal navy in its history . we haven't got boats,

history. we haven't got boats, we haven't drones . they can't we haven't drones. they can't pick up these small zodiacs . pick up these small zodiacs. that's a terrible problem. >> course we can please you >> of course we can please you if anybody could. >> if anybody could . >> if anybody could. >> if anybody could. >> if anybody could. >> i mean, the notion that we physically can't patrol our borders is nonsense . borders is nonsense. >> we talk over you because you the courtesy of listening to you. every time i say anything, you. every time i say anything, you start shouting at me . now you start shouting at me. now what we should be doing. i'd like to put one word into play , like to put one word into play, if i may. emily. bipartisan ship. i mean this dingdong is insane. uh mr sunak walks in terror of the daily telegraph, the daily mail in switzerland, which is the highest level of immigrants of any european country. it's a very right wing party like ukip. the parties in some brexit party that ben belongs to. but, you know, there's a big dog about it, but they don't have this permanent row over it. so paul, mr sunak wakes up every day. >> dennis you could, you could say that both sides of this debate are guilty of making a ding dong about it, and that's for sure. but we've had a bit of

a ding dong here and thank you very much for both of your contributions. always as contributions. always welcome as always. former always. ben habib, the former brexit party mep and dennis mcshane, europe minister mcshane, former europe minister and labour mp . let me know what and labour mp. let me know what you think about that strong stuff on both sides. ben seems to think he's got the solution. dennis well, i'm not sure what his solution that he's proposing is, he had different view. is, but he had a different view. you're and listening to you're watching and listening to gb emily gb news saturday with me. emily carver. got lots more carver. we've got lots more coming today's show. but coming up on today's show. but before that, let's take a look at weather with marco. the at the weather with marco. the temperatures rising by next. >> solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see rather mixed weather conditions across the uk over the next couple of days. some outbreaks areas, the next couple of days. some outlthings areas, the next couple of days. some outlthings will areas, the next couple of days. some outlthings will start areas, the next couple of days. some outlthings will start to areas, the next couple of days. some outlthings will start to warm as, but things will start to warm up, particularly around the middle coming week. middle part of the coming week. low is anchored towards low pressure is anchored towards the the at the the north—west of the uk at the moment, feeding in showers from the north—west of the uk at the morwest feeding in showers from the north—west of the uk at the morwest andjing in showers from the north—west of the uk at the morwest and southwest,vers from the north—west of the uk at the morwest and southwest, fairly 'om the west and southwest, fairly tightly it's

tightly packed isobars. so it's fairly breezy and about fairly breezy out and about certainly the evening. certainly through the evening. some still packing some showers still packing in across uk from north and across the uk from the north and west, becoming increasingly west, but becoming increasingly confined northern confined towards those northern and western areas as we go through the overnight period with south east tending with the south and east tending to some drier conditions, to see some drier conditions, some at times, too. some clear spells at times, too. but are, it's a but wherever you are, it's a pretty night. temperatures pretty warm night. temperatures holding 13 to holding up in the range, 13 to 16 celsius, 16in the south—east is 61in fahrenheit. as for sunday, well, it's another day of sunshine and showers. the showers most frequent and most widespread towards the north and northeast the could still northeast of the uk could still be 1 or 2 thundery ones around as through the day as we go through the day on sunday. towards sunday. whereas towards the south the showers more south and east, the showers more scattered, of scattered, more in the way of sunny spells and with sunny spells here and with lighter and on saturday lighter winds. and on saturday it should feel a little bit warmer out and about. temperatures generally peaking warmer out and about. te the ratures generally peaking warmer out and about. te the highas generally peaking warmer out and about. te the high as genelocallyaaking warmer out and about. te the high as genelocally low1g in the high teens, locally low 205 the north, more 205 towards the north, more widely low 205 towards widely in the low 205 towards the southeast, a high the south and southeast, a high there london, 23 celsius, there in london, 23 celsius, 73 in fahrenheit as monday in fahrenheit as for monday with outbreaks sweep in outbreaks of rain will sweep in from the southwest, bringing a fairly unsettled day certainly across wales. across england and wales. some heavy thundery rain heavy thundery bursts of rain are possible sunshine are possible in places. sunshine and showers though towards the

north northwest of the uk. north and northwest of the uk. but things will quieten down around the middle part of the coming week. temperatures peaking in the mid 20 celsius could even to celsius. peaking in the mid 20 celsius couthe ven to celsius. peaking in the mid 20 celsius couthe temperatures celsius. peaking in the mid 20 celsius couthe temperatures rising. ius. peaking in the mid 20 celsius couthe temperatures rising. boxt >> the temperatures rising. boxt solar for proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. thank you weather on. gb news. thank you very much, marco. >> so lots more coming up on today's show. we'll be going to your views on that debate we had between ben habib and denis macshane on the migrant crisis. and we'll looking the and we'll be looking at the weird and wonderful acts from this fringe this year's edinburgh fringe festival. that more festival. all of that and more to carver, and to come. i'm emily carver, and you're watching

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pubuc huge amount of pressure on our public services . can that be public services. can that be unked public services. can that be linked to what's happening in the channel well, peter says the uk has funded some of the activity to prevent or at least slow down this traffic and are currently some half currently earmarking some half £1 to go towards the £1 billion to go towards the french and others french police and others trying to overcome problem. however to overcome the problem. however it unlikely that these it is highly unlikely that these efforts will work and this is totally reflected the public totally reflected in the public opinion polls. you poll opinion polls. when you poll people, they support some of the government's to stop government's attempts to stop this they do not this problem, but they do not believe the government will believe that the government will actually able to solve it. do actually be able to solve it. do you think labour solve it you think labour could solve it better? john rentoul, earlier chief political commentator at the . he seemed to the independent. he seemed to think there absolutely think that there was absolutely no between the no difference between the government's policy and keir starmer's potential policy. sue says the home secretary is doing her. it feels that she has not been supported by the rest of the government, the prime the government, mainly the prime minister. not sure minister. well i'm not sure about that. i think rishi sunak has stood by and of course has stood by her and of course he gave her the position, despite that despite many people saying that she get the sack over she should get the sack over various remember the various things. remember all the hoo rhetoric in the

hoo ha over her rhetoric in the commons when she called it an invasion, etcetera, etcetera. many people were calling for her head rishi stood by her. head rishi sunak stood by her. david says, i don't blame anybody for trying to better themselves improve their themselves and improve their lives, i blame short lives, but i do blame our short sighted here's sighted politicians. and here's the people don't blame sighted politicians. and here's the who ’eople don't blame sighted politicians. and here's the who arele don't blame sighted politicians. and here's the who are coming blame sighted politicians. and here's the who are coming acrosse sighted politicians. and here's the who are coming across the those who are coming across the channel. i mean, if you were living in a country where you had no prospects, you'd probably try come to a western, try and come to a western, ficher try and come to a western, richer country, particularly if you spoke english. but it is the job our politicians to ensure job of our politicians to ensure our security and our safety . our security and our safety. first. would have thought, first. you would have thought, but do your views but please do keep your views coming subscribe to our coming in. subscribe to our youtube follow us youtube channel. follow us on twitter. at gb now twitter. we're at gb news, now renowned around the world for discovering promoting discovering and promoting the very creative arts. very best in the creative arts. the festival is the edinburgh festival is currently full swing. the currently in full swing. the fringe a world fringe has become a world leading celebration arts leading celebration of arts and culture. surpassed only by culture. it's surpassed only by the olympics and the world cup in terms of global ticketed events. wow let's go live to gb news, reporter tony news, scotland reporter tony mcguire, joins us live from mcguire, who joins us live from edinburgh tell edinburgh this morning to tell us this afternoon to tell us more .

more. >> hello. good afternoon . i am >> hello. good afternoon. i am here in the new town. the old town of edinburgh, just beyond into the university campus. and i'm currently standing in what's kind of known as flyer alley, so it's about 100m stretch of pedestrianised street. and here is where all the acts at some point over the course of the festival stand and it's a real gauntlet to try and get through without being ticketed by every show showing at the fringe. and that's a huge number. more than 3000 shows this year playing at across the edinburgh festivals in month of august. now the in the month of august. now the edinburgh fringe is , of course, edinburgh fringe is, of course, the big number, but there's a huge number of festivals. some of the smaller ones at the deaf festival and the greenhorns homes festival, but also the huge edinburgh international festival , the film festival and festival, the film festival and everybody comes together as edinburgh swells in size and everyone who owns an airbnb property starts rubbing their hands gleefully . and now hands gleefully. and now

certainly i actually wanted to get a nice taste of the festival's for everyone at home today and the weather wasn't particularly great here, but it's not too bad in edinburgh now. however for a while it was raining that didn't stop a south african group who managed to come here via the charity impala from show me some moves and tell them about their first time here in the united kingdom. >> so far it's been an amazing journey to come to edinburgh, flying with the guys we were flying with the guys we were flying for first time, flying for the first time, seeing the expressions and the experience . they've been having experience. they've been having fun and excited as well. but as well we've seen an amazing culture in edinburgh, but without obviously the support of biola charity in south africa, this wouldn't have been possible. these guys are young and they had to experience the international stage for the very first time. >> it is a great experience and i'm happy that i'm here and i'm growing each and every day. >> yeah , and i'm and the people

>> yeah, and i'm and the people around here are so amazing . they around here are so amazing. they are so amazing. and yeah, we enjoy it and we're having fun. >> but when the impala show when i was 13, and then from there i was sponsored through high school and now i'm actually working in at impala teaching and now i'm in edinburgh work. >> so i'm kind of lucky that i'm not getting swept away in the thoroughfare here. i mean, down one side i've got quite a loud dj set and of course every five, ten minutes there's a silent disco coming up the other side. and here i am stuck in the middle, but enjoying every moment of it, along with the other millions of people who will visit edinburgh this august. >> thank you very much indeed. tony mcguire there. gb news, scotland reporter live from the edinburgh fringe. it's nice to see people come to edinburgh from across the entire globe and also it looks like they've got a bit of sunshine which can be ever so slightly rare in edinburgh. let me know if you're up going up there. it

up there. going up there. it does look like people are having a pretty fun time. you're watching gb watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, emily carver. lots more carver. we've got lots more coming today's our coming up on today's show. our junior doctors putting the country's by country's health at risk by going strike. we'll be going on strike. we'll be speaking and speaking to the health and social affairs editor of the sunday for more that. sunday express for more on that. all of that after these quick messages

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saturday with me, emily carver on your tv online and digital radio. now harry kane has now completed his ,100 million transfer to bayern munich. the england captain leaves tottenham after 91 years at the club where he scored a record 213 goals for his boyhood team . kane could his boyhood team. kane could make his debut in just a few hours for his new club as bayern take on rb leipzig in the german super cup. so joining me now is sports broadcaster and journalist aidan magee aiden , journalist aidan magee aiden, what's the on this then? what's the latest on this then? well all he said in a in an instagram post this morning that he's registered for the he's been registered for the super cup this evening. >> so that'd be quite extraordinary given that it was only announced this morning that he's confirmed to go. and we kind of knew was happening he's confirmed to go. and we kind

value on a player. they've had for many years who was their for so many years who was their top player and you know england captain those captain no less scored all those goals mentioned and yet goals that you mentioned and yet they ,100 million. they still get ,100 million. that's add ons as that's not including add ons as well. he makes a certain well. once he makes a certain number appearances, number of appearances, there will be further payments triggered. so could up triggered. so it could end up something million. something like £100 million. so that's around. that's good business all around. it of england as it gets him out of england as well. tottenham don't want him want him going another club want him going to another club in because if he goes in england because if he goes back lane later in back to white hart lane later in the and rubs their noses the season and rubs their noses in, rubs their noses in in, it is it rubs their noses in it by a hat trick for it by scoring a hat trick for one of his a club in england that would have been very difficult for them take and difficult for them to take and for the player itself. i think it's marvellous i mean, it's a marvellous move. i mean, anybody who thinks, it's a marvellous move. i mean, anwahat's who thinks, it's a marvellous move. i mean, anwahat's he who thinks, it's a marvellous move. i mean, anwahat's he going'ho thinks, it's a marvellous move. i mean, anwahat's he going'ho germany oh, what's he going to germany for? what's bundesliga title for? what's the bundesliga title worth? munich for worth? well, bayern munich for those don't know, are an those who don't know, are an absolute super club. they are a legacy they regularly legacy club. they regularly win the win the champions league, they win their domestic the champions league, they win their every domestic the champions league, they win their every year. domestic the champions league, they win their every year. he'szstic the champions league, they win their every year. he's going league every year. he's going there the there not just to win the bundesliga, also win the bundesliga, but also to win the champions where bundesliga, but also to win the chan really where bundesliga, but also to win the chan really got where bundesliga, but also to win the chan really got close where bundesliga, but also to win the chan really got close enough1ere bundesliga, but also to win the chan really got close enough toe he's really got close enough to with tottenham. he appeared in one course, 2019 one final, of course, in 2019 when shouldn't have when he probably shouldn't have played was injured. when he probably shouldn't have plawas was injured.

when he probably shouldn't have plawas coming was injured. when he probably shouldn't have plawas coming back as injured. when he probably shouldn't have plawas coming back from ured. when he probably shouldn't have plawas coming back from injury. he was coming back from injury. of match fit. of course, he wasn't match fit. and around, he's not and so all around, he's not going affect his status going to affect his status for england. out england. he's going to miss out on premier goal on the premier league goal scoring record because alan shearer not shearer is going to he's not going to be england to score those now because, of those goals now because, of course, in course, he's going to be in germany. overall, think germany. but overall, i think it's i it's a good move for him. i think it's good for think it's good business for tottenham. have tottenham. they're going to have to but their to survive after him. but their manager said yesterday, ange postecoglou, that they've been preparing postecoglou, that they've been pre didn't in friendly he didn't play in the friendly against barcelona last week, which and there was no real reason given for that. so we kind of was going happen. >> do think happen. » no a happen. >> do think a good >> do you think it was a good decision him? the money? >> no, he's e no, he's >> well, no, he's going to be £600,000 so there £600,000 a week. so yeah, there is 400,000. is that. and he's 400,000. >> no, no, no. 600. >> no, no, no. 600. >> no, it was, it was well, there are various estimations, i've mean, you i've been told 600. i mean, you know, what player know, but that's what a player of than he was of his that's more than he was earning probably of his that's more than he was earnirtimes probably of his that's more than he was earnirtimes more. probably three times more. yeah. >> oh wow. okay. >> oh wow. okay. >> also also >> and he's also he's also emily. he's 30 old, you emily. he's 30 years old, you know, normally know, so a player normally peaks geriatric his football. when i was was very much was a kid, 30 was very much considered post. considered the staging post. that's when you go down with sports that's when you go down with sportfurther now obviously a bit further now obviously a bit further into their careers as do sports. but as they do in all sports. but still expect still at 30, you wouldn't expect to that. to earn a contract like that. tottenham to tottenham wouldn't expect to receive ,100 million for a player certainly player who's 30. certainly wouldn't the

wouldn't have happened in the last or ago. so last a decade or so ago. and so no clubs look resale value no clubs look for resale value when sign players. they no clubs look for resale value whento sign players. they no clubs look for resale value whento playgn players. they no clubs look for resale value whento play who .ayers. they no clubs look for resale value whento play who .ayerscan ey no clubs look for resale value whento play who .ayerscan sign , want to play who they can sign, who they can get good value out want to play who they can sign, wh the ey can get good value out want to play who they can sign, wh the ey ithe get good value out want to play who they can sign, wh the ey ithe pitch )od value out want to play who they can sign, whthe ey ithe pitch and'alue out want to play who they can sign, whthe ey ithe pitch and also out on the on the pitch and also sell a know, for sell for a for a you know, for a fee. bayern are unlikely fee. bayern munich are unlikely to kane is to get that when harry kane is 34 end his year 34 at the end of his four year contract. so makes it makes contract. so it makes it makes sense financially. contract. so it makes it makes sen a financially. contract. so it makes it makes sen a year financially. contract. so it makes it makes sen a year contract,ally. contract. so it makes it makes sen a year contract, it's it's a four year contract, it's a contract indeed. a four year contract indeed. >> years, >> yes. four years, four years, 32, 34. is that pushing it? 32, 34, 34. is that pushing it? >> without doubt. yeah, without doubt. >> without doubt. yeah, without doubt . yeah. i mean, be doubt. yeah. i mean, i'd be surprised if i mean, if he runs down contract matter what down his contract no matter what age he is, then he doesn't go for because you age he is, then he doesn't go for freedom because you age he is, then he doesn't go for freedom of because you age he is, then he doesn't go for freedom of movementyu age he is, then he doesn't go for freedom of movement in have freedom of movement in employment have out have freedom of movement in eninterest nt have out have freedom of movement in eninterest when have out have freedom of movement in eninterest when players have out have freedom of movement in eninterest when players get have out of interest when players get injuries, long term injuries, do they still keep getting paid the same amount? >> contract >> because that's the contract regardless. eventuality , regardless. so any eventuality, essentially there was a there was chairman burnley back essentially there was a there wathe chairman burnley back essentially there was a there wathe chairm.605. burnley back in the 505 or 605. >> i he was he said, >> i think he was he said, why are playing the are we playing players over the summer? we don't play in the summer. when it's summer. but of course when it's a contract, it's a contract. it has laws apply as has the same same laws apply as any of any other employment contract of employment. they any other employment contract of employpaid.. they any other employment contract of employpaid. they they any other employment contract of employpaid. they paid, they hey any other employment contract of emfgetoaid. they paid, they hey any other employment contract of emfget paid they paid, they hey any other employment contract of emfget paid £600,000 they hey any other employment contract of emfget paid £600,000 next hey can get paid £600,000 next summer he's not even playing can get paid £600,000 next sumnthat'sie's not even playing can get paid £600,000 next sumnthat'sie's nyof even playing can get paid £600,000 next sumnthat'sie's nyof money, iying well, that's a lot of money, isn't it? >> e“-

w— e“— w— >> yeah, a lot of time i work, i'd work for half that well. and we've also, of course, the we've seen also, of course, the big that lionesses have big news that the lionesses have won their latest match, the quarterfinals. , wasn't quarterfinals. it was, wasn't it, colombia? yeah it, aiden against colombia? yeah against colombia. but unfortunately, against colombia. but unforto 1ately, against colombia. but unforto talky, against colombia. but unforto talk about did time to talk about that. we did have carson , who's our have jack carson, who's our reporter birmingham, and reporter up in birmingham, and he the football he is quite the football commentator , i'll tell you that. commentator, i'll tell you that. is he was brilliant. i is he? yeah, he was brilliant. i have a job. was brilliant. have a job. he was brilliant. he no, like he no, i mean, he sounded like he was live commentating. he'll never put you out. >> not. >> i hope not. >> i hope not. >> course not. right. moving >> of course not. right. moving on. you very much. nice to on. thank you very much. nice to see you, mcgee. there. now as junior doctors continue their latest official latest four day strike, official figures released week figures released this week suggest of suggest there 16 days of industrial action to date have already cost the nhs £1 billion. it comes as the waiting list for hospital treatment has topped 7.5 million people in england for the first time. think for the first time. i think it's actually reached 7.6. that's more 3 million than more than 3 million higher than it before the pandemic. so it was before the pandemic. so joining and joining me now is health and social affairs editor at the sunday , lucy johnston. sunday express, lucy johnston. it'5 sunday express, lucy johnston. it's been interesting to cover the latest round of strikes by the latest round of strikes by the junior doctors. it does seem

like public support is waning. they've been offered an average of sort of 8.8% in total. they've been offered an average of sort of 8.8% in total . that of sort of 8.8% in total. that seems i mean, it's not massively generous, but it's okay. and i think when people see that this is costing the nhs, so much and that the waiting lists are only getting longer , that sympathy getting longer, that sympathy starting to wane , it's hard to say. >> actually. the latest post ipsos survey showed that in fact two thirds of people still do support the junior doctors or the nhs strikers. so it seems that people are support ing the medics because they feel they want to support the nhs . and in want to support the nhs. and in fact, unless there impasse is broken down between the government and the junior doctors, this looks like it's just going to carry on. and as you've just said, we've got nearly a million people whose operations and procedures have been cancelled as a result of industrial action since last

december. from all the striking workers. and that's cost £1 billion. so it's not you know, we're coming into winter as we come into winter , we need to get come into winter, we need to get on top of it because otherwise it's going to start to affect emergency care. and that will be more deadly. >> and it's becoming more and more apparent that this really is a battle between the unions and the and the members and the conservative government and a bma spokesperson said earlier this week in an interview that they may accept that scottish doctors may accept an offer from the scottish government, but it's very different when it comes to the tory government in westminster . westminster. >> yes , i mean, steve barclay >> yes, i mean, steve barclay said his door's open for talks, but he's refusing to talk about not increasing pay . i think he's not increasing pay. i think he's shut the door on that and that has wound up the bma and they're not going anywhere . so i think not going anywhere. so i think the problem is we're going to see these strikes becoming very

protracted , heated and behind protracted, heated and behind the figures as those seven points, nearly 7.6 million people waiting. that's 1 in 7 of us. and 300,000 of those have been waiting over a year for treatment . is enormous been waiting over a year for treatment. is enormous misery, enormous suffering. and some of those delays are deadly. and don't forget , you know, the don't forget, you know, the cancer waits are among those. and we have a third of people who are are waiting, you know, who are are waiting, you know, who are are waiting, you know, who are waiting for more than two months to get an urgent referral to a consultant for cancer. referral to a consultant for cancer . and every month of cancer. and every month of waiting, you know, cancer. wait is an increased risk of dying of about 10. so this is going on and people are not only suffering , but these delays are suffering, but these delays are deadly . and to just close the deadly. and to just close the door on talks and say that we're not going to discuss this anymore, i think is really unhelpful . and the government unhelpful. and the government has been doing a few distracting techniques when those figures, the latest record waiting list

figures were announced last week, they at the same time announced a new computer system to match patients with other hospitals with spare capacity for treatment . but in reality, for treatment. but in reality, thatis for treatment. but in reality, that is just a distraction . the that is just a distraction. the hospitals mostly don't have the capacity to treat patients , and capacity to treat patients, and hospitals can already do that . hospitals can already do that. so all these announcements are being made . and you look at over being made. and you look at over the past ten years, the nhs , the past ten years, the nhs, england has been intervening with top down measures, with these top down measures, trying reforms , trying trying to make reforms, trying to changes, actually to make changes, but actually the on the of it can't the on the face of it can't really see what's done . if really see what's done. if anything is done any good . anything is done any good. >> and of course, many junior doctors , as are well , have doctors, as are well, have already may have already left the nhs. australia is looking very appealing to many of them . very appealing to many of them. the government has to weigh up the importance of retention. also recruitment. we can't have young , also recruitment. we can't have young, ambitious also recruitment. we can't have young , ambitious doctors moving young, ambitious doctors moving halfway across the world or the whole way around the world. if we're going to have a

functioning nhs, it really is very difficult for the government. indeed, they say they higher . they can't afford any higher. but think? i wonder but what do you think? i wonder what think about but what do you think? i wonder whati think about but what do you think? i wonder whati think think about but what do you think? i wonder whati think a think about but what do you think? i wonder whati think a lot think about but what do you think? i wonder whati think a lot people about this. i think a lot of people would doctors being would like to see doctors being paid bit more, but of paid a little bit more, but of course it's always difficult. thank indeed . lucy thank you very much indeed. lucy johnston, social johnston, health and social affairs editor at sunday affairs editor at the sunday express , bringing us up date express, bringing us up to date on strikes . junior on those latest strikes. junior doctors out for four doctors walking out for four days. that's 16 days. this is the round of strikes . now. the fifth round of strikes. now. you've watching and you've been watching and listening news saturday listening to gb news saturday with thank you with me, emily carver, thank you very your very much indeed for your time. i you've enjoyed the show. i hope you've enjoyed the show. i hope you've enjoyed the show. i have. but don't go i certainly have. but don't go anywhere, dawn up anywhere, though. dawn is up next. but first, let's have a look the weather that warm look at the weather that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna . >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see rather mixed weather conditions across over conditions across the uk over the some the next couple of days. some outbreaks rain most areas, outbreaks of rain in most areas, but start to warm outbreaks of rain in most areas, but particularly start to warm outbreaks of rain in most areas, but particularly around warm outbreaks of rain in most areas, but particularly around them up, particularly around the middle the coming week. middle part of the coming week. low pressure is anchored towards middle part of the coming week. low north—west anchored towards middle part of the coming week. low north—west of chored towards middle part of the coming week.

low north—west of the �*ed towards middle part of the coming week. low north—west of the �*ed tovthe; the north—west of the uk at the moment, feeding showers from moment, feeding in showers from the , fairly the west and southwest, fairly tightly it's tightly packed isobars. so it's fairly breezy about fairly breezy out and about certainly the evening. certainly through the evening. some showers still packing in across the uk from the north and west , but across the uk from the north and west, but becoming across the uk from the north and west , but becoming increasingly across the uk from the north and west, bltowards ing increasingly across the uk from the north and west , bltowards those :reasingly across the uk from the north and west , bltowards those northerni confined towards those northern and western as we go and western areas as we go through period through the overnight period with tending through the overnight period wi'see tending through the overnight period wi'see drier tending through the overnight period wi'see drier conditions,ing to see some drier conditions, some clear at times , too. some clear spells at times, too. but wherever are, it's a but wherever you are, it's a pretty night. temperatures pretty warm night. temperatures holding up range, to holding up in the range, 13 to 16 16in the south—east 16 celsius, 16in the south—east is 61in fahrenheit. as for sunday, well, it's another day of sunshine and showers . the of sunshine and showers. the showers most frequent and most widespread towards the north and northeast uk could still northeast of the uk could still be 1 or 2 thundery ones around as the day on as we go through the day on sunday. whereas towards the south showers south and east, the showers more scattered, more in the way of sunny with sunny spells here and with lighter winds. and saturday lighter winds. and on saturday it bit it should feel a little bit warmer out and about. temperatures generally peaking in teens, locally low in the high teens, locally low 205 north, more 205 towards the north, more widely in low 205 towards widely in the low 205 towards the south southeast, a high the south and southeast, a high there london, 23 celsius, 73 there in london, 23 celsius, 73 in fahrenheit . as for monday, in fahrenheit. as for monday, we'll outbreaks of rain will sweep from the southwest, sweep in from the southwest, bringing fairly unsettled day

bringing a fairly unsettled day certainly across and certainly across england and wales. some heavy thundery bursts of rain are possible in places sunshine showers places with sunshine and showers though north and though towards the north and northwest but things northwest of the uk. but things will down the will quieten down around the middle of the week. middle part of the coming week. temperatures peaking in the mid 205 could even climb to 205 celsius could even climb to 30 celsius. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news join me weather on. gb news join me camilla tominey from 9.30 on sunday morning when i'll be speaking to andy street, the mayor of the west midlands, to find the government's find out if the government's levelling agenda working levelling up agenda is working and for the latest on the burned down crooked pub down crooked house pub in dudley, northern ireland dudley, former northern ireland secretary shaun woodward joins me discuss the extraordinary me to discuss the extraordinary police data breach and i'll be talking immigration with alexander downer, australia's former high commissioner to the uk. whatever you do, don't miss the camilla tominey show this sunday morning from 9.30

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