twist , but twist, but i'll twist , but i'll leave it another twist, but i'll leave it to the big man to explain how he feels about the situation. what a complete utter farce . a complete and utter farce. >> farce, what a joke . >> farce, what a joke. >> farce, what a joke. >> yeah. find out exactly why he is so enraged very, very shortly . keir starmer in paris. that's right. why is he there? why is he meeting macron? is he going cap in hand to him? i'm not sure it's a good look and i'm not sure it's a good political move for the labour leader. we will analyse what's going on with keir starmer paris. one more keir starmer in paris. one more for you as well. yes, this one braun, a razor company , has braun, a razor company, has decided a trans model for decided to use a trans model for their latest razor advert. a couple of things there. if that's a model these days, then frankly i can quit this job, can't i? patrick christys. gb news. right get your views coming in thick and fast. gb views our gbnews.com loads to go out today, but right now it's your headlines.

>> patrick thank you very much. and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. the head of channel 4 says there's no evidence to suggest its management were told of serious allegations concerning russell brand. it comes after the bbc announced a review of the comedian's time at the corporation. the director of editorial complaints, peter johnston, will lead the review , johnston, will lead the review, which is due to be published within weeks. the met police has confirmed it's received a report of an assault alleged to have taken place in 2003. allegation of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse were published as part of an investigation by the sunday times and channel 4. mr brand denies all allegations of criminality made . michael of criminality made. michael gove says commissioners will be appointed to take over the day to day running of birmingham city council . while there will city council. while there will also be a local inquiry into the authority after it was declared

effectively bankrupt . all effectively bankrupt. all non—essential new spending is now frozen with the council also facing a growing equal pay liabilities of around £1 billion and an 87 million financial gap . the communities secretary says today's action is aimed at protecting the interests of the city's residents. birmingham city council has not served the citizens of that great city as it should have for years now. >> the city has suffered as the council has failed to grip underperformance. poor leadership, weak governance , leadership, weak governance, woeful mismanagement of employee relations and ineffective service delivery have harmed the city. senior leaders, both elected members and officers have come and gone. but the one constant has been a failure to deliver for residents . deliver for residents. >> the government is facing criticism for its decision to give avanti west coast a new long term contract. the department for transport has announced the train operator

will continue to run services on the west coast main line for at least three years. it runs from london to glasgow through birmingham, liverpool, manchester and edinburgh . that's manchester and edinburgh. that's despite the company having one of the worst performance records in the country. we've mp mike amesbury says the decision is nonsense. >> it seems that this contract has been rewarded on the basis that it's a little less crap than it used to be. >> that it's not really, it's not really the way to make a decision in, in government. >> the office for rail and road and the statistics in august show it was the second worst performing operator only 48% had run on time. it's appalling. this is ideologic really dogmatically driven. it's a nonsense . nonsense. >> a spokesperson for the prime minister says it remains the bma gift to step back from this week's strike action. that's as rules ensuring a minimum level of cover in hospitals could be

extended amid a four day nhs walkout . for the first time, walkout. for the first time, junior doctors and consultants are striking at the same time. tomorrow, health secretary steve barclay says minimum service levels will protect patients . levels will protect patients. >> it's about saying how do we get the balance right? how do we protect those time critical services ? we've got primary services? we've got primary legislation now in place and we're going to look at how that appuesin we're going to look at how that applies in hospitals. so that we can ensure things like chemotherapy are not disrupted by strikes and really make sure we're protecting patients. so that's what we're consulting on. we want get that balance we want to get that balance right. is important people's right. it is important people's right. it is important people's right strike and we respect right to strike and we respect that. but it is at the same time key that we have things like chemotherapy, dialysis is another time critical services . another time critical services. >> the number of schools in england where crumbled prone concrete has been found has risen to 174, a number of schools were forced to fully or partially close just days before the start of the autumn term due to racks with almost 250

temporary classrooms ordered to cope with the crisis . education cope with the crisis. education secretary gillian keegan says progress is being made . progress is being made. >> last time i was at this despatch box, 95% of all questionnaires had been responded to. now we have 98.6. so actually the publicity has really helped to drive those people who had not responded and were grateful for them for doing that. were grateful for them for doing that . i were grateful for them for doing that. i also were grateful for them for doing that . i also committed that all that. i also committed that all of those that we had waiting to be surveyed would be surveyed by the end of this week. i can confirm that absolutely will be done. we have a good rate of surveys. we have eight companies doing it . doing it. >> and finally , there's been no >> and finally, there's been no evidence found of banks closing the accounts of customers due to their political views that according to a review by the financial conduct authority, the financial conduct authority, the financial conduct authority says evidence it's gathered suggests that no firm closed an account between july last year and this june due to the account holders

political views. it follows the closure of nigel farage's account by coots, which the gb news presenter claimed was politically motivated . and this politically motivated. and this is gb news across the uk. on tv in your car , on digital radio in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying, play gb news now it's back to . patrick back to. patrick >> if the eu doesn't deport the thousands , thousands of young thousands, thousands of young african men who've arrived in lampedusa, then the game is up. europe is finished and so are we. around 11,000 african men have arrived on the small italian island in the last few days. italian island in the last few days . they now outnumber the days. they now outnumber the local population by almost 2 to 1. there can be no doubt that the overwhelming majority of people coming are economic migrants. there are even rumours of russia's wagner group of armed mercenaries in africa helping to flood europe with these illegal immigrants as a way of causing instability. and let's be honest, it's working, isn't it? germany and france are

refusing to take any more new arrivals from italy because they say that italy isn't doing their bit . and despite keir starmer bit. and despite keir starmer supposedly wanting us to be part of some kind of eu asylum scheme , well, we can't enter into that because the eu admits that their current policies are a total mess. one thing is for sure, though, the people of lampedusa certainly are doing their bit. we can see footage of the amount of people arriving in recent days. that is an invasion is it? look at it. >> but of course the refugees welcome brigade will be quick to point out that these people are all fleeing war and persecution. >> people like this african transvestites to talking himself while he walks down the street or as well people like this chap washing his genitals in the town square's water fountain . for square's water fountain. for people who don't know exactly where lampedusa is , i will show where lampedusa is, i will show you on a map. it's that tiny little island that you can see there, which we're slowly zooming in on. it's that tiny

little island there with the red dots around it. so it's east of tunisia to the south of the italian island of sicily. so that's where they are now. the eu faces is a choice here. and i think it should be using lampedusa's geography as a weapon so it can use lampedusa as a holding pen for these illegal immigrants before deporting them . or it could deporting them. or it could massively go out of its way and just release them into europe so they could end up anywhere and hundreds of thousands, if not millions more, will come because they realise that just getting to lampedusa guarantees you entry into europe. i mean, there is no question that italy is, for many people from for many people coming from africa, gateway europe. africa, the gateway into europe. but there is also question but there is also no question that is for the that britain is for many the final destination. it's not just the numbers that worry me, it's the numbers that worry me, it's the internal conflicts that come with it as well. the question of deporting eating people or allowing them to stay divides europeans . it divides brits. but europeans. it divides brits. but then the added conflict comes from groups of migrants who

don't get along with each other for cultural or religious reasons . and we are seeing more reasons. and we are seeing more and more of that. eu chief ursula von der leyen apparently went to have a look at lampedusa yesterday . keir starmer was yesterday. keir starmer was meeting macron , meeting emmanuel macron, etcetera. cetera. politicians etcetera. et cetera. politicians can talk all they want and look at the problem all they want. but the reality is, if the eu doesn't deport the thousands of people who've just arrived in lampedusa, then europe faced is a total capitulation . look, a total capitulation. look, i want to hear from you on that gb views that gbnews.com and that really seriously is a problem thatis really seriously is a problem that is coming our way, which is why i'm very keen to bang the drum it. but gb news can drum on it. but gb news can reveal the shocking rise in the cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels here contained within the home office's annual report. the the hotel the revelation that the hotel accommodation costs for migrants has from about £6 million has risen from about £6 million a day to £8 million a day. the

report published this morning, said the current migrant crisis is putting unsustainable pressure on the uk's asylum system. with me now is gb news home security editor mark white. mark well, the taxpayer is paying mark well, the taxpayer is paying through the nose, aren't it? >> yeah, there's no doubt. i think many people will be alarmed at this latest rise again in housing, in asylum seekers, in the hotel system . seekers, in the hotel system. it's something rishi sunak said he wanted to bring an end to, as well as stopping the small boats. but yvette cooper, the shadow home secretary , pointing shadow home secretary, pointing out that the cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels has risen by a third since rishi sunak came to power. and she said in a statement this afternoon, this report illustrates the staggering cost of the tories asylum chaos with the taxpayer now spending an astronomical 8 million a day on hotels and the costs still going up and up, she says . now the up and up, she says. now the government of course , is

government of course, is committed. they see, to trying to move people away from these very expensive hotels and into specially adapted accommodation that will in the round be cheapen that will in the round be cheaper, such as wethersfield, the former military base in essex , raaf scampton, the former essex, raaf scampton, the former raf station up there in lincolnshire. and of course the bibby stockholm barge down in portland. but we know with the bbc, stockholm, it was less than a week after people arrived on that barge that they were shipped straight back out again because of this salmonella ella that was found . and on the and that was found. and on the and within the water system on the barge itself . and there is no barge itself. and there is no sign that we can see that any migrants will be going back onto this barge any time soon. and with wethersfield and you have a situation where it seems that the pace of getting asylum seekers into that base is a bit

slower than was originally planned because we are supposed to have 1500 out of the 1700 and eventually blow up some of it, blow up. >> the other day. >> the other day. >> one of the one of the old accommodation blocks a bit further away from where the migrant agents are being housed. so we're told they weren't in any danger. but there are issues around the state of these accommodation blocks and just how fast or how quickly the home office is able to get those refurb wished to take extra asylum seekers in. so i think we're at around about 200 or less who are there . we're less who are there. we're supposed to be at 1500 by december . supposed to be at 1500 by december. i'm not sure that they're going to make that figure very easily. so £8 million a day is now the cost for our hotel bill for migrants and asylum seekers. >> that's that's where we're up to as of today. we can confirm that. all right. >> and until with, you know, any sort of commitment that we get the these other accommodation

centres in terms of old military bases and the bibby stockholm barge run being in an effective way, then we're going to continue to rely very heavily on hotels . and of course, when you hotels. and of course, when you were talking about lampedusa, it's not just lampedusa. we're seeing it in the greek islands. we're seeing it in the spanish islands , and we're seeing it in islands, and we're seeing it in the western balkans as routes, record numbers of migrants coming into the european union. many of those who make their way up to north western france with a view to getting to the uk now 100. >> and this is something we're to going be returning to in the coming hours as well. this is very much coming our way. there's a variety of different gateways into europe. there can be no question whatsoever that britain, for many people is the final destination and that really is why we're banging this drum. the italian government drum. but the italian government has passed to extend has passed measures to extend the time that migrants can be detained , and this is to ensure detained, and this is to ensure that people with no legal right

to stay repatriated, to stay are repatriated, deported . it's after almost deported. it's after almost 10,000. i think that figure might be to 11,000 now, might be up to 11,000 now, actually the southern might be up to 11,000 now, actual|of the southern might be up to 11,000 now, actual|of lampedusa southern might be up to 11,000 now, actual|of lampedusa ithhern might be up to 11,000 now, actual|of lampedusa in the rn might be up to 11,000 now, actual|of lampedusa in the last island of lampedusa in the last few days. it's a blow for the prime minister, giorgia meloni , prime minister, giorgia meloni, who won office after vowing to kerb illegal immigration. but i'm joined now by italian political commentator paola , political commentator paola, diana. paola, thank you very, very much . great to have you on very much. great to have you on the show . and lampedusa, can it the show. and lampedusa, can it not just be used? unfortunate for the citizens of lampedusa as a holding pad now and we can deport people from there to stop them going into europe ? is it them going into europe? is it not as easy as that? what's going on? >> it's a tragedy. what's happening in lampedusa is a humanitarian crisis, not . only humanitarian crisis, not. only for the illegal migrants, but also for the italians who live in lampedusa. >> you know, there are 2000 residents in lampedusa , and they residents in lampedusa, and they say that the situation is horrific. they are now sending some of these illegal migrants

in other cities in sicily. >> and the mayors of the cities, even the democratic the ones of the democratic party, they are just appalled. >> they say the situation we can't sustain the situation . and can't sustain the situation. and we know now that some of the migrants are fighting with the other migrants because , of other migrants because, of course, they come from different countries within the african continent . the police already so continent. the police already so a group of ghanaian and senegalese, the in their head hands because they were going to throw stones to each other because they were fighting . because they were fighting. >> so the situation is a huge crisis. and europe speaking is a delegate . italy is no one is delegate. italy is no one is taking migrants from the border. austria is doing the same. so what's going on now . can you

what's going on now. can you hear me? >> i've got you. yeah, we have got you , i think. but i'll just got you, i think. but i'll just ask another question then we'll see if we can definitely hear you. and answer it you. and you answer again. it is. it is the human tragedy all around. i would argue it's possibly the greatest human tragedy for the people who live in lampedusa. right. because the population is has like population now is has like doubled and it's with people coming from all over africa. do we know why we're seeing such a massive increase in people arriving in lampedusa at the moment ? well i guess that the moment? well i guess that the horrible people who are selling migrants and getting them , migrants and getting them, they're making a lot of business now in tunisia, you know, is a crisis, economic crisis in libya as well . as well. >> i'm sure it's terrorists. so they're making a lot of money out of this poor people. and you know that before 98% of these illegal migrants were men. now we are seeing a surge in

females, particularly pregnant women, pregnant girls, really young and they come to italy thinking that there is a use solely . it means that when you solely. it means that when you have a baby in the country, the baby will get the citizenship immediately . baby will get the citizenship immediately. but it's baby will get the citizenship immediately . but it's not true immediately. but it's not true for them. they're just sold a lie. it's not true . they come to lie. it's not true. they come to italy, they don't become italian . they don't become european. so many of the pregnant women that is huge crisis. we need to for the coast. and before they arrive . arrive. >> okay, look, paola, thank you very, very much . tremendous to very, very much. tremendous to have you on the show. great to get your is paola diana, get your views. is paola diana, there an italian political there is an italian political commentator talking to us from london. mean, reality is london. i mean, the reality is that europe has choice make that europe has a choice to make now. european union has now. the european union has a choice to make. okay they either decide to transport people off an island and into the continent of europe, deliberately so with

a view of distributing those people throughout each single country in the european union, or possibly allowing them to just make their way to the uk at some point, or they keep them on this island and then deport them and i would suspect that the vast majority of the people in europe would be quite keen to see those people deported. my concern would be, well, the concern would be, well, the concern is that if the 11,000 or so people who have arrived on the island of lampedusa in the last few days prove to the rest of africa that you can just turn up there and you will be granted asylum or refugee status in the continent of europe . then, of continent of europe. then, of course, we are going to end up seeing millions of people come. and it is not just lampedusa. there are several greek islands, of course, as well. there are numerous other routes numerous different other routes through the european through unless the european union decides to get tough , union decides to get tough, which would make it a first, then all of these people are coming through europe . and how coming through europe. and how many them will up in many of them will end up in britain? and do we seriously think a lot of people

think that a lot of these people are refugees and asylum are genuine refugees and asylum seekers? the big seekers? one of the big questions europe and indeed questions that europe and indeed others have to ourselves is others have to ask ourselves is whether class a refugee as whether we class a refugee as somebody who's genuinely fleeing war and persecution or somebody who is just poor in their own country and wants to try to get a better life and i personally just don't think that poverty itself should class you as a refugee or an asylum seeker. otherwise the vast majority of the world could try to come to britain and the european union. but of course, if you have a different view to me, then let me know. vaiews@gbnews.com different view to me, then let me knway,ibviews@gbnews.com different view to me, then let me knway, it/iews@gbnews.com different view to me, then let me knway, it/iewshumanitarianr either way, it is a humanitarian crisis taking place right now on lampedusa, but you are watching listening to gb news. coming up , nigel farage says that it's a farce at the top. uk financial regulator has found no evidence that being that politicians are being refused bank accounts because of their political we will their political stance. we will discuss this and much, much more on christys on gb news, on patrick christys on gb news, britain's news channel. stay

mornings from 930 on, gb news. >> well, he's angry. very angry . nigel farage says that it's a farce that the top uk financial regulator has found no evidence that politicians are being refused. bank accounts because of their political stance . which of their political stance. which is interesting, isn't it? because i thought that there was loads of evidence for but loads of evidence for that. but the watchdog the review the watchdog launched the review in coutts stopped in august after coutts stopped offering services to the offering its services to the former leader nigel farage, former ukip leader nigel farage, who's not held back in his response . response. >> 5 response. >> a complete and >> here is what a complete and utter farce . what a joke. the

utter farce. what a joke. the fca are told by the government. you've got to look into this. so the fca go to the banks and say, have you de—banking anybody? the banks say, oh no, we wouldn't do that. and the fca, the fca say, oh, that's just great, isn't it? it's a nonsense . s i can give it's a nonsense. s i can give you a list as long as your arm of people who are high profile either up at the front or in terms of funding or organising the referendum campaign of 2016, who have been debunked. it is perfectly clear that politics played a role . and look at my played a role. and look at my own situation. my own situation is obvious. a 40 page report in which it says they're going to close my account when my mortgage runs off. not for economic reasons, but because my views do not align with those of the bank. so >> so the economic secretary to the treasury, andrew griffith, mp , has responded by saying free mp, has responded by saying free speech is a fundamental human

right. no ifs , no buts. everyone right. no ifs, no buts. everyone must be able to express their lawful opinions without fear of losing the vital access to a bank account. fine. but what are you going to do about it then? because it does appear like the fca is asking us to believe something that can see with something that we can see with our is actually our own eyes is actually happening very differently. joining studio right joining us in the studio right now is our economics and business liam halligan business editor liam halligan with money . yeah there is with on the money. yeah there is a 40 odd page report into nigel farage being biffed by coots that explicitly says that it was because of his views on brexit migrants. trans et cetera , i.e. migrants. trans et cetera, i.e. his politics. patrick we are through the looking glass on this, right? >> lewis carroll could have written a better, more factual report than this. the fca is telling us there's no evidence of banks using political reasons to de—banking high profile people when we know from that 40 page dossier that coutts natwest wrote about nigel farage, a

dossier which he extracted from them via their lawyers kicking and screaming, which mentions many times his problematic views. the fact that his outlook doesn't align with ours as an inclusive organisation. what's that got to do with banking? the blokes won two national elections with two different parties. his views are distasteful to some, but perfectly legal . it's as if the perfectly legal. it's as if the fca didn't notice when alison rose the now ousted chief exec of natwest parent company of coutts, apologised publicly to nigel farage for the deeply inappropriate quote language that was used about him and his views within coutts natwest . views within coutts natwest. it's as if the fca didn't notice when our prime minister, rishi sunak stood at the commons despatch box and said whatever our political views , he's no our political views, he's no friend of nigel farage. we can't de—banking people for holding them. and yet they're telling us, and we're meant to believe it, that there is nothing to see

here. it's deeply disingenuous. it's fantastically disappointing . and it's dangerous. yeah. >> who is really who are the fca then? right? so. so who has come out with this now? i mean, you know, the cynic in me would say that, you know, maybe there's some skin in the game here coming out and defending people like we know that it like that when we know that it doesn't true. doesn't appear to be true. >> the problem patrick, that >> the problem is, patrick, that the fca many gb news viewers and listeners won't have heard of the of journalists the fca. lots of journalists don't know what the fca the fca. lots of journalists don'twith know what the fca the fca. lots of journalists don'twith all ow what the fca the fca. lots of journalists don'twith all respect. the fca the fca. lots of journalists don'twith all respect. itie fca the fca. lots of journalists don'twith all respect. it justa does with all respect. it just so happens to be the most important regulator this important regulator in this country oversees by country because it oversees by far most important industry far our most important industry , which is financial services for good or ill. the over for good or ill. the fca over oversees what happens in probably what is the financial capital of the world under many, many headings. it has to be seen as competent beyond politics, credible truth telling. so when you know the order hits the fan and there is a serious financial problem, the fca can talk to

hard nosed investors around the world and say, no, this is true. not that they cannot be seen as a bunch of political hacks. what's happened here is clearly political because this report is so far removed from any sense of reality that it's clearly an effort to say to the public, nothing to see here. please move on. >> but i just really seriously don't understand how they can do this, because the public are not stupid. maybe they think they are, but the public not are, but the public are not stupid. i mean, the public will remember the things that stupid. i mean, the public will rem highlighted the things that stupid. i mean, the public will rem highlighted earlierings that stupid. i mean, the public will rem highlighted earlier ons that stupid. i mean, the public will rem highlighted earlier on there you highlighted earlier on there about nigel farage. nigel is obviously it obviously not going to let it go. he's famously not one to let things going to things go. so we're going to keep this. it'd be keep talking about this. it'd be really interesting see how really interesting to see how many are no political many people who are no political friend farage respond friend of nigel farage respond to this. >> look, nigel, i as you know , >> look, nigel, i as you know, you've watched in the you've watched us in the newsroom. disagree about lots newsroom. we disagree about lots of we agree quite a lot of stuff we agree on quite a lot of stuff we agree on quite a lot of i'm not defending him of stuff. i'm not defending him because i vote whatever because i vote ukip or whatever . day, even though i . back in the day, even though i even i'm even though i didn't, i'm defending him because i'm an

economics and business journalist and i understand to my what the fca my fingertips what the fca represents and how we need it to be a credible, strong , be a credible, strong, non—political, non—aligned organisation in these difficult periods. let's have a look. i'm not to going read out the name of this person, patrick, but i'm going to read you a message i just got in the last hour from somebody who's probably among the top 2 or 3 most respected financial commentators in britain. somebody who's regularly on gb news and all the other channels who watch me earlier talking about this bravo . liam says this person, i'm not going to out them publicly. it's up them. this fca statement up to them. this fca statement is pathetic and seems to is quite pathetic and seems to ignore the facts , not opinions, ignore the facts, not opinions, but facts. how dumb are they and how dumb do they think we are? yours ever. and this is a very non—political person. how are people who are no friends of farage political are going to respond to this when it's clearly a report that doesn't doesn't get to the truth of the matter just just doesn't get to the truth of the matterjust just quickly doesn't get to the truth of the matter just just quickly on

doesn't get to the truth of the matterjust just quickly on this one. >> now then, where does it go from here? is this the fca drawing a line under it saying nothing to see here, move on. that's it. >> well, the if you read >> well, the fca, if you read the report, which i have, there are various we had to are various lines. oh, we had to collect this data quickly. on there our research there are gaps in our research or we to return to or we may have to return to this. read the this. they just have to read the newspapers and see what happens. so i think even that is bit so i think even that is a bit disingenuous. can't disingenuous. but i can't see there's nigel there's any way that nigel farage is going to let this go. but i am disappointed that the city minister, andrew griffiths but i am disappointed that the those ister, andrew griffiths but i am disappointed that the those quote andrew griffiths but i am disappointed that the those quote you aw griffiths but i am disappointed that the those quote you read'iffiths but i am disappointed that the those quote you read ouths , whose quote you read out earlier, you know, he was really previously this, previously very strong on this, as prime minister at the as was the prime minister at the despatch box saying what was happening to farage. no political friend tories, political friend of the tories, of was out of order. but of course, was out of order. but now andrew griffiths seems to be just mouthing platitudes foods, just mouthing platitudes. foods, as rightly so. as—you—say. patrick, rightly so. that's fair as—you—say. patriok rightly so. that's fair enough. people okay, that's fair enough. people be debunked, but what shouldn't be debunked, but what are to do ? what are are you going to do? what are you going to do? i want to know what is going what the government is going to do should say, of do about this. we should say, of course, fca denies all course, that the fca denies all wrongdoing and stand wrongdoing and they stand by their report. wrongdoing and they stand by the oh, port. wrongdoing and they stand by the oh,port. i'm wrongdoing and they stand by the oh, port. i'm they >> oh, well, i'm sure they do. look, you much, liam

look, thank you very much, liam liam halligan, our economics and business look business editor. right. look coming leader coming up, labour leader or pm in as he probably wants in waiting as he probably wants to be known, is in today. to be known, is in paris today. he's with emmanuel he's having talks with emmanuel macron. but it's keir starmer showing his true colours here. will he be the man to drag us back into the european union? we're going to head live to paris to find out. but first, it is the latest headlines. we're polly . patrick. polly. patrick. >> thank you. the headlines this houn >> the head of channel 4 says there's no evidence to suggest that its management was told of serious allegations concerning russell brand. >> the bbc has also announced a review of the comedian's time with the corporation, the metropolia police has confirmed it's received a report of an alleged assault said to have taken place in 2003. >> mr brand denies all allegations against him. downing street says it remains in the bma's gift to step back from this week's strike action rules,

ensuring a minimum level of cover in hospitals could be extended as the nhs is hit by a four day staff walkout . four day staff walkout. consultants in england started a 48 hour walkout today over pay , 48 hour walkout today over pay, with junior doctors set to join them tomorrow . and michael gove them tomorrow. and michael gove has been saying commission hours will be appointed to take over the day to day running of birmingham city council. a local inquiry will look into the authority after it was declared bankrupt. all non—essential new spending is frozen. those are the headlines. more on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . website, gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> and a quick snapshot for you of today's markets. the pound buying you $1.2397 and ,1.1597.

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coming west as we go coming in from the west as we go through the night. quite a cloudy picture. so cloudy picture. and so particularly time we get particularly by the time we get to the early hours of wednesday morning, going quite morning, it is going to be quite a start, but a very wet and a mild start, but a very wet and windy for many of us. this windy one. for many of us. this front then is going to make its way go through way eastwards as we go through the some heavy bursts of the day. some heavy bursts of rain it and also some squally rain on it and also some squally winds . so even inland, we could winds. so even inland, we could get some strong gusts at times . get some strong gusts at times. and as that rain pushes its way eastwards, we will have heavy showers following into the north northwest. could be northwest. some of them could be heavy some hail and thunder heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in temperatures peaking into 20s towards the into the low 20s towards the south—east. but under that intense rain and with the strong winds, it's not going to feel as warm as that. that rain continues in the south—east as we through wednesday evening, we go through wednesday evening, eventually clearing away towards the south—east showers the south—east with showers continuing towards the north—west, unsettled north—west, more unsettled weather to come as we go through the of the week. but like the end of the week. but like i said, the start, perhaps said, at the start, perhaps something friday something drier to end friday into . saturday into. saturday >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers proud sponsors

up. boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news . of weather on gb news. >> welcome back. it's 335. you're watching or listening to me. patrick christys on gb news. whether it's on your tv, online or radio. and i've got so much to bring you between now and 6:00. labour leader sir keir starmer has met french president emmanuel macron in paris. he was asked by a journalist if he will push for stronger ties with europe . now. he wouldn't europe. now. he wouldn't comment. i can assume we all know that is, but he know why that is, but he insisted that his main focus was to win the general election . to win the general election. >> so he had a very constructive and positive meeting, which , as and positive meeting, which, as you can imagine, covered a wide range of issues. it was my first opportunity to say how much i value the relationship between our two countries, particularly when it comes to prosperity and security , and how if we are security, and how if we are privileged enough to be elected into power , i intend to build on

into power, i intend to build on that relationship and make it even stronger than it is today. so a very, very good meeting. what do you all make of this? >> i can complete understand why keir starmer wants to go and see his prime minister in waiting and he wants to look good on the international stage and to be seen some kind of seen as some kind of international diplomat. i mean. yeah, fine . is there any yeah, okay, fine. is there any point in him being there now though, do you think? does anyone it might be a bit anyone think it might be a bit weird maybe that just over weird maybe that he's just over there? paris weird maybe that he's just over th gb? paris weird maybe that he's just over th gb news paris weird maybe that he's just over th gb news political paris weird maybe that he's just over th gb news political editor paris is gb news political editor christophe up. christopher thank you very much. great to have you on the show. what can we what can actually expect from can we actually expect from what's the point of this? why is he doing ? he there? what's he doing? >> well, i think you raise a very good point there, because william hague, he was the william hague, when he was the shadow foreign secretary, said that only really need one that we only really need one government to a government at once is too much. once more than one is too much. and that's the point. is a and that's the point. there is a risk might muddy the waters risk it might muddy the waters of la manche between england , of la manche between england, england's southern border and france, because don't forget ,

france, because don't forget, tomorrow and on thursday, friday, the king and queen are here in a proper state. visit the union jacks all around me here who alongside the tricolore . so it is awkward. i think possibly for the uk government not least because the pair president macron and sir keir starmer met for 45 minutes with no one else present. they spoke in english and they gave each other presents . sir keir starmer other presents. sir keir starmer handed over a an arsenal football shirt with 25 on the back and macron across the top 25 being the 25th president of france . and in return he got france. and in return he got some cufflinks for sir keir starmer. so you know. yeah, it could be awkward, i think deliberately they're trying to play deliberately they're trying to play it quite low key. the elysee palace weren't really very keen on telling us more about what went in there. so about what went on in there. so i there's a risk, isn't i think there's a risk, isn't there? equally in the past there? but equally in the past we opposition leaders we have seen opposition leaders meet other our foreign meet with other our foreign leaders, notably david cameron, met barack obama in 2009. ed miliband met francois hollande

in 2012. it's happened before, but it's not easy, i think, for the sitting uk government. patrick no, not at all. >> what can we glean from this? is it unfair to say, look, keir starmer's main focus will be ever closer relations with europe and that may be the reason why we don't know exactly. what we're spoken about in that room is because if we did, that would result in him getting kicking next getting a kicking at the next election wants to election because he wants to drag us back into the eu. is that unfair? well when he turned up yesterday, he let he put a tweet didn't he, which said tweet out, didn't he, which said labour will improve our relationship and relationship with europe and make brexit work britain. make brexit work for britain. >> now i know for a fact that the word brexit discussed. the word brexit was discussed. it discussed in the clips it wasn't discussed in the clips being out in the uk being played out in the uk today, i bumped into keir today, but i bumped into keir starmer hour ago and it starmer about an hour ago and it was confirmed brexit was confirmed to me that brexit was confirmed to me that brexit was raised. i said. were small boats raised? no comment and other areas too. so we that other areas too. so we know that brexit raised . sam has told brexit was raised. sam has told me before that he doesn't want to he to renegotiate brexit. he recognised that brexit is agreed that not going to reopen

that they're not going to reopen the deal, there might be the deal, but there might be elements around the edges. they'll when look they'll look at when they look again arrangement again at this trade arrangement set johnson , set out by boris johnson, notably fish patrick. he's also big about and fisheries. big about fish and fisheries. the uk should get back control of all its fishing waters in of all of its fishing waters in 2025. and i think it may be that the next government may feel we can trade off some of those fishing rights for better access for electric batteries on vehicles, on electric vehicles going back into europe. so i think it will be a big debate. i think it will be a big debate. i think the tories will fight the election saying vote labour. brexit happens all over again. the drama returns . do you want the drama returns. do you want that? people that could be a key winner for the tory party winner really for the tory party >> yeah. no indeed. i mean all that also well we that drama and also as well we have sent three remainers to try and get a better deal out of europe. we've sent david cameron, we sent theresa may and now potentially keir starmer. i mean, the first two weren't successful, so i'm not convinced that keir starmer would be that successful . but hey, there we successful. but hey, there we go. i suppose politically , how go. i suppose politically, how do you how do you think it's

going actually domestic going to actually play domestic here you think here in britain? do you think most are going to look at most people are going to look at this and go, okay, keir looks like prime minister he's like a prime minister he's over there him. there in europe. look at him. he's got yvette him. he's got yvette with him. >> needs even >> i'm not sure he needs even most people to think that patrick, if he gets a small majority, maybe a quarter of tory voters think, okay, he didn't fall over on his face. he he looked okay. next to emilia macron. they can imagine him being our minister. being our prime minister. and that's really need. that's all you really need. labour people. talked to labour people. i've talked to a senior minister, shadow senior cabinet minister, shadow cabinet for labour cabinet minister for labour yesterday. saying we yesterday. they were saying we don't to convince every don't need to convince every single here that our single tory voter here that our guy be minister. just guy can be prime minister. just some and that might some of them. and that might have worked well. >> quite. >> yeah, quite, quite. christopher, thank you very, very christopher very much. christopher hope there he is joining us live from paris on gb political paris on gb news political editor coming up, today's editor now coming up, today's strike by thousands of nhs consultants. doctors and consultants. should doctors and nurses be forced to work during industrial action? what i'm talking about here is minimum service levels and whether or not a labour government would do away with minimum service levels. so that would mean that

if your loved one was dying in a hospital bed that there would be no proper obligation for anybody to have to go to work should there be minimum staffing levels even during strikes you're watching or listening me. watching or listening to me. patrick on gb news,

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into whether or not a labour government would would do away with with minimum staffing levels during strikes. thousands of nhs consultants are walking out again in their dispute over pay- out again in their dispute over pay. yes, you heard that right. people on upwards of £120,000 a year are walking out in a dispute over pay. but health secretary steve barclay says that the action is politically motivated. yeah as the health service braces for the first joint strike in its history. and it also will at some point coincide with the conservative party conference and will be held in the same city as the conservative party conference is taking place , which i think taking place, which i think really is about as politically motivated as it gets. the motivated as it gets. but the government could attempt to limit disruption caused. limit the disruption caused. they considering introducing they are considering introducing minimum service level regulations, so that would require some doctors and nurses to work during strikes to protect patient safety. they will basically well, i mean, they wouldn't literally , but you they wouldn't literally, but you would metaphorically drag would almost metaphorically drag them line and onto them off a picket line and onto a i think. surely you've a ward. i think. surely you've got to do otherwise

got to do that. otherwise as well. what's the point well. i mean, what's the point of any tax whatsoever of us paying any tax whatsoever for if it can shut for the nhs if it just can shut down on a whim? but would labour actually go along with this? would labour the party that would labour be the party that helped to actually essentially allow die by people allow people to die by people being out on strike? let's cross live now to westminster, speak to our deputy political editor, tom harwood. tom, what's the situation then it comes to situation then when it comes to these? not these? definitely not politically motivated strikes that people dying ? >> well, 7— >> well, it's 7 >> well, it's interesting, patrick, that you referenced that people may die due to less care, less cover and indeed this almost unprecedented situation . almost unprecedented situation. aiden of both consultants and junior doctors going on strike at the same time providing even less cover than we've seen before. the prime minister's spokesman earlier this afternoon was pressed on this question does he believe there will be more deaths as a result of this? and i have to say that a bunch of us journalists in the room really pushed this question. but the prime minister's spokesman

didn't budge on the deaths question. he did say that, however, there would be less care and less safety in general. so i suppose we can take from that what we can. however it is clear that the government do want to respond to this by bringing about this minimum service level legislation that they've already legislated for. but hold back in reserve in terms of whether or not they implement it. so this is the start of a consultation now on delivering that promise. yeah, fine. >> but i've got a thing here from angela rayner is exactly seven days ago. ms rayner also promised to repeal the government's quotes. vicious, anti—trade union laws such as its controversial minimum service levels bill. so would that mean then under a labour government there will be absolutely no chance of having a minimum service requirement and basically opening the floodgates for people go on strike? all for people to go on strike? all of same time with no of them at the same time with no pubuc of them at the same time with no public service provisions .

public service provisions. >> patrick seven days ago at this moment in time, i was in a room with angela rayner up in liverpool where she said those words at the trade union congress . and i have to say it's congress. and i have to say it's more than that. it's not just that labour party would that the labour party would repeal minimum service level legislation which would mean, of course that even the basic sort of christmas day level cover that may well be provided for under the minimum service level led legislation. it's more than that. led legislation. it's more than that . she also said that she'd that. she also said that she'd repeal the trade union act now, this is an act that came in under david cameron, which meant that groups couldn't that trade unions couldn't go on strike unless there was a 50% or more turnout at a democratic mandate . it really for that strike. so if the labour party were to repeal that, what we might well see is a shift in power away from ordinary workers and toward trade union leaders. trade union barons, as they're sometimes known , whereby strikes are known, whereby strikes are called with less than half of

members of trade unions even voting for them. that would be a fairly radical step backwards in terms of trade union legislation. and i think that thatis legislation. and i think that that is that would be an even more radical step that would see more radical step that would see more strikes than just this minimum service level stuff. >> yeah, indeed. i think it's worthwhile noting that now the labour party have started saying things because the election is getting closer and closer and we've got quite a lot to unpack and amazed at how easy it is and i'm amazed at how easy it is proving to be. you know, you've got of 16 year olds got the idea of 16 year olds potentially getting vote potentially getting the vote you've where they are, and you've got where they are, and it comes to things like asylum policy. got starmer policy. you've got starmer meeting . what's he meeting macron. what's he talking to talking about? are we going to end with fishing rights on end up with fishing rights on the closer the table and ever closer europe? this kind europe? you've got this kind of stuff minimum staffing stuff about minimum staffing levels. i just can't help levels. and i just can't help but wonder whether not these but wonder whether or not these opinion polls are going close opinion polls are going to close between now and the general election turning tom, election turning up, tom, because people finding because people are finding out what not what labour think. and i'm not entirely it's that entirely sure that it's that popular . popular. >> well, patrick, i have to say

the labour party has been in credibly cautious, apart from in the areas where they feel like they have to not be so when we've heard about tax and spend , the labour party have been very careful to not mention any taxes that they would want to raise. although critics would point to black holes in their spending indeed, the spending plans. indeed, the labour party not wanted labour party has also not wanted to go into detail with to to go into detail with regard to its renegotiation with the european . it says on the european union. it says on the surface of it, it wouldn't want the customs union single the customs union or single market membership. however, when it actually quid pro it comes to actually quid pro quo deals. so for example , at quo deals. so for example, at the trade union congress last week, the labour party needs the trade unions on side. it needs their funding. and frankly , their funding. and frankly, often it needs their foot soldiers . and in the conclusion soldiers. and in the conclusion to angela rayner's speech at that congress , yes, we heard her that congress, yes, we heard her say , look, we are delivering say, look, we are delivering what you want, i.e. we're repealing all of this trade union legislation or we promise to. and in return , you've got to

to. and in return, you've got to support us. that seems like it's an almost a grubby deal that has been made between the labour party and the trade unions. and i wonder where they need sort of quid pro quo deal making going on. we'll see more leg in terms of left wing policy , but where of left wing policy, but where they can keep their mouths relatively shut , we will keep relatively shut, we will keep this sort of strategic ambiguity that we've seen in so many other areas. >> all right . okay. good stuff. >> all right. okay. good stuff. tom. thank you very much. tom harwood there. our deputy political editor from westminster. look, i'm just going the inbox going to delve into the inbox quickly before i give you my pick of the day, which is a story that you might have missed. vaiews@gbnews.uk um, i went on lampedusa missed. vaiews@gbnews.uk um, i wen what's on lampedusa missed. vaiews@gbnews.uk um, i wen what's going on lampedusa missed. vaiews@gbnews.uk um, i wen what's going on thereedusa missed. vaiews@gbnews.uk um, i wen what's going on there an ;a and what's going on there an invasion, frankly, of an eu slash island and a load slash italian island and a load of people now who could . well, of people now who could. well, if the eu decides to end up moving through europe, if moving through to europe, if they them. patrick they don't deport them. patrick the damage to our culture and our way of life has already been the damage to our culture and our w.that'sfe has already been the damage to our culture and our w.that's from; already been the damage to our culture and our w.that's from john.1dy been the damage to our culture and our w.that's from john. what en done. that's from john. what will happen is they will all start heading towards calais in

france, knowing a labour france, knowing that a labour government is going to get into power in britain next year and that keir starmer may well let them in as also from another john. there we go. there's quite a lot of this going around at the moment, course. keir a lot of this going around at the mon not, course. keir a lot of this going around at the mon no doubt»urse. keir a lot of this going around at the mon no doubt would [eir a lot of this going around at the mon no doubt would deny that starmer no doubt would deny that he wants let every single he wants to let every single african into britain. african migrant into britain. however right, yes however braun this is right, yes . patrick's of the day. . the patrick's pick of the day. braun been criticised as braun has been criticised as shockingly immoral after advertising men's trimmers with the model who has had the trans model who has had a double mastectomy. executive director of sex matters maya forstater, says promoting the removal of healthy breast tissue is not only shockingly immoral but against advertising standards. guidance to not glamorise or trivialise cosmetic surgery do we have to have the most ridiculous adverts that we possibly can? seriously, it's this is for a razor. it's for a shaven this is for a razor. it's for a shaver. look forgive me, but doesit shaver. look forgive me, but does it need to be with a trans man ? man, you know, i'm not man? man, you know, i'm not saying it's the worst thing in the world, but i am also saying why. i just ask why is that your

market? really? do you . do you market? really? do you. do you remember when gillette said , you remember when gillette said, you know, men basically need to check themselves and men have been your market is men. do you understand what it is that you're doing? do you think that most men now walking down the street are to going look at that picture better get picture and go, oh, i better get that while it, that razor? and while i'm at it, while i'm going to while i'm at it, i'm going to transition anyway. transition in anyway. vaiews@gbnews.com. you're watching and listening to gb news. so much to bring in news. so much to bring you in the next hours. are those the next two hours. are those margarets lampedusa are going the next two hours. are those m.arrive s lampedusa are going the next two hours. are those m.arrive in lampedusa are going the next two hours. are those m.arrive in the mpedusa are going the next two hours. are those m.arrive in the ukadusa are going the next two hours. are those m.arrive in the uk torsa are going the next two hours. are those m.arrive in the uk to an are going to arrive in the uk to an eye—watering £8 million a day hotel bill. that's right. our hotel bill. that's right. our hotel bill. that's right. our hotel bill for illegal migrants has gone from 6 million to £8 million a day. remarkable isn't it? what are we going to do about it? meanwhile the eu has a choice. it can either deport the 11,000 men in lampedusa or allow them to wander through europe. patrick gb british patrick christys gb news british news . channel a brighter outlook

news. channel a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello . >> hello. >> hello. >> it's wet. it's windy. i'm alex burkill and here's your latest weather update from gb news in association with the met office, more unsettled weather to come this week, but perhaps something drier to end friday. meanwhile for the here and now, we're under the influence of this low pressure. the this low pressure. it's the remnants of hurricane lee and the associated fronts have already started to cross the uk bringing some wet weather. already started to cross the uk bringing some wet weather . you bringing some wet weather. you can see as we go through tuesday evening, to have evening, we are going to have some heavy rain, some further heavy rain, particularly across parts of scotland. could be scotland. totals here could be building a building up, which is why a warning place here. warning is in place here. otherwise lots of wet weather coming in from west as we go coming in from the west as we go through night. coming in from the west as we go through night . quite coming in from the west as we go through night. quite a through the night. quite a cloudy picture. so cloudy picture. and so particularly time we get particularly by the time we get to early wednesday to the early hours of wednesday morning, to be quite morning, it is going to be quite a mild start, but a very wet and windy for many of us. this windy one for many of us. this front then going to make its front then is going to make its way we through way eastwards as we go through the some heavy of the day. some heavy bursts of rain it and also some squally

rain on it and also some squally winds . so even inland, we could winds. so even inland, we could get some strong gusts at times as that rain pushes its way eastwards, we will have heavy showers following into the north—west. some of them could be with some hail and be heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in temperatures peaking 20s towards peaking into the low 20s towards the but under that the southeast. but under that intense with the strong intense rain and with the strong winds, it's not going to feel as warm that. that rain warm as that. that rain continues in the southeast as we go wednesday go through wednesday evening, eventually towards eventually clearing away towards the southeast with showers continuing towards the northwest, unsettled northwest, more unsettled weather to come as we go through the end week. like the end of the week. but like i said, the start, perhaps said, at the start, perhaps something drier to end friday into saturday, a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> the proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news it's 4 pm. ist patrick christys is gb news loads on this hour. >> the cost of our asylum seeker hotels has risen to £8 million a day. how much more can the british taxpayer realistic be expected to pay for? but it could get even higher. why? because it was going on in lampedusa. it is an invasion. it's absolutely 100% an invasion of a small italian island. and the european union has a choice . now. it can either deport the 11,000 or so african men who've arrived there in the last few days, or it can deliberately transport them on to mainland europe and the rest. i think we

can all all agree will be history. we are on the precipice now. something major now. i think of something major happening in europe, but of course mr brexit himself, nigel farage, he's back in the news. yes, the de—banking farage has taken another twist. the fca remarkably , has come to the remarkably, has come to the conclusion that there was nothing politically motivated whatsoever when it comes to people being de—banking nigel's reaction is priceless . reaction is priceless. >> what a complete and utter farce. what a joke . yeah farce. what a joke. yeah >> more from nigel a little bit later on, doctors dragged into work. we've got these coordinated political strikes that will cost people's lives. well, could we have minimum staffing levels that will see doctors, junior doctors, consultant , etcetera forced to consultant, etcetera forced to work to make sure that fewer people die ? patrick christys . gb people die? patrick christys. gb news yeah , well, look, i'm going news yeah, well, look, i'm going to go in on that hotel cost £8

million a day and also some absolute shocking, sickening footage coming out of lampedusa is all of this just coming is all of this now just coming our way? vaiews@gbnews.com. but right now it's your headlines with polly . patrick with polly. patrick >> thank you. good afternoon. well, the top story on gb news today is that the head of channel 4 television says there's no evidence to suggest its management were told of serious allegations concerning russell brand. that comes after the bbc announced a review of the bbc announced a review of the comedian's time at the corporation. the metropolitan police yesterday confirmed it had received a report of an assault alleged to have taken place in 2003. four other allegations of rape or sexual assault were published as part of a joint investigation by the sunday times and channel 4. mr brand denies all allegations against him . well, also in the against him. well, also in the news today, emergency measures are being put in place. and

michael gove says commissioners will be appointed to take over the day to day running of birmingham city council . while birmingham city council. while there'll also be a local inquiry into the authority after it was declared effectively bankrupt , declared effectively bankrupt, it's now facing a growing equal pay it's now facing a growing equal pay liability of just under £1 billion and an £87 million financial gap . the communities financial gap. the communities secretary says today's action is aimed at protecting the interests of the city's residents. >> birmingham city council has not served the citizens of that great city as it should have for years now. the city has suffered as the council has failed to grip underperform . once poor grip underperform. once poor leadership , weak governance, leadership, weak governance, woeful mismanagement of employee relations and ineffective service delivery have harmed the city. senior leaders, both elected members and officers have come and gone . but the one have come and gone. but the one constant has been a failure to deliver for residents .

deliver for residents. >> michael gove well the government is facing criticism for its decision to give avanti west coast a new long term contract. the department for transport has announced the train operator will continue to run services on the west coast main line for at least the next three years. the line runs from london to glasgow through birmingham, liverpool, manchester and edinburgh. that's despite the company having one of the worst performance records in the country. weaver vale mp mike amesbury says the decision is nonsense . is nonsense. >> it seems that this contract has been rewarded on the basis that it's a little less crap than it used to be. it's not really, it's not really the way to make a decision in, in government. the office for rail and road and the statistics in august show it was the second worst performing operator only 48% had run on time. worst performing operator only 48% had run on time . it's 48% had run on time. it's appalling. this is ideologically dogmatic and driven to nonsense

i >> downing street says the bma's members could step back from industrial action this week. that's as rules ensuring a minimum level of cover in hospitals could be extended . hospitals could be extended. under the government's proposal, doctors and nurses would be required to maintain necessary and safe levels of service consultants. in england are striking for 48 hours today over pay striking for 48 hours today over pay with junior doctors joining them tomorrow and picketing until friday. the health secretary, steve barclay, told gb news minimum service levels will protect patient . will protect patient. >> it's how do we get the balance right? how do we protect those time critical services we've got primary legislation now in place and we're going to look at how that applies in hospitals. so that we can ensure things like chemotherapy are not disrupted by strikes and really make sure we're protecting patients. so that's what we're consulting on. we want to get that balance right. it is important people's right to strike and we respect that . strike and we respect that. >> the number of schools in

england where crumble prone concrete has been found has now risen to 174. the number of schools were forced to fully or partially close just days before the start of the autumn term due to defective building materials. almost 250 temporary classroom rooms were put on order to cope with the crisis , while the with the crisis, while the education secretary, gillian keegan says progress is being made. >> last time i was at this despatch box, 95% of all questionnaires had been responded to. now we have 98.6. so actually the publicity has really helped to drive those people who had not responded and were grateful for them for doing that. i also committed that all of those that we had waiting to be surveyed would be surveyed by the end of this week. i can confirm that absolutely will be done. we have a good rate of surveys. we have eight companies doing it . doing it. >> gillian keegan now as you've been hearing, the financial conduct authority has concluded that in their words, there's no

evidence that banks close the accounts of customers because of their political views . is that their political views. is that follows the closure of nigel farage's account by coots, which the gb news presenter said was politically motivated amid a freedom of information request by mr farage revealed that internal memos at the bank deemed his views weren't consistent with their position as an inclusive organisation , as an inclusive organisation, given his publicly stated views , mr farage has branded the outcome of the review as a joke i >> -- >> look, this 5mm >> look, this is a farce and frankly, it shows me something. the people at the top of the fca are deeply political themselves . think of sheldon mills, the executive director. he of stonewall , he of endless stonewall, he of endless political campaigns on gender and much else. and when you ask and much else. and when you ask a group of biased people to examine bias, don't be surprised . and when they don't find anything farage this is gb news across the uk on your tv, in

your car , on your digital radio, your car, on your digital radio, and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. >> this is britain's news. channel >> our top story this hour gb news can reveal a shocking rise in the cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels across the uk contained within the home office's annual report. the revelation that the hotel accommodation costs for migrants has risen from around £6 million a day to £8 million. the report , published this morning, said the current migrant crisis is putting unsustainable pressure on the uk's asylum system. well, we chat with now our home security editor, mark white. mark, thank you very, very much. £8 million a day we've hit now . yeah. >> and it seems to be only going one way, which is up. we've seen

it rise from 6 to 8 million in less than a year. yeah. and of course, small boats are continuing to rise. arrive across the channel. we've had some fairly dubious weather in the channel over the last few days , so not many have come days, so not many have come across some respite there, but actually over the last couple of weeks we've had about 3000 migrant boats arriving in small boats across the channel. they just add to the list. they have to be housed somewhere, which is why the government says it's so committed to looking for alternatives . these specially alternatives. these specially adapted accommodation centres on old military bases like wethersfield in essex or scampton up in lincolnshire, or indeed the ill fated bibby barge indeed the ill fated bibby barge in in portland, which had a legionella bacteria outbreak that was discovered in the water system there and had the first arrived asylum seekers taken off within a week and it's still, as

far as we know , still not fit far as we know, still not fit for purpose because no one has gone back on there and no sign. when we were speaking to the home office that it's going to happen any day soon. >> no, indeed . and again, the >> no, indeed. and again, the costs are just rising . the costs costs are just rising. the costs are mounting. £8 million day are mounting. £8 million a day of taxpayers money is being spent, housing people. and this problem, mark, could get worse, primarily because what we're seeing lampedusa, seeing happening in lampedusa, it's scene in it's a shocking scene in lampedusa for that island population of just over 6000. >> to see more than 11,000 arrive in just a few days. and the island is simply overwhelmed and local officials there are desperately calling for help. the ngos that are there, the charities and alike, are overwhelm armed as well. there are outbreaks of violence on the island that, by the way, that, by the way, is reported anyway. >> violence between some tunisians and some nigerians

there being a bit of a cultural clash there, which is, again, i think another eye opener for people. >> well, it is there's age old differences with some of these countries , is that are leading countries, is that are leading to tensions and fights that are breaking out in the midst of a situation where people are being crammed in to small al encampments because clearly the authorities don't want everybody roaming about the town or the island. but you know, that's happening anyway because people are scaling walls or leaving their compounds and the italian authorities are calling on the european union to do more . but european union to do more. but the european union is busy , it the european union is busy, it seems, in fighting with the likes of france and germany , likes of france and germany, saying that they're not going to be taking their share of italy's arrivals because they say that italy's not doing its share or taking its share of arrivals from other countries now. >> indeed. look, mark, thank you very, very much. well, the challenge of accommodating

migrants currently migrants is currently playing out heavily in italy, as you were hearing then. the were just hearing then. the government there has passed measures length of measures to extend the length of time migrants can be time that migrants can be detained that people detained to ensure that people with no right to stay with no legal right to stay there repatriated. it comes there are repatriated. it comes after around 11,000 migrants reached of lampedusa reached the island of lampedusa last week in a blow to prime minister giorgia meloni , who won minister giorgia meloni, who won office after vowing to kerb illegal migration. let's speak now to the former director general of uk border force , tony general of uk border force, tony smith. thank you very much. does the european union now have a pretty straightforward choice? it can deport these 11,000 african men or it can allow them to be distributed around europe. and with that , millions more and with that, millions more will follow ? yeah but i don't will follow? yeah but i don't think it's very much of a choice, i'm afraid, patrick i think it's pretty certain if you go think it's pretty certain if you 90 by think it's pretty certain if you go by history anyway. >> recent history, they be >> recent history, they will be brought mainland italy. brought to mainland italy. >> will be put into the >> they will be put into the asylum systems in europe, and some of them may well find themselves crossing the border .

themselves crossing the border. leskinen zone, heading up towards northern france and trying to add to the figures that are coming across the engush english channel. >> as i've said to you >> so as i've said to you before, you know, there is a huge movement going on, not just across our borders with france, but right across the world and also into europe. these also into europe. and these numbers , as mark said, are numbers, as mark said, are really shocking, very very really shocking, very, very frightening indeed . frightening indeed. >> yeah. okay. and you know, look, it is going come look, with it is going to come a huge amount of cultural backlash, not just between the kind of quotes and quotes , kind of quotes and quotes, indigenous european population , indigenous european population, but also amongst people who have made massive differences in their own lands, who then come and play those differences out in europe . i and play those differences out in europe. i just do and play those differences out in europe . i just do not for the in europe. i just do not for the life of me, understand why that island of lampedusa is in a way a geographical gift, because as it is like a holding pen , a it is like a holding pen, a giant holding pen, why would the continent of europe do deliberately transport people from of that holding pen into europe, therefore sending the

message to anybody in africa that if you want to move to europe, all you have to do is get to lampedusa. yeah but i'm afraid that's been the case for afraid that's been the case for a very long time. >> lampedusa has been a gateway into europe. the europeans had a problem in 2016 with the eastern med route and did a deal with turkey. actually a multi—billion euro to stop people coming euro deal to stop people coming across that way. but i understand from the latest figures, this central mediterranean route north mediterranean route from north africa, tunisia into africa, mainly tunisia into lampedusa and onto italy is now double what it was this time last year. patrick so what's happening is these mass movements of people are praying , you know, the various egress routes into the eu, the maritime routes into the eu, the maritime routes across the med and where they can see a weakness, they're going to exploit it. and unless we can get returns going again in large numbers, removals of people who come by this method back to their homeland , to send people who come by this method backmessage homeland , to send people who come by this method backmessage backland , to send people who come by this method backmessage back that, to send people who come by this method backmessage back that it's send people who come by this method backmessage back that it's notd that message back that it's not okay for you to do this, you will not be allowed into europe.

you will be sent back immediately came. immediately whence you came. you're to that you're not going to break that business going business model and you're going to see more and more coming, which is pretty the as which is pretty well the same as i've been here. we must i've been saying here. we must get going again. get removals going again. patrick key to all patrick that is the key to all of this hardly anybody is of this and hardly anybody is being days. being returned these days. >> but it cannot >> yeah, exactly. but it cannot be any doubt whatsoever that be in any doubt whatsoever that the majority of those men the vast majority of those men on lampedusa are economic migrants. they're not fleeing war and persecution. now if the european union wants to class these people in need of refuge and asylum as people fleeing poverty, then okay. i mean, i disagree with that. but that would mean that anybody who's in poverty anywhere in the world presumably would be able to come to europe search of a better to europe in search of a better life. but if it is just that they fleeing war, fleeing they are fleeing war, fleeing persecution, terror , persecution, fleeing terror, etcetera, cannot just etcetera, and you cannot just say to people, yeah, absolutely , come here illegally for economic reasons, but alas, this is just what is happening, isn't it? tony smith, thank you very much. we're going to have to leave good man, leave it there. my good man, former director general of uk

border force. is to border force. that is one to watch will be watch and we will not be dropping here on gb news. dropping that here on gb news. what going lampedusa is what is going on in lampedusa is going to have massive consequences for europe as a whole, just the european whole, not just the european union, well. europe as union, us as well. europe as a whole. and what it's whole. and frankly, what it's going in years to going to look like in years to come. councils in come. but 1 in 7 councils in england adopted a definition come. but 1 in 7 councils in enislamophobia pted a definition come. but 1 in 7 councils in enislamophobia .ted a definition come. but 1 in 7 councils in enislamophobia . that definition come. but 1 in 7 councils in enislamophobia . that government of islamophobia. that government turned down in 2019 over free speech fears. in 2019, the all party parliamentary group on british muslims defined islamophobia as a type of racism that targeted expressions of muslimness or perceived muslimness or perceived muslimness . well, the muslimness. well, the government, however, rejected this definition, citing concerns over free speech. an analysis by the civitas think tank, however, revealed that 52 local authorities in england have passed a motion to adopt the definition equivalent to 1 in 7 councils. what does all of this really mean? with me now is emma webb, who's the uk director of the common sense society . emma, the common sense society. emma, thank you very much. does thank you very much. what does this mean? >> well, patrick, a few years

ago when i was actually working at st bart's, we put out a we put out an anthology on this because we were pushing back . because we were pushing back. you just read it out there. you know, businesses extremely vague and expansive and subjective and there were people who were rightly concerned , myself rightly concerned, myself included, that this was going to be a blasphemy definition by the back door. and what we've seen here is that the definition itself has been adopted by the back door because the government rejects because they rejects it rightly, because they listened to the concerns of people across the political people from across the political and cultural spectrum. so in that anthology that i mentioned, we had people like the author of this current civitas report , this current civitas report, hardeep singh, from the network of organisations . we had of sikh organisations. we had secularists, christians. secularists, we had christians. there an enormous range of there were an enormous range of people who were concerned about the of the free speech implications of this. government listened to this. the government listened to those and now this has those concerns and now this has been adopted by1 in 7

those concerns and now this has been adopted by 1 in 7 councils across the country, effectively we be applying this to the general public without this being put through in any legislation . so this is legislation. so this is extremely concerning and it has huge implications for free speech. >> but i just don't quite understand. i mean, so i mean, do the police now take this on board as well? so if my local council decides that anything that i say that might be critical of an expression of muslimness or perceived muslimness or perceived muslimness now makes me an islamophobe . do the police knock islamophobe. do the police knock on my door? i mean, what kind of stuff are we talking about here? would that would that include, say, me objecting to planning permission my local church permission for my local church being into a mosque ? being turned into a mosque? >> well, presumably this is operative primarily within the council . so if somebody operative primarily within the council. so if somebody is who works for the council is seen to do something that is , i would i do something that is, i would i would expect say something, for example, that is critical of islam. then they could very easily be accused vexatiously of

islamophobia . i'm not clear i'm islamophobia. i'm not clear i'm not clear exactly on what the implications of this are , implications of this are, because, of course, this isn't a legal definition . this wasn't legal definition. this wasn't adopted by the government. this hasn't through hasn't been passed through parliament. this does parliament. but what this does is a message that this is it sends a message that this appg definition of islamophobia, which is extremely dangerous for free speech, it sets a tone within those councils, within the local authority and within those local areas . it sends the those local areas. it sends the message that it is unaccept able to criticise islam because like i said, the original concern for free speech is that this effectively operates as a blasphemy law by the back door. if you the appg original if you look at the appg original appg report , it included in its appg report, it included in its considerations of what counts as islamophobia , criticising islamophobia, criticising muslims in a way that is deemed as being instrumental to knock the islamic community. so this absolute could even encompass those muslims who like the ahmadiyya community, who are not considered by some muslims as being muslim and they have inter

inter islamic conflicts between those groups. you could easily see how the these accusations could be levelled at other religious groups, sikhs at hindus or at other muslims. >> yeah, i just don't get it. i mean, we have we have anti racism laws in this country, right? so we already have laws in place. why why does one particular religion or group of people need to be given special treatment and as some kind of special kind of defence of cloak and i mean , what would that mean and i mean, what would that mean as well as a hypothetical question. but you know, in a situation like we had at batley grammar school where if a local councillor said, i don't think that this group of muslim men should outside calling for should be outside calling for the teacher there who showed a picture of the prophet mohammed to pupil be beheaded picture of the prophet mohammed to his|pil be beheaded picture of the prophet mohammed to his family3e beheaded picture of the prophet mohammed to his family to beheaded picture of the prophet mohammed to his family to haveaded picture of the prophet mohammed to his family to have told picture of the prophet mohammed to his family to have to go for his family to have to go into custody and hiding. into police custody and hiding. i don't think that's right. on well, well you might be, you might be committing blasphemy here, might you? >> well, i would like to see

those who've been advocating for this definition and those involved the very involved with the very straightforwardly , whether that straightforwardly, whether that teacher holding up a picture of the prophet muhammad was being islamophobic , because i think islamophobic, because i think they would find it very difficult to squirm their way out of admitting that is out of admitting that that is what understand what they would understand as being islamophobic. also being islamophobic. we've also seen in the not too seen people in the not too distant past being accused of islamophobia simply islamophobia for simply investing, hating extremism. so this this this term has been used historically to shut down free discussion of islam and of extremism. and actually, if you if you look at the statement that has been put out about this story, they're very clear that they want islamophobia to be acknowledged as a kind of racism, criticism of a religion is not racism . is not racism. >> um, now, indeed, look , thank >> um, now, indeed, look, thank you very, very much. as emma webb there of course, the uk director of the common sense society. i think he's fascinating. i also think he's really one to watch that because again, it's in by the again, if it's coming in by the back this is the classic,

back door, this is the classic, isn't councils, they'll isn't it? the councils, they'll wave we don't isn't it? the councils, they'll wave to we don't isn't it? the councils, they'll wave to seen we don't isn't it? the councils, they'll wave to seen as we don't isn't it? the councils, they'll wave to seen as being on't isn't it? the councils, they'll wave to seen as being racist, want to be seen as being racist, so will something that so we will adopt something that actually have very actually could have very far reaching and reaching consequences. and we all up in few years time all wake up in a few years time when has been adopted when this has been adopted nationally and someone says something that's out something that's deemed out of turn and bingo, you find yourself are yourself behind bars. but we are watching listening to gb watching and listening to gb news nigel farage news coming up, nigel farage says farce the top says it's a farce that the top uk has found uk financial regulator has found no evidence that politicians are being refused bank accounts because of political because of their political stance. i mean, that is quite interesting considering that he received page dossier which received a 40 page dossier which very much strongly suggests that his political views cost him his bank account. but we will discuss this and much more very shortly. patrick christys gb news news

britain's news . britain's news. channel >> well, he's not happy. nigel farage says that it's a farce that the top uk financial regulator has found no evidence that politicians are being refused bank accounts because of their political stance. the watchdog launched the review in august after coots stopped offering its services to nigel. of course the former ukip leader who's not held back in his response . response. >> what a complete and utter farce. what a joke i the fca are farce. what a joke! the fca are told by the government . you've told by the government. you've got to look into this. so the fca go to the banks and say , fca go to the banks and say, have you de—banking anybody? the banks say, oh no, we wouldn't do that. and the fca, the fca say , that. and the fca, the fca say, oh, that's just great, isn't it 7 oh, that's just great, isn't it ? it's a nonsense. i can give

you a list as long as your arm of people who are high profile either up at the front or in terms of funding or organising the referendum campaign of 2016, or who have been debunked. it is perfectly clear that politics played a role . and look at my played a role. and look at my own situation . my own situation own situation. my own situation is obvious. a 40 page report in which it says they're going to close my account when my mortgage runs off, not for economic reasons , but because my economic reasons, but because my views do not align with those of the bank . the bank. >> yeah, well, there we go. well, the economic to secretary the treasury, andrew griffith mp, has responded by saying free speech is a fundamental human right. no ifs, no buts. everyone must be able to express their lawful opinions without fear of losing the vital access to a bank account . losing the vital access to a bank account. but losing the vital access to a bank account . but those words bank account. but those words with respect mean very little, because practical action because if no practical action is actually going to be taken, then oh, i then what's the point? oh, i want a country where want to live in a country where nobody can be debunked. fine. but if just to

but if you're just going to accept that the fca says that nobody debunked nobody is being debunked because their despite their political views, despite us to physically see us being able to physically see with that people with our own eyes that people are for their are being debunked for their political then the political views, then what's the point of this? to point of all of this? here to pick noise is our pick through the noise is our economics and business editor liam with on the money liam halligan with on the money . yeah so look the public massively invested in nigel farage de—banking story and i think they will be quite disappointed that this appears to be the conclusion of it, at least for now. >> this report is being met with ridicule. patrick. why? because it refuses accept what it refuses to accept what everyone can see with their own eyes. a report into the de—banking of people for their political views failed to even consider the example of nigel farage, whose own example sparked the report in the first place. yes. i mean, look at look at the reality of the situation . coots and their parent company natwest put together a 40 page dossier on why they didn't want nigel farage as part of their bank , and it talked about his bank, and it talked about his

reputational risk. it talked about his problematic views as they don't align with us as as an inclusive organisation . ian, an inclusive organisation. ian, did the fca not read that report? did they not read the apology letter from alison? alison rose, who was ousted as the chair of natwest, whose parents company she publicly apologised to. nigel farage for the deeply inappropriate comments in that coots report, which ended up trying to rip bank the bank him . did the fca bank the bank him. did the fca not see the prime minister? rishi sunak no friend of nigel farage at all at the despatch box of the house of commons saying, and i quote, people need to be able to have lawfully held views that we might not agree to be able to have lawfully held viewsbutt we might not agree to be able to have lawfully held views but they might not agree to be able to have lawfully held views but they shouldn't agree with, but they shouldn't be denied services denied financial services because them. yeah, i think because of them. yeah, i think what the fca done they've what the fca has done is they've tried to issue a report that says black is white and they want the rest of us just to move on. well, i don't think the media and the public are going to move on. and nigel to move on. and certainly nigel farage, nigel going farage, nigel isn't going to move in fact, tweeted >> and in fact, he tweeted relatively recently well that relatively recently as well that

the essentially the fca is now essentially a political organisation and that is part of the problem , not not is part of the problem, not not the so what now? they the solution. so what now? they kick it up the chain . does the kick it up the chain. does the fca have to be looked into? i mean, who's on it? who's in it? >> i personally think the city minister, griffiths, who minister, andrew griffiths, who has been very sound on this so far, i think his latest quote very much misses the target . and very much misses the target. and i think the prime minister should say publicly, publicly to i think the prime minister sho fca, ay publicly, publicly to i think the prime minister sho fca, look,blicly, publicly to i think the prime minister sho fca, look, cany, publicly to i think the prime minister sho fca, look, can yourblicly to i think the prime minister sho fca, look, can you please :o the fca, look, can you please produce a proper decent report, one that isn't full of, oh, we haven't maybe got all the data or we may have to do something a bit more, investigate in the future, but your of the word future, but your use of the word political describe fca , political to describe the fca, this is certainly impression this is certainly the impression that they're giving and that is really, really dangerous. why patrick because the fca, this isn't an organisation that many gb news viewers and listeners will think about very much, but it is the financial conduct authority. it happens to regulate the city of london and financial services in this country, which happen be our country, which happen to be our biggest of all. and the biggest industry of all. and the fca has to be seen by the world,

by international traders. when markets start turning down, looking a bit shaky, the fca has to be seen as adults non political, non aligned and truthful. so you can try and inspire some confidence in markets. when the fca says our banking sector is fine, our company accounts are fine , trade company accounts are fine, trade somewhere else. this is a really important distinction and by issuing such a what seems to be a nakedly political disingenuous report, the fca , i'm afraid, is report, the fca, i'm afraid, is a business and economics journalist for is sullying journalist for me is sullying its reputation and its reputation is crucial. >> you know, people talk, don't they , about things like they, about things like establishment or the deep state or whatever. it's to easy get a bit tinfoil. is it is it is stuff. then you do look at stuff. but then you do look at stuff. but then you do look at stuff you think, stuff like this and you think, well, a 40 page well, there was a 40 page report. and in that report it criticised nigel's views on immigration, trans brexit, immigration, on trans brexit, and then they debunked him and then then denied all of that . then then denied all of that. and then a few people went . and and then a few people went. and then now the fca is denying that

any of this ever really happened . and you start to wonder a bit about whether not we do about whether or not we do almost live in kind of almost live in the kind of conspiracy world, i suppose. well, would i would present it well, i would i would present it as is officialdom , thinking it as is officialdom, thinking it can get away with just throwing out an incomplete report, an inadequate report, and frankly, untruthful report and think that the rest of us can just get on with it. >> let me just read something to you here, patrick. and i'm not going to out this person because it's them. but this person it's up to them. but this person is one. you know , probably one is one. you know, probably one of the top 2 or 3 financial commentators in britain. very, very experienced person commentating on the city of london, completely politically, non aligned. and this person heard me earlier today talking about this fca report and this person said, bravo, liam, this fca statement is quite pathetic , sick and seems to ignore the facts, not opinions, but facts . facts, not opinions, but facts. how dumb are they and how dumb do they think we are? this

person is one a major market practitioner whose views are sought around the world about the city of london. a proud brit who has helped build the city of london over many decades. the problem is now, patrick, the city of london is losing its reputation rapidly . it's very reputation rapidly. it's very difficult to open a bank account in the city. it's very difficult to list companies in the city all of this stuff creates huge amounts of work. good, solid. well paid jobs for lots and lots of people beyond the guys and girls in the in the funny blazers who do the actual trading. this is our services sector. this is our lawyers , our sector. this is our lawyers, our accountants, our auditors for the city of london drives. so much business and i'm afraid with this fca report they've undermined the reputation of the city. >> i think it's arrogant. i think it's very, very arrogant. and if they think that nigel is going to drop it and they've got another thing coming. liam, thank very much. liam thank you very much. liam halligan economics halligan their economics and business labour halligan their economics and busine or labour halligan their economics and busine or pm labour halligan their economics and busine or pm in labour halligan their economics and busine or pm in waiting our halligan their economics and busine or pm in waiting as' leader or pm in waiting as he probably known. he's probably wants to be known. he's

in for talks in paris isn't he, for talks with emmanuel macron. but is keir starmer showing his true colours ? can glean from colours? what can we glean from the he's had with the meeting that he's had with emmanuel apart the emmanuel macron, apart from the fact gave him an arsenal fact that he gave him an arsenal shirt? well, we're going fact that he gave him an arsenal sh get well, we're going fact that he gave him an arsenal sh get ilatest we're going fact that he gave him an arsenal sh get ilatest headlinesoing to get you latest headlines first polly . patrick. first with polly. patrick. >> thank you . the headlines this >> thank you. the headlines this houn >> thank you. the headlines this hour. channel 4 says there's no evidence to suggest its management was told of any serious allegations concerning russell brand. the bbc has also announced a review of the comedian's time at the corporation and the metropolitan police yesterday received a report of an alleged assault due to have taken place in 2003. mr brand denies all allegations . brand denies all allegations. meanwhile, downing street has said the bma's members could step back from strike action this week, rules ensuring minimum levels of service could be extended. consultants in england began a 48 hour walkout today over pay, with junior doctors set to join them tomorrow . and michael gove says

tomorrow. and michael gove says commissioners will be appointed to take over the day to day running of birmingham city council . a local inquiry will council. a local inquiry will look into the authority after it was declared effectively bankrupt. all non—essential spending is now frozen . those spending is now frozen. those are the headlines. more by visiting our website gbnews.com . a brighter outlook with boxt solar. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello. it's wet. it's windy. i'm alex burkill and here's your latest weather update from gb news in association with the met office. more unsettled weather to come this week, but perhaps something drier to end friday. meanwhile, for the here and now, we're the influence of we're under the influence of this pressure. it's the this low pressure. it's the remnants lee and remnants of hurricane lee and the fronts have the associated fronts have already started cross. the uk already started to cross. the uk bringing some wet weather. you can we go through tuesday can see as we go through tuesday evening, we are going have

evening, we are going to have some heavy some further heavy rain, particularly across parts of scotland. here could be scotland. totals here could be building up, which why a building up, which is why a warning is in place here. otherwise, lots of weather otherwise, lots of wet weather coming west as we go coming in from the west as we go through quite through the night. quite a cloudy picture. so cloudy picture. and so particularly by the time we get to the hours of wednesday to the early hours of wednesday morning, going quite morning, it is going to be quite a mild start, but a very wet and windy one. for many of us. this front is going to make its front then is going to make its way go through way eastwards as we go through the heavy of the day. some heavy bursts of rain it and also some squally rain on it and also some squally winds. so even inland, we could get some strong gusts at times as that rain pushes its way eastwards , we will have heavy eastwards, we will have heavy showers following into the north northwest. some of could be northwest. some of them could be heavy some hail and thunder heavy with some hail and thunder mixed temperatures peaking mixed in temperatures peaking into 20s towards the into the low 20s towards the south—east. under south—east. but under that intense and with the strong intense rain and with the strong winds, it's not going to feel as warm as that. that rain continues in the south—east as we through wednesday we go through wednesday evening. eventually clearing towards eventually clearing away towards the showers the south—east with showers continuing towards the north—west more unsettled weather to come as through weather to come as we go through the of the week. but like i the end of the week. but like i said at the start, perhaps

something end friday something drier to end friday into saturday, a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> wow. labour leader sir keir starmer has met with french president emmanuel macron in paris and asked by broadcasters if he will push for stronger ties with europe . he wouldn't ties with europe. he wouldn't comment, but he insisted that his main focus was to win the general election. joining us from paris is charles—henri galois , who is the leader of galois, who is the leader of france's generation frexit group. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. how do you view keir starmer, the leader of the labour party, going in, meeting with emmanuel macron behind closed doors, not revealing what they were talking about? what do you make of it ? about? what do you make of it? >> i made it quite a symbol. normally for french president.

you should you should receive only the king or the prime minister. so it looks like a bit like political interference. i think it's quite weird to do so . all the more on behind closed doors as you explained , because doors as you explained, because you know what, macron is . you know what, macron is. >> sorry. let me just get in here. look, do you think that realistically there's a chance that they're trying hatch that they're trying to hatch a little plot here to britain little plot here to get britain back the european union ? back into the european union? >> i mean, we all know macron is a euro fanatic. >> i mean, we all know macron is a euro fanatic . so definitely it a euro fanatic. so definitely it can be the point. you know why doing it behind closed doors? i don't know if a press conference is forecast , but when you know is forecast, but when you know macron, you know how he hates brexit. it's deafening , really. brexit. it's deafening, really. i think a plan to maybe overturn the brexit result . we know that

the brexit result. we know that there was some some people and great people in the labour that campaigned for leave , but it was campaigned for leave, but it was definitely not the game of , of definitely not the game of, of him. so we may be quite worried for brexit with this meeting . for brexit with this meeting. >> okay. all right . and do you >> okay. all right. and do you think it's really appropriate then for a leader of an opposition party to be going in and meeting with a french president? i'm quite surprised that emmanuel macron has entertained it. i suppose what it mean that emmanuel it does mean is that emmanuel macron really does think that keir is going to be the keir starmer is going to be the next minister of the uk . next prime minister of the uk. >> no, i mean , as an opposition >> no, i mean, as an opposition leader, he wants to give , let's leader, he wants to give, let's say, an international stature to so we can understand why he wants to go , then i think it's wants to go, then i think it's not something very appropriate for macron to accept the visit because there is a current prime minister in the in the uk. so

it's quite inappropriate and it can be it can be seen as a sign in favour of him. definitely >> well, exactly. and we've got a royal visit coming. it could muddy the waters there as well. but i've got i've got to ask you, if keir starmer, the labour leader , really thinks that he's leader, really thinks that he's going to and get better going to go and get a better deal of emmanuel macron or deal out of emmanuel macron or the european union, i mean, what can he expect out there ? can he expect out there? >> i mean, i don't think so. the current deal is with 0 to 0 custom, right? so it's quite difficult to imagine he can he can get a better deal. maybe what he has in mind is to have the uk more align with the eu rules. but i don't think he would get anything more from the eu . and would get anything more from the eu .and i mean, what's would get anything more from the eu . and i mean, what's the point eu. and i mean, what's the point anyway, to be tied with the eu on the eurozone ? when you look on the eurozone? when you look at the economic figure , you look at the economic figure, you look at the economic figure, you look at germany economy, for example,

the figures as disastrous. for example, the uk in 2021, 2022 as a better growth than the eurozone, four points better if you took both heroes nine point brazier than germany. so why you want to be linked with something which is more titanic? it doesn't make any sense. >> no, i'm i'm really. thank you very, very much. charles—henri go wild there. who is the leader of france's generation frexit group ? right. coming today's group? right. coming up, today's strike by thousands of nhs consultants . so should doctors consultants. so should doctors and nurses be forced to work dunng and nurses be forced to work during industrial action? should we have minimum service levels? and crucially , if labour comes and crucially, if labour comes to power . angela rayner has and crucially, if labour comes to power. angela rayner has said that she would do away with that. well, hang on a minute , that. well, hang on a minute, what would that really mean? would that mean that anybody who wants take industrial wants to take industrial action, any can do so en masse any group can do so en masse without anybody actually being there to work at all? what would that mean in practise for the nhs? for the train service, for

any public service? what so even any public service? what so ever. but you watching, ever. but you are watching, listening to me patrick christys on gb news. this is britain's news .

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb news. >> welcome back . you are >> welcome back. you are watching and listening to me patrick christys on gb news now thousands of nhs consultants are

walking out again in a dispute over pay. we know that they're going to do that, but is there anything to prevent them from doing it? because health secretary the secretary steve barclay says the action politically motivated. action is politically motivated. well, yeah , clearly as the well, yeah, clearly as the health service braces for the first joint strike in its history, nhs providers say the health service is in unchartered territory. it's got four days of mass walkout . it's junior mass walkout. it's junior doctors, it's consultants . doctors, it's consultants. consultants, by the way, can earn upwards of 120, £130,000 a yeah earn upwards of 120, £130,000 a year. how do you feel about them striking when it comes to being on that kind of wonga? do you also not think it's definitely politically motivated when it looks like they're going to be coinciding it with the conservative party conference as well? me now is well? but joining me now is professor shalit, obe , professor jonathan shalit, obe, who is worried about his dad's health during this wave of action. you action. jonathan thank you very, very yeah so what are your very much. yeah so what are your concerns then when comes to concerns then when it comes to strikes? do you think that there should at a minimum should be at least a minimum service required? isn't service level required? isn't >> i'm not a politician and my

view, i don't have a view on the rights and wrongs of the strike orindeed rights and wrongs of the strike or indeed the salary doctors and consultants should be getting . consultants should be getting. >> but what i am seeing is very much the impact of the strike, and i'm seeing an inability of two sides to come together for the betterment of the country. we all stood and clapped and cheered for nurses during covid like they were superheroes. and of course they're superheroes. but now , now when it comes to but now, now when it comes to people getting paid more money in the nhs, people who do far more. patrick if i said to you all nurses and doctors do far more important jobs to you and l, more important jobs to you and i, would you agree? >> . >> no. >> no. >> okay . they do more important >> okay. they do more important jobs than me . and the point jobs than me. and the point i make there is that they're not well enough paid a lot of them. i see how hard they work. my father has been in and out of hospital a lot in the last three months. he's been fortunate that he has private health insurance, but actually that the problem is

still there because the nhs doctors and consultants who work across both are so stretched because of the strikes they cannot provide a proper service to patients . and what i see is to patients. and what i see is government ministers going on. good morning britain talking the talk . but okay, fine. talk. but okay, fine. >> well, so what do you what do you would you strike over pay if you would you strike over pay if you were on 130 grand a year? and do you think that if your father sadly dies as a result of these strikes, that the person who go on strike on 130 who did go on strike on 130 grand would been grand a year would have been within would you grand a year would have been witout would you grand a year would have been witout clap would you grand a year would have been witout clap for would you grand a year would have been witout clap for that?! you go out and clap for that? >> i don't think i see the >> i don't think when i see the ihear >> i don't think when i see the i hear the headline . and of i hear the headline. and of course, there are some people who earn a lot money. but who earn a lot of money. but i also know nephew, is also know my nephew, who is a junior doctor, is not earning £30,000. a the only way . not yet. >> not yet , but not yet. when he >> not yet, but not yet. when he becomes a consultant , he's becomes a consultant, he's probably well, it's becomes a consultant, he's probably well , it's like, why? probably well, it's like, why? it's almost a dare i say. can i just say this, jonathan? is that

not why you decided to be a junior doctor so that one day he could become a consultant and earn around £130,000 a year? >> i think someone who saves lives is justifies more than £130. £1,000 a year. i think if someone's got the ability to save lives and keep our parents alive for longer , i don't alive for longer, i don't begrudge them that money. but what i tweeted today was how scared i am for my father. and people are dying because of this. and that's the truth that i'm seeing it. i'm seeing people struggling . i'm seeing struggling. i'm seeing consultants not available . all consultants not available. all i'm seeing nurses overstretched . i'm seeing unbelievable number of hours people have to work at the moment. and this has now gone on for most of this year. and we don't to be getting and we don't seem to be getting to a resolution. >> you would pay would you >> so you would pay would you pay >> so you would pay would you pay much more tax then if you knew? because if you knew that it was going to their wages, that's a great question for all of us, isn't it? >> because all of us are very good at saying we want better services and we want people to pay services and we want people to pay but very people pay more. but very few people tax rises. so the truth is to

pay tax rises. so the truth is to pay more tax . well, i think as i pay more tax. well, i think as i get older i become more socially aware. when i was younger and absolutely i was in the me game because i think most young people are. but as i get older, i realise i have a responsibility. so if i had to pay 5 responsibility. so if i had to pay 5 or 10% more tax to allow pubuc pay 5 or 10% more tax to allow public service workers who are crucial to our country to provide a better service, i would yes . i provide a better service, i would yes. i mean, for example, i a successful company and i could do aggressive tax avoidance to save tax. that's legal tax avoidance, by the way. it's tax evasion is illegal. but it's tax evasion is illegal. but i don't do aggressive tax avoidance because i realise the importance of services in this country having money to operate i >> incredibly generous of you. let jonathan know. look thank you very much for coming on. i do. i do. i do enjoy it because that's the thing. it's all very well and look, jonathan, well and good. look, jonathan, you've you've done well you've done you've done well for yourself you've done you've done well for yoursegreat stuff. there's know, great stuff. but there's a lot of people now are in a higher who aren't. higher tax band who aren't. actually, think, anywhere actually, i think, anywhere realistically classed realistically near being classed as wealthy. and would

as as wealthy. and they would all have pay more tax as well all have to pay more tax as well if we wanted to. if the solution is let's just pay them what they want, sorry, you know want, well, i'm sorry, you know , 90 want, well, i'm sorry, you know , go and have a look at the pay scale your nephew scale like your your nephew before go and join it. and i before you go and join it. and i just wonder or it's just wonder whether or not it's worth dying over it worth people dying over it because people people will die as a result of them going on strike. and coincidentally , strike. and coincidentally, timing that strike to coincide with the conservative party conference, won't they? i mean, do you think it's worth people dying over it? >> totally not. people shouldn't be dying. people shouldn't be suffering . i look at my father. suffering. i look at my father. he lived through the second world you know , he survived world war. you know, he survived that. at the age of so that. and now at the age of so we survived. >> we survived the second >> so we survived the second world the might world war. but the nhs might kill yeah as simple as that. >> right . that. >> right. but. and that's a terrible thing to say, isn't it? i mean, that's awful the way you put it so bluntly. that's terrible . now, i don't know the terrible. now, i don't know the answers . i'm not a politician, answers. i'm not a politician, but what i do know what i do know is the country will have a

choice next year. and i'm not saying, by the way, saying how people should vote or my view politically is but the country people should vote or my view polithave' is but the country people should vote or my view polithave as but the country people should vote or my view polithave a choice. e country people should vote or my view polithave a choice. and jntry people should vote or my view polithave a choice. and litry people should vote or my view polithave a choice. and i think will have a choice. and i think the parties need to the political parties need to give very clear direction the political parties need to giywhat very clear direction the political parties need to giywhat theyy clear direction the political parties need to giywhat they believe. iirection the political parties need to giywhat they believe. andion the political parties need to giywhat they believe. and if] the political parties need to giywhat they believe. and if the of what they believe. and if the country nhs , country wants a fantastic nhs, we've got to pay for it. if the country side, the nhs as it is now, is not what we want. the country must tell the government that as well. i think the country decide what it country needs to decide what it wants needs because wants and needs to act because we have situation the we have a situation at the moment where hospitals aren't working. >> we to. working. » we working. >> we we have >> we have to. i think we have to yeah , i hear to decide. yeah, yeah, i hear you. but i think i think we have to whether are to decide whether or not we are a health service a country a health service with a country attached it or whether or not attached to it or whether or not we country that has we are a country that has a health that health service and that the costs are going to be costs there are going to be vast. thank very much, vast. thank you very much, jonathan . professor jonathan jonathan. professor jonathan shalit worried shalit there, obe he's worried about health, of about his dad's health, of course, all the best course, wishing dad all the best and hopefully we can get some kind there. but kind of resolution there. but anyway, i'm going to shift kind of resolution there. but anywthe i'm going to shift kind of resolution there. but anywthe slightly|g to shift kind of resolution there. but anywthe slightly|g to to ift shift the tone slightly now to patrick's of the day, where patrick's pick of the day, where i you know, i've i've trawled the world wide web to find

stories that you might have missed and just provide a little bit of a different at the bit of a different tone at the end houn bit of a different tone at the end hour. so for brave end of the hour. so for brave beachgoers in florida rescued a shark. that's right. so the shark. that's right. so the shark had managed to get itself grief . it's also shark had managed to get itself grief. it's also a shark had managed to get itself grief . it's also a pickle into a grief. it's also a pickle into a pickle. was swimming onto a bay and then getting stranded in the sand. yeah they grabbed the terrifying giant mako shark by its fin and its jaws and they snapped its jaws together and they towed it back into the sea . i mean, i tell you what, those people deserve a medal, don't they?! people deserve a medal, don't they? i think. on my days i would have. i don't know about you. would you have gone anywhere near that beast? i wouldn't. all of a sudden, shark fin soup starts to look quite appealing, doesn't it? that thing is a whopper. appealing, doesn't it? that thing is a whopper . oh, well, thing is a whopper. oh, well, well done. those people . they've well done. those people. they've saved a shark's life. so it can go and just back in the sea. and i don't know, kill a surfer or something. so. well done. fantastic. florida

fantastic. well done. florida anyway, watching and anyway, you are watching and listening patrick listening to me. patrick christys i've got christys on gb news. i've got loads bring you in the loads more to bring you in the next hour . it's a loads more to bring you in the next hour. it's a bumper final hour of the programme . i'm going hour of the programme. i'm going to talking, of course, about to be talking, of course, about what's going in what's been going on in lampedusa. really fascinating stuff and kind lampedusa. really fascinating stlthing and kind lampedusa. really fascinating stlthing i and kind lampedusa. really fascinating stlthing i thinkand kind lampedusa. really fascinating stlthing i think will kind lampedusa. really fascinating stlthing i think will setkind of thing that i think will set the europe going the tone for europe going forward. would great to forward. it would be great to actually wouldn't forward. it would be great to actu and wouldn't forward. it would be great to actu and reporting wouldn't forward. it would be great to actu and reporting onjldn't forward. it would be great to actu and reporting on that. so now and reporting on that. so lampedusa, it is absolute vital. i that we're trying i think, that we're trying to shine a light on what's happening just because happening there. just because really 11,000 really we've seen 11,000 dead people already in the people arrive already in the last days . they are. are last few days. they are. are they not coming? our way? we stand on the precipice of the european union making a big decision gatekeeper decision as the gatekeeper of europe impact you and europe that could impact you and i on the day that it's i over here on the day that it's emerged that are spending £8 emerged that we are spending £8 million day on migrants in million a day on migrants in hotels, when will it end? patrick christys gb news. this, of course, is britain's news channel. i'll see you in a. tick. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of

weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. it's wet . it's windy. >> hello. it's wet. it's windy. i'm alex burkill and here's your latest weather update from gb news. in association with the met office, more unsettled weather to come this week, but perhaps something drier to end friday. for the here friday. meanwhile, for the here and now, we're under the influence of this low pressure. it's the remnants hurricane it's the remnants of hurricane lee the associated fronts lee and the associated fronts have started cross have already started to cross the uk bringing wet weather the uk bringing some wet weather . you can see as we go through tuesday we going to tuesday evening, we are going to have heavy rain, have some further heavy rain, particularly of particularly across parts of scotland here could be scotland. totals here could be building which is why a building up, which is why a warning is in place here. otherwise lots of wet weather coming west as we go coming in from the west as we go through night. a through the night. quite a cloudy picture. and so particularly time get particularly by the time we get to hours wednesday to the early hours of wednesday morning, to be quite morning, it is going to be quite a start, but very wet and a mild start, but a very wet and windy one. for many of us. this front then is going to make its way eastwards as we through way eastwards as we go through the some bursts of the day. some heavy bursts of rain on it and also squally rain on it and also some squally winds . so even inland, we could

winds. so even inland, we could get some strong gusts at times . get some strong gusts at times. so as that rain pushes its way eastwards , we will have heavy eastwards, we will have heavy showers following into the northwest. them be northwest. some of them could be heavy hail and thunder heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in temperatures peaking into the low 20s towards the south—east. that south—east. but under that intense rain and with the strong winds , it's not going to feel as winds, it's not going to feel as warm that. that rain warm as that. that rain continues in the south—east as we through evening we go through wednesday evening , eventually clearing away towards with towards the southeast with showers continuing towards the north—west. more unsettled weather as we go through weather to come as we go through the end of the week. i the end of the week. but like i said, start, perhaps said, at the start, perhaps something to friday something drier to end friday into saturday. >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar are proud sponsors of weather on

gb news, it's 5 pm. it's patrick christys. >> it's gb news news, £8 million a day. that's what you, me, everyone. we know are paying for margaret hotels in this country, up from £6 million a day in the previous year. when will it end? well, no time soon, because it's kicking off. still in lampedusa. the invasion of lampedusa around 11,000, mostly african young men have arrived in the last few days. what is going to happen there now? and frankly, what does happen will set the tone for the european union and europe as a whole, for years to come. on a precipice now . come. we're on a precipice now. if decide those 11,000 men if they decide those 11,000 men can be distributed through the european what stop

european union, what is to stop millions just coming ? but millions more just coming? but in other news, we'll be talking about this as well. scotland's gender battle is one of the reasons why nicola sturgeon stepped reared stepped down, but it's reared its humza yousaf has its head again. humza yousaf has reignited hasn't it? what reignited it, hasn't it? what about gender identification in scotland? we will bring you up to date with the latest on that. and is ongoing and yes, this is an ongoing nightmare. off the rails? nightmare. hs2 off the rails? well, it certainly looks that way . looks like it's not even way. looks like it's not even going get to manchester, going to get to manchester, for goodness happens now goodness sake. what happens now to the people who had to all of the people who had compulsory purchase orders , the compulsory purchase orders, the countryside that's been torn up , billions and billions of , the billions and billions of pounds of taxpayers money that's been anyone ever be been wasted. will anyone ever be held account? why are so held to account? why are we so rubbish at doing stuff like this in patrick christys . gb in britain? patrick christys. gb news. yes, get your emails coming in thick and fast. gb views and gbnews.com but right now it's your headlines with paul coyte .

paul coyte. >> thanks very much, patrick. well, our top story this hour, the head of channel 4 television says there's no evidence to suggest that management were told of serious allegations concerning russell brand. it comes after the bbc announced a review of the comedian's time at the corporation . the the corporation. the metropolitan police confirmed yesterday it had received a report of an assault alleged to have taken place in 2003. four other allegations of rape or sexual assault were published as part of a joint investigation by the sunday times and channel 4. mr brand denies all allegations against him . emergency measures against him. emergency measures are being put in place and michael gove says commissioner will be appointed to take over the day to day running of birmingham city council. there'll also be a local inquiry into the authority after it was declared effectively bankrupt , declared effectively bankrupt, but it's now facing a growing equal pay liability of just under £1 billion and an £87

million financial gap. the communities secretary says today's action is aimed at protecting the interests of the city's residents . city's residents. >> birmingham city council has not served the citizens of that great city as it should have for years now. the city has suffered and as the council has failed to grip underperformance , poor grip underperformance, poor leadership, weak governance, woeful mismanagement of employee relations and ineffective service delivery have harmed the city. >> the government is facing criticism for its decision to give avanti west coast a new long term contract. the department for transport has announced the train operator will continue to run services on the west coast. main line for at least three years. the line runs from glasgow to london through birmingham, liverpool, manchester and edinburgh. that's despite the company having the second worst performance records in the country. on the railways . weaver vale mp mike amesbury says the decision is a nonsense

i >> -- >> yes, it seems that this contract has been rewarded on the basis that it's a little less crap than it used to be, that it's not really , it's not that it's not really, it's not really the way to make a decision in in government. it's appalling. this is ideological quickly, dogmatically driven. it's a nonsense . it's a nonsense. >> downing street says the bma's members could step back from strike action this week. that's as rules ensuring a minimum level of cover in hospitals could be extended . under the could be extended. under the government's proposal, doctors and nurses would be required to maintain necessary and safe levels of service consultants in england are striking for 48 hours today over pay , with hours today over pay, with junior doctors joining them tomorrow and picketing until friday. well, the health secretary, steve barclay, told gb news earlier minimum service levels will protect patients. >> how do we get the balance right? how do we protect those time critical services ? we've time critical services? we've got primary legislation now in

place and we're going to look at how that applies in hospitals. so that we can ensure things like chemotherapy are not disrupted by strikes and really make sure we're protecting patients. so that's what we're consulting on. we want to get that right. is that balance right. it is important people's right to strike and we respect that . strike and we respect that. >> the number of schools in england where crumble prone concrete has been found has now risen to 174. that's it's after hundreds of surveys have been carried out in schools across england to determine the extent of the problem. a number of schools were forced to fully or partially close just days before the start of the autumn term due to defective building materials . now nearly 250 temporary classrooms have been put on order to cope with the crisis. this but the shadow education —— , bridget phillipson, secretary, bridget phillipson, has called it a colossal shambles . has called it a colossal shambles. the financial conduct authority has concluded there is no evidence that banks close the

accounts of customers because of their political views. it follows the closure of nigel farage account by cuts, which the gb news presenter said was politically motivated. a freedom of information request by mr farage revealed that internal memos at the bank deemed his views were not consistent with its position as an inclusive organiser nation. mr farage has branded the outcome of the fca's review a joke . review a joke. >> look, this is a farce and frankly, it shows me something. the people at the top of the fca are deeply political themselves. think of sheldon mills, the executive director. he of stonewall all he of endless political campaigns on gender and much else. and when you ask and much else. and when you ask a group of biased people to examine by bias, don't be surprised when they don't find anything . anything. >> leader of the opposition , sir >> leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer is in paris today. he's discussing post—brexit relations with the french

president , relations with the french president, emmanuel macron. the labour leader says he wants to secure a much better deal for the uk by reassessing trading ties with the eu. the current trade deal signed by boris johnson faces its first five year review in 2025. sir keir says the uk's relationship with france is important on a national security level , with gb national security level, with gb news across the uk, on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news . by saying play gb news this is britain's news. channel >> well, if the eu doesn't deport the thousands of young african men who've arrived in lampedusa, then the game is up, europe is finished. and frankly, so are we. around 11,000 african men have arrived on the small italian island in the last few days. italian island in the last few days . they now outnumber the days. they now outnumber the local population by almost 2 to 1. there can be no doubt that the overwhelming majority of people coming are economic migrants . there are even rumours

migrants. there are even rumours of russia's wagner group of armed mercenaries in africa helping to flood europe with these illegal immigrants as a way of causing instability . and way of causing instability. and it's working, isn't it? germany and france are refusing to take any more new arrivals from italy because they say italy isn't doing their bit. and despite keir starmer suppose oddly wanting us to be part of some kind of eu asylum scheme, we can't enter into it because the eu that their current eu admits that their current policies mess . one policies are a total mess. one thing is for sure, though, the people of lampedusa certainly are doing their bit. we can see footage of amount people footage of the amount of people arriving in recent days. is that it is an invasion, isn't it? thatis it is an invasion, isn't it? that is what an invasion looks like. but of course the refugees welcome brigade will be quick to point out that all of these poor people are fleeing war and persecution and they need a home. people like this african transvestite talking to himself whilst he walks down the street. on poor people like this man washing his genitals in the

town's water fountain . oh, nice town's water fountain. oh, nice for people who don't know exactly where lampedusa is. i'll show you on a map right now. it's that tiny little island there surrounded by red dots east of tunisia to the south of the italian island of sicily. well now we can see the geography of it. there can't we? so the eu quite clearly faces a choice. it can use lampedusa as a holding pen for illegal immigrants before deporting them, or it can release them into europe. they could end up anywhere and hundreds of thousands , if not millions more, thousands, if not millions more, will come because they realise that just getting to lampedusa guarantees you entry into europe. there is no question that italy is for many people coming from africa, the gateway into europe, there is also no question that britain is for many are the final destination . many are the final destination. it's not just the numbers that worry me, though, it's the internal conflicts that come with it. the question of deporting people or allowing them to stay divides europeans. it divides brits . but then the it divides brits. but then the added conflict comes from groups of migrants who get along

of migrants who don't get along with other. for cultural or with each other. for cultural or religious reasons. and we're seeing more and more of that . eu seeing more and more of that. eu chief ursula von der leyen apparently went to have a look at yesterday . keir at lampedusa yesterday. keir starmers emmanuel starmers meeting with emmanuel macron. et cetera. et cetera. politic organs can talk all they want and look at the problem all they want. but reality is they want. but the reality is that if the eu doesn't deport the thousands of people who've just arrived in lampedusa, then europe faces a total capitulation . well, that's what capitulation. well, that's what i think. i want to hear from you. email me now, gb views. gbnews.com. and gb news can also reveal a shocking rise in the cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels across the uk containing and within the home office's annual report. the revelation that hotel accommodation costs for migrants has risen from . 6 million to £8 has risen from. 6 million to £8 million every single day. mark wyatt joins me now, our home and security editor. mark, this cost not going down any time soon.

>> no. and it really just hammers government. hammers for home the government. there try there imperative really to try to get these accommodation centres that are kind of adapted the old military bases and the bibby stockholm barge fully up and running to try to take some of the burden off the hotels. but even then, when they're fully up and running, bibby stockholm is only got a capacity of 500. it might be less than that because of concerns raised by the fire service over the evacuation procedures. there if it's fully manned with migrants , the issues around the bases at scampton and at wethersfield in essex also are meaning that they're very slow to get the migrants in there. but even when they're up and running, all of these bases, when they're up and running , it's only going to be a running, it's only going to be a few thousand of the 24,000 who've come so far this year. of the more than 50,000 who are

currently in hotels at the moment. so it it from the government's point of view, clearly they have to look at more of these purpose built centres in areas around the more of these purpose built centres ibuteas around the more of these purpose built centres ibut in; around the more of these purpose built centres ibut in doing1d the more of these purpose built centres ibut in doing thate more of these purpose built centres ibut in doing that then country. but in doing that then you come up against people who understandably do not want a base , an accommodation centre in base, an accommodation centre in their area. that's not just taking 100, 150, that a hotel might take, but it's taking a thousand 500, 2000 people at a time. people who are then free to wander around local communities. >> yeah. know in deed. i mean, the cost of this is just absolutely astronomical, isn't it? and when we see what's going on in lampedusa, you know, it's fair suggest that if the fair to suggest that if the hauans fair to suggest that if the italians decide now or the european union decides now to actively all from an actively fly people all from an island ad into the continent, it's going to send a message that potentially millions of more can come . more can come. >> and the scenes that we're

seeing in lampedusa, okay, not at the moment quite at the same severity , but have been repeated severity, but have been repeated in other italian islands , in in other italian islands, in greek islands and spanish islands and all in that area from north africa where the boats can come. and also we're seeing record numbers that are getting across other routes across the western balkans as well. so europe and the european union is grappling with a very severe problem of migrants coming in to the european union and knowing just what to do with them. well, at the moment, what their solution is to try to ensure that all of the union, european union member states take a proportion, take a share of those arriving in the eu . but of those arriving in the eu. but lots of countries is now do not want to do that. they don't want any part of that. you know, especially countries in the eastern part of the european

union and those in the south and the southern borders of the european union who are at the moment being inundated with these boats coming across. absolutely. >> mark, thank you very much. white there. as our mark white there. as our homeland security editor. oh, look, i think this issue that's going on in lampedusa is frankly a seismic of time and a seismic moment of our time and will dictate the future of an entire continent if it is not handled correctly. but as we've touched on, that challenge of accommodating is accommodating migrants is currently out heavily in currently playing out heavily in italy, where government italy, where the government there to there has passed measures to extend the time that migrants there can be detained. now it's going ensure that people with going to ensure that people with no stay or are no legal right to stay or are repatriated, deport . and as repatriated, i.e. deport. and as we've been talking about, around 11,000 people have arrived in lampedusa in the last week. it is a blow, of course, for prime minister giorgio meloni, who won office by vowing to kerb illegal migration. now i'm joined by z— journalist. thank journalist.torank journalist.to have you on absolute

the show. this is an absolute catastrophe for what the people of lampedusa, but is the european union and italy really going to move people off the island into mainland europe? now >> well, eventually they will. the italian government already decided to, let's say, disperse all these migrants across italy , be asking italian mayors and local governors to accept a small amount of migrants , each small amount of migrants, each of them each little city or each little countryside . little countryside. >> many of the local governors are refusing to do so because do not want any migrants they do not want any migrants anymore. so there is another issue here at stake. not only northern european countries like germany and france , as you said, germany and france, as you said, are refusing to accept the migrants from italy , but also migrants from italy, but also inside italy, many mayors are refusing to accept this new wave of migrants coming from lampedusa. but of course , all lampedusa. but of course, all these people, 11,000, as you

said, can't stay in a teeny tiny rock island in the middle of nowhere . so it's a sort of , you nowhere. so it's a sort of, you know, very difficult situation in which option will you choose will be very difficult to sort out . yeah. out. yeah. >> what's the difficulty in deporting these people? this is what part of me doesn't understand why this is even so much of a question. anybody can see that the vast majority of these people are economic migrants, aren't they? not actual asylum seekers. and if this could dictate the future of an entire continent, should surely it's better to deport these people back to where they came from? no >> well , that would be a very >> well, that would be a very pragmatic , pragmatic and let me pragmatic, pragmatic and let me say very british solution to the issue. but that's italy. so in italy , you know, culture is italy, you know, culture is slightly different from from northern europe, i'm afraid . so northern europe, i'm afraid. so the first issue is that many of the first issue is that many of the italians i mean, did say the people in the country, majority

of the people in the country believe it's a you know, a good thing to accept all these migrants because you need to be good to them basically . so the good to them basically. so the politically correctness plays a strong role here. secondly, to deport people who need a logistic and also administrative organisation , which italy sadly organisation, which italy sadly lacks off. and third point, which , you know, many times we which, you know, many times we always overlook too, is that italy also hosts the vatican and catholic culture says that you have to accept, you know, all the poor people , all the people the poor people, all the people coming for help. so if you mix all together , all these three all together, all these three elements, you got the situation in right now, lampedusa , okay. in right now, lampedusa, okay. >> and the european union's nafions >> and the european union's nations such as france and germany , are currently saying germany, are currently saying that italy isn't doing its bit when it comes to taking enough

asylum seekers or illegal migrants. yeah this is this is the usual blame game. >> you know , has been going on >> you know, has been going on for ages . so northern countries for ages. so northern countries accusing italy to not do enough. italy accusing them for being alone , which is true in part. so alone, which is true in part. so far when all this cyclical migrant crisis happened, they always ended up in some people from brussels coming down to italy saying, oh, we will help you. and then they go away and everything stays the same. yeah, which is what's happening now, right? >> ursula von der leyen has just turned up there. going to turned up there. she's going to say, oh, this is terrible. we have about this. say, oh, this is terrible. we havethen about this. say, oh, this is terrible. we havethen she's about this. say, oh, this is terrible. we havethen she's going about this. say, oh, this is terrible. we havethen she's going to )out this. say, oh, this is terrible. we havethen she's going to got this. say, oh, this is terrible. we havethen she's going to go back and then she's going to go back to brussels and nothing's going to brussels and nothing's going to meanwhile, to get done. meanwhile, lampedusa that lampedusa still looks like that and we'll to wait and see and we'll have to wait and see as what happens. but look, as to what happens. but look, simone, thank very much. and simone, thank you very much. and i you i would love to talk to you again. you know, in the coming in days weeks, in the coming days and weeks, really continues really as this issue continues to kick on. simone filipazzi ,

to kick on. simone filipazzi, there italian journalist there is an italian journalist just discussing what's been going in lampedusa. know going on in lampedusa. i know that we we're britain's news channel. are. but channel. of course we are. but trust that problem trust me, that problem there that you're seeing in lampedusa is our and i think is coming our way. and i think if isn't resolved, then it is if it isn't resolved, then it is going to a massive issue for going to be a massive issue for us in light of the amount of money on money we are now spending on migrant as well. £8 migrant hotels as well. £8 million day. but this is million a day. but get this is 16 enough to change your 16 old enough to change your legally organised sex? legally recognise organised sex? that the question at the that is the question at the heart of a legal row between the scottish and uk governments . scottish and uk governments. yes. okay. yes. this is so much more to bring you between 6 pm. on patrick christys on gb news britain's

>> britain's news . >> britain's news. channel >> britain's news. channel >> governments of both the uk and scotland have locked horns over constitutional powers and gender recognition reform . gender recognition reform. scottish ministers have launched a court challenge after the uk government blocked a controversial gender reform bill. the bill allowed people as young as 16 years old to change their legally recognised sex by using a self identification system . it wanted to remove the system. it wanted to remove the need for a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria. so basically , look, it's just a basically, look, it's just a feeling, isn't it? it's just a feeling. you feel like this now and you can say that that's what you also the time for you are. also the time for someone to have lived in their assigned gender before applying would have been rejected from two years to three months. six months for 16 and 17 year olds.

so look, let me just contextualise this again. if i said i was a girl and i was 16 years old and i lived as a girl for six months, then i could now legally be a girl, basically. yeah, i know. legally be a girl, basically. yeah, i know . well, let's go now yeah, i know. well, let's go now to holyrood and speak with the deputy leader of the scottish conservative party, megan gallagher. megan, you gallagher. megan, thank you very, so so why is very, very much. so so why is there such a clash over this? am i right in saying this is one of the things that did for nicola sturgeon? why humza so sturgeon? why is humza yousaf so desperate it ? desperate to resurrect it? >> that humza >> well, we know that humza yousaf as the continuity first minister for patrick, if could go into the some of the concerns with the bill, just to outline , with the bill, just to outline, you know, why the scottish conservatives were so opposed to it, as you highlight, you know, 16 year olds could legally change then of change their gender, then of course , the bill failed to course, the bill failed to protect single—sex spaces and then , of course, through the then, of course, through the ayla bryson scandal, which showed that bad faith actors could exploit selfish id.

>> and that's why we're in the position that we're in just now. but what we're seeing as the snp government using taxpayers money to take the uk government to court when there's quite clearly issues with the bill and that's why the uk government decided to enact the section 35 order, is because there's areas where it strays into reserved issues and the scottish government have not engaged with the uk government at all. >> but if i've got this right, then if i, if this if this all passes, if the snp what they passes, if the snp get what they want , a 16 passes, if the snp get what they want, a 16 year old boy passes, if the snp get what they want , a 16 year old boy with want, a 16 year old boy with genhaua want, a 16 year old boy with genitalia intact who's six foot five inches tall and weighs £200, could live as a girl for six months and then have access to women's changing rooms. >> is that correct ? >> is that correct? >> is that correct? >> well , it >> is that correct? >> well, it would be under this legislation because it would allow 16 year olds to legally change their gender here in scotland. but that's where the cross border concerns come in,

because had this bill, you know, been put through the scottish parliament and enacted in law , parliament and enacted in law, it could mean that the 16 year old that you're referring to there and, you know, if they decided to apply, for example, to a single sex school down south, what would the cross—border implications certainly wasn't scrutiny through and this is something benefit of mean, of mean, why does why a thing? .people’ .people need as to be able to identify as whatever sex they they are even quicker than they here you know, the scottish government you know, the scottish gov livesant you know, the scottish gov lives of transgender you know, the scottish gov lives of tiand,ender you know, the scottish gov lives of tiand, youer think that's something that everyone, got we should all we

what the problem, the think what the problem, the fundamental problem with this legislation is it's legislation is, is it's encroaching on women's rights and women's safe spaces . and we and women's safe spaces. and we you know, we as the scottish conservatives, were so concerned about this , we backed the about this, we backed the majority of scots who opposed this legislation . but of course, this legislation. but of course, we also backed women and women's groups who were told by the then first minister, nicola sturgeon , that their concerns were not valid. >> f- yousaf obviously is very content to continue to press trying to use this as maybe trying to use this as a push for independence. there he is.look push for independence. there he is. look at him smirking away, pushes for independence. look, we can't do everything that we want do in scotland because want to do in scotland because we've government we've got a government down there wants there in westminster that wants to overrule us. but suppose to overrule us. but i suppose unfortunately for him, this is a this is not necessarily a hill that he wants to die on because as far as i can tell, the vast majority of actual scots don't agree with this, do they? >> absolutely case. and what >> as absolutely case. and what we're seeing is the snp squander

taxpayers money over this constitutional battle that doesn't need to take place . if doesn't need to take place. if the government was trying to reach out to the scottish government in order to work with them this of them on this piece of legislation. but it was quite clear that the scottish government, snp—green cabal, government, the snp—green cabal, would rather engage in a constitutional battle over the gender recognition reform bill than actually work with the uk government in order to make this legislation better and legislation better and legislation that would protect women's rights . women's rights. >> absolutely no. thank you very much, megan . great to have you much, megan. great to have you on the show. megan gallacher there, who the leader there, who is the deputy leader of scottish conservative of the scottish conservative party , just reacting to, well, party, just reacting to, well, frankly, what could be the latest kind of gender madness and nonsense that could be taking place north of the border? a bit of time border? i've got a bit of time here to whizz myself back here to just whizz myself back into the inbox. vaiews@gbnews.com course vaiews@gbnews.com is of course the address. loads you the email address. loads of you be about the be getting in touch about the issue taking place both issue that's taking place both in this country when it comes to the asylum seeker migrant hotel bill, you're just bill, which in case you're just joining risen

joining us, has now risen officially to £8 million a day, up £6 million a day at. and up from £6 million a day at. and also the issue that's taking place in lampedusa, where around 11,000, mostly african, mostly men , have arrived the last men, have arrived in the last few days, posing all sorts of few days, is posing all sorts of questions now about what the european union does about allowing these people from that island onto the continent, potentially, of course , over to potentially, of course, over to calais and then into britain. but once the thousands of them allowed into mainland europe, what would why would the europeans want to keep them when they could just point them in our direction? says elaine. and this of course, one of the this is, of course, one of the big concerns, especially when we are is not same are seeing this is not the same as in 2015, 2016, when we as it was in 2015, 2016, when we saw one of the kind of first larger waves migration larger waves of migration through europe. now we've got france and germany saying, look, we've had enough of this and they're using the italy lions lack actual will to deal with lack of actual will to deal with their situation as a convenient excuse to take any more. why excuse not to take any more. why would any european country not not just wave as many people

through towards as possible? you know, italy might be the gates, but we are the final destination , aren't and i think this is , aren't we? and i think this is why it is of vital importance that we very, closely that we watch very, very closely what in lampedusa that we watch very, very closely wha beyond in lampedusa that we watch very, very closely wha beyond . in lampedusa that we watch very, very closely wha beyond . loadsn lampedusa that we watch very, very closely wha beyond . loads of.ampedusa that we watch very, very closely wha beyond . loads of otherdusa and beyond. loads of other emails coming in as well. gb views at gb views .com. i'll go to those very, very shortly. but coming up, we'll be crossing to italy to hear how the government is with those is dealing with some of those migrants lampedusa. migrants in lampedusa. but first, your with first, it is your headlines with the wonderful middlehurst the wonderful polly middlehurst i >> patrick thank you, will. the top stories this hour are the channel 4 says there's no evidence to suggest its management was told of serious allegations concerning russell brand. the bbc's also announced a review of the comedian's time at the corporation. the metropolitan police received a report of an assault alleged to have taken place in 2003. yesterday mr brand denies all allegations. meanwhile downing street says the bma's members could step back from industrial

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sponsors of weather on. gb news the row over how far north hs2 will go chugs on unlike hs2, which apparently is just going nowhere. >> sir keir starmer has failed to commit to building the full high speed rail line. if the prime minister ditches the route past birmingham. meanwhile government ministers have been accused of rail betrayal for refusing to confirm if they will build hs2 to manchester for. i mean, what? it's just ridiculous. joining me now is transport committee member and conservative mp for buckingham, greg smith. greg, thank you for joining me. look, what's going on with hs2. is it happening at all? where will it end up ? all? where will it end up? >> well, i hope it will end up on the scrapheap because i've got 19 miles of it through my constituency and it brings real human misery to my constituents . farms ripped apart businesses

npped . farms ripped apart businesses ripped apart and ended homes compulsorily purchased school runs . now, with the endless road runs. now, with the endless road closures taking four times the length of time and all for what? what we're going to end up with with is a railway that runs from a bus shelter in west london called old oak common to a station that isn't even in central birmingham. so who on earth is going to use this thing if you want to get from birmingham to london, people will still use the chiltern line or the west coast main line that will still use the chiltern line or least lest coast main line that will still use the chiltern line or least dropsyast main line that will still use the chiltern line or least drops them ain line that will still use the chiltern line or least drops them outline that at least drops them out somewhere more useful in london. hs2 is an enormous waste of money. we could end up spending 160, 170, even £200 billion on this thing. when actually when i talk to colleagues in the north of england, in the west midlands, in the east midlands and in the south, to what they actually want, is that better regional connecting city between towns and villages , because in towns and villages, because in each of those regions , yeah, i

each of those regions, yeah, i mean absolutely this could have been a fantastic thing if it had been a fantastic thing if it had been delivered on time and on budget. >> but alas, here we are now talking about this. what about the people who have already had things compulsorily purchased or their or their property or their business was under a compulsory purchase order? it's not millions or several hundred thousand off the value of it . thousand off the value of it. they've they've cashed out and sold it. this has cost people huge sums of money already, isn't it . isn't it. >> it has. i don't use the term human misery lightly , but that's human misery lightly, but that's what these big infrastructure projects bring to communities like those i represent in buckinghamshire. but actually lord barclay, a labour peer. so this is a cross—party issue here. there has done some great work to show that actually we can get the loss down and it's still an eye—watering amount of money, but we can get the loss down by restore , bring the land down by restore, bring the land where it can be restored and

doing something else with that land that's too far gone to £8 billion. now that is still eye—watering, but is it better to lose 8 billion now than to waste another 150, 160 billion down down the road? i would say taxpayers will not forgive us for wasting that amount of money instead of just taking the hit. now, admitting it's mistake , now, admitting it's a mistake, what has gone wrong here? >> how? how has it proved so difficult? i mean, look at that building behind you there is a wonderful building. it is a feat of human engineering that goes back over long. yet we are back over long. and yet we are now currently unable get now currently unable to get a train from london to birmingham a bit quicker, really, than what what we'd planned on doing here before . how is how have we got before. how is how have we got here, greg? >> well, it was a crazy idea in the first place. it was a crazy idea that was first mooted by the last labour government. lord adonis brought it forward and then the way we seem to do infrastructure country, infrastructure in this country, which to change, is that which needs to change, is that someone moots an you then someone moots an idea. you then have decade rowing about it

have a decade rowing about it where no one can agree on anything by which point the costs difficulty have costs and the difficulty have increased tenfold . and then you increased tenfold. and then you actually make a decision to do or not to do in the case of hs2, to do , and then only then do you to do, and then only then do you start designing the thing and then all the other gremlins, all then all the other gremlins, all the other problems, all the other unforeseen costs and challenges start to come out of the woodwork. so i'd say on one level we need to fund mentally change the way we do infrastructure in this country , infrastructure in this country, but we also need to give far greater scrutiny to crazy ideas when they come up in the first place. and hs2 was always , place. and hs2 was always, always a crazy idea. >> well, look , greg, i always >> well, look, greg, i always appreciate your time. thank you very, very much for coming on and having a chat with me about this. smith, who this. take care. greg smith, who is for is the conservative mp for buckingham. so, look, we're going to return very shortly anyway to the situation that's taking place in lampedusa, which is where the migrant situation is where the migrant situation is weighing heavily on italy, but also on the rest of the european union. and on europe as

a whole. and we are, of course, still part of europe, right. so it does include us about 11,000 people in last people have arrived in the last few days on the island of lampedusa, small island . lampedusa, very small island. and what's going to happen now remains to be seen. the european union essentially has a choice. the italian government has a choice. they could try to deport these people coming from , you these people coming from, you know, parts of africa for purely economic reasons , purely economic reasons, purely economic reasons, purely economic reasons, purely economic reasons or or they could move them through europe and then they could probably wave them through to the uk. and with it, what we would see now is a complete green light for anybody who wants to come from africa into europe, into the uk , to just make it to lampedusa as if nothing is done with this current mass wave, then frankly, nothing ever will be. and you know, people are now looking at this and saying, seriously, if europe does value its future , europe does value its future, its culture, its heritage, its

safety , everything, then somehow safety, everything, then somehow something has to be done about what's going on at the moment in lampedusa. but coming up, how a number of uk councils have adopted a definition of islamophobia here that the government turned down over free speech fears. what does all of this really mean? does it make it much more likely that you can be called a racist if you be called a racist even if you are just expressing genuine be called a racist even if you are just eypatrickg genuine be called a racist even if you are just ex patrick christyse be called a racist even if you are just ex patrick christys on gb concerns? patrick christys on gb news. we are britain's news

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channel >> so1in channel >>so1in7 channel >> so 1 in 7 councils in england has adopted a definition of islamophobia . to that, the islamophobia. to that, the government turned down in 2019 over. government turned down in 2019 over . free speech fears. in over. free speech fears. in 2019, the all party parliamentary group on british muslims defined islamophobia as a type of racism that targeted expression of muslimness or perceived muslimness , which i perceived muslimness, which i mean just in itself is quite difficult concept, i think, to get people's heads around what is perceived muslimness what is muslimness actually. but the government, however, rejected this definition, citing concerns over free speech. it's been adopted by the labour party. it's been adopted by the liberal democrats. it's been adopted by plaid, it's been adopted by the mayor of and major mayor of london and all major political parties in scotland. but by the civitas but an analysis by the civitas think tank, however , revealed think tank, however, revealed that local authorities in that 52 local authorities in england have passed a motion to

adopt the definition equivalent to 1 in 7 councils. now, i think this is a rather large concern for people, isn't it? firstly, why is one religion more of a protected species than any other? but also what would it mean if we had a situation like, for example, batley grammar school where that teacher, rightly or wrongly , and i think rightly or wrongly, and i think most people would say wrongly , most people would say wrongly, showed a picture of the prophet muhammad to a load of pupils there, and then there are threats to have that teacher beheaded his on beheaded to spill his blood on the streets. somebody came the streets. if somebody came out said, i don't think out and said, i don't think that's right, that people should be this, we be protesting about this, we shouldn't have blasphemy laws in this we they fall this country. we would they fall foul of that local council's definition of what it is to be islamophobic. definition of what it is to be islamophobic . what would happen islamophobic. what would happen there? we're going to have there? but we're going to have more on this in a little bit before i do, i'm just going to whizz you now to michelle whizz you over now to michelle dewberry, be on next. dewberry, who will be on next. and tell us what's coming dewberry, who will be on next. and herall us what's coming dewberry, who will be on next. and her show. what's coming up on her show. >> yes, i've got all the things that people would expect to that people would expect me to be so of course, want a

>> so of course, i want a question whether or not consultants doctors consultants and junior doctors should together should be out on strike together or not. >> i want to ask people, do you consent policed way consent to being policed the way we do have we are because we do have policing consent. policing by consent. >> it's a very key phrase in this country. also as well. right. me this. right. bear with me on this. how housing market, there are problems in it. don't look at the and think how long is the time and think how long is she going to off on a tangent she going to go off on a tangent for? with me, it's sensible for? bear with me, it's sensible . there suggestion . there is a suggestion that i want discuss primary want to discuss primary residence in this country, i.e. your home. they are exempt from capital gains tax should they be there? i'll shoot the messenger. >> okay. don't all start emailing in go and uber is nuts. >> get her off just ponder it. >> get her off just ponder it. >> ponder it and stay tuned and let me know who's on your panel . baroness jacqueline foster and michael walker. >> oh , good. >> oh, good. >> oh, good. >> okay. all right. top panel, top show lined up. so that is going to come your way in about 15 minutes time. make sure you stay tuned. thank you very much, jeeves. now, okay, so let's return once again to the situation in lampedusa , and we situation in lampedusa, and we can speak now to jasmine lazell

, aid worker , who is a voluntary aid worker who's been helping support the migrants in lampedusa . thank you migrants in lampedusa. thank you very, much. great have very, very much. great to have you . what is the you on the show. what is the situation of people who are in lampedusa right now? there's a lot of talk about them being economic migrants. is that true 7 economic migrants. is that true ? hi thanks for inviting me. >> so the situation is at the moment is that there are for sure so many people arriving mainly from tunisia, but with sub—saharan origins and actually , “0, sub—saharan origins and actually , no, i would not say that. the point is that they are economic migrants also, because this is our category . there are very our category. there are very different reasons for them to migrate . and of course, there is migrate. and of course, there is war. there is hunger, there is a lot of different reasons, but there is also something about desires , dreams and just the desires, dreams and just the will of somebody. for example ,

will of somebody. for example, thatis will of somebody. for example, that is something very similar to what we actually do in europe, just changing one country to the other . but we can country to the other. but we can with our passport and they cannot. with our passport and they cannot . so i would not talk cannot. so i would not talk about it. the situation of lampedusa at the moment is actually a bit different from the videos you are seeing now because many have been transferred to the mainland in the last days. and even if there are still a lot of arrivals and there is no doubt proud that that was there in the last days , a lot of people are wondering if we allow these people now just to come into mainland europe , what is to stop every europe, what is to stop every single person from africa doing that ? sorry, what if we stop that? sorry, what if we stop them or if we don't stop? >> would this not mean that every single person from africa could come to europe? now

>> because not everyone actually wants to come and actually would rather prefer to stay in their country. but of course it's very hard to do that if you know the also the risk is huge . how to also the risk is huge. how to say this push to find better conditions. but it's definitely not something that everyone wants to do because everyone would prefer to stay at their home. so i would not see any problem of invasion . also problem of invasion. also because numbers are not about invasions, it's only a problem of how we are managing it. so it's only about the policies that we are putting in place , that we are putting in place, creating the emergency that is not existing. actually looking at the numbers , is that true? at the numbers, is that true? >> because the population of lampedusa is about 6500 and now we've seen around 11,000 people arrive in the last few days. i imagine if i lived on lampedusa, i would look at that as an invasion , of course. invasion, of course. >> but the reason is that we

wanted i mean, the italian government wanted to create the invasion because there were the same numbers even more so in 2015 and 2015. but people were not disembarked in lampedusa, but in the mainland . and of but in the mainland. and of course, if you send the coast, the people and then disembarking them in a small island, of course you are creating the emergency and the crisis. but the crisis is not there. it's just a political choice. >> so you don't so you honestly you don't think that there's any that there is such a thing as a migration crisis in europe? you just you just don't you just don't think that because france does. don't think that because france does . germany does, britain does does. germany does, britain does . italy does. greece does . you . italy does. greece does. you you think that what they're making it up for political gain ? >> 7- >> i'm 7 >> i'm pretty sure. and i think it was interesting to see the reaction of the people of lampedusa that they were absolutely not against migrants. they were against the management, the european

management, the european management of migration that is very different. and yes , so i'm very different. and yes, so i'm sure that we are not talking about invasion. we are talking for sure about a crisis. but the crisis is the one of the policies that europe is taking place . place. >> do you do you believe that there should be borders anywhere ? >> borders are 7 >> borders are something that are not assisting themselves . are not assisting themselves. borders are something that human beings are putting there. so of course, it doesn't depend on borders themselves. they are not natural . it depends of borders themselves. they are not natural. it depends of on borders themselves. they are not natural . it depends of on the natural. it depends of on the policies, on the management. thatis policies, on the management. that is actually organising this borders. so i'm not against or in favour of borders. i think it doesn't make so much sense. i think that for sure we have to reassess . the ways in which we reassess. the ways in which we can move in the world. that's the point. >> i think that's interesting. all right. so your so your you're going to be going are you going to be going back to

lampedusa at point soon? lampedusa at some point soon? are and helping over are you and helping out over there ? there? >> yeah. yeah we'll be there in some days. i was there until this morning, but actually, i mean, in lampedusa is years that every one month or two months there is the urgency for the crisis . but it's not about crisis. but it's not about migrants. i swear. it's about, um , a spectacle that is put in um, a spectacle that is put in place and used in a lot of hearing. um propaganda . but for hearing. um propaganda. but for everyone who is to be fair, it's not right. >> i mean, we're looking at the pictures now. i mean, it's not right wing propaganda that you've 11,000 people you've got 11,000 people arriving on a small island with arriving on a small island with a population of six and a half. i mean, ursula von der leyen doesn't think it's right wing propaganda. went she propaganda. she went there. she went have a look at went there to have a look at this, it's a crisis. this, because it's a crisis. it's right. it's a crisis i >> -- >> but again , the crisis was >> but again, the crisis was creating putting all of them in lampedusa when there was the

possibility of them in wider place in italy, first of all. and second on the lion was not there for the crisis because she was there for one hour and a half. so i would say that she was not and understanding lampedusa as people of lampedusa can do and people working there can do and people working there can do. and if you listen to the interviews , nobody in lampedusa interviews, nobody in lampedusa said something against migrants, but nobody's against this. the invasion , as people of lampedusa invasion, as people of lampedusa said , is by authorities and police. >> okay . all right, jasmine, >> okay. all right, jasmine, thank you very much . jasmine thank you very much. jasmine luiselli, there is a voluntary aid worker who's been helping to support of the migrants support some of the migrants there in lampedusa . right. okay. there in lampedusa. right. okay. michelle will be coming michelle dewberry will be coming your way for next dewbs& co make sure that you stay tuned for that. she's got a rip roaring show full of top topics and a fantastic panel as and fantastic panel as well. and we'll your television we'll be back on your television screens p.m. tomorrow. screens at 3 pm. tomorrow. before then , take it easy and before then, take it easy and make sure that you keep it gb

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country. we've got the tried and tested concept of policing by consent, but with multiple forces now in special measures and over a thousand officers in our biggest police force either

suspended or restricted in their duties, i'm asking you, do you still consent to being policed the way we are? and a crucial and unprecedented legal fight began today between the scottish government and westminster. the stakes , let me tell you, are stakes, let me tell you, are high. it centres ultimately around the fact of whether or not a 16 year old should be legally able to change their gender and how easy that should be. sir, your thoughts and don't shoot the messenger . i be. sir, your thoughts and don't shoot the messenger. i can hear you now. i do like to debate things. so i'm wondering when it comes to the mess of property in this country and who can afford it? capital gains tax on our primary residence ounces, our homes. should we have to pay tax or not? all of that to come and more. but first, let's grab tonight's latest headlines as. michelle, thank you . michelle, thank you. >> good evening. well, the top story this evening is that the

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