very lecturer in us politics. very shortly as the energy price cap falls. >> over 7 million homes are still expected to face a winter of soaring bills. how will bring you all the latest breakdown? and cross live to our reporter anna riley at a warm bank, which is a bake airy using its industrial heat to provide warmth . warmth. >> plus, the global space race is well and truly back on. but should we be sending foreign aid to a country like india, which is currently celebrating its historic moon landing all round space man andrew lound and social commentator bushra sheikh will battle that out very shortly . shortly. and another story that we're sure will get you talking this morning is the so—called golden handshakes , which is what golden handshakes, which is what golden handshakes, which is what golden handshakes for mps once they

stop being mps, should they continue to be paid? well, the new rules seem to be that mps will be getting double the payout if they lose their seat , payout if they lose their seat, double the amount of time that they continued to be paid for is that right? we want you to get involved. gb views at gbnews.com. >> but first, let's get a news roundup with tatiana sanchez . roundup with tatiana sanchez. >> ellie, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia , accused of charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result . he then posted election result. he then posted the photo on formerly known as twitter as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican front runner for next year's

presidential election claims the charges against him are politically motivated. if you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election. >> i thought the election was a figged >> i thought the election was a rigged election, a stolen election is what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. and everybody knows it. >> the ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that the wagner group's leader is dead, but it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday in its daily intelligence update, the mod said his death will almost certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the mercenary group . the average mercenary group. the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into winter regulator ofgem is dropping the price cap by £150 from october 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next

general election is being doubled. they received two months pay after losing their seats at the last general election, but the indian parliamentary standards authority has now ruled it should be increased to four months. the money is used to help mps close their office and manage staff departures. the payments won't be given to members who stand down an members who stand down before an election period . you can get election period. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews.com. now it's back to tom and . emily now it's back to tom and. emily >> good morning. you're watching britain's newsroom with me. and tom, the time is now. 9:34. now, before we get into our top stories this morning, we wanted to talk to you about mp pay because we know this is something that really, really gets you going and it's something about the gold handshake. tom, tell us. that's right. >> normally when an mp loses their seat or indeed resigns at their seat or indeed resigns at the time of an election, they

get to months extra pay in order to wind down their office in order to do all that sort of stuff. and now ipsa the body that determines how much pay mps get are saying that should be doubled . so lots of people say doubled. so lots of people say that in the midst of a cost of living crisis, it's not perhaps the best time to be talking about golden about whether mps golden handshakes doubled. handshakes should be doubled. but we to know what you but we want to know what you think about this . mps paid too think about this. mps paid too much. are they paid not enough? and should the they get and should the amount they get paid for losing their seat double? yeah. >> what is the base pay for a for an mp? >> £84,000. >> £84,000. >> a lot of money isn't it. >> a lot of money isn't it. >> although it is less inflation. mbappe hasn't kept up. kept up with inflation since 2010. so if it had kept up with inflation in 2010, mps were paid about £65,000. that would be worth around £100,000. today or £95,000 today. so about £10,000 worse off. but then again , just worse off. but then again, just about everyone in the country is about everyone in the country is a little bit worse off than we were in 2010 because of the inflation. >> very true. but we know it's

something that will get you going home. so do let us know going at home. so do let us know what you make of that. do you think the winding down payments should do think should be doubled? do you think that's something that perhaps your would deserve if your local mp would deserve if they their seat? do let us they lost their seat? do let us know what think. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> but to story this >> but to our top story this morning, trump has morning, donald trump has surrendered over surrendered to arrest over overnight in georgia while his mugshot this morning is everywhere and his ex page formerly known of twitter, of course, is back up and running for the first time since january 2021. >> well , he posted the mugshot >> well, he posted the mugshot with the caption election interference never surrender. >> it's extraordinary. he seems to be quite proud of this mugshot. well, trump faces 13 felony counts in the state of georgia regarding efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results. but joining us now to discuss this is the senior lecturer in us politics, richard johnson . us politics, richard johnson. ian. richard, it seems that this photo is so many things to so many people, to donald trump's detractors, it's a it's a scene

of a guy who has broken all the rules and they're delighted that this photo has been taken. but donald trump himself has made it into a t shirt. >> yeah, i mean, i think that , >> yeah, i mean, i think that, legally speaking, this case in georgia is the most treacherous for trump . and there are a for trump. and there are a number of reasons for that, not least that the path to a pardon is pretty much not there for him in the way that it is in the federal cases . but politically federal cases. but politically speaking , i think the trump speaking, i think the trump campaign has always wanted to have have the mugshot and this has provided has provided that. and the reason for that is because trump supporter in general don't think that he did anything wrong. and there's a minority of trump's supporters who think he probably did do something wrong but are supporting him anyway because they believe the system to be corrupt or broken down, or they

just see the imperative of defeating joe biden and establishment republicans as as a greater imperative. so this none of these indictments have been particularly politically damaging for trump and i expect the mugshot is not going to do him any harm with his own base. that's so interesting because what do you think it would do in terms of public perception? >> because it does feed into the narrative, as you say, it helps really to establish that narrative of trump versus the establishment . oh, he is almost establishment. oh, he is almost pinning it as a badge of honour on his ex page, but it's also quite stark to see this mugshot, isn't it? how do you think the opfics isn't it? how do you think the optics will have an effect on would be trump voters? is it a game changer for trump? >> the showman, the celebrity of many years, one of his insights is that he needs to keep his name in the news, and trump has

historically, when he was a big figure in kind of new york gossip columns. in the 90, was sometimes the columns weren't very nice , but trump encouraged very nice, but trump encouraged them anyway because it kept him relevant and kept him salient . relevant and kept him salient. you can see even with going to georgia just hours after the other republican candidates were having a debate , trump has having a debate, trump has managed to completely shift the conversation away from trump's challenges to back to trump himself. he's he's sucked the oxygen out . and so this is in a oxygen out. and so this is in a sense, part of the ongoing drama of the trump candidacy . see, of the trump candidacy. see, now, that's not to say that there aren't political issues here, independent voters are not particularly enamoured by this. there's a segment of republican voters, admittedly a minority, but a segment of republican

voters for whom this will be a problem for him. and it's also going to be a distraction for him in terms of he's going to have to appear in front of legal officials throughout the campaign, whether that's in georgia, in florida and washington, dc or new york. and that just means that it's less or fewer opportunities for trump to be in front of his own voters in adoring crowds, on on campaign stage across the country . country. >> although it does seem that at least up until now , amongst least up until now, amongst registered republicans , the sort registered republicans, the sort of perceived political prosecution has helped his case as established him more and more as established him more and more as that front runner. i wonder if that would change at all. but as things progress. if that would change at all. but as things progress . yes, but but as things progress. yes, but but ultimately, perhaps it is going to be his his biggest benefit in this primary. and maybe his biggest disadvantage widening out to that general election

when the independent registered and democrat registered voters get to take part to i said when trump first announced his candidacy back in 2015 that his candidacy back in 2015 that his candidacy was a and the support for him was a consequence of a of a sharp decline in trust that american voters had in political institutions . institutions. >> and this is in many ways a continuation version of that collapse in trust in political institutions. the legal system institutions. the legal system in the united states always had a certain part esan bent to it because prosecutors in many states are elected officials . states are elected officials. supreme state supreme court judges are elected. and of course , federal judges are course, federal judges are appointed by presidents. so there was always a political dimension to it. but in many ways that dimension had been able to be held behind a certain

curtain of propriety. and people kind of agreed to the rules of the game. there's a sense now both from republicans about certain prosecutors pursuing trump and democrats when they look at, say, the supreme court , that the legal system now is merely politics by another means, and that that's why i don't really think the legal jeopardy trump's in will have a tremendous impact on him politically . indeed, it may politically. indeed, it may assist him because it keeps him front and centre of the news story . story. >> and what impact do you think it will have on donald trump as as a man, as a figure ? because, as a man, as a figure? because, as a man, as a figure? because, as you say, the georgia trial looks to be the most legally treacherous for trump. do you think he is nervous about that? because yesterday we saw that convoy go from new jersey to the courthouse. it's the largest convoy that we've seen. so far. it did seem to be a very public display of defence. do you think

he is feeling nervous about this ? >> 7- >> if you're 7 >> if you're trump and you're thinking about your own personal future or whether you would end up behind bars or not, or in some form of incarceration, whether that's actually in a prison or some kind of arrangement with the secret service of some kind of house arrest or custodial sentence thatis arrest or custodial sentence that is still very much a possibility . the november 2024 possibility. the november 2024 election assumes an even higher significance than personally for donald trump . a because with the donald trump. a because with the federal cases is there's a path for him to pardon himself or arrange a pardon for himself. if he wins that election. and for the georgia case, there's a more than a convention, a legal understanding that state courts don't prosecute sitting presidents . and so trump might presidents. and so trump might hope to play these things out ,

hope to play these things out, you know, try to delay the legal process as much as possible in georgia, have the presidential election november , and then this election november, and then this this case, you know, is put on hold, frees is wound up in some fashion, i think, in terms of his own personal legal strategy, the legal strategy for him is connected to the political strategy . strategy. >> okay. richard johnson, really good to see you this morning. thank you so much for your time and for your analysis. >> well, now here's a question . >> well, now here's a question. should countries struggling with poverty should be spending billions sending people or indeed objects , rovers to the indeed objects, rovers to the moon ? moon? >> well, we're asking this because our fellow gb news presenter patrick christys has had a lot of backlash after suggesting that we shouldn't be sending foreign aid to the country. see if they can afford to send people to the moon or indeed objects or indeed objects i >> -- >> india's mission makes history as the first to land near the south pole of the moon. now the

total cost of this mission was predicted to be around $75 million, which is around £63 million, which is around £63 million, which is around £63 million, which sounds extraordinarily cheap for a moon mission. absolutely i mean, if you look at the kind of cost that it takes to build a road in this country, we could have into the been to the moon several times over. >> well, joining us now to debate this and the global space race and political race is social and political commentator sheikh. and commentator bushra sheikh. and space andy lound. very space expert andy lound. very good see you both this good to see you both this morning. thank you so much for your . bushra, let's start your time. bushra, let's start with has landed with you then. india has landed an object on the moon after accepting £2.3 billion in uk aid over the past five years. should we be sending foreign aid to india if this is what they're choosing to do with their money? >> well, my clear cut answer to thatis >> well, my clear cut answer to that is no, know, we should that is no, that know, we should not sending foreign aid not be sending foreign aid to countries spending vast countries that are spending vast amounts of on space amounts of money on space projects . i know that there are projects. i know that there are about 80 million people in india

that in abject poverty, that live in abject poverty, that live in abject poverty, that still do not have a direction or a roadmap of what their lives look like and what their lives look like and what the welfare system india the welfare system in india looks but what's really looks like. but what's really interesting this is that interesting about this is that interesting about this is that in india actually said in 2015, india actually said that they didn't want to receive any foreign aid anymore because they develop as an they wanted to develop as an economical country. economical progressive country. so i mean, there is a report at the moment that was done by the icai, which is the india commission for aid impact and what they said is they said that foreign aid coming from the uk, which ranges about 2.3 billion since since 2016, is now dressed up as a uk business investment. so this is very interesting. so they're not categorised it as foreign aid anymore . what foreign aid anymore. what they're saying is that we're now investing in india with india's infrastructure to help the people in the poorer regions. so they're not calling it foreign aid anymore. but, you know, as far as i'm concerned, no country should be spending this amount of whether it's 75 of money, whether it's 75 million. i know nasa in million. and i know a nasa in usa has spent about 250 billion

since the 60s doing the apollo missions. when you've got people who can't survive and eat. >> now, andy, it is extraordinary when we look at this number, 75 million. >> many people will think, how on earth did they manage to do it so cheaply? of course, not a lot of money to you or not. not a small amount of money to you or i, but not a lot of money in terms of government budgets? >> no, no. i mean costs in india are lower than they in are much lower than they are in the west. >> and this is one reason why they're investing their money into program, their into their space program, their annual their space annual budget for their space program is $1.56 billion. but their expecting by 2025 to have $13 billion income from their space program , which will space program, which will therefore self—fund their programs, which is quite interesting . it actually interesting. it actually accounts to nought point nought 4% of their gdp . obe. wow. and 4% of their gdp. obe. wow. and we get this argument a lot from various countries saying, oh well, why are they spending this money going to space when they've poverty and states

they've got poverty and states have got staggering amounts of poverty? here. poverty? we've got issues here. europe always europe has yet people always pick on space science, which i always think is it's almost like the minority group, the space scientists, pick them. let scientists, to pick on them. let at same annual figures , at the same annual figures, india . spent $69 billion, 2.7% india. spent $69 billion, 2.7% of its gdp on its military. okay so space science has an opportunity to do things which can benefit a country, can actually help a country out a great deal. and that's one of the things which we're doing for it. it's a benefit to humankind. it's a benefit help it's a benefit which can help yet nobody suddenly picks on the military well, military and say, oh, well, they're spending all this money military and say, oh, well, th

program? >> yeah, it's true. and the thing is, we won't actually have an result knowing an accurate result of knowing where foreign how where this foreign aid and how it's spent in these it's being spent in these countries. as far as i'm aware, they a significant amount of they get a significant amount of money obviously, the money to help, obviously, the country itself. but we just don't it spends. and don't know how it spends. and the is, though, andrew, the thing is, though, andrew, i don't people don't think it's that people have anything space have anything against space science or spacex or anything like it's just when we like that. it's just when we don't know the money is don't know where the money is being and the at being spent. and in the uk at the moment, are struggling the moment, we are struggling ourselves a community ourselves as a community in society really society where people are really struggling then when struggling to live and then when they that there this they do hear that there is this amount of money going outside of the uk, when should be the uk, when we should be focusing, think that's where focusing, i think that's where the lies and there is the issue lies and there is nothing wrong with the nothing wrong with with the advice space know that advice in space and we know that that but that happens in india, but i just swallow the pill to just cannot swallow the pill to know that there is all this money around and yet we do not have society where people can have a society where people can just off breadline. like, just be off the breadline. like, for example, india, those 80 for example, in india, those 80 million people live on less than $1 a if they get that. and $1 a day. if they get that. and that's really something to think about. >> and you've got about 20s if you'd like to come back to that

bitter pill to swallow, it is the space program. >> i mean, if they suddenly say we're not going to fund the space do really space program, do you really think to give think they were going to give that there? no, they're that money there? no, they're not. that's going be the not. and that's to going be the serious governments do serious thing. governments do need out poverty need to sort out the poverty issues, the space program actually can help assist with these they can pull actually can help assist with these resources:hey can pull actually can help assist with these resources together. bull actually can help assist with these resources together. and their resources together. and that's needs done. that's what needs to be done. but got to help the but yes, you've got to help the poverty world. and poverty of this world. and military spending, think, is military spending, i think, is the biggest issue we've got to deal with. really deal with. it's a really interesting point. >> andy bucha shrake, >> andy lound bucha shrake, really this really good to see you this morning. you so it's morning. thank you so much. it's a really fascinating debate. >> with what >> i was fascinated with what andy saying about the andy was saying about how the indian program going to indian space program is going to be self—funding in the future. they're to making money they're going to be making money from profitable. i mean, from this be profitable. i mean, that's most incredible that's the most incredible thing, something that was the gdp figure andy. gdp figure there, andy. >> spending on the space >> the gdp spending on the space program is 0.04. >> yes. military 2.7. interesting >> change it for you? >> does that change it for you? do you let us know what you think home? views at think at home? gb views at gbnews.com. we perhaps gbnews.com. or should we perhaps be little bit more on be spending a little bit more on space? perhaps we should. >> all this fifth

>> we're spending all this fifth country to land the moon. country to land on the moon. >> earlier, we're >> as you said earlier, we're sending this money india sending all this money to india and we haven't even put anything on the moon. >> billion since 2015 to >> 2.6 billion since 2015 to india. would done india. that would have done about 30 moon missions for us. wow were the same wow if the costs were the same as and i think labour as india and i think labour costs little bit costs might be a little bit higher, bit more in this higher, a bit more in this country. yeah, just just a tad. >> i think you're right. yeah. now the and day now on the second and final day of strikes, of senior doctor strikes, the government insists that talks on pay government insists that talks on pay are over and they are giving consultants a rise. consultants a 6% rise. >> the two walkout seen consultants a 6% rise. >> tconsult walkout seen consultants a 6% rise. >> tconsult nc walkout seen consultants a 6% rise. >> tconsult nc operating seen consultants a 6% rise. >> tconsult nc operating on seen nhs consult nc operating on a christmas day cover basis. the striking consultants have apologised patients points apologised to patients points over nhs disruption , but but put over nhs disruption, but but put blame at the door of the government. >> so what has the 48 hour walkout achieved , if anything? walkout achieved, if anything? well, roy liley is the former nhs trust chairman and he joins us now . very good to see you us now. very good to see you this morning, roy. so has it achieved anything? can it achieved anything? can it achieve anything when you've got the government saying no , the the government saying no, the talks are over and it's 6? >> well , no, i

talks are over and it's 6? >> well, no, i don't think it has achieved anything. and, you know, the interesting thing is the interest in this topic has dropped out of the news completely . as far as i know. we completely. as far as i know. we are the only news channel. they're actually covering it in any sort of depth. so i think, you know, the press have just kind of walked away. and if you look at the what it's achieved, it certainly probably achieved a lot of public aggravation for the consultants . i mean, the the consultants. i mean, the pubuc the consultants. i mean, the public are saying, listen, you're earning 80, 90, 100,000 a year to get a get over it. you know, we'd like to earn that kind of money. but the real damage is being done to people on the waiting lists. although the consultant say, yes, we're covering the blue light front door of the nhs and we're covering icu in emergencies. people on the waiting list are being turned away . but there's being turned away. but there's about it's about 78,000 people a day are being knocked off the waiting list who were expecting to have an operation diagnostic for sinister symptoms is worried about what the future lies.

maybe a range of their family to take them into hospital and look after them when they come out. you know, somebody's taken annual leave to look after your granny and all that kind of thing. and the people on the waiting are because waiting list are there because they need and they have a clinical need and their clinical need is being completely ignored . and, you completely ignored. and, you know, i hear consultants know, when i hear consultants saying , oh, know, when i hear consultants saying, oh, i'm know, when i hear consultants saying , oh, i'm really very saying, oh, i'm really very sorry is happening, sorry that this is happening, but government's making us but the government's making us do that's not true . the only do it, that's not true. the only person that makes go on person that makes you go on strike the person you look at strike is the person you look at in mirror in the morning in the mirror in the morning when teeth. to be when you clean your teeth. to be fair to the the doctors , i've fair to the to the doctors, i've got a press release here that says that will quince is a junior minister at the department of health, hasn't met the bma consultants since the 27th of march. so there have been no talks. i understand there have been backchannel talks between officials. but, you know, we all know, don't we? you come to work, you have a row with somebody, you have a row with somebody, you have a row with your partner, your neighbour, whatever. it all ends up with having to sit down and have and have to end

have talks. and they have to end this by talking. and the way it's going, it's causing a lot of damage, a lot of nhs staff have accepted the government's pay have accepted the government's pay offers, the nurses have accepted the pay offers. >> lots of those, perhaps lower paid people have accepted these offers. and on six offers. and yet people on six figure salaries are looking a bit obstinate . in it does. bit obstinate. in it does. >> i mean, the nurses settle for 5% and a lot of people think they settled prematurely really because the inflation was 8.3% when they settled. so they had a less than than inflation catching a pay rise. but as far as the consultants are concerned, i mean, i've got international comparisons of the amounts that consultants earn their middle ranking , 121,000 amounts that consultants earn their middle ranking ,121,000 is their middle ranking, 121,000 is their middle ranking, 121,000 is the average in germany and running to the end of the hour here. >> but thank you so much for your contribution this morning. it's interesting topic and it's an interesting topic and i'm we are covering it, i'm glad we are covering it, even if lots of others aren't really their former trust really their former nhs trust chairman. stay with us. chairman. do stay with us. >> we'll have lots more on

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to our reporter anna riley. at a warm bank which the bakery using its industry heat to provide warmth very shortly. plus mps who lose their seat at the next general election will receive double the financial support will cross live to westminster this hour to get the very latest from our political editor, chris hope. from our political editor, chris hope . and of course, we love to hope. and of course, we love to hear from you. so do keep your thoughts coming in on all of the stories that we're talking about today. it is, of course, the final bank holiday of the summer and we're going to be talking about all the travel chaos about all of the travel chaos with a little bit with sally getting a little bit later on. do let us know where you're getting away to this bank houday you're getting away to this bank holiday weekend . holiday weekend. >> and of course, the big question we've been asking you this morning, should the amount of money mps get when they lose their seats or when they resign double? that's the proposal from the independent parliamentary standards authority , or ipsa, as

standards authority, or ipsa, as it's known for short . do get in it's known for short. do get in touch. gb views at gbnews.com. but before all of that, here's your morning headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> tom, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken . the image was released taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result. he then posted the photo on formerly known as twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican frontrunner for the next year's presidential election claims the charges against him are politically motivated . motivated. >> if you challenge an election , you should be able to challenge an election. i thought the election was a rigged election or a stolen election is what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did

nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. and everybody knows it. >> the ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that the wagner group's leader is dead, but it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday in its daily intelligence update , the daily intelligence update, the mod said his death will almost certainly deeply certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the mercenary group, destabilising effect on the mercenary group , with the mercenary group, with the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into winter. slight reduction in energy bills heading into winter . a heading into winter. a regulator, ofgem, is dropping the price cap by £150 from october 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. experts are warning that little relief for some vulnerable customers. but energy minister andrew bowie says the news is good for everyone . everyone. >> government stepped up and supported the british people last year by paying half of everybody's energy bills that cost the government £40 billion. but it was billion. a well but it was £40 billion. a well spentin but it was £40 billion. a well spent in my because the spent in my mind because the british people needed the support winter. we're

support last winter. we're seeing prices coming down seeing energy prices coming down £580, down from their peak , £580, down from their peak, which is incredibly positive place to be. however, of course , there will be people out there who'll be looking at the average energy that energy bill thinking that it's unaffordable. and that's why this will this government will be supporting vulnerable supporting the most vulnerable pensioners cannot pensioners and those who cannot afford their homes as afford to heat their homes as we always have done. we will always have done. and we will continue do so through this winter. >> financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled . they received two doubled. they received two months pay after losing their seats the last general seats at the last general election , but independent election, but the independent parliamentary standards authority now ruled it authority has now ruled it should be increased to four months. the money is used to help mps close their office and manage departures. the manage staff departures. the payments won't be given to members down an members who stand down before an election period and the prime minister is warning the uk's asylum system is facing uncertainty . pressure rishi uncertainty. pressure rishi sunak comments come after the home office confirmed costs have almost doubled in a year to nearly £4 billion. the prime

minister , who's promised to stop minister, who's promised to stop the boats, says the figures are unacceptable. more than 19,000 people have crossed the channel this year. shadow cabinet office minister jenny chapman says the government needs to take action. >> it's extraordinary the prime minister making statements like that when they've been running the show for 13 years and now they say it's unacceptable. well it is an acceptable and you know how many you talk about the backlog, but do you know how many of the 45,000 people who crossed in a small boat last year? how many of their claims have been processed ? it's 1. you have been processed? it's 1. you know , this system is in absolute know, this system is in absolute crisis . this know, this system is in absolute crisis. this and it's been getting worse year on year since 2010. >> the deaths of 88 people are being investigated by the national crime agency . they were national crime agency. they were among more than 200 people in the uk who brought lethal substances and products to assist suicide . from a website. assist suicide. from a website. 57 year old canadian kenneth law was arrested and charged in ontario , accused of sending more

ontario, accused of sending more than 1000 items to 40 countries as and more than 80% of items brought from online marketplaces have failed. safety tests. the category with the most problems was toys the office for product safety and standards tested, 2000 products sold online marketplaces between october 2021 and september 20th, 22. it found that almost all of them failed to meet safety standards . some of the toys fail because they were considered to be strangulation hazards for children under 36 months of age . 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 tomanelli . back to tomanelli. >> welcome to britain's newsroom with ellie and tom. the time is 10:06 and we knew this would happen. 10:06 and we knew this would happen . we asked you about the

happen. we asked you about the golden handshake for mps. that's the money that they receive when they lose their seat. it is going to be doubled . what do you going to be doubled. what do you make of that? that's what we asked you. this morning. so many of you getting in touch, aren't they? tom absolutely. >> written in say >> joanna has written in to say at this it's at times like this it's ludicrous to give them more money. already more more money. they're already more more than majority of us. and than the majority of us. and that's absolutely they're that's absolutely true. they're on double the median on more than double the median wage. the optics for a lot of >> it's the optics for a lot of people, isn't it? i mean, we are in cost living crisis. many in a cost of living crisis. many people struggling to put food on the table, perhaps having to take jobs and you're take on two jobs and then you're also seeing having their also seeing mps having their payments also seeing mps having their paywell,; think it would be >> well, i think it would be more if everyone's more acceptable if everyone's pay going up more acceptable if everyone's pay going ”p by more acceptable if everyone's pay going up by more than pay was going up by more than inflation at a time the inflation at a time when the economy could economy was booming, we could have a conversation. how much time mps to down time do mps need to wind down their offices? that's their offices? because that's what about. it's going what this is about. it's going from months months from two months to four months of extra pay after end of extra pay after the end of the job wind down offices and the job to wind down offices and all the rest of it. so a really weird time to be talking about what months to wind what takes four months to wind down office. what takes four months to wind donou office. what takes four months to wind

donou justice. what takes four months to wind donou just whack it in >> you just whack it in a cardboard box, do you not? and then walk out. that's an then you walk out. that's an hounl then you walk out. that's an hour, i suppose there's handover documents done. documents to be done. >> i don't know. i'm >> but yeah, i don't know. i'm not not going to make not i'm not going to make excuses for mps. >> says they should all be >> ian says they should all be on pay to try and on minimum pay to try and understand us understand what it's like for us that have survive on minimum that have to survive on minimum income survive. and tim said, income to survive. and tim said, i would suggest that we double the pay have half the the pay but then have half the number mps and has said number of mps and terry has said as the £84,000 salary an as well as the £84,000 salary an mp gets office expenses to cover staff and staff salaries and administrative needs, plus travel first travel expenses, including first class travel expenses, including first cla:well, also they're an mp >> well, also if they're an mp for place outside london, they for a place outside london, they get rather swanky flat in get a rather swanky flat in central london. >> it's not bad work if >> yeah, it's not bad work if you can get it. that's quite good. benefits. >> well, i was. i was speaking to an who lost their seats to an mp who lost their seats two elections who two general elections ago who said to order match his said that in to order match his lifestyle as mp no longer lifestyle as an mp no longer being an mp , he thought he being an mp, he thought he needed earn around 160,000. i needed to earn around 160,000. i was about to you'd need, was about to say you'd need, even the salary was . even though the salary was. yeah, yeah. because of all of the extras. absolutely. the extras. yeah absolutely. >> actually says is >> and john actually says is regarding the golden handshake.

if two months he says if it's for two months he says yes , it should doubled. yes, it should be doubled. >> that's how it so yeah. >> well that's how it so yeah. yeah. no was. yes yeah. no he was. yes >> so i'm happy for it to go to four months. >> i'm happy it to go to >> i'm happy for it to go to four months. i suppose on the one hand, if you're an mp and you thought you'd still have your you suddenly lose your seat and you suddenly lose that election, that's to be that election, that's got to be a time, not just a traumatising time, not just for but course the staff for you, but of course the staff that for you. that's, that work for you. that's, that's, got be that's, that's got to be considered other considered here. on the other hand, most if they lose hand, most people, if they lose an election, they shouldn't get an election, they shouldn't get a most people a benefit for that. most people would think i would have thought, talking about thought, well, talking about losing of you losing an election, lots of you getting touch on on trump as well. >> after that after that mug shot. almost professionals. shot. i'm almost professionals. i'm almost a professional. shot. i'm almost professionals. i'm almost a professional . after i'm almost a professional. after that shot in georgia and a that mug shot in georgia and a court in georgia last night, paul people vote and love paul says people vote and love trump because he did nearly everything he said he would do. i understand and i don't i don't understand and i don't think you realise how corrupt america how they have america is and how they have thrown to thrown everything at trump to destroy because he's destroy him because he's a threat their system. threat to their system. >> do he build the >> did he do he didn't build the wall. he didn't he didn't reduce

the debt. he didn't. i mean, i'm not sure did everything that not sure he did everything that he wanted to do. >> feel to free come back >> paul, feel to free come back to that, will, john to that, if you will, and john says seem to think that says people seem to think that donald appearances donald trump's court appearances would from his election would deflect from his election campaign. what the democrats are really doing is giving him free platforms. already platforms. and he is already making these work for him . making these work for him. >> well, as we were saying , of >> well, as we were saying, of course, donald trump has made those mug shots perhaps great. again, it's really interesting to see different sides, both sharing this as some sort of vindication on. >> well, he voluntarily surrendered yesterday at fulton county jail in atlanta. he faces 13 felony counts in the state of georgia regarding efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election result. >> so are you team trump or perhaps you think he doesn't have a hope of winning the next election? or should be in prison? well joining to battle it out is the former financial times journalist and author of the book this is not america, alan friedman. and jennifer oohing of republicans over seas.

let's start with you , jennifer. let's start with you, jennifer. donald trump has now received a number of indictments. he's had his mugshot plastered around the world. surely he's a drag on republican hopes at the next election . election. >> well, it's funny, you say that because my view is actually this is a democratic strategy. they want donald trump to be the gop nominee going into the 2024 general election because as if they didn't, they wouldn't continue to bring forth all of these indictments and charges against what is not necessarily against what is not necessarily a former president , but is a former president, but is a political opponent of joe biden. so, yes , i think they want to so, yes, i think they want to run against him. they think they can beat him. they beat him in 2020. and every time there's an indictment, which actually if you look at the calendar completely coincides very completely coincides with very bad negative news coming out about the biden family influence

peddling. so the timing is quite interesting. yeah it's elevating him in the polls. he's got a solid 35% at, um, approval rating amongst republican voters who i don't think any mug shot or anything he could do would deter those people from voting for him. however the people that were most likely decide the election are the depending on whatever poll you look at, 48 to 50% of the independent voters, the persuadable voters, and unlike the four of us right here on this call, who are, you know, probably looking at the nuances of these different cases and looking closely at all of the, you know, political stories, most of those voters are just trying to put food on the table, get their kids back to school after being locked down for a few years. so they're not going to be paying attention to the nuances of these. they're going to just reading to just be reading the headlines. and lot of those headlines. and a lot of those people decide, you know people might decide, you know what, too messy.

what, this is just too messy. even if this is the criminal justice system being weaponized against a political opponent, which is something we've never done in the us. you know, done before in the us. you know, just i don't want to deal with this. and 70% of americans do not want to see either joe this. and 70% of americans do not want to see eitherjoe biden not want to see either joe biden or president donald trump run again. they do not want to see that rematch. so hopefully we can move on. but two things can be true at the same time. you know, you can not necessarily want donald trump to be the gop nominee and still say this is, you know, whether you want to use the word two tier justice system or inconsistent way in which some of these indictments are being brought against him. um, you know , two things can be um, you know, two things can be true at the same time. so >> okay. alan, i want to bring you in at this point. what do you in at this point. what do you make of that school of thought there from jennifer? the democrats actually want this . democrats actually want this. this is a plot by the democrats because they know each of because they know that each of these indictments actually increases popularity and increases trump's popularity and they in the running

they want him in the running against biden . against joe biden. >> no, i don't think there's a plot. there's no plot by the democrats. and i would comment on jennifer's accusation that that there's a weaponizing of the justice system by pointing out that she's right in one case, the new york business case brought for tax fraud. i think that's politically motivated, the alvin bragg case. but i think she's wrong about jack smith , who is a career prospect smith, who is a career prospect shooter and has got a abundant evidence, apparently, that mr trump obstructed justice, is kept top secret documents and also tried to overthrow the result . and i think the proof of result. and i think the proof of thatis result. and i think the proof of that is that mike pence, mr trump's vice president, will be the star witness at the trial against mr trump. so it's not a democratic plot. having said that, i think i agree with jennifer. most americans 60, 70% don't want either trump or biden to be the candidates. i am one

of them. i think even though i, i think biden has done some good things . i i think biden has done some good things. i don't want biden at the age of 81, 82, 83 to be the us president. the age of 81, 82, 83 to be the us president . but in america, us president. but in america, we're stuck with this system where there's a practise if the president wants to run again , president wants to run again, the party lets him. so biden will be the candidate with trump. i see he's defeating desantis and all the others , so desantis and all the others, so it looks to me like trump will be the republican candidate and of course, our american constitution allows you to run for president, even from jail. so it'll be a weird 2024, but i think personally that , oh, we think personally that, oh, we seem to have lost our connection to italy. >> there and to alan friedman, the former feat journalist. but thank you both to alan and to jennifer for joining thank you both to alan and to jennifer forjoining us thank you both to alan and to jennifer for joining us for that. i think very interesting points covered on both sides . points covered on both sides. >> yeah. and do you keep your

views coming in on that story? vaiews@gbnews.com. >> now the energy regulator ofgem has announced that the next price cap for october to december will rest . at £1,923 december will rest. at £1,923 for the average household in england, wales and scotland. of course , if you use more energy, course, if you use more energy, you'll be charged more. if you use less, you'll be charged less . and that's dropping from just over £2,000 up to july. >> but there is reduced help from the government and there are higher fixed costs for many. so will we actually see much difference in what we actually pay-7 difference in what we actually pay? well, let's cross live now to our reporter anna riley, who's at a warm bank, a bakery using its industrial heat to provide warmth in guisborough good morning to you, anna. tell us more . us more. >> us more. >> good morning to you both. yes, it was an ingenious idea. i'm joined by ed hamilton trouet. here he is. he runs brickyard bakery. it's a community bakery here in guisborough in north yorkshire . guisborough in north yorkshire. and he decided why waste all the

heat from this bakery that we can see behind us? why not use it for people in need? so just up above us, there is a warm room for people to come throughout the week. so they don't to heat their homes don't have to heat their homes and they can have a cup of tea and they can have a cup of tea and a coffee and socialise at the same time and we're just talking about the energy cap coming this morning and coming out this morning and saying, make coming out this morning and sayingof make coming out this morning and sayingof difference make coming out this morning and sayingof difference to make much of a difference to households will be households that will be struggling come this winter? because there's not that government support this time around? >> i really don't believe it's going to make a massive difference, and i'm difference, sadly. and i'm a little disappointed that that's the route they've gone down because i know for a fact that there are many , many of our there are many, many of our customers that are really struggling. it's not just the energy prices, food inflation, all the rest of it. they're having to cope with . and we were having to cope with. and we were really lucky last year. it wasn't a particularly severe winter , but if we get a hard winter, but if we get a hard winter, but if we get a hard winter this year, then people are going to be really struggling and we are going to

have people sat at home worrying about heating on, about putting their heating on, missing meals because they can't afford to keep up with the bills i >> -- >> and this 5mm >> and this is a vital service , >> and this is a vital service, but it is provided by the community. what what do people tell you when they come in here, the struggles that they're having with the cost of living? it's strange opened it's strange because i opened the room because it seemed the warm room because it seemed like an immediate half a solution to a horrible problem. >> and when people said, how are you going? how long are you going to keep it open? and i said, well, as long as people use it as long as people as long as it's needed and we haven't missed a day since we opened the open all the way through the summer, even though people didn't people didn't need the heat, people still, feeling still, you know, they're feeling quite they have still, you know, they're feeling q|great they have still, you know, they're feeling q|great deal they have still, you know, they're feeling q|great deal of they have still, you know, they're feeling q|great deal of money. have still, you know, they're feeling q|great deal of money. they ve a great deal of money. they can't they can't spend every day in a cafe, you know, because they don't have that they just don't have that disposable and people disposable income. and people have using the and have been using the space and coming sitting coming and sitting and socialising know, you socialising and, you know, you can pretty sure that there'll socialising and, you know, you carsomebody sure that there'll socialising and, you know, you carsomebody else that there'll socialising and, you know, you carsomebody else to at there'll socialising and, you know, you carsomebody else to chatzre'll socialising and, you know, you carsomebody else to chat to�*ll socialising and, you know, you carsomebody else to chat to or be somebody else to chat to or just a cup of tea and

just have a cup of tea and a change of four walls. so it's, you know, you sat in the same you know, if you sat in the same space all the time, then it's quite to have somewhere quite nice to have somewhere that going you that isn't going to cost you a great deal of money, isn't going to cost you anything at all, actually. and they can in. actually. and they can come in. so are struggling and so people are struggling and people struggling all people have been struggling all yeah people have been struggling all year. winter year. it isn't just a winter problem, extra bills , problem, but those extra bills, that cost and if that extra heating cost and if we have a hard winter , then it's we have a hard winter, then it's going to be just absolutely catastrophic for people . so catastrophic for people. so yeah, and sadly , the warm room yeah, and sadly, the warm room looks like it's going to be there for a long time. yeah. thank you for speaking with us this morning and i'm sure people in this community really appreciate what doing here appreciate what ed's doing here and across the uk as well. >> warm banks providing that place for people to come and keep warm and socialise, especially winter especially coming up to winter when those bills when we can see those bills could rising . could well be rising. >> well, anna, thank you very much bringing that. i much for bringing us that. i hope it's not too warm for you. there that in august. there in that bakery in august. but very, very useful. but no doubt very, very useful. come the winter. but no doubt very, very useful. conyeah, winter. but no doubt very, very useful. conyeah, it's1ter. but no doubt very, very useful. conyeah, it's aer. but no doubt very, very useful. conyeah, it's a sad state of >> yeah, it's a sad state of affairs, isn't it, really, when

we think about having we have to think about having places like warm banks for people the winter. people to use during the winter. but got wonderful but then we've got wonderful people ed seems lovely. people like ed who seems lovely. i a nice thing. i think it's a nice thing. >> i think. do you? i think we've always throughout history had where community we've always throughout history had come where community we've always throughout history had come together. community we've always throughout history had come together. it'sommunity we've always throughout history had come together. it's good1nity we've always throughout history had come together. it's good to ty can come together. it's good to see hosted by private see them being hosted by private business than by taxes. business rather than by taxes. it's nice to see people doing nice things for other people. >> i agree with you on that and it's always nice to have a community hub. but the fact that we warm for people to we need warm rooms for people to be because they be be warm because they can't be warm homes because warm in their own homes because they afford be in they can't afford to be warm in their own homes, i think that's very you're right. very no, you're right. >> you're right. i think it would be nice to have it as an optional extra than as a optional extra rather than as a necessity. know you necessity. let us know what you think that and about banks. >> i think could see many of >> i think we could see many of them this upcoming winter. vaiews@gbnews.com >> but coming up, we'll be speaking our political speaking to our political editor christopher hope about these golden handshakes we've been talking about all morning. should money should mps get twice the money when lose? don't go when they lose? don't go anywhere . anywhere. >> the temperature's rising. >> the temperature's rising.

>> bob coast solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news sponsors of weather on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news shower dodging for the next couple of days. >> some big showers likely in places today . there will be some places today. there will be some sunshine as well . but even when sunshine as well. but even when the sun is out, it doesn't feel particularly warm. high pressure is the west. low is well to the west. low pressure is sitting over us and that's generating the showers. quite breezy across parts of western but elsewhere western scotland, but elsewhere in scotland, the winds are light, which means when the showers could showers develop, there could be quite moving drop a lot quite slow moving and drop a lot of rain in a short space of time. much of eastern time. now, much of eastern england seeing many showers england not seeing many showers today. staying today. many places here staying dry. more cloud developing dry. some more cloud developing through the afternoon, some through the afternoon, but some brighter seeing the brighter spells seeing the temperatures high teens , temperatures to the high teens, low some heavy showers low 20s, some heavy showers likely later for parts of wales and southwest england. they'll move through fairly brisk move through on the fairly brisk wind. but those slow moving heavy, perhaps thundery showers continuing through parts of scotland overnight . the showers scotland overnight. the showers do tend to fade away in many

areas, but we'll keep some going in england in northwest england and northern of scotland where northern parts of scotland where it'll stay breezy . quite a cool it'll stay breezy. quite a cool night again. could turn a bit misty with the lighter winds over and southern parts. over central and southern parts. a bit fog first thing on a bit of fog first thing on saturday morning. that will clear. we'll have some sunny spells, but then the showers will develop yet again as we go through the day. immune through the day. nowhere immune from don't from the downpours. i don't think tomorrow. expect some think tomorrow. so expect some heavy , but won't rain heavy showers, but it won't rain all there'll be some all day. there'll be some brighter between. brighter spells in between. again windy across again quite windy across northern parts . it turn northern parts. it will turn a bit drier through the long weekend. temperatures weekend. but again, temperatures on side , the on the cool side, the temperatures rising . temperatures rising. >> boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

news. the people's channel, britain's news . news. the people's channel, britain's news. channel >> it's 1026 britain's news. channel >> it's1026 and you're britain's news. channel >> it's 1026 and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news. my name is tom harwood and i'm with ellie costello as we are every friday. now, members of parliament who lose their seat at the next election will receive double financial receive double the financial support that did before. support that they did before. >> , mps currently receive >> yes, mps currently receive two months wages after the election, but the independent parliamentary standards authority, the one also keeps recommending they get pay rises, has ruled that they should give receive a further four months wages the future here. wages in the future here. >> well, let's cross live to westminster now and up to westminster now and get up to speed with gb news political speed with gb news new political editor hope . chris, why is

editor chris hope. chris, why is ipso this authority saying this now? it seems so tin eared . now? it seems so tin eared. >> well, they've been consulting on it, tom, for a while. they announced this quietly on their website in july. it's been picked up in august by by journalists at the telegraph. and i think it's fascinating . and i think it's fascinating. it's an addition to redundancy payments. so when you lose your job, you get a pay off and that happens to mps. mps get twice what what is the statutory payment ? the same level as civil payment? the same level as civil servants. so for five years service £6,000 on top of that . service £6,000 on top of that. but they get money to wind down their office. now, previously that was a22 month payment of £8,600 salary to kind of unwind all the loose ends in your office. that's doubling . to office. that's doubling. to £17,300, four months pay. and this applies to any mp who loses their seat in the next election. even mps now who are saying they're going and can start unwinding their office. already some might question doing this

in the middle of a cost of living crisis. of course this is taxpayers money. it's your money. it's my money doing it. and can do this without a and ipso can do this without a vote in the house of commons. >> okay. our new political edhon >> okay. our new political editor, chris hope, really good to you there down in to see you there down in westminster . westminster. >> now, a few moments ago, the prime minister spoke about these new price cap numbers and new energy price cap numbers and his reaction to the projection plane crash. let's have a listen to what the prime minister has said in the last few minutes. >> actually, today's really good news families and down news for families up and down the country a reduction in the country with a reduction in the country with a reduction in the price that's the energy price cap that's going reduce average going to reduce on average a typical family's energy bill by about £150, easing the burden on the cost of living. and we took decisive action after putin's illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies, using that money provide about £1,500 of money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household. but i know things are still tough , and that's why we are tough, and that's why we are working night and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people's pockets can go further.

>> data suggest that some families will once again be struggling this winter with energy costs off the back of another difficult one. how do you target support help you target that support to help those people ? those people? >> really important that we those people? >> target ally important that we those people? >> target our important that we those people? >> target our supportnt that we those people? >>target our supportnt the we do target our support to the most vulnerable society , and most vulnerable in society, and that's doing. the that's what we're doing. so the national wage gone up national living wage has gone up by around £1,300 for those on the earnings. pensioners the lowest earnings. pensioners are receiving an extra £300 this winter alongside their winter fuel payment everyone on fuel payment and everyone on universal credit is receiving £900in universal credit is receiving £900 in direct cost of living support . because i want to make support. because i want to make sure most vulnerable our sure the most vulnerable in our society extra help, society do get that extra help, even energy prices are even as the energy prices are coming down. we want to keep providing help because providing that help because bills . high bills are still. high >> do stay with us. still to come, we're going to be talking about the backlog of asylum cases in the uk hitting a new record we'll asking record high. we'll be asking who's to blame. but first, let's get a news bulletin with tatiana sanchez. >> ellie, thank you very much.

it's coming up to 1030. this is the latest in the newsroom. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result . he then posted election result. he then posted the photo on formerly known as twitter , as well as his campaign twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican frontrunner for next year's president election claims the charges against him are politically motivated . the politically motivated. the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into winter. regulator ofgem is dropping the price cap by £150 from october 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. the ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that the wagner group's leader is dead, but it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin and his name was on the passenger list of a

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with tom howard and me, ellie costello . costello. >> now, according to home office figures, asylum backlog stats have now hit a record high. that's a total of 175,457 people are awaiting approval in their first stage of their application action in june 2023. but the figures also revealed a 63% increase of people coming on work visas in the year to june 2023, whilst the migrant observatory claimed only 41% of the total of asylum seeker applicants travelled via small boats. well, joining this to explore this is the former brexit party mep ben habib and the political political commentator matthew stadlen . commentator matthew stadlen. ben, let's start with you. it is interesting . the backlog has interesting. the backlog has risen . it almost seems like the risen. it almost seems like the government has has a deliberate policy of not processing these people. well you might think that given the speed at which it's grown, but i think this is

just symptomatic of a government that can't govern. >> you know, we've seen it right across the public sectors, haven't we? every public haven't we? every single public sector, look at, including sector, you look at, including obviously home office just obviously the home office just doesn't function. and the one the one stat that you didn't mention that the cost of mention is that the cost of housing, caring for and treating migrants medically and so on has doubled to £4 billion in the year to june 2023. that . 1% off year to june 2023. that. 1% off the basic rate of tax for every one in this country. think about that for a moment. you know, and this cost is only going to get bigger. what rishi sunak sensibly said this morning was that the only way to deal with the backlog is to stop the boats from coming . but he hasn't got from coming. but he hasn't got any ideas , any serious ideas any ideas, any serious ideas about how to do that. we had the nationality and borders bill, which we told we were told would solve it. it didn't. rwanda was going to solve it. it didn't. the illegal migration bill came into last month. we've into force last month. we've seen the illegal seen no action under the illegal migration bill and actually, tom, there's one to tom, there's only one way to stop the boats and that is to

physically them in the physically stop them in the channel physically stop them in the channel, we have right channel, which we have the right to do under international un convention, law of the sea and we need to physically stop them and send them back to france. it's the kindest thing to do. >> okay, matthew, let's bring you that stage, do we you in. at that stage, how do we tackle this backlog? is it simply stopping boats the simply stopping the boats in the channel even get here? >> well, ben and i come at this from different sides of the argument where we agree me is that is that the government is completely lost control of this. it is not governing . it's not it is not governing. it's not governing the interests governing in the interests of the it's not the british people. it's not governing way that helps governing in a way that helps asylum don't forget, asylum seekers. don't forget, a lot people are lot of these people are languishing on this backlog list for months and months at a time which counter to the hard right narrative is a very miserable experience . can we actually experience. can we actually physically stop the boats ? not physically stop the boats? not if it involves endangering lives. i'm sure ben wouldn't want to endanger lives. we can't simply stop them and push them back because these vessels , as back because these vessels, as we know, are not fit for purpose. we have tragedies on the seas far too many times .

the seas far too many times. back to the rishi sunak point about not being able to govern, he made himself a hostage to fortune with some of these five pledges. at the end of last yeah pledges. at the end of last year. of those pledges let's year. one of those pledges let's be absolutely clear, was to wipe out backlog by end of out this backlog by the end of this he's coming nowhere this year. he's coming nowhere close to doing that. at the moment. they are processing cases at about 2000 a month. if he is to get rid of this backlog, going need to backlog, he's going to need to do at about 11,000 a month. do it at about 11,000 a month. that's five and that's between five and six times quickly he is doing times as quickly as he is doing it the moment. and is it at the moment. and he is coming nowhere close. one final quick point, part part what quick point, part part of what came figures is came out of these figures is that the top nationality of people who are on these boats is afghan afghanis are fleeing the taliban who are a bunch of mediaeval torturers . so we mediaeval torturers. so we should remember that. remember our duties to these people before we start pointing fingers and using phrases like military age men , which is designed to age men, which is designed to scare the british public. >> ben, what do you say to that? a large number of people coming from afghanistan, many would say that has obligation.

that britain has an obligation. we invaded that country, but britain does have an obligation to afghanistan. >> 22 of carnage with no >> 22 years of carnage with no result other than the taliban being in charge they were being in charge as they were when entered the country when we entered the country in the place. that the first place. but that obugafion the first place. but that obligation isn't delivered by opening our borders and allowing in people whom we know nothing about who may actually be export ed here by the taliban, who may have antipathetic attitude to the united kingdom . and the united kingdom. and remember, these people are already safe in france . they already safe in france. they have succeeded in securing their human rights . once they get to human rights. once they get to europe, they're coming to the united kingdom because frankly, we spend 50,000 per head per migrant , per we spend 50,000 per head per migrant, per year. the french spend £5,000 per head, per migrant per year. we're ten times as generous as the french might that not be matthew stadlen? >> because we don't process them quickly. therefore they have to be put up in state accommodation rather than working . rather than working. >> what the government needs to be doing is getting together with attempted to do, with france has attempted to do, but unsuccessfully and

but it seems unsuccessfully and simply sure that these simply making sure that these people do not get on boats in the first place. the problem with that , of course, that with that, of course, is that the french not particularly the french are not particularly in incentivised. they need to get grip of these gangs. get a grip of these gangs. there's absolutely no doubt about don't want people about it. i don't want people any than ben does taking any more than ben does taking this journey. we have any more than ben does taking thistop journey. we have any more than ben does taking thistop people.journey. we have any more than ben does taking thistop people. the1ey. we have any more than ben does taking thistop people. the second have any more than ben does taking thistop people. the second thing to stop people. the second thing it has to is get a grip on it has to do is get a grip on the backlog. there's no point coming these populist the backlog. there's no point cominlike these populist the backlog. there's no point cominlike rwanda, se populist the backlog. there's no point cominlike rwanda, which ulist the backlog. there's no point cominlike rwanda, which isist plans like rwanda, which is financially going to work. financially not going to work. it's going work in it's not going to work in practise. have to process practise. you have to process these claims more quickly. what is one of the is the tragedy? one of the tragedies here is that these people could contributing people could be contributing visa applications for care workers rocketed. that's workers rocketed. why? that's because like one of my because people like one of my very ill relatives who is currently cared for, currently being cared for, people large from africa, british africans or africans on visas. we need these people to make sure that our sick and elderly and disabled are looked after in this country. these people languishing on the backlogs if they were processed more quickly, be helping more quickly, could be helping with that sort of with precisely that sort of vital work. but what do you make of ben's point that these people

are on the backlog? >> they have already passed through country. they've through a safe country. they've already france? already passed through france? well that they are well the fact is that they are coming . coming. >> the question is how to stop them in dangerous way. them coming in a dangerous way. i we need doing far i think we need to be doing far more afghanis to make sure more for afghanis to make sure that they can come here in serious as effectively serious numbers as effectively and legally. we need to do a lot more that. as say, if more than that. as i say, if they that france isn't they think that france isn't suitable for them they want suitable for them and they want to this country, the to come to this country, the question how stop them. question is how we stop them. and we're not doing it effectively enough. >> will >> well, this will be a conversation continues to conversation that continues to go and on. wish we had more go on and on. i wish we had more time it, i'm afraid time for it, but i'm afraid that's all we've got time for. ben and matthew, thank you very much your time this morning. much for your time this morning. but it's. >> you, t-n >> thank you, tom. thank you. now that, it's not now it's not only that, it's not only donald trump making political shockwaves in america. republican vivek ramaswamy is the new name in the political arena after he gained attention for his performance in the first primary debate on wednesday . primary debate on wednesday. well, last night, just 24 hours after he took took part in that

first republican debate , our first republican debate, our very own nigel farage spoke to him in an exclusive interview . him in an exclusive interview. here's a quick snippet on the environmental stuff. >> i mean , you were very clear >> i mean, you were very clear on the stage last night that america needs to frack. america needs to be self—sufficient. america an energy america needs to be an energy exporter . yes. and were very exporter. yes. and you were very clear on that. and i get that 100. i have to say, i have a very similar view for what we ought doing back in the ought to be doing back in the united kingdom with that issue. but comes to climate but when it comes to climate change itself , but when it comes to climate change itself, you but when it comes to climate change itself , you know, but when it comes to climate change itself, you know, man made co2 is leading to ever rising temperatures and ultimate doom and disaster. you are are you a denier on climate change? where do you place yourself on? >> so i'll just i'll just state the facts because a lot of these labels are reductionist and most people are using them have no idea what they're about. idea what they're talking about. true. global surface true. so our global surface temperatures going up. the answer be yes. is answer appears to be yes. is that some way to that related in some way to manmade the answer manmade causes? the answer appears is appears to be yes. is that anywhere close to existential anywhere close to an existential risk for humanity? absolute not. anywhere close to an existential risk in' humanity? absolute not. anywhere close to an existential risk in contrast ty? absolute not. anywhere close to an existential risk in contrast to absolute not. anywhere close to an existential

risk in contrast to the .olute not. anywhere close to an existential risk in contrast to the climate yt. and in contrast to the climate change agenda, our best approach forward is adapting to the changes in the climate as we always have through not less, but more use of fossil fuels and also other forms of energy. most notably nuclear energy. and so my view is we have to look at the facts. if you look at the number of people who die of climate related disasters, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, heat waves, it is down by 98% over the last century. >> watching mainstream media, you wouldn't believe it. >> you would never know this. but this fact, nobody who's credible community credible on scientific community is the data will is familiar with the data will deny this because it's a hard fact for every people who fact for every 100 people who died today of a died in 1920 to die today of a climate related disaster, you want more plentiful, want to know why more plentiful, abundant access fossil fuels? abundant access to fossil fuels? eight times as many people die of cold temperatures as warm ones. let's think about that fact. oh, and by the way, in the 1970s, the climate change movement actually about movement was actually about warning of a looming ice age unless stopped. unless we stopped. >> enough fossil fuel. >> i'm old enough fossil fuel. i remember kid. yeah. no, remember it as a kid. yeah. no, no, do.

no, i do. >> i'm young enough to see the images of the magazines on the internet. but internet. they used to warn. but the reality this is from the the reality is this is from the 1970s. not that ago. 1970s. not that long ago. >> but this gets to the heart of something else that i think is really important. vivek. and i think you about. you've got think you care about. you've got two mentioned that two kids. you mentioned that earlier. you earlier. my feeling is, you know, the western know, right across the western world, kids are world, frankly, our kids are being indoctrinated at school. they're being poisoned at school. being taught school. they're not being taught critical they're not school. they're not being taught critica given they're not school. they're not being taught critica given both they're not school. they're not being taught critica given both they'rof1ot school. they're not being taught critica given both they'rof an being given both sides of an argument. would you as argument. what would you as president education in president do with education in america? have restore america? so we have to restore education through putting achievement education through putting achieven means getting of >> that means getting rid of teachers if you're a teachers unions. if you're a pubuc teachers unions. if you're a public teacher's union and you're unionising, who you you're unionising, who are you unionising not unionising against? it's not against monopolist against some monopolist capitalist. you're unionising against the students, the public that you're supposed to represent. so i would shut down the us department of education. it is a disaster. shut it it is a disaster. you shut it down, shut it down, close it, shutter it. >> wouldn't that just >> but wouldn't that be just completely building? completely sell the building? >> no, no, no, it wouldn't be. it wouldn't be. in it it wouldn't be. in fact, it would be a great way. >> going to run it? >> who's going to run it? >> who's going to run it? >> well, doesn't need to >> well, it doesn't need to be run education in the

run because education in the united administered united states is administered locally. there was nigel last >> well, there was nigel last night, and we'll be seeing a lot more nigel in the united more of nigel in the united states in coming months. but states in the coming months. but it's they were states in the coming months. but it's there they were states in the coming months. but it's there about' were states in the coming months. but it's there about education talking there about education because a big because education is a big issue. side the pond, issue. this side of the pond, too. we're joined now by our panel michael walker and panel by michael walker and candace and candace, candace holdsworth and candace, you've story today you've picked out a story today about inflation, the about grading inflation, the measures to reduce it seem to have hit select schools more than comprehensives . than comprehensives. >> it's so interesting, isn't it? >> so yeah, the sharpest drop in grades been seen amongst grades it's been seen amongst the schools and the the private schools and the grammar schools. so they think that they benefited more from generous from teachers . generous marking from teachers. but what even though they have seen the sharpest drop, there is still huge disparity between still a huge disparity between the areas in the the most deprived areas in the north and the more privileged schools in the south. and a lot of this has to do with how many teaching hours they receive dunng teaching hours they receive during the pandemic. like quual is happy see these these is very happy to see these these these drops because they think it's levelling playing field it's levelling the playing field . ireland, for instance, . but in ireland, for instance, they're a more they're being a lot more generous with sort of

generous with kids and sort of acknowledging that they had a very time during the very tough time during the pandemic. is pandemic. i mean, this is a generation that experienced something us have something that none of us have ever experienced middle ever experienced in the middle of schooling , they of their schooling, and they definitely more help definitely need a lot more help through it. i think michael walker, i wonder, is it generous to grades high? to keep grades high? >> i my instinctive reaction is that grade inflation is a not generous thing to do because it sort of it means you can't distinguish between children. >> i don't think anyone's in favour of grade inflation. i mean, what happened is a fairly ad hoc situation whereby the teachers teacher teachers gave teacher assessments because people couldn't take exams. so obviously was obviously what that did was increase grades and now they're trying to bring them back to the level were level they were before. i suppose question are suppose the question is, are they doing a bit too quickly? they doing it a bit too quickly? because might feel because obviously you might feel hard done by if you're a student. year. employers student. this year. employers aren't to know aren't necessarily going to know the someone the difference between someone who in 2023 who passed their gcses in 2023 and passed them in and someone who passed them in 2022. potentially could 2022. so potentially it could have less of a steep have been a less of a steep slope. but i mean, there are arguments on both sides when it comes to this because wales

northern ireland, very interesting you interesting on that point you just are not just made, they are not adjusting yet. just made, they are not adj1they're yet. just made, they are not adj1they're keepingt. just made, they are not adj1they're keeping them at >> they're keeping them at that that level because that high level because this cohort of students still cohort of students were still affected lockdown learning affected by by lockdown learning dunng affected by by lockdown learning during their gcse period. so it's only england as the outliers that are actually starting to bring those grades down. sure you're down. so i'm sure if you're a parent of an english student who just sat their gcse, you'd feel like that's quite unfair. >> see, but it such >> yeah, see, but it is such a good question though, because you're into you're going to go into the workplace, you're have workplace, you're going to have to at some point or to face reality at some point or you're go to university you're going to go to university and not going to able and you're not going to be able to handle it for whatever reason. so is it better to bring the grades and just sort the grades down and just sort of get people to where they need to be rather than protecting them in school environment and in that school environment and then out into the then they get out into the working and universe t and working world and universe t and get it's get a big shock. it's so interesting it's, it's interesting where it's, it's a devolved issue, it? devolved issue, isn't it? >> this where you can see >> and this is where you can see it. >> it. it's i wonder if >> field it's i wonder if employers now will thinking, employers now will be thinking, hang gcses from hang on, they've got gcses from wales. i'm not going to they might be lower value gcses like you it the other way as you can see it the other way as well. know. don't we

well. i don't know. why don't we just the top 10? get this just say the top 10? get this mark the next 10, get this mark the next you know, you could just same each but just do it same each year, but we've got more to discuss. let's have a look this that's have a look at this story that's been in the wake been bubbling along in the wake of world cup final, the of the world cup final, the women's football world cup final. michael what's going on with final. michael what's going on witiwell, this is a good news >> well, this is a good news story, really. so mary earps, i think, inspired the nation partly by screaming for. so nick, i don't think nick, i mean, i don't think there's here. there's a conspiracy here. nick had tops the female had printed tops of the female women's but not the women's team, but not the goalkeeper. apparently more goalkeeper. apparently it's more expensive a because expensive to do a goalie because you shorter run because you have a shorter run because you're a very specific you're producing a very specific shirt, ten of shirt, whereas you've got ten of the shirts. obviously the other shirts. obviously right? they weren't going to right? so they weren't going to produce this t shirt. sorry. this but that this shirt. but that caused outrage. signed outrage. 150,000 people signed a petition and now they have conceded to popular demand and there will be a limited run of england goalie shirts printed. >> could this just be fantastic marketing for night? >> that's true. we a run on these shirts now, isn't it? >> some pr intern might be getting a raise. >> yeah, i know. it's always. i'm not sure if i'm allowed to

say this at this in the say this at this time in the morning, the phrase is up morning, but the phrase is up rather than conspiracy, which is always. >> you think, yeah, apologies if that's inappropriate. >> a cult figure though. >> did you catch any of the women's world cup? >> she i did. so i watched >> she well, i did. so i watched the final. cannot say i'm the final. i cannot say i'm knowledgeable football. knowledgeable about football. whenever the women's whenever i watch the women's team, for team, it's just emotional for me. know, i'm just sort of >> you know, i'm just sort of like, oh, this is so amazing. it's so wonderful. >> i know nothing about >> but i know nothing about offside. about onside. >> but i know nothing about off yeah, about onside. >> but i know nothing about off yeah, but about onside. >> but i know nothing about off yeah, but i'll about onside. >> but i know nothing about off yeah, but i'll telljt onside. >> but i know nothing about off yeah, but i'll tell you1side. >> but i know nothing about off yeah, but i'll tell you what. so yeah, but i'll tell you what. >> went to meet a junior >> i went to meet a junior league, i think you'd call it girls team. and they all loved maria. so it player for maria. so isn't it player for them? does it does them? so it does seem, it does seem that night and tony seem strange that night and tony were the two that seemed to just have outs have the most shout outs throughout have the most shout outs thr(|t;hout have the most shout outs thr( it does seem extraordinary >> it does seem extraordinary that nike wouldn't have printed that nike wouldn't have printed that shirt in the first place. i mean, if costs more, mean, even if it costs more, it's it's the world cup it's the it's the world cup final. know. final. i know. >> i know. you know, these are commercial but i commercial decisions. but i do think there just think that there is still just a slight block of recognition of just what is. and just like how loyal the fans are to it.

>> although i wonder if 150,000 people signed that petition? not sure. 150,000 people would be buying the shirt. >> well, let's hope so. that would be great news for mary earps as well. has been so earps as well. she has been so popular social media. and popular on social media. and candice, have at candice, let's have a look at this story, shall we, in the times seems to around a lot times seems to come around a lot at moment. it's on the at the moment. it's on the dangers of ai. >> so yeah, so this is this is a story in the times and it's richard dearlove , ex—head of richard dearlove, the ex—head of mi6 he since the mi6. and he says since the pandemic , he's become very pandemic, he's become very sceptical of scientists . so he sceptical of scientists. so he doesn't believe them when they say that i could be a threat to humanity. i mean, this this has happened right since covid. i mean, people just sort of mean, people have just sort of lost in institutions lost faith in institutions and we've a rise in we've all seen a rise in conspiratorial thinking and it's affecting everybody . i think the affecting everybody. i think the whole question of whether ai is a threat to humanity, you hear such varying things. you know, people who are experts in the field say across the board they could just outcompete humans and everything. on the other everything. then on the other side , you'll people who'll side, you'll get people who'll say, absolutely we're say, absolutely not. we're always control. know ,

always in control. you know, that's something out of that's like something out of science . and i that's like something out of science .and i don't science fiction. and i don't know. we do need to know. i think we do need to consider social consider the social and political of political impact of ai. sometimes when i listen to the head of the ai companies, i feel like they're very caught up in the technology of it, but they're not considering the wider impacts. i mean, i listened to interview between listened to an interview between barry weiss, the amazing american journalist, and sam altman, the head of openai, and she asked him such a profound question. she said, how do you feel be like leading this feel to be like leading this huge change? and he didn't really answer. and i thought creating a new species almost of things that are more intelligent than we are. >> michael walker should we be listening to the former head of mi6 ? mi6? >> well, it's quite bizarre. it's quite bizarre have come it's quite bizarre to have come out the covid 19 pandemic as out of the covid 19 pandemic as someone in know someone who was in the know and sort they've got less sort of saying they've got less trust from scientists now, obviously, got some obviously, scientists got some things covid things wrong during the covid pandemic, the pandemic, face masks at the beginning, it was beginning, but ultimately it was scientists that saved us with this that meant we could this vaccine that meant we could exit we could go exit lockdown and we could go back life essentially as back to life essentially as as normal. amount that

normal. also, the amount that sort these modellers sort of these these modellers get to honest, get attacked. to be honest, their weren't bad. their models weren't that bad. and there there always was a huge margin in them. huge margin of error in them. >> we should >> so if anything, we should trust the journalists less who took most extreme models and took the most extreme models and said all the said this is what all the scientists saying. absolutely. >> i mean, in terms of the ai issue, it's incredibly interesting when got interesting when you've got a lot people are lot of people who are passionately working on a project seem to often project which they seem to often admit there's about chance admit there's about a 10% chance will destroy humanity as we know it. it's how does that it. it's like, how does that feel working on developing feel to be working on developing something end something you think might end the suppose the world? i suppose oppenheimer's the moment. oppenheimer's out at the moment. maybe a similar sort of maybe it's a similar sort of situation maybe it's a similar sort of sitlwell, suppose this is >> well, i suppose this is the question sort think most question sort of. i think most people think it was good people would think it was a good thing the americans thing that the americans developed nuclear bomb developed the nuclear bomb because would have got because they the would have got there , that would there otherwise, and that would have much worse have been a much, much worse thing world, i suppose. thing for the world, i suppose. is ai? is it is it similar with al? is it good sam altman the guy good that sam altman is the guy that going to make of that is going to make sort of general artificial intelligence rather or russia or iran? >> jeez, we're in that same historic period. hey, like things just come around again. each generation has to sort of

consider things and it consider these things and it becomes a sort of arms race. and maybe it isn't the people who are contemplating the depth are just contemplating the depth of it's the very of it. maybe it's just the very ruthless, pragmatic people who say, you know, it's better say, well, you know, it's better that they do. that we get it before they do. and it gets developed. and and so it gets developed. and then later everyone deals with then later everyone deals with the we've got the consequence is we've got we've got time for one more. >> michael. so let's have a look at number 10 in the at racing for number 10 in the mirror, we? mirror, shall we? >> so this labour. have >> yes. so this is labour. have made in the last made £47 million in the last yean made £47 million in the last year, is despite a year, which is despite having a drop their membership numbers drop in their membership numbers which know, some which means, you know, some wealthy are coming around wealthy people are coming around to that keir starmer to the idea that keir starmer could a good prime minister could be a good prime minister for tories down on 30 for them. the tories down on 30 million. you could say this million. now you could say this is represents the interests is who represents the interests of in the uk. think of business in the uk. i think it's more likely that it's probably more likely that it's probably more likely that it's backing who it's just people backing who they be next they think will be the next winner. to fund the winner. people want to fund the next minister next next prime minister and the next government they hope government because they hope they might get some favours in return. worked very for return. it worked very well for certain property when certain property developers when it tory party i'm it came to the tory party i'm not sure what favours these people if keir people are expecting. if keir starmer to power. starmer comes to power. >> question, you >> is that age old question, you know, it the sun that won it

know, was it the sun that won it in did they just want to in 92 or did they just want to back the winner? yeah. well, we'll back with michael and we'll be back with michael and candice in candice a little bit later in the but for now, let's the show. but for now, let's have a look at the weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather gb news sponsors of weather on gb news alex here with your alex deakin here with your latest update from the latest weather update from the met gb news shower met office for gb news shower dodging for the next couple of days. >> some big showers likely in places today. there will be some sunshine but even when sunshine as well. but even when the is out, it doesn't feel the sun is out, it doesn't feel particularly warm. pressure particularly warm. high pressure is the west, low is well to the west, low pressure is sitting over us and that's generating the showers. quite breezy across parts of western scotland. but elsewhere in scotland, the winds are light, which means when the showers develop, could be showers develop, they could be quite and drop a lot quite slow moving and drop a lot of short space of of rain in a short space of time. now, much eastern time. now, much of eastern england seeing showers england not seeing many showers today. here staying today. many places here staying dry. more cloud developing dry. some more cloud developing through but some through the afternoon. but some brighter the brighter spells seeing the temperatures to the high teens. low 20s, some heavy showers likely later for parts of wales and southwest england. they'll move through on fairly brisk

move through on the fairly brisk wind. but those slow moving heavy, perhaps thundery showers continuing through parts of scotland overnight . the showers scotland overnight. the showers do tend to fade away in many areas, but we'll keep some going in north—west england and northern of scotland where northern parts of scotland where it'll stay breezy . quite a cool it'll stay breezy. quite a cool night again. could turn a bit misty with the lighter winds over central and southern parts a bit, bit of fog first thing a bit, a bit of fog first thing on saturday morning, that will clear. we'll have some sunny spells, the showers spells, but then the showers will yet again as we go will develop. yet again as we go through the day. nowhere immune from the downpours, i don't think some think tomorrow. so expect some heavy rain heavy showers, but it won't rain all day. there'll be some brighter spells in between. again, across again, quite windy across northern turn northern parts. it will turn a bit through the long bit drier through the long weekend . but again, temperatures weekend. but again, temperatures on side , it looks like on the cool side, it looks like things are heating up . things are heating up. >> boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news aiden lee

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over 7 million homes are still expected to face a winter of soaring bills. but how will bnng soaring bills. but how will bring you the latest breakdown from our business and economics editor liam halligan . editor liam halligan. >> and the ultra low emission zone is being expanded to greater london next week, which could see people coughing up £12.50 a day. vehicle sales, which do not meet certain emissions standards. our reporter lisa hartle will be catching up with some costly commuters . commuters. and mps are going to be getting double the golden handshake they get when they leave office. >> as if an mp loses or stands down, they'll get twice the cash than they had before . is that than they had before. is that fair? is that right? we want your thoughts. gb news gbviews@gbnews.com is the address. >> but first, let's get a news bulletin with tatiana sanchez .

bulletin with tatiana sanchez. >> thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results. he then posted the photo on formerly known as twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican frontrunner for next year's presidential election claims the charges against him are politically motivated . politically motivated. >> if you challenge an election , you should be able to challenge an election . i thought challenge an election. i thought the election was a rigged election . a stolen election is election. a stolen election is what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. and everybody knows it . wrong. and everybody knows it. >> the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into winter

regulator ofgems dropping the price cap by £150 from october 1st. price cap by £150 from october ist. it price cap by £150 from october 1st. it means the average energy bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. experts are warning that's little relief for some vulnerable customers. but rishi sunak says the news is good for everyone . good for everyone. >> we took decisive action after putins illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies using that money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household. but i know things are still tough, and that's why we are working night and day to bnng are working night and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people's pockets can go further . further. >> financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled. they received two months pay after losing their seats at the last general election, but the independent parliamentary standards authority has now ruled it should it be increased to four months. the money is used to help mps close their office and manage staff departures. the

payments won't be given to members who stand down before an election period . the ministry of election period. the ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that the wagner group's leader is dead, but it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday. in its daily intelligence update, the mod said his death will almost certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the mercenary group . the prime mercenary group. the prime minister is warning the uk's asylum system is facing unsustainable pressure. rishi sunak's comments come after the home office confirmed costs of almost doubled in a year to nearly £4 billion. the prime minister , who's promised to stop minister, who's promised to stop the boats, says the figure is unacceptable. more than 19,000 people have crossed the channel this year. shadow cabinet office minister jenny chapman says the government needs to take action. >> it's extraordinary the prime minister making statements like that when they've been running the show for 13 years and now

they say it's unacceptable. well it is unacceptable and you know how many you talk about the backlog , but do you know how backlog, but do you know how many of the 45,000 people who crossed in a small boat last year? how many of their claims have processed ? it's 1. you have been processed? it's 1. you know, this system is in absolute crisis and it's been getting worse year on year since 2010. the deaths of 88 people are being investigated by the national crime agency . national crime agency. >> they were among more than 200 people in the uk who bought lethal substances and products to assist suicide. from a website . a 57 year old canadian, website. a 57 year old canadian, kenneth law was arrested and charged in ontario , accused of charged in ontario, accused of sending more than 1000 items to 40 countries and finally, more than 80% of items bought from onune than 80% of items bought from online marketplaces have failed. safety tests. the category with the most problems was toys. the office for product safety and standards tested 2000 products sold on online marketplaces between october 2021 and

september 20th, 22. it found that almost all of them failed to meet safety standards. some of the toys failed because they were considered to be strangulation hazards for children under 36 months of age . 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 ellington . back to ellington. >> welcome back. the time is 1105. you're watching britain's newsroom with tom howard and me , ellie costello. and we have loved your company this morning. thank you so much for all of your emails on all of the different stories that we are talking about today. okay. let me share one with india and me share one now with india and the mission . as john says, the space mission. as john says, when when we as a country when we when we as a country have spare money, we will always help others. but the moment, help others. but at the moment, we to be borrowing money. we appear to be borrowing money. and away . and then giving it away. >> and of course, we've been talking about mbappe this

morning or indeed mbappe former mp pay the pay that mps get when they lose their seats. ian has written in. i guess it's doubled because so many expect to lose their seats in next year's general election , which it must general election, which it must be said that ipso is an independent body. the mps can't decide this themselves , although decide this themselves, although some people sort of always think, well, mps could legislate to abolish ipsa if they really if they really wanted to. >> and david says it's not right that mps get four months to wind down their their offices. it doesn't take that long to actually shut down an office maybe 24 hours or a week at most. fill your cardboard box and out . and walk out. >> and douglas says if these mps were paid on productivity, they would not earn 20 grand a year. they would get rewarded for failure . i'm not sure what he failure. i'm not sure what he means by 20 grand a year there, but i suppose there was someone else who emailed 18,000. else who emailed in 18,000. >> golden handshake now >> now the golden handshake now is 18,000, right? >> so that's near enough. >> so that's near enough. >> 20, not a year. that would be the at the end of the

the money at the end of the someone else's middle. i'm really can't find really sorry. i can't find your name. are. we have a deluge name. we are. we have a deluge of emails on this but of emails on this subject, but someone says mps should be paid by if they keep their promises or not. you know, if the government keeps all of its promises, they should be promises, then they should be paid and it breaks all paid loads and if it breaks all of they should be paid of them, they should be paid basically which don't basically nothing, which i don't think terribly bad idea. think is terribly bad idea. >> not terribly bad idea, >> really not terribly bad idea, but quite difficult but it would be quite difficult to quite subjective. yeah. >> yeah . do you let us know what >> yeah. do you let us know what you gbviews@gbnews.com. you think gbviews@gbnews.com. >> the energy >> but in other news the energy regulator ofgem has just announced next price cap for announced the next price cap for october to december. it will rest at just under £2,000 for the average household in england , wales and scotland, dropping from over £2,000 in july. from just over £2,000 in july. well analysts say a typical annual bill could be £150 cheaper this winter , but there cheaper this winter, but there is reduced help from the government and higher fixed costs for many. >> we're asking will we see much difference in what we actually pall-7 pail-7 >> pall-7 >> well, let's get the breakdown now with our legendary economics and business editor liam

halligan . hey, liam, what what halligan. hey, liam, what what what legendary he makes me sound like one of the kray twins, doesn't he? i don't know . when doesn't he? i don't know. when i think of legendary, i think like tom hardy to you. i think of alexander the great speaks volumes. you think of the great twins. >> what's the name of their film? isn't it the legend? >> of course. you know what? >> of course. you know what? >> the uptake. know. nice to >> the uptake. i know. nice to see costello. see ellie costello. >> correct. >> correct. >> i'm sorry that i go to antiquity and classical literature you go to literature and you go to a hollywood movie. >> because i'm a geezer. >> that's because i'm a geezer. >> that's because i'm a geezer. >> yeah. >> that's because i'm a geezer. >> liam, what does are >> liam, what does it mean? are we be paying less or we going to be paying less or are we to be paying more? are we going to be paying more? >> yourselves in because >> strap yourselves in because this is a little bit complicated. i know i'm the economics business editor economics and business editor of gb look at my gb news. right? and i look at my electricity and gas bill electricity bill and gas bill and i don't understand it. i mean, it's so complicated. it's like complicated. like deliberately complicated. they're keeping like deliberately complicated. thyand keeping like deliberately complicated. thyand when keeping like deliberately complicated. thyand when do keeping like deliberately complicated. thyand when do i keeping like deliberately complicated. thyand when do i get keeping like deliberately complicated. thyand when do i get it keeping like deliberately complicated. thyand when do i get it backzping it. and when do i get it back and am i credit? crikey and when am i in credit? crikey so this is where we are. so look, this is where we are. ofgem which is the energy regulator. i've put this up on a graphic you guys. ofgem graphic for you guys. ofgem announced this morning a new energy price cap and that energy

price cap is set to fall from £2,074 to £1,923 on october the first, going all the way through to december. but but but that's a bit cheaper. but up until now, the government's been taking £400 off. everyone's energy bill at source that big subsidy. it's cost the government a lot of money that's now ended the assistance now is much, much more targeted on vulnerable low income households plus on top of that tomanelli off. com have allowed what are called standing charges the kind of fixed payments to be increased by quite a lot. and now what does this mean ? it should mean this mean? it should mean everyone's bills get cheaper. but the resolution foundation a aslef think tank, but certainly very respectable people who can do their sums. very respectable people who can do their sums . they've estimated do their sums. they've estimated because standing charges are going to go up by the amount that they are and because the energy price cap has hardly come down at all, they reckon that

7.2 million households are going to face higher bills this winter, not lower bills. even though the cap has come down and the average standing charge we learnt morning going up learnt this morning is going up from £250 a year to almost £300 now. that's what we call an economics regressive . what does economics regressive. what does that mean? it means it hits the poor harder than it hits the wealthy because if you're using less energy in a poorer household, if you're a pensioner couple, you're being careful putting the heating on when you cook is a higher proportion. yeah a standing charge is the same for everybody. a millionaire pays the same standing charge as a couple on benefits. yes. so that's kind of unfair. and on top of this, we know that this winter there's every chance that oil prices are going to be higher than they currently are. they're up 20% since mid—june, june, and gas pnces since mid—june, june, and gas prices are up 50% since mid—july, though they're really, really so there's been really volatile. so there's been so many people assuming that last winter was terrible. this winter is going to be better from a cost of living perspective of and the headline,

of that the energy of course, is that the energy price has come down and price cap has come down and that's a thing. but i'm that's a great thing. but i'm here unfortunately, that here to say, unfortunately, that doesn't mean that everyone's bills are going come down. bills are going to come down. and just me saying and it's not just me saying this. mean, brearley, this. i mean, jonathan brearley, who's exec of ofgem, who's the chief exec of ofgem, he's of getting his spin in he's kind of getting his spin in early because he's correct. it's welcome he said this welcome news. he said this morning that the price of cap continues but i can't continues to fall, but i can't offer any certainty that things will ease this winter and listen to this from the excellent citizen advice. you know, the old citizens advice bureau , a old citizens advice bureau, a wonderful of advice and wonderful source of advice and support for vulnerable people in our society . this support for vulnerable people in our society. this is their head of energy policy who definitely knows their onions. gillian cooper increasing numbers of people we help are in a negative budget where they don't have enough money coming in to cover even essential bills , says even their essential bills, says gillian data gillian cooper. our data suggests it will be as bad if not worse, than last winter . not worse, than last winter. >> for liam. we're just being told we do have those graphics available for you. >> we we've done we've you don't need to do next time .

need to do them next time. >> but i'm here to say that i people will have called economists dismal scientists . economists dismal scientists. i'm not here trying to be deliberately pessimistic. i just think gb news viewers and listeners are smart and they want to hear what's really happening. that's why they tune in us. and so we've taken in to us. and so we've taken some here explain that some time here to explain that even pnce some time here to explain that even price cap has even though the price cap has come down, when you consider the fact across the board help fact that across the board help has been scrapped the has been scrapped and the standing charges are going up, then for many people, the bills won't go down. and i wouldn't be surprised if the government does actually move over the next few days to spend some money on this and say we need to expand support for energy bills from beyond the most vulnerable. >> they say they will be support for the most vulnerable people on pensioners. on benefits for pensioners. absolutely will be absolutely absolutely it will be absolutely of support support of that support and that support is considerable. >> that support is considerable. >> that support is considerable. >> looking in terms >> what are we looking in terms of number of then of the number of people then that actually are going that are actually who are going to be the squeezed middle? >> well, this the thing, tom. >> well, this is the thing, tom. you you think about these you i know you think about these things the problem is

things a lot. the problem is when you start testing, when you start means testing, right? when you right? means testing is when you start start targeting start you start targeting benefits based not just on the most vulnerable, but you start to move up the income scale. a means test is an old fashioned victorian word testing your victorian word for testing your means for looking proper bonnet up. show me all your family finances. it's really invasive . finances. it's really invasive. you know it. but once you start means testing it, it becomes very big , critically cumbersome very big, critically cumbersome and expensive . and as you move and expensive. and as you move up the income scale from the most vulnerable and you approach average incomes of course the numbers expand massively because that's where most people are . so that's where most people are. so the slightest increase in assistance up the income scale is very, very expensive. but then you get people either side of the line. the problems , of the line. the problems, either side of the line. it's really unfairjust because we really unfair just because we earn in my household £20 more a week than we do in the costello household that you get all this help. so you end up so much better off than we are because

you've suddenly had a big chunk of your energy costs taken away. a difficult conundrum for a really difficult conundrum for the this and so much the government. this and so much of it rests on geopolitics. what's happening in russia , what's happening in russia, ukraine, that's driving these wholesale energy prices and thus driving our energy bills as well. complex but thanks for beanng well. complex but thanks for bearing with me. >> well , this you're the >> well, this is what you're the best liam halligan. really best at liam halligan. really good to see you this morning. thank for getting to the good to see you this morning. thankof for getting to the good to see you this morning. thankof thatr getting to the good to see you this morning. thankof that issue ng to the good to see you this morning. thankof that issue because; good to see you this morning. thankof that issue because it heart of that issue because it does to be a good news does appear to be a good news story, doesn't it? on the surface, on the surface, so much more complicated than that. >> other >> absolutely. well on other news interpreted >> absolutely. well on other news ways, interpreted >> absolutely. well on other news ways, hasterpreted >> absolutely. well on other news ways, has the reted >> absolutely. well on other news ways, has the us d in multiple ways, has the us president, the former us president donald trump, made mug shots? again well, he shots? great. again well, he voluntarily surrendered yesterday at fulton county jail in atlanta. >> well, trump faces 13 felony counts in the state of georgia regarding efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election result . never one to election result. never one to back down. he came out fighting, telling broadcasters that he has every right to challenge an election he feels is unfair to.

thank you very much for being here. >> i really believe this is a very sad day for america. they should never happen. if you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election. i thought the election was a rigged election. a stolen election in. and i should have every right to do that. as you know, you have many people that you've been watching over the years the same things. what years do the same things. what has taken place is has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing nothing nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong, it . wrong, and everybody knows it. i've such support and i've never had such support and that goes with the other ones too. what they're is too. what they're doing is election interference. they're trying an trying to interfere with an election . there's never been election. there's never been anything like it in our country before this is their way of campaigning and this is one instance. but you have three other instances. it's election interference. we did nothing wrong at all. and we have every right, every single right to challenge an election that we think is dishonest, that we think is dishonest, that we think it's very dishonest. >> a defiant donald trump speaking there in georgia last night. we're joined by our

panel night. we're joined by our panel, michael walker and candace holdsworth. really remarkable scenes i've just seen from the trump campaign mailing list . they've actually mailed list. they've actually mailed people this mug shot, the photo of this mug shot with the words the american people know what's going on. i will never surrender our our mission to save america . if you're doing poorly, george due to the sinister people in this right now, don't this country right now, don't even think about donating. so that's what they've gone for. they're really using this mug shot of defiance. shot as an image of defiance. yeah >> yeah. so this is the first tweet in ages . and he's used tweet in ages. and he's used that mug shot . tweet in ages. and he's used that mug shot. trump is using it. he's using it as a campaign tool. he wants to leverage the notoriety and they're going to have to. right. i mean, he's got all these indicted agents against the election's against him. the election's coming avoided debates coming up. he's avoided debates with people could possibly with people who could possibly challenge him on it. and so he's just trying shape just trying to shape the narrative. but wonder how narrative. but i just wonder how long be able to do that . long he'll be able to do that. >> i wonder how long he practised in the mirror getting his defiant stare. yes, his sort of defiant stare. yes, he clearly he clearly loves the

photo. it's going on t shirts. it's gone his mailing list. it's gone on his mailing list. it's gone on his mailing list. it's first in two and it's his first tweet in two and a years. i wonder i mean, a half years. i wonder i mean, he clearly sees himself as as defiant and persecuted and is campaigning with this . campaigning with this. >> yes. it'll work for his base. but can it work with the wider electorate ? i mean, especially electorate? i mean, especially with the swing states. i mean, are they going to fall for this , michael walker? are they going to fall for this , mare el walker? are they going to fall for this , mare the ialker? are they going to fall for this , mare the swing�* going to >> are the swing states going to fall for this? >> well, think that's the >> well, i think that's the issue so, mean, issue here. so, i mean, obviously, with obviously, work with the republican base. he's going to win the primaries and this will help gives great help him. gives him a great poster to put up everywhere. i think when comes to the swing think when it comes to the swing states, two issues. states, there's two issues. one is, people care that this guy is, do people care that this guy has indicted for trying to has been indicted for trying to steal and i presume steal an election and i presume some people will. i think the other just how much other issue is just how much oxygen take up. if oxygen it will take up. so if you remember 2016, he was you remember in 2016, he was actually campaigning well, i mean, sort of racist mean, on sort of a racist immigration also immigration policy, but also jobs decades jobs disappearing, decades of america being de—industrialized. he sort of talking about he was sort of talking about issuesin the midterms. i think about in the midterms. i think why the republicans sort of didn't do so well and why

trump's didn't so trump's candidates didn't do so well they were well is because they were talking election being talking about the election being stolen, just not that stolen, which is just not that important an to many important an issue to many people. like, people. right. they're like, we want about the issues want to hear about the issues that affect our lives. so if he goes into next presidential goes into the next presidential election, just talking about himself and just talking about the against himself, it's the trials against himself, it's not that that put not necessary that that will put people voting for him. but people off voting for him. but what's voting what's their reason for voting for it's extra for him this time of it's extra ordinary state of affairs, isn't it, donald is now it, that donald trump is now facing of trials in facing a number of trials in the next months running next 18 months or running parallel to him running to be the next president united states? >> it is. >> it is. >> it is. >> i mean, what is going on in american politics? i mean, i feel like things are just so highly polarised there at the moment. mean, with his moment. i mean, with his interview carlson interview with tucker carlson that a couple nights that he did a couple of nights ago, i mean, he called his political opponents savage dogs. i that's how much the i mean, that's how much the debate it's debate that's how debased it's become. they don't become. i mean, they don't see themselves political themselves as just political adversaries. actually they adversaries. it's actually they are is how are enemies. and now this is how he's himself. he's he's positioning himself. he's against enemies. and saw against his enemies. and you saw that rhetoric in 2016 and you saw it a bit in 2020. but now it

seems to have been ramped up even more. from what i know, though , because of everything though, because of everything that's gone with with women's that's gone on with with women's abortion rights in america , to abortion rights in america, to what michael says is very interesting. just interesting. if he's just talking himself and the talking about himself and the democrats focus specifically on reproductive rights, especially focusing on young women to whom that's very important, that could actually be that be could actually be that could be very dangerous the very dangerous for the republicans showed in republicans because it showed in the that that big the midterms that that was a big issue it counted against them. >> yeah, that's interesting >> yeah, that's so interesting because abortion because obviously abortion is such divisive issue in such a divisive issue in america. but but but generally in the states where republicans have tried to sort of do a total ban or a very early ban, it's come back to bite them electorally. >> well, yeah, i mean, because it's something which is for their base. obviously, this has been dnve their base. obviously, this has been drive of the been the motivating drive of the republican base. trump sort of getting on those supreme court judges overturn roe judges who would overturn roe v wade probably his wade is probably one of his greatest achievements. you're greatest achievements. if you're looking position looking from from the position of republican activist but of a republican activist. but it's kind thing that it's not the kind of thing that most the idea of most people want. the idea of the banning you from

the state banning you from having an abortion, forcing you to have child, i mean, is to have a child, i mean, is grotesque. and think most grotesque. and i think most people america recognise people in america recognise that. is that. obviously, there is a significant who think significant minority who think it's got it's fabulous that you've got these banning abortion, it's fabulous that you've got thesit's banning abortion, it's fabulous that you've got thesit's not banning abortion, it's fabulous that you've got thesit's not baelectioniortion, it's fabulous that you've got thesit's not baelection winning strategy. >> and it actually even though constitutionally change constitutionally they change things, up an things, it actually opens up an opportunity politically the opportunity politically at the state level for people to use it and say, you know what, we will guarantee your abortion rights. >> it is fascinating to me. it speaks to the fact that it's probably a bad thing when you get judges legislating for a liberty in the first place. these things should always be done through politics. probably abortion is way more toxic in the united states because it was handed judges rather handed down from judges rather than won a democratic than being won as a democratic right was in the united right as it was in the united kingdom. how see it. kingdom. that's how i see it. >> how i much in >> that's how i see so much in politics. you know, people especially they want especially when they want to beat opponents, they turn beat their opponents, they turn to the rather than coming to the law rather than coming together sort having the together and sort of having the democratic debate, which actually much more actually i think is much more open and allows open and flexible and allows people their mind. people to change their mind. i much that. much prefer that. >> candace holzworth, >> okay. candace holzworth, michael leave michael walker, we need to leave it there that but

it there for that session. but you going back with us you are going to be back with us later in the program. but later on in the program. but would you believe it is already the bank holiday? but it the august bank holiday? but it could be chaos out there if you're hitting the we're you're hitting the roads. we're going talking to travel going to be talking to travel expert griffin about all expert sally griffin about all of after this. the of that after this. the temperatures are rising. >> boxt solar sponsors of >> boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin weather on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news shower dodging for the next couple of days. >> some big showers likely in places today. there will be some sunshine as well. but even when the sun is out, it doesn't feel particularly pressure particularly warm. high pressure is well to the west, low pressure is sitting over us and that's generating the showers. quite breezy across parts of western scotland. but elsewhere in scotland, the winds are light, means when the light, which means when the showers could showers develop, they could be quite moving a lot quite slow moving and drop a lot of in a short space of of rain in a short space of time. now, much of eastern england many showers time. now, much of eastern englar many many showers time. now, much of eastern englarmany places many showers time. now, much of eastern englar many places herey showers time. now, much of eastern englarmany places here stayingrs today. many places here staying dry. some more cloud developing through the afternoon, some through the afternoon, but some brighter spells seeing the

temperatures to high teens , temperatures to the high teens, low some heavy showers low 20s, some heavy showers likely later parts of wales likely later for parts of wales and south west england. they'll move through on the fairly brisk wind, those slow moving wind, but those slow moving heavy, perhaps thundery showers continuing through parts of scotland the showers scotland overnight. the showers do tend to fade away in many areas, but we'll some areas, but we'll keep some going. in northwest england and northern scotland where northern parts of scotland where it'll stay breezy quite a cool night again. could turn a bit misty with the lighter winds over central and southern parts a bit, a bit of fog first thing on saturday that will on saturday morning, that will clear. we'll have some sunny spells, but then the showers will develop as we go will develop yet again as we go through day . nowhere through the day. nowhere immune from don't from the downpours. i don't think tomorrow. so expect some heavy showers, but it won't rain all some all day. there'll be some brighter spells between . brighter spells in between. again, across again, quite windy across northern parts . it will turn northern parts. it will turn a bit drier through the long weekend. again, temperatures weekend. but again, temperatures on side , the on the cool side, the temperatures rising . temperatures rising. >> a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on

radio. well come back. >> it's 11:27. well come back. >> it's11:27. you're well come back. >> it's 11:27. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with tom howard and me, ellie costello. now more than 14 million drivers are set to make leisure trips this bank holiday weekend and nearly 2 million more than last year. >> that's data from the rac suggesting , well, the patience suggesting, well, the patience of people hoping to escape

abroad may also be tested for reports say around 290,000 seats have been cut from august bank houday have been cut from august bank holiday flight schedules. well, let's make sense of all of this now. here in the studio with us is the travel and aviation expert sally gethin. and sally, there's so many different aspects to what's going on this weekend. should we start with road and rail? how is it looking? >> yeah, so it really is a mixed bag, a bit like the weather, sunshine and showers and with the roads, like you said, 14 million journeys expected. >> tomorrow is going to be the peak day with over 3 million car journeys expected . and the journeys expected. and the advice is to try and avoid the peak times before ten and after. >> so travel before ten and after three if you can. >> but i mean, there are some other choke points to watch out for. >> the m20 m5 obviously is one of those. >> most of the travel is going to be towards the southwest and also suffolk and norfolk are also suffolk and norfolk are also going to be quite busy . so

also going to be quite busy. so yeah, so definitely head out early and check your car before you go doing the proper checks with rail . what's also pushing with rail. what's also pushing people more onto the roads is that there's an rmt train strike tomorrow throughout england . and tomorrow throughout england. and basically 20 rail operators are affected and there won't be any service and this will have a knock on effect going into sunday as well . this is sunday as well. this is obviously a long standing issue with the trains and there isn't really an end in sight. and some of it is also to do with the ticket office closures as well. so yeah, unfortunately your opfions so yeah, unfortunately your options are limited if you're relying on the trains. and obviously today is going to see many more people taking to the trains and again monday. but obviously if you're coming on the train after the saturday, the train after the saturday, the first trains on the sunday are going to be really packed as

well. so it's to going cause a lot of choke points here and there. so do check before you travel. >> if you are trying to head out on on the rails this weekend. what about people, lucky people jetting the weekend? jetting off for the weekend? >> yes. so today is well, this weekend as a whole, 4.5 million brits are expected to fly out of the country. now that is record breaking in the last four years. so it really shows that we've got the pandemic problems with travel well behind us now and over over 3000 flights are due to take off as well. so there's a bright spot in the sense that gatwick was expecting some disruption and there was supposed to be a ground handler strike, but that's been called off and also it looks like there won't be any further industrial action for the foreseeable future. so it's a lot better, obviously, although airports are handung obviously, although airports are handling the queues well, you do need to be prepared and, you know, have everything ready before you go through security because you might get some

delays, but it's looking more positive . and that's something positive. and that's something thatis positive. and that's something that is something although we keep getting these press releases from governments saying that all of the scanning machines are going to be able to take in your two litre bottle of coca cola. >> but clearly other brands are available. but clearly we're not getting that yet, tom. available. but clearly we're not get that:hat yet, tom. available. but clearly we're not get that ist yet, tom. available. but clearly we're not get that is rolling'om. but it's >> that is rolling out, but it's to going take a while. so it started at some airports like london has london city airport has got those new high tech scanners. but this is they're quite big, heavy pieces of equipment. these new scanners. and so airports have had to trial them first, but they they are being phased in gradually , but on the in gradually, but err on the side of safety . stick to the side of safety. stick to the rules with liquids and the tiny toiletries . yeah. toiletries. yeah. >> okay. sally gethin always really good to see you. thank you much for giving us that you so much for giving us that roundup. if you're travelling anywhere, this weekend, i think roundup. if you're travelling any generalhis weekend, i think roundup. if you're travelling any general adviceykend, i think roundup. if you're travelling any general advice is nd, i think roundup. if you're travelling any general advice is check hink the general advice is check before travel and leave before you travel and leave plenty time. before you travel and leave ple yes, time. before you travel and leave ple yes, i'm ne. before you travel and leave ple yes, i'm just i'm just >> yes, i'm just i'm just looking forward to the when >> yes, i'm just i'm just l> yes, i'm just i'm just l> yes, i'm just i'm just l

the large bottles. >> itoiletriesto take your full the large bottles. >> itoiletries istake your full the large bottles. >> itoiletries is what 1our full the large bottles. >> itoiletries is what 1our want size toiletries is what you want to take my full size toiletries. >> i want to take through alcohol. want take through alcohol. i want to take through also. mean, that's probably also. i mean, that's probably anyway, are be days. anyway, those are be the days. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> when they come soon. >> when they come soon. >> to come, >> soon. but still to come, we'll joined by russian we'll be joined by russian historian martin historian and author martin whittaker vladimir putin historian and author martin whittéhis vladimir putin historian and author martin whitté his condolences putin historian and author martin whitté his condolences to :in historian and author martin whitté his condolences to the ten sends his condolences to the ten victims of wednesday's plane crash perhaps they crash near moscow, perhaps they didn't bring their little toiletries . maybe they brought toiletries. maybe they brought the and that's why it the big ones and that's why it fell down. >> with britain's >> you're with britain's newsroom news. don't go newsroom on gb news. don't go away. we've the with away. we've got the news with tatiana sanchez. >> ellie, thank you very much. and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia , accused of charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result . he then posted election result. he then posted the photo on x, formerly known as twitter , as well as his

as twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican front runner for next year's presidential election claims the charges against him are politically motivated . the politically motivated. the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into winter regulator ofgems dropping the price cap by £150 from october 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. the ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that the wagner group's leader is dead , but it's highly likely dead, but it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday in its daily intelligence update, the mod said his death will almost certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the mercenary group financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled. they received two months pay after losing their seats after the last vote, but the independent parliamentary standards authority has now ruled it

should be increased payments won't be given to members who stand down before an election penod. stand down before an election period . you can get more on all period. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com . direct website, gb news.com. direct bullion website, gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . silver investment. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you 1.25, eight, seven and ,1.1664. the price of gold is £1,522.24 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is . at ounce. and the ftse 100 is. at 7364 points. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for physical investment i >> -- >> do you stay with us. we've got lots more to come, including we'll bring you all the latest on that. wagner plane crash in

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migrant views actually , those migrant views actually, those news figures released yesterday. stephen says, can anyone answer the simple question of why does the simple question of why does the uk approve 75% of asylum claims , whereas france is much claims, whereas france is much closer to 30? >> it's a fair question. >> it's a fair question. >> and carol says that the uk does not have obligations to afghanistan . they did not help afghanistan. they did not help the uk . the uk military was the uk. the uk military was helping them in afghanistan, so they were helping themselves as they were helping themselves as they should not give them the right to go to the uk. i think some people would agree with that. others say those who that. others would say those who helped british military helped are british military who are danger because are now in danger because because helped the british because they helped the british armed perhaps we armed forces. and perhaps we have obligation yep, yep- >> brian says if the main group coming in the boats are coming over in the boats are afghans, are all the women afghans, where are all the women and is it just and children? why is it just young appearing 93% male? young men appearing 93% male? >> i believe . but also we've >> i believe. but also we've been getting views on mps payouts which are set to double. that's the amount of money when an mp loses their seat or resigns that they get to sort of

wind down their office and all the rest of it, celia says. dear gb, is it not a coincidence that mps want to increase their redundancy they know a lot redundancy when they know a lot will seats? this is will lose their seats? this is such timing . it does seem such poor timing. it does seem like a lot lose their seats like a lot will lose their seats at next election. like a lot will lose their seats at yeah,xt election. like a lot will lose their seats at yeah, brenda on. like a lot will lose their seats at yeah, brenda says. like a lot will lose their seats at why, brenda says. like a lot will lose their seats at why do �*enda says. like a lot will lose their seats at why do mps says. like a lot will lose their seats at why do mps even. like a lot will lose their seats at why do mps even get >> why do mps even get redundancy redundancy means redundancy pay? redundancy means that is no longer that the post is no longer needed, but in the case of mps, that is still required. it that post is still required. it means their seat, means they've lost their seat, they've sacked from that they've been sacked from that post. get redundancy post. you don't get redundancy pay post. you don't get redundancy pay you've been sacked . very pay if you've been sacked. very interesting there, brenda. interesting point there, brenda. do keep those views coming in to us on any of the stories that we're talking about this morning. gb views at cbnnews.com i >> -- >> but on to another huge story today. russian president today. the russian president vladimir putin, has sent his condolences to the ten victims of wednesday's plane crash near moscow. describe seeing the wagner boss, yevgeny prigozhin, as a talent hearted businessman. >> well, authorities say that all ten people on the plane were killed , including the wagner killed, including the wagner leader. but that there's continued speculation about what

exactly happened. yes prigozhin, of course, led a short lived mutiny against the russian military leadership in june , military leadership in june, which putin called treachery at the time. >> so why is he sending his condolences now ? condolences now? >> curiouser and very, very curious. well, russian historian and author martin whittock joins us now . very good to see you us now. very good to see you this morning, martin. and, i mean, there is so much speculation even around this plane crash. isn't there? a remarkable statement from the ministry of defence saying there's no definitive proof that prigozhin was even on that plane? what's your theory? what do you think's happened ? well do you think's happened? well i think evidence will eventually emerge that he was on the plane, although in fact, he took his security arrangements extremely seriously. >> i think the chances of him outrunning putin were very, very slight . we're getting reports in slight. we're getting reports in via the americans of a possible bomb on board the plane. the kremlin are not commenting on this. but what they are denying is that they have any

involvement in the killing to be frank about it, i think this was supposed vice news. that was no surprise at all. ever since the failure of the wagner abortive coupin failure of the wagner abortive coup in june, people have been describing yevgeny prigozhin as a dead man walking mean. basically, putin sees people in two main lights. you either are an enemy, in which case you can be dealt with and terms come to or you are a traitor , in which or you are a traitor, in which case you are to be destroyed. we saw what happened in salisbury. we've seen it in many other cases as well. and i think what we have here putin finally we have here is putin finally striking back at somebody who deeply humiliated him. but in a way that he's aware of the mixed feelings to this news. and i think that lies behind the fact he's not claiming responsibility for it. as far as he's concerned, most people, i think, in russia think he was behind it, he can use the ambiguity it, but he can use the ambiguity of the events, i.e. denying culpability , because there culpability, because there clearly were a lot of people who felt wagner was making progress

for russia. so there's a there's a kind of a kremlin sponsored ambiguity. whilst i think behind the scenes, virtually everybody is saying we think you did it. >> it's fascinating, though , to >> it's fascinating, though, to think that it took two months for putin to have ordered this hit . i mean, it was the most hit. i mean, it was the most remarkable 12 hours or so when the wagner column was sort of marching towards moscow . i, marching towards moscow. i, i was i was glued to my screen thinking, gosh , what's thinking, gosh, what's happening? and then it all just fizzled out. clearly, mr putin did not like the idea that he might be sort of cooed , for want might be sort of cooed, for want of a better term . but but i of a better term. but but i suppose it gets back to that old adage, if you want to aim for the king, you'd better not miss. >> yes, that's exactly . yes. is >> yes, that's exactly. yes. is that saying is it he who strikes at a king must to strike kill? and clearly it seems that prigozhin when he launched his abortive coup in june, he tried to show himself as a loyal putinist who was actually attacking shoygu, the defence

minister gerasimov, the commander in ukraine. but clearly it was impossible to strike at these people. his avowed enemies , who he said had avowed enemies, who he said had been starving. wagner of weaponry and equipment and ammunition without actually undermining the boss. but what i think happened was that the response to him really shocked putin. it really looks as if the fsb, the russian security apparatus and the counterintelligence agents in the gru did not see this coming, or if they did see it coming in june, they were slow to report it. and i think the delay delay in the response is because in some ways putin has had to retrench and decide where he goes from next during that cu coup, rather, it was it's been reported that a record number of moscow police officers called in sick that day. clearly they were not about to get drawn into it and they were watching to see what happened. large numbers of the metric didn't act . some the metric didn't act. some russian were killed , russian servicemen were killed, but a significant number of

senior generals didn't do anything. and since then, a number of generals have gone on gardening leave. some have just vanished. some have been demoted . and it's taken two . and i think it's taken two months for putin. if you like, to kind of consider where he moves next against prigozhin , moves next against prigozhin, given the fact that he knows he can longer count on the full can no longer count on the full support significant number support of a significant number of in the military and in of people in the military and in the national community the russian national community who not satisfied with the who are not satisfied with the war in ukraine. in some ways, in some ways, this exposes some of the weaknesses that putin has in his own authority , i suppose. his own authority, i suppose. >> martin weissach, thank you so much for talking us through this this huge news. no doubt there'll be so much more to come in the coming days as well. >> i could talk to him all morning. i think it's absolute fascinating exactly fascinating what exactly happened. really happened. really really interesting. yes. and as i was saying, the ministry of defence says there's no definitive says there's still no definitive proof the wagner group's proof that the wagner group's leader but do say leader is dead. but they do say it's highly likely because yevgeny prigozhin's name on yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the list of that

the passenger list of that private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday. that's in their in their intelligence update that the mod said his death will almost certainly have a deeper destabilising effect on the mercenary group. really interesting. >> really interesting . but >> really interesting. but closer to home, the london based ultra low emission zone is being expanded from next week, which could see people coughing up £12.50 a day for vehicles that don't emit , don't meet those don't emit, don't meet those strict standards as well. >> currently, eligible londoners can get up to £2,000, but places like slough will miss out. gb news london reporter lisa hartle has the story . has the story. >> tfl scrappage scheme is in place to give grants to people who do not have ulez compliant vehicles. >> it can range from £2,000 for a car up to £10,000 for a wheelchair accessible vehicle , wheelchair accessible vehicle, all on the 21st of august it was expanded to greater london. but the labour mp for slough is calling on the government to extend the scrappage scheme to his constituents who are

bordering ulez zone . as he bordering the ulez zone. as he says commuters will be affected. >> in terms of the london mayor, he's looking to tackle the toxic air pollution so i understand completely where he is coming from. >> however , the only way that we >> however, the only way that we can make things better is if there is adequate support. >> we cannot have a situation whereby we do not support individuals to make that transition . now it's up to the transition. now it's up to the government just as they have provided support for places like birmingham where there was about a £40 million scrappage scheme , a £40 million scrappage scheme, like similar schemes in bristol, in bradford and elsewhere . so in bradford and elsewhere. so what we are asking for is that the home counties, including places like slough in berkshire, they deserve adequate support andifs they deserve adequate support and it's not enough for the government just to lumber it all. on to the london mayor they should stop playing politics and actually support all of our residents to make this transition. >> clean air zones have also been implemented in birmingham,

bristol, portsmouth , bradford bristol, portsmouth, bradford and sheffield, which have all received funding from the government . london has not government. london has not received any funding , which the received any funding, which the mayor of london has called for them to despite the them to do, despite the scrappage scheme being place. scrappage scheme being in place. sole traders say financially it's not enough and more needs to be done. sarah smith's husband is a self—employed plasterer . they have two plasterer. they have two vehicles. both are non compliant with ulez and live in south london's bromley. >> it's scandalous and i feel i'm upset today. usually i'm angry because this is just wrong what's happening and then we have a government who stays silent. then we have labour who can't decide what day of the week it is. so when's he going to get involved? we're now at the 11th hour, but this could still be postponed . and for still be postponed. and for people, if we really have to go down this route to allow them to down this route to allow them to do in a much more fairer do it in a much more fairer system, it's only hurting the people. it always hurts the vulnerable and the people that can least afford it. >> david in orpington runs his

own fence company and is unsure how go forward . how he will go forward. >> so i bought my van two years ago for £4,500 and had to get a baseline replacement , not one baseline replacement, not one that's going to be even suitable for the job is going to cost me £24,000, including vat. i have to scrap your vehicle before they give you the payment. now, if i scrap my vehicle and provide tfl with a certificate of discharge function, how am i going to work with no van? because they're then going to wait to pay me . but then i've wait to pay me. but then i've got to wait and then i've got to find a new van. it's like you're talking two months before you can even get a vehicle . can even get a vehicle. >> air quality is regarded by many as a political game that is now playing out with people's livelihoods and health at the heart of it. lisa hartel gb news, london. well, thanks to lisa for that report. >> of course, the zone kicks in next week. let's get back to that enormous story on russia or

on putin and on prigozhin . our on putin and on prigozhin. our panel are back with us. michael walker and candice holdsworth are. candice, let's start with you. do you think that it's definitive that putin did this? i'm not i'm not sure. >> i mean, it's a mafia state. it's a gangster state. political killing is the norm there. i mean, we don't even bat an eyelid. i mean, very few people were even questioning whether or not putin did it. it was sort of presented as putin's revenge for him, challenging his power. of course, all the conspiracy theories are coming out. you know, is he dead? isn't he really dead? so we'll see. we'll see what happens. i mean, some very credible analysts have questioned whether not he's questioned whether or not he's dead said that dead and they've said that prigozhin before, prigozhin has done this before, you he's just you know, and then he's just turned somewhere else. turned up somewhere else. >> think he's dead, >> do you think he's dead, though, prigozhin did though, because prigozhin did this africa earlier on this video in africa earlier on this video in africa earlier on this week, supposedly in africa . but then we find out he's on this this passenger list on this private jet. do think that private jet. do you think that he dead or do you think the he is dead or do you think the two of them have made deal

two of them have made this deal that prigozhin go quietly that prigozhin will go quietly into and putin into the night and then putin saves into the night and then putin sav i; into the night and then putin savi don't see what the benefit >> i don't see what the benefit there would be as to why wouldn't he just kill prigozhin? i mean, if you're going to take the flack for having killed prigozhin kill prigozhin right? so prigozhin had humiliated vladimir this vladimir putin by mounting this mutiny. wasn't particularly mutiny. it wasn't particularly successful, it it successful, but you know, it it made putin look much weaker than he before. i think him he did before. so i think him taking revenge by downing this plane of sense. the plane makes a lot of sense. the circumstantial evidence is very strong. we haven't we strong. obviously we haven't we haven't proof that haven't seen physical proof that prigozhin plane. but prigozhin was on that plane. but it plausible it seems much more plausible that this was a successful assassination attempt and that there was some sort of underhand deal where he'd fake his death. and doesn't doesn't really and it doesn't doesn't really add me. add up to me. >> it was interesting listening to we who we to our experts who we who we just had saying that one of just had on saying that one of the reasons this might have taken putin to taken two months for putin to carry out hit job like this is carry out a hit job like this is because he wasn't quite sure about his own position, about the of generals the the number of generals in the army or security staff who might have sympathetic to prigozhin. >> well, it was on the same day that well, that we think they

killed prigozhin, that they sacked the top military sacked one of the top military chiefs most sympathetic chiefs who was most sympathetic to prigozhin . so it seems as if to prigozhin. so it seems as if there has been a sort of moment of confidence clearing out of confidence there clearing out prigozhin allies within prigozhin and his allies within the military. so it probably is a putin is a moment where putin is reasserting strength and, reasserting his strength and, you know, he doesn't have any limits, he can take limits, right? so if he can take out enemy shooting him out out an enemy by shooting him out of the sky or seems actually of the sky or it seems actually there bomb on the plane, there was a bomb on the plane, that's what he'll do. >> yeah, just what do you make of the condolences from putin to prigozhin's family him prigozhin's family calling him a success? it success? awful businessman. it would is a man that would seem. this is a man that staged a coup effectively against him. why would he even feel the need to send condolences to a man like that? >> i mean, that's that's like a form of sinister, a euphemism, calling him a successful businessman. i guess he was. i mean, you mean, those characters, you know, i they rose during know, i mean, they rose during the post—soviet chaos. mean, the post—soviet chaos. i mean, that transition to that terrible transition to democracy russia had. so democracy that russia had. so i suppose he was successful in that situation. i find it interesting, though, you know, putin is just very measured. he's calm . um, you know, he

he's very calm. um, you know, he describes him in this very detached everyone detached way when everyone thinks he's he was responsible for killing him. >> he need to do that >> but does he need to do that for the russian people who perhaps have sympathy for the wagner felt wagner group and perhaps felt some actually they some hope actually when they thought could be coup? >>i coup? >> i think that's probably not what going on in that what what's going on in that message. i would imagine, by saying was a good saying so he said he was a good businessman, but he made some mistakes. to me, i imagine mistakes. now to me, i imagine that particularly that is a not particularly subtle message the russian subtle message to the russian people if you want to be people to say, if you want to be successful in business, feel free. the moment you free. at the moment you challenge power. don't get on challenge my power. don't get on any in russian airspace. >> it is it so interesting, >> it is it is so interesting, though, because let's not forget, this, there forget, in all of this, there are i think it's are no good guys. i think it's so tempting on the day of the coup, i was sort of thinking i was almost them on and was almost willing them on and then take a step back and then then take a step back and think of the awful think about all of the awful atrocities. wagner atrocities. is that the wagner group? in many ways, actually more and evil the more brutal and evil than the russian itself? could russian army itself? it could actually get worse. >> it get worse than >> it could get worse than putin. know, everyone putin. you know, everyone cheering would really cheering it on. would you really want up want prigozhin heading up russia? you really that guy

russia? you really want that guy in a whole nuclear in charge of a whole nuclear arsenal? sort of got arsenal? no. so you sort of got to the devil, you know, to pick the devil, you know, which is obviously not great. and i feel terrible for the russian could get worse. >> yeah, well, no good guys. >> yeah, well, no good guys. >> okay. walker, candace >> okay. michael walker, candace hallsworth, been great hallsworth, you've been great today. good to have your today. really good to have your company panel. it's been company on our panel. it's been great be with you, great to be with you, tom. >> it has. absolutely. it's been great to be with you, tom. >.fantastic absolutely. it's been great to be with you, tom. >.fantastic way lutely. it's been great to be with you, tom. >.fantastic way to ely. it's been great to be with you, tom. >.fantastic way to kickit's been great to be with you, tom. >.fantastic way to kick off been great to be with you, tom. >.fantastic way to kick off the] a fantastic way to kick off the bank it's the bank holiday weekend. it's the day birthday. it is. day before my birthday. it is. >> it's his birthday tomorrow. so happy birthday, tom. have a lovely time. we're back next week. it from us week. but that is it from us today. next is the live desk today. up next is the live desk with longhurst and pip with mark longhurst and pip tomson. they're here to tell tomson. and they're here to tell us all about it. what's coming up on today's programme? and up on today's programme? pip and happy birthday, tom. >> over the next >> lots to come over the next three hours, including angela woodall. >> they don't do very well. >> they don't do very well. >> prime minister says that >> the prime minister says that today's energy price cap announcement really news announcement is really good news for how does figure for families. how does he figure that millions us that out when millions of us could be struggling to pay bills this winter? plus, you this winter? plus, how do you fancy the big fancy travelling to the big apple less than 90 minutes, apple in less than 90 minutes, you get time to watch you won't even get time to watch your favourite movie , but it your favourite movie, but it could happening. there are

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the fairly brisk wind, but those slow heavy, perhaps slow moving heavy, perhaps thundery showers continuing through of scotland through parts of scotland overnight. showers do tend overnight. the showers do tend to fade away in many areas , but to fade away in many areas, but we'll some going. in we'll keep some going. in north—west and northern north—west england and northern parts scotland where it'll parts of scotland where it'll stay breezy quite a cool night again. could turn a bit misty with the lighter winds over central and southern parts a bit , fog first thing on , a bit of fog first thing on saturday morning. that will clear. have some sunny clear. we'll have some sunny spells, but then the showers will yet again as we go will develop yet again as we go through the day. nowhere immune from don't from the downpours. i don't think so expect think tomorrow. so expect some heavy showers, but won't rain heavy showers, but it won't rain all there'll some all day. there'll be some brighter between. brighter spells in between. again quite windy across northern it will turn northern parts. it will turn a bit drier through the long weekend. again, temperatures weekend. but again, temperatures on side , the on the cool side, the temperatures rising . temperatures rising. >> a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on

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