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good morning . good morning. >> it's 930 on monday, the 9th of october. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce here in liverpool at the labour conference. and bev labour party conference. and bev turner london. turner in london. >> good morning to >> very good morning to you. israel at war. minister israel at war. prime minister rishi has said that the rishi sunak has said that the uk is to provide any support is ready to provide any support that israel needs. more than 1000 palestinian and israelis have been killed by attacks from
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the hamas terrorist group. israel's deputy ambassador to the uk oren marmorstein ali, has been speaking to gb news about a shocking video on social media. >> she has blood all over her body , grabbing her by her hair body, grabbing her by her hair and the terrorist shove her into and the terrorist shove her into a car . and her eyes, petrified a car. and her eyes, petrified eyes thinking what are to going do . well this labour conference do. well this labour conference get get britain building again. >> that's going to be the message here from liverpool, from the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, when she takes to the podium for a keynote speech here midday . here at midday. >> and dating the eu, the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy, said that labour would look to rebuild relations with europe after the very bitter divorce overseen by the tories and the rwanda plan is back in court.
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>> a hearing will get under way today at the supreme court to decide once and for all if the policy is legal. meanwhile, sir keir starmer, the labour leader, says he'll scrap it. whether it's legal working or. not >> get in touch this morning. let us know your thoughts on all of our talking points. i'm here in london. as you've seen, andrew is in liverpool. he's going to have some great guests at the labour party conference. so tuned all that. so stay tuned for all of that. email us gbviews@gbnews.com. but first, here your latest first, here is your very latest news tamsin roberts . news with tamsin roberts. >> beth thank you and good morning from the gb newsroom. it's 932. the uk is working to help british citizens in israel as fighting against hamas continues . a british man serving
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continues. a british man serving in the israeli army has been killed while other uk citizens are still missing. residents at are still missing. residents at a palestinian refugee camp in gaza city have been searching through debris this morning after retaliatory israeli airstrikes by israel . the airstrikes by israel. the country declared war after the surprise attack by the terrorist group hamas on saturday. the prime minister has condemned the appalling act of terror by hamas , with more than 700 people killed in israel and nearly 500 in gaza . refugees the government in gaza. refugees the government will defend its plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda in the supreme court today during the next three days, several cases collectively known as the rwanda appeals, will challenge the court of appeals decision to halt resettling refugees. some judges think there are issues with rwanda's asylum system, making the government's plan wrong. but not everyone agrees with one judge, saying the challenge should be thrown out .
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challenge should be thrown out. the labour party is promising to restore hope with a plan to get britain building. speaking at the conference in liverpool later, the shadow chancellor will announce a party plans to revamp the uk's outdated planning system to boost the economy . the plans include fast economy. the plans include fast tracking applications for battery factories , laboratories battery factories, laboratories and 5g infrastructure. rachel reeves will also promise to update national policy statements within six months of taking office. oh well , you can taking office. oh well, you can get more on all of those stories. just visit our website, gb news.com. stories. just visit our website, gbnews.com. now, though, it's back to andrew in liverpool at the labour party conference. andrew well, it's labour's most important conference for many years, but it's been totally overshadowed by the hamas attacks on israel. >> i'm delighted to say joining me the studio is the me in the studio is the government's independent adviser on mann. on anti—semitism, lord mann. lord 58th anniversary of lord mann, 58th anniversary of the yom kippur war. this is the
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biggest security breach of israel's borders in 50 years. first of all, how on earth did it happen? and where on earth is this going to end? well i think how did it happen? >> i'm sure heads will roll, but that's that's something for the future. sure you know who was asleep on the job? et cetera . asleep on the job? et cetera. but it did happen. and it's the biggest single issue in this conflict in our lifetime. that's how serious it is . and the how serious it is. and the brutality and the random brutality and the random brutality of what's happened. i think the fact that we're in the mobile phone era where people have gloried with with the most horrific video shows of themselves murdering and raping people , any decent person would people, any decent person would be shocked by that, horrified . be shocked by that, horrified. and the view i imagine, if happened to our country here,
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the country would have been riotous turmoil of wanting revenge. yeah that's revenge is dangerous. but and there are included british citizens kidnapped young children. two, three, four year olds kidnapped. this is beyond anything . and this is beyond anything. and hamas is a terrorist organisation. officially yeah. backed by the european union. >> britain, america in law. >> britain, america in law. >> yeah. as is hezbollah, who've weighed in and tried to wane from the north from lebanon . and from the north from lebanon. and this is an attack on our values in many ways , an attack on us. in many ways, an attack on us. it's an attack on democracy and it has to be resisted at every level. and . the one thing the level. and. the one thing the two things that have encouraged me in all this horror, the first is not surprising . there has is not surprising. there has been unity across the political
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spectrum in the uk. sure, the whole political spectrum. yeah. this isn't a question of argument and that's what i expected, but that's i can report to you that is the case. yeah i'd be horrified. othennise the other just a little snippet . fascinating. the protests at the iranian football match. so significant numbers protesting when they put up the palestinian flag. it's not the first time in iran there have been workers, protests against their support for hamas in the past and big ones that that broke out as well yesterday. and i think across the world, people are saying this is beyond anything in our comprehension and what's going to be done about the hostages? well, a massive problem for the world. >> this is it's mediaeval savagery. we agree on that. we know iran is involved. and so america is sending warships to behind it. >> i mean, iran is behind it.
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>> i mean, iran is behind it. >> and funding it. it has the potential to become a well, it's already a major flashpoint lord man. but what can britain what can the united states what can the united nations do here? >> well, they need to be working together. i think there are there are a lot of forces . i there are a lot of forces. i mean, the timing of this, i think the without question, the fact that the there was going to be a saudi israel accord , i be a saudi israel accord, i think peace deal might be overstretching what it was going to be. but an accord and a major change is a factor. >> and iran would have wanted to destabilise that. >> it does want to destabilise that. so you've got the saudis, you've gulf states, you've got the gulf states, morocco, as well, who've reached an accord with israel in recent times. so that situation is very different and the vast majority of the world and world leaders and world powers are aghast at this . so and world powers are aghast at this. so hamas have and world powers are aghast at this . so hamas have isolated this. so hamas have isolated themselves . but i mean, hamas
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themselves. but i mean, hamas have to be destroyed as an organisation , as an entity. organisation, as an entity. >> when you say destroyed , do >> when you say destroyed, do you mean militarily? >> well , that's going to happen >> well, that's going to happen one way or other. you know , one way or other. you know, hamas do not represent anything other than war. >> but they are but they are in control in the gaza and these attacks from the gaza have to stop. >> you know, these we've kind of been a little blase with rocket attacks. repeat rapidly at sevilla tions in israel and perhaps because the israelis have got a very effective defence system and manage to inter cept virtually every rocket , i think we've all become rocket, i think we've all become a little blase. these attacks random indiscriminate attacks on civilians by hamas have been a regular thing for many years. this simply takes it to a new and a barbarous level and the most horrific . most horrific. >> israel is one of the most sophisticated military fighting
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machines. lord man . so they can machines. lord man. so they can surely target their response on military , on on the hamas military, on on the hamas fighters rather than on innocent civilians. >> correct . and that's what >> correct. and that's what would be appropriate . it and would be appropriate. it and that will be difficult . but the that will be difficult. but the more effective and effective response to this is not a random aised respe response. it's a very precise response . and it's very precise response. and it's not to attack the past indian people. it's to take out hamas and the hamas leaders and, you know, the arab states can assist in this . the pressure to break in this. the pressure to break hamas has to be worldwide and it has to incorporate key players in the middle east, the hostages change everything in one sense, lord man, because they are grandmas to children. >> we saw the terrible scenes at the massacre at the rave that is going to put enormous pressure on western governments to do deals behind the scenes to get those hostages out. should they do deals if necessary?
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>> well , look, we've got german, >> well, look, we've got german, we've got american, we've got british hostages in other countries, including asian countries, including asian countries as well , appear to countries as well, appear to have hostages. so this is a un crisis . i have hostages. so this is a un crisis. i think that have hostages. so this is a un crisis . i think that the have hostages. so this is a un crisis. i think that the big world powers will be all over this deals, not deals . release this deals, not deals. release the release of these children and grandmothers and the release of them unharmed . you know, this of them unharmed. you know, this is also an issue for the palestinian authority. i mean , palestinian authority. i mean, what's the point of a palestinian authority ? where are palestinian authority? where are they if, if they are not in the middle of sorting out the hostage crisis? >> you've been a veteran observer of the middle east. what's been going on between gaza and hamas and israel? because i can tell if i'm just talking even you are shocked by what's happened this time . what's happened this time. >> i mean, this is bloodcurdling. these are these
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are people these people are families. you know, they have relatives in the uk. some of them, you know, this is our problem as well as israel's problem. and you know, when two year old children are kidnapped , you know, that is not some kind of liberation force , you kind of liberation force, you know, that is straightfonnard , know, that is straightfonnard, brutal terrorist murderers ,. no brutal terrorist murderers,. no argument , no brutal terrorist murderers,. no argument, no discussion and parading mutilated bodies for the benefit of social media. and that shows us the depravity and collapse that hamas has created . it's not a political organisation. it's a terror organisation. it's a terror organisation in the way that is islamic jihad and al—qaeda and has to be treated as such. and the state of iran being opposed by its own people , rigging its by its own people, rigging its elections to stay in power. you know, the people of iran are protesting and protesting at the moment against this . you know, moment against this. you know,
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the ayatollahs are the masterminds behind that . well, masterminds behind that. well, iran's part of the process . the iran's part of the process. the world needs to turn its attention on iran. >> how relieved are you as you were at the labour party conference, you were a labour party member years, party member for many years, labour mp for many years. if jeremy corbyn had still been the leader of the labour party, he still labour still a member of the labour party. a lot of people get confused. he's no longer in the parliament party, but parliament labour party, but he's of he's still a member of the labour repeatedly labour party. repeatedly questioned outside this conference centre yesterday because forgot to conference centre yesterday bec his 5 forgot to conference centre yesterday bec his accreditation forgot to conference centre yesterday bec his accreditation request:o get his accreditation request in, refused to point blank condemn in the savagery of hamas i >> well, this equivocation by corbyn is not new and you know, the equivocation impacted on this country directly. when i last came to this conference in liverpool in 2018, i had to i had to have police. i remember i had to have police. i remember i had to have the police because there were specific threats from corbyn ites to me, violent threats and the police were involved . so i came here with
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involved. so i came here with police assistance. that's coming to this conference. thankfully this is a different world now. and here, i mean, i i've been repeatedly stopped by people i don't know, a young people thanking me for taking a stance against anti—semitism, people i've never met before in this conference. but is young people is very encouraging. this this one of the things we can take some comfort for is the corbynites are so out on a limb of irrelevance . they're out of of irrelevance. they're out of the labour party and labour. >> corbyn isn't. and i'm going to ask you should, should, should keir starmer. now stop messing about. stop dithering and expel this terrible man from the labour. >> don't expect corbyn to be >> i don't expect corbyn to be in the party much longer in the labour party much longer . i mean, he's finished this week. corbyn finished week. corbyn corbyn is finished in party . he's. he's in the labour party. he's. he's yesterday he's an irrelevance in the labour party. doesn't want corbyn and his equivocation on hamas says it all. the response of any decent person in is to
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want peace , is to want justice want peace, is to want justice is to want this brutality to be stopped and condemned. where was corbyn in saying anything about these hostages? nothing i mean, these hostages? nothing i mean, the man, you know, be honoured beyond contempt, but . but. the man, you know, be honoured beyond contempt, but. but. but the labor party now, as with all the labor party now, as with all the main parties in this country , with the government , he stood , with the government, he stood united. that is a message from britain. our political leaders across the spectrum are united and we stand with israel at this time and we stand with democracy at this time. we're appalled, horrified , and we want to see horrified, and we want to see hamas broken. >> indeed, we do. that's lord man. he is, of course, the government's independent adviser on tackling anti—semitism. let us know your thoughts on this extraordinary situation that's unfolding in the middle east. you email us at gb views at gbnews.com back to you in the studio. you, andrew.
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studio. bev thank you, andrew. >> it's a it's a very >> thank you. it's a it's a very sorry day. day three of the bloodiest attacks in 50 years in israel. let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com. even if it's just to reflect on the terrible human cost. the pictures this morning are awful young , morning are awful young, beautiful souls kidnapped many of them at the moment. we think over 100 people have been kidnapped. some of those will be americans. some of them may indeed be brits. we'll be bringing the latest. we bringing you the very latest. we going peters in going to have charlie peters in the not long from so the studio not long from now. so there's know the very latest on there's know the very latest on the situation out there. now, back government's plan back home, the government's plan to seekers to to deport asylum seekers to rwanda is set to rwanda for processing is set to be challenged supreme be challenged in the supreme court from they will court from today. they will argue the ruling that argue against the ruling that the deport migrants to the policy to deport migrants to rwanda as ministers rwanda is unlawful, as ministers struggle rishi sunaks struggle to achieve rishi sunaks pledge . our pledge to stop the boats. our reporter ray addison has all the details . details. >> 14th of june 2022, an all eyes are glued to live coverage of a plane sat idling on the
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runway at boscombe down military base in wiltshire. the boeing 767 was scheduled to fly the first group of migrants to kigali , the capital city of kigali, the capital city of rwanda . but as the evening drew rwanda. but as the evening drew on, it became clear that the plane and the migrants were going nowhere . legal challenges going nowhere. legal challenges include one from the european court of human rights, meant the small number of passengers had now been whittled down to nothing . it was an embarrassing nothing. it was an embarrassing blow for then prime minister bofis blow for then prime minister boris johnson and his home secretary, priti patel, who dreamt up the scheme to stop channel crossings >> the legal world is very good at picking up ways of trying to stop the government. >> since then , flights have been >> since then, flights have been on hold as legal challenges progress through the courts . but progress through the courts. but the rwanda policy has not been shelved with first. liz truss. we're also taking decisive action by strengthening our borders and beefing up our borders and beefing up our border force and expanding the rwanda scheme . then rishi sunak
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rwanda scheme. then rishi sunak giving the scheme their full support. >> we will pass new laws to stop small boats making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed . swiftly removed. >> on the 19th of december last yean >> on the 19th of december last year, there was some good news for the government when the high court ruled that the plan was lawful. however, that decision was overturned six months later when appeal court judges decided there was a real risk rwanda could send migrants back to their home countries. what the court today has found is that rwanda is indeed not a safe country. >> people who were seeking asylum in this country would be at real risk had they been put on a plane to rwanda morning. >> but the government has refused to scrap the policy . refused to scrap the policy. priti patel's replacement , priti patel's replacement, suella braverman, introduced the illegal migration act, making it an actual duty for the government to deport asylum seekers who enter the uk
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illegally . illegally. >> i would love to be having a front page of the telegraph with a fly, a plane taking off to rwanda. thats my dream . rwanda. thats my dream. >> now. today marks the beginning of the end of this slow legal process . a three day slow legal process. a three day supreme court hearing in which the government will argue only it has the expertise to determine if rwanda is safe . if, determine if rwanda is safe. if, although a decision is not expected until the end of the yean expected until the end of the year, rishi sunak has already indicated that if they win, he'll ignore any further migrant appeals and injunctions from the echr. all of which mean the next flight might actually leave the runway . and that is when the runway. and that is when the true test would begin. if the boats keep coming. the last three years will have been for nothing and the rwanda policy will have turned out to be a tory flight of fancy ray addison . gb news. >> oh, fascinating film there by charlie woods. now, sacha lord is a is the night time economy advisor for the greater
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manchester mayor, andy burnham , manchester mayor, andy burnham, and he joins me now in the studio . andy, sorry, sacha , you studio. andy, sorry, sacha, you have been campaigning for a cut in vat for the hospitality and tourism sectors here at the conference. you did the same at the tory conference last week. you're going to have more joy here. do you think, as we have got rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, speaking in a couple of hours? >> know what? i met some >> do you know what? i met some of the shadow cabinet ministers yesterday. andrew and it felt quite encouraging. they are listening something listening and that's something that government that the current government haven't this haven't been doing at all. this is me asking for this, is not just me asking for this, it's the entire industry. so this is operators and trade bodies were calling for this bodies were all calling for this one and fair play. what one thing and fair play. what the government did when they reduced to 5. reduced vat to 5. >> and then during the pandemic , during pandemic, that , during the pandemic, that saved businesses and saved many, many businesses and many . many jobs. >> the problem was they ramped it in such a it back up to 20% in such a short period , just six months. short period, just six months. and when you compare the to and when you compare the uk to europe , the average is 8 to 9. europe, the average is 8 to 9. so this one single mechanism that if labour were to form the
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next government, if they could introduce this at 12.5, that would save business lives and jobs, especially those smaller family independent ones which in part of your industry would be most affected? >> is it pubs and restaurants or pubs, restaurants, bars and you know, there will be people watching this to say, well, you know, it's not a blank cheque . know, it's not a blank cheque. >> we're not asking for any money. i think this is money. and i think this is probably on whole probably on the whole self—funded . my main argument self—funded. my main argument is, look , 12.5% of something is is, look, 12.5% of something is much better than 20% of nothing, which is a shut business. and we are seeing at the moment that every single day two pubs are closing. >> going to ask you how >> i'm just going to ask you how many pubs are closing and how many pubs are closing and how many would stop in many would this stop closing, in your view? many would this stop closing, in youwell,v? many would this stop closing, in youwell, we've lost just under >> well, we've lost just under 5000 licenced premises in the last decimating. last month. it's decimating. >> british of life. >> it's a british way of life. the pub, pub . the pub, the pub. >> exactly. you know, and it's not just about going to have a pint. socialising , it's pint. it's socialising, it's meeting your mates. it is, you know, grandad to go know, my grandad used to go after work . after work. >> what about old grandpa with his ale that he's his pint of brown ale that he's
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there two and a half, two there for two and a half, two hours and he has 2.5 hours. >> yeah. not for the >> yeah. not not great for the business, but, but the governor of the pub he's okay then. of the pub knows he's okay then. exactly. that's it. of the pub knows he's okay then. eanne that's it. of the pub knows he's okay then. eanne of at's it. of the pub knows he's okay then. exa one of the, it. of the pub knows he's okay then. eanne of the, the tory >> one of the, the tory conference i remember you caused huge irritation to the tory leadership job of all of us is to cause irritation to all political leadership. in my view , this constant , because you have this constant running film video running above the conference centre. what was that saying the conference centre. what was tha so |ying the conference centre. what was tha so during that whole period , >> so during that whole period, as well as the night time economy adviser for greater manchester, two manchester, i have two businesses. parklife businesses. i have parklife festival and i have the warehouse project. so parklife festival there are 4500 people dunng festival there are 4500 people during that weekend that work behind scenes. vast behind the scenes. the vast majority of those are freelancers. so if you think about people that do about the people that do the staging, the sound staging, the crew, the sound engineers, were part of 3.8 engineers, they were part of 3.8 million people that rebranded themselves the excluded. they got no support whatsoever from the government and they've been paying the government and they've been paying their taxes and those people have lost their homes, lost their marriages. sadly, 32 people that we know of took their own lives during that
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period. they couldn't cope with it. >> they fell between stools, >> they fell between two stools, didn't the government didn't they? and the government was to from people was deaf to pleas from people like sort it out. so this like you to sort it out. so this was a reminder and it rang consistently through the whole thing went viral. >> it had 3 million views and it sent a strong message today in her speech . her speech. >> rachel reeves she's going to talk.i >> rachel reeves she's going to talk. i think it sounds like a stupid gimmick. not the first time done time a politician has done a stupid gimmick on either side of the political divide. she's talking to get back talking about a tsar to get back some of the money that was lost in fraud during the pandemic. now, we know billions went missing. how azar's going to do it. was lot of fraud it. but there was a lot of fraud of some of chancellor's very of some of the chancellor's very generous wasn't there ? generous schemes, wasn't there? >> you know, it's >> a phenomenal you know, it's incredible. i don't to incredible. i don't want to mention we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that got we know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that got 220 know of incredible. i don't want to me|woman that got 220 million. 1—1 woman that got 220 million. she's yachting around the world. how is that right? >> i know, i know. so do you think that by by i mean, i think it's a gimmick, never it's a gimmick, but never tapping into a resentment and a fury isn't it a very a fury isn't it? it was a very a lot money. noble as it was lot of money. noble as it was furlough and all the rest of it,
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so much went astray and it's never come back. >> never back. we >> it's never come back. and we know vip lanes. so i know about the vip lanes. so i think it was a very smart decision. i'd like to think it's not a gimmicky thing. i'd like to see it followed through because certainly people made tens of millions during that penod tens of millions during that period just in 30s. >> you worked closely with andy burnham, mayor of burnham, the great mayor of greater think burnham, the great mayor of grheer think burnham, the great mayor of grhe was think burnham, the great mayor of grhe was the think burnham, the great mayor of grhe was the labour think burnham, the great mayor of grhe was the labour leader, think if he was the labour leader, labour would much further labour would be much further ahead opinion polls? ahead in the opinion polls? i don't sit on the fence. >> i'm to going and i keep >> i'm not to going and i keep being asked this question so i don't want andy burnham be don't want andy burnham to be the leader at the moment the labour leader at the moment because doing such amazing because he's doing such amazing things manchester two things in greater manchester two weeks took buses back weeks ago he took buses back under and greater under public control and greater manchester bouncing at the manchester is bouncing at the moment that's because his moment and that's because of his leadership. >> that's sacha speaking >> that's sacha lord speaking up highly andy highly for andy burnham. andy burnham, the burnham, if you're here, the labour to burnham, if you're here, the labowfrom to burnham, if you're here, the labowfrom you. to burnham, if you're here, the labowfrom you. this to burnham, if you're here, the labowfrom you. this is to burnham, if you're here, the labowfrom you. this is andrewo hear from you. this is andrew pierce, britain's newsroom on gb news. i'm in liverpool at the labour bevs labour conference bevs in london. we are people's channel. >> hello there. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather provided by the weather forecast provided by the
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met . mostly it is met office. mostly it is a relatively start to this relatively calm start to this new but we have some new week, but we do have some fronts lingering so fronts lingering around so there's of thick there's quite a bit of thick cloud northern ireland. cloud for northern ireland. southern scotland, northern england some drizzly england could bring some drizzly outbreaks of rain particular this but easing off this morning. but easing off a touch the cloud that touch later, the cloud that we've pushing into western we've got pushing into western coastal will way coastal areas will burn its way back the coastlines. but the back to the coastlines. but the fog linger in as fog may linger in places as well. a noticeably drier day today scotland compared to today for scotland compared to what the what we have seen over the weekend wales, central weekend and into wales, central southern of england. there southern areas of england. there will spells will be some sunny spells developing as developing into the afternoon as well. temperatures notably above average for the time of year across board, 1720 four across the board, 1720 four degrees mostly fine end degrees celsius, mostly fine end to the day as well. but that cloud in the west is going to start spreading its way back in, potentially pushing across start spreading its way back in, pottchanneliushing across start spreading its way back in, pottchannel islands across start spreading its way back in, pottchannel islands and across start spreading its way back in, pottchannel islands and southern the channel islands and southern coastal england as coastal areas of england as well. it will turn well. meanwhile, it will turn breezier scotland breezier for northwest scotland as begins arrive in the as rain begins to arrive in the early of tuesday morning. early hours of tuesday morning. mostly for most of mostly mild night for most of us, though, holding up around 12 to 14 c. mercy muroki across the coast. once again, to start off tuesday again could be quite slow progress for that to burn
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back some central areas of england and wales though getting off fairly fine day. the off with a fairly fine day. the rain pushing into rain though, pushing into north—west scotland could provide flooding provide some localised flooding because over very because it's falling over very saturated what saturated ground from what we have over the weekend. saturated ground from what we haitake over the weekend. saturated ground from what we haitake care fer the weekend. saturated ground from what we haitake care here. a weekend. saturated ground from what we haitake care here. butekend. saturated ground from what we haitake care here. but again, do take care here. but again, temperatures average, temperatures are above average, 18 to 23 c. that rain
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is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce here in liverpool at the labour party conference. and bev turner, who's in london. >> very good morning. israel at war. prime minister rishi sunak has the uk is ready to has said that the uk is ready to provide any support that israel needs more than a thousand palestinians israelis have palestinians and israelis have been killed by attacks from the hamas terrorist group. israel's deputy ambassador , ambassador to deputy ambassador, ambassador to the oren marmorstein , has the uk oren marmorstein, has been speaking to gb news about one of many shocking videos on social media. >> she has blood all over her body , grabbing her by her hair body, grabbing her by her hair and the terrorist shoved her into a car . and the terrorist shoved her into a car. and her and the terrorist shoved her into a car . and her eyes, into a car. and her eyes, petrified eyes thinking, what are going to do to me ? are going to do to me? >> get britain building again? that's the message from the shadow chancellor rachel reeves when she takes to the podium here at midday for her keynote speech and dating the eu.
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>> the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy, said that labour would look to rebuild relationships with europe after what they called a very bitter divorce over seen by the tories and the rwanda plan. >> it's finally in court. a heanng >> it's finally in court. a hearing gets undennay today at the supreme court to decide once and for all if the policies legal. meanwhile, get this labour leader sir keir starmer, says he'd scrap it even if it's legal and working. regardless . legal and working. regardless. we're going to have the very latest from the situation in the middle east. >> we're going to be talking to somebody who is actually in israel in just a moment. don't go anywhere. those awful human stories emerging the stories are emerging all the time this morning. email us gbviews@gbnews.com. first, though, here is tamsin roberts with your latest . news with your latest. news >> beth, thank you and good
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morning from the gb newsroom. at 10:02, more than 1000 people have been killed in israel and palestine . residents at a palestine. residents at a palestinian refugee camp in gaza city have been searching through debns city have been searching through debris this morning after retaliatory israeli airstrikes. israel declared war after the surprise attack by the terrorist group hamas on saturday at a music festival . the prime music festival. the prime minister, rishi sunak , has minister, rishi sunak, has condemned the appalling act of terror. more than 700 people have been killed in israel and nearly 500 in gaza. rear admiral daniel hajari from the israeli defence force says israel will restore security to its people. >> hamas was more barbaric and more brutal than isis. let me be crystal clear. israel will respond with determined action and force to their unprovoked
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war crimes. the days ahead will be long and difficult. we have paid a heavy price, but we will restore security to the people of israel . of israel. >> war journalist yara eid says israel should have expected the attack . attack. >> this attack of hamas was not an unprovoked attack. it did not just come suddenly. you know , just come suddenly. you know, this has been systematically israel is running an apartheid state. let's ignore what's happening in gaza for one second. what about the west bank? how can we justify what's happening in jerusalem? how can we justify killing of worshippers while they're just praying in the aqsa mosque ? how praying in the aqsa mosque? how can justify the imprisonment can we justify the imprisonment of thousands of children ? you of thousands of children? you know, how can we justify the killing of 10,000 palestinians since 2000? a british man serving in the israeli army has been killed, while two other uk nationals are still missing. >> the foreign office is
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advising against all but essential travel to israel as fighting continues. virgin atlantic has cancelled several of their scheduled flights travelling to tel aviv and back, and wizz air has cancelled all flights to the city until further notice . on other news further notice. on other news now, the government will defend its plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda. in the supreme court today . over the next two days, today. over the next two days, several cases collectively known as the rwanda appeals, will challenge the court of appeals decision to halt resettling refugees . some judges think refugees. some judges think there are issues with rwanda's asylum system, making the government's plan wrong . but not government's plan wrong. but not everyone agrees with one judge saying the challenge should be thrown out. shadow financial secretary to the treasury james murray told gb news how labour plan to tackle the small boats crisis . crisis. >> they've had 13 years. the problem has got worse and they haven't got an actual plan that would help stop these illegal boat crossings. and what we set
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out is how we would do that differently and how we would use the rather than wasting it the money rather than wasting it on the rwanda we would on the rwanda scheme. we would spend a cross spend that money on a cross border force make sure border police force to make sure we go after the criminal we could go after the criminal gangs who were responsible for these crossings and these illegal boat crossings and stop them happening in first place. >> more than 400 criminals have been jailed for a total of more than 3700 years after an operation by the met police. operation eternal investigated organised crime groups over a three and a half year period by targeting an encrypted messaging platform . more than three tonnes platform. more than three tonnes of class a and b drugs and nearly 50 guns were seized in the largest ever operation of its kind by the met with the force, calling it unprecedented . cid commander paul brogden says gang kingpins have been brought to justice, as these were the kingpins . were the kingpins. >> these were the people who were operating and directing urban gangs , dealing urban street gangs, dealing drugs, committing violence on the streets of london. so we think it's made a significant impact and it's right that we
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bnng impact and it's right that we bring these people to justice. the world leading lavish lifestyles. they were sitting there enclaves . there in their leafy enclaves. they didn't expect police to knock door. and we did. knock on their door. and we did. and brought them to justice. and we brought them to justice. i'm pleased that. >> cleaners security guards >> cleaners and security guards in whitehall are among those going on a five day strike over pay - going on a five day strike over pay . members of the public and pay. members of the public and commercial services union will walk out today energy walk out today at the energy business and science departments. the workers were offered a 2.2% pay rise with the union bosses describing it as insulting . the new action insulting. the new action follows a strike last month . follows a strike last month. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital radio tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . bev back to. bev >> good morning. thanks for joining us. now more than a thousand people are believed to have been killed on both sides of israeli hamas fighting. of the israeli hamas fighting. it's escalation in it's the largest escalation in decades israel officially decades as israel officially declares war. israel continues
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to retaliate with a heavy bombardment of gaza , but hamas bombardment of gaza, but hamas has continued to fire more rockets overnight. joining me now to discuss this is gb news investigative reporter charlie peters. charlie good morning . so peters. charlie good morning. so shocking to see these images on saturday, not least because of the number of civilian casualties is being attacked over the last three days. we're in day three now. it's been a very fast moving situation . what very fast moving situation. what is the very latest? well it's no doubt that the israeli security establishment was caught completely off guard on saturday. >> both shin bet and mossad , the >> both shin bet and mossad, the israeli versions of m15 and m16, are very aware that i think that they were not able to track these attacks. all of the intelligence surveillance and the reconnaissance assets that you would expect them to use to secure that southern border clearly did not do their job. >> we had any explanation, charlie, not yet to why that happened. not yet. >> but i think veterans of shin bet speaking to other news
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outlets have suggested that a full and frank discussion will happen after this conflict escalates . however, while that escalates. however, while that immediate reconnaissance pattern was a failure , we are now was a failure, we are now seeing, i think the full might and the extent of the israeli defence establishment stepping up their capabilities to recover what they have lost since saturday because they have lost a lot . this saturday because they have lost a lot. this morning the idf said in their morning briefing that they are still fighting in seven places israel. the places across israel. the israeli defence force, that's the israeli defence forces who are resisting the invasion of hamas terrorists into their southern territories . this southern territories. this morning we've seen images of israeli paratroopers patrolling in towns and villages that as of late of last night were still held by hamas fighters. many of these towns, of course , still these towns, of course, still have kidnapped people being held by hamas terrorists . and so it's by hamas terrorists. and so it's an extremely delicate, precarious and violent situation, which is ongoing. but we are now seeing , i think, we are now seeing, i think, after the failure of the reconnaissance and intelligence
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activities, the demonstrated of israel's military might as they seek to recover that position, one of the most shocking signs of the attack, of course, was was this festival that was happening, the supernova festival , a festival of peace . festival, a festival of peace. >> ironically , near the kibbutz, >> ironically, near the kibbutz, reem it's close to the gaza strip, pretty dominantly young people there. do we know how many people lost their lives at that festival ? that festival? >> al zarqaa, a humanitarian agency that recovers bodies dunng agency that recovers bodies during incidents like these. unfortunately israel needs these agencies because of how many terror attacks and tragedies occurin terror attacks and tragedies occur in the region. they've recovered , they say, up to 260 recovered, they say, up to 260 bodies, at least in the last hour or two. i've spoken to people who were eyewitnesses of the incident who fled the attack , who said that they saw inhuman an massacres. they saw unbearable acts, some of which have been reported overnight, details of which we shouldn't really discuss on air now, but the details are horrifying and included in that, of course,
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there is a british element. we know that one briton has been confirmed dead. his nathaniel young is a 20 year old. he was serving in the idf. now, when i spoke to the idf last night, they said they can't confirm him as the army. but as a casualty of the army. but his family have said that he was the of the party and the life of the party and they've released images of him in beret of the infantry in a brown beret of the infantry of the idf . so clearly of the idf. so clearly a soldier, other two that are missing. we have jake and dan, dan darlington . jake was working dan darlington. jake was working as a security guard at this festival. jake marlow , and we've festival. jake marlow, and we've not heard from him since. footage i've seen of this party, this supernova rave on saturday morning , just 15 minutes before morning, just 15 minutes before the attack started. does show what you've described. a community of peace, a global festival of peace and love. what happens soon after is extremely tragic. >> and as the stories emerge , >> and as the stories emerge, charlie, it's just so shocking . charlie, it's just so shocking. i think daniel might have been the one that i saw reported that he'd left the uk because of rising anti—semitism here. and so he'd gone to israel . these,
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so he'd gone to israel. these, these these youngsters were having an amazing amount. amazing day. and just remind people how the invasion happened. where did hamas appear from? and by what means? >> well, the ground sensors clearly did not work. and so hamas were able to breach through the border fence. idf officials said that they weren't able to actually close up some of positions. and this of those positions. and this morning, they said that they weren't able confirm whether weren't able to confirm whether or access points had or not those access points had still been closed over 48 hours after attack started . so after the attack started. so most of the men poured through an ordinary route just crossing the border, which which is extraordinarily baffling considering security considering the security apparatus down there. but we've also images of paragliding also seen images of paragliding forces arriving , and it has the forces arriving, and it has the hallmarks of a well trained asymmetric force conducting really special operations . and really special operations. and it'll be very interesting to find out in the coming days just who trained them and how they pulled off this feat. >> yeah, and also how they funded this, this extraordinary attack. charlie, thank you so
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much. if you want to see the latest, as charlie said , he he's latest, as charlie said, he he's interviewed least at least interviewed at least at least one person from over there, charlie go the gb news charlie, go onto the gb news website and have a look. gbnews.com. now questions are being raised, as we just discussed, about how the renowned israeli intelligence services caught services were caught so off guard. joined now by efrat guard. we're joined now by efrat felleisen, israeli felleisen, who's an israeli independent journalist and joins us now. efrat, so to good see you. i'm so sorry about the circumstances under which we are talking. first of all, where are you , efrat, and are you safe ? you, efrat, and are you safe? >> if yes , bev i'm based in tel >> if yes, bev i'm based in tel aviv . thanks for having me. aviv. thanks for having me. actually, as i'm preparing to go live on this broadcast, the sirens just came off and missiles are going again here in tel aviv. so you know, it's i'm like a little bit shaky. um, but it i'm fine. i'm doing okay and my family is okay. >> well , we really appreciate >> well, we really appreciate you joining us this morning. you are a citizen journalist ordinarily in israel. so tell us
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about saturday morning . you wake about saturday morning. you wake up, it's a public holiday , i up, it's a public holiday, i believe, in israel. what happened ? happened? >> right. so sunday, sorry, saturday morning , >> right. so sunday, sorry, saturday morning, 6 am. with sunrise sirens are going off. rockets start to go off around the centre of israel, which is not use usual at all. and then we wake up to the news of what's happening around the gaza envelope villages. we hear of multiple breaches of the border fence , which is very strange , fence, which is very strange, and i'll talk about that in a minute . and then we start minute. and then we start heanng minute. and then we start hearing about people that are locked inside their shelters in the gaza envelope villages for hours and hours without any help coming. and this is very unusual . the army is not doing anything . the army is not doing anything . the police is not there. there are no defence enforcement powers on the ground to help the people who are stuck . we're
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people who are stuck. we're starting to hear about the music festival. 5000 people in this music festival. the sightings from there are horrifying. yeah young adults are being ambushed and slaughtered. we're starting to see a lot of videos coming out and people are sharing footage from the ground, which is very gory and many of them were captured , tortured. we know were captured, tortured. we know of some young women that were raped even. and later taken hostage. many of these young adults are still missing and their families are going crazy . their families are going crazy. people were stuck in their shelters . terrorists, the hamas shelters. terrorists, the hamas terrorists were burning down houses in order to get those people to come out. and then capture them. so and we know that the forces did not arrive sometimes 8 to 9 hours later and in some cases even 12 to 24 hours later. so people were really blocked in their houses, which is crazy . now, i just want
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which is crazy. now, i just want to say i'm always on the side of the citizens of the humans, the side of truth and facts. and it's very unpleasant to me to ask all these questions. but i served in the intelligence forces 25 years ago as a soldier , and i know the security drills. i know the layers of defence that we have . worse, defence that we have. worse, i know the spreading of the forces that we're supposed to have on the ground and nothing has worked according to what i know, to what everyone that serves in the army knows. and it's most of the army knows. and it's most of the people in israel. so you really don't have to be an expert on that. you just have to serve in the army to see how things work. and this was 25 years ago today we have the most high tech army in the world. we have all notch have all the top notch technology. we have the most advanced weaponry systems. we have sensors all around this gate. if a cat moves by this gate. if a cat moves by this gate , forces are being alerted
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gate, forces are being alerted in order to go there and check what happened. do you feel not only sorry , but can i just ask only sorry, but can i just ask you, do you feel now, as of as of today, of monday, that those israeli forces have stepped up? >> there has been significant bombardment from israel over overnight . do you feel now that overnight. do you feel now that the israeli people are being taken care of ? taken care of? >> well, they are , but we know >> well, they are, but we know of many terrorists still wandering around israel, not just the gaza envelope area , but just the gaza envelope area, but now there are reports of terrorist . it's wandering around terrorist. it's wandering around the centre of israel and we also hear of hezbollah signs from up north. so, you know, it's hard to feel safe these days . and to feel safe these days. and it's hard for me to answer that. we know it's being taken care of. a lot of reserves have been called back for duty. and there is a lot of movement towards the places that needs to be secured . however, is itjust
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interesting to know, is it easy to get out of israel? >> are there many people fleeing to leave the country ? to leave the country? >> well, people are taking flights to get out, but and it's still possible. yes. the airport is still open and it's possible to leave the country . but i to leave the country. but i don't think many people are doing it right now. people are more busy with taking care of their family and friends that many of them are missing and they have to be here to support they have to be here to support the situation and also to support the people in need. people don't have a lot of food and shelter and a lot of people are evacuated from their homes. and we need to take care of each other. i just want to say that yesterday a hamas soldier, a terrorist that was caught out by the israeli forces , he was the israeli forces, he was quoted saying in his investigation, we prepared for over a year . that's what he over a year. that's what he said. the demonstrations in israel encouraged us. i don't know how true that is. it's been five hours till israel started
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shooting at us. we were set up with 1000 soldiers. we created 15 breaches in the border fence . we were surprised and shocked that the idf is not waiting for us and this is crazy that the idf was not prepared for this and we also know that hamas has released video footage about three weeks ago of their exact plan on how they're going to penetrate and attack israel. and we need to ask ourselves, how come this is able to happen? huge surprise attack is happening even bigger than the yom kippur war. i would say. >> okay, efrat, thank you so much for bringing us that contribution this morning. efrat, phoenix and they're an israeli independent journalist . israeli independent journalist. you can find efrat on twitter as well , where she does regular well, where she does regular broadcast posts about the situation . now get let us know situation. now get let us know your thoughts this morning on all of our talking points. vaiews@gbnews.com. but let's go back to the labor party conference in liverpool where andrew pierce is holding the fort for us this morning. andrew
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certainly, thanks , bev. certainly, thanks, bev. >> well, all eyes will be on sir keir starmer, who's doing his keynote speech tomorrow afternoon , even though the afternoon, even though the conference runs till wednesday, so does he have what it takes to be the pm? delighted. say here in the conference with me is luke trowel, who is the director of more in common. now you've done a lot of focus groups, but before we talk about them, what is more in common, more in common was set up in 2016 following the very tragic murder of jo cox , and our mission is to of jo cox, and our mission is to try and tackle that was the labour mp. >> labour mp murdered by a right wing fanatic extremist in 2016. and we were set up basically to try and look at how do you tackle polarisation in society, find common ground. and one of the main ways that we do that is to try and shine a light on what the public really think about issues, to try and bridge that gap between what you might call elite thinking. those in positions and what the positions of power and what the
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pubuc positions of power and what the public try and public think and try and identify you move fonnard on identify how you move fonnard on some of the big issues of our day. >> now, you do a lot of polling, you do a lot of focus groups, just so people know a focus group, you talk to groups of floating voters not attached to any political party, whether it's workington swindon, it's in workington or swindon, wherever. quite wherever. there's quite a quite a encouragement for sir keir starmer in one way, but not so much in another. explain. luke >> so what we find from our research in both the polling, which is the quant and the focus groups, where you talk to people in those groups, is that people think it's time for change. yeah, in fact, we had a poll a couple of weeks ago when 75% of the public said it needed to be a change of government. the interesting thing, though, is if you ask them, would labour do a better job than margin narrows significantly . in fact, the significantly. in fact, the pubuc significantly. in fact, the public are only about five points more likely to say that labour would actually do a better job. >> well, that means a lot more work to be done keir starmer work to be done by keir starmer and troops here this week and his troops here this week and his troops here this week
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and the election. >> absolutely. like the public have doubt think have no doubt that they think the country is broken. they think things can't carry on as they but there's a bit of they are, but there's a bit of frustration they're frustration that they're not heanng frustration that they're not hearing starmer what hearing from keir starmer what his labour party would do differently. there isn't the equivalent of that. you remember the pledge card? oh, yeah, the blair pledge card? oh, yeah, fine. i pledge people just want to hear. it doesn't have to be a grand vision, but it's got to be 2 tangible things that 2 or 3 tangible things that labour would better. labour would do better. >> he has got five pledges >> and he has got five pledges and can't remember in and i can't remember the life in what are. and if you stop, what they are. and if you stop, most people in this conference, luke, they struggle to, luke, they would struggle to, including mps absolutely. including labour mps absolutely. >> keira's are, >> i think keira's missions are, they're interesting set of they're an interesting set of statements, you contrast statements, but you contrast them actually to rishi's pledges , which are much more boom boom, but do this and but we'll do this, this and this. whereas the missions are much more intangible for people, something growth i >> yes, exactly. some of you that we will growth in that we will be the growth in the g7 . and rishi, of course, the g7. and rishi, of course, has pledges, which he might has his pledges, which he might not the boats not reach the small boats inflation, but go back into keir starmer people think he's ahead
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of rishi sunak, but they think he's a grey man and they don't know what he stands for. >> yeah, i think one of the challenges that keir has is there is a big anti—polish mood at the moment, so people are willing to give him a chance at the moment to be prime minister. they certainly don't find rishi sunak very relatable his sunak very relatable and his wealth lot as a big wealth comes up a lot as a big issue. it is a big issue and particularly some of the sort of wealth gaffes. you know, you remember when he borrowed that prius or he went to the building site in £100 shoes that cuts through not because people are anti wealth, because they say you don't go to a building site in shoes like that, you know, so that's a big change. and the challenge though, is challenge for keir, though, is whether they think he's that different. and what's really interesting is lots of people assume from assume he comes from a background of wealth . his title, background of wealth. his title, sir keir lots of people think that's a hereditary thing, that he was born into money. and what they often say is, look, he's really good at pointing out
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what's wrong, but very rarely offers positive vision. and offers a positive vision. and i think classics elicitor exactly what's come up in focus groups and boris johnson, whatever his strengths and flaws, was very good at coining a nickname . and good at coining a nickname. and what's interesting is that captain, hindsight, what's interesting is that captain, hindsight , that captain, hindsight, that nickname that boris used really cut through with the public like political slogans rarely do that did. and i've had it played back to me in focus group after focus group. >> that's true. he's with that very fine organisation set up after the death of jo cox. more in common. stay with us. we're going to be taking a tour of the conference a few conference floor in just a few moments see what the moments to see what the activists really think about what's labour what's happening here at labour and beyond. we're gb news, britain's news channel >> it's aidan mcgivern >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here the met office with here from the met office with the forecast dry for the gb news forecast dry for many today. warm in the many of us today. warm in the south, but still some in south, but still some rain in the as near as the north. nowhere as near as much saw across scotland much as we saw across scotland through the weekend. more than 100mm of 100mm widely across parts of central and western scotland, leading widespread flooding. leading to widespread flooding. severe flood warnings still in
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force, but any rain today will be mostly light showers affecting the western isles into the west of the central belt. othennise, some brightness coming scotland coming through for scotland and more especially across the rest of the uk. there will be some sunny spells, some mist lingering around irish sea coasts as well as southwest england . and there will be some england. and there will be some high cloud about as well. but still with the sunshine low to mid 20s in the south and feeling warmer further north compared with weekend as well. now with the weekend as well. now the mist and low cloud that we see around the coast through the afternoon will push inland somewhat so some somewhat overnight. so some dense patches forming across dense fog patches forming across the south and west of the uk . the south and west of the uk. meanwhile, thicker cloud returns to scotland with some outbreaks of rain pushing in by dawn. it's a mild night but a cloudy start to the day on tuesday and a wet start for western scotland. unfortunately that rain coming on top of the very wet ground could cause further issues . a could cause further issues. a yellow rain warning in force, 50mm in places not as much as we saw through the weekend, but we
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conference once in liverpool. i bet they give you a really warm welcome there. don't they, tom, is delighted see is everybody? delighted to see you you with a big hug ? >>i ? >> i haven't yet had a big hug from anyone, but you know what? it is actually quite a happy atmosphere here at the labour party conference. let's see if we can take a little walk around the conference hall. now, the exhibition zone of the conference floor here, and this is live tv. so anything can happen. but we'll see if we can grab any labour party members as we go. excuse me, sir, are you a labour party member? i've got a question . no, you're not. not question. no, you're not. not keen. okay no worries. well, there's could happen . there's anything could happen. excuse the phone. excuse me. you're on the phone. this well this is going super, super well . hello, sir. are you a labour party member? yes, indeed. i want to ask you a question about jeremy corbyn because he's been speaking around fringe at speaking around at the fringe at the moment. should he be a labour party member? the moment. should he be a laqur party member? the moment. should he be a labi don'tty member? the moment. should he be a labi don't think mber? the moment. should he be a labi don't think heer? the moment. should he be a labi don't think he should be >> i don't think he should be because he has shown anti—semitism. um, don't anti—semitism. um, and we don't like that in our party. so >> so keir starmer should boot him out .
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him out. >> i think the policies of the party should be followed and jeremy corbyn should not be a member. that's my opinion. >> well, thanks very much for speaking to us. enjoy listing stuff there. course. jeremy stuff there. of course. jeremy corbyn has been speaking the corbyn has been speaking at the fringe official fringe, not at any official events. so at this labour events. so far at this labour party conference, but as you can see, lots of buzz and busyness here in liverpool, although i have to say the general feeling ihave have to say the general feeling i have from this conference is it feels more tory than any of the previous labour conferences . i've been to more people in suits, more flags, more union flags i should say fewer palestinian flags and indeed more corporate sponsors and exhibitors here as well too. perhaps this is a changed labour party, perhaps this conference is one that is looking towards government more than anything else. i think perhaps we'll just end here by having a little look at the labour party shop because it is a delightful thing. you can get a sock that says sock it
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to the tories, you can get an nhs branded tote bag or even a little , i don't know, a bandana little, i don't know, a bandana for your dog. i'm not quite sure why you'd want to do that. and here we go. perhaps this speaks to it all. a quote from tony blair for sale here at the labour shop. a new dawn has broken. has it not? thank you, tom. >> well done. why would you want a labour themed bandana for your dog? well it is all very strange. i'll tell you what i learned at the conservative party conference last week in manchester is how much money actually the conferences generate for parties. generate for the parties. it's an interesting angle on these events. but anyway, still to come this morning, sir keir starmer has declared that he would scrap the rwanda border starmer has declared that he woul(evenp the rwanda border starmer has declared that he woul(even ifthe rwanda border starmer has declared that he woul(even if it) rwanda border starmer has declared that he woul(even if it succeeded order starmer has declared that he woul(even if it succeeded inier plan, even if it succeeded in slashing small arrivals. slashing small boat arrivals. it's court , of course. today. it's in court, of course. today. it'll decided over the next it'll be decided over the next few days. we're going to discuss if he's ideologically opposed to border more border controls. and more than 70 people, people sorry, 70 people, 700 people sorry, have killed in israel since have been killed in israel since
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hamas launched its attacks on saturday. on screen, we are seeing pictures of a refugee camp that was hit by israeli airstrikes this morning. the pictures from the middle east are absolutely shocking. and we'll be considering what the implications might be across the world. and also over here. so thank you for joining world. and also over here. so thank you forjoining us world. and also over here. so thank you for joining us this morning. all of that and more after your morning's . news after your morning's. news >> good morning for the gb newsroom. it's 1032. >> good morning for the gb newsroom. it's1032. here >> good morning for the gb newsroom. it's 1032. here are the headlines . well, let's just the headlines. well, let's just start with some news we've been getting in the last few minutes. israel defence minister has ordered a total blockade on gaza , cutting off food, fuel and electricity . residents at a electricity. residents at a palestinian refugee camp in gaza city have been searching through debns city have been searching through debris this morning after retaliatory israeli airstrikes . retaliatory israeli airstrikes. israel declared war after the surprise attack by the terrorist
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group hamas on saturday at a music festival. more than 700 people have been killed in israel and nearly 500 in gaza . israel and nearly 500 in gaza. well, the prime minister will hold a cobra meeting later to discuss the fighting in israel and gaza . rishi sunak has and gaza. rishi sunak has condemned hamas attack as an appalling act of terror. a british man serving in the israeli army has been killed whilst two other uk nationals are still missing. the foreign office is advising against all but essential travel to israel as fighting continues and many flights to tel aviv have been disrupted or cancelled , aid in disrupted or cancelled, aid in other news, the government will defend its plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda in the supreme court today over the next three days, several cases collectively known as the rwanda appeals, will challenge the court of appeals decision to halt resettling refugees. some judges think there are issues with rwanda's asylum system, making the government's plan wrong . but the government's plan wrong. but not everyone agrees with one judge saying the challenge
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should be thrown out more than 400 criminals have been jailed for a total of more than 3700 years after an operation by the met police operation eternal investigated organised crime groups over a three and a half year period by targeting an encrypted messaging platform. more than three tonnes of class a and b drugs and nearly 50 guns were seized in the largest ever operation of its kind by the met with the force, calling it unprecedented . well you can get unprecedented. well you can get more on all of these stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com i >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . it . well. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . the pound will today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2185 and ,1.1556. the
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from three on. gb news. >> very good morning. it's 1039. >> very good morning. it's1039. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce in liverpool and me. bev turner in london today. i am delighted to be i've been a bit be joined. i've been a bit lonely this morning, guys lonely here this morning, guys on my broadcaster mike parish. >> you are lonely no more. oh thank you, mike. >> and author and journalist emma here talk about emma wolf are here to talk about some other big stories of some of the other big stories of the right, mike? david the day. right, mike? david lammy, foreign secretary, lammy, shadow foreign secretary, has been making murmurs about the relationship that labour might cultivate with the eu were they to become the government. >> yeah, i think it's more than murmurs, isn't it? i mean, david lammy, as you say, shadow foreign secretary, arch remainer, you know, and has never any secret of that. never made any secret of that. and when he says, oh, we'll start dating the eu, he's really just extending what keir starmer's position was revealed as being when he went to the conference in canada that , you
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conference in canada that, you know, we'll start following our guidance along eu lines. what i simply don't understand is don't they realise that the british people are not stupid and that if you look at the situation in europe, we, the uk are doing better than germany , which used better than germany, which used to be the powerhouse of europe . to be the powerhouse of europe. poland is doing better than germany because they don't follow the eu lines that david lammy is talking about. italy and britain are talking together to try and do something about the migrants crossing europe . so the migrants crossing europe. so that's european cooperation, which is very positive. but we all know what labour's hidden agenda is. we think , is that agenda is. we think, is that more people will be welcomed to come to this country if labour get in than less so i think he speaks with forked tongue. i'm not accusing him of being dishonest, but i'm saying that i'm sure we've we've got it i'm not sure we've we've got it straight. he recently, by the way, i'm sorry to interrupt, but he went on a trip to brazil to research green issues in the amazon forest. four nights,
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£25,000, £6,000 a night for a trip to the amazon. and it was sponsored, apparently , by sponsored, apparently, by harrison ford. yeah. no no. outrageous. >> well. well, he was talking at a fringe event at the liverpool at the labour party conference in liverpool and it was organised by the tony blair institute. emma he's never very far away from these issues, is he? let's be honest, he isn't. and he did tell the audience that not take that labour would not take britain into the eu, the britain back into the eu, the single market the customs single market or the customs union. he started union. and then he started adding list of things that they would do. >> and then he started running away starts away with himself. he starts talking very, very talking about this very, very bitter with eu. yeah bitter divorce with the eu. yeah he he's an he is. he's well, he's an embarrassment. it's embarrassment. he's. it's alarming that a shadow alarming that he's a shadow foreign he could be foreign secretary. he could be the was like when diane the it was like when diane abbott shouting, you just abbott was shouting, you just think they could be foreign think they could be our foreign secretary. year. think they could be our foreign secreis ry. year. think they could be our foreign secreis an year. think they could be our foreign secreis an embarrassment.ear. think they could be our foreign secreis an embarrassment. he's that is an embarrassment. he's allowed to share political allowed to share his political views. utterly views. total utterly undemocratic, totally disrespectful to the british people . politically. he's all people. politically. he's all over the he's talking to over the shop. he's talking to these fringe events and on radio constantly. but in a way, i like
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to hear this stuff because do you know what? >> then are getting some >> then you are getting some clear water, some clarity. you're getting some clarity on the differences between parties. >> been he shilly shally >> hasn't been he shilly shally around. least david is around. at least david lammy is nailing colours. around. at least david lammy is naili|totally:olours. around. at least david lammy is naili|totally agree. i would call >> i totally agree. i would call it more than clarity. i would call the start of suicide call it the start of a suicide list it's clearly not list because it's clearly not what british want. what the british people want. whenever anybody who was whenever i hear anybody who was a remainer talking about it, why can't they be gracious and say, actually the benefits are there? we had the orchestra with australia, we've got a deal on pacific trade. we were the first to get the vaccines rolled out. we helped ukraine and the rest of the world followed. there have trimmed positives from have been trimmed positives from brexit, they totally brexit, which they totally ignore and most of those. >> but even if you don't accept those, the benefits of those international trade deals that we are signing all over the world, india, you even if you world, india, if you even if you still have to be a dribbling ramona , please just respect the ramona, please just respect the vote was democratic. exactly thatis vote was democratic. exactly that is so disrespectful to the british people. i think. exactly. people like david lammy
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need to wind their neck in and in a way all all really all labour have needed to do as you've seen in the polls, is just to not cause any major ructions. >> right. and they could sweep the board, they seem to be the board, but they seem to be just walking into these . just walking into these. >> well, when you have controversial yeah. talking about misogyny at making that a hate crime , making it a hate hate crime, making it a hate crime but the venom she was talking about private schools, the venom, the hatred she the venom, the hatred that she feels towards is just frightening when you have people like and david like angela rayner and david lammy corbyn around the lammy and corbyn around the fringes, you know, it's going to be a tricky conference. i totally endorse emma's point there the real there about seeing the real colours of labour because this there about seeing the real co mes of labour because this there about seeing the real co me isyf labour because this there about seeing the real co me is the bour because this there about seeing the real co me is the very because this there about seeing the real co me is the very worstse this there about seeing the real co me is the very worstse tiof to me is the very worst sort of labour politics person is labour politics person who is dnven labour politics person who is driven ideology but not driven by ideology but not dnven driven by ideology but not driven practise reality or driven by practise reality or the facts. >> and nothing is going to change the political brain that thinks like that. >> keir starmer is going to try and get them in line because he needs to, because they've been out control, of power for out of control, out of power for so long, 13 years that they can do this, they can talk about
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this stuff, but actually he needs to them, guys, we needs to say to them, guys, we needs to say to them, guys, we need steady the ship. we need need to steady the ship. we need to the ship. just don't to steady the ship. just don't do anything there's do anything wrong. but there's this. haven't good this. i haven't had a good conference there's conference thus far. there's this this fascinating this there's this fascinating question lingers all question that lingers over all of who would be of this, which is, who would be the labour voter with these proposals if what they would traditionally appeal to? >> would, you know, people who might want a little less immigration, perhaps that i don't know who they appeal to any more brexit voters? no. >> see, i still believe in the small c conservative voter in this country who i don't think ever reveals themselves until they get into the ballot box. i still think you're under pressure in this country to follow the herd. and i still think you are going to be wary of expressing certain views because of social media, you'll get badly attacked . and so a lot get badly attacked. and so a lot of people just stay quiet. it'll be fascinating to see at the end of this week whether the british populace, the voting population
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, think that labour do have any alternatives because at the moment it doesn't look like they have. >> and that moment when the israeli flag finally too late, but finally went up on on ten downing, you're not going to comment but that i comment but when that did, i thought do you know what the conservatives have a chance. most thinking most people are not thinking about are 99% about politics like we are 99% of time. we've got a year. of the time. we've got a year. i think sunak could pull this back. think that labour as you back. i think that labour as you say, bev, they're all over the place they're when place because they're not. when they i don't they talk about, i don't know, funding undergraduates by funding poorer undergraduates by taxing the rich, by by raising a levy on the rich. yeah. okay. who's to be who's that? there's going to be that's upset a lot of that's going to upset a lot of people. they about their people. they talk about their grandiose for social grandiose plans for social housing. put housing. they don't put any figures it. they're figures on it. they're just going more social going to build loads more social housing where they are all over the they're alienating the place. they're alienating a lot with this kind of brexit. b rexit. >> brexit. >> they can't. and the other point write on about them point you write on about them being all over the place, how on the the same conference the same at the same conference you reeves coming you have rachel reeves coming fonnard saying, i'm the friend of business, to grow of business, i'm going to grow the and then angela the economy. and then angela rayner saying she's going to introduce so much red in introduce so much red tape in
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the you can't the workplace that you can't possibly grow the economy if you're giving people four day weeks, 36 hours and three months off, weeks, 36 hours and three months off to weeks, 36 hours and three months off, to be talking off, we're going to be talking to mp steve mccabe to labour mp steve mccabe actually in the show with before midday. >> so we will hear what he has to say and it will be really interesting to just ask him simply is your voter? yes. simply who is your voter? yes. who your? simply who is your voter? yes. thlabour's? simply who is your voter? yes. thlabour's policies are all >> labour's policies are all over the shop and then you have, you starmer talking about you know, starmer talking about rwanda, come rwanda, which will probably come to, on yeah, know, whatever, to, on yeah, you know, whatever, whatever supreme court whatever the supreme court decides, he's not going to decides, oh, he's not going to take notice that. take any notice of that. >> talking of which emma wolf, thank you for that fabulous segway. about that. segway. let's talk about that. it's supreme court today it's in the supreme court today to find whether will ever to find out whether we will ever be allowed to activate the rwanda potential rwanda plan and get potential refugees , immigrants, refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers. know , whichever seekers. you know, whichever banner particular banner those particular individuals on the individuals fall under on the planes to rwanda and therefore have have this plan act as a deterrent. mike and sir keir starmer is saying, well , either starmer is saying, well, either way, if it gets the green light, it's still going to it's still going to scrap it. yeah he just said that. >> he insists he would scrap the
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rwanda scheme without without even works or not. even knowing if it works or not. so as you're quite say, so as you're quite rightly say, the court have started the supreme court have started sitting today to come up with a result is it 3 result in about, is it 3 or 4 weeks, november, mid november, and about four and they'll decide about four weeks or five weeks or something like that. he says he's too expensive, doesn't he? well well, yeah, but know what well, yeah, but we all know what he really means is that i think it's wrong. he really means is that i think it's it's ng. he really means is that i think it's it's hugely expensive. it's >> it's hugely expensive. it's a tiny it doesn't tiny number and it doesn't address the real problem at source because got master plan. >> yeah. what is the what is his plan instead? but i read some research which said what the government are banking on is getting 2 to 3000 people returned to rwanda. so if they get the decision from the supreme court at that point, they believe it will have a positive effect on stopping people getting into boats across the channel. that's what they need.2 the channel. that's what they need. 2 or 3000 people. and he is terrified , of course, of it is terrified, of course, of it working because it is totally against his instincts, his instincts have been leftish all along to keep the borders open
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and let people keep coming and that's what he thinks will appease his hard left while he's trying to go for these moderate policy. >> what i find amazing from making this statement now is, as you say, mike, it's about the ideology the ideology and not about the practical. if said, practical. so even if he said, well, if we get the green light, let's give it six months, let's see if it works deterrent. see if it works as a deterrent. but he's not even saying that. so therefore, does suggest so therefore, he does suggest it's ideology, not it's about the ideology, not about practicalities. about the practicalities. >> lawyer. this is >> this is a lawyer. this is a former dpp saying as the supreme court begin their hearings, that whatever it's whatever they rule, even if it's legal, even if it's successful, but it's legal, he will but even if it's legal, he will overturn and he says overturn that plan. and he says he's got this plan smash he's got this plan to smash the criminal the criminal gangs behind the illegal channel crossings we haven't that is. haven't heard what that is. he was asked about it yesterday. >> he was asked about it yesterday. how this plan yesterday. how will this plan going where do you going to work? where do you start? know, with start? you know, with the criminal the criminal criminal gangs. the criminal gangs the biggest gangs form one of the biggest industries world. it's £1 industries in the world. it's £1 billion industry and keir starmer sort it out, starmer is going to sort it out, is not just talking about is he not just talking about people in europe and africa? we're about people in we're talking about people in south going
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south america going to the united states. massive united states. it's a massive industry. he and he thinks he can smash it by. used to be can smash it by. i used to be the you know. the dpp, you know. >> well, he sort of when he talks it, makes talks about it, it makes it sound like it's almostjust sound like it's almost just going him the ground, going to be him on the ground, like some sort of indiana jones character doesn't he doesn't have a for does it? will. >> i will break the criminal gangs and criminal gangs. i will be on the beaches. that's be there on the beaches. that's what it like. >> would like that. we >> we all would like that. we would love that. >> plan a bit is a bit >> rwanda plan is a bit is a bit dodgy. it's expensive dodgy. i mean, it's expensive per person. all of that look, it's not idea. it's it's not the best idea. it's clearly now at all clearly being pursued now at all costs because they have get costs because they have to get it. they've got nothing else. well there's nothing else. there must than must be something better than this. politician. this. i'm not a politician. i don't what. rwanda, to me don't know what. rwanda, to me does crazy that does sound a bit crazy that people here and you put people come here and you put them on a plane and you send them on a plane and you send them 3000 miles away. but but it's better keir starmer it's better than keir starmer saying, totally agree. saying, i totally agree. >> i. prefer instead of >> and i. i prefer instead of calling starmer the calling sir keir starmer the former prefer to call him former dpp, i prefer to call him a qualified human lawyer a qualified human rights lawyer because been because that's what he's been since he became a since he became a lawyer. a human and human human rights lawyer and human
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rights have a job in rights lawyers have a job in life and that is to try and use human rights to allow a lot of people to come into this country. they do. >> oh , we i think we're going to >> oh, we i think we're going to take some live footage from the supreme court. i don't know if we're going to listen to this gentleman speaking at the moment . but no, we're not. we're just we are going to be watching this situation closely. obviously emma, this this has been a long time. you kind of remember it was priti patel that when she was priti patel that when she was the home secretary originally announced this plan. and i remember at the time we'd been on such a journey with this story, because story, haven't we? because i remember thinking is remember at the time thinking is that spoof? it was like they'd that a spoof? it was like they'd sat come up with the sat down and come up with the weirdest plan, the strangest plan, most complicated , the plan, the most complicated, the most expensive. >> when people were >> you remember when people were saying plane on a saying there's a plane on a runway and there's about three people to get on people they're going to get on it. it's going to cost them thousands per person. but i think that rwanda issue is think that the rwanda issue is just ludicrous when you think about what what kind of how it's
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been pushed and pushed and pushed, how they're just determined to get it through. but the thing is, the issue with the rwanda plan is this. >> we had suella braverman out there saying what a wonderful country this is. and it has a very young population because of the massacres and the genocide that from. they've that they suffered from. they've got very population. got a very young population. it's digital hub. it's a big digital hub. it's actually a very up and coming country. and she was there. there a cricket it there was a cricket pitch. it was looking very was it was looking very appealing. but course, it is appealing. but of course, it is meant to be a deterrent. you can't be both, can you? right. >> well , yes, because if the >> well, yes, because if the eventual target is get to the uk and if you get here, you send somewhere else, it doesn't matter where that anywhere else is. you see what i mean? is. do you see what i mean? yeah. and because we are one of the countries in the the fairest countries in the world, won't people to world, we won't send people to somewhere they're going somewhere where they're going to be we will be ostracised and hurt. we will send somewhere where send them to somewhere where they'll civilly. just they'll be treated civilly. just on on the supreme on this today on the supreme court , the outcome of this is court, the outcome of this is also going to define our future relationship with the echr, isn't it ? relationship with the echr, isn't it? because should no
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isn't it? because we should no longer have to bow to the wishes of echr , either the commission of echr, either the commission or the court? should we cricketers are confident they're going to get this through this time because it's a lot more right wing. >> think this makes >> i don't think this makes starmer look very prime ministerial that whatever ministerial to say that whatever they rule hearing opens , they rule as the hearing opens, i agree. whatever they rule, he's to it. he's not going to follow it. >> agree. he's not going to follow it. >> andree. he's not going to follow it. >> and as. he's not going to follow it. >> and as you say, he's a lawyer. well, i guess. >> matt. go no no. >> sorry, matt. go on. no no. >> sorry, matt. go on. no no. >> it's only going to say it's exactly the the brexit exactly the same as the brexit result, isn't it? oh, we don't care what the result was, but nothing to do with that. we're just going it. and just going to ignore it. and yet the might come out and say the court might come out and say it's okay, we can go and all that kind stuff. no, i'm that kind of stuff. no, i'm sorry. i'm keir starmer. i'm overruling highest overruling even the highest court decision. court in the land decision. >> you like him say, >> would you like him to say, emma, what would we what do you think labour voter would want think a labour voter would want to keir starmer to hear from keir starmer i think it's really simple. >> whatever the, you know, the supreme today, >> whatever the, you know, the s|very ne today, >> whatever the, you know, the s|very important today, >> whatever the, you know, the s|very important decision.y, >> whatever the, you know, the s|very important decision. we a very important decision. we have real with have a real problem with immigration. la la la la la. whatever they rule, we will look
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at and we will at those findings and we will respect the decision of the supreme than, as supreme court rather than, as you say, the echr, because it repeats what british repeatedly. >> immigration out in the >> immigration comes out in the top of the priorities for the british people. for british people. yes, for government. yet he must government. and yet he must believe there is a that believe there is a base that vote labour that don't want i >>i >> i think that's why they're so misguided and that's why i talk about the small c conservative voter, because remember the 80 seat majority came from the red wall. northern people who are small c conservatives who like standing on their own two feet, earning money to put food on the table for their family, all that kind of stuff, right? >> mike and emma, thank you so much for now. right. let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com your thoughts this morning. vainemailsnnews.com your thoughts this morning. vainemails asws.com your thoughts this morning. vainemails as they're coming your emails as they're coming in. i will get to them in. i promise i will get to them soon. come this soon. but still to come this morning, going to have the morning, we're going to have the very awful scenes very latest on the awful scenes from the middle east with israel hitting back at hamas. we are gb news britain's channel news britain's news channel >> mcgivern >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from met office. with here from the met office. with the news forecast for the gb news forecast dry for many of us today. warm in the
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south, but some rain in south, but still some rain in the nowhere near as much the north. nowhere near as much as across scotland as we saw across scotland through the weekend. more than 100mm widely across parts of central scotland, central and western scotland, leading widespread flooding. leading to widespread flooding. severe flood warnings still in force, but any rain today will be mostly light showers affecting the western isles into the west of the central belt. othennise, some brightness coming through for scotland and more especially the rest more especially across the rest of there will be some of the uk. there will be some sunny spells, some mist lingering around irish sea coasts well as southwest coasts as well as southwest england . and there will be some england. and there will be some high cloud about as well. but still with the sunshine low to mid 20s in the south and feeling warmer further north compared with the weekend as well. now the mist and low cloud that we see around coast the see around the coast through the afternoon inland afternoon will push inland somewhat overnight. so some dense fog patches forming across the south and west of the uk . the south and west of the uk. meanwhile, thicker cloud returns to scotland with some outbreaks of rain pushing in by dawn. it's a mild night but a cloudy start to the day on tuesday and a wet
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start for western scotland. unfortunately that rain coming on top of the very wet ground could cause further issues. a yellow rain warning in force, 50mm in places is not as much as we saw through the weekend, but we saw through the weekend, but we don't need any more rain. obviously now the rain will push into parts of northern ireland and northern england by the end of afternoon, further of the afternoon, drier further south warm. south and still warm. >> so still to come this morning, we're going to have more from the labour party conference in liverpool. our political editor christopher hope piers hope will be there. piers pottinger is going to be in the studio me well. and studio with me as well. and we'll very latest on we'll have the very latest on the in israel. not the situation in israel. do not go anywhere. is
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channel good morning. >> it's 11 am. on monday, the 9th of october. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce here in liverpool, the labour party conference with bev turner conference and with bev turner in london, israel at war. >> prime minister rishi sunak has said that the uk is ready to provide any support that israel needs. provide any support that israel needs . more than 1000 needs. more than 1000 palestinians and israelis have been killed by attacks from the hamas terrorist group. israel's deputy ambassador to the uk oren marmorstein stein, has been speaking to gb news about a shocking video on social media. >> she has blood all over her body , grabbing her by her hair body, grabbing her by her hair and the terrorist shove her into and the terrorist shove her into a car . and her eyes, petrified
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a car. and her eyes, petrified eyes thinking what they are to going do to me, get road and building again. >> that's the message from the shadow chancellor rachel reeves. she's going the britain's she's going to be the britain's first chancellor if labour first woman chancellor if labour wins and she to wins election and she takes to the podium here at midday and rwanda plan in court. >> a hearing will get undennay today at the supreme court to decide and for all if the decide once and for all if the policy is legal. meanwhile sir keir said that he would keir starmer said that he would scrap the scrap it regardless of the outcome . outcome. email is gbviews@gbnews.com. as always, first, though, here's your very latest news with . tamsin >> beth, thanks very much and good morning from the gb news newsroom at 11:00. israel's defence minister has ordered a total blockade on gaza , cutting
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total blockade on gaza, cutting off food, fuel and electricity . off food, fuel and electricity. israeli media says 300,000 reservists have been called up in the largest ever draft in the country. see, israel declared war after a surprise attack by the terrorist group hamas on saturday. more than 700 people have been killed in israel and nearly 500 in gaza . and here are nearly 500 in gaza. and here are some live pictures of israeli soldiers gathering in ashkelon. that's near gaza for now. rear admiral daniel hagar from the israeli defence force says israeli defence force says israel will restore security to its people while hamas was more barbaric and more brutal than isis . isis. >> let me be crystal clear. israel will respond with
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determined action and force to their unprovoked war crimes. the days ahead will be long and difficult . we have paid a heavy difficult. we have paid a heavy price, but we will restore security to the people of israel i >> war journalist yara eid says israel should have expected the attack. this attack of hamas was not an unprovoked attack. >> it did not just come suddenly. you know, this has been systematically israel is running an apartheid state. let's ignore what's happening in gaza for one second. what about the west bank? how can we justify what's happening in jerusalem? how can we justify killing of worshippers while they're just in the aqsa they're just praying in the aqsa mosque ? can justify the mosque? how can we justify the imprisonment of thousands of children ? you know, how can we children? you know, how can we justify the killing of 10,000 palestinians since 2000? >> well , here in the uk, the
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>> well, here in the uk, the prime minister will hold a cobra meeting to discuss the fighting in israel and gaza. a british man serving in the israeli army has been killed, while two other uk nationals are still missing. the foreign office is advising against all but essential travel to israel as the fighting continues, many flights to tel aviv have been disrupted or even cancelled and rishi sunak has condemned hamas attack as an appalling act of terror . while appalling act of terror. while shadow foreign secretary david lammy says the labour party supports israel's right to defend itself. >> there is never, never a justification for terrorism . um justification for terrorism. um labour stands firmly in support of israel's right to defend itself. rescue hostages and protect its citizens . the protect its citizens. the hostages were so cruelly taken , hostages were so cruelly taken, including children , should be including children, should be released immediately . and released immediately. and hamas's indiscriminate attacks
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set back the cause of peace . set back the cause of peace. >> let's look to some other news now. and the government will defend its plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda. in the supreme court today. over the next days, several cases next three days, several cases are collectively known as the rwanda appeals will challenge the appeals decision to the court of appeals decision to halt refugees . some halt resettling refugees. some judges think there are issues with rwanda's asylum system, making the government's plan wrong, but not everyone agrees with judge, saying the with one judge, saying the challenge be out. challenge should be thrown out. shadow financial secretary to the treasury james murray told gb news how labour planned to tackle the small boats crisis. >> they've had 13 years. the problem has got worse and they haven't got an actual plan that would help stop these illegal boat crossings . and what we set boat crossings. and what we set out is how we would do that differently, how we would use the money rather than wasting it on rwanda scheme. we would on the rwanda scheme. we would spend money on a cross spend that money on a cross border force make sure border police force to make sure we could after the criminal we could go after the criminal gangs who were responsible for
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these crossings these illegal boat crossings and stop first stop them happening in the first place. we more than 400 criminals have been jailed for a total of more than 3700 years after an operation by the met police, operation eternal investigated organised crime groups over a three and a half year period by targeting an encrypted messaging platform . encrypted messaging platform. >> more than three tonnes of class a and b drugs and nearly 50 guns were seized in the largest ever operation of its kind by the met with the force calling it unprecedented. commander paul brogden says gang kingpins have been brought to justice. >> these were the kingpins, these were the people who were operating and directing urban street gangs , dealing drugs, street gangs, dealing drugs, committing violence on the streets of london. so we think it's made a significant impact andits it's made a significant impact and it's right that we bring these people to justice. the were leading lavish lifestyles. they were sitting there in their leafy didn't leafy enclaves. they didn't expect on their expect police to knock on their doon expect police to knock on their door. did. and we brought door. and we did. and we brought them i'm incredibly them to justice. i'm incredibly pleased that. pleased about that. >> cleaners and security guards
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in whitehall are among those going strike over going on a five day strike over pay - going on a five day strike over pay . members the public and pay. members of the public and commercial union will commercial services union will walk out today at energy walk out today at the energy business and science department's . the workers were department's. the workers were offered a 2.2% pay rise with the union bosses describing it as insulting . the new action insulting. the new action follows a strike last month . follows a strike last month. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . bev back to. bev >> thank you for joining back to. bev >> thank you forjoining us. >> thank you for joining us. it's 1106. so israel's defence minister has ordered a total blockade on gaza, cutting off food , fuel and electricity. more food, fuel and electricity. more than 1000 people are now believed to have been killed on both sides of the israel—hamas war. it's the largest escalation in decades . israel continues to in decades. israel continues to retaliate with a heavy bombardment of gaza . but hamas bombardment of gaza. but hamas has also continued to fire more rockets overnight . well, joining
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rockets overnight. well, joining me now to discuss this in more detail, political commentator piers pottinger pierce, you often come in and we talk about some light—hearted topics, some political seem political issues which seem relevant day like today. relevant on a day like today. those sort of disappear into the background. this is horrific what is happening out there. >> mean, it's absolutely >> i mean, it's absolutely horrific, obviously, and hamas are terrorists. they're branch of the muslim brotherhood . of the muslim brotherhood. what's more worrying is the wider repercussions of this . the wider repercussions of this. the head of hamas, ismail haniya, was watching all the horror from his office in qatar , and he is his office in qatar, and he is supported by qatar , as well as supported by qatar, as well as iran. and syria. and of course , iran. and syria. and of course, a lot of this has got to do with saudi arabia because saudi arabia has a sort of pact with israel, which was signed very recently . and the saudi is no recently. and the saudi is no friend of iran, obviously , and friend of iran, obviously, and qatar and saudi have a very
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uneasy relationship . so the uneasy relationship. so the whole middle east is going to be it's a tinderbox , bits of which it's a tinderbox, bits of which have already exploded , added the have already exploded, added the us is sending in carriers and britain has promised support. it it is horrific . i mean, the loss it is horrific. i mean, the loss of life and the innocent people being butchered in the way they were by these terrorists is unforgivable and should be condemned by everyone in particularly people in the labour party who of course, have a history of supporting hamas and something they should be quick and do more to distance themselves from. jeremy corbyn, for example, is at the labour party conference. he's still a member of the labour party . why member of the labour party. why these people are terrorists and nobody should be endorsing them at all. >> the breaking news is that america has sent the biggest warship in the to world israel.
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right? and to what extent do you think . pierce we're going to see think. pierce we're going to see america and also the british government get involved in this conflict. what are the parameters that you would be comfortable with? >> well, i'm not comfortable with any of it because, i mean , with any of it because, i mean, we're you know, this can escalate so quickly. and we have some very trigger happy people around. but america is very committed to supporting israel . committed to supporting israel. and i'm not at all surprised. they've sent the biggest warship . they want to send a big message . and i mean, the only message. and i mean, the only hopeis message. and i mean, the only hope is that this is to going stop quickly . i mean, israel stop quickly. i mean, israel were bound to retaliate after the horrific attack by hamas . the horrific attack by hamas. and also it was a very unusual lapse of intelligence by israel. normally, they're very good at spotting what's coming, but they weren't in this case. and that's also worrying the fact that
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hamas were able to outsmart israel, who are normally the smartest on the intelligence. we had. >> we had a journalist from israel, efrat fenigstein, who was on earlier, and she was saying that ordinarily and she used to work for the intelligence services in israel, a cat crossing that border would set off an alarm. and she said, how is it possible that they were caught napping? it was a pubuc were caught napping? it was a public holiday , but that that public holiday, but that that shouldn't have any bearing on how those defences were. how weak those defences were. >> they hamas were very >> i mean, they hamas were very clever. there's no question about it. >> paragliders arriving by paraglider. >> they they used all kinds of different techniques , but they different techniques, but they outsmarted the israelis and but the retribution by israel has already started. and i think that isn't going to be very pleasant to read about either or to witness. i mean, the fact of the matter is, we're talking about thousands of civilian lives . at risk here, many of lives. at risk here, many of whom who've been lost already.
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it's a horrifying situation . and it's a horrifying situation. and unfortunately , i'm not unfortunately, i'm not particularly confident in joe biden's ability to pull this together because this is a situation that requires a strong us president. i think we've got a relatively strong rishi sunak in our camp because whatever you say about rishi, he's very sound on foreign policy and i have no doubt he'll do the right thing. but with biden it's very worrying. and again , americans worrying. and again, americans have a tendency to overreact. thank goodness trump isn't president. i hate to think what would have happened because he , would have happened because he, of course, is a huge supporter of course, is a huge supporter of israel. the republicans get more money from israel than than any other part of the political sphere in america. the israelis are their biggest donors. >> one of the surprising things about trump's reign as president , though, was how peaceful that penod , though, was how peaceful that period of time was. perhaps
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because he he was known to be a little unpredictable. nobody wanted to poke the bear in that situation, whereas biden looks incredibly weak . incredibly weak. >> well, that's the point. i mean, trump was unequivocal in his support for israel . joe his support for israel. joe biden is going to be more cautious . yes. and also, i mean, cautious. yes. and also, i mean, if you watch biden's performances , i mean, goodness performances, i mean, goodness only knows what he's actually thinking. yeah, i just hope he's got the right advisers around him, because what happens with israel and i mean, it's america is going to now be the key factor in the future of this conflict and whether it gets resolved quickly or not. and my fear is this is going to drag on for a long time. >> um, the of course the implications as well with this being the middle east are related to oil and gas. yes. and that the fuel we have, as we know , our bills in this country know, our bills in this country are huge. this is not going to help. >> pierce no, no. well the price of oil this morning has soared. and i mean, that was predicted
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oil. and of course, it will have an effect on everyone. yes the implications just go wider and wider the more you look at this conflict and some of the horrific possibilities of dragging more and more people into the into this conflict. can ijust into the into this conflict. can i just ask you about the fact that the bbc still don't describe hamas as a terrorist organisation ? organisation? >> why? >> why? >> well, it's ridiculous. i mean , they did the similar thing with the ira at one point when they were killing our civilians and soldiers . they were killing our civilians and soldiers. but no , of they were killing our civilians and soldiers . but no , of course, and soldiers. but no, of course, it's preposterous. i mean , the it's preposterous. i mean, the bbc's own riddick lawless agenda is absolutely outrageous . i is absolutely outrageous. i mean, tonight they're doing an absurd four hour documentary on jimmy savile, who they celebrated , nurtured, employed , celebrated, nurtured, employed, and they admit they call it a factual drama, even though it's got huge fictitious moments in it. like jimmy savile confessing to a priest about his horrible crimes , which he never did. and crimes, which he never did. and they admit is fictitious. yeah.
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why a licence payers paying the bbc? how much did steve coogan get paid for four hours of this so—called drama ? and who wants so—called drama? and who wants to see four hours about the probably one of the most horrible celebrity in british history? >> that's right. >> that's right. >> i mean, it's nonsense. the bbc have lost the plot. we know that. well, you'd be much wiser. and that's why more and more people are watching the people's channel and to watch gb news at 9:00 tonight rather than that rubbish. >> right? we've got this big event supreme court at event in the supreme court at the rwanda policy. this has been rumbling long rumbling on piers for so long now. and keir starmer has come out today and said, well, even if it is given the green light and we can put people on those aeroplanes, he's going to scrap it prime it anyway. if he becomes prime minister thing minister extraordinaire thing to say. >> well, of course. i mean this labour is absurd. labour conference is absurd. i call the con in call it. they put the con in conference. i mean, first of all, he says he's going to scrap that because populist that because it sounds populist thing to say, but equally he's talking about a deal with the eu
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to immigrants, legal to take more immigrants, legal immigration rights, more share. so he's actually going to increase immigration in it's rather like the financial policies they're talking about, but that just don't add up. >> but he must think, i mean, look, all these politicians do focus group after focus group. now, he must believe there is a contingent of voters out there who would agree with him on that. >> i'm sure he does, because that's everything about this this ridiculous conference they've incidentally, they've got, which incidentally, shouldn't time. the shouldn't be at this time. the conservatives made mistake conservatives made a big mistake letting come last. the letting them come last. the conservatives traditionally would have been last . and for would have been last. and for some reason they let labour come last. so they had a really good opportunity to jump on everything that the conservative conference, which wasn't difficult to do, by the way, but i do feel that , you know what i do feel that, you know what he's saying is, is nonsense . and he's saying is, is nonsense. and we should be able to determine our own immigration laws. nobody else us as a country. and that's
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what this argument is about. sunak sorry, starmer loves to flow , go with the flow. i mean, flow, go with the flow. i mean, that's why at i was hoping andrew up at the conservative conference was buying me a pair of keir starmer flip flops. >> there were 1699 pairs, but i think that's quite expensive for a pair of that's too much. >> too that's much. >> too that's much. >> you're worth it. and i should have brought you a pair back. i'm sure you can buy them online. piers, great to see you. thank so much. okay let us thank you so much. okay let us know this morning. know your thoughts this morning. email gbviews@gbnews.uk. know your thoughts this morning. email gbvievthere news.uk. know your thoughts this morning. email gbvievthere atws.uk. know your thoughts this morning. email gbvievthere at the k. andrew, you are there at the labour party conference. how's it all going this morning? >> it's going pretty well, really, and not least because i've got with me our fabulous deputy political editor, tom pearce, and bev having a pearce, andrew and bev having a proper discussion there. quite right we talk about right before we talk about what's it's what's happening here, it's outrageous are not outrageous that the bbc are not calling who've just calling hamas who've just carried out one of the most mediaeval assaults in our lifetime . they're not calling lifetime. they're not calling them a terrorist organisation . them a terrorist organisation. they're terrorists. >> well, the united kingdom
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government designates them as terrorists . the american terrorists. the american government designates them as terrorists. even the european union designates them as terrorists. and clearly an assault on unarmed civilians at assault on unarmed civilians at a music festival. hundreds dead, a music festival. hundreds dead, a thousand dead, i think is the last death toll that is published. no doubt that will rise. i mean, this is a terrorist atrocity. it is. however, the bbc's official style guide to avoid using the word terrorist wherever possible. so they're using the word military . possible. so they're using the word military. but it possible. so they're using the word military . but it does seem word military. but it does seem to me that this style guide seems a pretty, pretty crass be out of place and pretty out of date. yeah. now tom and in about mid day, the highlight of the day i bet you can barely wait the excitement is building here. >> rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, she makes the keynote speech today. if the labour win the election and it feels to me and you the mood here like they will, should be britain's first woman chancellor exchequer. she's facing some exchequer. but she's facing some rather comparisons exchequer. but she's facing some rataer comparisons exchequer. but she's facing some raia certain comparisons exchequer. but she's facing some raia certain woman:omparisons
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exchequer. but she's facing some raia certain woman , mparisons exchequer. but she's facing some raia certain woman , an arisons exchequer. but she's facing some raia certain woman , an toryns to a certain woman, an tory politician. tell me more. >> she is this morning . the buzz >> she is this morning. the buzz on everyone's lips is rachel reeves the new liz truss , which reeves the new liz truss, which perhaps is not the accolade that she wants to be compared to. but but it is interesting because this is precisely what rachel reeves will be talking about today . she probably won't use today. she probably won't use the words supply side reform, but that's exactly what she'll be talking about, about boosting the supply side growth, the economy growth , growth, growth. economy growth, growth, growth. by economy growth, growth, growth. by dereck regulation. yeah. now, this is incredibly truesight. right. so what she's talking aboutis right. so what she's talking about is particularly with regard to energy infrastructure sweeping away some of the red tape , some of the green red tape, some of the green red tape, some of the green red tape, what are known as environmental impact assessments. it's likely that those are going to be massively reformed in her announcement and remove aid for green projects . remove aid for green projects. so if you want to build a wind farm or put up some interconnecting pylons or whatever, they won't need the same level of green green
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papennork that currently projects do now , can you imagine projects do now, can you imagine if the tory government were to propose this? if they're if they're stripping away protections for the environment , if they're ripping up red tape and bureaucracy about dismantling the regulatory state? but this is precisely what rachel reeves is talking about, and particularly this is why are interested in why businesses are interested in what is saying. they're what labour is saying. they're talking the talking about getting the government way . it government out of the way. it sounds free market. and sounds pretty free market. and yet you just a few weeks ago yet if you just a few weeks ago the labour party opposed in the house of lords and defeated stone michael gove's stone dead michael gove's attempts far attempts to enable building far more rid of more houses by getting rid of a regulation, environmental regulation, an environmental regulation. problem regulation. this is the problem , right? it's very easy for the laboun , right? it's very easy for the labour, the labour party, the labour, the labour party, the labour opposition. i almost said the government. not the labour government. we're not quite soon, perhaps quite there yet. soon, perhaps likely. likely soon. a 20 point lead in the polls that has been borne by elections. but borne out by by elections. but it is clear that it's much easier to say something at a podium than it is to vote for something in parliament to something in parliament or to encourage your mps to for encourage your mps to vote for
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that thing in parliament. it's very for the labour very easy for the labour government when it's elected . if government when it's elected. if it's elected to say we're going to deliver planning, reform , to deliver planning, reform, it's easy to say because that's what boris johnson did and he tried to it and he was tried to do it and he was defeated in the house of commons. he withdrew the white papen commons. he withdrew the white paper. cameron tried to do paper. david cameron tried to do it. balls's planning reform it. nick balls's planning reform that watered down and that was then watered down and withdrawn. liz truss even tried to do it with her enterprise zones that included planning reform them and of course reform within them and of course that was all defeated and blown up the of her reform up with the rest of her reform agenda. time again in agenda. time and time again in the last 13 years, governments have tried to do similar things to what rachel reeves will be announcing middaytoday. to what rachel reeves will be announcing midday today. and announcing at midday today. and when it comes the crunch, when it comes to the crunch, when it comes to the crunch, when to interest when it comes to interest groups, whether it's the rspb saying we need to protect the birds the wildlife or just birds and the wildlife or just local community saying, i don't want my spoilt , it tends want my views spoilt, it tends to be much, much harder in the actuality deliver this stuff. actuality to deliver this stuff. a government majority of a government with a majority of 80 do it. 80 couldn't do it. >> johnson's i mean, we >> boris johnson's i mean, we don't what majority labour don't know what majority labour
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get. get one, it's going get. if they get one, it's going to difficult, isn't it? to be very difficult, isn't it? >> difficult and >> incredibly difficult and especially our representative especially in our representative system. first, past the post mps represent areas. no doubt represent local areas. no doubt within these local areas we will hear groups say we don't want that here, we don't want this sort of liberalisation. it's going to be very, very tough. we're going fights , i we're going to see fights, i think, a labour think, between a labour government and its labour backbenchers over precisely these issues . it's the same these issues. it's the same fights that we've seen the last few tory prime ministers having over similar issues, but it is interest and it is clear that the labour party views this as the labour party views this as the way they're going to get growth by getting rid of red tape, by dismantle rolling some of that regulation that in some cases has been with us since clement attlee, the town and country planning act of 1948 still governs a lot of construction in this country. it's the it's one of the big nationalisations that attlee did, but even thatcher didn't touch. so it's pretty stark to see the labour party here saying to some extent there'll be more radical than thatcher when it
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comes to deregulating building things country . things in this country. >> all right. that's tom hannood . she speaks to this conference around midday. still to come , around midday. still to come, i'm going to be talking to the labour mp steve mccabe in here in the conference about his party's plans to revive the economy. you're britain's economy. you're with britain's newsroom
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here at the labour party conference at times 1126. with me here is steve mccabe, the mp for birmingham selly oak. steve wants to talk to you about what's coming out of this conference. i have to talk to you the horrific you first about the horrific scenes in the middle scenes unfolding in the middle east. it's almost east. well, it's almost indescribable , andrew. indescribable, andrew. >> if anyone ever had any doubt about hamas, they shouldn't have it now. they are ugly, vicious terrorist beasts. they are indiscriminate in the things they do . and they've unleashed they do. and they've unleashed they do. and they've unleashed the most horrendous series of events in the middle east. >> you say if anyone's got any doubts, i will just ask you one question about this before we moved to on the conference. your former leader, jeremy corbyn, seems to have doubts because he pointedly condemn pointedly would not condemn hamas the unprovoked assault hamas for the unprovoked assault on massacred on israel. children massacred the rave. you saw 250, possibly gunned down by hamas and corbyn. is it time to kick him out the
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party altogether? >> well, of course he's not a member of the parliamentary, but he's a member of the labour party. >> yes. >> yes. >> and i think events there will take its course. look, as far as i'm concerned, keir starmer and david lammy speak for me and they speak for labour and they've been unequivocal in their condemnation. this highlights one of the fundamental problems with jeremy corbyn. he's never been able to determine who's right and who's wrong . wrong. >> pretty. now the labour conference rachel reeves speaks today. keir starmer tomorrow. how does it feel to you? veteran of conferences . you haven't won of conferences. you haven't won a general election since 2005. i've been coming to these conferences probably as long as you have. there is a sense of expectation in the air, isn't there? yeah, i think this isn't like 96. >> this is not the euphoria and the this is the one before blair won his landslide. yes. i think it's more there is a quiet determination here. i think it's
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quite a series , this conference. quite a series, this conference. there's a lot of hope after events like the by—election in rutherglen, lot of hope. but i think it's actually quite a serious conference. i believe it is a conference about preparing for government. and i think paul coyte are being disciplined. they're being thoughtful and they are really trying to put on show to the public. this is what labour offers. >> is there a danger, steve, of labour being overcautious? so speaking earlier to a guy who's done extensive focus groups, the group set up after the death of jo cox and every focus group shows labour way ahead, but says the same thing about keir starmer. who is he? is he stampfer? he's that lawyer bloke , isn't he? lawyers are very good at saying what's wrong? not very how fix very good at saying how to fix it. problem ? it. is that a problem? >> well, i don't think i would entirely accept that analysis, but obviously i think we'll but of obviously i think we'll see more of keir tomorrow see a lot more of keir tomorrow . so i would say that we are in the phase where we have to do more about enthusing people and
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showing that things will change and can't change under labour. but i think that's the phase we are in now because what more in common with the guy i was speaking to, luke tryl from more in common, he said the focus groups show yes , the labour groups show yes, the labour party ahead, but not because of this great passion and conviction that blair, conviction that like blair, there great zeal for blair. >> he was the young radical people really wanted him to win. it's just a sense that the tories have screwed it up the tories have screwed it up in the country's not working well. >> are in a very different >> we are in a very different position is much position to the country is much more now than i think it more despawn now than i think it was in 1997. but i think the needis was in 1997. but i think the need is to demonstrate to people that it doesn't have to be like this . we can change things and this. we can change things and it's not all about money. it's about values and it's about attitudes and it's aboutjust attitudes and it's about just the small steps to show that things politics doesn't need to be so down in the dumps. it doesn't need to be so corrupt and unwelcoming. i think that's
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the things we can change and that mood change, i think will enthuse the public. >> you know, i noticed a long time just finally, steve, is there a sense for you, as there was in the dying months of gordon brown's regime, like rishi sunak, he never won a general election, never had a mandate. was leadership mandate. there was no leadership election amongst labour mps. it was coronation, effectively was a coronation, effectively a coronation for it didn't coronation for rishi. it didn't matter what gordon brown in matter what gordon brown did. in the country decided the end, the country decided time was they'd been in you time was up. they'd been in you had been in power for what, 13 years? this been power years? this lot been in power nearly 14 years. are in nearly 14 years. are we in the same period ? same period? >> i think there's a lot of similarities . keir >> i think there's a lot of similarities. keir said at an event last night that he'd been at three. this is his third party conference and he's faced three different prime ministers already . dodi i think there's already. dodi i think there's a sense the tories have run out of roads and i felt i saw that in manchester last week . all right. manchester last week. all right. >> that's steve mccabe. he is the labour mp for birmingham selly oak. thanks for joining us. be keeping you here at us. we'll be keeping you here at the labour party conference.
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keep us your thoughts keep telling us your thoughts and points. and all your talking points. email us at gbviews@gbnews.uk .com. we're coming up to the headunes .com. we're coming up to the headlines now at the time is 1131. so i have got a few of those emails to read you. >> andrew thank you. there in liverpool. jonah says. so sir keir starmer is going to scrap the rwanda no surprises the rwanda plan. no surprises there. to be following there. he seems to be following there. he seems to be following the blair the same footsteps as blair brown miliband. they seem to brown and miliband. they seem to want to swamp britain with immigrants just to increase their votes and craig is saying, why do we still have vat? it was invented for europe. we're not invented for europe. we're not in that anymore. and that was because sacha lord for the night—time industries was talking liverpool talking to andrew in liverpool about impact on hospitality about the impact on hospitality of years. is of the last few years. alan is looking labour party looking at the labour party conference saying all small conference and saying all small time gimmicks , no substantive time gimmicks, no substantive policies . and alan has said, and policies. and alan has said, and this is because the rwanda project is in the supreme court today and alan has said the last attempted flight to rwanda tried to fly the grand total of nine immigrants out of the country.
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how ridiculous it to use 100 how ridiculous is it to use 100 plus seats for that? you're right, alan. it didn't even right, alan. and it didn't even get off ground. might do get off the ground. it might do in the next days, but at in the next few days, but at least will get the green least we will get the green light as to whether it can be possible or not. so more than 700 been killed in 700 people have been killed in israel launched israel since hamas launched its attacks screen, are seeing attacks on screen, we are seeing pictures a refugee camp that pictures of a refugee camp that was israeli airstrikes was hit by israeli airstrikes this morning. we will bring you the very latest. that and much more after your morning's news with . tamsin with. tamsin >> beth, thank you. here are the headunes >> beth, thank you. here are the headlines at 1132. is israel's defence minister has ordered a total blockade on gaza, cutting off food, fuel and electricity . off food, fuel and electricity. israeli media says 300,000 reserves have been called up in the largest ever draft in the country. israel declared war after a surprise attack by the terrorist group hamas on
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saturday. more than 700 people have been killed in israel and nearly 500 in gaza. the well , nearly 500 in gaza. the well, here are some live pictures of israeli soldiers gathering in ashkelon near gaza . a ashkelon near gaza. a spokesperson for the israeli defence force says israel will restore security to its people . restore security to its people. the government is defending its plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda in the supreme court over the next three days. several cases , collectively known as the cases, collectively known as the rwanda appeals , will challenge rwanda appeals, will challenge the court of appeals decision to halt resettling refugees. some judges think there are issues with rwanda's asylum system, making the government's plan wrong. but not everyone agrees with one judge saying the challenge should be thrown out . challenge should be thrown out. although 400 criminals have been jailed for a total of more than 3700 years after an operation by the met police operation, it's panel investigated organised
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crime groups over a three and a half year period by targeting an encrypted message platform . more encrypted message platform. more than three tonnes of class a and b drugs and nearly 50 guns were seized in the largest ever operation of its kind by the met cleaners . and security guards in cleaners. and security guards in whitehall are among those going on a five day strike over pay. members of the public and commercial services union will walk out today at the energy business and science departments . the workers were offered a 2.2% pay rise with the union bosses describing it as insulting . the new action insulting. the new action follows a strike last month . follows a strike last month. well those are the headlines and you can get more on all of those stories, of course, by visiting our website, gbnews.com . direct our website, gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors. >> the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment .
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britain's news channel. >> very good morning. it's 1139 >> very good morning. it's1139 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson, liverpool and bev turner here in london. so israel's defence minister has ordered a total blockade of gaza now cutting off food and fuel and electricity . food and fuel and electricity. this is the breaking news, obviously this story is evolving all the time. mike parry and emma wolf are with me. mike, just your thoughts on this tragedy . we're only day three of tragedy. we're only day three of this war. this is not going to get any better anytime soon. >> no, it's not. i went to bed in stockbroker belt surrey last night, and it's the calmest, most peaceful sort of place you can live. and i thought to myself, life we've got myself, what a life we've got here. rockets smashing into your house in middle of the house in the middle of the night. coming down the road night. men coming down the road , machine smashing into , machine guns smashing into your kidnapped your your house and kidnapped your family. mean, you can't
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family. i mean, you can't imagine horror and imagine the sheer horror and terror that's going on there . terror that's going on there. and israel is the only democracy in the whole of the middle east. and yet they've got enemies on all sides. so whoever opens their mouth and says israel are being a bit hard hit on these people who are attacking them. no, they're fighting for their lives. the whole plot here is to try and start a movement to obliterate israel and literally wipe it off the face of the earth. that's iran's plan. and iran almost certainly have funded this and planned it over a number of months. it's a determined effort to try and get rid of israel. >> what do we do with the information about the fact that biden has given iran $6 billion in humanitarian and humanitarian aid only recently? >> yeah, this is a very sort of contentious issue. it's not just that money. what he did was he handed over 6 billion and got five political prisoners back in return. the money was not allowed to be paid directly to
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the iranian government. but once , you know, there's an inflow of $6 billion into your national economy , wherever it is, you can economy, wherever it is, you can get money elsewhere . but the get money elsewhere. but the real issue was afghanistan can once the world saw that biden was so disinterested in america, the world policeman exercising its right to try and keep countries stable , they thought, countries stable, they thought, we're going to have a go here. this wouldn't have happened, in my view , under donald trump. my view, under donald trump. this morning, president biden has announced sending an aircraft carrier and six support ships to get into the middle to east rattle the sabre. too late because donald trump would have sent an aircraft carrier weeks ago because they'd have found out this was happening. they'd have known. you see, that's interesting because piers pottinger was in here earlier, political and political commentator emma, and he under trump, he was saying that under trump, we be in a more we would be in a more potentially dangerous situation because know trump could because we know that trump could because we know that trump could be and perhaps be unpredictable and perhaps a little trigger happy. >> had an amazing period >> but we had an amazing period of peace leadership in
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america. >> we did. and i think this is going to be a real test, not only of the international community's response, but of president biden there's been community's response, but of pre sortst biden there's been community's response, but of pre sorts ofiden there's been community's response, but of pre sorts of concern there's been all sorts of concern about whether compos whether he's actually compos mentis, is mentis, whether he's who is making decisions, but he making the decisions, but he can't way through can't bumble his way through this one. and as say, mike, this one. and as you say, mike, he's announced today, this morning he's sending morning that he's sending warships morning that he's sending warshiinto the middle east and right. into the middle east and this is i'm not even talking about what sides you're on. it simply imagine the individuals involved, the young babies, the children , all the all the images children, all the all the images we've seen all weekend of young party goers. first of all, you know, there's an outdoor raves. the young german tattoo artists, young woman , beautiful young young woman, beautiful young girl body was paraded through the streets of gaza and spat upon. i mean, these are all and they're hostages. the imagined now. and it's unimaginable calls for western support . for western support. >> yeah, it does call for western support. >> it took us a while to get that flag even onto the prime minister's house. i totally agree. >> and i was quite right about the biden situation. this is a
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time in the world when you need a president of the united states who's thinking straightfonnardly, who's thinking straightfor now y, who's thinking straightfor now it's all very positively. now it's all very well for your correspondent earlier to have said it could have more dangerous under have been more dangerous under donald but if memory donald trump. but if memory serves me right, donald trump negated the threat of north korea in the world. he was always threatening the little man who runs north korea to press the nuclear button sooner trump got in and said, you got a button? i've got a bigger button than you. forget it. and we didn't hear from him again. so in my view, if you stand up to these brutal dictators like trump did, i think you've got a better chance of getting a result because they only respect force. >> but was president biden asleep on his watch ? i mean, asleep on his watch? i mean, where was the intelligence ? where was the intelligence? okay, for the civilians on the ground? this came out of a clear blue sky on saturday morning in the most shocking way. totally agree. why was this not seen? why did biden about why did biden not know about this questions, but why this so many questions, but why did idf to know about. >> why did mossad not know about it? you know, mossad have got the tentacles around the for
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world terrorism. shouldn't world terrorism. they shouldn't just world terrorism. they shouldn't jusiyeah, it's extraordinary. >> yeah, it's extraordinary. i mean, questions to be mean, there are questions to be answered. the answered. i guess in the fullness time. those are the fullness of time. those are the questions investigations questions and the investigations that will be done, i suppose. emma, there emma, in the short term, there will be, course, leaders all will be, of course, leaders all around world, particularly will be, of course, leaders all ar(the| world, particularly will be, of course, leaders all ar(the middle rld, particularly will be, of course, leaders all ar(the middle east,articularly will be, of course, leaders all ar(the middle east, inicularly will be, of course, leaders all ar(the middle east, in thearly will be, of course, leaders all ar(the middle east, in the gulf in the middle east, in the gulf states, but also here and in america. we do now and america. what do we do now and how do we stop this bleeding out into the rest of the world? i have a very bad feeling about this. >> i have a very, very bad feeling about this. and, you know, yeah, it's going to be a ground invasion. and we've already what's happening already seen what's happening in gaza in retaliation. no one gaza now in retaliation. no one can just can blame. and also, just given the value and gas right now. >> yes, mike. >> yes, mike. >> well, listen, whenever we have trouble in the middle east, people don't they? people go for gold, don't they? and oil price starts rising. and the oil price starts rising. the whole objective of this was to stop a new deal happening between israel and saudi arabia. they were very close to coming together. israel have deals with jordan and with egypt and that part of the world. if they could have sealed it with saudi
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arabia, but saudi arabia and iran are big enemies as well. so iran are big enemies as well. so iran didn't want that because of the saudi arabian wealth. but i totally agree with you about where does go here and do you where does it go here and do you know what plan their know what their plan is? their plan well, west plan is that, well, the west will israel for a while, will support israel for a while, but they might get war but then they might get war weary, which is exactly the same plan putin undertake plan that putin is undertake making ukraine, hoping making in the ukraine, hoping that the west will that eventually the west will just get weary about defending a country a long way away. you know what i mean? >> absolutely. well, you know, arms will be arms manufacturers will be selling rating today. that's absolutely the tragedy is in war, somebody is always profiting somewhere. right thanks for your contributions on that, guys. it's so important. right. we talk about right. should we talk about repeat ? no, i want to talk about repeat? no, i want to talk about the free speech tsar emma. yeah. so free speech is something that we absolutely uphold here at gb news. it is in our dna. and i'm delighted to say that the university is organisation, what are called ? the office are they called? the office for students students . students office for students. thank have appointed a free thank you. have appointed a free speech. air yeah. feels about
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time. but is he political? >> so no. he says he's politically neutral. this is professor arif ahmed. he comes from cambridge. he professor arif ahmed. he comes from cambridge . he says he's from cambridge. he says he's politically neutral. he doesn't want to get involved in the culture he's launching his culture wars. he's launching his mission today at king's college with a speech all about how being offended jokes, satire, being offended jokes, satire, being challenged and having views that you don't agree with. shock, horror are part of the educational experience. he wants to defend the rights of academic students, visiting speakers to speak. we've seen lots of no platforming. we've seen loads of kind of issues around people. the trans issue, for example, on university campuses and professor ahmed is saying he's politically neutral and he's saying he wants says we are saying he wants he says we are we equally vigorous in we will be equally vigorous in defending speech rights of defending free speech rights of students, and speakers students, academics and speakers , and that he has no interest in the culture wars. this is good news. >> mike well, it's really good news and it's come out of the blue. >> i didn't know this guy was going to be this guy thinking, wow, we're pushing back against those culture. best those cancel culture. the best line he says, understand
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line is he says, i understand the chilling effect of groupthink . so he's really groupthink. so he's really getting into the idea that 14 people sending out twitter messages could close down, you know, a speaker at a university because they personally feel offended. >> and what's great, what's really interesting in this article in the times is that we have britain has fallen significantly down the rankings. there are rankings, academic freedom . we are dropping way freedom. we are dropping way down because of this terrified cancel culture. this no platforming culture. yes. and he wants to reverse that. >> that's right. i read another piece. you know, a couple of weeks ago, which i could barely believe. says kids believe. but it says that kids growing up now in teenage years, a of them a certain percentage of them have never been told how to assess an argument from somebody else, which is directly opposed to their views. some kids in teenagers don't think it's right for anybody to have a view which is contrary to it was it was the boss of channel 4. >> i can't remember her name, but she was talking at a
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television conference only a couple of weeks ago and she said the problem with young the problem with the young people that she's trying to employ 4 is they employ at channel 4 is that they believe they can't work believe that they can't work with whose opinions believe that they can't work with the whose opinions believe that they can't work with the sameyse opinions believe that they can't work with the same as opinions believe that they can't work with the same as theirs. 1s aren't the same as theirs. >> absolutely. yeah. >> absolutely. yeah. >> now, why is that happened? that's because of a that's happened because of a perpetually offended generation. exactly think they have exactly who think they have a right to say that? you can't say that. >> and i'll tell you what's really alarming. my three year old told me the other day when i told him to put his socks on, he said, i have rights. and he started listening. this started listening. and this is no, this song. welcome to no, this is a song. welcome to the world of education. they have taught at nursery. we have taught him at nursery. we have taught him at nursery. we have i don't know how it have rights. i don't know how it goes. then lists your have rights. i don't know how it goes. and then lists your have rights. i don't know how it goes. and alln lists your have rights. i don't know how it goes. and all of lists your have rights. i don't know how it goes. and all of them./our have rights. i don't know how it goes. and all of them. inur have rights. i don't know how it goes. and all of them. i accept rights and all of them. i accept that he has those rights too. something about a warm home and a food and a this a that and a food and a this and a that and education and da da da. education and da da da da da. but i just found it really odd. three year olds are being told, you rights. can say no. you have rights. you can say no. >> well, my children's >> yes. well, my children's primary also had this primary school also had this thing on wall saying things thing on the wall saying things like, you have right to be like, you have a right to be heard. and was to my heard. and i was saying to my kids, exactly.
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kids, not always. exactly. always actually. sometimes a child is in charge. you don't have a right to be heard. that's one of the points about being an adult is when you're an adult, you have your heard. you can have your voice heard. but a sometimes you but as a child, sometimes you have to just shut up and do it. do what you're told. >> director of free >> our new director of free speech says freedom of speech and freedom are and academic freedom are fundamental and academic freedom are fund.that|tal of the basic isn't that one of the basic rights that we all grew up with? why that have to be why does that have to be explained by education if it's not opposing views and not to hear opposing views and to up mind based on to make up your mind based on opinions facts and hearing opinions and facts and hearing other people? opinions and facts and hearing oth well,yple? opinions and facts and hearing oth well, i'm? opinions and facts and hearing oth well, i'm glad a good >> well, i'm glad there's a good news story on free speech anyway. right? is this anyway. right? what is this about shoplifting about shoplifters? shoplifting is this is a hideous issue in this country at moment. people country at the moment. people are going into stores. are just going into stores. they're themselves. they're helping themselves. they're helping themselves. they're walking out and not being or being never mind arrested or charged or anything. what's charged or anything. so what's happened, emma? talking happened, emma? they're talking about changing jury process. about changing the jury process. >> if you're a convicted >> so now if you're a convicted repeat offender and it's not very likely that anyone is because the police are not convicting anyone for shoplifting. but crime has shoplifting. but the crime has gone the scale. costing gone off the scale. it's costing 8 million offences. 8 million, 8 million offences.
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it's around £1 billion it's costing around £1 billion a year retailers from now on. year to retailers from now on. convicted offenders under these plans, under these proposals will have the right will not have the right to have their case heard in the crown court. so there's a huge backlog at the crown court of serious, really serious crimes like rape, violence, things like that of cases. violence, things like that of cases . and it's not as cases. and now it's not as though shoplifters won't get their will heard by their say. they will be heard by a magistrate which a magistrate court, which i think absolutely right. why think is absolutely right. why should they be clogging the should they be clogging up the crown with a crime that crown court with a crime that they committed themselves ? they have committed themselves? right. think people need is right. i think people need it is a idea. a great idea. >> billion is the bill now >> £1 billion is the bill now that retailers in this country have suffered over the last 12 months? i was going to say months? yeah, i was going to say from violence, from abuse . yeah, from violence, from abuse. yeah, from violence, from abuse. yeah, from shoplifting. from from shoplifting. the idea that some scallywag you know who's a repeat shoplifting offender can simply push the consequences of it away by saying to the police or by saying to the police or by saying to the police or by saying to a magistrates and magistrates, i want to go before a jury is so ludicrous as to be
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unthinkable that it could happen even for a first time shoplifter. why would you jam up the courts with this when the courts need to get on with doing things that keep our country safe? >> what do you think is behind this shoplifting epidemic? emma i had more surveillance in i never had more surveillance in these shops . these shops. >> very odd. will. the surveillance is not being followed on just from whatever. >> yeah, but. >> yeah, but. >> but even if they have footage, the police don't look, we don't have enough police. >> are people >> but why are people shoplifting ? because is itjust shoplifting? because is it just poverty? have always been. >> it's not it's not people going in. it's not people going in and taking laboratory paper and food. is gangs in and taking laboratory paper and in food. is gangs in and taking laboratory paper and in and d. is gangs in and taking laboratory paper and in and stealing; gangs in and taking laboratory paper and in and stealing to angs in and taking laboratory paper and in and stealing to order, going in and stealing to order, stealing the expensive things, the blades, the huge the razor blades, the huge amounts of champagne, pouring it into leaving the into their bags and leaving the store with utter impunity . this store with utter impunity. this is not a result of the cost of living crisis. this is you know, of course, that shoplifting is still happening . but i think we still happening. but i think we have to be clear, this is a culture of, you know, the police aren't going to follow a culture of saying, i just i mobile
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phones. >> i can just take it. if it's not the state looking after me, then i'll just go and nick something don't think it is. something i don't think it is. >> a culture of i >> i think it's a culture of i know i can get away with this, so going do it. exactly. so i'm going to do it. exactly. that's what i think it is. because, you know, when i was a kid, if you walked out of a shop with mars you were with a mars bar, you were worried you might walk into a policeman if you got 12 yards down you might hear down the street, you might hear the whistle. you shoplifter, your parents out and your parents might find out and tell exactly. but the tell you off exactly. but the reason these people do reason a lot of these people do this is they think know this is they think i know somebody who goes shoplifting. they caught. come somebody who goes shoplifting. they loads caught. come somebody who goes shoplifting. they loads of caught. come somebody who goes shoplifting. they loads of free jght. come somebody who goes shoplifting. they loads of free goods. come somebody who goes shoplifting. they loads of free goods. i come with loads of free goods. i don't do it myself, but i also wonder a parent like wonder if it is a parent like a parenting failure of the last sort of 10 to 15 years as well, of not breakdowns as well. >> know, my son, when he was >> you know, my son, when he was about ten years old, had a mate, and went into a shop and they went into a shop in near a beach and his mate nicked a bits and pieces like and a few bits and pieces like and i saw in the pocket and saw it in the pocket and i marched them both back into the shop. and i made them apologise to and it to the shopkeeper and put it back on. they'd never stole
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anything but people don't anything again. but people don't do right. do that so much, do they? right. it's to see you. it's been lovely to see you. thank you for keeping me company while i'm away. mike emma while i'm away. mike perry. emma wolf. and wolf. right mark longhurst and pip here with the pip tomson will be here with the live desk next. what's up live desk next. what's coming up today? pip hi, bev. >> well, will bring the >> well, we will bring you the very latest israel hamas very latest on the israel hamas war. have a great line up of war. we have a great line up of analysts and commentators to tell latest tell us exactly the latest that is happening. we'll be asking whether now going to be whether there is now going to be an ground as an israeli ground invasion as israel declares a complete siege of we're also , of course, of gaza. we're also, of course, live from the labour party conference where in the next few minutes, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, be speaking i >> okay. we've come to the end of the show for this morning. thank you very much for joining me. i will be back in the studio tomorrow morning at 930. andrew will the labour will still be at the labour party conference where keir starmer will be doing his big speech tomorrow. so make sure you don't miss that. stay with gb day. the people's channel. >> hi there, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast dry for
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many of us today. warm in the south, but still some rain in the north. nowhere near as much as we saw across scotland through the weekend. more than 100mm parts of 100mm widely across parts of central western scotland , central and western scotland, leading to widespread flooding . leading to widespread flooding. severe flood warnings still in force , but any rain today will force, but any rain today will be mostly light showers, affecting the western isles into the west of the central belt. othennise, brightness othennise, some brightness coming through for scotland and more especially across the rest of the uk. there will be some sunny spells, some mist lingering around sea lingering around irish sea coasts as well as south—west england . and there will be some england. and there will be some high cloud about as well. but still with the sunshine low to mid 20s in the south and feeling warmer further north compared with weekend as well. now with the weekend as well. now the mist and low cloud that we see around the coast through the afternoon will push inland somewhat overnight. so some dense forming across dense fog patches forming across the south and west of the uk . the south and west of the uk. meanwhile, thicker cloud returns to scotland with some outbreaks of rain pushing in by dawn. it's a mild night but a cloudy start
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to the day on tuesday and a wet start for western scotland. unfortunately that rain coming on top of the very wet ground could cause further issues. a yellow rain warning in force, 50mm in places not as much as we saw through the weekend, but we don't need any more rain. obviously now, the rain will push into parts of northern ireland northern by ireland and northern england by the afternoon, drier the end of the afternoon, drier further and still warm
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