for patrick christys, but i'm in for patrick christys, but we've got a lot to cover. >> so on the menu, of course, it is the war that rages on. >> israel, hamas, the war continues. >> we'll bring you all of the up to date coverage with charlie peters, who's there live in israel. >> plus, we'll bring you those photos that we have from gaza and then humza yousaf mustn't say it, humza yousaf peace . say it, humza yousaf peace. >> of course, it's the snp independence conference just sort of rolls off the tongue. that thing. but it is their conference he'll be outlining inning plans for inning their plans for independence though independence. very sad though his are actually his his his family are actually his wife is they are from gaza so her family are out there so i was listening to a very interesting interview with her earlier on today. >> also though, on the menu today course, the gunmen today is, of course, the gunmen in brussels. >> he was finally tracked down, finally finally killed finally shot, finally killed after course, shot dead after he, of course, shot dead two citizens from sweden . and two citizens from sweden. and then finally, some good news at last, some good news. >> it looks like wages are on the rise , which means they're the rise, which means they're

rising faster than inflation. >> but have you seen the cost of fuel? we'll be discussing all that and more. fuel? we'll be discussing all that and more . you can get in that and more. you can get in touch in the usual way. gb views. gbnews.com. or why not tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headunes. let's get your latest news headlines . good afternoon. headlines. good afternoon. >> it's minute past three. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. a british teenager who's been missing since last weekend's attacks by hamas has been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of the picture was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. yael was killed along with her mother, leanne , along with her mother, leanne, while her elder sister, noya and their father, eli, are still missing. the prime minister has called for the immediate release of hostages. it's thought a further nine britons are amongst some 200 people being held by hamas . the israeli journalist

hamas. the israeli journalist yotam confino says the outlook for them is bleak. >> they are in a horrendous situation, most likely kept underground in tunnels by hamas. that's at least what israel estimates. so this hostage situation is it's really just another humanitaire catastrophe that develops at the same time as what you know, the atrocities. also, we see in gaza, not deliberately committed by israel. israel says it's not targeting civilians, but we do see these ruins everywhere in gaza. see these ruins everywhere in gaza . so these two situations gaza. so these two situations are just simply horrific and not solved yet . solved yet. >> meanwhile , aid agencies are >> meanwhile, aid agencies are warning of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in gaza amid fears the conflict will escalate throughout the middle east. palestinian authorities claim 80 people have been killed by israeli airstrikes in south gaza overnight. that's where the israeli military have told civilians to take refuge . civilians to take refuge. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered near the rafah crossing , which remains closed . crossing, which remains closed. the un believes israel's siege

of gaza and its evacuation order could be in breach of international law and is warning all hospitals there will run out of fuel within 24 hours. the world health organisation says at least 2800 people have been killed in gaza . the us president killed in gaza. the us president joe biden, will visit israel tomorrow before attending a summit of arab leaders in jordan in an effort to stop the conflict spreading. it comes after iran pledged to take pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours as the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nations. that's according to the french president, emmanuel macron. his comments come a day after two swedish people were shot and killed in a terror attack in brussels. the belgium police say the suspect who identified himself as a member of islamic state, was shot and killed this morning . it happened killed this morning. it happened in the city centre before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden . belgium's prime against sweden. belgium's prime minister, alexander de croo, says terrorists cannot be allowed to succeed .

allowed to succeed. >> others be willing . >> others be willing. >> others be willing. >> attackers want to seed fear, distrust and division in our free society . we terrorists have free society. we terrorists have to understand that they will never succeed in this mission. they will never subdue our free society with their hate and violence they show above all, their powerlessness terrorism will never beat us. >> meanwhile, the palace of versailles in france has reopened after being evacuated for a second time in four days because of a security scare. france is currently on the highest state of counter—terrorism alert after the fatal stabbing of a teacher on friday. a guardian power station in paris and the louvre have also received bomb threats in recent days . greta thunberg in recent days. greta thunberg has been arrested after protesting against oil and gas companies in central london. the swedish climate campaigner was taking part in a fossil free london protest at a hotel on park lane, where oil executives were meeting . thunberg has this

were meeting. thunberg has this year been detained by police and removed from protests in sweden , removed from protests in sweden, nonnay and germany . a man's been nonnay and germany. a man's been remanded in custody after appearing in court over the murder of a 70 year old in hartlepool . terence carney was hartlepool. terence carney was using a cash machine when he was attacked in the town centre on saturday morning . another man saturday morning. another man remains in hospital with non—life threatening injuries. the 44 year old ahmed ali is charged with murder and the attempted murder of another man . attempted murder of another man. it follows an investigation by counter—terrorism policing in north—east and cleveland . a 77 north—east and cleveland. a 77 year old woman has died after being hit by a bus in manchester city centre. the family of amina amika said she was well loved and her presence will be hugely missed. the bus crashed into a shop on monday. missed. the bus crashed into a shop on monday . a 64 year old shop on monday. a 64 year old man has been bailed on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after being arrested at the scene and battened down the hatches because some wild wind

and rain is going to be in place from tomorrow. with the arrival of storm babette, it's the second named storm of the season and it will last until saturday. the met office is warning of possible flooding, power cuts and travel disruption . the and travel disruption. the weather warning will cover much of scotland, the eastern part of northern ireland and the north and east of england. this is gb news. we're on tv, on digital radio, and on your smart speaken radio, and on your smart speaker, too. now it's over to nana. >> good afternoon. thank you, aaron. this is gb news on tv, onune aaron. this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana. i'm for in patrick christys. >> now, of course, the big story in the top story is all with regards to the war. >> now the hamas armed wing claimed that an israeli airstrike has killed a senior hamas armed commander in gaza . hamas armed commander in gaza. so in gaza, people have been removing debris and searching for their families in the rubble of the destroyed residential building. israeli airstrikes have continued over the enclave

as israel vows to annihilate hamas. a spokesman for the terrorist group saying that they're holding about 200 to 250 israeli captives in gaza and discussions by turkey to secure the release of hostages haven't yielded any reaction from hamas. and this morning, yielded any reaction from hamas. and this morning , the israeli and this morning, the israeli mother of 21 year old measham paraded in a hamas hostage video has asked the to world bring her baby back home. >> i didn't know she's dead or alive until yesterday. all i knew is that she is may might be kidnapped . and i'm begging the kidnapped. and i'm begging the world to bring my baby back home. >> well, now, let's cross over to tel aviv and get the latest with gb news reporter charlie peters . charlie, so can you give peters. charlie, so can you give us an update? what can you tell us? >> sure. well, it's been a very

active situation in both the north and the south of israel today in the south, on the gaza strip in that territory, there has been a consistent agent and returning bombing campaign by the israeli air force across the strip, both in the north and on what they describe as hamas military capabilities in the south. the gazans side said that some 49 people were killed in a strike on younis khan, a city in the south near the rafah crossing where the israelis are hoping that more civilians will move to in order to generate that humanitarian opportunity in the south, while also allowing them to commit to a ground invasion and more severe bombardment in the north, which is likely to be their first target in a staged assault on the gaza strip in the north of the gaza strip in the north of the territory. here, though, in israel, there has been an escalation in the conflict between israeli defence forces and lebanese hezbollah, with four no sorry, six anti—tank guided missiles . there were two

guided missiles. there were two more in the last hour confirmed landing in northern israel , landing in northern israel, injuring two reservists. we're heanng injuring two reservists. we're hearing from the idf in the last half hour. the idf has responded with artillery fire and shelling on what it describes as hezbollah positions in southern lebanon. and that comes within some concerning remarks by the iranian foreign minister last night and this morning, warning of a potential pre—emptive strike in a matter of hours around midnight last night. and then also concerns raised after then also concerns raised after the iranian side said that it was watching and ready to act with regards to how the israeli side acts in the gaza strip. on the south, though, there is growing concern about the untenable humanitarian situation , as the un puts it, in the south, near the rafah crossing, the americans said this morning that humanitarian aid had been secured for all those gathering in the south of the strip, but no access has yet been achieved at that rafah crossing, there have been several times now

where it it's opening has been mooted and those hopes have been dashed. but at the same time, there has been more belligerent and pugnacious rhetoric by the israeli generals. yoav galant, the defence minister, saying earlier today two israeli air force officers and staff that they will totally wipe out hamas as the only options for the terror group are to surrender or die. he said that every missile has an address on it and perhaps that will be received quite negatively in the gaza strip because some of those addresses, as it appears, are civilian homes . homes. >> mark colvin charlie, thank you so much for that. >> that's charlie peters will be catching up with him throughout the show. >> but it's fast approaching . 11 >> but it's fast approaching. 11 minutes after 3:00. is gb minutes after 3:00. this is gb news a few moments. scottish news and a few moments. scottish first minister humza yousaf will address the snp party conference in aberdeen in his keynote speech he'll pledge an extra £300 million for funding for the nhs in scotland. he'll also push the party's new independence strategy. it's believed that mr

yusuf will also reference the ongoing israeli hamas war after his wife's young cousin was injured in a drone attack in gaza. injured in a drone attack in gaza . well, joining me now is gb gaza. well, joining me now is gb news scotland reporter tony maguire , who's in aberdeen and maguire, who's in aberdeen and from our westminster studio is gb news political correspondent katherine forster tony, i'm going to start with you . what's going to start with you. what's the mood like for the party conference since ? well certainly conference since? well certainly it's is pretty cold out here outside the aberdeen event complex . complex. >> b ut complex. >> but certainly aberdeen's not exactly known for its tropical autumns. however, in the building behind me, certainly things are heating up. we're getting close now to that all important speech . and humza important speech. and humza yousaf has not a lot of time to achieve quite a lot. he needs to convince the membership that it's time to move past conversations about the process

of achieving independence and get on to the campaigning and winning hearts and minds. he needs to convince members to heal the divisions that have rocked the party. you know, which even reared their their head last week when we saw an mp defect from the snp over to the conservative gives he needs to convey once the party that he is now in full control certainly nicola sturgeon, when she was talking to the press yesterday when she arrived, she was convinced that humza yousaf is in full control and even though the snp lost that important by—election in rutherglen and hamilton west a few weeks ago, you know, essentially that he needs to turn that into a learning exercise and show the members that it's not any time to make any concessions. this isn'tjust to make any concessions. this isn't just about making the case for independence . s this is for independence. s this is about making the case for a huge show at the next general election. whenever that might be

most likely next year, so that perhaps he can convince the scottish public to go back to the 2015 levels of snp dominance on those opposition benches as well. >> he's going to have a tough time convince people. catherine, i want to come to you now, catherine. so you're there in westminster, so with regard to the snp , are they is there the snp, are they is there i mean, are they losing ground in scotland because, of course , scotland because, of course, we've had the margaret ferrier seat that went to the labour party. is there a sense now that labour could regain a real stronghold in scotland ? stronghold in scotland? >> certainly labour think they've got a massive opportunity and they are increasing confident that they can win the next general election and that they can do so much more easily if they win. perhaps a couple of dozen seats in scotland back from the

scottish national party. now it's worth remembering you don't have to go very far back in time since labour were the dominant political force in scotland . you political force in scotland. you know, scotland was a labour country that changed with the snp and for a long time it was thought that labour could never get back into power in westminster unless they were able to get their numbers up in scotland. now what happened with margaret ferrier's seat and of course that went to labour , they course that went to labour, they feel very optimistic that they're going to make massive progress in the general election . and meanwhile, humza yousaf really it has been a bit of a poisoned chalice, hasn't it? the leadership of the snp , we had leadership of the snp, we had the shock resignation of nicola sturgeon and february half term humza yousaf was her chosen successor. no sooner had he taken the role than peter murrell. nicola sturgeon's husband was arrested over this

missing £600,000 of snp funds. nicola sturgeon herself was of course arrested. a couple of months later. but but we had her turn up surprise us visit yesterday at the snp conference. i'm not sure how humza yousaf must have felt about that a bit like liz truss turning up at the conservative conference, but she was greeted with huge cheers with adults version she still seen by many in the party as some sort of rock star and plenty of people think that humza yousaf is a pale imitation. but he's got a tough job, hasn't he , trying to sort job, hasn't he, trying to sort of steady the ship, trying to convince people that all is not lost with independence and trying to put fonnard, i think, a positive vision for scotland and the snp's role within it. >> catherine how much help though would that have been for

we've got some pictures here, actually. we've just got some pictures of girls actually at the moment, so we're just keeping you updated. so if you are watching you can see are watching on tv, you can see that right we're just that right now we're just discussing for discussing the snp's plan for independence. i want to just ask catherine briefly what how much help would that be for humza to actually have? nicola sturgeon being there to endorse him, as you said , she's a of a rock you said, she's a bit of a rock star, but but the record with the cash for caravan and you know what's going on with their husband hasn't been great. husband it hasn't been great. >> yes. well she's still got plenty of supporters, certainly those that like and still trust. nicola sturgeon will will feel delighted that she turned up. but of course, there'll be plenty of people possibly wavering. snp voters. we don't ultimately know the result of this. police investigate action. it is still ongoing and the image of the police tent outside their home was really quite

shocking, wasn't it? and then this 100,000 thousand pound camper van, which turned up in nicola sturgeon's mother in law's driveway and was taken away by police. but i have to say that i think on a human level, everybody will really feel for humza. yousaf today he's got to give this big speech and he's in the middle of this horrendous personal situation with his wife's family, his wife's in—laws stuck in gaza and we've just heard in the last half hour or so that his wife, nadia and her two year old and cousin was actually injured by shrapnel. is going to be okay. but they , of course, are but they, of course, are absolutely beside themselves. humza yousafs wife spoke very movingly at conference yesterday . the foreign office are apparently in negotiations. they're doing all they can on to

get them out , but so far there get them out, but so far there is no progress. it's obviously very difficult and your heart does have to go out to them . does have to go out to them. >> catherine, thank you. i'm just going to come back to tony. you heard that humza yousaf had said that he was going to continue carry on with this gender recognition reform bill, which was ultimately the start of nicola sturgeon's undoing as they lost lots of members and cash and investment within the party from people who were not happy that . are they still happy about that. are they still talking about direction of talking about that direction of travel for that particular bill? tony yes, well, certainly when humza yousaf entered himself into the leadership contest , he into the leadership contest, he made it clear and he drew his line in the sand that he would continue to and indeed, even after that, the section 35 order came from alastair jack we knew that there was multiple routes open , including a kind of open, including a kind of revision of the bill where they could look at some of the amendments.

>> for example, that were put in, then denied when before the bill was passed in december last year to try and find a route fonnard. so that the equality act didn't come anywhere near them, overlapping the issues of them, overlapping the issues of the gender recognition reform bill. however, you know , to go bill. however, you know, to go back to what i was saying about about the divisions within the party, a lot of those divisions came about as a result of the process. and in fact, it was like stage one, stage two, where certain people, ash regan, she dropped out of government in the early stages because you know and went to the back benches because cause of the decisions there's some extremely strong opinions and should he make the final decision to come back, of course , we're still waiting to course, we're still waiting to hear the outcome of the scottish courts decision. this supreme court's decision about whether the section 35 was actually overreach or not. lady haldane

would expecting her decision in in the next couple of weeks . in the next couple of weeks. yes, but yes, it's such an emotive issue and certainly humza yousaf just now he'll be using this conference and his speech today to draw unity and not looking for perhaps any more reasons to sow division in. >> yeah. have we got any any leaking of what he might be saying in his speech at all? >> we know that that he as you mentioned there , there's the 300 mentioned there, there's the 300 million towards the nhs . we also million towards the nhs. we also know that he's got around 100 million that he's earmarked solely for reducing waiting times within nhs and nhs has just been the gift that keeps on giving for scottish labour . anas giving for scottish labour. anas sannar, a former dentist, he has made it his mission to poke and prod at every single hole and failing of the snp's record in the nhs. humza humza yousaf. of

course, a former health minister, and it's just certainly been a real bugbear for him in his first seven months as first minister. so today really looks like the day where he's going to try and, you know, begin making inroads. and today is another important day for another reason is that his chance to finally step out of nicola sturgeon's shadow. now certainly yesterday's appearance from the former first minister isn't going to help that any, but certainly at the very least, he can hope to finally step away from this idea of being the continuity candidate and being the confident first minister of scotland . and that's what scotland. and that's what members others will be looking from him. certainly today. >> well, listen , tony, thank you >> well, listen, tony, thank you very much. that's tony mcguire and katherine forster, thank you very much . all right. well, keep very much. all right. well, keep your thoughts coming as well. what on the screen what you can see on the screen right now, we'll keep those pictures going on in pictures of what's going on in gaza our screens and bring gaza on our screens and bring them to you every now again them to you every now and again

on the israeli hamas on the way. the israeli hamas conflict an impact conflict has had an impact on the of oil. how will that the cost of oil. how will that hit the pound in your pocket? that's question i'm nana that's the question i'm nana akua. this is gb news

causing tremendous trauma to the young people. but of course , young people. but of course, let's not forget that this entire episode, this . 23, 23 entire episode, this. 23, 23 minutes after 3:00, we're going live now to humza yousaf at the snp's party conference. that is in gaza from the bottom of our hearts , we say thank you to each hearts, we say thank you to each and every single one of you . and every single one of you. >> what we are witnessing in the middle east is truly heartbreaking . heartbreaking. >> imagine waking up on a saturday morning during one of your holy festivals as families right across israel did last week to find that your loved

ones had been murdered or kidnapped by hamas terrorists . kidnapped by hamas terrorists. it is beyond words and to, of course, be condemned in the strongest possible manner . strongest possible manner. >> or imagine living in the gaza strip under constant bombardment right now, no food, no water, no power . power. >> friends, try logically. >> friends, try logically. >> we do not have to imagine this is the reality for israeli and palestinian families alike. too many innocent men , women and too many innocent men, women and children are suffering . the children are suffering. the hostages must be released and a humanitarian corridor must be opened. vital supplies let in, and gazans who want to leave must be allowed to leave the blockade of gaza must end .

blockade of gaza must end. the conference. >> we are absolutely clear the life of a palestinian is equal to the life of an israeli . to the life of an israeli. >> it is right for the world to condemn the actions of hamas unequivocally for any form of collective punishment , as we are collective punishment, as we are seeing in gaza , can never be seeing in gaza, can never be justified . 2.2 . cannot pay the justified. 2.2. cannot pay the price for the actions of hamas and here at home to scotland's

jewish muslim and palestinian communities . you are our communities. you are our communities. you are our communities that i love and i want you to know, as first minister, as a fellow human being , i minister, as a fellow human being, i share the pain and i share the sorrow that you're feeling . i've attended your feeling. i've attended your synagogues , your churches, your synagogues, your churches, your mosques, your communities have grown up with. i've danced with, i've laughed with and in this last week , i have shared many last week, i have shared many tears with each and every person in scotland . and from all of the in scotland. and from all of the vibrant communities of our nafion vibrant communities of our nation must feel safe here. and as long as i'm first minister, let me be abundantly clear. there is no room for anti semitism islamophobia or hatred of any kind here in scotland .

what did i say about making me greek . conference the great greek. conference the great american writer toni morrison said this. >> no more apologies for a bleeding heart when the opposite is no heart at all. >> danger of losing our humanity must be met with more humanity. in the past, people in scotland and across the uk have opened our hearts and our homes. we have welcomed those from syria, from ukraine and many other

countries. conference we must do so again . so again. >> there are are currently 1 million people will decide placed within gaza . placed within gaza. >> so therefore i'm calling today on the international community to commit to our worldwide refugee program for the people of gaza . i'm calling the people of gaza. i'm calling on the uk government to take two urgent steps. firstly they should immediately begin work on the creation of a refugee resettlement scheme for those in gaza who want to and of course are able to leave. and when they do so, scotland is willing to be the first country in the uk to offer safety and sanctuary to those who are caught up in these terrible attacks . conference my

terrible attacks. conference my brother in law is a doctor in gaza. brother in law is a doctor in gaza . when we can get through to gaza. when we can get through to him on the phone , he tells us of him on the phone, he tells us of scenes of absolute carnage , scenes of absolute carnage, hospitals running out of medical supplies, doctors, nurses having to make the most difficult decision of all who to treat and who to let die . that cannot be who to let die. that cannot be allowed . not in this day and allowed. not in this day and age. so i therefore urge the uk government to support the medical evacuation of injured civilians in gaza. and let me be clear and let me be clear. scotland is ready to play her part and our hospitals will treat the injured men, women and children of gaza, where we can.

yes . the delegates yes. the delegates. an outwardly looking and internationalist party, resolute in its support for human rights right around the world. and today, those values have never been more important. so that we can make our contribution abroad and build the fairer society we know is possible right here at home. this is meant to be a rich country . yet it feels like to country. yet it feels like to many are struggling. no matter how hard they work , it can seem how hard they work, it can seem like society is becoming even more polarised when , frankly, more polarised when, frankly, there is a lot more common ground than we realise. people will see all this and they want to know who has a plan to make

their lives better, to make scotland a fairer, a more prosperous country . delegates, prosperous country. delegates, if we, the snp , want to continue if we, the snp, want to continue to be trusted by the people of scotland and if we want to take them on our journey to independence , then we need to independence, then we need to show them that we have the answers to these questions . a answers to these questions. a couple of weeks ago we had a tough night in the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election, but now we can either spend time feeling sorry for ourselves or we can take another course of action. and let me tell you what that is. we roll up our sleeves. we work harder than ever before for the people of scotland. and this is how i'm going to lead this is how i'm going to lead this party fonnard. it starts by standing by our values, sticking up for what we believe in and always, every day standing up for the people of scotland . yes .

for the people of scotland. yes. friends we have used our time in government to cement our social contract with the people . a contract with the people. a contract with the people. a contract that says , yes, those contract that says, yes, those who earn the most should pay the most , but a who earn the most should pay the most, but a social contract in which everyone benefits regardless of well , i'm proud regardless of well, i'm proud that snp led government, scottish government has brought our rail back into public ownership . a rail service that ownership. a rail service that has run for people, not run for profit and a rail service under this snp government that has scrapped peak time fares . we've

scrapped peak time fares. we've abolished prescription charges , abolished prescription charges, we've made sure . our will be we've made sure. our will be paid at least £12 an hour. we have invested in our schools more teachers and higher spending per pupil than anywhere in the uk. we've seen the biggest ever reduction in the attainment gap on literacy and numeracy in primary schools in a single year. we are helping families with the cost of living at times when they need it the most . childcare provision at times when they need it the most. childcare provision a at times when they need it the most . childcare provision a rent most. childcare provision a rent freeze free bus travel for young people and conference here is another choice. the snp have made . if you another choice. the snp have made. if you are a parent struggling on a low income, you are now entitled to £25 a week thanks to the scottish child payment .

payment. when budgets are tight that is a huge investment for any government to make. but it's the right choice. but you know what it means that means an estimated nine 90,000 fewer children in scotland are living in poverty this year because of the actions of the snp government. that is, our government that is delivered and delivering for the people of scotland . and friends . that scotland. and friends. that delivery is of course in no small part down to my predecessor conference nicola sturgeon transformed scotland. she reformed scotland's public services, she improved the life chances of thousands of scotland's young people. and we will never forget, never forget that in the toughest of times, our country faced , nicola was our country faced, nicola was the calmest of voices and the

coolest of heads . so for all of coolest of heads. so for all of this and more , we say, thank this and more, we say, thank you, nicola. delegates people are rightly interested in what we have done for them. but if we're going to earn and retain , earn their earn and retain, earn their trust, what we're going to do for them in the future is more important. so let me tell you what we're to going do. i'll start with that most pressing of issuesis start with that most pressing of issues is helping people through these difficult times . nobody in

these difficult times. nobody in scotland caused this westminster cost of living crisis , but cost of living crisis, but almost everybody in scotland is suffering because of it. and i never thought that in 2023, people on above average salaries would be coming to my constituency surgeries , asking constituency surgeries, asking for financial help , nurses, for financial help, nurses, teachers , police officers. these teachers, police officers. these workers are the very backbone of scotland's public services . scotland's public services. people like them are being hit by this crisis , too. we know by this crisis, too. we know that people are filled with dread when bills are going up and up , but we dread when bills are going up and up, but we can't stop all bills from rising . but we're . bills from rising. but we're. what steps we can take to help . what steps we can take to help. council tax bills in scotland are already hundreds of pounds a year lower than they are in

england. we're committed to fundamentally reforming local taxation. we'll re—energise our work to do just that . we have work to do just that. we have consulted on what level the council tax should be next year and conference. we have listened and conference. we have listened and we have reached our decision .theni and we have reached our decision . then i can announce to the people of scotland that next year your council tax will be frozen . in and that's the snp frozen. in and that's the snp delivering for people when they needit delivering for people when they need it the most . need it the most. >> and . conference as well as >> and. conference as well as supporting people during these tough times . tough times. >> we need to do everything we can to support our public services and there is no more chair at an institution than our national health service . the snp

national health service. the snp are already providing record funding to our health service. we have the best performing a&e units in the uk , but increased units in the uk, but increased waiting lists are the inevitable consequence of the necessary decisions we had to make during the pandemic. decisions we had to make during the pandemic . we're working hard the pandemic. we're working hard to reduce these. we've seen six nificant reductions in the longest waits since targets were announced lastjuly. we've announced last july. we've opened two national treatment centres this year in fife and highland, dedicated centres for elective procedures , and by the elective procedures, and by the end of this year we will expand that capacity with a new centre in forth valley and the second phase of nhs golden jubilee in glasgow . the conference to many glasgow. the conference to many people are still waiting too long for treatment and that's why i am announcing today that in each of the next three years we will provide . an extra £100 we will provide. an extra £100 million to cut waiting lists in our nhs .

our nhs. this additional . £300 million of this additional. £300 million of investment will allow us to maximise capacity , build greater maximise capacity, build greater resilience into . the patients resilience into. the patients who have waited far too long. this will reduce waiting lists by an estimated 100,000 patients by an estimated 100,000 patients by 2026, when our nhs needs us. this party steps up delivering for patients , delivering for our for patients, delivering for our nhs and crucially , delivering nhs and crucially, delivering for scotland . for scotland. >> well, that's humza yousaf, speaking at the snp party conference. we've got a bit of a dodgy audio, so it probably wise to come out from that, but he did make a few comments on there. he, he talked about he did of course talk about the

terrible fact that a lot of his members of his family are in gaza. he members of his family are in gaza . he also talked said that gaza. he also talked said that each person must feel safe and there's no room for anti—semitism, anti—muslim sentiment, either or anything of negative connotations in that manner . he negative connotations in that manner. he said he would like to us to have some sort of international kind of service like we did with the people of ukraine. he's calling on the international community to come together and to create some sort of campaign to the people of campaign to help the people from . we also talked about from gaza. we also talked about building society party, building a fairer society party, and said that this was meant and he said that this was meant to be a rich country , but yet so to be a rich country, but yet so many are suffering . and he also many are suffering. and he also said that he , the snp, have done said that he, the snp, have done quite a few good things like scrapping peaktime fares, scrapping peaktime fares, scrapping prescription charges and the biggest ever reduction in the attainment gap, he said. as a result of the snp, 90,000 fewer children are living in poverty poverty. and he also said that he'd like to do everything that they can to support public services. and he

went to on talk about the nhs . went to on talk about the nhs. well joining now is gb news well joining me now is gb news scotland reporter tony maguire , scotland reporter tony maguire, who's in aberdeen. and from our westminster studio, gb news political correspondent katherine forster. i'm going to come back to you. tony tony, so far i mean, we had a bit of dodgy audio so we couldn't carry on that. but what was the on with that. but what was the reception like? have you managed to get into the conference to sort sense mood there and. >> no, i haven't, but i have spoken to quite a lot of people going by, you know, today, certainly not since i've been so laser focussed on humza yousaf speech in the last 15 minutes and to all the various things that he's going to say. but certainly today, you know, i think there is a real kind of sense of a moment of change here. and you know, and a changing of the guard , as it changing of the guard, as it were, that, you know, the thing that i was talking about, about getting away from nicola sturgeon's shadow and there was a there was a moment there and i imagine you caught it where, you know, he said that nicola

sturgeon, you know, reformed scotland and we will never forget. and a long round of applause . not quite as long applause. not quite as long maybe as the one she received yesterday . but certainly, you yesterday. but certainly, you know, still a lot of love for her left in the room. and before that, he listed off a lot of things that the snp had certainly achieved underneath nicola sturgeon. and going back further, alex salmond but then there was a change of pace, then there was a change of pace, then there was a talk. so this is what we have done for scotland now . for me as what we have done for scotland now. for me as humza what we have done for scotland now . for me as humza yousaf as now. for me as humza yousaf as your new first minister, here's what we're going to do. and of course the big one right out the gate, there was the council tax. and as someone that lives in scotland, can i just say that i am delighted, but certainly this is going to be there was cheers in the room there that came right through the microphones coming in. and this is going to be a big win. council tax rates have gone up and up and up here in scotland, certainly after the freeze that was on during the pandemic . and as many households

pandemic. and as many households you heard there, that a lot of middle class workers, such as teachers and nurses coming to his constituency to you know, ask for advice or for help because even, you know, working middle class families are struggling with the current financial situation. and then, of course, we heard about the nhs . we touched on that a little nhs. we touched on that a little earlier, 300 million over the next three years with 100 million going towards the waiting list here in scotland, which he estimates that around 100,000 patients is worth taken off of those waiting lists. so quite a lot coming out so far. and it will be interesting to see. we won't get much of a reaction until after the speech is done. but certainly, you know, he had that really important moment where he was able to differentiate between what has been and what he hopes will be. >> thank you for that. will be. >> thank you for that . tony, >> thank you for that. tony, over to you. catherine in westminster, what's the response been like so far to hamza's

speech ? speech? >> well , still going speech? >> well, still going on. a few more announcements that we're still expecting, but what struck me really was how powerfully he spoke about the situation in israel and gaza . now, of course, israel and gaza. now, of course, we've had the prime minister speaking . we've heard the speaking. we've heard the foreign secretary speaking , sir foreign secretary speaking, sir keir starmer. we've heard a lot of people talking about this. he took a slightly different approach , which, yes, he was approach, which, yes, he was condemning completely, completely the actions of hamas terrorists and full sympathy with israel and its right to defend itself , saying he stood defend itself, saying he stood in solidarity with the jewish community in scotland and with the muslim community, saying there was no room for hate. but i do think he went a little bit further than anybody else has done, saying that collective punishment was the phrase he used can never be justified . and used can never be justified. and it seems that he regards what

israel is doing with the blockade of the people in gaza and telling a million of them to flee by cutting off their power , flee by cutting off their power, cutting off their water as collective punishment, and also calling on the international community to intervene. now, we know , don't we, that despite the know, don't we, that despite the huge concern in none of these people are currently being let out of gaza, the rafah crossing into egypt, we've heard it's going to be opened. it hasn't been, but he is calling to the international community saying, let's get some sort of scheme up and running where globally countries will agree to take their share of refugee from gaza and would welcome them. and he's saying that he's happy for scotland to be the first country to do so. i think that will go down well with many people . i down well with many people. i also think there will be a lot of people that would be concerned about that , concerned concerned about that, concerned

about potentially who some of the people might be and what their sympathies might be. but obviously, we're a very long way off that. i think now he's going to be speaking more about the domestic policies of obviously, we're expecting an announcement about £1,000 payment for domestic abuse victims in helping them to flee. this is a pilot scheme that's being set up in cities like edinburgh, like glasgow. it's something that was promised about three years ago. they seem to have taken a while to get it off the ground, but announcing that today and hoping it can be rolled out further for catherine force. >> thank you very much. that's catherine force and also tony mcguire. thank you. right. well, some breaking news to bring you now . peter bowen had the now. peter bowen has had the tory removed after being tory whip removed after being found have committed bullying found to have committed bullying and sexual misconduct against a staff mr bowen was staff member. mr bowen was alleged have exposed himself alleged to have exposed himself to a member of staff along with a series of acts of bullying. if you just tuned in, welcome on

board. it's just coming up to 47 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news. now, people in brussels have shot the man who killed two swedish nationals monday swedish nationals on monday evening. have evening. local media have reported that the man was shot in a cafe this morning. brussels has been on its highest terror alert after monday's attack. and in response, prime minister alexander de croo said that terrorists must be must understand that they will never succeed in their intent at home. and security editor mark white joins us now . mark, what can you joins us now. mark, what can you tell us about about this whole incident? >> well, as far as the authorities in brussels are concerned, they say that they're not able to rule out a connection to the ongoing issues in israel and gaza at the moment. and that has been a real concern of security personnel , concern of security personnel, the intelligence services across europe and indeed political leaders. the possibility city that those events in israel and

gaza may indeed be a springboard for terrorist attacks in european countries. we know, of course, last friday that there was another terrorist attack, an attack in arras in north eastern france, in which a teacher there was stabbed to death and three others were injured . that may others were injured. that may also have been linked to the ongoing conflict in israel and gaza. so some real concern. and following the attack, which targeted specifically 33 swedish nationals two of those swedish football supporters died. they of course, sweden had been playing belgium in brussels yesterday evening when the attack took place. and these people were wearing swedish football tops. so they were easy targets . it's for this gunman targets. it's for this gunman who said that in a video that he recorded on social media after carrying out this terrorist

attack that he had specifically targeted swede jewish nationals. so bearing that in mind and the fact that we have another europol flying match this evening in london between england and italy, there is going to be extra police personnel on duty , both overtly personnel on duty, both overtly and covertly, to ensure and help reassure those fans who might be concerned. understandable at what happened in brussels overnight . overnight. >> and of course, he was shot dead there, wasn't he just he was in a cafe and they killed him. >> yes, that's right. he was it was a 12 hour manhunt really for this man after the attack because he fled on a moped into the streets of brussels . and a the streets of brussels. and a great deal of concern then because no one knew where he was to going strike next. and that's why gay football supporters who were attending that football game, the match was actually

called off, abandoned at half time. and those supporters had to be held in the stadium for a few hours until the police in brussels could get all of the security arrangements in place to safely get those football supporters out of the area . then supporters out of the area. then an eyewitness reported seeing this man in a cafe a few miles from where the attacks took place . this from where the attacks took place. this morning, from where the attacks took place . this morning, police place. this morning, police arrived at the scene. there was arrived at the scene. there was a confrontation . this man was a confrontation. this man was shotin a confrontation. this man was shot in the chest and he died later in hospital. he is , as far later in hospital. he is, as far as we understand , a failed as we understand, a failed asylum seeker . he had claimed asylum seeker. he had claimed asylum seeker. he had claimed asylum in belgium . in 2020 or asylum in belgium. in 2020 or 2019, turned down in 2020, but then disappeared off the radar. they couldn't find him. he wasn't removed from the country. and then, of course , has gone on and then, of course, has gone on to commit this atrocity that really will sort of inflame tensions where people thinking about the whole asylum system as well, the fact that people have

failed still in well, the fact that people have failncountry still in well, the fact that people have failncountry and still in well, the fact that people have failncountry and then still in well, the fact that people have failncountry and then they in well, the fact that people have failncountry and then they go and the country and then they go and commit atrocities like like this. >> yeah, well, there have been multiple instances is of people who are either asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers who, as you see, should have been removed for the from the country, the uk and other countries . countries. >> and weren't the france incident as well. that was a chechen , a former asylum seeker chechen, a former asylum seeker as well. so yeah , some real as well. so yeah, some real concern aboutjust as well. so yeah, some real concern about just security generally going fonnard . france generally going fonnard. france has heightened its security on the border with belgium in belgium, the capital, brussels itself. they have, of course, gone up to the highest possible level in terms of their threat level in terms of their threat level here in the uk, we're at a medium range where moderate in terms of the threat level, but given what is happening in the middle east at the moment, it's certainly possible that the threat level here could be raised in the coming days as

well. >> so there will be extra sort of security on tonight for the football match. >> there is definitely extra regardless of where the security threat is from terrorism. threat level is from terrorism. there is additional police officers being brought in to help police that match. this evening . evening. >> it's quite frightening, actually , the way all of this is actually, the way all of this is panning out, because with what is happening in israel now, as you said, the terror threat is potentially likely to sort of increase because this war feels like it's going to expand . like it's going to expand. >> well, we know that. i mean, history has shown us that the extremists, those that are willing to cause harm to people in the west and elsewhere will often use cause like the situation in gaza and the plight of the palestinian people as their excuse for carrying out these horrific dick crimes. and that's why there is understand concern amongst the police and the security services that what

happens there could spill over, could be used as a trigger by those who are looking to justify the unjustified . the unjustified. >> well, listen, mark, obviously you come back, keep us updated on everything. that's, of course, mark white is our homeland security editor. this is gb news. now we're bringing you live pictures again of gaza. as you can see, for those of you who are listening on radio, it's seems very quiet at the moment. i don't see any rocket fire at all. but these shots are indeed live. you can see the coast on the left , on the right side of the left, on the right side of the left, on the right side of the screen. and then you also have it's quite a built up area. so it seems quite eerie. and no rocket fire from what we can observe at the moment . we'll observe at the moment. we'll also keep bringing you those pictures, plus some live reports from charlie peters, who is there in in israel at the moment, bringing us all the latest going on. as we know, humza yousaf yousef has been speaking at the snp party conference and he expressed his

worry and concern about what's going on in gaza because he has family who are there right now. all right. well stay with us. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. i'm here instead of patrick. just for today. loads more to come. in the next houn loads more to come. in the next hour, we'll bring you the latest in the hamas, israel and hamas conflict. and i'll be with you till six. this is gb news, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. it's not with us yet, but it is on the way. and once storm barbette arrives, it's going to drop a lot of rain. we have a met office amber weather warning in place scotland . place across eastern scotland. here comes the storm system up from the southwest. isobars from the southwest. the isobars pinching together. so it's going to get windy, but it's the rain, perhaps the greatest cause for concern system concern as that storm system kind to a halt, an kind of grinds to a halt, an amber warning and seven yellow weather warnings are in place. check out the met office website

for the details of those back to this a little bit of this evening. a little bit of light rain crossing through parts northern ireland. could parts of northern ireland. could get little heavier later in get a little heavier later in the night. a few showers in the west more developing in west and some more developing in the this is storm barbets the south. this is storm barbets starting the winds starting to approach. the winds picking up well. picking up as well. quite a blustery how much milder blustery night. how much milder night than last night, particularly so the particularly so across the north. double north. we start in double digits onto the for wednesday onto the details for wednesday and for a good part of and still for a good part of scotland. northern and eastern england, much of the day will be dry, but there be outbreaks england, much of the day will be dnraint there be outbreaks england, much of the day will be dnrain foriere be outbreaks england, much of the day will be dnrain for wales be outbreaks england, much of the day will be dnrain for wales and outbreaks england, much of the day will be dnrain for wales and southwest of rain for wales and southwest england turning and more england turning heavier and more persistent through the as persistent through the day as the winds to strengthen the winds start to strengthen and some very rain and then some very heavy rain potentially for northern ireland through and through the late afternoon and into evening time, into the evening time, temperatures into the mid or even high teens. feeling even high teens. but feeling cooler wind starts to cooler as that wind starts to strengthen in stronger winds and heavier rain. then through wednesday night during wednesday night and during thursday, zone thursday, this rain zone grinding to a halt across parts of eastern scotland. that's why we're concerned we're particularly concerned here. be heavy here. there will be heavy showers elsewhere. i said, showers elsewhere. as i said, there met office warnings in there are met office warnings in

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away >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching 4:00. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christie. we've got a lot to get through today. now, first up, of course, the big story is the israel—hamas war. as it rages on. we'll go live to gaza and also to israel and bring you the latest there. our reporter charlie is there charlie peters is there and currently, the snp currently, as we speak, the snp party undennay. party conference is undennay. humza speaking humza yousuf has been speaking about the things the snp have done.the about the things the snp have done. the good things and of course plan course the things that they plan to he's also the to do. he's also banging the drum independence. but do drum for independence. but do the people have the the scottish people have the appetite but on good appetite for it? but on the good side, wages going up. side, wages, wages are going up. that's inflation is that's right. as inflation is high, wages now over high, but wages are now over taking, which is good thing. taking, which is a good thing.

this we wanted, but this is what we wanted, but we'll out and get we'll check out later and get more from liam. he's our business then business editor. and then finally, is finally, the trust in the nhs is crumbling. do crumbling. people trying to do their own thing. they'd rather crumbling. people trying to do the anythinging. they'd rather crumbling. people trying to do theanythinging. tuse d rather crumbling. people trying to do the anything ing. tuse d ra nhs do anything than use the nhs with 8% of people going private instead. the instead. ed but do you trust the nhs? the way. well nhs? all that's on the way. well as can touch in as ever, you can get in touch in the usual gb views the usual way. gb views gbnews.com. not the usual way. gb views gb news.com. not tweet me gbnews.com. or why not tweet me at but first, let's get at gb news. but first, let's get your headlines your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst nana. >> good afternoon to you. >> well, good afternoon to you. our from the gb news our top story from the gb news room aid agencies are room is that aid agencies are warning of a deepening humanitari warning of a deepening humafears the will amid fears the conflict will spread throughout the middle east. authorities east. palestinian authorities claim been hurt claim 80 people have been hurt by airstrikes south by israeli airstrikes in south gaza the gaza overnight, where the israeli military told civilians to take refuge. >> hundreds thousands of >> hundreds of thousands of people, near the gathering near the rafah crossing the crossing with egypt in the south. crossing with egypt in the sou that crossing with egypt in the southat remains closed and the >> that remains closed and the un says it believes israel's siege of gaza and its evacuation order could be in breach of international law. it's warned hospitals could run out of fuel within 24 hours, and the world health organisation says at least 2800 people have been killed in gaza. well, the us

president, joe biden, is visiting israel tomorrow before attending a summit where he'll meet arab leaders in jordan in an effort to calm the conflict's regional effects . regional effects. >> yesterday, joe biden told iran not to get involved. >> but today , iran pledged to >> but today, iran pledged to take pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours. us now here at home, a british teenager who's been missing since last weekend's terror attacks by hamas has today been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of the picture, if you're watching on television, was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. >> yahel was killed along with her mother, leanne , while her her mother, leanne, while her elder sister noya and their father, eli, are still missing . father, eli, are still missing. the prime minister has called for the immediate release of hostages as it's thought another nine britons are among 200 people being held by hamas. israeli journalist yotam cofino says the outlook is bleak. >> they are in a horrendous situation, most likely kept

underground in tunnels by hamas. that's at least what israel estimates . so this hostage estimates. so this hostage situation is it's really just another humanitarian catastrophe that develops at the same time as what, you know, the atrocities also we see in gaza not deliberately committed by israel . israel says it's not israel. israel says it's not targeting civilians , but we do targeting civilians, but we do see these ruins everywhere in gaza. so these two situations are just simply horrific and not solved yet . now way from israel, solved yet. now way from israel, the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nafions. nations. >> that's according to the french president, emmanuel macron. >> his comments came a day after two swedish people were shot and killed in a terror attack in brussels before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden . 2024 qualifier against sweden. belgian police say the suspect, who identified himself as a member of islamic state, was shot and killed this morning. belgium's prime minister, alexander de croo, says terrorists cannot be allowed to succeed. >> the others willing a

attackers, want to seed fear , attackers, want to seed fear, distrust and division in our free society. >> terrorists have to understand that they will never succeed in this mission. they will never subdue our free society with their hate and violence as they show. above all, they're powerless ness. terrorism will never beat us. >> the scottish first minister is pledging £300 million to cut nhs waiting lists in scotland. humza yousaf staff told the snp conference in aberdeen today the cash could reduce waiting lists by 100,000 by 2026. in his first conference speech since taking over from nicola sturgeon as party leader, mr yusuf also pledged to freeze council tax in scotland next year. the first minister, who also has family in gaza, is also calling on the international to community set up a refugee program for those fleeing the gaza strip . a

fleeing the gaza strip. a conservative mp accused of bullying and sexual misconduct has had the whip removed. peter bone will now sit as an independent mp . yesterday, independent mp. yesterday, a parliamentary panel found that he had committed varied acts of bullying and an act of sexual misconduct against a member of staff in 2012 and 2013. the panel recommends he be suspended for six weeks, a move that could trigger a recall petition and another by—election. the member for wellingborough denies the allegations . a man has been allegations. a man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court over the murder of a 17 year old in hartlepool . terence carney was hartlepool. terence carney was using a cash machine when he was attacked in the town centre on saturday morning . another man saturday morning. another man remains in hospital with non—life threatening injuries . a non—life threatening injuries. a 44 year old, ahmed ali, is charged with murder and the attempted murder of another man . attempted murder of another man. it follows an investigation by counter—terrorism police greta thunberg has been arrested after

protesting against oil and gas companies in central london. the swedish climate campaigner was taking part in a fossil free london protest at a hotel on park lane , where oil executives park lane, where oil executives were meeting. thunberg has this year been detained by police and removed from protests in sweden, nonnay and germany . you're with nonnay and germany. you're with gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital radio and your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . thank you, polly. news channel. thank you, polly. >> it's fast approaching. seven minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. oh dear. minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. oh dear . the bbc, often news. oh dear. the bbc, often known as auntie, has got itself in trouble again as it behaves more like a distant relative unable to relate to the people. it serves the people, which is you and i are also the ones who fund it. the bbc in its wisdom. still, unless i've missed it,

have yet to call hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation. a group who, in their own covenant described themselves as the islamic resistance movement is a distinguished palestinian movement whose allegiance is to allah and whose way of life is islam . it strives to raise the islam. it strives to raise the banner of allah over every inch of palestine. now, in article seven of the covenant, its own covenant, it states the day of judgement will not come about until muslims fight jews and kill them. then the jews will hide behind rocks and trees and the rocks and trees will cry out 0 moslem. there is a jew hiding o moslem. there is a jew hiding behind me. come and kill him. so they are terrorists . but the they are terrorists. but the bbc. are you unable to call them that? even after the bloodbath of innocent people in israel, the other week? yet within moments of a shooting, a swedish nationals in brussels , the bbc nationals in brussels, the bbc were able to label this a terror attack . have we all had enough attack. have we all had enough of them yet ? we ask for nothing of them yet? we ask for nothing more than to be impartial and

truthful , and for that we pay truthful, and for that we pay a licence fee . othennise, we are licence fee. othennise, we are jailed. but they continue to fail us on a monumental scale, even allowing its stars to spill out their political diatribes , out their political diatribes, aka gary lineker, who equated suella language named the use of the word invasion to that of germany in the 30s, when hitler called for jews to be rounded germany in the 30s, when hitler called forjews to be rounded up called for jews to be rounded up and killed. but now jews are actually being rounded up and killed. gary, stay silent. carol vorderman is another one. nothing. silence as nick robinson claimed that this is standard practise at the bbc not to use the word themselves. so why is the terror attack in sweden allowed to be called just that by them when hamas, who call themselves that aren't it? and to make matters worse , the and to make matters worse, the bbc are investigating some of its own journalists in the middle east who appear to have expressed support for hamas on social media. i'm afraid i'm losing all respect for the bbc. see . now that's what i think.

see. now that's what i think. but i want to hear from you. you can get in touch, email gbviews@gbnews.uk or send me a tweet at gb news. but now us president joe biden is set to fly to israel and attend a summit in jordan tomorrow alongside egyptian and palestinian leaders . his visit palestinian leaders. his visit comes amid fears of a broader conflict in the region, with iran threatening action in hours if the israeli bombardment of gaza continues. in the central gaza continues. in the central gaza strip, people have been digging for survivors and carrying the injured to ambulances following the israeli strikes on a refugee camp hospital in gaza are also struggling to cope with airstrikes and the blockade as they await the expected israeli ground offensive and over in israel, the sheba medical centre is also anticipating the full scale invasion of gaza. charlie peters has this report .

peters has this report. >> every hour, more patients arrive from the front line of israel's war on hamas . already israel's war on hamas. already strained by the casualties. the sheba medical centre is prepping for an imminent full scale invasion of gaza . this intensive invasion of gaza. this intensive care unit has had to draft in volunteers . the feeling here is volunteers. the feeling here is that the government is not doing enough. >> the government doesn't really care about the people here, so we're here to support them. a lot of people are coming here and constantly want to lot of people are coming here and all constantly want to lot of people are coming here and all ofnstantly want to lot of people are coming here and all of us antly want to lot of people are coming here and all of us arey want to lot of people are coming here and all of us are helping) lot of people are coming here and all of us are helping . help. all of us are helping. we're like a giant community of helpers, army . helpers, like a giant army. >> when the war started, the sheba medical centre opened this brand new intensive care facility. then it's been facility. since then it's been in constant use. half of the patients are civilians , the rest patients are civilians, the rest are soldiers . for more patients are civilians, the rest are soldiers. for more than nine days, life has hung in the balance for many of the civilians brought here. army victims of the attack by hamas terrorists on communities in southern israel . they are

southern israel. they are traumatised , injured and traumatised, injured and suffering horrendous . burns this suffering horrendous. burns this family hid from hamas in their basement shelter, were unable to find them. the terrorist set fire to their house. they survived . the youngest, a baby survived. the youngest, a baby of just 18 months, has burned , of just 18 months, has burned, sir crossed 30% of her body. she my sister and my family. >> we with a lot of braves, fight with them with the hands they are is not good condition . they are is not good condition. but we are. we are want to say thank god about it that they get inside and they hear us now. >> but the director of the burns unit believes that the worst is yet to come. >> i've never seen such a slaughter . slaughter. >> it's not even, you know , it's >> it's not even, you know, it's inhuman . inhuman. >> i don't know how to say it. and it touches every one of us. i lost two of .

i lost two of. my two of my friends kids are already in battle . so it's hard . already in battle. so it's hard. and, you know, when i have a minute out of here, we go to funerals . funerals. >> every israeli knows the mission to end hamas will not come without more pain and suffering . there will be more suffering. there will be more wounded and lives cut short in the worst violence israel has seen for 50 years. more civilians and soldiers will be sent to this hospital. a medical facility that is preparing for a long war. charlie peters gb news israel . israel. >> well, let's now cross over to tel aviv and get the latest with charlie. charlie so we've just watched your report at that shiva hospital, which is it's absolutely frightening . can you

absolutely frightening. can you give us an update of what is happening ? sure happening? sure >> well, most of the focus at the moment is on the rafah crossing. that connection between the gaza strip and egypt as humanity . between the gaza strip and egypt as humanity. darian diplomacy continues between the americans, israelis and egyptians and other regional partners in the area to determine what can be done for the millions of gazans internally displaced. many of them now heading south away from gaza city , where israel intends gaza city, where israel intends to conduct further bombardment. and a likely and potentially imminent ground invasion. much of the focus is on whether or not people will be allowed to exit through the rafah crossing into egypt and also whether humanitarian aid will be allowed to enter. there have been several moments over the last two days where we thought that one or the might happen , one or the other might happen, but hopes have been but so far, all hopes have been dashed. they are specifically talking about foreign nationals exiting the gaza strip, those with dual nationality, those who are visiting gaza strip at

are visiting the gaza strip at the this appalling war. the time of this appalling war. but also there is great concern within egypt actually , about who within egypt actually, about who might be able to enter. within egypt actually, about who might be able to enter . they do might be able to enter. they do not want lots of palestinians to leave the gaza strip and enter egypt because arab solidarity is about having arabs remaining in the palestine territories. they think that once people leave, they won't be allowed to return . they won't be allowed to return. and this acts as a sort of apartheid move in the view of those in egypt on the path of the israelis equally. there's also been reports today of a counterpart in cairo speaking to those in europe, saying if you want us to take these refugees, we will send them to you. so a warning that potentially people coming in from the gaza strip might be passed onwards for routes from north africa, which we know is a consistent route of migration from north africa into europe, particularly italy and france. but beyond that situation there, we do know that there is an effort in the humanitarian diplomacy to try

and establish humanitarian safe zones in the south of the gaza strip to justify that convoy of people moving now for four days from north gaza to the south. at least 600,000 people have fled in the last 48 hours. but that number is expected to rise as the bombardment continues. however, there will be those stuck in the north who will not be able to leave due to their devastating conditions such as them being hugely injured or elderly or children who are in intensive care units in the shifa hospital, in particular in north gaza. so the question remains , will the israelis be remains, will the israelis be allowed to continue that bombardment? will they up the ante and use more of those advanced munitions? we've heard about such as bunker buster munitions , to clear out hamas munitions, to clear out hamas from the underground tunnels? or will they wait further? will they delay their involvement in they delay their involvement in the area as more civilians remain in north gaza? there are also serious questions about the escalating situation in the northern regions. in the last houn northern regions. in the last hour, we've heard about the idf

intercepting a drone being sent by lebanese hezbollah. a terrorist organisation in lebanon, which is now very much on the war footing, and that is causing alarm here that this escalating crisis will now see a war being fought on multiple fronts with iranian backing . fronts with iranian backing. >> charlie, thank you very much. that's charlie peters. he's there live tel aviv . there live from tel aviv. difficult to follow. international law if you're fighting an enemy who won't follow international law. it's very . the palestinian very difficult. the palestinian ambassador , husam zomlot, has ambassador, husam zomlot, has held a press conference in london this morning in which he said this is not a war on hamas, but of the people of palestine . but of the people of palestine. our reporter theo chikomba was at this press conference. and we can hear from him now . so, theo, can hear from him now. so, theo, talk to me about what was said in this . conference in this. conference >> yes, well, a very good afternoon to you and the uk's palestinian ambassador was direct in his approach when he delivered that press conference this morning. >> he was saying he rejects the

targeting of civilians. he spoke about how a thousand children have been killed and that palestinians are being killed every five minutes. he also raised concerns about some of the hospitals who are finding it difficult to have fuel. we have indeed heard this afternoon some of those reports saying that those hospitals have around 24 hours left of fuel . and he spoke hours left of fuel. and he spoke about some of the relations he's been having. and conversations with other diplomats . indeed, we with other diplomats. indeed, we did see the king of jordan in london this week meeting with the prime minister, but he's saying innocent civilians are the ones who are in the middle of this. and he was saying there needs to be a distinction between the hamas terror group and the palestinians who live in the territories such as the west bank and in gaza . let's just bank and in gaza. let's just take a listen to some of what he had to say earlier this afternoon . afternoon. >> infrastructure school , his >> infrastructure school, his

medical centres, homes , markets medical centres, homes, markets and the prevention of the supply of water, food , fuel, of water, food, fuel, electricity and medicine from reaching gaza have already taken a terrible toll . official a terrible toll. official numbers this morning find more than 2850 palestinians killed in gaza and the west bank. palestinians being targeted as they try to leave their homes towards the south of gaza . there towards the south of gaza. there are hundreds and hundreds , if are hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands , buried as we not thousands, buried as we speak under the rubble . speak under the rubble. >> and it has been confirmed that this afternoon by the world health organisation that over

2800 palestinian boys have been killed. the ambassador this afternoon also spoke about how the international community should be allowed into gaza. for example, the red cross and the united nations, so that there is voices on the ground who are able to verify the situation in which is taking place . and he which is taking place. and he also said there is no place for conflict. a wider conflict should it take place. for example , we've heard iran and of example, we've heard iran and of course, the us, who have brought some convoy into that area currently , we understand in the currently, we understand in the mediterranean sea . and he also mediterranean sea. and he also went on to say he was worried initially around ten days ago when the uk government were putting out statement, but has since praised the prime minister rishi sunak, for the messaging he has been putting out in the last couple of days . but as we last couple of days. but as we say, it's been a difficult situation, he says. for those

family members in the uk. but of course those who are in israel as well . as well. >> thank you very much. that's theo chikomba . thank you very theo chikomba. thank you very much. but if you've just joined us, just coming up to 20 minutes after 4:00, we've got some live pictures of the gaza skyline. it's getting darker there now . it's getting darker there now. we've had a number of explosions and rockets throughout the day as israel continued its bombardment . it's been confirmed bombardment. it's been confirmed that one of the airstrikes has killed a senior hamas commander. that's eamonn nawfal . well, that's eamonn nawfal. well, coming up, the israeli hamas conflict has had an impact on the cost of oil. how will that hit the pound in your pocket? i'm nana akua. hit the pound in your pocket? i'm nana akua . this is gb news i'm nana akua. this is gb news britain's news channel .

monday to thursdays from six till 930 . if you just join me. till 930. if you just join me. >> welcome on board this is gb news. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys. he's just coming up to 25 minutes after 4:00. the israeli hamas 4:00. now, the israeli hamas conflict has had an impact on the cost of oil now hitting $90 a barrel in iran , which supports a barrel in iran, which supports hamas has warned that this is a war which in tehran's words, could be fought on other fronts. meanwhile there are signs that wage growth is finally outstripping inflation. well, let's speak to our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . right. so,

with on the money. right. so, liam, i noticed when i filled up my car prices, it's only a little one, so it's not much to do it, but it's gone up. >> you licence nana? well, yeah. you know what? >> for so talk to me about the impact that this is having on the cost of oil . the cost of oil. >> the cost of oil, of course, is a hugely important economic variable . drives petrol prices, variable. drives petrol prices, diesel prices , the prices of all diesel prices, the prices of all energy. pretty much across the economy. and the price of oil has been creeping up for some months and that increase has been made worse over the last week or so since these ghastly atrocities in israel. let's have atrocities in israel. let's have a look at some graphics here. you can see that oil went up from $70 a barrel to around $90 a barrel since june till now. now. and you'll see that that's a 30% odd rise, petrol's increase from 147 a litre to 151, 56 a litre. diesel up even more from 145 a litre to 162. and now why are oil prices

rising? one reason nana is what we call the opec exporters cartel. opec is the organisation of petroleum exporting countries , led by the saudis. but the african countries in there, nigeria, there's venezuela in there. but mainly it's an arab construct. it's 13 nations and opec are now working with the russians to deliberately restrict supply. they have been since earlier this year. that's what's driven oil up from 70, 80, $85 a barrel, even though the global economy is quite sluggish, the oil price is going up and the instability in the middle east, particularly israel, hamas has added to that. and that's why we've gone over $90 a barrel in recent days. now, you said in your intro rightly that the iranians are saying now tehran is saying we might fight this war on other fronts. what does that mean? now, everyone knows that iran well, they deny it, but all intelligence services in the west say that iran is backing hamas like it backs hezbollah ,

hamas like it backs hezbollah, the militant group in lebanon, to the north of israel. but iran also have enormous leverage . also have enormous leverage. this is a map of the persian gulf , the persian gulf. there gulf, the persian gulf. there you see qatar , a massive gas you see qatar, a massive gas exporter. you see the saudis there. obviously, the oil linchpin of the world. you've got uae , another big oil power. got uae, another big oil power. you've kuwait up there in you've got kuwait up there in the top left, the straits of hormuz. there they are, the oil pinch point the . world pinch point of the. world because 90% of the gulf's oil every day comes out through the straits of hormuz on those tankers there. that you can see. and that accounts for around 20% of oil supply globally every of the oil supply globally every single day . and once it's single day. and once it's through the straits of hormuz , through the straits of hormuz, it goes the arrows there into the and onto global the indian ocean and onto global markets . and it can be sold markets. and it can be sold around the world. the danger is that iran is saying fighting the war on other fronts means that it could mine in the straits of hormuz . iran controls that pinch hormuz. iran controls that pinch point . or it hormuz. iran controls that pinch point. or it could it could find other ways to sabotage oil tankers from all countries

around the world, export importing oil from the gulf. now the american fifth fleet is there in bahrain, just nearby. so this could get quite nasty for iran to even intimate that it may mess with the straits of hormuz. is basically saying we have got our thumb on the kind of adam's apple of the global economy. the americans are really not going to like that. and this is what the iranians are and that's why are now saying. and that's why oil prices are starting to increase . representing that kind increase. representing that kind of fear premium that this could get geopolitics really, really nasty. so does that mean that us not wanting to drill for new oil and gas in this country is madness? >> when we can see what's evolving around us? >> i think certainly the kind of green credentials of keir starmer saying we're not going to allow any more drilling licences in the north sea, that certainly appeals to one part of his party and one part of the electorate . but there'll lots electorate. but there'll be lots of thinking , hang of other people thinking, hang about have a really sort about if we have a really sort of difficult with energy

of difficult winter with energy pnces of difficult winter with energy prices shooting up like they did last this geopolitical last year. if this geopolitical conflict and opec and others mean that energy prices start to spike again , you know, making spike up again, you know, making our cost of living crisis worse, do we really want to not use our own resources that will really come to the fore ? and you come to the fore? and you mentioned wages as well . now mentioned wages as well. now it's good economic news that this morning the for this morning the office for national statistics told us that wages during the three months of june, july and august were up 7.8, compared to the same period in 2022. that's a really chunky increase, but vitally nana vitally, it's a higher increase than the rate of inflation, which in august, of course was 6.7, down from 6.8. so 7.8% wage growth on average, 6.7% inflation. so wages are finally, finally going up higher than prices. so wages are going up in real terms . terms. now, these real terms. terms. now, these are only average wages. so some people won't get a wage rise to that extent. others will get a wage rise that's more . but

that extent. others will get a wage rise that's more. but on average for real wages to go up, thatis average for real wages to go up, that is a major breakthrough for the british economy. >> good, it sounds like >> it's good, but it sounds like it'll very temporary we've it'll be very temporary if we've got with got this situation evolving with oil prices now coming oil and gas prices now coming up, isn't that one of the main factors which pushes up inflation? you've absolutely put your finger on it characteristically. >> that's why i'm warning that oil prices are going up. they have gone up a lot this summer and they could go up more if the geopolitics surrounding the war in ukraine, if the geopolitics surrounding this ghastly, ghastly conflict, this explosion of violence in the middle east carries on what i would say , carries on what i would say, nana, is that tomorrow i'll be here at 7:00 in the morning because we have of the brand new inflation number, we're going to get an inflation for number september. that will really determine whether or not the bank of england raises interest rates again when it meets in november. it's going to meet in early november. interest rates, of course, are 5.25. some people think they're going to go up some more if inflation doesn't

come down sharply from 6.7% in august when the september number comes out tomorrow, then the bank of england may have to raise interest rates again . oh, raise interest rates again. oh, god, look, there's god, not again. look, there's some here, right? some good news here, right? wages up faster than wages are going up faster than prices. some good news. prices. there's some good news. most in financial markets most people in financial markets think we won't get an interest rate rise. or if we do , we'll rate rise. or if we do, we'll only get one more from five and a quarter to 5.5. and the interest rates will then peak the next move will be down. that's good news. but i have to put in this warning that energy pnces put in this warning that energy prices creeping up. they're prices are creeping up. they're creeping up because of the opec exporters cartel . they're exporters cartel. they're creeping up because of geo political tensions, not least in the middle east. and if those energy prices keep creeping up, then inflation will creep up, as you rightly say. and then we may unfortunately get more than one more rate rise . more interest rate rise. >> but what's the point in increasing interest rates when there's no real correlation with all of this, is there? i mean, this was an old school method

that they used to use when interest rates were focussed on sort of national politics, but now it's global politics. so why do they keep doing it? >> because the bank of england and central banks around and many central banks around the world slow to start the world were slow to start raising interest rates. they've let inflation get really of let inflation get really out of hand. up at almost hand. inflation was up at almost 11% earlier this year. the bank of target is 2. of england's target is 2. inflation is still almost 7. as i've been saying . so that's way i've been saying. so that's way more than three times the bank of target and of england's target. and if headune of england's target. and if headline is going up, headline inflation is going up, nana whatever the reason in oil prices, nothing the bank of england can do can lower oil prices. but if headline inflation is going up and the bank of england isn't seen to be doing something, its doing something, then its credibility suffers. the financial markets may think, oh, the bank of england has given up on inflation and then you get a problem because then wage bargaining out of bargaining spirals out of control again. you get massive wage claims. so they're just people bidding down the currency, sterling weaker currency, making sterling weaker because they don't think the bank really going because they don't think the bank its really going because they don't think the bank its arms really going because they don't think the bank its arms around lly going because they don't think the bank its arms around this oing to get its arms around this

problem. there's a lot of perceptions here. i know it seems arcane for people who are trying to with high trying to deal with high mortgage personal mortgage costs, high personal loans. i'm afraid this loans. but i'm afraid this is how economic policymaking works. and the of england and all and the bank of england and all policymakers in the uk will be watching global oil markets and the geopolitics i've been talking very closely. talking about very closely. >> well, we have chat about >> well, we have to chat about this there must this later because there must be another can another mechanism they can use rather something to rather than doing something to just it doesn't just save face when it doesn't really all. liam, just save face when it doesn't really you all. liam, just save face when it doesn't really you very all. liam, just save face when it doesn't really you very much|ll. liam, just save face when it doesn't really you very much .l. liam, just save face when it doesn't really you very much . and m, just save face when it doesn't really you very much . and of thank you very much. and of course is liam halligan. he's a business and economics editor. right. coming up, humza yousaf has addressed the snp conference. the minister conference. the first minister has on the international has called on the international community more for community to do more for refugees fleeing the gaza conflict . but first, get conflict. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with polly . and the top stories this polly. and the top stories this hour on gb news. >> a british teenager was among those murdered by hamas during its attack on israel last weekend. 13 year old yahel sharabi shown on the right of your picture. if you're watching

on television, was taken hostage along with her sister. noya after militants attacked her kibbutz . on october the 17th, kibbutz. on october the 17th, october the 7th, that is, and killed her british born mother, leanne , her elder sister, and leanne, her elder sister, and their father, eli, are still missing . and our next story missing. and our next story today, the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nations. according to the french president, emmanuel macron. his comments come a day after two swedish football fans were shot dead in a terror attack in brussels last night just before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden . one qualifier against sweden. one the suspect who identified himself as a member of islamic state , was killed by police this state, was killed by police this morning . and the scottish first morning. and the scottish first minister is pledging £300 million to cut nhs waiting lists in scotland. humza yousaf aslef telling the snp conference in aberdeen a short time ago the cash could reduce waiting lists by “p cash could reduce waiting lists by up to 100,000 patients by

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place across eastern scotland. here comes the storm system up from the southwest. the isobars pinching together. so it's going to get windy, but it's the rain. perhaps the greatest cause for concern storm system concern as that storm system kind to a an kind of grinds to a halt, an amber warning and several yellow weather are in place. weather warnings are in place. check out the met office website for the details of those back to this evening. a little bit of light crossing through light rain crossing through parts ireland. could parts of northern ireland. could get later in get a little heavier later in the showers the the night. a few showers in the west more developing in west and some more developing in the south. this is storm barbets starting approach . the winds starting to approach. the winds picking up as well. quite a blustery night in much milder night night, night than last night, particularly the particularly so across the north. double digits north. we start in double digits onto the details for wednesday and still for a good part of scotland , northern and eastern scotland, northern and eastern england, of the day will be england, much of the day will be dry, but there will be outbreaks of rain for wales and southwest england heavier more england turning heavier and more persistent through the as persistent through the day as the strengthen the winds start to strengthen and then some very rain and then some very heavy rain potentially northern potentially for northern ireland through and through the late afternoon and into time, into the evening time, temperatures the mid or temperatures into the mid or even teens. but feeling even high teens. but feeling cooler starts to

cooler as that wind starts to strengthen in stronger winds and heavier rain. then through wednesday night and during thursday, zone thursday, this rainy zone grinding to a halt across parts of eastern scotland. that's why we're particularly concerned of eastern scotland. that's why we're there ularly concerned of eastern scotland. that's why we're there will.y concerned of eastern scotland. that's why we're there will be oncerned of eastern scotland. that's why we're there will be heavy ed here. there will be heavy showers elsewhere. as i said, there office in there are met office warnings in place . place. >> 37 minutes after 4:00. welcome back. you're watching and listening to me, nana akua on gb news now. so much to bring you between now and 6:00 this evening. in the last hour , evening. in the last hour, scottish first minister humza yousaf addressed the snp party conference in aberdeen. he began his keynote speech pleading for a humanitarian corridor to be set up into gaza following the news that his wife's young cousin was injured in a drone attack in gaza. the first minister also announced plans for council tax to be frozen in scotland next year, as well as £300 million in extra funding for the nhs in scotland . let's for the nhs in scotland. let's cross live now to gb news,

scotland reporter tony maguire , scotland reporter tony maguire, who's in aberdeen. tony so talk to me about how his speech has been received . been received. >> well, certainly a lot of people coming out seemingly feeling quite happy with themselves as i think that you know, we spoke before the speech actually aired that you know, humza yousaf had a lot to cover . humza yousaf had a lot to cover. this was his inaugural speech the first time in nine years the delegates have heard anyone other than nicola sturgeon on the final day of conference. and indeed, he had quite a lot to coven indeed, he had quite a lot to cover. so as you mentioned off the top, there , you know, he the the top, there, you know, he the biggest story really in the world just now is the conflict raging over in israel and palestine. and he went off to encourage the government plays its role in evacuating out the injured and the elderly from the conflict zone. and he, of course, made mention that scotland is ready to do its

part. can harking back to the russian invasion of ukraine last year where scotland and you know many countries stepped up to welcome ukrainian refugees into their homes. and from there he went on to the wellbeing economy and how the unfairness of , as he and how the unfairness of, as he called it, that so many people, including, you know, middle class families, are struggling in the current cost of living crisis . and you know, he covered crisis. and you know, he covered such a wide broad range of things, many of which you covered off the top there, a few that came later on in the speech, such as the freezing of council tax next year, which probably received , i would say, probably received, i would say, the biggest cheer in the room of the biggest cheer in the room of the hour. and certainly a little nod to nicola sturgeon which provided him a nice turn of the page. you know, we spoke about that he needed to step outside of nicola sturgeon shadow and this was his real opportunity to

do that with this speech. there was a lot of talk of things that the snp have achieved in government up to this point, things, you know, some further back like the baby boxes and the child benefit cap and the child benefit as well as more recent things such as the scrapping of peak fare peak rail fares. sorry excuse me. and for scotrail trains as well as bringing scotrail back under public ownership and then, as he called it, one of the biggest kind of most adventurous changes and announcements that came out today was that scotland would issue its first bond. this was to encourage international investment and put scotland back on the map, helped no doubt by an increase of £100 million towards the arts and here in scotland over the next five years. now that is going to go sit quite well . i think with the sit quite well. i think with the festivals and many of the film

and television industries that are seeing incredible growth over the last few years here in scotland . and of course, he scotland. and of course, he couldn't have a conference speech without the usual pops at labour and the conservatives , labour and the conservatives, particularly honing in in suella braverman speech at the conservative conference the other week. and setting a scotland stall for a very different approach to migrants than we heard from the conservative conference. not so long ago. as for labour , well, long ago. as for labour, well, typically we heard a lot about that. typically we heard a lot about that . he just typically we heard a lot about that. he just didn't really understand where labour was coming from and that their policies is not entirely sure. he says that even labour really knows where they stand on a lot of key issues , but you know, of key issues, but you know, that was reciprocated . one of that was reciprocated. one of the first really reactions that we got was from shadow scottish secretary ian murray, who who who called commented to say that

the snp's lack of direction was really laid bare in a jumble of screeching u—turns and titled pitches for independence , parts pitches for independence, parts of which of course he said that a lot of those policies actually came. he thinks from the two thousand and seven managed festo. so it's still early days. i'm interested to see what reaction we hear over the next 24 hours. >> well, tony, thank you for that. that's tony mcguire. he's there in aberdeen . right. well, there in aberdeen. right. well, coming up, the survey , which coming up, the survey, which suggests a growing number of brits are losing faith in the nhs . i'm brits are losing faith in the nhs. i'm nana akua. this is gb news, britain's news channel .

sunday mornings from 930 on gb news . news. >> good afternoon. just coming up to 47 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. now, the daughter of fundraiser captain sir tom moore has attended a hearing today to appeal against an order today to appeal against an order to demolish an unauthorised span to demolish an unauthorised spar. block added onto a captain tom foundation building in the grounds of a bedfordshire home. now, this comes as the charity commission continues its inquiry into the foundation's management and independence from sir tom's family and businesses . ray family and businesses. ray addison has the details . addison has the details. >> it was april 2020, the height

of the first covid 19 lockdown and a second world war veteran was capturing the hearts of millions as captain tom moore . millions as captain tom moore. raised £38.9 million for the nhs by pledging to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. thatjuly his garden before his 100th birthday. that july , his garden before his 100th birthday. thatjuly , after birthday. thatjuly, after achieving the remarkable feat , achieving the remarkable feat, he was rewarded with a knighthood from the late queen. and when he died in february 2021, then prime minister boris johnson joined the nation to clap in celebration of his extraordinary life . but that extraordinary life. but that wasn't the end of the story. speaker at his funeral, his daughter hannah ingram—moore, said she would continue what her father began through the captain tom foundation. >> what he did is he became a beacon of to hope the world. and, you know, he crossed the boundanes and, you know, he crossed the boundaries of gender, race, nationality and social status and age. not many people have done so we guard the done that. so we guard the legacy with our lives. >> however, it wasn't long

before problems arose as 3—2, one. >> off you go . >> off you go. >> off you go. >> just one month after captain tom's death, the charity commission started reviewing the set up of the organisation. then in june last year, after concerns about the charity's management and independence from sir tom's family and businesses, it launched an inquiry. fresh controversy arose this summer when we learned that a captain tom foundation building built in the back garden of mrs. ingram—moore , whose own home had ingram—moore, whose own home had had a spa pool, added without planning permission . central planning permission. central bedfordshire council ordered the spa building to be demolished first, and the captain tom foundation stopped taking money from donors . but mrs. from donors. but mrs. ingram—moore is fighting back today. she'll appeal the council's demolition order, arguing it had no grounds to refuse their retrospective application . however, the real application. however, the real test is still to come whether ingram—moore wins or loses this

hearing, all eyes will be on the outcome of the charity commission's inquiry. because whatever you're trying to build a spa or indeed a legacy, you must make sure everything's in order. or it could all come tumbling down in ray addison gb news is welcome, but if you just tuned in more than half of people have no faith that they would receive timely treatment on the nhs if they were diagnosed with cancer . diagnosed with cancer. >> now that is, of course, is according to a new poll by savanta for the liberal democrats, 52% of people were not confident that they would be seen by specialist for seen by a specialist for suspected cancer within two months time frame . so joining me months time frame. so joining me now discuss this further is now to discuss this further is health and social affairs editor at the sunday express , lucy at the sunday express, lucy johnston. lucy talk to me about this. health is one of my favourite subjects, i have to admit , but i favourite subjects, i have to admit, but i don't trust the nhs for cancer diagnosis , as are for cancer diagnosis, as are people right to feel a little bit nervous now . how

bit nervous now. how >> absolutely they are right . >> absolutely they are right. and the latest figures show that only about 40% of people are getting . treated within the 62 getting. treated within the 62 day target of an urgent gp referral. and this has been the case for a very long time. we haven't caught up since the pandemic, even though, despite promises us and britain consistently lags behind europe in terms of survival rates and over time, this is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of lives lost over decades . and we need lost over decades. and we need to the nhs, england needs to admit, first of all, that it has got a problem, that first of all, people don't have access to gps very easily. people aren't accessing scans very easily . accessing scans very easily. there's also a workforce problem and if you go into hospitals after 5:00 and at weekends , after 5:00 and at weekends, hospitals are pretty much empty . hospitals are pretty much empty. >> you can't get treated. >> you can't get treated. >> so we need to think about

cleverly, about whether we pay overtime to oncologists, to staff , to nurses to get cancer staff, to nurses to get cancer patients through, because for every month delay in cancer , in every month delay in cancer, in treating cancer, it's the equivalent to about 10% increase at risk of death. >> so these delays are deadly and people i think the fact that this poll is showing that people have lost faith shows that the fact we're you know, the government is missing these vital cancer targets consist mostly has seeped into the pubuc mostly has seeped into the public consciousness. >> and i think now people are worried and aware. >> but but lucy , why are they >> but but lucy, why are they working just 9 to 5? and, you know , because, you know, with know, because, you know, with all respect, illness doesn't go well. just do it in working well. i'll just do it in working hours. and then we it's usually when have work when people have finished work that have time to that they can then have time to see someone . so i don't see someone. so i don't understand you know, they understand why you know, they don't, you know, change things about so that you actually have

proper cover things proper shifts that cover things properly rather than this sort of lacklustre attempt after 5:00 and literally nothing on the weekends . weekends. >> you've hit on a very, >> well, you've hit on a very, very thorny and controversial issue and there has been lots of discussion and arguments and a big fight in the past over this issue. big fight in the past over this issue . and doctors say that they issue. and doctors say that they are working full stretch and they can't do any more. >> and they're saying there's not enough of them to cover weekends. whereas other people argue that if you have some rota system and you organise it better, then you would be able to work weekends. and i think there is now a powerful argument for doing that. i think wes streeting ting has just come out with some plans to pay doctors to do overtime and i think if labour get in that might shift a little bit. but at at the moment doctors are adamant that it's not something they can do. and of course, as we know, they also

so many of them work in private health care in their spare time and earn extra money. that's not to criticise them and they work very hard and they do a very good job. but that issue has been the subject of much debate over quite some time, and it is a really thorny issue . a really thorny issue. >> well, it's funny how when they went on strike asking for 35, which is literally ridiculous, 35, some of them then worked privately and made thousands. you know what i mean? so i think something really needs to be thought through on this . just just, just very this. just just, just very briefly, do you yourself personally feel confident that if you were, you know, that you would be diagnosed quickly if there was anything wrong with you? you feel confident ? you? do you feel confident? >> well , i you? do you feel confident? >> well, i think it's you? do you feel confident? >> well , i think it's easier, >> well, i think it's easier, isn't it, if you have a bit of background knowledge and you are pushy, and if you sort of know your doctor , i think for i don't your doctor, i think for i don't i don't feel confident. i mean, the british national attitude

says that survey there was a big survey done earlier this year showing that people are no longer confident with the nhs as a whole . only 29% of people felt a whole. only 29% of people felt satisfied with the nhs as a whole and that compares to, i think it was 70% in 20 de 2010. so at some point there is a risk that something will flip people like the nhs, they like feeling that they have this free at the point of need, but at what point will this dissatisfaction lead to an unwillingness to pay for something to for us tax? >> lucy we're running out of time, but i'm with you . i think time, but i'm with you. i think it's time to think of a completely new model for the nhs. lovely to talk to you. that is, of course , lucy johnson. nhs. lovely to talk to you. that is, of these , lucy johnson. nhs. lovely to talk to you. that is, of the health :y johnson. nhs. lovely to talk to you. that is, of the health and hnson. nhs. lovely to talk to you. that is, of the health and social she's the health and social affairs editor at the sunday express. is news. i've express. this is gb news. i've got bumper final out, so don't got a bumper final out, so don't got a bumper final out, so don't go anywhere. nana akua. this go anywhere. i'm nana akua. this is alex is britain's news channel alex deakin here with your latest weather update from met weather update from the met office for gb news. >> not with us yet, it >> it's not with us yet, but it is on way. and once storm

is on the way. and once storm barbetta arrives, going barbetta arrives, it's going to drop we have a drop a lot of rain. we have a met weather warning met office amber weather warning in across eastern in place across eastern scotland. here comes the storm system up from the southwest. the isobars pinching together. so it's going to get windy, but it's the rain, perhaps the greatest cause for concern as that storm system kind grinds that storm system kind of grinds to halt, amber and to a halt, an amber warning and several yellow weather warnings are in place. check out the met office website for the details of back to this evening. of those. back to this evening. a little bit of light rain crossing through of crossing through parts of northern get northern ireland. could get a little later in the little heavier later in the night. showers in the west night. a few showers in the west and developing in the and some more developing in the south. storm barbets south. this is storm barbets starting . the winds starting to approach. the winds picking up as well. quite a blustery milder blustery night, a much milder night last night, night than last night, particularly so across the north. we in double digits north. we start in double digits onto the details for wednesday and still for a good part of scotland , northern and eastern scotland, northern and eastern england. the day will be england. much of the day will be dry, there will outbreaks dry, but there will be outbreaks of wales southwest of rain for wales and southwest england turning heavier and more persistent through day as persistent through the day as the start strengthen the winds start to strengthen and very rain and then some very heavy rain potentially northern ireland and then some very heavy rain potentiathe northern ireland and then some very heavy rain

potentiathe lateorthern ireland and then some very heavy rain potentiathe late afternoon land and then some very heavy rain potentiathe late afternoon and through the late afternoon and into the evening time. temperatures into the mid or even high teens. but feeling cooler starts to cooler as that wind starts to strengthen. winds and strengthen. stronger winds and heavier rain. then through wednesday night and during thursday this rainy zone grinding a halt across parts grinding to a halt across parts of eastern scotland. that's why we're particularly concerned here. will heavy here. there will be heavy showers elsewhere, as said, here. there will be heavy showwrezlsewhere, as said, here. there will be heavy showwre met/here, as said, here. there will be heavy showwre met office as said, here. there will be heavy showwre met office warnings in there are met office warnings in place

>> good afternoon . it's just >> good afternoon. it's just coming up to 5:00 nana akua. i'm in for patrick christie now. coming up this hour, of course, we're going to go back talk we're going to go back and talk about is about the situation that is happening of happening in israel and, of course, gaza, israel—hamas course, gaza, the israel—hamas war and then war as it rages on. and then later on in the show, i'm going war as it rages on. and then laibeon in the show, i'm going war as it rages on. and then laibe speaking show, i'm going war as it rages on. and then laibe speaking shnsomeoneying war as it rages on. and then laibe speaking shnsomeone whose war as it rages on. and then laibe spis king shnsomeone whose war as it rages on. and then laibe spis missing. omeone whose war as it rages on. and then laibe spis missing. omewas whose war as it rages on. and then laibe spis missing. omewas takene nephew is missing. he was taken hostage, this hostage, apparently during this crisis seen crisis and hasn't been seen since of october. and

since the 7th of october. and then menu, dreaming then also on the menu, dreaming of of of independence that is, of course, yousaf. at of independence that is, of cou party yousaf. at of independence that is, of couparty conference. f. at of independence that is, of couparty conference. they'rert his party conference. they're discussing different discussing all the different things that the are planning things that the snp are planning to put together for the next election. and then finally this story eye, joanna story that caught my eye, joanna lumley. talking about lumley. she was talking about returning the returning all elephants to the wild what is returning all elephants to the wil(point what is returning all elephants to the wil(point of what is returning all elephants to the wil(point of zoos? what is returning all elephants to the wil(point of zoos? is what is returning all elephants to the wil(point of zoos? is it what is returning all elephants to the wil(point of zoos? is it time|t is the point of zoos? is it time that we just send all the animals back to where they belong of the belong and just got rid of the whole notion of that's whole notion of zoos? that's coming touch coming up. you can get in touch in the usual way. vaiews@gbnews.com send a vaiews@gbnews.com or send us a tweet gb news. but first, tweet at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines you good to >> thank you and good evening to you. the top story from >> thank you and good evening to you newsroom top story from >> thank you and good evening to you newsroom to that ry from >> thank you and good evening to you newsroom to that aid �*om the newsroom is that aid agencies are of agencies are warning of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe fears catastrophe in gaza amid fears the spread the conflict could spread throughout the middle east. the palestinian authorities say 80 people were killed by israeli airstrikes in southern gaza overnight where the military had told civilians to take refuge. hundreds of thousands have gathered near the rafah border crossing with that crossing with egypt. that remains closed today. again and the united nations are saying they believe israel's siege of gaza and its evacuation order could be in breach of international law . it's warned international law. it's warned all hospitals could run out of

fuel within 24 hours. the world health organisation says at least 2800 people have been killed in gaza and the us president joe biden, is on his way to the region tomorrow visiting israel before attending a summit where he'll meet arab leaders in jordan in an effort to calm the conflicts regional effects. yesterday joe biden told iran not to get involved. but today iran pledged to take pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours as well. a british teenager who's been missing since last weekend's terror attacks by hamas has been confirmed dead today . 13 year old yahel on the today. 13 year old yahel on the right of your picture, if you're watching on television, ben was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. our yahel was killed along with her mother, leanne , while her her mother, leanne, while her elder sister noya and their father, eli, are still missing . father, eli, are still missing. the prime minister has called for immediate release of for the immediate release of hostages. thought another hostages. it's thought another nine britons are among the 200 or so people being held by hamas

. well in other news today, the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nations. that's according to the french president, emmanuel macron . today. his comments came macron. today. his comments came a day after two swedish football fans were shot and killed in a terror attack in brussels last night before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden . in qualifier against sweden. in belgium, police say the suspect, who identified himself as a member of islamic state, was shot and killed this morning . shot and killed this morning. belgium's prime minister, alexander de cruz, says terrorists cannot be allowed to succeed . succeed. >> the others, the willing attackers, want to seed fear, distrust and division in our free society . free society. >> the terrorists have to understand and that they will never succeed in this mission. they will never subdue our free society with their hate and violence as they show. above all, they're powerless . anas all, they're powerless. anas

terrorism will never beat us. >> now the scottish first minister is pledging £300 million to cut waiting lists in scotland. humza yousaf told the snp conference in aberdeen the cash could reduce waiting lists by 100,000 patients by 2026. in his first conference speech since taking over from nicola sturgeon as party leader, mr yousaf also pledged to freeze council tax in scotland next yean council tax in scotland next year. the first minister, who has family in gaza , also called has family in gaza, also called on the international community to set up a refugee program for those fleeing the gaza strip . a those fleeing the gaza strip. a conservative mp accused of bullying and sexual misconduct has had the whip removed . peter has had the whip removed. peter bone will now sit as an independent mp . yesterday a independent mp. yesterday a parliamentary panel found that he committed varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct against a member of staff between 2012 and 2013. the panel recommends he be suspended

for six weeks, a move that could trigger a recall petition and another by—election. the member for wellingborough denies the allegation is . allegation is. now man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court over the murder of a 70 year old in hartlepool . paul terence in hartlepool. paul terence carney was using a cash machine when he was attacked in the town centre saturday morning . centre on saturday morning. another man remains hospital another man remains in hospital with non—life threatening injuries . a 44 year old, ahmed injuries. a 44 year old, ahmed ali, is charged with murder and the attempted murder of another man. it follows an investigation by counter—terrorism police and greta thunberg has been arrested after protesting against oil and gas companies in central london today , the swedish climate today, the swedish climate campaigner was taking part in a fossil free london protest at a hotel on park lane, where oil executives were meeting up . executives were meeting up. thunberg has this year been

detained by police and removed from protests in sweden, nonnay and germany. yellow weather warnings and wind and rain are in place for tomorrow with the arrival of storm babette. it's the second named storm of the season and will last until saturday. the met office warning of potential flooding and power cuts and travel disruption. the weather warning covers much of scotland. eastern part of northern ireland as well as the north and east of england . if north and east of england. if you're with gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> it's just coming up to seven minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm in for patrick christie . oh, dear . the radio. i'm in for patrick christie . oh, dear. the bbc, christie. oh, dear. the bbc, often known as auntie, has got

itself in trouble again as it behaves more like a distant relative unable to relate to the people it serves. the people, which is you and i are also the ones who fund it. now the bbc, in its wisdom, still , unless in its wisdom, still, unless i've missed it, have yet to call hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation. a group who , in organisation. a group who, in their own covenant described themselves as the islamic resistance movement is a distinguished palestinian movement whose allegiance is to allah and whose way of life is islam. it strives to raise the banner of allah over every inch of palestine and article seven of palestine and article seven of the covenant states the day of the covenant states the day of judgement will not come about until muslims fight jews and kill them . then the jews will kill them. then the jews will hide behind rocks and trees and the rocks and trees will cry out, oh, muslim , there is a jew out, oh, muslim, there is a jew hiding behind me. come and kill him. so they are terrorists. but the bbc are unable to call them out that even after the bloodbath of the innocent people in israel, the other week. yet

within moments of a shooting of a swedish of swedish nationals in brussels , the bbc were able in brussels, the bbc were able to label this as a terror attack . have we all had enough of them yet? we ask for nothing more than to be impartial and truthful and that we pay the licence fee. othennise we're jailed . but they continue to jailed. but they continue to fail on a monumental scale, even allowing its stars to spill out their political diatribes, aka gary lineker, who created suella braverman's language, namely the use of the word invasion to that of germany or germany in the 30s, when hitler called for jews to be rounded up and killed . but to be rounded up and killed. but now jews are actually being rounded up and killed. gary lineker stays silent. carol vorderman another one. nothing nick robinson claimed that it is standard practise of the bbc not to use the word themselves, so why is the terror attack in sweden allowed to be called just that by them when hamas, who call themselves that aren't and

to make matters worse, the bbc are investigating some of its own journalists in the middle east who appear to have expressed support for hamas on social media. i'm afraid i'm losing all respect for the . bbc losing all respect for the. bbc so that's what i think . but i so that's what i think. but i want to hear from you. you can get in touch. gb views gb news dot now around 3000 people dot com. now around 3000 people have lost their lives in the gaza strip since the brutal surprise hamas attacks, which took place a little more than a week ago . now over 60 week ago. now over 60 palestinians have now also been killed in the separate west bank. this update from palestinian health ministry comes as us president joe biden is set to fly to israel and attend a summit in jordan tomorrow alongside egyptian and palestinian leaders . the israeli palestinian leaders. the israeli bombardment of gaza continues earlier in the central gaza strip , people have been digging strip, people have been digging for survivors and carrying the

injured to ambulances following israeli strikes on the refugee camp . well, let's now cross over camp. well, let's now cross over to tel aviv and get the latest with gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie i can see that it's getting dark out there now. can you give us an update. >> should there have been rocket attacks in tel aviv in the last hour or about ten minutes before we came on air? we heard some loud likely from loud interceptions likely from the dome missile defence the iron dome missile defence system, and that follows a relatively quiet day of missile strikes from the gaza strip here in central israel . but they did in central israel. but they did land some successful strikes in sderot, a about ten sderot, a city about ten kilometres away from the centre of gaza city, where there were four direct impacts on missiles. many of the people here in tel aviv flew , fled, sorry, from aviv flew, fled, sorry, from southern israel after those attacks on october the seventh, and there have been no injuries in today's attack in sderot, partly because lots of the inhabitants are now here in the relative safety of this coastal city. but in southern gaza,

there is no relative safety. it is a dire humanitarian situation . and in the last couple of hours, jordan's king abdullah said that there will be no refugees in jordan or egypt. he said that this was a red line for arab states. they believe that any palestinian is leaving gaza will not be allowed to return. it is a serious situation for them. they see this as a cause of arab solidarity , that they cannot solidarity, that they cannot allow gazans to leave the location. but there is a diplomatic effort undennay to allow foreign nationals to leave the gaza strip into egypt while they attempt to set up those humanitarian safe zones. a key mission of us secretary of state antony blinken, which has so far been unsuccessful at the same time, they are attempting to get aid convoys into the gaza strip from egypt across that rafah border crossing. but again, we've seen no success there as dozens of trucks at least gather there last night there was shelling on that crossing , not shelling on that crossing, not the civilians want the activity that civilians want to see in that location. further

north, hamas have had more of their situations struck by israeli air force jets. a dozens of attacks throughout the day today . and overnight, they hit today. and overnight, they hit more hamas military capabilities. according to the idf, including the destruction of several facilities housing key commanders for hamas , such key commanders for hamas, such as the leader of their general intelligence unit and the head of the joint operations centre. so senior hamas commanders being taken out ahead of those likely invasions , according to the idf. invasions, according to the idf. but in the north, the violence on the border with southern lebanon and israel has escalated in the last hour. lebanese hezbollah , that terror group hezbollah, that terror group funded by iran , fighting the idf funded by iran, fighting the idf in the north, said that five of its men had died in jihad. they said they weren't clear or specific on the precise acts occurred there, but overnight we have seen the idf releasing footage of terrorists being hit by drone strikes as they attempt to plant explosives on the border region. again, that's according to the israelis. we've

also seen an exchange of missiles, six missiles fired in from hezbollah into the north of israel. and the israelis responding in kind with their own shelling and tank artillery and targeted strikes on what they describe as hezbollah military outposts. the syrian border has remained quiet, nothing significant to report there after israeli airstrikes on aleppo and damascus international airports twice in the last week. but in the west bank there is brewing discontent and growing fears that the escalation will reach there. it has quietly been the deadliest week on record for the west bank, some 61 people killed there this morning . a17 year there this morning. a 17 year old shot by the idf and a 71 year old. also killed by israeli forces in clashes that are growing there. we have to remember , some 1200 palestinians remember, some 1200 palestinians are detained in the west bank, a region of 3 million palestinians and 500,000 israeli settlers , and 500,000 israeli settlers, which is the cause of a great amount of tension, especially in this israeli government, which includes the religious zionism,

right wing party, which is very much in favour of the israeli settlement. so a cause of growing concern there, a fear that new fears sorry, a fears that new fears sorry, a fears that new fears sorry, a fears that new escalations may erupt in that location and then down in that location and then down in the south, more people gathering in that huge military convoy that the israelis have put on the border. as the lieutenant colonel sorry, the lieutenant colonel sorry, the lieutenant general , herzl lieutenant general, herzl halevi, sends a letter to all idf soldiers in the last hour telling them to prepare for a long war. the colonel also said to idf air forces in the last day that they should also continue their strikes on those hamas positions in the gaza strip with the defence minister, yoav galant, saying that every missile has an address . but missile has an address. but there are fears within the gaza strip that some of those addresses are civilian homes . addresses are civilian homes. >> charlie, thank you very much for that. that's charlie peters. he's in tel aviv. he's out there in tel aviv. thank well darren lipstein

thank you. well darren lipstein joins me now. his nephew is missing , feared killed by missing, feared killed by a hamas . darren, thank you very hamas. darren, thank you very much for joining hamas. darren, thank you very much forjoining me. this is honestly one of the most horrific things i've seen. the behaviour of the of hamas crossing that border . they're crossing that border. they're absolutely despicable , a totally absolutely despicable, a totally unacceptable . and i know i hear unacceptable. and i know i hear that your your brother, you lost your brother through this as well. can you can you tell me a little bit about what's been happening? >> of course , my brother ofer >> of course, my brother ofer was the mayor in this area . and was the mayor in this area. and he woke up in the morning to find out that terrorists are attacking his kibbutz . he ran attacking his kibbutz. he ran away to the safe room to get his weapon. and the media saw them. they came . with a lot of they came. with a lot of terrorist on big cars and they

started to shoot everyone without even thinking about killing. we killed over immediately. they killed his mother in law . and later on they mother in law. and later on they attacked the area of the young people . and they went into people. and they went into couple. that was the nephew of my brother and neta and his girlfriend were in the room . few girlfriend were in the room. few grenades were were thrown into the room . he jumped on them to the room. he jumped on them to save his girlfriend and he died today. we buried him . and if today. we buried him. and if this is not enough , the son, the this is not enough, the son, the second son of my brother , was second son of my brother, was next to him in another room and

he was communicating with his mother and his brothers that terrorists are all over the room and they are shooting his room , and they are shooting his room, the safe room he hold the door as strong as he could, but they fired the door and he was shot on his leg . it appears that the on his leg. it appears that the safe room door is not good and he was doing everything to save his life . he spoke with his his life. he spoke with his family and with the cousin that is a doctor . and she guided him is a doctor. and she guided him what to do. but but only for hours later, the army arrived to the room to find out there are four terrorists room , but he was four terrorists room, but he was not there at. and the connection with him was lost because his

phone battery stopped working. so from that point ten days, we have no idea where he is. he could be kidnapped in gaza. he could be kidnapped in gaza. he could be, you know , running away could be, you know, running away . and up till now, we didn't find him alive , wounded or dead , find him alive, wounded or dead, nobody. so we assume that he might be in gaza. and as kidnapped by the terrorists , kidnapped by the terrorists, that i was at the kibbutz on wednesday , and i can't describe wednesday, and i can't describe you.the wednesday, and i can't describe you. the hair or what's happening there . it was brutal . happening there. it was brutal. and . the they they killed and. the they they killed civilians really , people that civilians really, people that never did anything bad to them .

never did anything bad to them. and i would say a few words about my brother or he was a leader for peace . he created so leader for peace. he created so many projects . to bring together many projects. to bring together arabs and jews in his area . he arabs and jews in his area. he created the industrial centres for them because he believed in this and kills us to see this is of . what do this and kills us to see this is of. what do you think that we will bear ? we will bury him will bear? we will bury him tomorrow . and it's so sad. so sad. >> it is incredibly sad. it is incredibly sad. they literally didn't care who or what or how they killed people . darren, how they killed people. darren, how do you how do you feel? what do you think when you hear the international community calling

for israel to have restraint and follow international law ? follow international law? because obviously hamas will not follow international law. they are putting the lives of the people of gaza at risk. and they will use hostages as as fodder for any munitions or anything like that. what what what do you feel when you hear that ? feel when you hear that? >> first, i will say israel is a democracy and we follow all the laws and but at the same time , i laws and but at the same time, i would say that we need to free palestine from hamas because because, you know, the same hate that they showed us, the same for their community and they are suffering over there and they deserve better leadership than hamas . so i would say that the

hamas. so i would say that the goal of the new world or or the western world to replace the leadership of hamas with a new leadership of hamas with a new leadership that is seeking for peace . and that's my brother's peace. and that's my brother's legacy . and this is what most of legacy. and this is what most of the people in israel wants . the people in israel wants. yeah, it's not a revenge. it's quiet and peace . quiet and peace. >> well, listen, darren, i really appreciate you talking to me. i'm so sorry for your loss. i really am. it's completely tragic . we don't want to see tragic. we don't want to see war. i would. i am with you. we all want to see peace. and i really appreciate you coming on and sharing story. thank and sharing your story. thank you much. you take care of you so much. you take care of yourself . yourself. >> you. we hope to >> thank you. and we hope to find this out. >> you . lovely to talk to >> thank you. lovely to talk to you. that's darren lipstein. he's his nephew was missing, feared killed by hamas . well, if feared killed by hamas. well, if you just joined me , it's coming you just joined me, it's coming up to 22 minutes after 5:00. humza yousaf has addressed the

snp conference as the first minister has called on the international community to do more for refugees fleeing the gaza conflict . i'm more for refugees fleeing the gaza conflict. i'm nana akua. this gb news, britain's news

and people that i knew had dewbs & co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six >> good afternoon. it is just coming up to 26 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua . i'm in for 5:00. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys now . snp patrick christys now. snp delegates have backed first minister humza yousaf plans to use the next general election

result to push for a second independence referendum. yes you heard it here first. an amendment amended version of the strategy was voted through ovennhelmingly at party's ovennhelmingly at the party's annual conference in aberdeen and former first minister nicola sturgeon also has come out to support humza's plans, saying that it support humza's plans, saying thatitis support humza's plans, saying that it is obvious who has the power at this point. so joining me now to discuss this further is professor of politics at the university of strathclyde , university of strathclyde, professor sir john curtice . so professor sir john curtice. so professor, professor, do the statistics represent do the statistics represent do the statistics play out that actually the scottish people would like independence or that they'd even like another referendum on it? >> the honest truth is that the pubuc >> the honest truth is that the public opinion in scotland is pretty much divided down the middle on average . middle on average. >> recent opinion polls suggest that 49% of people would vote yes to independence and 51% would vote no . so the country is would vote no. so the country is still split down the middle, even though support for the snp

in marked contrast, has fallen quite noticeably during the course of this year, it's now down on average to about 36. >> as to whether or not scotland wants another referendum, well , wants another referendum, well, for the most part the answer to that question divides along the lines of yes. voters say yes and no. voters say no, except that yes, voters are somewhat augustinian in their attitudes to this, i.e. they don't necessarily want a referendum soon, but they certainly would like one eventually. but of course, eventually the question is whether it ever happens or not. >> and what are the figures looking like with regard to whether the snp are still popular within scotland because of all of this? if they're using it as a sort of a referendum , a it as a sort of a referendum, a sort of like an indicator as to whether they're going have sort of like an indicator as to whereferendum,going have sort of like an indicator as to whe referendum, they have sort of like an indicator as to whe referendum, they needrve sort of like an indicator as to whe referendum, they need to this referendum, they need to win power. what are the polls win power. so what are the polls saying regard with saying with regard to with regard that ? regard to that? >> i mean, as we saw from the result of the rutherglen by—election weeks by—election a couple of weeks ago, snp at the moment is

ago, the snp at the moment is not quite so popular on average so far as support for the next uk general election is concerned. it's down at 36. that's actually as low as it has been at any point since the 2015 general election when the snp pretty much swept the board and have been dominant ever since . have been dominant ever since. labour are breathing down their neck. they're only four points behind and therefore as a result actually at the moment, while probably the snp might just win the majority of seats that they have set as their target for saying that we want to hold another referendum, labour would still probably pick up around 20 seats or so and certainly therefore inflict potentially quite considerable damage to the level of the snp's representation at westminster. >> so is it likely that they will need the vote of the greens if they want to make changes or to have the agreement for a referendum ? um, well , i mean referendum? um, well, i mean it's the first westminster

election is concerned. >> the honest truth is the greens are not significant players. of course greens players. of course the greens are significant players are however significant players within the scottish parliament because proportion because the proportion representation at and representation system at and know at the moment the snp are dependent on the greens for the majority of. they have now not without controversy . one of the without controversy. one of the divisions within the party at the moment is that some feel that greens are taking the that the greens are taking the party in a somewhat uncomfortable direction . it's uncomfortable direction. it's one of the reasons why they claim the party is not doing so well and intriguingly, one of the announcements that mr yusuf made in his speech this afternoon, perhaps the biggest announcement, is a freeze announcement, which is a freeze on tax, is something on council tax, is something that the greens have already come out and said we're not quite so happy about this because concerned about quite so happy about this bec possible concerned about quite so happy about this bec possible consequences about quite so happy about this bec possible consequences foryut the possible consequences for services provided by local councils and indeed how the scottish government is going to fund . it remains be seen fund this. it remains to be seen , but certainly interesting. humza yousaf answer to the party's difficulties at the moment seems to have been to come up with two big price

tickets. for one, the cost of living crisis, i.e. freezing council tax other council tax and the other putting money into the nhs putting more money into the nhs to try to reduce waiting lists. now, whether or not this will be enough to turn around the party's fortunes, have to party's fortunes, we'll have to wait see. wait and see. >> well, professor sir john curtis, you much. he's curtis, thank you so much. he's a professor politics a professor of politics at the university thank a professor of politics at the universmuch thank a professor of politics at the universmuch for thank a professor of politics at the universmuch for your thank a professor of politics at the universmuch for your thoughts.: you so much for your thoughts. right. well, you have right. well, lots of you have been getting in touch with your views inbox is quite views and the inbox is quite full. of full. i need to read some of them. let's what i've them. so let's see what i've got. got this from oh, got. i've got this one from oh, let's see. that's from oh, i've got this one. let's see. oh, there's quite a few of them. so many of them. okay. so mick and jill , they say, hi nana. when jill, they say, hi nana. when you speak to charlie peters, please congratulate him for the excellent job he's doing reporting on the awful situation with the frightening with the fighting . give him our regards fighting. give him our regards and tell him to take care of himself. yes, i do believe he is doing a good job out there. i don't brave. brave don't think i'd be brave. brave enough and do that. but of enough to go and do that. but of course, the people are there as well. um there's this one from

mark. he says the media regularly goes on about whether israel is breaking international law as it conducts a war against hamas. but never comments on whether is against whether it is against international law prevent international law to prevent people from a war zone . people fleeing from a war zone. as egypt always does. okay this one is on the snp leader anthony says glad scotland has a replacement for billy connolly. he's funny, really funny . i he's funny, really funny. i don't get that. no answer . i don't get that. no answer. i don't get that. no answer. i don't think you know. humza has his moments, but my heart does go out to his family are go out to him. his family are out there in gaza . there was one out there in gaza. there was one here that said that apparently gb is in scotland in gb news is banned in scotland in not scotland in wales. i don't think it is. i don't think it is. so i think you're all right with that one, kenneth says this about the un. he says they're about the un. he says they're about as much use as a chocolate teapot. thank you for that. very good. and this is the one. yeah. this is from david. david in wales. he says, why have the senate in wales banned at gb

news? in wales and we are news? i live in wales and we are all up with the dictatorship all fed up with the dictatorship of god us if of labour. god help us if starmer gets in. i don't think we're banned in wales. i don't think we are. i will check though, but i'm pretty sure we're see what else we're not. let's see what else we've got here. we've done that one. lots of them coming. keep them coming. gb views at abcnews.com . gb news banned from abcnews.com. gb news banned from being shown in the senate. or maybe we're banned from being shown in the senate. that's what another that's joe another one says. that's joe says. do you feel how do we feel about that? well, i didn't know about that? well, i didn't know about thank for about it, but thank you for letting me know. 32 letting me know. right. 32 minutes after 5:00. coming up, another for the another electoral test for the tories. time in the tories. this time in the midlands. comes after chris midlands. it comes after chris finch's groping finch's resignation over groping allegations. but first, let's get your latest headlines with polly . polly. >> the top stories this hour. a british teenager was among those murdered by hamas during its terror attack on israel last

weekend . 13 year old yahel weekend. 13 year old yahel sharabi shown on the right of your picture. if you're watching on television, was taken hostage along with her sister noya after militants attacked her kibbutz on october the seventh and killed her british born mother , killed her british born mother, leanne, her elder sister and their father, eli, are still missing . the return of islamist missing. the return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nations, according to the french president, emmanuel macron . his comments come a day macron. his comments come a day after two swedish football fans were shot dead in a terror attack in brussels last night just before belgium's euro 2024 qualifier match against sweden. the suspect , who identified the suspect, who identified himself as a member of islamic state, was killed by police this morning . and the scottish first morning. and the scottish first minister is pledging £300 million to cut nhs waiting lists in scotland. humza yousaf told the snp conference in aberdeen the snp conference in aberdeen the cash could reduce waiting lists by 100,000 patients by 2026. more on all those stories

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the 29th of october at 9:00 on gb news hugh's . welcome gb news hugh's. welcome back. >> you're watching listening to me nana akua on gb news now following the resignation of chris pincher back in september, the people of tamworth will go to the polls this thursday to decide on their next mp ahead of the vote. our west midlands reporter jack carson went to the historic town to find out what matters to them in the upcoming election . election. >> it's a constituency with a rich history and this thursday the people of this old anglo—saxon kingdom go to the polls to decide their next mp, chris pincher was the mp for tamworth but resigned in september following allegations of sexual misconduct and is recommended suspension from the house of commons advantage network. >> tamworth is a networking group of local business owners who meet in the town to connect and discuss everything from issues successes . the issues to big successes. the upcoming by—election here is hot on everyone's lips, but what do they think are the issues a new mp address chris

mp needs to address for chris and angie, business is at the forefront , but we've lost this forefront, but we've lost this sense of identity . sense of identity. >> we don't really know who we are we haven't got anybody are and we haven't got anybody to from business to lead us. from a business point view , we need somebody point of view, we need somebody who come in and look who is going to come in and look at that are relevant to at things that are relevant to business owners, things such as business owners, things such as business , things such as business rates, things such as property rates and the stuff that affects each and every one of us who lives within the tamworth and tamworth surrounding area. not just the surrounding area. notjust the town centre, which for too long has been the focus. >> i mean there are a lot of like small businesses in tamworth that employ local residents and i think for me it's important that the residents and the businesses are thought about or considered are connected with i think that connected with and i think that visibility of all the small businesses , all the outlying businesses, all the outlying kind of, you know , like business kind of, you know, like business parks and i'm out in fazeley, so my shops in fazeley and then we kind of just get a bit forgotten about over a bit. kind of just get a bit forgotten aboand ver a bit. kind of just get a bit forgotten aboand ver still)it. kind of just get a bit forgotten aboand ver still part of tamworth. >> but for leonora martin, tamworth. >> aboutr leonora martin, tamworth. >> about makinga martin, tamworth. >> about makinga impactin, tamworth. >> about makinga impact .|, it's about making an impact. >> but i just really want to see more visible in more visible policing in the

area because as a as a woman , a area because as a as a woman, a middle aged woman, i do feel unsafe when i'm going out in the street that we could really do with, you know, hiring up our security . security. >> we've got a by—election now , >> we've got a by—election now, but then we're likely to have a general election in nine months. >> so i look at this as a almost a probation period, an mp that can come in, really make a mark in those six, seven, eight, nine months, and then we can judge them. >> and i think that's a real opportunity for not just the mp but for the tamworth, for tamworth as a town . tamworth as a town. >> tamworth is currently undergoing a £40 million redevelop programme , but being redevelop programme, but being able to restore a thriving high street is a concern amongst others who live in the town. obviously everything's closing down and the town is just literally turned into a ghost town. >> what you need is, is back to its old market place again that its old market place again that it was years ago. you know, whoever is elected to come in and hopefully they can do something about it and make it back to the way it was someone

that's to help that's going to help the business area. business in the area. >> just kind of >> young businesses just kind of thrive get back into the thrive and get back into the community and get back into community and get it back into their working without being their working ways without being in debt and money out the pocket from the cost of living and the rises of the rents. from the cost of living and the risewe: the rents. from the cost of living and the risewe have rents. from the cost of living and the risewe have to ts. from the cost of living and the risewe have to go burton for >> we have to go to burton for a decent hospital . >> we have to go to burton for a decwell,)spital . >> we have to go to burton for a decwell, )spit know , >> we have to go to burton for a decwell,)spit know , it's and >> well, you know, it's and a doctor's appointment. it took me . 35 minutes this morning to even get through to the doctors . even get through to the doctors. >> so i think he's got a lot of work to do , to be quite honest. work to do, to be quite honest. >> the conservative currently hold a 19 000 vote majority in this constituency . but come this constituency. but come election day, there's no predicting which way the political wind blows. jack carson gb news tamworth . are the carson gb news tamworth. are the full list of candidates hoping to become tamworth's next mp. >> you've got ukip roberts billcliffe conservative andrew coopen billcliffe conservative andrew cooper, reform uk is ian cooper. new labour. sarah edwards . new labour. sarah edwards. monster raving loony party ,

monster raving loony party, howling laud, hope and the greens. sue haworth and independents peter longman. britain's first ashley simon. liberal democrats sunny virk . liberal democrats sunny virk. just coming up to 42 minutes after 5:00 on the way. actress joanna lumley is leading calls for the 50 elephants held in uk zoos to be freed. i'm nana akua on gb news britain's news channel .

the people's . channel the people's. channel >> 45 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua. now the daughter of nhs fundraiser captain. sir tom moore has attended a hearing today to appeal against an order to demolish an unauthorised spar block , which was added on to block, which was added on to a captain tom foundation building. and this comes as the charity commission continues its inquiry into the foundations management. ray addison has the details. it was april 2020, the height of the first covid 19 lockdown and a second world war veteran was capturing the hearts of millions as captain tom moore . raised as captain tom moore. raised £38.9 million for the nhs by pledging to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. >> that july , after achieving >> that july, after achieving the remarkable feat , he was the remarkable feat, he was rewarded with a knighthood from the late queen. and when he died

in february 2021, then prime minister boris johnson joined the nation to clap in celebration of his extraordinary life . but that wasn't the end of life. but that wasn't the end of the story. speaker at his funeral, his daughter hannah ingram—moore, said she would continue what her father began through the captain tom foundation. >> what he did is he became a beacon of to hope the world. and, you know, he crossed the boundanes and, you know, he crossed the boundaries of gender, race, nationality and social status and age. not many people have done that. so we guard the legacy with our lives. >> however , it wasn't long >> however, it wasn't long before problems arose as 3—2, one, off you go . just one month one, off you go. just one month after captain tom's death, the charity commission started reviewing the set up of the organisation. then in june last yean organisation. then in june last year, after concerns about the charity's management and independence from sir tom's family and businesses, it launched an inquiry. fresh

controversy arose this summer when we learned that a captain tom foundation building built in the back garden of mrs. ingram—moore own home had had a spa pool added without planning permission . a central permission. a central bedfordshire council ordered the spa building to be demolished and the captain tom foundation stopped taking money from donors . but mrs. ingram—moore is fighting back today. she'll appeal the council's demolition order, arguing it had no grounds to refuse their retrospective application . however, the real application. however, the real test is still to come whether ingram—moore wins or loses this hearing, all eyes will be on the outcome of the charity commission's inquiry. because whatever you're trying to build a spa or indeed a legacy, you must make sure everything's in order. or it could all come tumbling down in ray addison gb news is now . news is now. >> now there are 50 elephants left in the uk , held in left in the uk, held in enclosures with some even kept

on their own. now campaigners are claiming elephants kept in zoos die younger. and if physically and psychologically damaged compared to their wild counterparts . dame joanna counterparts. dame joanna lumley, campaigner for charity born free , is leading calls for born free, is leading calls for an elephant free uk and for the government to ban further attempts to breed elephants in zoos. so could there be a day in the future when no wild animal will be forced to live in captivity ? well, joining me now captivity? well, joining me now is ceo of save the asian elephants, duncan mcnair. duncan, thank you very much for joining me . duncan, thank you very much for joining me. last we duncan, thank you very much for joining me . last we spoke, joining me. last time we spoke, you managed to a bill you had managed to get a bill through parliament to stop the sort of brutal kind of tourism element to stop different tour operators from abusing their position and stop people from going on their sort of tours. >> yes, that's right. yes. and the bill, in essence, seeks to ban the advertising in the uk of any practises abroad where elephants and all other vertebrate species are brutally abused in tourism . abused in tourism. >> um, and what lies at the

heart of this is the brutality and the sadness and tragedy really, of elephants kept in close confinement, in captivity in a way that's totally alien to their natural state. >> and that applies to highly sentient animals, kept in captivity in zoos like elephants . yes. yeah. >> because what is the point? right we've got internet now . right we've got internet now. you can travel the world if you really want to see these things, you can go to places you know, you can go to places where they are. you can go to wild they have them wild places where they have them out wild where they've out in the wild where they've got space. why do got plenty of space. so why do we need bother with this old we need to bother with this old fashioned zoo? now? fashioned notion of a zoo? now? it seems it just it just seems it just seems archaic barbaric . well, archaic and barbaric. well, that's right. archaic and barbaric. well, tha and ght. archaic and barbaric. well, tha and i1t. archaic and barbaric. well, tha and i think a lot of zoos get >> and i think a lot of zoos get by on the fantasy . i'm by on the on the fantasy. i'm about to say that somehow they are principally conservation action facilities , but they're action facilities, but they're not. they're chiefly commercial facilities. and i think the great thing about the new act that my organisation, save the asian elephants, has pioneered through to new law is that it

should operate to change social norms, to change public perception of what animals are there for, and man's relationship with them. animals are not commodities to be used like any commercial, any commercial product. they have an independent validation of their own elephants and other sentient creatures suffer enormously in isolation where they can't move elephants in their natural state. walk 60 or 80km a day to forage for new food areas and to find new herds to interbreed with and so to keep them in a tiny enclosed space of concrete and nothing else on their own is and nothing else on their own is a daily tragedy and horror for them. and it's wrong. and unless elephants are being taken in, for example, to protect them from the wild threats or because they're ill or need veterinary care, it's really not justified anymore, in my view . anymore, in my view. >> why is there not an argument,

though, and i know you touched on it earlier that actually to keep some of these animals keep these some of these animals is to ensure the species doesn't die out because as you said, we can put them in the wild, but then got people poaching then you've got people poaching for the elephant tusks and all sorts again, there's >> so, well, again, there's a common from common misconception that from those who seek to prop up the commercial exploitation of animals, that somehow keeping them in captivity. you can breed them in captivity. you can breed them happily and you save the species from extinction. that's a very odd argument, and it should be the other way around that you preserve a species by leaving it unmolested in its natural state. and indeed, elephants do not breed well in captivity in india and asia are some of the southeast asian indigenous countries . for indigenous countries. for elephants, they are brutally effective raped to try and breed them. and that's extremely ineffective as well as deeply cruel. and i've seen plenty of video of that. it doesn't work properly. elephants don't work like that. they don't breed to order. and it's a brutal thing .

order. and it's a brutal thing. and all of this is predicated on commercial exploitation . commercial exploitation. >> apologies if anyone was upset by that, of course, because elephants are sentient beings and nobody likes to hear horrible things happening to beautiful animals. so do you beautiful animals. no so do you think there's actually an argument to get rid of the nofion argument to get rid of the notion of a zoo now? because in my view, i just think i don't want to go and see an animal in a zoo. i feel sad for the animal there. >> yes. well elephants are apex species and they and many other species and they and many other species clearly should not be constrained in such horrible enclosed environments. some are less worse off than others , like less worse off than others, like in a wildlife park. but this is very far from their natural state. the other point that has been made very firmly to zoos is that elephants kept in captivity are highly dangerous to humans. they attack and kill . and also they attack and kill. and also in today's press is gemma jones, who was nearly killed . the who was nearly killed. the latest person, tourist, nearly killed by an elephant that went was frenetic and went mad all of

a sudden and attacked and nearly killed her. my organisation saved the asian elephants, as has carefully logged 700 fatalities of tourists killed by elephants and another thousand well , i elephants and another thousand well, i remember elephants and another thousand well , i remember you told me well, i remember you told me trophically injured. and here's the very big point that elephants in that state, this will obviate zoos insurance cover for such accidents . and if cover for such accidents. and if people are killed , zoos had people are killed, zoos had better watch out with big claims against them. >> well, listen, it's always good to talk to you. and of course, people can get in touch with organisation at all. with your organisation at all. the star save the asian elephant .org. that's it. >> thank you , anna. thank you >> thank you, anna. thank you very much. >> always good to talk to you. thank very much. to duncan thank you very much. to duncan mcneice. do you think? do mcneice. what do you think? do you should just you think that zoos should just simply stopped? can't simply be stopped? i can't see the well, the point of it at all. well, listen, read some listen, i'm going to read some of messages before go, of your messages before we go, because we were talking about the says , the bbc earlier. peter says, nana, bbc news not fit for purpose . if it wasn't for gb purpose. if it wasn't for gb news, would cancel the news, i would cancel the licence. dress . apple

licence. oh, nice dress. apple green. my favourite. thank you very much. i had to read that because that was lovely. on ukraine. oh sheila says, why have stopped reporting on have we stopped reporting on ukraine? any plan to ukraine? is there any plan to rectify situation? we keep rectify the situation? we keep following of the situations following all of the situations as go. your thoughts as we go. keep your thoughts coming and appreciate that. obviously do cover that my obviously i do cover that in my worldview my show often and worldview on my show often and finally, oh, another lovely message for charlie. peter's saying that he's doing very well, catherine, thank you so much for that. well, listen, it's been great. thank you so much. i'm my show is usually on the between 3 and 6, the weekends between 3 and 6, saturday sunday. i'm nana saturday and sunday. i'm nana akua in for patrick christie's. don't go anywhere because michelle dewberry is on the way with dewbs & co enjoy. and i look with dewbs& co enjoy. and i look fonnard to seeing you on saturday at three. alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> it's not with us yet, but it is on the way. once storm is on the way. and once storm babette arrives, it's to babette arrives, it's going to drop rain. have drop a lot of rain. we have a met office. amber weather warning in across eastern warning in place across eastern scotland. here comes the storm system up from the the

system up from the south. the isobars pinching together. so it's going to get windy, but it's going to get windy, but it's perhaps the it's the rain. perhaps the greatest concern as greatest cause for concern as that storm system kind of grinds to a and amber warning to a halt. and amber warning and several yellow weather warnings are in place . check out the met are in place. check out the met office website for the details of those. back to this evening . of those. back to this evening. a little bit of light rain crossing through parts of northern ireland could get a little in the little heavier later in the night. in west night. a few showers in the west and some developing in the and some more developing in the south. storm barbet's south. this is storm barbet's starting the winds starting to approach the winds picking as well. quite picking up as well. quite a blustery night, milder blustery night, much milder night night, night than last night, particularly so across the north. we start in double digits onto the details for wednesday and still good part of and still for a good part of scotland and northern and eastern much of the day eastern england. much of the day will dry, there will be will be dry, but there will be outbreaks of rain for wales and southwest turning outbreaks of rain for wales and southweand turning outbreaks of rain for wales and southweand more turning outbreaks of rain for wales and southweand more persistent heavier and more persistent through the day as the winds start and then start to strengthen and then some very heavy rain potentially for northern ireland through the late time , temperatures into evening time, temperatures into the or even high teens. but the mid or even high teens. but feeling cooler as that wind starts strengthen stronger starts to strengthen stronger

winds and heavier rain. then through wednesday night and dunng through wednesday night and during this rain rainy during thursday, this rain rainy zone grinding to a halt across parts of eastern scotland. that's why we're particularly concerned there will be concerned here. there will be heavy . as heavy showers elsewhere. as i said, met office said, there are met office warnings

to deliver our service when we basically need it and do you trust them? i really hope that you do. but do you think it would be there in your hour of need also? i want to look at the snp. they are proposing price caps basically on supermarket foodstuffs . and get this the foodstuffs. and get this the welsh parliament has banned gb news from its parliamentary televisions. apparently we're toxic. is this censorship really? in 2023? what is going