few hours, mum in in the next few hours, india will attempt to make history by becoming the first nafion history by becoming the first nation to successfully land on the moon's south pole . the moon's south pole. >> in doing so, they would become only the fourth country to have achieved a soft moon landing. we'll bring it to you live with and we can reveal 19,000 people have crossed the channelin 19,000 people have crossed the channel in small boats so far this year. >> official home office figures showing 211 migrants arrived in the uk waters yesterday being picked up by border force vessels. the latest with our home security editor . home security editor. and which is the huge tourist attraction here in the uk which is celebrating its 100th birthday. >> we'll be telling you shortly. first, though, let's get all your headlines now with tamzin .

pip. >> thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's 12:01. experts are hailing it's12:01. experts are hailing the uk's first womb transplant as a medical milestone. a 34 year old woman in england received the organ from her older sister and is now planning to undergo ivf later this year. the operation at the churchill hospital in oxford took about 17 hours, around 50 babies have been born worldwide following womb transplants. lead surgeon professor richard smith says the operation was a huge success. >> i think probably the most stressful or stressful week of our surgical careers, but also unbelievably positive in the outcome and the donor and recipient just over the moon really over the moon. well, sadly excited about the next one. and just really happy that we've got a donor who's completely back to normal after her big op and a recipient after

her big op and a recipient after her big op who's doing really well on on her immunosuppressive therapy and looking forward to getting to having a baby . getting to having a baby. >> south yorkshire police has referred itself to the information watchdog after losing nearly three years worth of bodycam footage . farage. the of bodycam footage. farage. the force, which discovered a significant and unexplained reduction in data stored on its computer system from july 2020, says its deeply sorry it's now trying to recover the footage which could be used as evidence in court. an estimate said 69 cases could potentially be affected . home ownership has affected. home ownership has become less affordable despite a fall in house prices . lender fall in house prices. lender halifax says the cost of a typical home is now 6.7 times average earnings , down from 7.3 average earnings, down from 7.3 last summer. mortgages are proving expensive, though, hitting a 15 year high average monthly payments have risen by more than 22% over the past year . the government has announced a loan guarantee of more than £190

million to help ukraine's nuclear fuel supplies . the nuclear fuel supplies. the energy secretary, grant shapps , energy secretary, grant shapps, confirmed the move during a visit to a power station in the country, which was damaged by russian missiles . he says the russian missiles. he says the plan will stop president putin from using energy as a weapon of war. well, during his trip, grant shapps also visited a children's nursery in kyiv. it's where the young boy of the family he hosted under the homes for ukraine scheme used to attend. he said he hopes nikita can return home soon. can return home 500“. >> can return home soon. >> well, i specifically take him some lovely gifts from the kindergarten and from the children, from photographs from his from his time here. but. but mainly all of their love and the same in return . it's really same in return. it's really incredible to come here today and see where he was at kindergarten , obviously, before kindergarten, obviously, before i knew him. and you know , i hope i knew him. and you know, i hope that this war ends and that he can return to his life as soon

as possible . as possible. >> the government's been accused of creating uncertainty for businesses with shambolic post—brexit border trade plans. labouris post—brexit border trade plans. labour is demanding clarity following reports that ministers will delay the introduction of border checks on animal and plant products coming from the eu . it comes as trade secretary eu. it comes as trade secretary kemi badenoch heads to india to intensify ii trade talks with the nation . a £20,000 reward is the nation. a £20,000 reward is being offered for information about the stabbing of a man at london's notting hill carnival. takeo nembhard died in hospital after being stabbed in an unprovoked attack in the ladbroke grove area last august. the met police says it needs the help of anyone with information to bring those responsible to justice. police officers will be at this year's carnival on the weekend , making fresh appeals. weekend, making fresh appeals. seven new free special education schools are set to be built

across england. over 1000 more children and young people with special education needs and disabilities will benefit from access to specialised learning . access to specialised learning. the schools will be built in cambridgeshire , kent merton and cambridgeshire, kent merton and norfolk in addition to the existing 83 set to open across england. this investment will almost double the number of special free school places available across the country from around 8500 to 19,000. india is hoping to make history today by becoming the first nafion today by becoming the first nation to land near the moon's south pole . the chandrayaan south pole. the chandrayaan three is on a mission to hunt for water based ice , which for water based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation. on the satellite in the future. if the spacecraft is successful. india will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing. the country's second attempt comes just days after russia's luna, 25, crashed 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 it's back to mark and . news now it's back to mark and. pip tomson >> thanks very much indeed. let's update you here on the live desk with some breaking news we're getting in from natwest . this is to do with the natwest. this is to do with the former boss. you remember dame alison rose , who resigned last alison rose, who resigned last month after the fallout over the closure of nigel farage's bank account. >> she is to receive a pay package worth over £24 million. she left the firm, you might remember last month, but is seeing out her 12 month notice penod seeing out her 12 month notice period now . what she gets is period now. what she gets is a salary of 1.155 million for the year. salary of 1.155 million for the year . then she gets the same year. then she gets the same amount in natwest shares and then she gets over £115,000 in pension payments . pension payments. >> it doesn't say if she continues to have a natwest bank account, but we'll take that maybe anyway, more maybe as well. anyway, more reaction that .

reaction coming up to that. let's about some other let's tell you about some other news surgeons news now with surgeons performing uk's first womb performing the uk's first womb transplant on a 34 year old woman with an organ donated by her elder sister. >> the procedures at the churchill hospital in oxford lasted more than 17 hours. the lead surgeon is professor richard smith and isabel quiroga described the operation as nerve wracking. but a massive success. we're very proud. >> yeah, that was an incredibly proud moment. >> can i say, when we all met together , our, um, they came at together, our, um, they came at seven. we saw the patients , but seven. we saw the patients, but then we all those almost 30 people got together to plan exactly who was doing what with the breakfast there. >> and it was such an amazing feeling that we have made it to that point. >> and as you say, just for the patient , not only for us, for patient, not only for us, for the for the institute that had put so much effort into this , we put so much effort into this, we just we were all there for the patient. we wanted her to ended up with a successful uterus

transplant and hopefully a baby i >> -- >> we were all in tears . it's >> we were all in tears. it's a very, very emotional and incredibly positive fantasy , incredibly positive fantasy, incredibly positive fantasy, incredibly positive fantasy, incredibly positive . i mean, incredibly positive. i mean, think probably the most stressful or stressful week of our surgical careers, but also unbelievably positive in the outcome. and the donor and recipient just over the moon really over. >> well, extraordinary achievement. extraordinary pictures, indeed. a 30 strong team in involved in that surgical procedures. well, let's speak now to the director of the connect charity, charlie bishop can join us. thank you very much indeed for your time. i mean, this is being marked as a medical milestone, but we do understand that it has been achieved, what, 100 times elsewhere across the world. so we're we're a bit sort of late on parade, if you like . on parade, if you like. >> well, i think that this has been on the cards in the uk for many years, but i think it's fair to say it takes it takes a lot of time to develop the

trials to also raise the funds to support the trials . to support the trials. >> and it's fantastic that the work achieved by the medical team in sweden that really led to the breakthroughs that we see now being deployed in in the uk and also more recently in australia. >> and previously in the usa and other countries as well. i think it's fantastic that it's now becoming available in in the uk in, in trial format. we're very excited to see how this progresses . progresses. >> so what hope could this offer to other women? i think there's around 15,000 women of childbearing age here in the uk who were born without a functioning womb . functioning womb. >> yes, i think that that number sounds about right. certainly it's not just people who have milk. so milk is mayer—rokitansky—kuster—hauser syndrome. it's a condition which means that we are born without a without a womb or with an

underdeveloped womb . so the only underdeveloped womb. so the only opportunity to have our own biological children until now has been through ivf, surrogacy , adoption , or of course, , adoption, or of course, choosing a path to not not to have children at the end. so this provides hope. this provides another another option in the future potentially , in the future potentially, particularly to see how those trials progress. and i think a big part of the diagnosis with mark and perhaps with other uterine factor infertility conditions is that being told at quite a young age, typically around 15 to 17, that you can't carry your own children? it bnngs carry your own children? it brings those topics to your mind very quickly. so this is provides a lot of hope and inspiration for the future . inspiration for the future. >> yeah, because the psychological effect is an emotional as well as the physical aspect of it. but this is another twist as well, where an elder sister has donated her womb, which is an amazing thing

for the family to have undertaken. does that go 70 more success then because there's less danger of the organ being rejected because of the match, if you like, the tissue match. >> not not to my knowledge. i mean, we're a peer run charity. ihave mean, we're a peer run charity. i have myself and we are not medical professionals. but our understanding of the of the procedure, just the same as with any organ donation , it would go any organ donation, it would go through all the checks and all the tests for match. but i mean, it's fantastic that in this case it's fantastic that in this case it was possible for the sister to donate to her sister, who in this case had . but it could have this case had. but it could have been another infertility condition , such as a condition, such as a hysterectomy owing to cancer or perhaps another condition. so it's amazing for us as an age community that the first recipient was was also an age and a woman and able to you know, receive that womb from her sister. i think that's a very poignant .

poignant. >> there is also the suggestion and i guess this could be quite controversial for some, but that womb transplants could also be used in transgender women in the future . to i'm not sure i have a future. to i'm not sure i have a specific comment on on that point , but i specific comment on on that point, but i guess that that is thatis point, but i guess that that is that is something that would be very relevant to discuss with with that community. okay charlie bishop, really appreciate your thoughts on. well it's a bit of a medical miracle, isn't it, mark? >> a milestone as they've declared it, and bringing hope to more women about the to many more women about the possibility of being a mum. of course. now let's update you on something that has broken in the past hour. it's been announced that an expected trade deal that an expected free trade deal with will not be signed in with india will not be signed in time for the prime minister to visit country in a few weeks visit the country in a few weeks time. yeah, kemi badenoch was heading today hope heading there today in the hope of a post—brexit of signing a post—brexit deal with india , but it's now been with india, but it's now been announced that it won't be happening despite speculate that both sides were on the verge of

sealing the deal. >> let's get more with our political correspondent olivia utley, joining us in the studio. does then, olivia, utley, joining us in the studio. doesrishi then, olivia, utley, joining us in the studio. doesrishi sunak then, olivia, utley, joining us in the studio. doesrishi sunak will, olivia, utley, joining us in the studio. doesrishi sunak will have ia, utley, joining us in the studio. doesrishi sunak will have his that rishi sunak will have his work cut out when he goes there next month? >> well, absolutely he will. and i think this is quite a big blow for rishi sunak. >> obviously he has indian >> he obviously he has indian heritage and he was sort heritage himself and he was sort of hoping to use that to get this deal over the line . but now this deal over the line. but now number 10 are saying that it is really very unlikely that it's going happen in these talks going to happen in these talks are now in their 12th round. >> know that last boris >> we know that last year boris johnson or perhaps it was even the year boris johnson the year before boris johnson said that wanted trade said that he wanted this trade deal diwali 2022. so deal sorted by diwali 2022. so october 2022, we're now nearly a year on from that point, and there are still disagreements that the sticking points, those those tricky issues which they can't resolve are work visas for indian workers and a disagreement about trade standards. >> and is it fair to say there were trumpeting the fact that this was expected before this 620 ? that's why it was so

620? that's why it was so important. september ninth and 10th, in new delhi. and we reflect , of course, that's reflect, of course, that's suella braverman was saying last year she had reservations about relaxing these immigration controls for indian workers . controls for indian workers. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so it sounds as though that thatis >> so it sounds as though that that is where the difficult, sticky lies . yeah. and it could sticky lies. yeah. and it could well be that this problem is coming from the home office as it were, because until this very , very important issue is fixed, then all the progress that has been made and it sounds as though progress really has been made over the last few months. there's been agreement on on there's been an agreement on on whisky from the whisky imports from the uk. there lots of opportunities there are lots of opportunities opening companies to opening up for uk companies to import to export to india with very, very low trade tariffs or no trade tariffs in some cases . no trade tariffs in some cases. so this this is the sticking point on those visas . but until point on those visas. but until thatis point on those visas. but until that is fixed, this is not going to get over the line. and that really is a very big blow to rishi sunak, india is set to be britain's sorry, the world's third economy by 2050. britain's sorry, the world's thircit economy by 2050. britain's sorry, the world's thircit would economy by 2050. britain's sorry, the world's thircit would be nomy by 2050. britain's sorry, the world's thircit would be the y by 2050. britain's sorry, the world's thircit would be the biggest50. and it would be the biggest trade deal that britain has

struck post brexit and some are saying that, you know, britain hasn't struck many good trade deals at all. >> there was australia, but relative not very big. well, absolutely . absolutely. >> and actually the australia deal has come into these talks at number 10 is saying now is that the deal is more important than the deadline . essentially, than the deadline. essentially, there's been quite a lot of criticism about the australia deal and it's felt in some quarters that that it was rushed through it wasn't as through and that it wasn't as beneficial as it could beneficial to the uk as it could have been . so number 10 is now have been. so number 10 is now saying, well, we're to going take we're not to take it slow. we're not going to push anything line that push anything over the line that we're with push anything over the line that vibul, with push anything over the line that vibul, you with push anything over the line that vibul, you know, with push anything over the line that vibul, you know, for with push anything over the line that vibul, you know, for rishi with push anything over the line that vibul, you know, for rishi sunak . but, you know, for rishi sunak , who was the brexit supporting prime minister, it's not a great look and it's an open door now for labour come in. for labour to come in. >> mean, we've got shadow >> i mean, we've got the shadow international secretary, international trade secretary, nick thomas—symonds, saying what's in series what's the latest in a series of failures? obviously looked failures? he's obviously looked at the deal that we were expecting with india, but also the states saying the united states saying that was the end of 2022. was expected by the end of 2022. so post trade

so all this post brexit trade that was supposed to be flowing through just not happening? well, absolutely. >> i mean, there have been there have been deals. we've seen the australia we've had australia deal, we've had the japan these big japan deal. but these big ones that really hoping for that we were really hoping for don't look like they're don't really look like they're going of course, don't really look like they're chiden of course, don't really look like they're chiden gets of course, don't really look like they're chiden gets re—elected:ourse, don't really look like they're chiden gets re—elected nexta, if biden gets re—elected next yean if biden gets re—elected next year, biden has made it pretty clear that he isn't very interested in tall and striking a free trade deal with britain . a free trade deal with britain. so these two really big ones , so these two really big ones, india and the us, seem to just be being pushed down the down the road. >> now we had modi, the prime minister, also talking. we had this meeting earlier meeting and putin was talking on that. the other indication is that, you know, we've got india seemingly moving further towards rapprochement with with russia on trade deals and things. well, exactly. >> which again , is not the sort >> which again, is not the sort of news that rishi sunak was hoping for when he goes to delhi in in early september this suggests that india could be in some respects sort of moving further away from the western alliance, which could mean that alliance, which could mean that a deal with britain is

a trade deal with britain is could be further down the could be even further down the line. it must be very, very frustrating for those teams who are trying to negotiate because , i there has been a lot , as i say, there has been a lot of progress really, of progress on some really, really important issues and they must feel like it's so, so, so close. but while whatever this hold—up is, perhaps it's the home office, we're not quite sure visas indian sure with these visas for indian workers. you few workers. and if you few remaining issues on trade standards , we might very standards, we might be very close , but we're still pretty far. >> so the prime minister, he's visiting new delhi for the g20 leaders summit. that's september the 9th and 10th. so is he likely, do you think, to get it over the line then ? over the line then? >> it doesn't sound like it. the number 10 is essentially saying that think it's very that they think it's very, very unlikely. haven't that unlikely. they haven't said that it's impossible . but it's completely impossible. but if these if these if these arrangements haven't been made yet, then we can't really expect a breakthrough in the next sort of two and a half weeks. so it must be pretty tough those must be pretty tough for those for 10 employees for those number 10 employees having to talk down this deal that talking for that they've been talking up for so olivia , thank you

so long. yeah, olivia, thank you for that bit of breaking news coming in. >> may have thought all >> you may have thought that all the nhs strikes were over. we're just from the unite just learning from the unite union that their workers at the bans union that their workers at the barts health nhs trust in london have voted in favour of more strikes in their dispute over pay strikes in their dispute over pay and staffing. backing industrial action by 95. we're being told there will be meeting in the coming days to decide on the strike dates. it seems it ain't over yet. >> stay with us. here on the live desk on gb news, we'll be giving you the latest figures on the number of migrants have the number of migrants who have crossed english channel crossed the english channel since start of the year . our since the start of the year. our homeland editor mark homeland security editor mark white will be bringing you the latest after this weather forecast . forecast. >> that warm feeling inside made from boxt boilers is proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. fine. again in the south today with warm, sunny spells but mixed further north,

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environment, who work the channelis environment, who work the channel, is that it's just been so unpredictable out there for months now. we think we're going to have a run of good days and then things just don't materialise . winds shift materialise. winds shift direction and it makes it difficult . so to be honest, we difficult. so to be honest, we don't really know what's going on that it's affecting these numbers . it on that it's affecting these numbers. it is a bit down, 13% down. the numbers are on the same period last year. down. the numbers are on the same period last year . want to same period last year. want to show you that picture that's on the screen now, though. this is in testing. that boat was spotted by our account producer out in the middle of the channel earlier this morning. and basic that boat was , we think, that boat was, we think, carrying a very sick significant number of people . you can see number of people. you can see it's just absolute packed out. well when the border force vessel ranger that picked it up, then returned to dover harbour again , our producer was there again, our producer was there and counted those people off that border force vessel ranger,

which i think we have pictures of as well as it went into the dover harbour . that's not the dover harbour. that's not the pictures. no so the border force vessel ranger , we counted 81 vessel ranger, we counted 81 people on board. and now whether they were all from that single boat, we can't confirm. but it certainly looks like it might have been. >> so even if the prime minister assert that the number of boats is being reduced for whatever reason , basically the number of reason, basically the number of migrants isn't because they're bringing these larger vessels and you've reported, of course, in terms of the rigid inflatables they seem to be rather larger now with these sort of rigid sections that they put in the middle of the boats. yeah i mean, this is what i mean when i'm saying it. >> it's really we are uncertain as to what is actually happening and what the dynamics are in the channel at the moment because actually there's some boats that are coming across where they've only got 30 or so. this is the

border force vessel ranger. now that we can see coming in with those 81 migrants on board. now it may have picked up the occupants from another small boat, if not, that was 81 people on that boat that we showed you. the still image of out in the middle of the channel. that is a very significant number of people. and clearly very, very dangerous as well . so just dangerous as well. so just getting back to that point, there are some boats coming across that maybe only have about 30 on why ? we don't know about 30 on why? we don't know because we know the people smugglers model has been to pack as many on as possible . but as many on as possible. but there are other boats like this one with very significant numbers as and it may be a supply issue. it may be that they can't get migrants who have they can't get migrants who have the money available to pay to get on the boats to the beach that they're heading off from at a particular time. it could be all to do with logistics and what is our intelligence and what's happening on the other side of the channel in terms of

the number, you know, as you've literally reporting, hiding literally been reporting, hiding in waiting the in the dunes, waiting for the opportunity the out opportunity to get the boats out and come across? well there's been lot of criticism of the been a lot of criticism of the french authorities not doing enough. they are certainly doing a lot in terms of disrupting the encampments around dunkirk and calais. they have upped their beach patrols around dunkirk and calais as well. and that's pushing a lot of the migrant activity further down the coast to boulogne. and of course, when they push off from boulogne, it's a much longerjourney and potentially then more hazardous as well . and as a consequence of as well. and as a consequence of that , a lot of the boats that we that, a lot of the boats that we see trying to cross don't make it to uk waters and then end up turning back. so all of this is playing in, i think, to what we're seeing with the uncertainty over the numbers and the fact that the number crossing is 13% down on what it was last year. but i would just caution the government not to

too be sort of triumphant at the moment because it only takes a run of really good days, a big push off from these people smugglers, and then suddenly that gap diminishes very significantly. >> and how about this tactic that the smugglers are using , that the smugglers are using, offering people effectively a bog offer, bog off offer, buy one, get one free. if you can't make the trip today. we have a free journey tomorrow. exactly >> i think this might be indicative of some issues that the people smugglers are encountering in terms of enticing enough people to undertake that journey because it has been estimated between three and £5,000. we're now told that it may be as low as, you know, £1,500. and also offers that if you don't get on, as you say, if you get stopped and turned back, then we'll give you a free ride the next time out. so lots at play here. as i say, that's just making for a bit of a muddled picture in terms of

giving you an accurate assessment of how it's running. but what we do know when we actually do the maths is that since he's come into office in number ten, it is now more than 26,000 migrants have come across the this route and rishi sunak can't get away from that figure. however he tries to package and present it as well. at least this year we're not seeing the increases that we've seen year after year for the last four years. that is true, but still 26,000 plus. it's rising . 26,000 plus. it's rising. >> now, acknowledging that he's not necessarily going to be able to stop it and just quickly, you've indicated , you know, it's you've indicated, you know, it's very changeable, but this week they red week. they were calling red week. >> because the >> is that because of the weather conditions? >> this an internal >> yeah. so this an internal mechanism, red days , it's mechanism, red days, it's effectively their red alert status. they get all their assets in to be able to deal with large numbers, but it's still unpredictable. so tomorrow so for instance, heavy rain in the morning might have an effect it but today you know, we're

still seeing a few hundred. we think that are making that crossing . crossing. >> mark, thanks very much for updating us on that. >> stay with us here on gb news. we'll be heading to the moon's south as india attempts to south pole as india attempts to make history by becoming the first nation to successfully land there. so stay with us for that. land there. so stay with us for that . now land there. so stay with us for that. now your headlines land there. so stay with us for that . now your headlines with . that. now your headlines with. tamsin pep . tamsin pep. >> thanks very much. here are the headlines at 1230. former natwest chief executive dame alison rose is set to receive a £24 million pay package a month £2.4 million pay package a month after quitting , dame alison after quitting, dame alison resigned following the row over the closure of nigel farage's bank account, but is still working her 12 month notice penod. working her 12 month notice period . investigations into her period. investigations into her actions are still ongoing after she admitted to discussing personal banking details with a journalist . south yorkshire journalist. south yorkshire police has apologised and

referred itself to the information watchdog after losing nearly three years worth of bodycam footage , the force of bodycam footage, the force says it discovered a significant and unexplained reduction in data stored on its computer system from july 2020. an estimated 69 cases could potentially be affected . experts potentially be affected. experts are hailing the uk's first womb trans plant as a medical milestone . a 34 year old woman milestone. a 34 year old woman in england received the organ from her older sister and is now planning to undergo ivf later this year . planning to undergo ivf later this year. the operation at the churchill hospital in oxford took about 17 hours and is being described as a massive success. and india is hoping to make history by becoming the first nafion history by becoming the first nation to land near the moon's south pole . the chandrayaan south pole. the chandrayaan three is on a mission to hunt for water based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation. on the satellite in the future. if the

spacecraft is successful, india will be only the fourth country to have achieved a landing . to have achieved a landing. well, you can get more on all of those stories. just visit our website at gbnews.com .

should all be with the victims of that woman not dragging identity politics into it all. it does is divide people, doesn't it . doesn't it. >> welcome back to the live desk. should we to fly the moon? well, india attempting to do so make history by becoming the first country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole, no less . south pole, no less. >> it is hoped that if the mission is successful, will the lunar south pole could serve as a future base on the moon due to the presence of water ice, which allows astronauts and scientists to there for extended to work there for extended penods to work there for extended periods of time? yeah, ice and their drinks. >> could provide insight >> it could even provide insight into past lunar volcanoes, we're told. maybe even the origins of

our own oceans. let's get more now. joining us, astrophysicist at the university of nottingham , dr. maggie liu. thank you for your time. once more, maggie, on another well, might be historic occasion. we don't know because let's reflect the last time they tried i think 2019, it tried it, i think 2019, it didn't end well did it. oh houston, we have a problem . we houston, we have a problem. we can't hear you, maggie, at the moment. let's try. is she on the moon? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let's try and regain comms with the university of nottingham . i think we'll nottingham. i think we'll obviously just look at what we're expecting and that is that they are going to try a soft landing as it's called, on the south pole of the moon, basically using an orbit and then coming down with firing the sort of retro rockets , sturdier sort of retro rockets, sturdier legs than last time , which may legs than last time, which may bnng legs than last time, which may bring a success. i think we can speak to maggie now . maggie, i speak to maggie now. maggie, i was just saying that clearly they've tried to learn lessons from last time. i think they've got sturdier legs on this

particular so they a particular vehicle so they get a better . better landing. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, last time they had software problems and landing on the moon is really difficult. in some cases even more difficult than on mars because at least on mars, you have an atmosphere to help you slow down on the moon. we don't have an atmosphere. so you're relying completely on your thrusters to slow you down. >> there's no like practically no gravity on the moon. >> it's a sixth of the earth's , >> it's a sixth of the earth's, so there's not really a tether to help bring you to the lunar surface ice. and as it approaches, it's going to be kicking off a load of lunar dust, which is going to damage equipment or obscure. it makes like, for example, cameras and sensors, probes automatic for actually getting the landing done successfully . done successfully. >> ellie and just remind us, maggie, the mission blasted off on the 14th of july. it's gone a long way since then. just explain where it's gone over the

last few weeks . last few weeks. >> um, so it's headed on a slow orbit towards the moon. >> i know earlier in the week we saw a russian mission that took a longer route to the a quicker route to the moon. but this will have made it have a cheaper for the fuel to get there. so it's going to the lunar south pole, which is an area that is that no one's ever landed there before. typically missions will land near the equator regions on the near the equator regions on the near side rather than on the far side. and this also makes it particularly challenging because there's no kind of direct line of sight for communicate nations and just explain to when we saw the last attempt by the russians , that too, didn't end very well. >> but that was a completely different approach. i mean, they literally just fired the thing into moon's surface . into the moon's surface. >> well , i into the moon's surface. >> well, i think they were planning to land on the moon. >> right. so they weren't they

they were not planning for a hard landing. >> but unfortunately , it was. >> but unfortunately, it was. and even a couple of months ago, we saw the first ever private mission by spacex attempt to land on the moon. and again, software problems made it really difficult . yeah. um, india again difficult. yeah. um, india again . this time we'll be relying on autonomous soft wear to help make its decision on hazard detecting software will be looking out for big boulders or deep trenches to avoid so that it does make a slow, steady landing right. getting this right is going to be difficult. >> now, you've touched on something quite interesting there because, course, all there because, of course, all there because, of course, all the fans of the moon landing in 1969 know that neil armstrong took over the control because he saw boulder. i think they said the size of a volkswagen and literally steered it around to land a bit further. so, you know, does it actually take a manned landing to really achieve 100% success? yes well,

absolutely . absolutely. >> we've seen so much success through human landings. and because and this is because we have a quicker response to hazardous things, we can react instantaneously. there is a communication delay of a few seconds to the moon. so if we were to manually enter anything up there, it would be too slow to react. and so having humans on there, it does serve a huge benefit. however also getting humans on the moon also requires things like bringing all of that oxygen , bringing all of that oxygen, bringing all of that food up and getting rid of their waste and things like that. so you need your kind of life support systems, which makes it much more expensive than sending a small robotic rover. >> nasa says , is that the moon's >> nasa says, is that the moon's south pole is full of mystery science . yes, and intrigue is science. yes, and intrigue is that what to you makes it so fascinating seeing as it will do the rest of the world? >> i think the moon it makes

sense for exploring even further out into the solar system . like out into the solar system. like we've heard, there is potential . um, um , ice water on the moon . um, um, ice water on the moon and we know that that's required for humans to go deep into space. we need it for liquid propulsion and hydrogen and oxygen. those are the components that we need for liquid fuel. and so launching from the moon would be much cheaper if we could get those materials on the moon and launch from there, rather than bringing it up from earth itself . and i know the earth itself. and i know the chinese are particularly interested in helium three. these have nuclear, um, nuclear fuel use cases . and there's also fuel use cases. and there's also a lot of rare minerals that we, we are kind of depleting here on earth through our computer towers and phones, etcetera . and towers and phones, etcetera. and they're abundant on the moon . so they're abundant on the moon. so there are resources to be taken there. >> so another small step maybe we shall see. i think 130, we're

being told we're expecting that landing. we'll speak to you then a bit later. maggie, for the moment, thanks very much for joining thank joining us. thank you. >> well, back on earth and >> well, back here on earth and wildfires again raging in wildfires are again raging in greece. we want to bring you some live pictures from athens as firefighters try and control the situation again. but they are absolutely raging, as you can see in those pictures that we're seeing. >> we think these are the slopes of mount parnitha to the north—west of athens . and once north—west of athens. and once more, the efforts to actually get that water drop on the flames being hindered by the strong winds and, of course, the heat up to 40 celsius, that's 104 fahrenheit. and you can see the amount of smoke as well, which is obviously hindering the both the helicopters and the aircraft trying to drop water on on the fires that are breaking out in quite an extensive area to the north—west of the caphal to the north—west of the capital. yeah hundreds of people have already had to flee their homes since the fires erupted on

saturday. >> and conditions say the fire bngade >> and conditions say the fire brigade remain very, very difficult and in several cases, they are extreme. there's hundreds of firefighters supported by volunteer tiers and also aircraft . some of those also aircraft. some of those aircraft have come from sweden and germany to help . and germany to help. >> we were reporting, of course, yesterday on the deaths of those 18 people killed, thought to be refugees, although no confirmation of that. and the north near the border with turkey near the city of alexandropoulos and greece, saying that those deaths in the forest was a tragedy. but the fires now burning for five days or more . in addition to the or more. in addition to the series, of course, we reported on in rhodes and the other islands back at the end of july. but you can see the skill these helicopter pilots now are using in terms of the water drop and trying to assess where the next outbreak may be. these much

slower flying , of course, than slower flying, of course, than the canard aeroplanes that we saw with a very big water drop capabilities , but a huge capabilities, but a huge operation underway. we'll keep you updated on this . in greece , you updated on this. in greece, falling house prices and record wage growth has made homes more affordable on paper , but the affordable on paper, but the rising cost of borrowing has put mortgages at a 15 year high. >> that's come from analysis from halifax. well, the same research telling us that house pnces research telling us that house prices are . going from 7.3 times prices are. going from 7.3 times annual earnings last year to 6.7 annual earnings last year to 6.7 annual earnings, making them on paper or perhaps a bit more affordable. >> but of course, the mortgage rate itself has gone up. well, liam's here to join us with on the money to explain more . so the money to explain more. so even though you might get a better multiple , the fact is better multiple, the fact is that your mortgage is going to cost you more in cash terms anyway. >> that's right. a lot of numbers here flying around from halifax. our biggest mortgage

lender, of course. let's have a look at some of them and i'll explain them as we go. so the average uk home, according to the halifax, is now 6.7 times average annual earnings, and that's down from 7.3 times last yeah that's down from 7.3 times last year. and the reason for that is, of course, because house pnces is, of course, because house prices have been falling, but earnings have also been going up. earnings went up about 7.8% on the latest ons data. but of course, as you say , mark, we've course, as you say, mark, we've had 14 interest rate rises since december 2021. so even if house pnces december 2021. so even if house prices are down a little bit, your mortgage payment that you'd need to stump up every month to buy that kind of house would may be higher because the cost of the interest is higher. be higher because the cost of the interest is higher . and just the interest is higher. and just bearin the interest is higher. and just bear in mind that during the 1990s when i bought my first property, the average price earnings ratio across the uk was 3 or 4 times average earnings. so they're down a bit, but

they're still screaming high and very difficult for many people, particularly youngsters, to afford and that pushes them into the rental sector and there's not enough houses for them to rent in many parts of the country, there aren't enough houses to rent because of course, a lot of buyers let landlords mortgages landlords they've got mortgages to so they're selling. there's just enough houses. we just not enough houses. we haven't major new town haven't built a major new town in my lifetime and i'm 54. i know. i look younger, but i'm 54. it'sjust know. i look younger, but i'm 54. it's just madness in my view. >> and let's reflect , i mean, view. >> and let's reflect, i mean, i think it was 6.2 average earnings back early 2020. it does indicate perhaps that things are starting to slow down and that will help perhaps first time buyers get on the market even though the mortgage rates are but the flip are higher. but but the flip side of is that the economy side of that is that the economy slowing really rung alarm slowing has really rung alarm bells in terms of what we call the pmi. now this is an indicator on what the economy is doing in terms of growth. >> so these are numbers you >> so these are numbers that you and closely, don't we, and i follow closely, don't we, mark? perhaps because joking aside, this aside, we've been in this business watching business a long time watching the economy closely and the pmi

numbers , it stands for numbers, it stands for purchasing managers index. these are surveys of business leaders, small businesses , big small businesses, big businesses. what's happening at the coalface, what they actually think happening and what's think is happening and what's impacting investment impacting their investment decisions, their employment decisions. and pmi decisions. and these pmi numbers. there seem to be a very good kind of anti occupation of where the gdp numbers will be when they finally come out. a few months later. and if we look at these pmi numbers, we can see that manufacture airing across the manufacturing sector is still getting on for 20% of the british economy. in july , that british economy. in july, that number was 45.3. and in august it slumped to 42.5. if these numbers are less than 50, that indicates that the sector is contracting. okay. but then we've got our massive services sector which is full fist of the economy. it's what we do in britain. but look, our services sector , pmi, has just gone below sector, pmi, has just gone below 50 as well, 51.5 in july, a big decrease to 48.7 in august . and decrease to 48.7 in august. and if you get the whole economy

there are construction pmis, there are construction pmis, there are construction pmis, there are all kinds of different sub readings. the economy wide pmi, though itself has also gone below 50 from 50.8 in july to 47.9 in august. and it's worth remembering that that economy wide pmi, that's the lowest reading since january 2021, when to all intents and purposes, we were still in lockdown. and my concern and we've talked about this a lot, 41 interest rate rises in a row , you're going to rises in a row, you're going to drive the economy into recession. and this is what i now think is happening. >> okay. liam want to get your thoughts as well on the news we broke in the last few minutes that natwest , former boss, dame that natwest, former boss, dame alison rose , she resigned in alison rose, she resigned in disgrace as we know, she's getting a £24 million pay package. >> well, i just think this is outrageous . you know, for all outrageous. you know, for all her virtue signalling, be kind, be nice, be woke . this will be nice, be woke. this will disgust many families across the uk. she made a huge error. she

broke the banking equivalent of the doctor's hippocratic oath, i.e. she breached client confidentiality. obviously for political reasons because she and her friends at the top of the bank. she used to run . i the bank. she used to run. i don't like nigel farage, even though his views are shared by a lot of the popular ocean and now she's getting a pay off. that's equivalent to eight times the price of the average home. i mean, it beggars belief. price of the average home. i mean, it beggars belief . and mean, it beggars belief. and this is a company that the government owns, 40% of it. ministers should say, no way, this is outrageous. >> but picking it apart when we see it's . 1.155 million for see it's. 1.155 million for salary, 1.155 million in natwest shares . and £115,566 in pension shares. and £115,566 in pension payments. i suspect that's all contractual. perhaps the natwest didn't really have any way of avoiding it. it was written into someone. >> i don't buy that. i've been

involved in pretty big business deals in my life . i'm sure deals in my life. i'm sure natwest could have avoided it if they wanted . look, she did they wanted. look, she did something wrong. she's kind of admitted it , something wrong. she's kind of admitted it, albeit under huge duress. and only after nigel farage lawyers had their way and got documents out of natwest. i do think this is going to go down really , really badly among down really, really badly among a lot of ordinary people across the uk and, you know, she'll deny wrongdoing . she'll say it's deny wrongdoing. she'll say it's all contractual , but this is a all contractual, but this is a really , really bad look in the really, really bad look in the middle of a cost of living crisis. >> okay, liam, we will be hoping to get nigel farage's reaction about this as well shortly, but thank you for yours. now where are we going next? >> we're going to vladimir >> mark we're going to vladimir putin. remember him ? well, he's putin. remember him? well, he's continued to blame west , continued to blame the west, would for the war would you believe, for the war in ukraine. he's speaking in ukraine. he's been speaking at we talked about at that summit. we talked about the brics summit in south africa, that russia's africa, stating that russia's actions an actions were designed to put an end to the war. that was wait for it unleashed by the west .

for it unleashed by the west. >> this comes following a drone attack in moscow, which we can see now the moment the drone hit the skyscraper bang. >> that's it. >> that's it. >> this follows an earlier attack where three russian civilians had been killed in a drone strike close to the ukrainian border. >> well, let's speak now to the former head of counter—terrorism at the ministry of defence , at the ministry of defence, major general chapman, who major general chip chapman, who can once more. chip, can join us once more. chip, thanks your time. thanks for your your time. i mean, clearly the ukrainian appear to taking the battle appear to be taking the battle to russians in their their to the russians in their their own capital city. could it actually backfire in that this reads into the putin narrative of the west attacking mother russia ? russia? >> well, that's what vladimir putin will say. and of course, he's got to audiences there. >> he's got his internal audience. >> and the idea of the russian idea and the russian world is what he seeks to achieve. and that's what plays into his imperial nationalism and which it the second audience it is. and the second audience is brics and those is those in the brics and those

who aspire to join brics who aspire to join the brics today capability which today. but the capability which is being played against him is ukraine capability. >> it's the ukrainian deep battle and what that seeks to do is to disrupt that narrative and show that a capital city, because kyiv, of course, on the other side is being protected, is vulnerable, and therefore, to have a psychological and physical impact ultimately on the russian populace who at the moment have been pretty benign, but they want to impose costs on the russians, which can mean that the russians ultimately will say , do we want to will say, do we really want to defend vladimir putin? >> we assume that that hit >> now we assume that that hit on the on the skyscraper was some kind of drone or remote vehicle. but maybe not supplied by the west because, of course, we've all asked the ukrainians not to use our kit on russian soil . soil. >> that's right. i think that really is probably not a drone. >> i think that is it's the debns >> i think that is it's the debris from a drone being downed. and one of the things about both sides , which has been about both sides, which has been about both sides, which has been a lesson for the west, is that both integrated air and

both sides integrated air and missile defence means that most runs, most ships. >> we're just going to interrupt. >> we're getting a problem with the signal. we're just getting a bit of interference on there. so apologies for that. we'll try and get a better line to you. but let's just show those pictures. i think, one more time, because clearly this is in the business district here in westminster and liam is still with us because you've reported from moscow . from moscow. >> liam spent six, seven years of my life. >> how what effect will this have on muscovites , that have on muscovites, that building not only is it owned by somebody who's close to vladimir putin, it's moscow's equivalent. >> it's called moscow city. it's the equivalent of docklands and the equivalent of docklands and the london behind. so the city of london behind. so russia for years has been trying to make use of its time zone between europe and asia to become a major financial capital and prior to this war and sanctions and so on, it was making quite a lot of progress. the other thing i'd say is this

brics summit that's going on in south africa, you know, we're of the brics summit. yeah, we're obviously a uk focussed channel, rightly so. there's a huge need to for fair and firm reporting on on the uk. but around the world this is an enormous story. you've got brazil, russia, india , china, south africa , this , china, south africa, this group of countries is emerging markets, if you like , the global markets, if you like, the global south, if you like. this is most definitely a rival to the g7. definitely a rival to the 67. i know a lot of top people in the look at that. >> that sums it up. >> that sums it up. >> i know a lot of these. you've got ramaphosa there, you've got xi jinping, you've got narendra modi. >> they represent 40% of the world's population . world's population. >> and the rest and the rest . >> and the rest and the rest. and then on the right, you've got sergey lavrov , of course, got sergey lavrov, of course, because putin isn't there, because putin isn't there, because laws under international law, icc , south africa would be law, icc, south africa would be obuged law, icc, south africa would be obliged to arrest him if indeed he turned up in south africa. but you know, a new world order

is being forged. this is a really historically significant meeting. >> liam, thank you for that. more coming up in the next hour. apologies for chip's interruption, but we'll have more for you at the top of the houn more for you at the top of the hour. stay with us here on gb news. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast five an again in the south today with warm, sunny spells. but it mixed further north, some showers, some cloud , some longer showers, some cloud, some longer spells of rain . we've got a warm spells of rain. we've got a warm front moving into central parts of the uk that marks the boundary between the warm sunshine in the south and the cooler more changeable , more cooler more changeable, more cloudy weather across much of wales, the north midlands , wales, the north midlands, northern england, scotland and northern england, scotland and northern ireland. some patchy rain across northern parts of wales into the north midlands , wales into the north midlands, but actually this will ease into the afternoon. the main activity

really is across scotland and northern ireland, where some showers will continue to especially western scotland , especially western scotland, even some longer spells of rain and a feeling cool here feeling warm further south, highs of 26, 27 celsius and clear skies across southern areas through the first part of the night. but showers will turn up across western england , wales and some western england, wales and some longer spells of rain will move through scotland. some heavy downpours here, especially towards the north and northeast by the morning, temperatures as well, a little bit warmer , i well, a little bit warmer, i guess, in the north compared with the last couple of nights, but similar in the south and in the south, we've got spells of rain moving through during thursday morning. some heavy downpours for a time , especially downpours for a time, especially towards the southeast. that clears into the continent. and then for many , it's a cloudier then for many, it's a cloudier day and it's a touch cooler in places as well . the temperatures places as well. the temperatures rising by next. >> solar proud sponsors of weather on .

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you to the moon shortly, hopefully with the latest live . hopefully with the latest live. >> a medical milestone, the uk's first womb transplant . it is first womb transplant. it is hailed as a remarkable stride forward in medical science and a beacon of hope for women wanting to be a mother and former natwest boss alison rose, who quit after leaking inaccurate stories about nigel farage's bank account, is to get £2.4 million in a payoff. >> we'll have the views of a certain nigel farage live . certain nigel farage live. and we sang happy 100th birthday to a massive tourist attraction right here in the uk. >> find out what it is after the headunes >> find out what it is after the headlines with thompson . pep. headlines with thompson. pep. >> thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. at 1:01,

former natwest chief executive dame alison rose is set to receive a £24 million pay package a month after quitting dame alison resigned following the row over the closure of nigel farage's bank account, but is still working her 12 month nofice is still working her 12 month notice period in investigations into her actions are still ongoing after she admitted to discussing personal banking details with a journalist. the company says it will continue to review her planned pay and bonus payouts based on its findings . payouts based on its findings. south yorkshire police has referred itself to the information watchdog after losing nearly three years worth of body cam footage. the force , of body cam footage. the force, which discovered a significant and unexplained reduction in data stored on its computer system from july 2020, says it's deeply sorry it's now trying to recover the footage, which could be used as evidence in court. recover the footage, which could be used as evidence in court . an be used as evidence in court. an estimated 69 cases could potentially be affected . experts potentially be affected. experts are hailing the uk's first womb

transplant as a medical milestone in a 34 year old woman in england received the organ from her older sister and is now planning to undergo ivf later this year. the operation at the churchill hospital in oxford took about 17 hours. around 50 babies have been born worldwide following womb transplants . lead following womb transplants. lead surgeon professor richard smith says the operation was a massive success.i says the operation was a massive success. i think probably the most stressful , stressful week most stressful, stressful week of our surgical careers , but of our surgical careers, but also unbelievably positive in the outcome and the donor and recipient just over the moon really over the moon. >> well, certainly excited about the next one. and just really happy that we've got a donor who's completely back to normal after her big op and a recipient after her big op and a recipient after her big op and a recipient after her big op who's doing really well on all on her immunosuppressive therapy and looking forward to getting

having a baby , a £20,000 reward having a baby, a £20,000 reward is being offered for information about the stabbing of a man at london's notting hill. >> carnival took caio nembhard died in hospital after being stabbed in an unprovoked attack last august. police officers will be at this year's event over the bank holiday weekend to make fresh appeals for information on the government's announced a loan guarantee of more than £190 million to help ukraine's nuclear fuel supplies . the energy secretary, grant shapps, confirm the move during a visit to a power station in the country which was damaged by russian missiles. he says the plan will stop president putin from using energy as a weapon of war. home ownership has become less affordable despite a fall in house prices. lender halifax says the cost of a typical home is now 6.7 times average. earnings down from 7.3 last summer. mortgages are proving expensive, though, hitting a 15

year high average monthly payments have risen by more than 22% over the past year. payments have risen by more than 22% over the past year . the 22% over the past year. the government's been accused of creating uncertainty for businesses with shambolic post—brexit border trade plans. labouris post—brexit border trade plans. labour is demanding clarity following reports that ministers will delay the introduction of border checks on animal and plant products coming from the eu. it comes as trade secretary kemi badenoch heads to india to intensify trade talks with the nafion intensify trade talks with the nation . and in just a short nation. and in just a short time, india is hoping to make history by becoming the first nafion history by becoming the first nation to land near the moon's south pole . all well for those south pole. all well for those watching on television, these are live pictures from mission control in bangalore. the chandrayaan three is hoping to find samples of water based ice , which scientists say could support human habitation on the satellite in the future if the spacecraft is successful, india

will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing . hundreds of schoolchildren have gathered there to watch the event. it's only the second coming days after russia's luna 25 crash, while the landing is expected within roughly the next half an hour. and we'll bring that to you live here. this is 6b that to you live here. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back to mark and . pip welcome back to the and. pip welcome back to the live desk and shall we fly you to the moon? >> because in the next half houn >> because in the next half hour, the indian spacecraft, chandrayaan three is attempting to become the first to land on the moon's south pole. >> if successful, it is hoped the lunar south pole could serve as a future base on the moon due

to the presence of water ice that allows astronauts and scientists to work there for extended periods of time. they're also saying could even provide an insight into past lunar volcanoes , maybe even the lunar volcanoes, maybe even the origins of our own oceans here on earth. >> let's get the thoughts now and views of space and planetary scientist andy lound. you can join us once more. andy, thanks for your time . it is a bit of for your time. it is a bit of a sort of nail biter because the russians failed . indeed, the russians failed. indeed, the indians failed their last attempt back in 2019. yeah. thank you for having me. >> yes, indeed. this is the this is the exciting part of space science, as we say. you know, it's 17 minutes to drop from orbit to down the surface of the moon , dropping from about 6000km moon, dropping from about 6000km an hour to just a couple of kilometres an hour to actually soft land . that is the nerve soft land. that is the nerve wracking thing. and the most beautiful thing about it is there's nothing they can do about it. it's an onboard system that will try to land the spacecraft and it is a very

important mission. this one. a couple of reasons. one, of course, india are part of the artemis program, the international consortium going to the moon where they hope to build base in the south polar build a base in the south polar region. of course, the region. and also, of course, the fact india wants to fact that india itself wants to show and demonstrate its own capabilities , 80s of technology, capabilities, 80s of technology, technology , of which of course technology, of which of course can filter back into their own domestic phase. domestic operation phase. >> and of course , it is by no >> and of course, it is by no means guaranteed that this this landing is going to be successful . i'll just explain to successful. i'll just explain to us why why it is so difficult . us why why it is so difficult. >> yes. first of all, you landing in the polar region, which is very different from landing in the equatorial regions, because you've got to get yourself into a very different orbit, which means it's a a lot more contorted it's a it's a lot more contorted way of getting into orbit. so that in itself is difficult when you're dropping a spacecraft down onto the surface of another world. what it is, is a controlled crash. so you have youris controlled crash. so you have your is a demonstration piece here, a space craft. and when

it's actually falling, you just let it fall essentially, and allow gravity to pull you down, which is why you're travelling a great speed thrusters underneath it, then fire to sort of cushion you as you're starting to drop . you as you're starting to drop. and that timing must be right to reduce your speed as you drop. but of course you're not just falling straight down. you have other movements as well. so it's an angled fall and all that has to be compensated for as you're dropping down and as you're falling down, you've got to monitor surface and the monitor the surface and the spacecraft and computer systems will to see will actually do that to see that you're landing, for that you're not landing, for instance, a boulder region instance, in a boulder region or on the edge of a crater on top of the edge of a crater because the spacecraft will topple over fall. it's going topple over and fall. it's going topple over and fall. it's going to and the flattest topple over and fall. it's going to possible the flattest topple over and fall. it's going to possible .the flattest area possible. >> and i was making the point earlier, of course, that when we go to july 1969, it was go back to july 1969, it was neil armstrong that took over the controls and went further , the controls and went further, went long because he saw a boulder the size of a volkswagen. how quickly can they do that if they're doing everything by remote control, they can't. >> this is up to the spacecraft

. this is why they're so nervous . nerve wracking technology is in place to try and deal with this . the in place to try and deal with this. the failure of in place to try and deal with this . the failure of chandrayaan this. the failure of chandrayaan . two was a software glitch which caused the problem and they've corrected that now. they've made some adjustments and alterations of the design , and alterations of the design, which hopefully should should correct that problem. and that's that's one of the beauties you have of a human on board. you have of a human on board. as you absolutely said , neil absolutely rightly said, neil armstrong problem armstrong saw a problem immediately, manual immediately, took over manual control , and with the help of control, and with the help of buzz aldrin, was calling out buzz aldrin, who was calling out altitude fuel capability and altitude and fuel capability and fuel he was able, fuel allowance, he was able, therefore, to manually guide the vehicle in quite staggeringly with less than 20s of fuel left . you can't do that here. it's automatic. the scientists and engineers have just got to sit there and watch each. that is absolutely terrifying . but it's absolutely terrifying. but it's the only way really you're going to you're going to do to do this if you're going to do these kinds things the future. >> all right. you whet our appetite, i think, why appetite, i think, which is why we'll be back to you shortly. i think we're talking about 130. we the landing. we'll

we may get the landing. we'll be back and our back to you. and cross our fingers everything fingers and everything else. thanks indeed. fingers and everything else. thathank indeed. fingers and everything else. thathank i indeed. fingers and everything else. thathank i incthat. it >> thank you. i love that. it was like an episode of blue peter little prop. was like an episode of blue pet better little prop. was like an episode of blue pet better than little prop. was like an episode of blue pet better than stick e prop. was like an episode of blue pet better than stick itprop. was like an episode of blue pet better than stick it back. plastic. >> brilliant. >> brilliant. >> let's get more now on that breaking we brought you in breaking news we brought you in the that former the last hour, that former natwest boss, dame alison rose, is set to receive a £24 million payout. a month after she resigned in disgrace. >> well, natwest says it's continuing to review her planned pay continuing to review her planned pay and bonus relating to the ongoing investigations, they say, surrounding the yes row over certain nigel farage's bank account . well, he joins us now account. well, he joins us now from milwaukee in the united states, which is about as far away as you can get from the natwest centre in the city of london. i guess. nigel, however , let's reflect the news has broken in looking at the way they've , they've termed it, this they've, they've termed it, this does appear to be something contractual that she is effectively entitled to because she's this , what, 12 month she's got this, what, 12 month nofice she's got this, what, 12 month notice period . notice period. >> yeah . yeah.

>> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> i mean had she been sacked for what she did she wouldn't be entitled to any of this. >> and an interesting history. what did she do? number one, she broke client confidentiality . broke client confidentiality. any employee of natwest bank broke that confidentiality would have been given a plastic box for their conditions and told to leave the building immediately and got their month's and not even got their month's salary. that was the first thing she did. she then broke pretty salary. that was the first thing she dieverye then broke pretty salary. that was the first thing she dievery important;e pretty salary. that was the first thing she dievery important rule ztty salary. that was the first thing she dievery important rule in! salary. that was the first thing she dievery important rule in the much every important rule in the regulator , the fca's rule book. regulator, the fca's rule book. so she broke the law and then she lied about it. she said, oh, i only said the bbc that he was a customer of the i didn't talk about the money that was in the account below a certain level. so at every level , at every so at every level, at every level, what she has done in terms of banking is heinous and what we're seeing here through sir howard davies , who of sir howard davies, who of course, is chairman of the natwest board, is this kicking into the long grass, the so—called inquiry into what she did , being given to a city law did, being given to a city law firm , travers—smith, the

firm, travers—smith, the emeritus chair, chris hale, of that firm has described brexiteers as xenophobes and racists . so i don't see much racists. so i don't see much independence , frankly, in that independence, frankly, in that inquiry . okay. my own my own inquiry. okay. my own my own subject access request that i put into natwest to find out what she knew about what was going on. after 30 days i was told we can't give it to you, mr farage. it's complex. that will come back at the end of october. and so what's happened is they've agreed to give her the payout but we get the payout. but before we get the results of the inquiry and frankly , i think the whole thing frankly, i think the whole thing is sick joke, it is the is a sick joke, it is the british establishment at its very worst looking after itself. >> right. there is an additional line in the statement from natwest which will get you to comment on, and that is it says that it has policies allowing the company to potentially claw back the bonus payments, applying ing another remuneration matters according to the findings of its investing nation. so basically it's saying those investigations are indeed

continuing investigations done through a legal firm. >> and travis smith headed up by a man who describes brexiteers as xenophobes and racists. would you call that an independent inquiry ? i certainly wouldn't . inquiry? i certainly wouldn't. >> have you got your bank account yet ? account yet? >> no. it's work in progress. no, it is work in progress. i've got a phone call in about half an hour with a big name bank who have said to me on the phone that they do not discriminate against their customers on the bafis against their customers on the basis of their legally held views. so i'm hoping after i can't think how many hours of how much time and how much money i've spent, but i hope i'm going to be close to a solution right ? >> and 7 >> and apart from natwest , >> and apart from natwest, clearly you've had a lot of communiques from a lot of people. are you getting an indication that the whole banking industry is reassessing the way it deals with people and this whole issue of account closure ? oh, yes . closure? oh, yes. >> and i think that the actions

of the city minister, andrew griffith, and indeed the chancellor, jeremy hunt, they moved very, very quickly on the back of my case. but i think everybody understood that these closure of accounts have been going on for far, far too long. there's a variety of reasons. one of them, of course, is that legal opinions, the other , i'm legal opinions, the other, i'm afraid, are companies that used cash and as well are wilful attempt by the bank to drive out cash and the gb news is campaign don't blow cash again has been very effective . but if we really very effective. but if we really drill down, what we've got is a set of anti—money laundering laws and regulations. yes, of course we want to stop the international drugs gang. but effectively what we've got now are accounts being closed, up to are accounts being closed, up to a million accounts closed business and personal accounts over the last four years in the name of combating money laundering. so there is a sledgehammer here being used to miss the nut. so there is progress. the government have told the regulator , the fca, in told the regulator, the fca, in no uncertain terms to get to

gnps no uncertain terms to get to grips with this and certainly given the one of the largest clearing banks is now approach me saying they're interested in having an account. i'm beginning to we will see real change here. >> nigel farage live for gb news from milwaukee . not often we can from milwaukee. not often we can say that. thank you very much indeed for updating us and bring us your reaction. thank you. >> we'll more reaction now >> we'll get more reaction now from gb news from liam halligan gb news economics and business editor who in the studio with who joins us in the studio with on the money . did who joins us in the studio with on the money. did you who joins us in the studio with on the money . did you agree with on the money. did you agree with what nigel said there? >> i was struck that milwaukee, of course, was the setting for happy days phones and potsie and of course of course. and it's happy days for alison rose £2.5 million as she goes off into the sunset. >> i mean, if it's contractual deal >> i mean, if it's contractual deal, is that not what she should get? look this is business, okay? >> this is high politics. this is a company 40% owned by the state. if you resign , it is state. if you resign, it is contractual. but if you're sacked, then then your contract

is toilet paper. right and how do you get sacked from a bank if you don't get sacked for breaking the banker's hippocratic oath , which is hippocratic oath, which is breaking client confidentiality , which is, i'm afraid with the nicest, best will in the world, thatis nicest, best will in the world, that is what alison rose did. there is nothing worse in banking than breaking client confidentiality and to do so in the middle of a political scandal. well, and in quite an aggressive way to try and head off nigel farage, which is what natwest were trying to do, trying to shame him. oh, we didn't close it down for political reasons. we closed his account because he didn't have enough he's not quite as enough money. he's not quite as rich as he pretends to be because coots, which because it's coots, which was the natwest, of the division of natwest, of course. i mean, everyone, everyone pub britain everyone in every pub in britain knows of this knows the details of this this story. this one of the story. this is one of the biggest of the year. and biggest stories of the year. and i do think it does raise serious questions. again about the judgement howard davies, judgement of howard davies, who's a very clever man, somebody i've known for many years , a of establishment years, a sort of establishment panjange from who gets all the

nice jobs. and he is very, very smart, but very, very smart people sometimes do really stupid things . stupid things. >> do you buy into any of the arguments that when it came to alison rose, there a whiff alison rose, there was a whiff of sexism going on? i think that's insane. other bosses. >> think hung on to >> i think that is hung on to their demeans apologise demeans behaviour demeans the merit behaviour that demeans the merit and the drive and the talent of every other top woman in the city of london and across british prisoners, many of whom i'm privileged to know , some of i'm privileged to know, some of whom are my best friends . the whom are my best friends. the idea that was being attacked idea that she was being attacked because she was a woman that's mad . i personally think that mad. and i personally think that the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, i wouldn't be reeves, really i wouldn't be surprised she really regrets surprised if she really regrets having said that, if every time somebody gets in trouble in these we reach for the these top jobs, we reach for the kind of sexism button, then anyone that does get one of these top jobs on merit, which many in the city do, many top women in the city do, we're always going to doubt why they've right? they've got the job, right? >> thwaite, in fact, >> yeah. paul thwaite, in fact, her is actually on a her successor is actually on a lesser deal. he's getting 1.05

million for the year with shares at 1.05 million. i'm just wondering what you make of this natwest statement saying that she or they have potentially the claw back process on the bonus payments and that any decisions on remuneration because she's got this 12 month notice period is subject to the investigations ithey is subject to the investigations i they saying we still got the power maybe bring some of power to maybe bring some of this money back because she's quotes we in big quotes what we call in big business lever she's business a good lever she's not being right if they try being sacked right if they try and claw back her money then she'll get her lawyers onto them. >> right. and she can obviously fund the top lawyers, given the rest of money that she's rest of the money that she's got. it's very hard for me as got. so it's very hard for me as a seasoned journalist and somebody with experience in high finance to think this isn't anything other than a wheeze on the on the on on, on the part of natwest in order to say, oh, don't worry, she may not get this money because they know they stand accused of the very they stand accused of the very the point that nigel made there down the line from from from

milwaukee that isn't it a bit odd to give her the payout before you've had the investigation. yeah. >> yeah , yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> glenn, for now. thank you. we want to go to some live pictures. very exciting. this a school in india as the country prepares to make history. the countdown has begun on to india's space age agency attempting to become the first to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon. and touchdown mark is just minutes away. >> yeah, 134 we're being told now. and you can see that the young and guwahati, they've got their flags waving already, but we do hope it's going to be a rather more successful outcome than the number two of the moon surface. >> and that is also being streamed here. currently, the horizontal velocity she is knowing a bit more than i do, so i'll just let her have her say there for a moment and clearly they're hoping for a better outcome than 2019 when the

number to lander didn't quite achieve the soft landing. >> we're told that the legs on this particular vehicle have been made rather sturdier to withstand the impact, bearing in mind this is a very mountainous or hilly region , of course, at or hilly region, of course, at the south pole of the planet. >> and that soft landing, just to explain , is the controlled to explain, is the controlled descent of a spacecraft, which can then result in a gradual touchdown , which in this case touchdown, which in this case will be on the moon's surface ice. so it's india's third lunar mission due to touch down in the next 14 minutes. but it is no by no means guaranteed, which is why everybody is just gripped by this in india and around the world, hoping for success here. >> and of course, we may have got rather blase about moon landings as going back to those heady days of 1969. but of course, as our moon experts have been explaining to us, this is not a manned mission. been explaining to us, this is not a manned mission . so it's not a manned mission. so it's all being done. remote control from computers the

from these computers and the banks of screens and so on. so there's neil armstrong to there's no neil armstrong to take over control and keep the boosters going slightly longer to hop over any boulders or rocks. but those are the experts. they're looking well, rather anxiously at the screens as the clock ticks down. >> and we do understand that the descent has begun. the spacecraft is moving along the intended trajectory toward the lunar south pole . i think there lunar south pole. i think there has been some applause breaking out in the control room, but the next few minutes, that is what is going to be crucial to the mission and touch down is due to happenin mission and touch down is due to happen in the next 13 minutes. andy lound we talked to you earlier. how excited are you getting now ? getting now? >> very. the heart rate is beating hard, as it always does on these things because your heart goes out to the engineers . all they can do now is sit there and looking at the screens. it's quite good, as we said with with your with said with your with your with the nice model made earlier. the nice model one made earlier. yeah you've got the two

movements, you've got it falling of course. and you've got it moving it's an arc that moving because it's an arc that doesit moving because it's an arc that does it to fall down and they're going to those two going to get those two velocities. absolutely right. to allow to get into position to allow it to get into position to land. that's the really hard land. and that's the really hard bit. and when they into bit. and when they burst into applause, it's because everything firing correctly. everything is firing correctly. the speed change is happening as predicted so far. so, so far it's all going really, really well . well. >> i'm a bit just alarmed at one phrase there on that big screen , which had rough landing or an indication that perhaps, you know, they were expecting a bit of a rough ride . i mean, what of a rough ride. i mean, what are the parameters is how much control do they have if things or rough braking? that's the phrase. there we go. on the left hand side of the screen there. >> yeah. mean, mean. that's it. you a limited of you have a limited amount of material that you you can do it. it's up system to it's now up to the system to decide they've been decide that they've they've been increased the strength of of decide that they've they've been incrlandingie strength of of decide that they've they've been incrlanding legs.ength of of decide that they've they've been incrlanding legs. but] of of decide that they've they've been incrlanding legs. but having of the landing legs. but having said the previous lander said that the previous lander hit the ground far too fast

anyway for it to actually deal with that. and what they're doing is they're sort of mitigating if it to land mitigating it. if it has to land a bit harder, especially a little bit harder, especially it to land in a rockier it has to land in a rockier zone because props , because you like all my props, don't here we go. so this don't you? here we go. so this is south pole just here. and is the south pole just here. and it's going to be landing in a region like here, which is very, very rough. if you compare to where apollo landed in these nice blue, dark, these dark blue areas, much smoother . so this nice blue, dark, these dark blue areas, much smoother. so this is areas, much smoother. so this is a very, very different kettle of fish altogether to what we normally do. and even the remote probes that the americans, the surveyor probes that they dropped onto the moon in the 1960s, they also landed in much smoother regions. so this is an incredibly brave and difficult attempt to land there . but attempt to land there. but having said that, it's going to have because that's have to be done because that's where to put where you're hoping to put humans point . humans at some point. >> you say that the >> and when you say that the sort of disc process, are they literally firing retro rockets, as we saw in those days? has that technology changed in any way since the 60s ? way since the 60s? >> no. physics. physics is

exactly the same. the rockets are better quality, perhaps , and are better quality, perhaps, and they're very different. and every action has opposite and every action has an opposite and equal so as you're equal reaction. so as you're falling certain you falling at a certain speed, you fire your your, particles fire your your, your particles at the other end. in this case, it's a rocket. and should it's a rocket. and that should actually counteract your fall slightly. the idea to slightly. and the idea is to keep and timing it keep it firing and timing it just right. so it slows you to the right speed to touch down on the right speed to touch down on the surface. it's an incredibly balanced system that you have to do . you're familiar with the do. you're familiar with the harrier jump jet, of course do. you're familiar with the harrierjump jet, of course . and harrier jump jet, of course. and now the f—35, which now we've got the f—35, which can actually do that. and it's the same of principle the same sort of principle as that really . that really. >> and i'm going to be optimistic. andy and say that this be success. this is going to be success. awful if it is hoped . really, awful if it is hoped. really, then what will the spacecraft go on to do ? do? on to do? do? >> yes, it will wait a couple of hours for the dust to settle. and then a little rover and go, you're going to love this, aren't you? a little rover will leave spacecraft we'll leave the spacecraft and we'll actually around the actually drive around the surface for 14 earth days, which is one lunar day , 14 days,

is one lunar day, 14 days, studying the surface ice, analysing the chemical composition of the surface. it'll have a seismometer there. >> so can you just show us that again? because we weren't able to see you because we were looking at the control room? just show again, please looking at the control room? j|little show again, please looking at the control room? j|little rover,’ again, please looking at the control room? j|little rover, which ain, please looking at the control room? j|little rover, which willplease looking at the control room? j|little rover, which will comee , little rover, which will come off the main vehicle and will drive around and carrying out research into the soil, checking to see what materials are there. >> and particularly they're looking for water, of course, water ice is really critical here. h2o as everybody knows, hydrogen and oxygen absolutely critical for all life systems split up the hydrogen oxygen. you can use hydrogen and the oxygen as a fuel. you can combine them back together again in fuel cells to generate electricity and drinking water. so it's vital to find out. and that's why they're going to the south polar region, because there's already indications that there's already indications that there ice down there. there is water, ice down there. a that is a water down there. so that is why the south polar region is really being targeted . and the really being targeted. and the reason it's down is reason why it's down there is because ice can get because the water ice can get hidden in permanent shades , in

hidden in permanent shades, in deep craters, and therefore never sublimate. or if you like, evaporate if you prefer. but sublimate is a real term to actually get it away from the surface. so this is why this is quite an important mission and not just for finding out what's in those water sources and what it tells us about the history of the moon. >> but the fact that could be a water source for any kind of moon base in the future, i guess. >> yes. this is it. this is why this is an important mission, because it's covering a lot of bases. india are part of the artemis program. if you like, bases. india are part of the arteartemisgram. if you like, bases. india are part of the arteartemis program if you like, bases. india are part of the arteartemis program is you like, bases. india are part of the arteartemis program is alwaysz, the artemis program is always artemis. that's the americans, isn't the moon? no isn't it, going to the moon? no this an international program this is an international program which orbiting which involves a lunar orbiting station . it means moon base, station. it means a moon base, and means lots of nations and it means lots of nations joining and this is part of joining in. and this is part of that program. nasa and the european agency part european space agency are part of using of this program using communication systems for them. and of course, the indians have an orbiter . and of course, the indians have an orbiter. chandrayaan two is still in orbit about the moon , still in orbit about the moon, and that's going to be a relay satellite for the lander. >> right now , i'm encouraged by

>> right now, i'm encouraged by the fact they've gone to fine breaking rough breaking breaking from rough breaking we're just seeing on that screen. maybe things are screen. so maybe things are actually going the way. actually going the right way. but i'm also looking at your models. and of course, what we're seeing in terms of this simulation , it looks remarkably simulation, it looks remarkably similar to the lunar lander, the eagle and everything we saw back in the 60s. >> yes . the in the 60s. >> yes. the original design of the lunar lander, of course, the big basis of that actually goes back a long way. big basis of that actually goes back a long way . the engineering back a long way. the engineering solution to hold something on the surface of another world is exactly the same. wherever you go . in fact, it's the british go. in fact, it's the british interplanetary society , which interplanetary society, which did some fantastic research work designing lunar lander , which, designing a lunar lander, which, amazingly enough, looks a lot like the one apollo used, although it was a bigger at the time, the design was different. and because the and that's because the engineering parameters are exactly whether you're exactly the same. whether you're landing moon or whether landing on the moon or whether you're landing on mars. leg systems shock systems with suitable shock absorbers exactly way you absorbers exactly the way you need to go. and model i'm need to go. and the model i'm using, course, is, using, of course, is,

interestingly enough, is actually the chinese lander actually the chinese mars lander , because again, it's very similar in design. but these design parameters are all much of a muchness. >> if you are just joining us, we are watching india aiming for a world first by landing their spacecraft on the moon's south pole . pole. >> the final phase of the powered descent less than a kilometre now in terms of the altitude there on the right hand side, it's counting down. >> that's the simulation rather than the live shots. but as you can rockets being can see, retro rockets being fired , hard to control the fired, hard to control the descent onto the surface. >> and this is what scientists are calling the 15 minutes of terror . terror. >> well, they don't appear that terrorised by it because clearly 800m and counting, hence the applause. and he is still with us joining this. applause. and he is still with us joining this . this appears to us joining this. this appears to be so far , andy going right on be so far, andy going right on track. the numbers counting down

in the right way. yes >> yes. they've got local navigation system operator . navigation system operator. they've got now the descent system operating. that means it's scanning the surface now. checking the surface as the retros fire, the computer is now adjusting those retros to make sure she's orientated as you can see in the simulation, they've orientated now the spacecraft to get her ready now for landing position. so it's looking brilliant at the moment. yeah this is great. >> and we've just seen, i think, pictures of the prime minister , pictures of the prime minister, narendra indian prime narendra modi, the indian prime minister. he's watching via a live stream, the descent . he's live stream, the descent. he's he's in south africa at the moment. this is just gripping there. he is, the whole of india and the whole world. this moment , what are they going to do it, andy? >> i'd like to think so. yes. i mean, i'm nervous. i've been down this road before. i was connected to the mars polar landen connected to the mars polar lander, 500m. >> . >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. here we go. look how close it's getting over vertical descent. one local nav on. that's good. it's going good

altitude. look how. how the altitude. look how. how the altitude is dropping quite altitude there is dropping quite rapidly . oh, altitude there is dropping quite rapidly. oh, my altitude there is dropping quite rapidly . oh, my goodness me altitude there is dropping quite rapidly. oh, my goodness me . rapidly. oh, my goodness me. >> and we've got a picture there on the screen, which we assume is the view from the bottom of the lander showing the surface coming up. and that will give them little visual contact if there is anything they need to try and skip round quickly. there's nothing they can do. >> they've got to just let it go now on its own. can't skip now on its own. they can't skip around it's too around it now. it's too late. this it. you're full, this is it. you're full, committed . love very committed. i love this. very full. committed something. full. committed to something. it's they've got full. committed to something. it's nav they've got full. committed to something. it's nav so they've got full. committed to something. it's nav so yomey've got full. committed to something. it's nav so you can e got full. committed to something. it's nav so you can actually the nav cam. so you can actually see she's dropping down. see it as she's dropping down. oh, goodness . look this. oh, my goodness. look at this. here go. here we go. and will here we go. here we go. and will we get the dust kicking up as we remember all those years ago? it's kicking up some dust because that surface is so uneven, isn't it? >> it's full of craters and boulders . boulders. >> yes. it's an incredibly rough terrain to get into a very ancient terrain. billions of years old. that's what's going to make us interesting, to study it, to understand the nature of the moon itself. so from a

scientific point of view, it's absolutely magnificent. >> now, saying those legs >> now, you're saying those legs have been made rather more sturdy. any kind of sturdy. do they have any kind of sort absorption system sort of shock absorption system to they do make it soft. >> the shock absorbing system very what see on very similar to what you see on the on the bogies of trains on the on the bogies of trains on the side of them. you have the side of them. so you have that pneumatic system so that sort of pneumatic system so it can actually strain. it can actually take the strain. and section of and there's a section of deformation and deformation which happens and that the that actually takes all the energy out of the landing itself. >> and we're looking at the numbers to sort numbers. they've managed to sort of hover effectively of get it to hover effectively for while there while they for a while there while they made sure that was in made sure that everything was in the position on. the right position on. >> that's what happens in >> well, that's what happens in the computer, realises how close it to ground and it is to the ground and therefore enforce therefore it starts to enforce extra thrust down there to hold it in place to make sure she actually drops down as slowly as possible. so it's going to it's going to hit the surface, not at zero, obviously. can't do that. but so it's only just a few but it's so it's only just a few two kilometres an hour metres. >> now told 75m away. >> we're now told 75m away. final moments now. >> oh my goodness . if anyone's >> oh my goodness. if anyone's ever done a parachute jump, they'll know what it feels like

when this thing's coming down. oh, yes, i've done one of them. >> yeah , right. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> of a call to parachute >> bit of a call to parachute onto the moon. however, let's just reflect that the prime minister there is looking very, very anxious because clearly the whole aspect of this, as you're saying, with india in the artemis grouping, is a lot riding on this in terms of the future of space programs . future of space programs. >> oh, yes, very much so. i mean, can you imagine even with putin having a live link to the group that is meeting what he's to going think as india achieve it? >> yeah, we are. i think probably less than minute away probably less than a minute away now. 25m as the spacecraft making its final descent to the lunar south pole, should we just listen to in mission control. via above my screen . via above my screen. >> landon module . people are

>> landon module. people are applauding. let us all wait to hear from the secretary, department of space and chairman isro. sri somnath well, i think that tells you lander module that tells you lander module thatis that tells you lander module that is safely or softly chandrama there. >> who's in the brics conference waving his flag from afar. >> but this is mission control with some very happy, smiling faces there and applause at this success landing on the south pole of the moon , india has pole of the moon, india has achieved a world first. >> the first to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon. it blasted off last month. let's listen . in month. let's listen. in >> those are the kids that we saw earlier with their flags now being waved. a high with great jubilation from a younger generation landing on the moon .

generation landing on the moon. >> india is on the moon , sir. >> india is on the moon, sir. i request i request our honourable prime minister to address us and bless us. thank you, sir. thank you . you. >> meri pyaari parivar janu you. >> meri pyaari parivarjanu jab hum apna salman aisa so narendra modi there is addressing them, of course, from that conference. >> mafah but interesting as we reflecting that president putin had been addressing that conference with russia having failed to achieve this, despite their long history in in lunar exploration and space exploration, india has landed. >> i wonder if putin will congratulate the indian prime minister >> scientists will now be deploying a rover which will send images and data to back to

earth, explore during the south pole. well, that is key to the hunt for water. india in the last few moments has made history. the first country to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon . what pole of the moon. what a momentous day . momentous day. >> let's get some more views from andy, who's been following this with us. andy explaining the importance of india in this artemis program , this shared artemis program, this shared project as regards lunar exploration . this will do huge exploration. this will do huge things for the confidence of these teams . we're seeing on the these teams. we're seeing on the right hand side of the shot here, the mission control with having achieved this . having achieved this. >> yes, it is. we should send our congrats relations out because at the end of the day, it's the engineers and the scientists have done the scientists that have done the work. great for india work. it's a great day for india of course, as well. but we've got take our hats off to the got to take our hats off to the engineers scientists . this engineers and scientists. this is achievement. is a magnificent achievement. absolutely . and push, absolutely fantastic. and push, you really pushes india's you know, really pushes india's technology, shows what the

world, india, can actually achieve and do. and that's really good. but yes, for space exploration , this is magnificent exploration, this is magnificent because the more people can join in with space exploration course, the costs then starts to fall because everybody pulls their resources is something that's really needed to be done . this is a great moment and i'm really forward for really looking forward now for a couple of hours when the rover gets out and what data can gets out and what data we can actually get back from the surface moon and what surface of the moon and what wonderful we are wonderful discoveries we are just waiting to now but just waiting to find. now but without their achievement. >> there is, of course, the question about a country that has great difficulty in feeding its own population spending all this money on space exploration . it is a contentious issue. >> yes , this is a paradox we >> yes, this is a paradox we have with all countries. parts of america, people are starving to death and have serious to death and have real serious social problems and serious economic problems as well. and yet they can actually put people on the which is a real, on the moon, which is a real, real issue. and this is an issue that politics need to sort out

within countries , because what within countries, because what you achieve for space you can achieve for space exploration, that, exploration, things like that, you can also achieve with social programs well . i tell you programs as well. i can tell you this there are any this now, there are any scientists who believe that they were food out of were taking the food out of the mouths babes do this mouths of babes to do this program. wouldn't do but program. wouldn't do it, but it doesn't that, doesn't work like that, unfortunately . money in unfortunately. the money goes in in a different format. but also, this is of course, technical life insurance for the country , life insurance for the country, something people in something that many people in very senior people in the uk don't they don't realise when they criticise science is the criticise space science is the technologies we need develop technologies we need to develop for putting humans on the polar regions of the moon. there's the technologies we need for green technologies we need for green technologies down here on earth. for instance, the hydrogen fuel cells instance, which cells for instance, which were developed for apollo, never pushed . nato invented pushed forward. nato we invented it britain . and that kind of it in britain. and that kind of technology is vital space technology is vital for space programs and the development of all that green tech can be used down help save our down here to help save our planet that is vital . planet because that is vital. >> and just explain to us what what india achieved that russia

didn't . what did they do didn't. what did they do technically that made that mission work today? >> that's a difficult thing to say because failures i mean, we shouldn't criticise the russian scientists at all really, and the engineers . it scientists at all really, and the engineers. it is a very difficult they had a very different type of spacecraft that a spacecraft that was landing a spacecraft that was landing a spacecraft that spacecraft that that was heavier spacecraft that also came in from a different slightly different orbit and also a spacecraft that was going to last a year, an earth year on the surface of the moon. so we don't know what happened that went actually wrong in orbit. it was actually changing orbit, went into tumble and then lost went into a tumble and then lost total control and crashed into the moon. so their failure happened much earlier on in the mission, not during the final landing at all. so it's landing phase at all. so it's hard to say what happened until the comes out, whether the inquiry comes out, whether we get the full details of the inquiry another argument, inquiry is another argument, of course, being russia at course, being being russia at the they really need the moment. but they really need to space science should to because space science should be above politics and to be i know it sounds very yeah, surreal, but think it should be

really because this is about the human species exploring and preparing for a future for all of us. and that's what's important here. but clearly, the prime minister making much of his political moment in the in the spotlight. >> excuse him that. >> and one can excuse him that. but what happens next? you just explain to us that there is a moon rover attached with this vehicle . and clearly it's the vehicle. and clearly it's the ice and the water content at the south pole that's really going to intrigue these teams. now, having successfully landed there , yes, it is. »- , yes, it is. >> the ice and water content. see how much there is there , if see how much there is there, if it can detect anything, find out what the full composition of the soil is. and that's really important to find out what materials iron, materials are there iron, magnesium, and so and magnesium, silica and so on. and that's really important because if to the we if we're going to the moon, we can't we can't to the we can't we can't go to the we can't we can't go to the we can't send all this up can't send all this material up from earth . we're going to have from earth. we're going to have to local resources to build to use local resources to build things on there. so we need to know the composition of soil know the composition of the soil and material to see how we and the material to see how we can that. already can use that. there's already plans to 3d printing building plans to 3d printing of building blocks , for instance, on the

blocks, for instance, on the surface of the moon, but we need blocks, for instance, on the su knowof the moon, but we need blocks, for instance, on the su know what moon, but we need blocks, for instance, on the su know what thatyn, but we need blocks, for instance, on the su know what that material; need to know what that material actually materials actually is, what raw materials can use from there? can we actually use from there? of course, there is a spin off to of course, most to this. of course, most conflicts we have in the world, in history has about the in history has been about the lack materials on the lack of raw materials on the earth therefore raw earth and therefore raw materials could be obtainable from parts of the moon . and of from parts of the moon. and of course, this is one of the big points of this mission. and also a&e landing date today that a&e the landing date today that was carefully selected, wasn't it, to coincide with the start of a lunar day is that right? >> oh, that's correct, yes, because it needs one lunar day, which is 14 earth days , because which is 14 earth days, because this spacecraft is powered by solar panels. >> it needs light to hit >> so it needs light to hit them. so therefore, it needs to have maximum capability if the delay, the landing had been delayed by a couple of days , delayed by a couple of days, then you would actually lose a couple of a couple of days of daylight . and you can't afford daylight. and you can't afford that if it got there too early, then it would be in the dark and therefore wouldn't be able to therefore it wouldn't be able to generate to generate enough power to function. is makes function. so this is what makes this fantastic. all very,

this fantastic. it's all very, very it's almost down very critical. it's almost down to the second in cases to to the second in many cases to actually get the timing absolutely right . and that's absolutely right. and that's that's this that's important for this mission . and, you've mission. and, of course, you've got spacecraft got the orbiting spacecraft where the rover will communicate with lander will with the lander. the lander will communicate orbiter, or communicate with the orbiter, or the transmit that the orbiter will transmit that data earth. data back to earth. >> now, you've touched on something quite interesting in one there, and one of your comments there, and that of course, that there that is, of course, that there are think, minerals that are, they think, minerals that may be there the moon and may be there on the moon and other things that perhaps could be subject to commercial exploitation . you know, the exploitation. you know, the cynics say that we are going to end up polluting the moon as we have with everything else, and that we've already got space junk. that's up there, even human. well, without being too unkind about it, the astronauts poo sacks after their various missions have been left up there. so, you know, there's a sort of flipside to this. yeah it is. >> it depends what you really need to do really with this, because sooner or later, the human species, the human species is technological if

is a technological species. if you as physically, we're you look at as physically, we're not like big cats or other creatures, we actually need our technology to survive on this planet . that's how we operate. planet. that's how we operate. that's that's the nature of our species. therefore, we have species. and therefore, we have to go somewhere. you're to go somewhere. when you're saying polluting things like saying polluting and things like that, is a very different that, earth is a very different animal it is animal like that because it is animal like that because it is an where we have an ecosphere, it's where we have to we've got real to live and we've got a real problem with polluting the environment to environment in which we need to live moon live in. the moon is very different. in the vacuum different. we're in the vacuum of exploitation of space here, an exploitation of space here, an exploitation of of the moon is of elements of the moon is probably the safest aspect to go to anything , anything else. to anything, anything else. whether with a grey whether you end up with a grey movement we have the green movement like we have the green movement here, that would be quite that would be quite interesting to see. but at the end day, you have to make end of the day, you have to make a decision do want the a decision here. do we want the human to survive or not? human species to survive or not? if do, then we're going to if we do, then we're going to have to use resources out there in space. but as i said , in a in in space. but as i said, in a in a sensible way and green technology is the to go technology is the way to go forward. that's what you forward. and that's what you actually space. forward. and that's what you act|well space. forward. and that's what you act|well , space. forward. and that's what you act|well , the space. forward. and that's what you act|well , the primeace. forward. and that's what you act|well , the prime minister is >> well, the prime minister is still making much of his moment.

he's still talking with the various controllers. they're listening intently . just explain listening intently. just explain to us what you think this is going to do to india's position within the artemis group. i mean, are they going to the mean, are they going to be the leaders this now as result leaders of this now as a result of happened ? of what's happened? >> i think what you're the partners are all equals, but some perhaps a more equal than others. i think it's certainly great certainly with america putting the more money into it, they will be seen as that. but from technical, logical point from a technical, logical point of will there of view, india will be up there with everybody there with with everybody else. there with the everyone else the europeans and everyone else with this. i mean, britain's playing a big this playing a big role in this as well their technology. well with their technology. interesting don't interesting enough. so don't don't fooled britain don't be fooled that britain isn't important role. isn't playing an important role. we dramatic we don't do the dramatic things of things on other of landing things on other worlds and things like that. that to say british that doesn't mean to say british technology in technology isn't involved in british involved. technology isn't involved in brreally involved. technology isn't involved in brreally is. involved. technology isn't involved in brreally is. but involved. technology isn't involved in brreally is. but yes, involved. technology isn't involved in brreally is. but yes, thislved. technology isn't involved in brreally is. but yes, this puts it really is. but yes, this puts india into the system. and because they're launching capability , his and the nature capability, his and the nature of their nation, for instance, raw materials , engineering and raw materials, engineering and salaries are a lot lower in

india than they are, say, in the united states and europe. it means that they can do launches and missions a lot cheaper. so it could actually be that a lot of missions might actually fly now out india and use india now out of india and use india to do it, because the cost effectiveness will be much better. so puts them very better. so that puts them very much at the top table. now in space and as an expert, space science and as an expert, andy, how momentous a day is this for you ? this for you? >> where does it rank ? >> where does it rank? >> where does it rank? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah . we're >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. we're back. it's like the 1960s when i was a little boy all over again. this is how it's been. only in the 60s. you were waiting several months for something to happen because exciting. happen because it was exciting. now almost week, now it's almost every week, something dynamic is happening. now it's almost every week, smean,ng dynamic is happening. now it's almost every week, smean, you ynamic is happening. now it's almost every week, smean, you know,: is happening. now it's almost every week, s mean, you know, my happening. now it's almost every week, s mean, you know, my happe rate. i mean, you know, my heart rate was racing luna 25. we was racing for luna 25. we wanted to be success, to be wanted it to be a success, to be quite was tragic that quite honest. it was tragic that it failed. but then we've got this on the heels of this one on the on the heels of it. this brilliant. this it. wow this is brilliant. this is doing . and we've it. wow this is brilliant. this is other doing . and we've it. wow this is brilliant. this is other missions] . and we've it. wow this is brilliant. this is other missions now1d we've it. wow this is brilliant. this is other missions now starting got other missions now starting . it's very, very exciting . so it's very, very exciting and it gives us that little bit of glimmer in a bad world that if the world does work together

, think what it can achieve together rather than these stupid fights that we're getting down here. and that's something that space science does. there's three that the three things that unite the world. and space world. sport music and space science that brings us all together. and think we really together. and i think we really need to sort of pull this together. but the private sector, course and this together. but the private sector, sector'se and this together. but the private sector, sector is and this together. but the private sector, sector is really this together. but the private sector, sector is really good. private sector is really good. i think is to drive now think is going to drive now probably space for the next 60 or 70 years. >> last thought then on that, andy, because there are now very few remaining apollo astronauts left , when will we get a few remaining apollo astronauts left, when will we get a manned mission in with man or women going back onto the surface of the moon . the moon. >> well, the artemis program is looking by 2030, maybe it might . slip a little bit. it's hard to say. certainly around the moon before then and landing on the moon probably by the end of this decade. and china actually going send some going to push to send some people then. people maybe before then. they're pushing they're really pushing themselves. there's a little themselves. so there's a little bit a.

race now between the artemis group and the chinese international group and that when you got competition, it pushes things forward like there's you can pushes things forward like therwith you can pushes things forward like therwith india you can pushes things forward like therwith india here, you can pushes things forward like therwith india here, just/ou can pushes things forward like therwith india here, just how an see with india here, just how it's brilliant it's going. brilliant >> and we remember russians. >> and we remember the russians. the course, the the americans, of course, in the 60s, that. 60s, which led to all that. yeah. thanks sharing yeah. andy, thanks for sharing this with this moment in history with us. it's thank you very much. >> india's prime minister thanks, a&e. india's prime minister, when he was he was speaking, he said india's successful moon mission is not india alone. we can all india is alone. and we can all aspire and beyond. aspire for the moon and beyond. >> let's you >> and okay, let's bring you back to earth reflect back down to earth and reflect on happening on what's been happening on planet got planet earth, because we've got some problems with the firefighter across europe and indeed and let's not indeed canada. and let's not forget facing continuing forget them facing a continuing battle with wildfires that have been breaking out. >> 20 people are now >> at least 20 people are now believed died a

believed to have died as a result of these latest wildfires in greece. and canadian firefighters have begun easing evacuate orders in british columbia, but canada has nevertheless columbia, but canada has neverthelezwildfires this year. number of wildfires this year. >> of course, it's been >> well, of course, it's been the domes that we've the strong heat domes that we've talked about in recent weeks with the well across the us, of course, up into canada, europe and asia, all leading to those people speculate , saying that people speculate, saying that perhaps this is that climate tipping point that we've been warned about. let's get more now. joining us in the studio, senior meteorologist at british weather service, jim dale. jim, thanks for joining us. >> you're welcome . >> you're welcome. >> you're welcome. >> nice to be here. it's an interesting sort of contrast between the moon and earth and, you know, here we are all on fire seemingly. again, just explain to us what's happened this year. is it because we've had a very hot, dry spell that's had a very hot, dry spell that's had these heat domes just sitting across these areas that have resulted in this more more or less? >> that's exactly what it is . >> that's exactly what it is. >> that's exactly what it is. >> and it's a bit of deja vu, because it seems me that because it seems to me that these things are reoccurring. it's i mean, do ebb and

it's not i mean, they do ebb and flow. absolutely clear i >> -- >> but it wasn't that many weeks and months ago that it was talking exactly the same terms for exactly the same places. the three domes, if you like. so we had the one in in south—west united states, the european mediterranean one, and also the asian one. >> so it's like three in a row and here we are again. and it wasn't his only a couple of days ago was looking thailand ago was looking at thailand record of record temperatures type of thing. something thing. so there's something bigger on. not just a bigger going on. it's not just a fluke. this is not just something that has just happened only . only this year. >> we don't have to take ourselves last year and ourselves back to last year and what in uk in what happened here in the uk in terms extreme terms of the extreme temperatures this is temperatures there. so this is you tipping point. you mentioned tipping point. >> i believe . >> i believe. >> i believe. >> and it isn't just the land, by the way. we've got to look at the oceans as well. >> yeah, at record levels in various places. we're driven the climate is driven by more or less by the by the oceans . so less by the by the oceans. so that's where the manifest and the manifest temperatures start to reoccur. and occur again. in terms of then on the land . so

terms of then on the land. so we're still in the middle of summer. we still got a good for those mediterranean countries, for example , and texas and for example, and texas and arizona and those places. we've still got another month where these of disasters , these these sort of disasters, these sort of wildfires are to going replicate. >> yes, we saw that tropical storm then in california with biblical amounts of rain, with even death valley getting flooded, which, you know , the flooded, which, you know, the opposite side of the first first time in in 80 years. >> there's one about ten, 12 years ago that went into nevada next door . i at years ago that went into nevada next door. i at this moment, i think it's unfair to say that's a climate change event. it would be wrong. i think climatologists , to look back and decide in years to come whether that was that. but i think i'm going to use a word that perhaps is apt when we look at what's going on around the world. >> and that is chaos when we're in a state of flux, a state of chaos , it's very difficult to chaos, it's very difficult to actually take in what is going on and why it is going on. and this is this creates arguments.

>> it creates debates. of course it does . it does. >> and when we've had, you know , quite a bit of soggy weather over the last few weeks here, you get people pooh poohing the likes of what you're saying. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> but look, climate change does not happen in every place, everywhere, once. everywhere, all at once. >> film , it doesn't >> to quote the film, it doesn't happen like that. >> it again, it will ebb and >> so it again, it will ebb and flow . what climate change does flow. what climate change does tend to do, though, is it tends it tends to stick in some areas. so in other words , you get the so in other words, you get the domes and that's your dome and it will stick there and nothing will penetrate it from the north and hence we say, what about the risk for wildfire fires in the uk ? uk? >> is that risk going to increase ? increase? >> we saw them last year. increase? >> we saw them last year . we >> we saw them last year. we won't see them every year. we're a temperate climate for the most part, although we could argue now perhaps southern areas now that perhaps southern areas , today nice out , even today is quite nice out there , turning slightly more there, turning slightly more european style climate, a little bit of mediterranean in there. i think as years go on, i think it's inevitable. i think that

will be the case. we won't see a summer necessarily, but you've only to go back to june. that was a record record in june. we soon forget it. and that's the point. we kind of live for the moment . and, you know, we've got moment. and, you know, we've got to wait for the next time. >> now, contentious issue, >> now, the contentious issue, of whether this is of course, is whether this is because of man made pollution and warming and the carbon in the atmosphere, or it the atmosphere, or is it perhaps, some are suggesting, perhaps, as some are suggesting, you know, we get this cyclical events of la and el nino, events of la nina and el nino, which are the two opposing different kinds of weather systems that affect the jet stream and everything else. la nina happened last year and it died away. >> and then we've got the birth of el nino, which is currently getting going now , i take your getting going now, i take your point . point. >> this is the debating point when certainly in terms of what's out in terms of people's views, 70% believe in manmade climate change, not the opposite way around . it's around 13% that way around. it's around 13% that don't believe that. so there's a debate going on. even academics , even the scientific community will debate that and decide

which is which . i'm in no doubt which is which. i'm in no doubt whatsoever. i think when you start joining the dots , which is start joining the dots, which is important during the dots of what's happened just this year, i've never had these last two years as a meteorologist for the last 40 years. i can't last 30, 40 years. i can't remember a time when i was so busy in terms of discussing these. and this is all from the data as well, not just the events, but the data. the data look record after record after record tumbled in all record has just tumbled in all different and we've seen different ways and we've seen the wildfires. yes, wildfires have happened here there. have happened here and there. arson difference . it's arson makes no difference. it's what you've in place that what you've got in place that actually makes the difference in terms terms of the terms of the in terms of the drought, of the drought, in terms of the excessive heat. that's what makes difference whether it makes the difference. whether it comes from somebody match or a lightning some some lightning strike or some some other form. >> and just to here and >> and just back to the here and now, claims today that now, there are claims today that here we've had the here in the uk we've had the best summer best of the summer now bank houdayis best of the summer now bank holiday is not looking good. it's all downhill from here on in. yeah, you're right about the bank holiday. >> look great. that's >> it doesn't look great. that's one to say. >> at least some traditions are carrying on. sorry

>> look, but. but look , i >> yeah, look, but. but look, i actually see september now based on fact that things have on the fact that things have nudged a little bit from the south the new summer month, south as the new summer month, there's no reason ten you there's no reason ten years, you know, ten years. i think know, go back ten years. i think september i think september can deliver. i think the summer didn't know the indian summer didn't know october's the indian. oh really? >> even that late september can deliver. >> look , there's always hope, >> look, there's always hope, isn't there? i don't want to i don't want to rest on the hope. but there's interest here. >> weather recorded. >> weather recorded. >> i know sheer weather >> yeah i know in sheer weather terms looked around the second, third and 4th of september. i think if ruins are right, if think if the ruins are right, if my saying right my body is saying the right thing there's some thing, i think there's some decent way. decent weather on the way. but that's of this that's again, evidence of this more european style weather that we don't have the changeable conditions. >> it's just, yeah, settled period. >> i go back to that word of chaos for meteorology is this, this, this world that we now live in is a little bit more difficult than perhaps it was ten years ago. >> keeps in a living, though, isn't it? >> does. i'm busy. >> it does. i'm busy. thank you. >> it does. i'm busy. thank you. >> thank very much indeed, >> it does. i'm busy. thank you. >> always. very much indeed, >> it does. i'm busy. thank you. >> always. veryou uch indeed, >> it does. i'm busy. thank you. >> always. veryou .:h indeed, as always. thank you. >> okay, so bank holiday rubbish

i >> -- >> yeah. let's just reflect . >> yeah. let's just reflect. however, we've been to the moon and back this hour with. yes, a successful landing . india has successful landing. india has landed. it's got its lander on the south pole of the moon. and we expecting the rover to deployed fairly shortly. yeah >> we will be revisiting those momentous moments. do stay with us as the weather is . next us as the weather is. next >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . that fine again in the south today with warm, sunny spells but mixed further north, some showers, some cloud , some longer showers, some cloud, some longer spells of rain . we've got a warm spells of rain. we've got a warm front moving into central parts of the uk that marks the boundary between the warm sunshine in the south and the cooler, more changeable, more cloudy weather across much of wales. the north midlands, northern england, scotland and

northern england, scotland and northern ireland. some patchy rain across northern parts of wales into the north midlands. but actually this will ease into the afternoon. the main activity really is across scotland and northern ireland, where some showers will continue to especially western scotland , especially western scotland, even some longer spells of rain and a feeling cool here feeling warm further south, highs of 2627 celsius and clear skies across southern areas through the first part of the night. but showers will turn up across western england , wales and some western england, wales and some longer spells of rain will move through scotland. some heavy downpours especially downpours here, especially towards the north and northeast by the morning, temperatures as well, a little bit warmer , i well, a little bit warmer, i guess, in the north compared with the last couple of nights, but similar in the south and in the south, we've got spells of rain moving through during thursday morning. some heavy downpours for a time , especially downpours for a time, especially towards the south—east. that clears into the continent. and then for many , it's a cloudier then for many, it's a cloudier day and it's a touch cooler in places as well .

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this wednesday afternoon . this wednesday afternoon. >> and india has landed to become the first country to put its craft on the south pole of the moon. only the fourth country to even get onto the moon's surface . moon's surface. >> a medical milestone . the uk's >> a medical milestone. the uk's first womb transplant is hailed as a remarkable stride forward in medical science and a beacon of hope for women wanting to be a mum . a mum. >> former natwest boss alison rose, who quit after leaking an inaccurate story about nigel farage's bank account is get £2.4 million in a payoff. he's called it a sick joke . called it a sick joke. and find out which uk tourist attraction. >> you'll all know it very well is celebrating its 100th birthday today. all that and more still to come. now the news with . tamsin pep.

with. tamsin pep. >> thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom at 2:01, former natwest chief executive dame alison rose is set to receive a £24 million pay set to receive a £24 million pay package a month after quitting . dame alison resigned quitting. dame alison resigned following the row over the closure of nigel farage bank account, but is still working her 12 month notice period . her 12 month notice period. investigations into her actions are still ongoing after she admitted to discussing personal banking details with a journalist. the company says it will continue to review her planned pay and bonus payouts based on its findings . but the based on its findings. but the 6b based on its findings. but the gb news presenter has labelled it a sick joke . it a sick joke. >> my own subject access request that i put into natwest to find out what she knew about what was going on. after 30 days, i was told we can't give it to you, mr farage. it's complex. that will come back at the end of october. and so what's happened is they've agreed give her the they've agreed to give her the

payout out before we the payout out before we get the results of the inquiry. and frankly , i think the whole thing frankly, i think the whole thing is sick joke. south yorkshire is a sick joke. south yorkshire police has referred itself to the information watchdog after losing nearly three years worth of body cam footage, the force , of body cam footage, the force, which discovered a significant and unexplained and reduction in data stored on its computer system from july 2020, says it's deeply sorry it's now trying to recover the footage which could be used as evidence in court. >> an estimated 69 cases could potentially be affected . experts potentially be affected. experts are hailing the uk's first womb transplant as a medical milestone . a 34 year old woman milestone. a 34 year old woman in england received the organ from her older sister and is now planning to undergo ivf later this year . planning to undergo ivf later this year. the operation at the churchill hospital in oxford took about 17 hours, around 50 babies have been born worldwide following womb transplants . lead following womb transplants. lead

surgeon professor richard smith says the operation was a massive success.i says the operation was a massive success. i think probably the most stressful or stressful week of our surgical careers, but also unbelievably positive in the outcome and the donor and recipient just over the moon , recipient just over the moon, really over the moon. >> well , really over the moon. >> well, certainly really over the moon. >> well , certainly excited about >> well, certainly excited about the next one. and just really happy that we've got a donor who's completely back to normal after her big op and a recipient after her big op and a recipient after her big op and a recipient after her big op who's doing really well on all on her immunosuppressive therapy and looking forward to getting to having a baby . having a baby. >> extreme weather continues to fuel wildfires in eastern europe . crews have been struggling to control fires in northern greece a day after 18 bodies thought to be migrants were discovered. hundreds of people have been evacuated from areas across the country since saturday. in turkey, helicopters are being used to drop water on a forest fire. 1200 people have been evacuated from nine villages. a

£20,000 reward is being offered for information about the stabbing of a man at london's notting hill carnival . all notting hill carnival. all takayo nembhard died in hospital after being stabbed in an unprovoked attack last august. police officers will be at this year's event over the bank houday year's event over the bank holiday weekend to make fresh appeals for information . the appeals for information. the government's announced a loan guarantee of more than £190 million to help ukraine's newly to fuel supplies. the energy secretary, grant shapps, confirmed the move during a visit to a power station in the country, which was damaged by russian missiles . he says the russian missiles. he says the plan will stop president putin from using energy as a weapon of war. home ownership has become less affordable despite a fall in house prices. lender halifax says the cost of a typical home is now 6.7 times average earnings , down from 7.3 last

earnings, down from 7.3 last summer. mortgages are proving expensive, though, hitting a 15 year high. average monthly payments have risen by more than 22% over the past year. payments have risen by more than 22% over the past year . the 22% over the past year. the government's been accused of creating uncertainty for businesses with shambolic post—brexit border trade plans. labouris post—brexit border trade plans. labour is demanding clarity following reports that ministers will delay the introduction of border checks on animal and plant products coming from the eu. it comes as trade secretary kemi badenoch heads to india to intensify trade talks with the nafion intensify trade talks with the nation . and staying with india, nation. and staying with india, the country has become the first nafion the country has become the first nation to land near the moon's south pole . the history making south pole. the history making chandrayaan three is hoping to find samples of water based ice on its mission . scientists say on its mission. scientists say this could support human habitation on the satellite in the future. india also becomes only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing on the

moon. prime minister modi called it the victory cry of a new india. the country's second attempt comes just days after russia's luna 25 crash at. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to mark and . pip tamsin. mark and. pip tamsin. >> thanks very much indeed. well, indeed, let's reflect more on that piece of history being made in this past hour. india, the first country to land a spacecraft on the south pole of the moon, beating the united states , china and russia. here states, china and russia. here is the moment that chandrayaan three landed jihad above my screen . screen. >> well, india just celebrating

, and that's the prime minister narendra modi, who said india's successful moon mission is not india's alone . when he says that india's alone. when he says that india's alone. when he says that india's success is a success for all humanity and india was in a race against the russians whose mission failed a few days ago. let's bring in the thoughts of space and planetary scientist andy lound, who watched the landing live with us. how would you describe today ? a&e as you describe today? a&e as always, with these things, nerve wracking , exciting. wracking, exciting. >> it's everything really . but >> it's everything really. but they've done it. it's fantastic . and thought, um , modi's . and thought, um, modi's comments about this is just a success for india , but this is a success for india, but this is a success for india, but this is a success for india, but this is a success for everybody. i think it's very well said and i think that's quite important to put that's quite important to put that forward . very reminiscent that forward. very reminiscent perhaps richard nixon when he perhaps of richard nixon when he pointed that out, that this was an important event for all humanity . and it really is. and humanity. and it really is. and it puts india really up there

with everybody else. now, they're they're part of the human species exploring and spreading outwards and that's part of the excitement. the more nafions part of the excitement. the more nations involved, i think the better for because we are a species of quite a diverse species of quite a diverse species and it's nice to have all elements of us involved in this . and i think this is this. and i think this is wonderful . wonderful. >> and just to explain the significance of where they've landed, been talking about landed, we've been talking about theice landed, we've been talking about the ice there in the south pole, what that means now for future lunar and even lunar exploration and even perhaps a manned base the perhaps a manned base on the moon . moon. >> it does, now we've >> it does, because now we've got the robot probe there. they can actually do some of the hard work the next 14 days. and work over the next 14 days. and it's going to be a lot hard it's going to be a lot of hard work making sure the instruments work, out what the work, find out what the constituents the material constituents of the material in the which is the soil, the regolith, which is the soil, find out how stable the area is, because we'll be looking at whether or not there's moonquakes or i mean, moonquakes there or not. i mean, you if you don't want instability if you're build a base you don't want instability if you'rebecause build a base you don't want instability if you'rebecause buicouldase there because that could be caused finding that caused problems and finding that critical there , this critical water ice there, this is going to be the big 14 days

probably of any little roving vehicle because we need this data for the future exploration of this this planetary body. >> well, andy, we have to get you to feature your beautifully made model of the moon rover if you've still got it. there i hope you haven't put it back in the cupboard because this is what the work starts now of course they've got. well, that's, that's the lander of course . and then you've got this course. and then you've got this vehicle that goes to on the surface, as we remember, with all other moon all these other moon explorations. that going all these other moon expl0idoing. that going all these other moon expl0idoing. the that going all these other moon expl0idoing. the that ytwog weeks? >> yes , in a couple of hours, >> yes, in a couple of hours, literally waiting for the dust to settle from this mission. so that the dust down and that the dust settle down and the rover will drop onto the surface . it's it'll be a host of surface. it's it'll be a host of scientific experiments on board where it'll be studying the soil . it'll be taking measurements of the environment as well, which is always quite important. you know what an you know what sort of an environment? in high environment? we're in high radiation, low radiation and whatever that's important. radiation, low radiation and wha'that that's important. radiation, low radiation and wha'that will that's important. radiation, low radiation and wha'that will be hat's important. radiation, low radiation and wha'that will be supplying rtant. radiation, low radiation and wha'that will be supplying that. and that will be supplying that data the lander , which data back to the lander, which will transmit back to the

will transmit that back to the orbiter, which was which is chandrayaan two. and that'll receive the information back then on earth . so this little then on earth. so this little rover now is going to be critical. we've just had a critical. so we've just had a heart stopping moment of the landing, the next heart stopping moment is going to be getting the off the lander onto the rover off the lander onto the rover off the lander onto the surface. that's the next going to be the next heart stopping moment to make sure that actually works, because that's critical for that's absolutely critical for the and your excitement the success and your excitement is absolutely infectious and it's being replicated around the world right now. >> let's just remind ourselves of this landing that happened within the last 40 minutes or so . people are applauding . . people are applauding. >> let us all wait to hear from the secretary department of space and chairman isro , shri space and chairman isro, shri somnath . lander module safely or softly. >> chandra well, there were. >> chandra well, there were. >> india has landed another

moment of history. >> india has landed another moment of history . and andy, moment of history. and andy, last thought to you, what do you think that the russians will be making in particular of this , making in particular of this, beanng making in particular of this, bearing in mind, you know, they led the space race, the first country into space with gagarin, and now, of course, they failed to india ? to india? >> well, they haven't failed. i say i don't take that they failed to india. india achieved something and their vehicle was much more complicated and much more complex vehicle. and therefore theirs happened to fail. failure is nature of the game. you have to accept that and you take it on the chin and then you'll go. they'll go back and out what went wrong and work out what went wrong because they were planning luna 26 and as well, i think 26 and 27 as well. well, i think it's interesting that they're doing own , doing it mostly on their own, whereas originally they were going to be working with european agency , that sort european space agency, that sort of and i think of fell apart. and i think international cooperation is what's going to be really important here. and i think russia might reflect on russia might want to reflect on that. but having said that, the nature of government there nature of the government there at isn't at the moment isn't international in that sense .

international in that sense. >> andy, and your beautifully made models, thank you very much indeed for taking us through another history indeed for taking us through athanks history indeed for taking us through athanks very history indeed for taking us through athanks very much history indeed for taking us through athanks very much . history . thanks very much. >> now back on terra firma and surgeons have performed the uk's first womb transplant on a 34 year old woman with an organ donated by her older sister. >> well, the whole procedure lasted some 18 hours or more at the churchill hospital in oxford, lead surgeons professor richard smith and isabel quiroga describing it all as a nerve wracking moment. but a massive success. >> we're very proud . yeah, that >> we're very proud. yeah, that was an incredibly proud moment. can i say when we all met together? um they came at seven. we saw the patients , but then we we saw the patients, but then we all those almost 30 people got together to plan exactly who was doing what with the breakfast there. and it was such an amazing feeling that we have made it to that point . and as made it to that point. and as you say, just for the patient, not only for us, for the for the

institutions that had put so much effort into this, we just we were all there for the patient. we wanted her to ended up with a successful uterus transplant and hopefully a baby. >> we were all in tears . it's >> we were all in tears. it's a very, very emotional and incredibly positive , obviously incredibly positive, obviously incredibly positive, obviously incredibly positive, obviously incredibly positive . i mean , i incredibly positive. i mean, i think probably the most stress , think probably the most stress, full stressful week of our surgical careers, but also unbelievably positive in the outcome . and the donor and outcome. and the donor and recipient just over the moon really . really. >> we're over the moon about lots of things today, aren't we? well, joining this to discuss it, joining us to discuss this more is lucy johnston, health and social affairs editor at the sunday express. lucy how significant do you see this and the hope that it's to going give to thousands more women ? to thousands more women? >> it's a huge milestone. >> it's a huge milestone. >> it's a fantastic news and fantastic for the recipient and

the donor to know that they're both doing so well. >> and the clinicians are also seeing it as a great breakthrough because there are about 15,000 women who are either born without a uterus or they have a hysterectomy childbearing women who have a hysterectomy for cancer or endometriosis or other reasons. and so they would all potentially be eligible for such an operation . it's very an operation. it's very difficult. surrogacy is the other option, and that's got fraught with legal challenges. so this is just adding a new opfion so this is just adding a new option for those women and price less for some to be able to experience the joys of pregnancy . so it's a huge step forward . . so it's a huge step forward. it's great news. >> yeah. it's been described as a beacon of hope for many women , but one does reflect, you know, it took a team of 30 of the country's top experts to achieve this . and bearing in achieve this. and bearing in mind things like the waiting list at the nhs, you know, how

real or is it a reality that perhaps that won't be available to all that quickly ? to all that quickly? >> well, actually, the numbers of women who would want to undergo such a procedure is probably quite small. there are 15,000 women who don't have a womb of childbearing age, but many of them won't want to undergo this. it's not for the faint hearted. it is a big operation. you also have to have the recipient has to have anti rejection drugs which aren't without side effects. and ultimately the womb i think they're giving this lady the opportunity to potentially have two babies. but after that i think the womb is removed . so think the womb is removed. so it's not it's not like a magic silver bullet , but i it's not it's not like a magic silver bullet, but i think it is it's an option . it's a good it's an option. it's a good opfion it's an option. it's a good option at the moment. it's an option. it's a good option at the moment . and the option at the moment. and the nhs is not paying for it. so money was raised through charity . yes. and these surgeons worked

on it for free. but i know that there are about 500 women now who are on a sort of waiting list and the human tissue authority has approved the same procedure to be done in ten more women . and what's really women. and what's really interesting and what hasn't been picked up so much is that five of those are from live donors , of those are from live donors, but another five are going to be attempted from deceased donors. so that would open up a whole new area , a whole new source of new area, a whole new source of wombs for women in the future . wombs for women in the future. so it's really exciting . and so it's really exciting. and it's sort of the first step really into a new a new world of medicine . medicine. >> i mean, it is absolutely miraculous. but as you touched upon there, women in have to be emotionally and mentally prepared for this. i mean, it sounds like well, it is a huge operation . and then to have the operation. and then to have the transplant and it can only last for five years before it's removed again in you know, this is a massive thing to undertake

i >> -- >> it is. and i don't know. i mean, the clinicians are saying to me today that the numbers that will be wanting to do this will be small. it has been done abroad . and i think the first abroad. and i think the first case was in saudi arabia in 2000. many cases fail. that one failed. i think 1 in 4 were actually fail either there's infection and sepsis or the anti—rejection drugs don't do the trick. and the body rejects the trick. and the body rejects the organ. so it is a huge not only a huge operation , but it's only a huge operation, but it's a huge risk as well . so it's an a huge risk as well. so it's an option, but it's not but it's not a perfect thing . i think not a perfect thing. i think there has been about 50 successful babies born to transplanted wombs across the world and about 100 transplants have been done . so even though have been done. so even though it's been happening for about ten years, i think the first case was in sweden in 2014. there's not been that many cases

worldwide , but who knows what worldwide, but who knows what will happen in the future. and i think there's some talk about inclusivity and trans women who may be eligible or, you know, we're not there yet anatomically, that wouldn't work. but, you know, who knows what could what could open up from this. >> but is that why the british team have waited so long because of all those complications and additional factors that they perhaps wanted to get it right before they actually perform this procedure ? this procedure? >> that's a really good point. actually and i think most of the problem or the sticking points were red tape. we are very heavily regulated in this country and we have a big history of making sure that the ethics around transplant are really strong and i think that that has been the stumbling block. and i also think covid and the pandemic and the pandemic measures halted this first attempt. i think this was due to start earlier. so it's more about bureaucracy , red tape

more about bureaucracy, red tape and ethics, which in a way is a good thing that you know, if something is being undertaken like this, it needs to be properly regulated. and we do need to think about the ethics because it's such a huge, huge ordeal for those women, both of them, and is there an argument for saying, yes, this is a scientific breakthrough ? scientific breakthrough? >> it is incredible. but people should still think longer and harder about going down the adoption route because there are so many babies and children that need adopting . need adopting. >> absolutely. i think this is what we have to see it as an option. it's another thing which women can have. and for some women can have. and for some women , young women who have the women, young women who have the right donor in this case, it was this this lady's sister clearly , pregnancy was really important to her. and for her, perhaps adoption wasn't something she wanted to consider. but absolutely, we have so many

children that we need to adopt and babies . and, you know, we and babies. and, you know, we have other options. but i think women at the moment have been travelling to america to have this operation undertaken. so for those women, it's great that they don't have to relocate in that way. i think it will be small numbers, but it will be great for women who want to experience pregnancy. >> lucy johnston, health and social affairs editor at the sunday express, really good to have your thoughts on such a huge, huge breakthrough today. >> now let's bring you some breaking news we're getting from the scotsman newspaper paper that's reporting that murray foote , who had to resign from foote, who had to resign from his role as snp's his role as the snp's communications chief, has just been appointed as its new chief executive. you remember the former chief executive was peter murrell husband of former first minister sturgeon . murray minister nicola sturgeon. murray foote resigned in march over a dispute over the party membership numbers. but the scotsman's reporting he's been chosen to take on the role of chief executive after what the

party was a rigorous , open party said was a rigorous, open recruitment process . yes, we'll recruitment process. yes, we'll get reaction to that as it comes through . through. >> w- e back, we'll be >> when we come back, we'll be talking about english channel crossings. yeah, they have passed another landmark over 19,000 this year. we'll have the latest with our home and security editor. see you shortly. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the 6b here from the met office with the gb news forecast showers for many of us today , the driest in many of us today, the driest in the south with warm , sunny the south with warm, sunny spells. otherwise, it's showers and longer spells of rain. a weather front is moving across central parts. high pressure to the south of the uk. change able for parts of scotland and northern ireland with showers and longer spells of rain. there'll be some damp weather moving into northern parts of wales, into northern england through the evening and overnight whilst some showers

turn up across south—west england and some very lively weather over the near continent . risk of severe thunderstorms here could start to impact things by the end of the night. it's staying warm in the south. cooler further north where we've got increasingly heavy showers and longer of rain moving and longer spells of rain moving through and northeast through the north and northeast of scotland. as we off of scotland. as we start off thursday. thundery thursday. and the thundery developments over developments i mentioned over france , where they're likely to france, where they're likely to extend heavy rain for a extend some heavy rain for a time into the south and south—east by south—east of england. but by lunchtime , much of that's out of lunchtime, much of that's out of the still a few showers in the way. still a few showers in the way. still a few showers in the certainly quite the south and certainly quite a number of showers for scotland and northern ireland with some wetter weather there orkney and northern ireland with some wettshetland. r there orkney and northern ireland with some wettshetland. a here orkney and northern ireland with some wettshetland. a cooler orkney and northern ireland with some wettshetland. a cooler day kney and northern ireland with some wettshetland. a cooler day fory and shetland. a cooler day for many. temperatures down a few degrees, but still fairly warm in the south and humid. then as we go friday, we're all we go into friday, we're all into this cooler and more changeable air flow that many northern parts have had throughout that throughout the week. and that means of sunny spells means a mixture of sunny spells and most on friday and showers for most on friday and showers for most on friday and saturday, especially towards the north northwest the north and northwest and temperatures to average . temperatures back to average. >> that warm feeling inside from

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journey over the last few weeks. >> indeed, gb news can now reveal 19,000 have crossed since the start of the year. official home office figures showing a 211 migrants arrived in uk waters yesterday day being picked up by border force vessels. >> well, our homeland security editor mark white joins us in the studio . before we talk about the studio. before we talk about all that, mark, you've actually got an update on a military base thatis got an update on a military base that is due to or is housing some migrants, but not many. >> yeah, this is the wethersfield base , the former wethersfield base, the former raf wethersfield base in essex, which is due to house up to 700 young male asylum seekers by the end of this year. we reported last week, though, that only 80 people were currently on site more than a month after the first of these channel migrants arrived there. now we've seen a an internal assessment that's been put together by the home office and shared with

stakeholders, including the likes of local councils in the area. and it points to a number of unresolved issues that need to be addressed , such as fire to be addressed, such as fire risk assessment. the connection of water utilities and some other issues that need to be fully resolved before all of the number of migrants that they're hoping for can be put there. they say they're still on track to get up to 500 channel migrants on site by the end of this month . but with, what, this month. but with, what, eight, nine days to go , that eight, nine days to go, that might be a bit of a push. we've still not got an update on what the current figure is. but last week, as i say, it was only 80. yeah. >> and of it follows the >> and of course it follows the issues legionella on board issues with legionella on board the barge, the bibby stockholm , the barge, the bibby stockholm, and we've got a number now of tory mps coming forward calling on the home office to be perhaps better controlled in terms of the assessments it's making on these things and clearly problems have been in the

background. >> yeah , i mean there is, to be >> yeah, i mean there is, to be fair to the home office clearly an issue in terms of when you have young people that have come from jungles , effectively from jungles, effectively encampments , encampments along encampments, encampments along the north west coast of france, that they've been living in sometimes for months, many of these people coming across have have contracted diseases there that they take with them to these bases . so there is that they take with them to these bases. so there is an issue that needs to be addressed in terms of the screening, i think that's that's certainly the true . but they have to deal the true. but they have to deal with it. and i think it's not uncommon for certain diseases to be isolated and to be recognised when they come in with the in fact. when they come in with the in fact . wethersfield there was an fact. wethersfield there was an outbreak of scabies. there was also an outbreak initially of tuberculosis. this internal assessment says they are now

under control and were dealt with appropriately. >> and in terms of the english channel crossings, these latest figures, they are still going whatever rishi sunak says, they're going in the wrong direction . direction. >> right to point out >> well, he's right to point out that the number, the overall number for the year is down about 13. >> down to him, though, is it? >> down to him, though, is it? >> well, whether it is or not, we're not sure to be honest. there's so many factors at play there. but they're down 13% on there. but they're down 13% on the same period last year. for a maritime experts that we speak to that sea and work these waters that have observed this channel migrant crisis for the past four years, i believe that it's actually the weather that's the significant factor here. this boat that our television viewers can see on screen now came across the channel this morning. absolutely full to the gunnels there . now, the border gunnels there. now, the border force vessel ranger picked up the occupants of this boat and

took them to the processing centre here at dover harbour. this is ranger coming in and when our camp producer, cowey counted, the number of people that came off ranger, he put that came off ranger, he put that figure at 81. now he believes that that was 81. people who were on board this small boat. but it's possible always that ranger might have picked up the occupants of another boat, but he doesn't think so because that will be vital in terms of a reassessment of how they tackle this issue. >> if the people smugglers are putting bigger vessels out or pushing more people the pushing more people onto the rigid . rigid inflatables. >> yeah, but is what i'm >> yeah, but this is what i'm talking about when i say that things really uncertain out things are really uncertain out there moment because some there at the moment because some some we're getting people some days we're getting people smugglers who pushing out smugglers who are pushing out only about 30 or in a boat. only about 30 or so in a boat. and other days , as this and then other days, as if this is , that this was just one is true, that this was just one boat full, that the border force vessel ranger disembarked there . doven vessel ranger disembarked there . dover, that was 81 people. now, that's very alarming

because is clearly that many people on a small any people on these small boats coming across is a risk but when you pack it out with 81, it doesn't include women and children. yeah i think some of the pictures we saw there was some women and children, but again, they are in the minority. it's about 80, 85% of those that come across the channel are young men. the vast majority. but there are yes, of course, some women and children in amongst them . in amongst them. >> okay, mark, thanks. once more for updating us on that on those latest figures . latest figures. >> still to come, candy crush comes to cardiff. we'll be telling you more after the news with . tamsin pope. with. tamsin pope. >> thanks very much. here are the headlines at 233. former natwest chief executive dame alison rose is set to receive a £24 million pay package a month

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patrick christys on gb news. i'm 6b patrick christys on gb news. i'm gb news radio . well welcome back gb news radio. well welcome back to the live desk. >> now the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey's called on rishi sunak to have of the guts, as he said, to sack nadine dorries. more than ten weeks now

since she announced she would quit or stand down as mp . quit or stand down as an mp. >> yeah, he might be able to sack he could her sack her if he could find her because no one seems to have seen davey's seen her for weeks. ed davey's says the people of mid—bedfordshire being badly says the people of mi(downfordshire being badly says the people of mi(down byishire being badly says the people of mi(down by here being badly says the people of mi(down by her absence ng badly says the people of mi(down by her absence as badly says the people of mi(down by her absence as aadly let down by her absence as a second council within the mid—bedfordshire constituency called for her immediate departure . well, let's cross to departure. well, let's cross to ampthill in mid bedfordshire and join our deputy political editor tom harwood. i think i know the answer to this. any sign of a . tom? >> no. and i have to say that thatis >> no. and i have to say that that is a question that has popped up that is a question that has popped up from the locals here in mid—bedfordshire speaking to people. >> a lot of them have gone past saying, have you seen nadine ? it saying, have you seen nadine? it seems like it's a bit of a running joke in this constituency that they have an absentee mp and sir ed davey and the liberal democrats as well as the liberal democrats as well as the liberal democrat candidate for the by—election that is yet to be called in this constituency here today, calling on the prime minister to suspend

the whip from nadine dorries, although of course that would not suspend her membership of the house of commons in order to force a by—election. >> she would have to be suspended from the for house more than ten days or indeed a motion to expel dorries motion to expel nadine dorries from the house would have to be carried by a majority of mps present . and of course none of present. and of course none of that can happen until parliament returns recess . returns from its summer recess. >> and just looking at the fact that the big guns are out for the lib dems, clearly they sent, you know, the possibility of overturning what she's got. well, a pretty substantial majority there at the moment , majority there at the moment, 25,000 vote majority . 25,000 vote majority. >> it's a huge, vast, substantial social majority here. this is a seat that the conservatives have held since the 1920s. it's a seat that the conservatives have held throughout the labour landslides of 1945 1997. this seat has stayed true blue. and indeed

it's interesting given that the last couple of elections in second place, it hasn't been the liberal democrats, but it's been the labour party that's been nipping at the heels, if you can describe it, as nipping at the heels, 25,000 votes behind the conservatives . but the liberal conservatives. but the liberal democrats think they can do it. they've overturned similar sized majorities before , for example, majorities before, for example, in the south—west seat of tiverton and honiton, where they overturned a 25,000 vote majority in that true blue seat . so the liberal democrats have a spring in their step here today. a spring in their step here today . and they say don't look today. and they say don't look at the electoral history of this seat. don't look at the 2019 or even 2017 election where the labour party came in second. they say look at where the bookies odds are. look at where punters are putting their money. and it does seem that judging by bookies odds, the liberal democrats are favourites to take this seat. if a by—election were to happen . but that's the big if to happen. but that's the big if . nadine dorries promised to resign her seat many months ago

and still has not done so, she continues to act as the mp for this seat, although has not been seen in parliament since she announced her resignation mission. so it's a difficult situation here, a sort of shadow campaign running before the official by—election has been called if indeed a by—election will be called here. but the liberal democrat leader and indeed the liberal democrat candidate are out and about out knocking on doors today . they knocking on doors today. they i asked them if they would be doing a formal pact with the labour party, given the labour party's second place finish last time around and sir ed davey was clear. he said no pacts with the labour party, although he was less clear with where his party would be after a general election twice today, he refused to rule out going into coalition with sir keir starmers. labour party after the next general election. so much to think about for the voters here in true blue

mid bedfordshire . mid bedfordshire. >> thank you, tom. i see a few voters behind you there there might be able to give you some pointers location pointers as to nadine's location , maybe the vets as well. if she's dog cat, they she's got a dog or a cat, they might out . might help you out. >> good luck the tail or the >> good luck on the tail or the trail. who knows? anyway, now a gaming company which is behind some of the world's biggest video set to open its video games set to open its european headquarters in cardiff. >> yes, rocket science corporation is best known for games, including candy crush , games, including candy crush, fortnite and call of duty . fortnite and call of duty. >> well, the company's co—founder, originally from bridgend and not that far from cardiff , of course, bridgend and not that far from cardiff, of course, welcoming the of the welsh the support of the welsh government's futures government's economy futures fund. and it could create more than 50 new jobs. we're delighted to say. thomas daniel, co—founder naderjoins us now. thanks very much indeed for your time. why cardiff ? cardiff oh, thanks. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all, why cardiff ? >> first of all, why cardiff? >> first of all, why cardiff? >> two very big paths to that decision . decision. >> one is a business decision and the patriotic passion

decision as well. >> and i look at the business decision. >> cardiff is a great city and extremely underutilised when it comes to the big tech and gaming. >> you know, it has a growing tech sector. >> it has a fantastic university andifs >> it has a fantastic university and it's constantly knocking down walls into the american movie industry and the netflix world, the hbo world. >> so it has all the tools that you need for a good game studio i >> -- >> and the great thing about games is , is it's a passion games is, is it's a passion dnven games is, is it's a passion driven industry , meaning that driven industry, meaning that even though people might not have had a career in games to date, they've got the skills. >> there's going >> we know there's going to be thousands a thousands of people there with a passion who can utilise both to thrive in this industry . but thrive in this industry. but then there's a patriotic reason as well. as a welsh person, i couldn't be more proud to put something as well something back at home as well because the city because i feel like the city sorely needs a larger games company their presence . company in their presence. >> a city built >> yeah, of course. a city built on coal, which long gone . the on coal, which is long gone. the ford engine plants gone at bridgend, your home town . bridgend, your home town. although aston martin have moved into , i think, saint fagans. so

into, i think, saint fagans. so is there a change here that we could see a renaissance with new industries, new tech industries , tech industries ? , tech industries? >> i mean, i hope so. i again, it has all the tools . there's no it has all the tools. there's no reason it does just need to you know, it needs to be a alignment. and almost just putting a message out to the globe that you can utilise cardiff in this way. globe that you can utilise cardiff in this way . you know, cardiff in this way. you know, we certainly do it. >> we when it comes to the >> and we when it comes to the gaming sector, we feel like if we can play our as being we can play our part as being a sort a first mover, as an sort of a first mover, as an international move to cardiff. >> a spotlight will sort >> yeah, a spotlight will sort of on cardiff other of come on to cardiff and other companies and try companies will see that and try to us so very quickly. to follow us so very quickly. >> mean , 50 jobs, >> thomas i mean, 50 jobs, maybe just this, but presumably just with this, but presumably there'll also be add ons with other sectors who will feed into it , into it, other sectors who will feed into it, into it, yeah . it, into it, yeah. >> well, 50 jobs with rocket science, right? >> and that could increase. >> and that could increase. >> we're talking about cap on success. and if things go well in we'll more. in growth mode, we'll go more. but the vision is, you know,

over ten years and counting, the cardiff and wales is that cardiff and wales areas is that people will leave us, you know, and they'll start their and then they'll start their own thing add skill thing or we'll add the skill sets big studios here sets from the big studios here in america to people in cardiff that will attract more companies in the future to utilise that because they would have been skilled, trained, skilled, have been trained, hopefully by rocket science. thomas daniel, co—founder of rocket science, thanks for joining in gb news. joining us here in gb news. >> for your time. falling >> thanks for your time. falling house prices and record wage growth has made homes more affordable , at least on paper. affordable, at least on paper. >> but the rising cost of borrowing has put mortgages at a 15 year high. and that's according to analysis from halifax. yeah, well , they should halifax. yeah, well, they should know, of course. >> well, the same research, >> well, in the same research, they housing prices they say housing prices decreasing from 7.3 times annual earnings to 6.7 annual earnings. but it's still a pretty hefty price to pay. liam's got more here with on the money . so it here with on the money. so it sounds good in some ways, but not if you haven't got the money

to get a mortgage. >> you can't the >> yeah, if you can't raise the money because too expensive money because it's too expensive to the money because the to raise the money because the interest high, look, to raise the money because the inlotzst high, look, to raise the money because the inlot of high, look, to raise the money because the inlot of viewers ook, to raise the money because the inlot of viewers and a lot of gb news viewers and listeners be familiar with listeners won't be familiar with this of house prices as this concept of house prices as a multiple of average earnings, but it is a really important point kind of historic data series . series. >> let's see if we can explain it in a bit more detail. >> let's see if we can explain it in a bit more detail . as we it in a bit more detail. as we can see from my famous liam halligan graphic , the average uk halligan graphic, the average uk home, according to the halifax, our biggest mortgage lenders, they really know what they're talking now 6.7 times talking about is now 6.7 times average annual earnings. that's down from 7.3 times last year. now that's interesting because it's down because house prices are down and average earnings are down and average earnings are also up. that's why the ratio of the two has has gone down. but but but as you say, pip, we've had 14 interest rate rises since december 2021. so even if the house is a bit cheapen even if the house is a bit cheaper, you've got to pay more to raise the money to buy it. unless you're a cash buyer , of unless you're a cash buyer, of course, it's a great time for

the very lucky tiny minority who have got hundreds of thousands of pounds sitting in the bank and let's be clear, while this multiple is down back in the 1990s, price earnings ratios were between 3 and 4 times. so the average house was 3 or 4 times the average annual salary. so you can see house prices remain historically really, really expensive . and that's why really expensive. and that's why people are paying so much more as a share of their salary and their mortgage payments than they were back in the 80s. and 90s, when interest rates might have 10 or or 15. have been 10 or 12 or 15. >> well , in have been 10 or 12 or 15. >> well, in fact, i mean, even just few years, i think just for a few years, i think the halifax have also said that at moment eight people are at the moment eight people are paying at the moment eight people are paying of income to paying 35% of their income to actually service the mortgage, up from 23% only in 2020. >> that's right. and i do get slightly impatient with a lot of people i see on twitter , you people i see on twitter, you know, newspaper columnists, all back in my day, interest rates were 15. we survived today's youngsters. they eat too many

avocado sandwiches. they spend too much money going to ibiza. they really don't. they're spending today's youngsters a much higher share of their income to service for their head or to rent than any generation since the 1930. >> and there is for some people for some very lucky people. the bank of mum and dad. but that's not so easy these days either. >> well, it's easy if you've got rich parents, of course . a third rich parents, of course. a third of homes bought by first of all homes bought by first time buyers in the uk are now financed by the bank of mum and dad over a over a half in london and the south—east, which makes the housing market, which used to be a source of social mobility, know, working mobility, you know, working class couple, could get on the housing for first housing ladder for the first time generations. way my time in generations. the way my parents did. but now the housing market's a source of unfairness and rancour because wealthy families , kids can get families, kids can get properties so they pay their own mortgage rather than someone else's in rent. >> and even mum and dad could be hurting. when we look some hurting. when we look at some other have up

other figures that have come up just people what just to explain to people what we've looked at before, the pmi , it's an indicator of whether we could be heading to recession or and it's not looking or not. and it's not looking good, is it ? good, is it? >> it certainly is, mark. and i know you you follow these figures closely and figures very, very closely and rightly so, because you know, from your experience, as i do from your experience, as i do from mine, that these pmi numbers , purchasing manager numbers, purchasing manager index , a survey of index numbers, a survey of business leaders , very business leaders, very authoritative, very wide ranging and what business leaders think is happening in the economy. we're small we're talking about small business owners well as business owners as well as corporate . and so they corporate titans. and so they kind they pre—empt the gdp kind of they pre—empt the gdp figures and we can see there the manufacturing pmi , this is in manufacturing pmi, this is in august, dropped from 45.3in july to 42.5. and any reading below 50 indicate it's that that sector is contracting. so not just not growing, getting smaller , but hey, it doesn't smaller, but hey, it doesn't matter because the uk is a service economy, right? 80% of our economy is services . it does our economy is services. it does matter because in august the

services pmi also went —48.7 compared to 51.5 the month before . and the economy wide pmi before. and the economy wide pmi , all those subindices wrapped up into one. again, that's just gone negative for the first time, 47in many years, 47.9 compared to 58.8 now. so 50.8. now the pmi overall is the lowest since january 2021, which was, you know , lockdown. yeah. was, you know, lockdown. yeah. what does that mean ? it means what does that mean? it means that the bank of england's interest rate rises are clearly now driving us into a recession , as some of us have warned. a recession is two consecutive quarters of economic contraction that will hit investment that unfortunately will hit jobs. that's another reason why house pnces that's another reason why house prices are going down. but but but i've been looking since i last spoke to you about this at what we call the futures market. yeah. and it's clear now that the financial markets think that the financial markets think that the bank of england will think twice about raising interest

rates 21st september, 21st of september is when they're going to go up this morning before this number, the futures market was suggesting that interest rates were probably going to peak at 66.2 5. currently 5.25. they're now looking at between 5.5 and 5.75. so just one more interest rate rise , which interest rate rise, which changes the game for lots and lots of people who are trying to service those difficult mortgages or trying to buy a new home. >> we'll keep everyone on top of those figures, of course. liam, thanks very much. >> bumpy ride the >> well, bumpy ride for the economy and talking of bumpy rides today marks 100 years of the big dipper blackpool's iconic roller coaster cost. just a shilling to ride when it was first built in 1923. i'm getting a bit queasy looking at these pictures. strap yourselves in. yeah. featured much steeper drops and sharper turns . oh, i drops and sharper turns. oh, i love stuff like this . love stuff like this. >> this is just like the economy, isn't it? >> it's brilliant. it was. can you believe once even classed as pubuc you believe once even classed as public transport with each ride subject to vat?

>> yeah . now it's not the oldest >> yeah. now it's not the oldest because margate has that cachet. the queen of dreamland, 1923, blackpool 1923. but i think margate made all of wood, which is a bit rickety, but i mean, you get some great aerial views of blackpool. >> in fact , it's a good few >> in fact, it's a good few years ago now, but i was a little bit squiffy and i went on the big dipper so i can't say i remember too much about it, but yes, i did manage to just about keep everything down. >> i think this is that fast. am i being a little bit unkind here? it's quite genteel too , here? it's quite genteel too, i'll tell you . i'll tell you. >> exactly. 56mph. whoa whoa. >> exactly. 56mph. whoa whoa. >> there we go. and another bit coming round here. i feel as if you ought to be in the studio with arms in the air. but with our arms in the air. but whether makes it go faster whether that makes it go faster or slower, i don't know . or slower, i don't know. >> well, we thought we'd enjoy. you'd pictures. get you'd enjoy those pictures. get yourselves to blackpool. it's a great ride .

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just seen them fire something at the the moon and the far side of the moon and then there. good stuff. then land it there. good stuff. >> our foreign aid >> can we have our foreign aid back, >> can we have our foreign aid baci, >> can we have our foreign aid baci will be having a foreign >> i will be having a foreign aid on the course of aid discussion on the course of this other news. yes, this show. in other news. yes, ulez now, rishi sunak has decided to not take the old ulez situation to court as tuesday situation to court as of tuesday next week , drivers around next week, drivers around the greater london area will have to pay greater london area will have to pay an extra £12.50 to pull their car off driveway. no their car off their driveway. no matter drive it . do matter how far they drive it. do we think this is right? has it been brought in through the back door? i will be door? in other news, i will be discussing all this well. discussing all of this as well. a sick joke. yes that is right. i will be discussing whether or not the nhs does have a culture of cover up. and i'm also going to be chatting about this as well. 1500 artefacts have apparently gone missing from the british museum over recent years. i don't know why there's all this hoo ha about returning the elgin marbles. surely surely they could just come and get them and walk out the door with them. christys .