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trying accused the bus driver of trying to kill them. okay forjust nudge the bus fonnard to kill them. okay forjust nudge the bus toward a little bit. they are trying to block the people getting back on the baby barge. we're not having much with bibi barge. much luck with this bibi barge. are we? are. well, there we go. now, rishi sunak is well, he was in he's on his way in israel. he's now on his way to saudi arabia. he said that we want win, which is not want israel to win, which is not really shock. is he saying really a shock. is he saying it'll do everything to help stand israel? think it stand with israel? i think it raises fonnard raises questions going fonnard about if anything, the about how much, if anything, the british is going to british taxpayer is going to give israel in this give to israel in this supposedly war that they give to israel in this sup planning war that they give to israel in this sup planning with var that they give to israel in this sup planning with hamas. they give to israel in this sup planning with hamas. quite are planning with hamas. quite a lot to unpack there. and yes, there go. lovely is under there we go. lovely is under fire. right? so a load of pro—palestine artists and actors, the usual types . okay. actors, the usual types. okay. have written a letter in that letter, they refuse to condemn the actions of hamas. it has got some people very, very exercised about the whole thing. we'll be having at they have having a look at what they have to patrick christys. gb to say. patrick christys. gb news get those emails coming in.
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gb views. cbnnews.com. what do you make of this? just stop oil protest. they've sat in front of this bus that was supposed to be taking those migrants back to the bibi barge, get those emails coming in. but right now it is your headlines with brianna . your headlines with brianna. >> thank you, patrick. good afternoon. it's 3:01. your top stories from the newsroom . rishi stories from the newsroom. rishi sunak has welcomed israel's decision to allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt, including £10 million worth of uk aid ready to enter the prime minister held talks with his counterpart, benjamin netanyahu and president herzog earlier , and president herzog earlier, netanyahu thanked rishi sunak for his visit to israel, calling it a strong statement of support in a time of darkness , mr sunak in a time of darkness, mr sunak will fly to saudi arabia later, where he'll meet the crown prince, mohammed bin salman. he says today's talks have been productive. i've had good,
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productive. i've had good, productive conversations with both prime minister netanyahu and the israeli president, herzog . herzog. >> among other things, we discussed the importance of this conflict not escalating regionally and the importance of getting humanity , korean aid getting humanity, korean aid into gaza to help people who needit.i into gaza to help people who need it. i also had the opportunity to meet families of british nationals who have been taken hostage. we are doing absolutely everything we can to get them home. >> the conflict has now killed almost 5000 people on both sides . on its 13th day, a warning some viewers may find the following images distressing . following images distressing. the gaza health ministry says over 12,000 palestinians have been injured in israeli airstrikes and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes . thousands have fled their homes. as hamas media are reporting , as hamas media are reporting, the head of the hamas led national security forces has been killed in an israeli airstrike . meanwhile, families airstrike. meanwhile, families of children and teenagers held captive in the gaza strip have
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been holding a press conference in tel aviv . and one of those in tel aviv. and one of those hostages relatives made an emotive and very powerful plea for their release . for their release. >> the whole world have to scream in an ad to ask for human humanity and i think and i pray and i begging and i ask even hamas this moment you have the opfion hamas this moment you have the option community to show that you still have humanity. i'm asking the whole world and your voice to scream to sky till the sky is open and bring our children . children. >> the foreign secretary held talks with his egyptian counterpart to discuss the ongoing situation in gaza. james cleverly visited israel last week and will travel to turkey and qatar over the coming days to try and seek a peaceful resolution. the uk says the
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three countries are vital to international efforts to uphold regional stability, free hostages and allow humanitarian access to gaza . in other news, access to gaza. in other news, french president emmanuel macron has attended the funeral of a teenager of a teacher who was stabbed in a suspected islamist attack . dominique bernard was attack. dominique bernard was stabbed to death six days ago in the northern city of arras. macron and his wife spoke to his family ahead of the ceremony. also attended by bernard's students. each carrying a white rose . the suspects under formal rose. the suspects under formal investigation for murder. and france has been on its highest state of alert since the attack . state of alert since the attack. back here, the first group of asylum seekers have returned to the bibby stockholm home in portland. a number of people were taken off the barge more than two months ago after deadly bakhtiari aria was found on board the home office says all necessary tests have now been
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completed . concrete leaks that completed. concrete leaks that could be at risk of collapse has been identified in another 40 schools and colleges across england. the department for education says the latest figures on the concrete known as rack brings the total to 240. in the last update from ministers in september had the number at 174 and an evacuation order has been put in place by angus council for all residents in the town of brecon in scotland, around 370 homes have been asked to evacuate late due to the unprecedented level of rain expected to fall across the area . it follows a rare red weather warning as storm babet is forecast to cause severe flooding and risk to life in parts of scotland and amber warning for rain has been issued for parts of northern england. the midlands and wales. this is
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gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back over to . patrick well , we start with to. patrick well, we start with the bibby stockholm barge because we have an ongoing breaking story to bring you. >> more than two months after legionella bacteria was found in the water supply. asylum seekers have started to return in. migrants have been seen moving their suitcases back onto the dorset barge after supplies of food and other essentials were delivered on tuesday. that was despite the best efforts of our old friends at just stop oil. bizarrely they tried to hold up the bus carrying the migrants . the bus carrying the migrants. they blocked the bus there. as you can see, the bus had at some point tried to nudge itself fonnard, which they then thought was a threat to kill them. yeah. let's now portland and let's cross now to portland and speak to gb news, south west of england. reporter jeff moody .
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england. reporter jeff moody. jeff, an eventful day for you then, so just stop. oil got involved . they tried to block involved. they tried to block the bibby barge . the bibby barge. >> absolutely. well we never saw that coming . that coming. >> oh, they've tried to block jeff as well. it's an absolute disgrace. when will just stop oil end this lot. they're getting your back, jeff. we will not be defeated. carry on. >> are . >> are. >> are. >> can you hear me now? yes very much so. yes. well, they never saw that coming, did they? i mean, we knew that they were going to be protests at the port. the asylum seekers were well prepared because well prepared for that because they'd been here, of course, back august when they'd seen back in august when they'd seen them the first time round. so we knew they were to going be demonstrations. what they didn't realise there were demonstrations. what they didn't realis(to there were demonstrations. what they didn't realis(to be there were demonstrations. what they didn't realis(to be demonstrations as going to be demonstrations as they to the isle they were getting on to the isle of itself, the beach of portland itself, the beach road that goes from weymouth and the mainland through the mainland up through into portland . it was while portland itself. it was while they were crossing that that, that road that suddenly just stop oil turned up out of nowhere and brought the bus to a standstill. didn't hold it for
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very long though. we know that because the bus did arrive. they did go on board as as planned. so yes, two months later than planned. they are now making themselves comfortable and looking out the window at the wonderful view because it's very, very, very sunny down here, protesters said. >> we know that our governments plan for new oil and gas is going to lead to more people being displaced from their homes, forced from where they've lived for generations due to the actions of our failing politicians, people coming to the uk must be met with common humanity and not housed in pnson humanity and not housed in prison ships. i mean, forgive me, but i'm not that convinced that those people who've just come across the channel will entirely understand why a lot of people in bright orange have just in front their bus. just sat in front of their bus. but it's something i but you know, it's something i suppose , that said that some of suppose, that said that some of them have now made onto the them have now made it onto the barge. this right? they have barge. is this right? they have indeed. >> two months after they were
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taken off the barge, as you know, in august, they arrived on the barge and then four days later, they were taken off because of this outbreak of legionnaires disease on board. we're told that within several days the legionella the problem with legionella was solved and the water was is now a clean supply of water. it's totally potable. so that problem went away very quickly. there was another legal dispute that kept things for going a few weeks. that was the mayor of portland herself, caroline parks , who herself, caroline parks, who went to the high court with all sorts of planning applications that she said had been filled out wrong. all sorts of issues that she said arrived and but the high court weren't having any of it. they kicked her out of court fairly swiftly and said , "0, of court fairly swiftly and said , no, it's going to happen and it's going to happen today. so today is the day that the government, the home office in particular, been waiting for particular, has been waiting for a long time now. they're on a very long time now. they're on board. there's only one coach on board. there's only one coach on board at the moment. we're not
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sure were that coach sure how many were on that coach because the windows were blacked out. we know there are out. but we know that there are more there should be more coming. there should be another tomorrow another coach. we think tomorrow and monday too. and another one on monday too. so surely the bibby so slowly but surely the bibby stockholm now in action stockholm barge is now in action and it is filling up fast. >> well, there we go. look, jeff, thank you very, very much. for the latest on unusual twist to the bibby barge saga , which to the bibby barge saga, which is just stop oil got is that just stop oil got involved and tried block it. involved and tried to block it. it's an interesting time it's been an interesting time for stop oil, actually, for just stop oil, actually, because other reports because i've got other reports here met police here about the met police arrested. stop oil arrested. just stop oil co—founders roger hallam and indigo rumbelow . and dawn raids indigo rumbelow. and dawn raids after eco zealots announced three more weeks of slow marches across london. so the met police launched some kind of pre—emptive strike on this, which as much as i get annoyed by, just stop oil . and i dare by, just stop oil. and i dare say that a lot of people do as well. the idea of a pre—emptive strike by police i think does seem a little bit egregious. is that the start of a slippery slope? you know, we had the
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slope? you know, when we had the coronation there was coronation and there was republicans they're not republicans there, they're not my king lot with the big yellow banners nicked. banners and they were nicked. and up with like and then that ended up with like no an apology and no charges and an apology and people saying that was, you know, live in a fascist know, we live in a fascist police state, which was bit police state, which was a bit much. i was like, think much. i was like, well, i think this thing. i didn't this is a good thing. i didn't want coronation disrupted. want the coronation disrupted. and glad that it and i am still glad that it wasn't disrupted. but do you not really have to wait for just stop oil to do something again before them? before you can arrest them? maybe not. i suppose the maybe not. i suppose if the police got police believe that they've got proper evidence for it, you know, intelligence led pre—emptive it is pre—emptive action. but if it is just going to nick them just we're going to nick them and get out of the just and get them out of the way just in i'm sure i want to in case. i'm not sure i want to live in that country because it could any of us, could happen to any of us, couldn't it? but yes, this is the latest. just stop oil have plonked in of plonked themselves in front of a migrant bus on its way to the bibby barge. i feel desperately sorry for whoever that coach driver is. okay. they've already told go told him, look, you've got to go told him, look, you've got to go to this asylum seeker to this. this asylum seeker hotel. you've got to pick these people who don't want go people up who don't want to go onto this barge, get on the barge. probably barge. there's probably run a gauntlet of goodness knows what
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at on at that hotel. and then on the way there, the just stop oil numpties and plonk numpties come and plonk themselves of bus. themselves in front of his bus. and he's got to deal that. themselves in front of his bus. and he s got to deal that. themselves in front of his bus. and he justt to deal that. themselves in front of his bus. and he just think, �*al that. themselves in front of his bus. and he just think, good that. themselves in front of his bus. and he just think, good grief,:. and he just think, good grief, you know, his life come you know, what's his life come to? but moving matters more to? but moving on matters more serious the israel—hamas serious now to the israel—hamas war. rishi sunak met israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu began his netanyahu today as he began his diplomatic the diplomatic visit across the middle united diplomatic visit across the middletold united diplomatic visit across the middletold its united diplomatic visit across the middletold its citizensi diplomatic visit across the middletold its citizens to states told all its citizens to leave lebanon, sunak emphasised states told all its citizens to leaviit_ebanon, sunak emphasised states told all its citizens to leaviit was non, sunak emphasised states told all its citizens to leaviit was important. emphasised states told all its citizens to leaviit was important that)hasised states told all its citizens to leaviit was important that the ised that it was important that the conflict between israel and hamas didn't escalate to the wider region. wider middle east region. >> perpetrated an >> hamas has perpetrated an absolutely barbaric act of terrorism. people terrorism. i'm sure many people will seen seen seen the will have seen seen seen the videos. they are horrific . they videos. they are horrific. they chill you. they certainly have done that to me. and everyone can represent pure can see that they represent pure evil and it's right that israel exercises its right to self defence. it has not just the right to protect its citizens, the duty to protect its citizens and that something and ensure that something like this happen again . this can never happen again. it's the conflict it's important that the conflict doesn't escalate regionally. that's to talking as that's why i'm to talking as many people as i across the many people as i can across the region. already done that region. i've already done that and able to see more and i'll be able to see more people person on this trip.
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people in person on this trip. no one wants to see this conflict escalate indeed conflict escalate and indeed the uk sent various military uk has sent various military assets into the mediterranean to prevent regional escalation. so some of surveillance some of our surveillance aircraft, for example, are ensuring arms shipments ensuring that arms shipments don't their way to people don't find their way to people like hezbollah . well that was like hezbollah. well that was the prime minister there and he is travelling to saudi arabia to meet with crown prince mohammed bin salman to shore up diplomatic talks there. >> we can go now to tel aviv and speak to our reporter, charlie peters. charlie, thank you very much. so what is the latest from where are? i mean, still no where you are? i mean, still no ground offensive . ground offensive. >> still ground offensive on >> still no ground offensive on a day of relatively low intensity with regards to rocket fire from hamas. we've only been rocketed attacked once here in tel aviv, which is quite a low ratio for the usual rate of fire on us. and there's been limited rocket fire on southern israel as well. beersheba and ashkelon, those two main southern israeli cities receiving their usual daily fire. but a lull of 18 hours, a whole 18 hours, which
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is unheard of since this conflict started between the last rocket attack on those communities in the south. in the north, there has also been a relatively low intensity of fighting between the idf and lebanese hezbollah in the last two hours, though, five unguided missiles were launched from southern lebanon into the northern territories. one of them was intercepted by the iron dome air defence system , but the dome air defence system, but the other four landed in open areas in the north. but while the situation here remains, as i said, a relatively lower intensity in the region, more widely is facing an escalation . widely is facing an escalation. protests in ramallah and the west bank, protests in beirut and lebanon, where american citizens have been ordered to evacuate and also protests outside israeli american and indeed british embassies in istanbul , in indeed british embassies in istanbul, in amman, in jordan, and also protests in libya and egypt as well. there are tensions are rife in all of those countries after that hospital explosion on tuesday night, which the americans and
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israelis have said with high confidence on their view and in their intelligence was the fault of the palestinian islamic jihad, but also the a big focus today is the arrival of prime minister rishi sunak. the situation here with him attempting to conduct some humanitarian and indeed some some militaristic diplomacy, trying to suggest his support for the israeli army, continued efforts against hamas and trying to secure some more information about the rescue of those hostages. and the supply of aid from egypt into gaza. but the situation continues and the escalation looks likely to continue around the region . continue around the region. >> yeah, no, indeed, charlie, i think something that might be quite bad news for the british taxpayer , just looking at it taxpayer, just looking at it from an arguably very selfish, but certainly hyper domestic angle is that benjamin netanyahu appears to be saying that they are preparing for a long war with hamas and i don't know about our viewers or our listeners, but when i heard
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that, i could hear the potential for a lot of british money to end up being spent over there on top of what we're spending in ukraine, et cetera. is that a legitimate concern or do you think or not? i think the concern is more for the american taxpayer, patrick. >> they fund billions of dollars every year into the military coffers. in israel. they spend well over a billion just on the air defence system. and in the last hour , we've seen aircraft last hour, we've seen aircraft heavy lift aircraft from the us air force landing in israel, delivering armoured vehicles to resupply those lost so far in the fighting in southern israel in particular, the british support will be more one of solidarity and that is the term that rishi sunak has used today. but we also know that since the start of this conflict, they have provided maritime have provided some maritime patrol aircraft from the royal air force to keep an eye on the situation here. that signals and imagery intelligence likely to support the israeli war effort . support the israeli war effort. but let's forget those but let's not forget those maritime patrol aircraft between
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2010 and 2020. we did not even have that capability due to the cuts to the military that have been going on since 2010. so a very limited offering that the military has at the moment. and quite frankly, what israel needs that have, it's that britain doesn't have, it's all going to come from washington. if it comes from anywhere. >> arguably, britain anywhere. >> britain ably, britain anywhere. >> britain doesn't britain anywhere. >> britain doesn't have tain anywhere. >> britain doesn't have atn needs, britain doesn't have at the either. charlie, the moment either. but charlie, thank you very, very much. charlie there. we are charlie peters there. we are looking at live shots from looking there at live shots from israel as a helicopter is in the sky. i believe that's near the border with lebanon, which has actually seen quite intense skirmishes we'll skirmishes recently. look, we'll bnng skirmishes recently. look, we'll bring you any updates as and when get them. we be when we get them. we will be going to live throughout going to israel live throughout the course of the show. we the course of the show. and we are expecting rishi sunak to touch in saudi arabia touch down in saudi arabia again. we'll bring that you. again. we'll bring that to you. any developments he any developments there as he looks to shore up diplomatic relations? i'm just on an relations? but i'm just on an email in here now, which leads relations? but i'm just on an emiperfectlye now, which leads relations? but i'm just on an emiperfectly onnw, which leads relations? but i'm just on an emiperfectly on to which leads relations? but i'm just on an emiperfectly on to the ch leads relations? but i'm just on an emiperfectly on to the topic. ds me perfectly on to the topic. i'll about shortly. i'll be talking about shortly. this nigel. thank you this is from nigel. thank you very much, nigel, who says, as a member the jewish member of the uk's jewish community, you that community, i can tell you that these progressive left wing luvvie celebrities do not give a
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about any jews that are being killed . and he tees off in quite killed. and he tees off in quite punchy terms. the reason why i raised that email gbviews@gbnews.com is because of this. alan partridge actor steve coogan is being criticised for giving his views on the crisis, not just him giving his views on the crisis, notjust him loads of giving his views on the crisis, not just him loads of others. these these luvvies are under fire. okay, so it's a letter that's been signed by 2000 people. so okay. and they fail to condemn hamas's brutal attacks. they are calling for a ceasefire . it includes actors, ceasefire. it includes actors, musicians , artists, and they're musicians, artists, and they're saying that they are desperate for every act of violence against civilians and every infringement of international law. whoever perpetrates them to be condemned. but they don't actually go on to specifically name hamas , apparently. and that name hamas, apparently. and that has enraged a lot of people . you has enraged a lot of people. you can get loads more on this situation in the middle east, though, in general on our website, gbnews.com. it's the fastest national news fastest growing national news site the country. it's got
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site in the country. it's got all the best analysis, big opinion course, the opinion and of course, the latest news. but get latest breaking news. but get this, what's this, the king has given what's been a state of the been described as a state of the union speech on us union style speech calling on us to show understanding at a time of international and national turmoil . but of international and national turmoil. but i am asking of international and national turmoil . but i am asking today, turmoil. but i am asking today, does he command the same level of respect as our late, great queen? patrick christys gb news, britain's news channel
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sunday mornings from 930 on. gb news about what you are looking at there. >> if you're watching us on tv or online, is the live scene from gaza city. still no ground invasion from the israelis, but the latest lines out of today is that rishi sunak has been to israel. he's spoken to benjamin netanyahu and he's re—established britain's desire for also for israel to win. he's also said help whatever said will help do whatever it takes. go to the lebanese takes. let's go to the lebanese border now with israel, which we can show you. there it is. yes. so this has been the scene of fierce skirmishes in recent days. it has been a very quiet days. it has been a very quiet day so far . days. it has been a very quiet day so far. but we should all bearin day so far. but we should all bear in mind what benjamin netanyahu had to say earlier on, which is that he is preparing for a long war with hamas. so that's the very latest. this could well be famous last words. but as it currently stands, a relatively quiet day in the israel gaza saga. but closer to home, king charles has given
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what's been dubbed as his very own state of the union address. i don't know if any of you caught this yesterday. he spoke about what he sees as british values that he says holds us all together . together. >> i have often described the united kingdom as a community of communities , as an island nation communities, as an island nation in which our shared values are the force which holds us together at such a juncture in our national life. there are special strengths which we can summon to help us deep wells on which we can draw this includes the practise of our religious faith in freedom and mutual understanding such an understanding such an understanding both at home and overseas , is never more vital overseas, is never more vital than at times of international turmoil and heartbreak.
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>> yes . okay. so that was king >> yes. okay. so that was king charles. i'm joined now by the wonderful former bbc royal correspondent and friend of the show, jennie bond. jennie, thank you very much. so do you think that what king charles had to say there was correct? do you think it's reasonable? do you think it's reasonable? do you think he understands maybe how divided the world and dare i say it, britain is these days ? it, britain is these days? >> oh, yes. i think he understands that very profoundly. >> you have to remember, this is a man who has devoted a great deal of his life to understanding the different religious faiths around the world, not just understanding , world, not just understanding, but practising a lot of meetings with with people of different faiths . and he's a man who cares faiths. and he's a man who cares extremely deeply about those different ages and about what we have in common. despite those differences which so often shape conflicts around the world. >> and i think we should be pleased that we are fortunate
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enough to have a monarch who has such a deep understanding and is willing to talk about it, however obliquely he did not mention the middle east in his speech at mansion, but every word seemed to be shot through with nuances about the dreadful conflict that's going on. >> yes, no, indeed . and now >> yes, no, indeed. and now david's been on. david says this i absolutely adored our late queen, i think, because of her lengthy reign, it will take time to build up the same level of respect and admiration that she commanded . but i think he's commanded. but i think he's getting off to a decent start. it's still early days. that's david in scarborough. that was my general kind of takeaway last night from this , which was he night from this, which was he just doesn't have the same gravitas as the queen, but is that unfair ? that unfair? >> yes, i think it is unfair. >> yes, i think it is unfair. >> i think he does have actually more gravitas. >> we know what he thinks about a lot of issues . a lot of issues. >> he has been so active in campaigning, >> he has been so active in campaigning , particularly, as campaigning, particularly, as i say, on unity within the religions and harmony generally. >> he he talks on and on about
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harmony . harmony. >> he's written a book called harmony , harmony, mankind, and harmony, harmony, mankind, and nature, harmony between our different peoples and he's tried here to really pitch this speech extremely carefully . extremely carefully. >> and i think he succeeded . >> and i think he succeeded. >> and i think he succeeded. >> and i think he succeeded. >> and he has, of course, been very evenhanded in that as soon as the awful attack , the hamas as the awful attack, the hamas attack on israel happened, he invited the chief rabbi to buckingham palace. >> he called king abdullah of jordan. >> he also called president herzog of israel . herzog of israel. >> so he's being both proactive and ad very equally balanced, i think, in his actions. >> and he has to be careful . >> and he has to be careful. >> and he has to be careful. >> well, he does have to be very careful. don't we all these days, unfortunately. but there we go. i wonder whether or not he is ideally placed to help britain much as possible when britain as much as possible when it comes to what's been going on in middle and the in the middle east and the middle is, let's be honest middle east is, let's be honest with a mess. okay. with you, a bit of a mess. okay. in terms of internal conflicts and ramifications that that and the ramifications that that can spill out into the
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can have to spill out into the wider world. okay. do you think that relationships, like the that his relationships, like the ones you just outlined that his relationships, like the ones canyou just outlined that his relationships, like the ones canyou ju:help:lined that his relationships, like the ones canyou ju:help britain there, can really help britain in soft diplomacy? in terms of soft diplomacy? >> i do . and quite >> yes, i do. and quite honestly, if anyone in this awful situation , if anyone can awful situation, if anyone can say anything which might prevent this conflict escalating into world turmoil, we've got to hear it, haven't we? and so he has a global platform and he's using it extremely carefully. you know, i understand that he spent a long time thinking about this speech. it was his words. and he reflected on each of those words very carefully . and i think it very carefully. and i think it was a really excellent i won't not an intervention , but not an intervention, but reflection on the state of the united kingdom and the state of world affairs . world affairs. >> okay, jenny, thank you very, very much. that is jennie bond there, the bbc's former royal correspondent, with some interesting insight there, i think into king charles. just going to delve into the inbox. gb views of gbnews.com thank
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you, everybody. who's been getting in touch today. the king's was excellent, king's speech was excellent, says linda. it is totally irrelevant to compare him standing with that of the late his standing with that of the late queen. i'm sorry, your majesty, though this is a different email now, but i find these days that my british values don't seem to be the same as a lot of other people, and thatis as a lot of other people, and that is something that we're going to talk about a going to go on to talk about a little bit later on in the show as well. you know, mod in britain, all of that britain, what does all of that really especially light really mean, especially in light of night? think there was of last night? i think there was quite an unusual but not entirely concerning development , entirely concerning development, which that pro—palestine which was at that pro—palestine protest art demonstration on downing street. at some point there was a pause for a call to prayer. i suppose it's an unusual sight, is it not, to see a couple of hundred people lining whitehall doing the islamic prayer? you islamic call to prayer? you don't every day. they don't see that every day. they got people quite exercised got some people quite exercised having a little chat about all of that and we are going to be talking well about old talking as well about the old luvvie yes luvvie celebs, aren't we? yes loads between now and loads to come between now and 4:00. out why. alan
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4:00. find out why. alan partridge, actor steve coogan amongst others, have been accused of talking drivel after he his views on the war in he gave his views on the war in the middle east. but first, it's your latest headlines with . rihanna >> patrick, thank you. it's 330. your top stories from the newsroom. rishi sunak welcomed israel's decision to allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt, including £10 million of uk aid . the prime minister today uk aid. the prime minister today held talks with his counterpart, benjamin netanyahu , who thanked benjamin netanyahu, who thanked him for his visit to israel. in a time of darkness, mr sunak will fly to saudi arabia next, where he'll meet the crown prince mohammed bin salman . the prince mohammed bin salman. the first group of asylum seekers have returned to the bibby stockholm in portland. a number of people were taken off the barge. more than two months ago after dangerous bacteria was
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points at roslyn , gold proudly points at roslyn, gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . and okay, well, let's report. and okay, well, let's get a bit more on the migrant crisis. >> a combination of stories. this actually because it was initially about the migrant crisis and then it turned into just a boil protest. it's got it all. but than two months all. but more than two months after legionella bacteria after the legionella bacteria was the supply of was found in the water supply of the stockholm barge, the bibby stockholm barge, asilah started to asilah seekers have started to return to the vessel. migrants have been seen moving their suitcases back onto the dorset barge after supplies of food and other essentials were delivered on tuesday . that was despite the on tuesday. that was despite the best efforts of our old friends at just stop oil. i best efforts of our old friends atjust stop oil. i must best efforts of our old friends at just stop oil. i must admit quite an unexpected twist to proceedings this. so they tried to hold up the bus carrying these migrants just stop oil have released a few tweets which i will read out to you now as a result of their actions there.
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so just stop oil. initially, they said that they wanted to block a coach taking refugees to the bibby stockholm barge . they the bibby stockholm barge. they came out and said at 12:45 pm, 23 supporters of . just stop oil 23 supporters of. just stop oil blocked. the only road access to the boat on the isle of portland. they've also issued a rallying cry to sign up sign up to their part in resistance . to their part in resistance. anyway, they then followed it with that footage that you were just seeing right there of a picture of a bus that goes intent to kill in capital letters. that's what it is, intent to kill . we are saddened intent to kill. we are saddened to report that we were unable all to halt transportation of refugees to the prison. the driver rammed through the block, risking killing those in front . risking killing those in front. just do not think the look on these people's faces right when they stand, they stand in front of traffic. look who's got a to job do, someone with a job to do. they stand in front of a moving lorry and that lorry continues to move. and they're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, you
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can't that . so those people can't do that. so those people that get right in your face and shout you constantly you shout at you constantly and you go just back go look, can you just back off a bit? they go, don't touch me, don't touch me all day. that's assault. anyway, there we are. so didn't work. let's cross so they didn't work. let's cross now speak to gb now to portland and speak to gb news, of england. news, south—west of england. reporter moody. just reporter jeff moody. jeff, just stop. unsuccessful. the stop. oil were unsuccessful. the coach not be coach driver shall not be defeated . defeated. >> absolutely . yeah. but the >> absolutely. yeah. but the just stop oil lot weren't very happy with it, were they? they accosted me about an hour ago as well saying that they, they were nearly killed by the driver and that, you know , he was at fault that, you know, he was at fault and that we're at fault . it was and that we're at fault. it was very unpleasant indeed. but the migrants are now on board. there is now one coach that's arrived . is now one coach that's arrived. we're expecting another coach, we think, tomorrow and possibly monday, too. but one lot is on. we're not sure exactly how many are on because the windows of the coach were blacked out. but we that last time it we know that last time it amounted to around 39 people that were on board last time there a little bit of there was a little bit of a protest at port to from the
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protest at the port to from the stand up to racism brigade. they they were protesting not that they were protesting not that they don't want the refugees there. they're saying that they think that the barge is not suitable for them, that it's a pnson suitable for them, that it's a prison barge and really that they shouldn't be treated with such indignity as to be put onto that barge. that's a view that's shared by some of the migrants themselves. last time they were on barge for that brief on the barge for that brief penod on the barge for that brief period august before period of time in august before the whole legionnaire's disease thing erupted, they were they wrote a letter to the home office, a joint open letter , to office, a joint open letter, to say that they really didn't want to go back to the bibby stockholm because it was bringing back memories of their perilous crossing from france to britain and crossings that they had before forehand to get into europe in the first place. and saying that, you know , they saying that, you know, they really didn't feel that it was right for their own mental health to be on board the barge. but as we know, many journalists look around barge and a few look around the barge and a few months ago , about a month before months ago, about a month before it was opened up, the first time
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round and reported back that although the accommodation is very basic and the barges around 50 old, it's perfectly 50 years old, it's perfectly decent accommodation . on the decent accommodation. on the main issue that they had was that they're packed into the rooms, that there are sort of two people in in one room and a bunk bed. some of the rooms have got more people in up to six, 7 or 8 people per room. and that, they say, was an issue that was certainly one of the main issues when it came to fire regulations. but those issues seem to have resolved themselves regulations. but those issues seen of) have resolved themselves regulations. but those issues seerrof) hailegalolved themselves regulations. but those issues seerrof) hai legal challenges ielves . all of the legal challenges seem to have resolved themselves. the mayor of portland legal portland herself took a legal action to the high court to try and prevent the barge from filling up, saying that various planning loopholes hadn't been fulfilled and that was kicked out of court fairly swiftly. so now we're in a situation where the barge is filling up. one coach load today , more to come. coach load today, more to come. we still don't know how many are on board, but it could get up to 500 in time . 500 in time. >> well, indeed. look jeff, thank you very much for doing
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stellar stuff there and apologies for you getting accosted stop oil. but accosted by. just stop oil. but you know, we have been quite categoric about putting their side of events out there, as anyone can see now, watching this television or online. this on television or online. this apparently live footage this is apparently live footage or sorry, as live footage, i should say, of just stop oil nearly killed by a coach nearly being killed by a coach driver . ah, i mean nearly being killed by a coach driver. ah, i mean , oh, grief. driver. ah, i mean, oh, grief. i mean , look at that. you stand. i mean, look at that. you stand. i mean, look at that. you stand. i mean, you stand in front of a coach as it's moving on. i mean, the fact is they can't even just stop coach , can they? that's stop coach, can they? that's what's happened there dressed as you know, right? orange tangerine numpties standing in front of a coach. they're trying to stop people. i mean, talking about trauma as well. i don't know how big the just stop oil community is in places like afghanistan , iran or places like afghanistan, iran or places like that. people have that. but those people must have got clue what was got a flipping clue what was going here. they sit in going on here. then they sit in the don't they? look at the road, don't they? look at them. you the road. how them. you sit in the road. how dare you keep moving to try to do your job? they need to stop. oh, . oh, gosh. i mean , yeah.
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oh, no. oh, gosh. i mean, yeah. there we go. so anyway, that is just stop oil's latest attempt. can i just say i think that's. do we all i don't know. do i think hats off to the coach driver. i don't think anyone appears to have been seriously hurt there. he certainly didn't mind. interesting as well. a mind. interesting as well. not a lot of the other drivers on the other side of that road or members the public rushed to members of the public rushed to just do just stop oil's defence, do they? for an organisation that claims best claims to have the public's best interests at heart, i don't really think the general public care much about so really think the general public care stuff|uch about so really think the general public care stuff from rbout so really think the general public care stuff from rbouistop so really think the general public care stuff fromrbouistop oilo some stuff from just stop oil there more than 2000 there now more than 2000 artists, and musicians, artists, actors and musicians, including oscar tilda including oscar winner tilda swinton, neither and steve swinton, may neither and steve coogan have signed a letter condemning bombing of condemning israel's bombing of gaza. nothing wrong with that , gaza. nothing wrong with that, of course, but the only problem is that they didn't mention hamas terror attacks . double hamas terror attacks. double standards, anyone? yes it's luvvies under fire time. people. patrick christys gb news business news show
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michael portillo gb news britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> well, at 4:00 we will cross live to israel. what you're looking at there is gaza city where there has just been an explosion, of course, and after hamas said that an israeli airstrike has killed one of the terror group's top officials. so it had been previously quite a quiet day so far in gaza and israel. i mean , by their israel. i mean, by their standards, let's be honest. but
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now we are seeing a plume of smoke above gaza, which indicates there has just been a rather large explosion. more on that as we get it. but actors, including steve coogan and oscar winner tilda swinton , have been winner tilda swinton, have been criticised after they condemn israel's military action in gaza. but did not mention hamas's terror attacks . so more hamas's terror attacks. so more than 2000 artistes, actors and musicians signed a letter from a group calling itself artists for palestine uk . the letter says palestine uk. the letter says our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them. we support the global movement against the destruction of gaza and the mass displacement of the palestinian people. we demand that our governments their military governments and their military and political support for israel's actions . or what can i israel's actions. or what can i just say? or what we demand? what are you going to do? so stop starring in hamlet. no. no one cares. let's cross now and speak to david mensah, who is a middle east expert and a former director of labour friends of
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israel. now, look, david, i was obviously kind of poking fun at them there, but i think from your perspective, there is actually a very serious criticism of this particular group of people, isn't there? and i'll just throw that over to you. >> look, i'm speaking to you live from tel aviv, and i think the perspective from here right now is to me, it looks like, you know, you've got to be a special kind of jew hater to sign this sort of drivel at a time. >> but 13 days ago when my people, jewish people, that certainly recognises evil when we see it, when we've suffered the most appalling day of savagery since, i think the holocaust , you know, this savagery since, i think the holocaust, you know, this this letter is so misguided and misplaced. >> i simply say to this group of misfits and weirdos that i invite them to rescue their ailing careers and try their chances as artists in in gaza
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under the hamas regime. >> you know, if they do that, i promise to sign a letter when they are locked up by hamas, they'd be lucky if they're locked up because they'd most likely, judging from hamas's. record, have their throat cut. >> well, it's strong stuff. obviously david, do you think that they just fundamentally don't understand the problem , or don't understand the problem, or is it that you think that there is it that you think that there is an undertone of anti—semitism . here >> look, i say quite clearly , i >> look, i say quite clearly, i said these are special kinds of jew haters. we can't anymore just forgive people for being ignorant about the terrible events that have happened in this country to the jewish people. the most appalling , people. the most appalling, appalling savagery which is still today being unfolded. you know, still today, we've had volleys of rockets, but not only that, we believe that there are still some of these hamas
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operatives roaming around the country waiting for this moment for another moment to strike. we cannot excuse this as just ignorance at the very least, they could recognise that there is no monopoly of pain in this region. but in this particular case, hamas are a genocidal group that need to be defeated and they have chosen their side the wrong side, i might add . the wrong side, i might add. >> it is a very, very interesting interaction and i suspect the kind of thing that you might do if you did live in a bit of a lovey bubble. actually and not quite understand the wider consequences. there i would imagine, though, david, that everybody who signed this letter would deny that they are a jew hater, that is, of course, your views. i will just out views. i will just read out a couple of things on this letter. so gaza already a society of so gaza is already a society of refugees. it says, and the children of refugees now in their hundreds of thousands bombarded from air, sea and land. palestinians whose grandparents forced out of grandparents were forced out of their homes at the barrel of a gun are again being told to flee
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or face collective punishment on an unimaginable scale. what do you make of that ? of course , a you make of that? of course, a massive misrepresentation of history. >> you know, i don't want to remind your viewers and listeners that, of course, 80% of gaza's residents voted for hamas. that was their one and single election before hamas killed the opposition. and got rid of all elections. unfortunately there is not much of a peace movement in gaza. when the twin towers came down, they handed out sweets and candies in gaza . when these poor candies in gaza. when these poor hostages were paraded through the streets of gaza, they handed out sweets and candies in gaza on the most terrible barbarism meted out on whether it's israelis or anyone else. they had out sweets and candy in gaza. the best thing for peace right now would to be erase
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hamas from the face of the earth . that will then give the palestinian people a chance to take up one of those many pieces which they have rejected for many, many pieces. they continue to reject. and finally put out their hand in genuine peace with their hand in genuine peace with the people of israel. the jewish people . people. >> yeah. what would your direct message to steve coogan and tilda swinton? maxine peake, who are amongst the more famous people who have put their names to this letter? what would your direct message to them be? >> i would say that it would be a great idea if you took a little trip down to hamas and educated yourself into the gaza strip and see what it's like for artists going to, you know, perhaps give over any sort of opposition to the genocidal islamic fundamentalist regime . islamic fundamentalist regime. just educate yourself, go and
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visit and then come over to israel and see the flourishing democratic scene which exists here in israel and compare the two and then make a decision about where you'd rather live and which you know. but that is being too kind to them because i have had enough of this idea about, oh, well, people are misinformed. this is not misinformed. this is not misinformed . there has been misinformed. there has been a genocide committed. the most appalling act of inhumanity of people. these are free. the advocates of these terrible acts . they live streamed their acts like the tried to destroy the evidence. they live streamed it on tiktok on telegram on facebook . they live streamed it. facebook. they live streamed it. there's no longer an excuse to say, well, they don't quite understand because they're they're lovey bubble. unfortunate we recognise this sort of stupidity and it's a hatred as well. and there's a name for it. i call it. i mean, unfortunately, right on cue ,
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unfortunately, right on cue, david, we are now looking at another explosion in gaza. >> that's a couple in the last ten minutes or so . and they ten minutes or so. and they describe in this letter, they quote the israeli minister of defence, yoav galant , depiction defence, yoav galant, depiction of palestinians as apparently human animals. the signatories say that palestinians have become people to whom almost anything can be done . do become people to whom almost anything can be done. do you think that there is a certain kind of idiocy here from the likes of steve coogan, who no doubt would jump on an lgbtq plus bandwagon? who would add, you know, talk about human rights, who would quite possibly talk about women's rights, who has benefited massively from being able to operate and live in a free liberal society , too. in a free liberal society, too. i mean , yeah, okay. they're on i mean, yeah, okay. they're on the side of the palestinian people all they say. but clearly a lot of those people support, you know, a hard line islamist regime. that is i think, quite a
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hypocritical situation, isn't it ? >> look, i would prefer to quote to you, rishi sunak, who appeared alongside the israeli prime ministerjust appeared alongside the israeli prime minister just today, whose words were we want you to win. those were rishi's words, very, very impressive . i mean, a real very impressive. i mean, a real shotin very impressive. i mean, a real shot in the arm for the people of israel. look, there have been ten murdered brits , five ten murdered brits, five missing, five missing brits. i would encourage these some of these stars , most of them are these stars, most of them are nobodies with no career whatsoever. but i grant you, steve coogan is a big. do you think people. >> david, let me just ask you this quickly. just let me just ask you this quickly. do you think that that jewish people should boycott anything that steve coogan does future? steve coogan does in future? >> are so few jewish >> look, there are so few jewish people uk. about people in the uk. there's about 300,000. it's barely a, you know, scintilla of a number of know, a scintilla of a number of people. so that wouldn't make a difference. neither here nor there. i would simply say to steve coogan, educate yourself. okay. have a look at the
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situation of freedom in gaza and even in the in in the west bank, where artists are routinely locked up, if not worse , educate locked up, if not worse, educate yourself and then make a decision. >> look, david, thank you very much. and it's good to see that you are keeping safe in tel aviv. as david mentioned, there is a middle east expert and a former director of the labour friends of israel, just to say as those are those are as well, those are those are live scenes of gaza. of course, all of the lovely celebrities who have decided to sign this letter would probably look at that and say maybe it justifies what they're saying. of course, we support the global movement against the destruction of gaza . against the destruction of gaza. they say the mass displacement of palestinian of the palestinian people. i completely what david completely understand what david was saying, though, about this idea that what went on as a result of hamas's actions are not condemned in this letter. and you have to find that quite intriguing, don't you? but yesterday i told you all about the to news from the decision to ban gb news from tvs welsh parliament.
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tvs in the welsh parliament. well, today the leader of the house penny house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mordaunt, remember her on with the she's weighed the big sword. she's weighed into the debate. okay. and it's fair say she's on our side. fair to say she's on our side. i think my record, even, even pnor think my record, even, even prior to taking this role has been that i have stood up and fought for this house. >> the first year of the pandemic, and honourable members will know i spent every single day on the phone to all members of this house updating them in my role as paymaster general on what was happening . and i take what was happening. and i take my responsibilities this house very, very seriously indeed. but i shall always stand up and fight for this house and my country. i will not be lying down with a just stop oil and damaging our energy security. i will not be lying down potentially with the liberal democrats and the honourable ladies encouraging words about proportional representation . i proportional representation. i will not be lying down with the snp, the honourable lady will be very pleased to hear and contemplate assisting them on a
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second referendum. those are the facts, mr speaker, and i can understand why labour don't like them , which is perhaps why they them, which is perhaps why they have chosen to ban some news programming available on freeview to anyone operating in the in the senate . the in the senate. >> right. well, that was penny mordaunt, right? yes some breaking news that you will have just upon your just seen flashed upon your screen which is that screen there, which is that rishi sunak has now arrived third arabia for that third in saudi arabia for that next leg of his middle eastern tour. we'll you more on tour. we'll bring you more on that. obviously been that. he's obviously just been to earlier. now in to israel earlier. he's now in saudi loads more to saudi arabia. loads more to come. christys news come. patrick christys gb news britain's channel. britain's news channel. >> hello, storm. babbitt will continue to bring some exceptional weather over the next 24 hours. a rain warning remains in force across eastern scotland where that rain will continue to push in. this is the area of low pressure that's associated with babbitt. it stays anchored to the uk for the next couple of days and the red warning remains in force where we've got this weather front and you can see it persist ing
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across eastern scotland through much evening, much of thursday evening, continuing to push in. you can see the colours it's heavy see from the colours it's heavy and persistent across the and it's persistent across the country. elsewhere we will see rain starting to become more widespread across northern and eastern england. drier down towards the southwest and a mild night across the board. now we've got weather warnings in place of the place across much of the country, particularly northern and areas. we'll and eastern areas. we'll continue the feeding continue to see the wind feeding that gusts 70, that rain in gusts of 70, possibly a touch more over the coasts. and hills. but it's the rain then that we start to focus on across northern england as we head through friday. and amber warning just issued warning has just been issued from the office for parts of from the met office for parts of the pennines northern the pennines and northern counties into counties of england into yorkshire to the south of .it, we'll see some sunny skies, but that will spark some heavy that will spark off some heavy downpours through the afternoon. again staying again temperatures staying mild across and it stays across the board and it stays unsettled as we head into saturday. warnings are saturday. further warnings are still place, but the rain still in place, but the rain intensity by this stage will begin to ease. we'll still continue to see some showers, though, pretty much anywhere
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>> good afternoon . it's 4 pm. >> good afternoon. it's 4 pm. ist patrick christys. it's gb news. and we start with this. really kind of weird development that took place in the old just stop barge debacle. the bibby stockholm channel migrants supposed to be back on it and
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then look who rocked up. yes, that's friends that's right. our old friends that's right. our old friends that stop oil decided to that just stop oil decided to blockade the mine bus. but the driver decided i'm just going to carry on anyway. and now he's being accused of threatening to kill or trying to kill just off oil because he just ploughed on through. so there we go. apparently, stop. oil apparently, just stop. oil failed mission to stop failed in their mission to stop those being to get those migrants being able to get on and do have on the barge. and now we do have some migrants on the bibby stockholm until, of course, legionella is found again. in other talking other news, we'll be talking about yes, sunak about this as well. yes, sunak has to israel. met has been to israel. he's met with he said with benjamin netanyahu. he said we israel to win. he has we want israel to win. he has now landed in saudi arabia where he's going to meet the crown prince there to shore up diplomatic relations as we gear up the world gears up for what benjamin netanyahu is calling a long war with hamas. concerning stuff in other news, i will be talking about this woke bras go bust. talking about this woke bras go bust . yes, i was wondering, i'll bust. yes, i was wondering, i'll be honest with you. what we were going to illustrate this story with and i am disappointed. but
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it is victoria's secret have decided to ditch a woke pro—feminist plus size model body positivity type campaign because they were losing money, so they reverted back to just having a kind of old school, paid three stunners, doing the bras adverts. do you think that's right? go woke, go broke. in other news, harry and meghan. yes, that's right. they have copped it for getting on a private jet to an island where billionaires go to escape millionaires. well, there we go. patrick christys . gb news family patrick christys. gb news family show. family show gbviews@gbnews.com right. okay, look, get your views coming in thick and fast. i want to hear your takes on the just stop oil bngade your takes on the just stop oil brigade getting involved with the channel migrant crisis. an unusual will see unusual twist, but i will see the other side of own . the other side of own. >> good afternoon to you. it's a minute past four. i'm aaron
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armstrong in the newsroom. >> rishi sunak has touched down in saudi arabia where he's due to meet crown prince mohammed bin salman. >> earlier, the prime minister held talks with his israeli counterpart , benjamin netanyahu, counterpart, benjamin netanyahu, along with president isaac herzog . rishi sunak has welcomed herzog. rishi sunak has welcomed israel's decision to allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt. include £10 million worth from the uk . egypt. include £10 million worth from the uk. mr netanyahu thanked him for visiting israel, calling it a strong statement of support in a time of darkness . support in a time of darkness. >> i've had good, productive conversations with both prime minister netanyahu and the israeli president herzog . among israeli president herzog. among other things, we discussed the importance of this conflict not escalating regionally and the importance of getting humanitarian aid into gaza to help people who need it. i also had the opportunity to meet families of british nationals who have been taken hostage. we're doing absolutely everything we can to get them home. >> the conflict has now killed almost 5000 people on both sides
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. it's into a 13th day. a warning some viewers may find the following images distressing. >> the gaza health ministry says more than 12,000 palestinians have been injured in israeli airstrikes and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes. >> the enclave remains under a total siege with food , water and total siege with food, water and electricity in very short supply. one charity has warned that the lack of access to water means gaza is a health crisis on the brink of explosion , where the brink of explosion, where families of children and teenagers held captive in the gaza strip have been holding a press conference in tel aviv . press conference in tel aviv. one of the hostages relatives made an emotional plea for their release . release. >> the whole world have to scream and to ask for human humanity. and i think and i pray and i begging and i ask that even hamas this moment, you have the opportunity to show that you still have humanity .
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the opportunity to show that you still have humanity. i'm asking the whole world and your voice to scream to . sky, to the sky is to scream to. sky, to the sky is open. to scream to. sky, to the sky is open . bring our children home. open. bring our children home. the foreign secretary has held talks with his egyptian counterpart to discuss the ongoing situation in gaza. >> james cleverly visited israel last week and will travel to turkey and qatar in the coming days to seek a peaceful resolution. the uk says the three countries are vital to international efforts to uphold regional stability, to free hostages and to allow humanitarian access to gaza. the french president, emmanuel macron, has attended the funeral of a teacher who was stabbed in a suspected islamist attack on friday. dominique bernard was stabbed to death last week in the northern city of arras. president macron and his wife spoke to his family ahead of the ceremony. also attended by
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bernard's students. each carrying a white rose. the suspect is under formal investigation for murder . france investigation for murder. france has been on its highest state of alert since the attack . the alert since the attack. the first group of asylum seekers have returned to the bibby stockholm in portland. a number of people were taken off the barge. more than two months ago after deadly bacteria was found on board. well, the home office says all necessary tests have now been completed . concrete now been completed. concrete that could be at risk of collapse has been identified in another 40 schools and colleges across england. the department for education says the latest figures on the concrete known as rack brings the total to 214. the last update from ministers in september had the number at 174 and evacuation order has been put in place by angus council for all residents in the town of brechin in scotland. more than 400 homes have been asked to evacuate because of the unprecedented level of rain
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that's expected to fall in the area . meanwhile, aberdeenshire area. meanwhile, aberdeenshire council said it will be setting up rest centres in stonehaven and laurencekirk for residents unable to remain in their homes. it follows a rare red weather warning as storm babet is forecast to cause severe flooding and risk to life in some parts of scotland. and amber warning for rain has been issued for parts of northern england, the midlands and wales. we are on tv on digital radio, if you want us on your smart speaken if you want us on your smart speaker, just say play gb news. that's it for me for the moment. now back to . patrick now back to. patrick >> well, i just wanted to doff my cap to the heroine of hartlepool , tory mp jill hartlepool, tory mp jill mortimer. she had the bottle to stand up in parliament and say what so many other mps are too afraid to say . she wants dodgy afraid to say. she wants dodgy asylum seekers out of her area. now mortimer's impassioned outburst came after a moroccan asylum seeker who has now
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appeared in court, was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 70 year old resident of the area. now, obviously, i can't pass comments on that specific case, given the legal proceedings are undennay , but there is a wider undennay, but there is a wider point here which she makes . point here which she makes. let's play the clip. >> every week my office is besieged by asylum seekers. my staff are intimidated by young men. the fact is most of them are illegal migrants who should be expelled . be expelled. >> enough is enough. i want these people out of hartlepool now. >> i would like to reassure her that this government is doing everything we can to tackle illegal migration and the harm it causes by removing those with no right to be here in the uk. we have excellent long standing relationships return people relationships to return people to many countries. we have returning thousands of people more this year than we have done in past and we will continue in the past and we will continue to use every avenue at our disposal to ensure that it is only this country and this government who decides come government who decides to come here and criminal gangs.
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here and not criminal gangs. >> yeah, exactly. again just want to emphasise that there is a wider picture here about asylum and not anything to do with anything that's ongoing in that area. but this is the bit that area. but this is the bit that i'm focussed on is every week my office is besieged by asylum seekers. my staff are intimidated by young men. the fact that most of them are fact is that most of them are illegal migrants who should be expelled enough is enough, expelled and enough is enough, she night on she continued. last night on farage. he says, i have a fantastic team of very dedicated people in hartlepool. we've undertaken 9000 pieces of casework and correspondents since i came in in 2021. they do amazing work and they shouldn't have to put up with this when they contact the home office to get an update on these people who knock on the door to find out happening with their out what's happening with their applications . is out what's happening with their applications. is a is a good fit for you? very often they will find out that these people have been on than been refused asylum on more than one occasion previously . right. one occasion previously. right. well, we have it . that's well, there we have it. that's the reality, isn't it? well done for calling it out. jill
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mortimer, the fact is that if more mps had the bottle to come out and say what the reality was in their local area, then there is a chance that wouldn't is a chance that we wouldn't have got ourselves into this mess. were gasps in the mess. there were gasps in the chamber people shocked by chamber from people shocked by what jill had chamber from people shocked by whatjill had to say. chamber from people shocked by what jill had to say . well, what jill had to say. well, those people want to get out more because she was actually saying what the vast majority of the british public thinking . the british public are thinking. well listen, i think i want to hear from you, gb views on gbnews.com but on to other matters now, the latest on the israel—hamas war. and in the last few minutes, rishi sunak has arrived in saudi arabia on the latest stage of his trip to the latest stage of his trip to the middle east. sunak met israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this morning as the united states told all citizens to leave lebanon. sunak emphasise that it was important that the conflict between israel and hamas didn't escalate into the wider middle eastern region . the wider middle eastern region. >> hamas is perpetrate an
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absolutely barbaric act of terrorism. i'm sure many people will have seen seen seen the videos . they are horrific. they videos. they are horrific. they chill you. they certainly have done that to me. and everyone can see that they represent pure evil. and it's right that israel exercises its right to self defence. it has not just the right to protect its citizens, the duty to protect its citizens and ensure that something like this can never happen again. it's important that the conflict doesn't regionally. it's important that the conflict doesn't i'm regionally. it's important that the conflict doesn't i'm talking|ally. it's important that the conflict doesn't i'm talking to .y. it's important that the conflict doesn't i'm talking to as that's why i'm talking to as many people as i can across the region. i've already done that and i'll able to see more and i'll be able to see more people person trip. people in person on this trip. no one to see this no one wants to see this conflict escalate and indeed the uk has sent various military assets into the mediterranean to prevent regional escalation. so some of our surveillance aircraft, for example, are ensuring shipments ensuring that arms shipments don't find their way to people like hezbollah . like hezbollah. >> right . like hezbollah. >> right. that like hezbollah. >> right . that was like hezbollah. >> right. that was rishi sunak there. as you can see. i'm joined now by charlie peters, our man in tel aviv. the prime minister has now travelled to saudi arabia to meet up with
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prince mohammed bin to prince mohammed bin salman to shore diplomatic shore up those diplomatic relations between those countries . but, charlie, since countries. but, charlie, since we last spoke, we have seen a couple of explosions take place in is the latest on in gaza. what is the latest on the ground there? still no ground invasion taking place. still not much about still not much news about hostages as well . and northern hostages as well. and northern lebanon, we have had 30 rockets fired by hamas in the last hour. >> they've claimed responsibility for strikes there. and the local emergency rescue team reporting some people wounded in the north in that latest round of strikes . so that latest round of strikes. so the iron dome failing to intercept all of those missiles since the start of this war. the air defence system here, which fires rockets into the to air destroy incoming missiles from hamas, hezbollah or palestinian islamic jihad, has had around a 90% success rate. but still some injuries in the latest round of fires. we've also seen rocket attacks in the last hour in the south in ashkelon and beersheba. and as rishi sunak knack left israel, we've also had reports
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of a general in the southern command where that convoy is gathering who has told soldiers and reporters in a base down there that the next bit of fighting will be in their territory, referring , we territory, referring, we understand, to the gaza strip , understand, to the gaza strip, saying that it will be the manoeuvre will be in the gaza strip. so more hints towards that likely ground invasion. very important quotes there from an idf general. but very important quotes there from an idf general . but let's turn an idf general. but let's turn our attention further beyond israel, because there have been significant developments in iraq and syria in the last 24 hours. we've been having this conversation, haven't we, about the risk of escalation and regional tensions boiling over? well, that seems to be occurring in syria and iraq, where us bases in iraq and syria have been struck by missile fire and drone strikes. according to the latest reports, terror groups there that are aligned with iran , they are proxy groups of the islamic revolutionary guard corps launch using what they claim to be suicide drones . claim to be suicide drones. these are rocket drones that they launch from the ground,
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direct on ground locations to cause maximum damage. the us did evacuate medically some of its personnel yesterday in the al—hira airbase with what they said were traumatic brain injuries, but they did manage to intercept some drones over another base in that region. but this morning and this afternoon , this morning and this afternoon, two strikes in syria on us forces there . if us casualties forces there. if us casualties take place from iranian proxies, that's going to be a significant factor for escalation in this devastating war. >> charlie, thank you very much. charlie peters there in tel aviv . i'm just going to bring you some breaking news now. yes, some breaking news now. yes, some breaking news now. yes, some breaking news. 11 illegal migrants have been arrested in a swoop of a top london hotel. the agency staff from six different countries were arrested by immigration officers at the london marriott hotel in regent's park . home office teams regent's park. home office teams found 11 people employed illegally as cleaners, porters and maids, working 15 hours a
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day through third party recruitment agencies. five of the illegal workers were detained pending deportation while a further six have been bailed. none of them have the right to work in the uk. one of those arrested have been smuggled into the uk illegally. so yes , just a recap for you is so yes, just a recap for you is the latest breaking news which is that 11 illegal migrants have been arrested at that top london hotel, the london marriott hotel , regent's park. apparently they'd been employed illegally as things like cleaners, porters and maids. they've been working 15 through a third 15 hour days through a third party recruit treatment agency . party recruit treatment agency. so there we go. we'll bring you more updates on that as and when we get it. now, yesterday we covered the pro—palestine indian demonstration at downing street. hundreds of people were there and the event ended with the islamic call to prayer taking place on the street just outside downing street. let's check this
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out . out. >> an angry mililani seen alok sharma man wahine manteo amid. the >> yeah, i mean, it's unusual, isn't it, in britain to see that? certainly outside downing street. i can't recall it happening before. maybe i'm wrong. maybe i've missed something the past, but what something in the past, but what do you make of that? gb views gb news. made.com. i'm joined now by dr. sheikh ramzi , who is by dr. sheikh ramzi, who is a director at oxford islamic information centre at oic. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. good stuff . so some on the show. good stuff. so some people will say that is an example of modern, multicultural britain at its finest . other britain at its finest. other people might say that's quite unusual. people might say that's quite unusual . well, and i wouldn't unusual. well, and i wouldn't expect that in a christian country. what do you make of that? >> well, of course, everybody i'm sure if the if the christians were there and
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they're doing it, the muslims would enjoy it. it is a very good call to prayer, which they've done . the people are you they've done. the people are you know, they've were chanting before and the and shouting and the pressure gone very high. now, as soon as the prayer and call to prayer and pray come, everybody relaxes everyone is going to god. of course, the imam is a very close friend of mine. he's imam of the imam of the central mosque in london. he's a very good imam, beautiful voice. and they hold the prayer. i saw the call to prayer coming. they are remedy. you believe me, it's a remedy for heart and soul of all. as as as we have any any friend which we have come from. for example , goes to turkey, for example, goes to turkey, goes to egypt to lebanon. they come and say the first thing they say, we love the call to prayer in the morning . you prayer in the morning. you believe me. and therefore , they believe me. and therefore, they they enjoy it despite a unity they enjoy it despite a unity they show. and i'm sure i'm sure
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many christians are there, too. i am sure the mosque in the mosque, many, many christians come and do it for us. with us. >> okay. all right. and what would you say to some people who, again , maybe found that who, again, maybe found that a little bit unusual , maybe little bit unusual, maybe there's even been the words online. some people said, oh, i found that a little bit intimidating. what do you make of you think it is intimidating? >> don't think it's >> i don't think it's intimidating. they are they are doing praying to god. of course , doing praying to god. of course, even if he's an atheist . but even if he's an atheist. but they said, okay, they have a they said, okay, they have a they got i have my own. and are they got i have my own. and are they doing it? they no harm to anyone and am sure of this. if anybody say for example, for example, why are you doing that? first is of course it is a free country, multicultural, multi—faith country which we are respecting all the religions. and of course they can do it. and of course they can do it. and we support them. again, muslim , especially muslim, muslim, especially muslim, christian and jews, they are
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very, very near to each other. and when they call to prayer, come in and the name of god, they all respect it. they all join you, believe me, they all join, they all enjoy. and we ask everyone else's. please enjoy , everyone else's. please enjoy, boy. enjoy it. see it is a different instead of going to, for example, turkey to see this , for example, turkey to see this, you see it in the in the middle of the street. and that's that's nice. i would have thought there is no harm and it's beauty relaxed coming to all when the almighty god send his blessing , almighty god send his blessing, he doesn't bless and send it to all the muslim. he send it to all the muslim. he send it to all mankind around them. therefore effective. >> well that's an interesting point. that's a really interesting point, because, you know, the way that you're describing it there, or maybe prayer in general is a very peaceful thing and is for all of mankind. et cetera. unfortunately we are currently in a situation around the world, but specifically right there on that very road in london where we'd heard recently chants of
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things like from the river to the sea, palestine will be free, which does really mean the eradication of israel and quite possibly with it, the jewish people. how do those two things marry up? >> i don't think so . marry up? >> i don't think so. i marry up? >> i don't think so . i don't >> i don't think so. i don't think it's happening. the last time i did, i said i said that the jewish are destined to stay forever and muslim and christian. these are the these are the servants of the almighty god. however, when we are when we are not, we try to even even family trying to hurt each other. we have to be in peace. there is enough land in the palestine to goes or there is enough land to for example, you put your temple, there is enough land to help each other. we for example, you could see, you could see you show 5—2 minutes ago. yeah. the, the children was unden ago. yeah. the, the children was under, under the rubble. they would pull him off is not right. i am sure any part of the any
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jewish people also because they have their mother , their father, have their mother, their father, the children as well. therefore we are the same. but the children as well. therefore we are the same . but when the we are the same. but when the hatred come, they come. we try to hurt each other and say, please come all together, reach under the under the one god which all christians , muslim and which all christians, muslim and jewish have. and god blessing the god and live together in beautiful place. enough place for all to live. earth is enough place. god knows and blessing to all. but again, said i pray almighty god , this this war is almighty god, this this war is finishes quick and of course peace come and the two state solution inshallah. >> oh right. doctor sheikh ramsey , thank you very much. ramsey, thank you very much. great to get your views on the show is a director of the oxford islamic information centre . so islamic information centre. so yes, there we go . right. okay. yes, there we go. right. okay. so we'll go live to israel again a little bit later on in the show and you can get lots more
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on that situation in the middle east on our website. gbnews.com it's the fastest growing national news website in the country. best country. it's got the best analysis, big opinion analysis, all the big opinion and latest breaking news now and the latest breaking news now , more than two months after the bibby stockholm was evacuated, migrants are now back on the barge. but there was quite an unusual turn of events earlier, to say the least. the bus carrying them was held up not by locals, no , not by anti—racism locals, no, not by anti—racism protesters . no. it was by just protesters. no. it was by just stop oil activists who then decides to claim that the bus driver in question tried to kill them by running them over in the road again , despite the fact road again, despite the fact that they just put themselves in the road in traffic. and the outrage of these people is just unreal, isn't it? massively inconveniencing people? in the past, we've seen just stop oil blocking ambulances . we've seen blocking ambulances. we've seen just stop oil getting in the way of all sorts, dragging police off the streets. the entitlement off the streets. the entitlement of these people seriously, you
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know what they should be ashamed that they've put a bus driver, an ordinary working bloke by the looks of things in that position where he's confronted by that, his job is difficult enough. he's had to pick up a load of people from a migrant hotel and then he's confronted by this. nobody's enough deal nobody's paid enough to deal with of numpties with those kind of numpties patrick christys gb news
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six till 930. >> wow . >> wow. >> wow. >> that is gonna city and we have seen some explosions taking place there in the last hour or so. but it does appear that those may have stopped for now. no massively significant developments today other than rishi sunak turning up and saying what he's frankly already said, which is that britain stands with israel and they will help whatever it takes. he help to do whatever it takes. he is now in saudi arabia meeting the prince to try to shore the crown prince to try to shore up diplomatic relations. so there we go. but more now on the migrant crisis . yes, and more migrant crisis. yes, and more than two months after legionella bacteria was found in the water supply of the bibby stockholm barge, asylum seekers, as they've started to return to the vessel , i think they've started to return to the vessel, i think many they've started to return to the vessel , i think many people vessel, i think many people assumed that they never would. but we go. migrants have but there we go. migrants have been seen moving their suitcases back dorset barge after back onto the dorset barge after suppues back onto the dorset barge after supplies food and other supplies of food and other essentials were delivered on tuesday . well, this was despite tuesday. well, this was despite the best efforts of this lot.
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yes, just stop oil. our old friends, they tried to hold up the bus carrying the migrants. i was originally going to be talking aboutjust was originally going to be talking about just stop was originally going to be talking aboutjust stop oil talking about just stop oil today, but for a different reason, which is that their co founders were pre—emptively arrested , as includes roger arrested, as includes roger hallam were pre—emptively arrested because they were supposed to be planning something. not this, though , something. not this, though, interestingly, not this. and i was going to be doing a segment on whether or not that was right in a free country, can you really just pre—emptively arrest someone? it was a little bit like, wasn't it, the coronation on not my king lot, where they were and then they on not my king lot, where they were up and then they on not my king lot, where they were up apologiselen they on not my king lot, where they were up apologise to they on not my king lot, where they were up apologise to them and ended up apologise to them and people saying was people were saying that was too heavy this heavy handed. and but then this happens. so there we go. you know, maybe the police did the right thing. let's go now to portland gb news, portland and speak to gb news, south—west england. reporter portland and speak to gb news, souimoody. england. reporter portland and speak to gb news, souimoody. jefongland. reporter portland and speak to gb news, souimoody. jeff thankd. reporter portland and speak to gb news, souimoody. jeff thank you sporter portland and speak to gb news, souimoody. jeff thank you veryer jeff moody. jeff thank you very much. few stories much. it's kind of a few stories wrapped into one here. firstly migrants are now on the barge right ? right? >> they are indeed , yes. we've >> they are indeed, yes. we've had one coach load, as we know ,
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had one coach load, as we know, a bit of an eventful journey, but that coach load is now on board. we don't know exactly how many people were on that coach because the windows were blacked out and the home office is telling us nothing. but we do know one coach has arrived, know that one coach has arrived, another one due to arrive another one is due to arrive possibly possibly possibly tomorrow, possibly on monday. it's monday. so we do know that it's starting to fill up slowly. but yes, as say, it was a bit of yes, as you say, it was a bit of a tumultuous journey . i mean, a tumultuous journey. i mean, the coach driver knew that he was to be driving through was going to be driving through a he got to the a protest when he got to the gates of portland. they used to that by now. what he didn't realise was that he was going to face an altogether different protest, just to get onto protest, just trying to get onto the island of portland itself. if on the beach that if it was on the beach road that links the mainland weymouth links the mainland and weymouth to portland , a to the island of portland, a very small, narrow road, only one road onto the island and one road off. he was driving down that when out sprung . just that road when out sprung. just stop oil. and as you've seen the pictures, the driver , well, he pictures, the driver, well, he kept going. he wasn't going to stop for anything, was he, patrick stopped for anything and he didn't stop for anything.
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>> he now is facing accusations from oil that it was from just stop oil that it was an attempt them, which an attempt to kill them, which is suitably dramatic. i mean, this is the kind of drama and hyperbole we expect hyperbole that we might expect from group of people who are from a group of people who are utterly convinced that we're all going the going to be incinerate in the coming and that we coming years and that we shouldn't possibly bring children this horrible children into this horrible world, that be world, because that would be a terrible given what we are terrible thing given what we are doing crisis. so doing to the climate crisis. so you i suppose this you know, yes, i suppose this is the mass hysteria that the kind of mass hysteria that we might expect from them. there were other demonstrations out there weren't there, there as well, weren't there, jeff? it wasn't just just stop oil. worth, jeff? it wasn't just just stop oilthe worth, jeff? it wasn't just just stop oilthe is worth, jeff? it wasn't just just stop oilthe is saying worth, jeff? it wasn't just just stop oilthe is saying thatth, jeff? it wasn't just just stop oilthe is saying that oil by the way, is saying that oil and gas production is to going lead to an exacerbation in the migrant crisis, which why migrant crisis, which is why they do this stunt. they decided to do this stunt. there some anti racism there was some anti racism people and we've also seen people and we've also seen people in portland as well who were just saying this isn't right. so i mean, to be fair, it's almost like nobody really wants this to happen . wants this to happen. >> no, that's right. i mean, the people of portland themselves have been very vocal about it,
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saying they really don't want it to come here. and they've given very, very clear reasons. firstly, the strain on the health service down here and on the other services is the home office has countered that by saying, well, actually it's not going to affect your health service because they're going to have their own doctors and dentists on board the dentists and nurses on board the vessel, course is then vessel, which of course is then aggravating things more aggravating things even more because people are saying, well, hang what do you mean hang on, what do you mean they've got their own doctor on board? we can't see doctor for board? we can't see a doctor for love, money. we can't see a love, nor money. we can't see a dentist. i interviewed somebody the that lost four the other day that had lost four teeth hadn't been teeth because she hadn't been able a dentist here able to see a dentist down here in so long. you know, and people have really angry that all of these services are being provided and they're not getting working. people in the area aren't getting anything at all like that . then, of course, like that. then, of course, there's the whole business of integration , the fact that it's integration, the fact that it's not a prison barge . they're free not a prison barge. they're free to come and go as they like. they're free to wander out into port island, into weymouth to
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explore the area, meet the locals. they're perfectly free to do that. and a lot of people are saying, well, you know, we don't know who these people are. we don't know where they come from. can't just hoist 500 from. you can't just hoist 500 people on us that we don't know who they are or what their background is. the home office counters that by saying, well, look, you know, you can't start saying , oh, they're going to saying, oh, they're going to commit crimes because, you know, these people are in the advanced stage ages of immigration. the advanced stages of being able to get their visa to stay in this country. they're not going to do anything to jeopardise that. they want a very easy, quiet life until they get to the point where they get that that home office stamp and they become a citizen of this country. so they're saying, look, you shouldn't be worried about that. there's nothing to worry about. but other people are saying , but other people are saying, well, you know, we don't know that. and when i heard earlier on today, a 17 year old girl has been applying for work in the
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area and she was told that there was a job going on board the bibby stockholm. and if she doesn't take that job, her unemployment benefit will be stopped. and of course, people are saying, well , you can't are saying, well, you can't force people to work on board the bibby stockholm home when there's all this issue around safety involved . but of course, safety involved. but of course, the stand up to racism lot say, look, there isn't an issue about safety. that's just racism . um, safety. that's just racism. um, it's racism out and out racism. to assume that someone is going to do something wrong just because they're here in portland. so it's a real tinderbox . there are so many tinderbox. there are so many different views , a view people different views, a view people are getting angrier more and more worked up . it's becoming a more worked up. it's becoming a very unpleasant place to report from patrick. >> jeff, you're doing an amazing job picking through the minutia of nuttery that is taking place there at the moment. that is jeff moody , who's reporting for
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jeff moody, who's reporting for us from the seat. i love that. right. so the anti—racism bngade right. so the anti—racism brigade say it's not that we don't want migrant in our area. it's that we don't think that the accommodation for them is suitable or safe. and then when people who live in the area say, i don't want to work on this barge because i don't think it will be safe, they go, no, no, no, no, it's safe. it's safe enough for you to work on, but it's not. and if you don't want to work on it, you're to work on it, then you're a racist. but it's not safe enough to put people on it. i mean, come on. there we go. anyway, there's more thoughts coming to you in five. that you now in five. i'm sure that you'll to hear that you'll be delighted to hear that harry meghan aren't harry and meghan aren't struggling of struggling with the cost of living crisis they're on living crisis when they're on houdayin living crisis when they're on holiday in a place where apparently go to apparently billionaires go to escape yeah, escape millionaires. yeah, more on in tech . but on that in just a tech. but right is your headlines. right now is your headlines. darren armstrong . hi there it darren armstrong. hi there it is. >> 433. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. rishi sunak has
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arrived in saudi arabia for talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman as his shuttle diplomacy in the middle east continues . earlier in jerusalem, continues. earlier in jerusalem, the prime minister told his israeli counterpart , benjamin israeli counterpart, benjamin netanyahu, he welcomed the decision to allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt and said the uk stood in solidarity with israel. mr netanyahu thanked him for visiting the country , calling it a strong country, calling it a strong statement of support in a time of darkness , the first group of of darkness, the first group of asylum seekers have returned to the bibby stockholm barge amid human rights demonstrations in portland . all 39 people were portland. all 39 people were taken off the barge, more than two months ago after dangerous bacteria was found on board and an evacuation order has been put in place by angus council for all residents in the scottish town of brecon. more than 400 homes have been asked to evacuate due to the unprecedented level of rain that's expected to fall . it that's expected to fall. it follows a red weather warning as storm babet with winds of 77 miles an hour approaching . i'll
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miles an hour approaching. i'll be back with more at the top of the next hour or you can get more right now on our website. gbnews.com . welcome along. gb news.com. welcome along. >> gbnews.com. welcome along. >> now king charles has given what's been dubbed by many as his very own state of the union address. he spoke about what he sees as british values and that these all bind us together. take it away. >> i have often described the united kingdom as a community of communities , an island nation in communities, an island nation in which our shared values are the force which holds us together at such a juncture in our national life. there are special strengths which we can summon to help us deep wells on which we can draw . help us deep wells on which we can draw. this help us deep wells on which we can draw . this includes the can draw. this includes the practise of our religious faiths
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in freedom and mutual understanding . such understand understanding. such understand being both at home and overseas is never more vital than at times of international turmoil as well. >> king charles there issuing like, i said, is kind of state of the union address. i'm going to have a chat about that. i'm also going to have a chat about this wonderful, fabulous story about and meghan taking a about harry and meghan taking a private jet to an island where billionaires go to escape millionaires. it millionaires. but here to do it to brought the to somebody who's brought the sunshine today, sunshine with her today, it's the angela levin. the wonderful angela levin. angela great to have you on the show. you so much. fan show. thank you so much. a fan favourite here. start with favourite here. let's start with king so was king charles, then. so he was talking how we need to all talking about how we need to all you unite in times of international strife. britain, of course, being a fabulously multicultural nation now means that when there are issues abroad, very often there are communities that affects right here in the uk. what do you make of what he had to say there? do you think that was the right
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thing for him to say? >> i wondered if he would actually, and i was very pleased he did because i think like his mother, would choose mother, she would choose the moment when we needed to have like a grandmother or a grandfather who would sort of look after us and make sure that we felt it was all okay. and i thought it was perfect timing. and i thought he was very sensitive. i do know that he has people write his speech, but people who write his speech, but he then throws it away and redoes it himself and it comes very , very much soul destroying very, very much soul destroying for the people whose job it is to write. >> no, no, they used to it because they get it and they get paid anyway. >> but i mean, it's just, you know, they sort of set it in action and they he has a bit which is part of his heart and his feelings. and i think you could tell from this that he's still much missing his still very much missing his mother because goes mother because he sort of goes back and i think there's back to her. and i think there's a bit that is just about a bit here that is just about harry and meghan . and i just harry and meghan. and i just read this. okay, go on your
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lines . do we pause instinctively lines. do we pause instinctively and unerringly before speaking or acting to ensure we are affording equal weight to both sides of the balance ? s our sides of the balance? s our society would be a kinder and gentler place for it right . and gentler place for it right. and i think it's quite interesting because as a message to harry, don't come in and start shouting at me and demanding that, you know, years later that we still apologise to meghan . apologise to meghan. >> you know, do you think you think you think that was a secret message to harry and meghan ? meghan? >> well, i can't promise that, but i can pick up on things where there's something written between the lines right ? and i between the lines right? and i think this is something that's written between the lines. be calm , don't shout, don't nag , calm, don't shout, don't nag, don't demand. but let's sort of start let's try and keep things equal start let's try and keep things equal. i don't think harry will take the slightest bit of notice of it, unfortunately . of it, unfortunately. >> well, he might not have the
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time right now to take the slightest bit of notice of it because he's recently been jet setting again, hasn't he ? setting again, hasn't he? >> yes, he has been. >> yes, he has been. >> jet setting. so. so he's done a day's work. man of the people a day's work. man of the people a few days off. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> so, so, so private jets to an island where billionaires go to escape millionaires. is that right? rephrase that. it is. it's great. it's great. yes. it's great. it's great. yes. it's a kind of place where you would go to escape me. i would never know. you know, that's the thing. so. so what's what's like beaches and things like that. >> what's very interesting is that there are 3 places that there are 2 or 3 places they could have stayed at, but they could have stayed at, but they probably stayed soho they probably stayed at soho house, which their which is house, which is their which is meghan's very, very good friend. and where she met harry before it was announced way back in london. so they've built up and actually she gets the cost overnight . is $1,200 per night overnight. is $1,200 per night per night, and she gets a special offer . so she might not
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special offer. so she might not be a billionaire after all. she might still be a millionaire. and . £1,020 as it is i it. and. £1,020 as it is i it. >> it's like a premier inn, isn't it? oh fantastic. this island, in case you're wondering , because we're doing. we're doing the work of the tourist board. not that they'd have the great unwashed people here, great unwashed of people here, but in the grenadines . but can organ in the grenadines. yes, right. but can organ in the grenadines. yes it'tht. but can organ in the grenadines. yes it's idyllic. if you like >> it's idyllic. if you like that sort of thing. but i do think they rub it in your face somehow instead of just being quiet something . quiet and enjoying something. and if you've got loads of money, spend it however you like. but the meanwhile , like. but in the meanwhile, they're still nagging for money. it the kids are it doesn't appear the kids are there . there. >> gone without the kids. >> no, they've gone without the kids. might not be kids. but it might not be suitable . but that's right. suitable. but that's all right. but i think if you're still shouting at father to give shouting at your father to give you money or your late grandmother to give you money and then you go off and spend it all like that and you make no sign that , you know, you're sign that, you know, you're being cautious or that you're not actually to going take
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planes and things and tell people they can't. but you can. so i think it's actually rather distasteful in the same way when meghan goes to a poor places where children are poor, that she wears you know, jewellery and clothes were several thousand pounds when actually you could play it down a little bit. >> what? so yeah , i mean, look, >> what? so yeah, i mean, look, some people might say that they are so famous s that they need to go somewhere like the tiny island of canouan in saint vincent and the grenadines to just make sure that they can stay away from prying eyes. you know, she wants to wear a bikini on the beach or something. i don't know. you don't want you don't know. you don't want you don't want that? no. do you buy that? >> no, i don't buy that. i think she wants to go. she can tick the people she meets so that she can then talk about them and say, is my very best say, well, this is my very best friend this another very friend and this is another very best friend. i think it's more
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like that than she minds like that than that. she minds seeing getting people, seeing people, getting people, seeing people, getting people, seeing getting paps seeing people, getting people, seeing on, getting paps seeing people, getting people, seeing on, youjetting paps seeing people, getting people, seeing on, you know? paps seeing people, getting people, seeing on, you know? well,rps seeing people, getting people, seeing on, you know? well, he's clothes on, you know? well, he's i you know, i think i can see, you know, i think it's something, something similar happened to catherine, didn't ago. didn't it, years ago. >> ago she was in >> years ago when she was in france. that caused a big france. and that caused a big hoo course there was hoo ha. of course there was someone with a massively long lens somewhere. i can lens somewhere. and i can understand you don't understand that you don't want your holiday, but your private holiday, but. but your private holiday, but. but you think maybe it's more of a networking thing? >> it's definitely a >> i think it's definitely a network thing because very network thing because it's very important to important because she has to step person to another step from one person to another and don't really and people don't really hang around. them and then around. she uses them and then she on. i don't want to be she moves on. i don't want to be horrible, but she just a horrible, but she just has a very unfortunate of behaving very unfortunate way of behaving towards everyone. >> course, i mean, >> and of course, i mean, the elephant in the that we've elephant in the room that we've actually addressed yet is if actually not addressed yet is if you're going to keep banging on to about the climate, maybe to us about the climate, maybe don't jet again don't take a private jet again somewhere. that's right. they've been jets been on more private jets and i've these to i've had hot dinners. these to remarkable, isn't it? >> yes. well they went when they had on a private had you ever been on a private jet? went. no, never. no. jet? they went. no, never. no. i'm that. i'm not like that. >> no, pretentious . >> no, not pretentious. >> no, not pretentious. >> i'm flashy. like that. >> i'm not flashy. like that. fair enough. >> i'm not flashy. like that. fairangela,. thank you very
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>> angela, look, thank you very much. it's always an absolute pleasure. thank thank you. pleasure. thank you. thank you. thank angela levin, the thank you. as angela levin, the royal biographer, friend of the show, friend of the channel. yes, meghan have yes, sir. harry and meghan have been large on a been living at large on a private island that they to private island that they had to take a private to. jet so there we now, lingerie chain. we go. now, the lingerie chain. victoria's shifting victoria's secret's shifting tone company to tone are the latest company to find the hard way that going find out the hard way that going woke bad for business. woke is bad for business. apparently they're bringing back sexiness they've had enough of plus size models and trans models . apparently they decided models. apparently they decided to just market to people who frankly might actually buy that stuff. it's radical, isn't it? patrick christys gb news business news .
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sunday mornings from 930 on gb news . news. >> yes, well , welcome back, >> yes, well, welcome back, everybody. now victoria's secret. the brand is going back to its roots and dropping its feminist and woke makeover ever after. shock, horror , a fall in after. shock, horror, a fall in sales so gb news viewers can see what the catwalks used to look like back. there we go. that's wherever that is. don't think i'm allowed to say much, am i really there as an engaged man now? in 2018, the company rebranded and replaced the usual people for a more diverse range
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of body types . okay, so a wide of body types. okay, so a wide range of body types that are now joining me now is nelly london, who is a content creator, and nelly , thank you very much for nelly, thank you very much for joining me . what do you think joining me. what do you think about this idea then, that victoria's secrets are supposedly as a result of commercial pressure really having to revert back to maybe marketing it at their core audience ? i think it makes sense audience? i think it makes sense that people weren't receptive to them trying to move into the sort of more accepting space when they spent years. >> i mean , the foundations of >> i mean, the foundations of them as a brand is very exclusive. they actively we only showed one singular body type. >> i mean, look at their campaigns, their runway shows. >> it's one body type. so when they try and move into a more diverse space, they're not really received very well because for years they made such
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a damaging impact on an entire generation with the message that they had. >> and i just think for so many of us, it's too little, too late. >> okay. >> okay. >> so you do think that they weren't well received and not because people saw a more diverse body types and maybe themselves couldn't relate to that or it's not because they went woke and then they went broke. it's because there was a kind of historic trauma element of for years they'd been pushing a certain body type on women that was maybe deemed unrealistic or quite dangerous . unrealistic or quite dangerous. >> i mean, i think showing human arms of all different types is ant woke. >> i think it's important and i think that's what brands should be doing. and i think just in this scenario, when they did spend so long actively excluding those types of people and those types of bodies now when they tried to move into it, they mean
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they moved into inclusivity, albeit by cultural force. maybe not because they really thought that was the right thing to do. now that they have, people kind of see through it and realise they might have just done it for financial gain and they don't actually see the importance in making their brand a truly diverse brand. >> do you think do you think people could see through arguably wasn't ever arguably maybe it wasn't ever really financial really for financial gain? it's certainly not turned out like that. maybe turned out as that. it's maybe turned out as like virtue signalling like a virtue signalling attempt. ish attempt. we've seen similar ish things light and nike, things with bud light and nike, although involved the same although that involved the same person it? person actually, didn't it? i think where it think dylan mulvaney, where it was perhaps seen as a way to signal that everything's okay. we love all sorts of people. we're a nice brand as opposed to actually having anything to do with the individuals that they were now using to represent and maybe that maybe people saw through that potentially see. >> but like i said , being >> but like i said, being diverse and having diversity in all forms of media is so important. and it's absolutely
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the way fonnard. and it's what brands should be striving for. but a brand that was as pivotal as victor gao secret was in the generation where they were so influential and the damage that they caused to, like i said, an entire generation with active showing one singular body type and nothing else . now that they and nothing else. now that they are moving into that space, it just seems a bit shallow potentially. >> okay. no i understand that nelly . i'm >> okay. no i understand that nelly. i'm being >> okay. no i understand that nelly . i'm being told that we nelly. i'm being told that we have some footage of some promotional stuff that you've done.i promotional stuff that you've done. i believe , which i hope done. i believe, which i hope that you're all right for to us use, because apparently it's happening now. so there we go. so me through it. so this talk me through it. what's what's what's what's what's now then this what's happening now then this was as part of a campaign that i created actually last month. >> it's on my instagram. there's a video to go with it, too. and it's just kind of amplifying the fact that i grew up being told by victoria's secret that there was one singular body type that was one singular body type that was acceptable . and actually
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was acceptable. and actually that's just not the case. and 99% of the population don't look like victoria's secret models. but at the time, 99% of the media only showed a victoria's secret model. and that extreme thin body, which although be it a beautiful body, is not realistic or representative of the population . the population. >> okay? and you know, i'm just going to play devil's advocate here now, which is that, you know, if you were running a company, i suppose you might want to put the most what would you say unrealistic or or the most kind of how do i phrase this now? most exemplar kind of example of humanity like you would with any product? their product is the way the human form looks in their attire, right ? so if form looks in their attire, right? so if you form looks in their attire, right ? so if you were form looks in their attire, right? so if you were marketing anything , would right? so if you were marketing anything, would you try to pick the most premium example of that or what society tells you is the most premium example of that, le, do you think there's i.e, do you think there's anything inherently evil about it, do you think it was just
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business? >> i mean, i can't say i'm not part of the company, but if i did run a company, i know that i would put inclusivity at the absolute forefront to let everyone know whether you look like a victoria's secret model or not, that they will welcome. and my product was inclusive to everyone . everyone. >> okay, really interesting. look, i've really enjoyed chatting to you. thank you very, very much for coming on. it's been great to have you on the show and good luck with everything going fonnard as well. nelly london, well. that is nelly london, who's content creator. just who's a content creator. just discussing victoria's discussing that, victoria's secret well, secret are apparently, well, rowing back, really, aren't they, doing they, on what they were doing before, to try to have before, which was to try to have a more diverse range of models. apparently that was mainly down to the fact that it didn't really catch on with the profit margins that we go right. loads of people were getting in touch in the inbox. gb views gbnews.com a lot of people getting in touch about the just stop oil protests blocking the coach on the way to the bibby stockholm people saying patrick the hero of the day award has to
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go to the coach driver as a heck of a lot of this has to go to the coach driver who continued and drove straight through just off. they have accused him now off. they have accused him now of threats to kill. course, off. they have accused him now of iareats to kill. course, off. they have accused him now of fare to to kill. course, off. they have accused him now of fare to going.. course, off. they have accused him now of fare to going be course, off. they have accused him now of fare to going be showing you we are to going be showing you that clip in full in case you've missed it a little bit later on. but keep your emails coming in, gb and gb news dot com, gb views and gb news dot com, right? come back, we're right? when i come back, we're going be discussing the very going to be discussing the very latest israel palestine. going to be discussing the very latest going israel palestine. going to be discussing the very latest going ier be palestine. going to be discussing the very latest going ier be talking,5. we're going to be talking, of course, topic course, about this topic as well, which can jews actually well, which is can jews actually trust the labour party? why well, because apparently a load trust the labour party? why w(labourause apparently a load trust the labour party? why w( labour councillors ntly a load trust the labour party? why w(labour councillors are a load trust the labour party? why w(labour councillors are angryd of labour councillors are angry with starmer over his with keir starmer over his stance israel palestine stance on israel palestine patrick christys gb news britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> hello storm babbitt will continue to bring some exceptional weather over the next 24 hours. a rain warning remains in force across eastern scotland where that rain will continue to push in this is the area of low pressure that's associated with babbitt. it stays anchored to the uk for the
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next couple of days and the red warning remains in force. where we've got this weather front and you can see it persist thing across eastern scotland through much evening, much of thursday evening, continuing to push in. you can see the colours, it's heavy see from the colours, it's heavy and persistent across the and it's persistent across the country. elsewhere we will see rain starting to become more widespread across northern and eastern england. down eastern england. drier down towards the south—west and a mild night across the board. now we've got weather warnings in place across much of the country , northern and , particularly northern and eastern we'll continue to eastern areas. we'll continue to see wind feeding rain see the wind feeding that rain in possibly a touch in gusts of 70, possibly a touch more coasts and hills . more over the coasts and hills. but it's the rain then that we start to focus on across northern england as we head through friday. and amber warning issued warning has just been issued from met office for parts of from the met office for parts of the pennines, northern counties of england into yorkshire to the south we'll see some south of it, we'll see some sunny skies, but that'll spark off downpours through off some heavy downpours through the again, the afternoon. again, temperatures staying across temperatures staying mild across the and it stays unsettled the board and it stays unsettled as we head into saturday. further are still in further warnings are still in place, but the rain intensity by this stage will begin to ease.
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away . away. >> good evening. it's 5 pm. it's patrick christys. it's gb news. and yes, there was a bit of argy bargy going on, to say the least. just stop oil trying
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to stop the coachload of migrants getting on the bibby stockholm as if that barge hasn't been through enough . hey, hasn't been through enough. hey, look at them here. just stop oil sitting down in front of the road. they later accused that coach driver of trying to kill them. i will show you that them. and i will show you that video full. very shortly. in video in full. very shortly. in other news, though, and a much more serious news. that's right. can the jewish community trust labour? i ask this in light of everything that's going on with israel and hamas in light of keir starmer and his stance on it at the moment, quite a few councillors, labour councillors have come out and either quit or threatened to quit over his current stance on israel hamas. so i'm asking can the jewish community really trust the labour party? i'll also be discussing this luvvies under fire. yes, a group of a thousand couple of celebrities, actors , couple of celebrities, actors, artistes, the usual types , artistes, the usual types, including this particular chap as well as steve coogan. they've signed a letter that has caused them quite a lot of heat. i'll tell you why shortly. but get a
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load of this. britain's bonkers laws. yes, including adding apparently holding salmon apparently holding a salmon suspiciously . so i'm just going suspiciously. so i'm just going to remind you of some of britain's bonkers laws as a bale of hay has been thrust over millennium bridge a that millennium bridge in a sign that harks back to way, well, kind of semi mediaeval era . i'll explain semi mediaeval era. i'll explain everything shortly. patrick christys . gb news. yes, loads on christys. gb news. yes, loads on this hour. a little bit of light and shade. get your emails coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. what are your views on this? just stop oil incident that's taking place with the migrant barge and those lovely celebs. okay. so likes of steve okay. so the likes of steve coogan and co who've come out and that they condemn and said that they condemn any kind that's taking kind of violence that's taking place they've not place at the moment. they've not condemned , and condemned hamas, though, and that enraged certain that has enraged certain elements of the jewish community. their luvvies community. should their luvvies keep noses out of it ? gb keep their noses out of it? gb views gbnews.com. i will see views and gbnews.com. i will see you at the other side of . aaron
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you at the other side of. aaron >> hi, good evening to you. it's a minute past five. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. rishi sunak has arrived in saudi arabia for talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman as his shuttle diplomacy in the middle east continues. earlier in jerusalem, the prime minister told his israeli counterpart, benjamin netanyahu , he welcomed the netanyahu, he welcomed the decision allow humanitarian decision to allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt and said the uk stood in solidarity with israel and mr netanyahu thanked him for visiting the country, calling it a strong statement of support in a time of darkness. rishi sunak stressed israel must adhere to international law in gaza and that the conflict must not spread elsewhere. i've had good, productive conversations with both prime minister netanyahu and the israeli president herzog i >> among other things, we discussed the importance of this conflict not escalating regionally and the importance of getting humanity korean aid into gaza to help people who need it . gaza to help people who need it. i also had the opportunity to meet families of british nationals who have been taken
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hostage. we are doing absolutely everything we to get them . home. >> nine britons are now known to have died in the hamas attacks that took place earlier this month with seven still missing. meanwhile israel has continued its aerial assault on gaza. a warning some viewers may find the following images distressing . the palestinian authorities say more than 3700 people have now died in gaza with some 12,000 injured. it water, food and electricity remains. in short supply. hundreds of aid lorries are queuing at the rafah crossing, which connects gaza with egypt. but it's unclear when the border will open. as israel continues its total siege of the enclave . well, families of the enclave. well, families of the enclave. well, families of children and teenagers held captive in the gaza strip have been holding a press conference in tel aviv. israel said 1400 of its citizens were killed in the hamas october the seventh attack. while it's understood hamas have almost 200 hostages, one relative made an emotional plea for their release .
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plea for their release. >> the whole world have to scream and to ask for human humanity. and i think and i pray and i beg him and i ask even hamas this moment that you have the opportunity to show that you still have humanity . the opportunity to show that you still have humanity. i'm asking the whole world and your voice to scream to the sky till the sky is open . bring to scream to the sky till the sky is open. bring our to scream to the sky till the sky is open . bring our children sky is open. bring our children home. foreign secretaries held talks with his egyptian counterpart to discuss the ongoing conflict. >> james cleverly visited israel last week and will travel to turkey and qatar over the coming days in an effort to find a peaceful resolution in the uk, says the three countries are vital to international efforts to uphold regional stability. free hostages and allow humanitarian access to gaza . the humanitarian access to gaza. the french president, emmanuel macron , attended the funeral of
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macron, attended the funeral of a teacher who was stabbed in a suspected islamist attack last week. dominique bernard was stabbed to death six days ago in the northern city of arras. president macron and his wife spoke to the teacher's family. ahead of the ceremony. also attended by bernard students, each carrying a white rose. the suspect is under formal investigation for murder . france investigation for murder. france has been on its highest state of alert since the attack . the alert since the attack. the first group of asylum seekers have returned to the bibby stockholm in portland. a number of people were taken off the barge while all 39 of them in fact, more than two months ago after deadly bacteria was found on board. the home office says all necessary tests have now been completed . 11 illegal been completed. 11 illegal migrants have been arrested while working at a top hotel in london. the agency staff were arrested by immigration officers at the london marriott hotel in regent's park. they were employed illegally as cleaners, porters and maids, working 15
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hour days through third party recruitment agencies . five were recruitment agencies. five were detained pending deportation , detained pending deportation, while a further six were bailed. none of them have the right to work in the uk. concrete that could be at risk of collapse has been identified in another 40 schools and colleges across england . the department of england. the department of education says the latest figures on the concrete known as rack brings the total to 214. the last update from ministers in september had the number at 174 more and an evacuation order has been put in place by angus council for all residents of the scottish town of brighton . and scottish town of brighton. and more than 400 homes have been asked to evacuate due to the unprecedented level of rain expected to fall in the area. aberdeenshire council says it will be setting up rest centres in stonehaven and laurencekirk for those unable to remain in their homes. a rare weather red weather warning has been issued for storm babet is forecast to
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cause severe flooding and risk to life in parts of scotland , to life in parts of scotland, with an amber warning in place for northern england, the midlands and wales. for northern england, the midlands and wales . as this is midlands and wales. as this is gb news is live across the uk on tv, on digital radio and on your smart speaker two now it's back to . patrick right? to. patrick right? >> well, rishi sunak was in israel earlier today. he said that he wants israel to win. he said that israel's going to have our full support. now he's in saudi arabia on the latest stage of his trip to the middle east. sunak met israeli prime minister benjamin morning sunak met israeli prime minister bethe 1in morning sunak met israeli prime minister bethe united morning sunak met israeli prime minister bethe united states morning sunak met israeli prime minister bethe united states told morning sunak met israeli prime minister bethe united states told allrning sunak met israeli prime minister bethe united states told all of1g as the united states told all of its to leave lebanon. its citizens to leave lebanon. sunak emphasised that it was important that the conflict between israel and hamas didn't escalate into the wider middle eastern region . eastern region. >> hamas has perpetrated an absolutely barbaric act of terrorism and i'm sure many people will have seen , seen seen people will have seen, seen seen the videos. they are horrific. they chill. you they certainly have done that to me . and
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have done that to me. and everyone can see that they represent pure evil. and it's right that israel exercises its right that israel exercises its right to self—defence force. it has not just the right to protect its citizens, the duty to protect its citizens and ensure that something this ensure that something like this can never happen again. it's important the conflict important that the conflict doesn't escalate regionally. that's to as that's why i'm talking to as many as i across the many people as i can across the region . i've already done that region. i've already done that and able to more and i'll be able to see more people person this trip. people in person on this trip. no one wants to see this conflict escalate and indeed the uk various military uk has sent various military assets into the mediterranean to prevent regional escalation. so some of our surveillance aircraft, for example, are ensuring that shipments ensuring that arms shipments don't way to people don't find their way to people like hezbollah . like hezbollah. >> well, okay, let's cross now to tel aviv and speak to our reporter, charlie peters. charlie thank you very much. so what is the very latest, then, where you are? we've still no ground invasion. an urgent plea for hostages to be released. rishi sunak saying he wants rishi sunak saying that he wants israel win it's got israel to win and it's got britain's support. what's britain's full support. what's happening ?
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happening? >> yes, a lot of urgent moving parts on the diplomatic front today. but the talk of israel right now is comments released by the defence minister, yoav galant, in the last hour where he reportedly told troops that gathering on that border with gaza that right now, you see gaza that right now, you see gaza from afar, but soon you will see it from the inside . and will see it from the inside. and this is, i think the clearest remark by any israeli official or soldier about their upcoming plans for that likely ground invasion. it has, of course , invasion. it has, of course, been muted for well over a week now after the atrocities of october. the seventh. we've also heard from a general speaking to other troops who are gathering on that convoy in the south where armour and over 100,000 troops have gathered saying that the come for manoeuvre the time to come for manoeuvre in inside gaza was soon. but in the north there have been over 30 missiles fired from lebanon today. that's a record since this conflict started. a very significant number of them coming through. hamas claiming responsibility for some of those rockets. 11 in the last hour
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intercepted some of them by the iron dome defence system. and that comes at a time as regional tensions are extremely high, in particular with regards to iranian proxies such as hezbollah in southern lebanon. rishi sunak we heard today about him saying that maritime patrol aircraft from the raf are keeping an eye on ensuring that shipments of arms cannot reach groups like hezbollah. but iran has complete control of that territory from tehran all the way into lebanon, known as the shia crescent through iraq and syria. and we have seen troubling activity by the islamic revolution guard corps, its units of operating freely to sustain and shape a potential violence or insurrection there. and there are also really disturbing reports about missile attacks on american troops in syria today. yesterday they the us confirmed that it had to medically evacuate two of its troops after traumatic brain injuries were endured in one of its bases where a suicide drone attack occurred . if a us soldier
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attack occurred. if a us soldier is killed in this conflict and there is a realistic possibility that severe casualties could take place amid these bombardments and drone strikes, this conflict will escalate to another level. so extremely concerning situation here and more news about that potential ground invasion in the south. >> okay, charlie, thank you very much. charlie peters from tel aviv. i want to drag it back to our shores here now, though, and talk about the labour party's conference in liverpool. we all remember we? was remember that, don't we? i was there, course, labour mps, there, of course, labour mps, they over they were just falling over themselves that the themselves to claim that the scourge anti—semitism has themselves to claim that the scourpurgediti—semitism has themselves to claim that the scourpurged outsemitism has themselves to claim that the scourpurged out ofnitism has themselves to claim that the scourpurged out of them has themselves to claim that the scourpurged out of the party; themselves to claim that the scourpurged out of the party one been purged out of the party one after the other. they lined up and said that we all and they said to me that we all stand with israel. the absolutely the old ghost of jeremy corbyn gone. and jeremy corbyn has gone. and those fruity people outside parliament the parliament waving the palestinian flag and saying some rather interesting things about zionism . et cetera. they no zionism. et cetera. they no longer represent % the labour longer represent% the labour party . but as events last week party. but as events last week have shown, the cause of palestinian solidarity is still a pressing issue in starmer's party. as former labour leader
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jeremy corbyn addressed a rally and that was outside downing street. but more importantly, we've had some other developments. okay, so labour mps were very quick to jump on these unverified claims that the blast at the gaza hospital was an israeli strike. it's the usual suspects, obviously. we've got john mcdonnell and zarah sultana. she's tweeting. more than people have been killed than 500 people have been killed after israeli airstrike. after an israeli airstrike. political leaders of all parties, including my own, must call for an urgent ceasefire and a more local keir starmer a more local level. keir starmer is now at a right to a load of labour councillors because they have criticised him. in fact, some have resigned over his stance on israel, which is that they stand with israel and call for a two state solution. so i'm asking can the jewish community actually trust the labour party ? actually trust the labour party? with me now is naomi wimborne idrissi, a spokesperson for jewish voice for labour. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. nice to meet you. just ask it really, i suppose.
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do think the jewish do you think the jewish community labour? community can trust labour? >> well, i joined the labour party after a long pause in 2015 because i, like many jews with my political perspective , were my political perspective, were very encouraged by the appearance at the leadership of the labour party. if somebody who shared our values, that is to do with equality and justice, to do with equality and justice, to do with fairness, to do with support public services , as support for public services, as defending nhs , rights for defending the nhs, rights for people at work and peace on the international stage and ethical foreign foreign policy. we were very keen on those values when jeremy corbyn was in the leadership , we found that all leadership, we found that all these subjects were open for discussion and debate . there was discussion and debate. there was free and fair openness and respect for each other's views and a lot of really interesting ideas were developed. while jeremy was leader. and as jews, we felt very welcome under jeremy corbyn, under jeremy corbyn. >> that grew out absolutely . >> that grew out absolutely. >> that grew out absolutely. >> threw out. absolutely. threw out. yes the hostility that some
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of us faced came from people who were hostile to corbyn. and right now this is not well known when jeremy corbyn was ousted and having failed in the 2019 election, after a very creditable performance in the 2017 election, because the ideas that he put fonnard that we shared won the confidence of a huge number of voters. as you will remember, biggest increase in an opposition parties vote since 1940. >> can i ask, how has how has the wider jewish community responded to your views? because there is a perception that that there is a perception that that there is a lot of anti—israeli and potentially with it anti—semitic feeling from people of that certain wing of the labour party? >> okay . well, i'm going to take >> okay. well, i'm going to take a little step back and just point out that since corbyn's demise and since the leadership of keir starmer, jews have actually faced jews with my sort of views have faced a kind of a
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purge. so at least 60 people going right through from the corbyn days when the bureaucracy that sympathises with starmer was in control and now under starmer we have been either investigated or suspended or actually expelled. in my case and a dozen others for other accusations related to anti—semitic ism. people may find this strange because and the reason that's happening is because the idea that to keep jews safe, you have to have a sort of unfettered pro—israel only stance in international political affairs. >> i think . is it is it not, is >> i think. is it is it not, is it not that actually, you know, support calling hamas friends is no, i'm sorry. >> i don't want to see. you're going to turn it back on to allegations that were made against jeremy. all of which does happen. but diplomats always friends, always call one another friends, whether mean terrorists. whether they mean terrorists. but it's all right for our leaders to go call people leaders to go and call people like the saudi leadership, friends. that's fine. apparently so. look you know. >> no, i'm sorry. i'm just saying you can understand.
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that's people as though that's why people felt as though there antisemitism in the there were antisemitism in the labour group of labour party that the group of people who have now gone around, you potentially beheading you know, potentially beheading babies in israel. >> careful, because >> careful, patrick, because thatis >> careful, patrick, because that is one of many stories that has come from the israeli has come out from the israeli side, doubtful. side, which is doubtful. you know, can't accept everything that. >> so you you genuinely don't think that babies were killed or beheaded by hamas ? beheaded by hamas? >> i have no idea. patrick. how would i know? how would you know? i know that the israelis habitually do lie about these things, are we talking things, but why are we talking about we we're supposed about israel? we we're supposed to talking keeping to be talking about keeping jewish to be talking about keeping jewlsh to be talking about keeping jewi just want i think it's >> i just want i think it's important for people to get a bit of context about you bit of context about where you kind of stand on certain things. right? genuinely not right? so you genuinely do not believe i mean, would believe what that i mean, would you hamas terrorists? you call hamas terrorists? >> i'm not going to talk let's you call hamas terrorists? >> talkiot going to talk let's you call hamas terrorists? >> talk about ng to talk let's you call hamas terrorists? >> talk about that. talk let's you call hamas terrorists? >> talk about that. talk talk not talk about that. let's talk about keeping your. >> are still member? >> are you still a member? >> are you still a member? >> but you're doing what you >> no, but you're doing what you do when palestinian be do when palestinian to be honest, i'm not really trying to do anything. >> you're doing a lot >> i think you're doing a lot yourself. i'm genuinely just asking you whether the asking you whether or not the jewish community should be safe or safe labour
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or feel safe in the labour party. i think it's a really absolutely. i think you're safe in the labour party. yeah. but if labour party safe now. if the labour party safe now. but if they the labour but if they have, the labour party supports views, party still supports views, which is why asking which is why i'm asking these questions of not questions along the lines of not calling hamas terrorists, maybe even view is even calling a view that is a way an issue. way of approaching an issue. >> had terrible >> we have had terrible suffering israel and suffering in israel and palestine over the nearly a palestine over the last nearly a fortnight now . all civilian fortnight now. all civilian deaths horrendous, whoever deaths are horrendous, whoever they are. there are lot of they are. there are a lot of people in the labour party who feel like you do. yeah, yes, of course. there are lots. >> and do you think that's why there these resignations? there are these resignations? >> they going to >> that's why they are going to be demonstrations on at the weekend. >> and that's that's my >> fine. and so that's that's my point you think that point then. so do you think that lots them are jewish? lots of them are jewish? >> excuse me, i'm going after can i just say after this discussion you, i'm going discussion with you, i'm going straight demonstration straight to a demonstration called of young jews called by a group of young jews who want to express their horror at suffering, what at the ongoing suffering, what they ethnic cleansing of they see as ethnic cleansing of palestinians and what happened on october the seventh is horrendous and abhorrent . it on october the seventh is horrendous and abhorrent. it is. and i'm not to going deny that.
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but you are kind of denying it, though, aren't you? >> no. i've said you are kind of denying. no but you are kind of. but you are denying what people are saying is happening. >> context that >> greater context and that palestinians have been suffering murders dispossession , action. >> and you know what? i'm going to ask now. so that does that justify why the beheading of babies? of course it doesn't. >> but does the beheading of what does the beheading of babies justify sort which babies justify the sort which probably anyway? probably didn't happen anyway? because you're again, you're assuming is not assuming something that is not proven, so. proven, that isn't so. >> are justify genuinely on >> you are justify genuinely on national television. yes, completely . you're going you're completely. you're going you're going saying it going as far as saying it probably happen. probably didn't happen. >> no, not. i'm saying >> no, i'm not. i'm saying it's not right . not proven right. >> you did just say it's probably proven. >> did say it's not >> no, you did say it's not proven right. it may not have happened. we do not know whether it if it did happen. it happened. if it did happen. and anyway, the landing and anyway, the moon landing happen. slaughter of know, happen. the slaughter of know, the slaughter of 1700 israelis on october the seventh is abhorrent and it should never have happened . and it. but does
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have happened. and it. but does it justify the flattening of the entirety of gaza, the killing now of up to 3000 palestinians is the drive to force them out of the territory which they inhabit because most of them are refugees anyway, from the last two decades of dispossession from their land. so all i'm asking for is, well, two things, really. one is, please don't assume that taking a particular stance on israel makes jews in this country safer , because in this country safer, because in fact, what's happening at the moment is generating a lot of divisiveness and fear among jews and hatred and fear among muslims. to who do you think demonised average jewish person on the street will take comfort from you, saying that your views , which are highly sceptical about a massacre of jewish babies , are prevalent in the babies, are prevalent in the labour party? i really feel that you're not taking me seriously here in this discussion. >> you incredibly seriously because i'm trying to talk about the reality in the middle east and what that means for jews in this country and also the
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dynamic at the moment in the labour party and the labour party leadership moment party leadership at the moment seems by taking seems to believe that by taking a certain stance on israel, it can bring . can bring. >> would you want to feel safe? >> would you want to feel safe? >> what would you okay, so right, what would you want keir starmer to have as his stance on this now then i think he should abhor the deaths of all civilians, jewish and palestinian. >> i think he should insist on observing international law, which israel has never done throughout its occupation of the west bank, where, by the way, 60 people have been killed this year by israeli settlers and idf. they matter too , don't idf. they matter too, don't they? also, the 250 palestinians who were killed in the west bank before october the 7th, nothing to do with hamas, nothing to do with retaliation against that appalling attack. he should be calling for an immediate ceasefire. he should be calling for meaning full political intervention from the west, which has influenced nobody else
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has influence over israel, only the american government. and to some extent european governments to say you have to end the occupation of the west bank, you have to end the siege on gaza, and you have to create a situation where jews and palestinians who are christian as well as muslim, by the way, can live in peace and security . can live in peace and security. if the labour party had that position in which i think it would have if corbyn was still in the leadership, but it doesn't have at the moment, then i think jews in this country could feel safe, far more confident in their relations with. i mean, it is. >> i mean, it is an anecdotal fact, i think it is a pretty fact, but i think it is a pretty reasonable thing for me to say that majority of jews that the vast majority of jews do safer under keir do feel safer under keir starmer's current policy than they starmer's current policy than the�*well, it be, but they did >> well, it may be, but they did under jeremy corbyn. there's a huge misconception going around that came that until jeremy corbyn came along, labour along, all jews voted labour about along, all jews voted labour abocertainly not. yeah, 15% of >> certainly not. yeah, 15% of jews roughly voted labour when it had a jewish leader. do you think a result of what you've think as a result of what you've come on television is said today
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that more , more less jews are that more, more or less jews are to come out and vote for to going come out and vote for labour heard what you've. labour having heard what you've. >> very critical of >> well, i am very critical of the leadership the moment at the leadership at the moment at and think as wise jewish, and i think as wise jewish, isn't it? >> isn't she ? >> isn't she? >> isn't she? >> see, that shouldn't have anything do with it. should anything to do with it. should it. >> would imagine it >> but you would imagine it would you would would influence that. you would imagine would imagine it would, it would probably his. probably influence his. >> it's influencing >> in that case it's influencing him a very unfortunate him in a very unfortunate way because using his because if he is using his wife's connection with israel as a way of helping him decide what his are he's his policies are and he's opposed his connections opposed to using his connections with hamas as opposed to thinking strategically as a political leader should and say, okay, jeremy corbyn was thinking strategically when he absolutely studied closer with an islamist terror group . jeremy was looking terror group. jeremy was looking at the situation as it has unfolded over the last seven decades as he was identify tying the root causes which are and international institutions agree with this the illegal occupation. >> can i just ask you which keir starmer is refusing to criticise? >> so that's why i think there
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may be many jews who look at keir starmer and say big friend of israel, i'm going to vote for him. i think they would be misguided if that's the kind of leader they want, then they should for him. absolutely should vote for him. absolutely >> genuinely would you >> would you genuinely would you rather live under hamas or in israel? >> that's such a very foolish question, patrick. i'm it's really you answer it. well, of course, i wouldn't want to live. i'm not an islamist fundamentalist, am i? okay. but it's not. do you think that by going in and flattening the entirety of gaza, driving the entirety of gaza, driving the entire population into the desert, which is what is to going happen now, that that will solve the problem? of course it won't. there will always be palestinian resistance . okay? palestinian resistance. okay? there always be. and it there will always be. and it takes a form from last saturday, which was hateful. usually it takes demonstration . takes the form of demonstration. these shot these demonstrators were shot dead at border of gaza, as dead at the border of gaza, as happened last summer, or it takes the form of people wanting to boycott israel, which is peaceful and entirely legitimate, and being told that that should be illegal because it's anti—semitic. it is not
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anti—semitic to try and seek peace, justice and equality for everybody in the middle east. that's what we want. keir starmer to do. if he does it, i would say jews and everybody should support him until he does. well i must does. i'm dubious. well i must say found this fascinating. say i found this fascinating. >> i appreciate you coming on. i appreciate that kind of robust discussion. been discussion. it's been interesting on the interesting to have you on the show. very, very much. show. thank you very, very much. and the demonstration. and enjoy the demonstration. you're gathering you're going to or the gathering that to there you that you're going to there you go. okay. right. well, go. yes. okay. all right. well, there go. so, naomi wimborne, there we go. so, naomi wimborne, idrissi. it was a spokesperson for jewish voice for labour. right. | for jewish voice for labour. right. i do have some right. okay so i do have some breaking news for you. yes, i do. right there is more misery on the way for train passengers, grief members of the rmt union have voted to continue taking strike action for the next six months their long running months in their long running dispute and dispute over pay, jobs and conditions . the industrial conditions. the industrial action been going on since action has been going on since june 2022. okay now in other news, more than 2000 artists, actors and musicians, including oscar winner tilda swinton and steve coogan, have signed a letter condemning israel's
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bombing of gaza . nothing wrong bombing of gaza. nothing wrong with that. of course, the only person is. the only problem is even that they didn't mention hamas's terror attacks. double standards. anybody patrick christys here news,
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that i knew had dbs zinko weeknights from . six weeknights from. six >> well, welcome back. you're watching or listening to me patrick christys on gb news now eco warriors just stop oil have announced a new series of protests and the police have prepared for those protests by
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pre—emptively arresting the co—founders . so the met police co—founders. so the met police said that the raids, dawn raids were aimed at preventing serious disruption ahead of more climate protests . i believe we can take protests. i believe we can take a quick look now at this conversation between just stop oil and the police. when roger hallam indigo rumbelow were hallam and indigo rumbelow were arrested . and you taking that, arrested. and you taking that, even though it's to do with xr, you said it yourself . you said it yourself. >> what's that? you said this got a load of xr stuff in. you're taking it even though it's to do with xr. >> what right. it's to do with xr. >> what right . okay. >> what right. okay. >> what right. okay. >> you're this is an investigation to just stop oil. >> yeah. we haven't read it all. i've read it all. no, it needs to be investigated. doesn't it. so there's obviously reference to sort of things in here that may be relevant. so then it needs to be investigated and sees and investigated. it can be then returned to you if it bears no relevance to the investigation . but it's i'm
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investigation. but it's i'm cunous investigation. but it's i'm curious because i heard you say it was to do with xr and that was the first line that was on there. right. it's about a five page document there . also very page document there. also very closely linked. jso is sort of formed. >> so you're standing in the way again. really? >> excuse me. so i also we're we're allowed to seize items that we think are in relation to that we think are in relation to that offence. so if we think that's in relation to the conspiracy, we're entitled to seize it. if it's not a relevant to the offence, then it will just be returned like any other . just be returned like any other. >> right. okay. so that was the arrest that i'm joined now by just stop oil spokesperson it's mitch rose. mitch thank you very much. great to have you on the show. so what do you make of these pre—emptive arrests then ? these pre—emptive arrests then? do you think it's fair enough, the police getting in the way and stopping you guys wreaking misery people's lives ? well misery on people's lives? well i think it's just indicative of the government being really scared, really , to be honest.
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scared, really, to be honest. >> they're scared of us, aren't we? um, any person on the phone or an echo? actually . or an echo? actually. >> right. okay. do you think. do you think they are scared ? i you think they are scared? i mean, i've just got a clip here earlier on, you guys, you want to just stop oil. and fortunately, you couldn't just stop a coach . stop a coach. >> okay. sorry. >> okay. sorry. >> i could hear an echo earlier. so that stopped me saying what i wanted to say. what i was saying was relation to the raids on was in relation to the raids on roger indigo , um, was that roger and indigo, um, was that the government are scared about us. there isn't a political party now that anybody who wants to just stop oil, which is obviously our demand can vote for because the government and the opposition. are turning the opposition. are you turning on in effect, just stop on that? so in effect, just stop oil the opposition now oil are the only opposition now really , aren't we? i noticed really, aren't we? i noticed you're showing pictures of what happened today. just stop oil, stand in solidarity with, um, asylum seekers and refugees . asylum seekers and refugees. it's absolutely appalling that
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the government are wanting to use prison ships to house people who are legitimately here trying to seek refuge, trying to seek somewhere safe to live, trying to seek food to feed their children and they're sticking them on these disgusting prison ships. have you have you seen the bibby stockholm patrick, do you know what it. >> i've seen it actually, i have seen it. we've actually been on it a channel. our home it as a channel. our home security editor went on have security editor went on it. have you okay. >> and have you heard that the whistleblower ? whistleblower? >> no, it's interesting. i just want to. no, no, it's all right, mitch. mitch, have you been on it? >> have i been on it? yeah. no, i haven't been on it. but but, but, you know. >> but you know , it's >> but you know, it's a disgusting prison ship that is unfit for human habitation. and people who think that it's fine, who've been on it, they're wrong . right. but how would you know that? because you've not on that? because you've not been on it, have you ? it, have you? >> have to look at the >> you only have to look at the thing, patrick. it's a prison ship. it looks. >> it's not, though, is it? >> it's not, though, is it? >> it's not, though, is it? >> it's objectively not a prison ship. call it a prison
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ship. you can call it a prison ship. you can call it a prison ship. it a luxury ship. you could call it a luxury cruiser. i mean, you are cruiser. i mean, you know, are you going let me get a word in? >> so i haven't been on it, but a spokesperson for dorset council has been on it. and they say, quote, it's a floating grenfell. i mean, that just grenfell. i mean, thatjust basically sums everything basically sums up everything you need isn't it? need to know. patrick isn't it? >> okay obviously there's >> right. okay obviously there's no skin in the game there whatsoever from people who wouldn't want something like that their but that landed on their area. but yes, okay, fair enough. so just stop oil then. you think they were they were wrong, obviously, to pre—emptively arrest the likes roger hallam and indigo likes of roger hallam and indigo rumbelow, despite the idea that for many people, for many, for many people, that is the kind of intelligence policing that intelligence led policing that they would like. because now you're less likely to have an the words intelligence and policing don't really go together very well, do they? >> the police are running scared. they're pre—emptively arresting people of mitch . arresting people of mitch. >> what what are they scared ? >> what what are they scared? no, seriously, can i just ask, what are the police scared of? because when i see just stop oil, i often see a lot of
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incredibly hysterical weirdos. >> i'll tell you what, they're scared of, patrick. they're scared of, patrick. they're scared that because our colleagues in the netherlands blocked a road, the a12 for 28 consecutive days . and now, now consecutive days. and now, now the netherlands, the netherlands government are doing a u—turn and they are taking away oil subsidies. so you know, it works. that's going out on the street and so that's what we're going to be doing. we're continue doing that as of 29th of october. we'll be back out on the streets because that's what people power does. and i would i would tell any of your viewers who join us on the streets at the end of october, beginning of november, go to just stop oil .org now come on. a non—violence training and get out on the streets with us. so people have had enough. patrick, we're not putting up with prison ships on our watch. no way, no how. we're slipping towards concentrate . slipping towards concentrate. shapps coast of the uk. shapps off the coast of the uk. we're not having we're not we're not having that. we're not to back and watch. to going sit back and watch.
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>> not see, this is the >> we're not see, this is the this i we respect this is where i think we respect you the crowd, right? you you lose the crowd, right? you go from saying, i'm a bit worried the climate to, worried about the climate to, you know, we're all going to boil own sweat to here's boil in our own sweat to here's a ship that actually other people on perfectly people have lived on perfectly happily people happily abroad. and many people would equivalent would regard as being equivalent to hotel . right. to a three star hotel. right. and you now say we're now you say we're now you now say we're on the brink of concentration camps off the coast of the uk. but it's absolute history area, isn't it? it's complete hysteria . yeah. well i think if we're talking about, um, let's just take this to the bigger picture , okay? >> let's just join up. what's happening here? so these asylum seekers and refugees, which is why you've called me on here to talk about that action today. there's a there's stuff going on in the world at the moment. that means that people are being displaced their homes. as i displaced from their homes. as i said seeking said earlier, they're seeking for seeking for for food, they're seeking for protection very basic for food, they're seeking for protec'of1 very basic for food, they're seeking for protec'of a very basic for food, they're seeking for protec'of a lot very basic for food, they're seeking for protec'of a lot of, very basic for food, they're seeking for protec'of a lot of, lotery basic for food, they're seeking for protec' of a lot of, lot of basic for food, they're seeking for protec' of a lot of, lot of thesic needs of a lot of, lot of the time they are seeking they are
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seeking refuge from a certain type of ideological government. >> right. it's meeting me is that's what happening now . it's that's what happening now. it's not i've just had enough, actually, mitch thank you very much. mitch rose by by mitch rose just stop. oil spokesperson right. so there's loads right. okay. so there's loads more still to come with you now at the end of the show, i find out why steve coogan has been accused of talking drivel after he gave his views on the war in the middle east. but right now, a little bit later than planned, apologies, the headlines apologies, it is the headlines with . aaron with. aaron >> it is 5:36 am. armstrong in the newsroom. rishi sunak in saudi arabia for talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman as his shuttle diplomacy , the as his shuttle diplomacy, the middle east continues. earlier in jerusalem, the prime minister told his israeli counterpart, benjamin netanyahu , he welcomed benjamin netanyahu, he welcomed the decision to allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt and said the uk stood in solidarity with israel. mr netanyahu thanked him for visiting the country, calling it a strong statement of support in
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a strong statement of support in a time of darkness , asylum a time of darkness, asylum seekers have returned to the bibby stockholm in portland, despite activists attempting to prevent it from happening. it just stop. oil protesters obstructed a coach carrying migrants holding banners reading no prison ships and demand humanity . all 39 people were humanity. all 39 people were removed from the barge in august after legionella bacteria were discovered and more than 400 homes have been asked to evacuate . in the scottish town evacuate. in the scottish town of brecon in preparation for the arrival of storm babett . a red arrival of storm babett. a red weather warning has been issued with heavy rain and winds stronger than 70 miles an hour. forecast extensive flooding and a risk to life has been predicted . you you get more on predicted. you you get more on all of those stories on our website. gbnews.com . website. gb news.com. >> well, website. gbnews.com. >> well, actors including steve coogan and oscar winner tilda swinton have been criticised after they condemned israel's
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military action in gaza . but military action in gaza. but they didn't mention hamas terror attacks. more than 2000 artists, actors and musicians signed a letter from a group calling itself artists for palestine uk. the letter , amongst other the letter, amongst other things, said , our governments things, said, our governments are not only tolerating war crimes, but they are aiding and abetting them. we support the global movement against the destruction of gaza and the mass displacement of palestinian displacement of the palestinian people . we demand our people. we demand that our governments and their military and political support for israel's actions. right. well joining me now is gb news presenter darren grimes. darren, thank you very, very much. what do you reckon to these lovely celebrities then? mean, celebrities then? i mean, i suppose they think that they're celebrities then? i mean, i suppo good,y think that they're celebrities then? i mean, i suppo good, don'tk that they're celebrities then? i mean, i suppo good, don't theyt they're celebrities then? i mean, i suppo good, don't they ?they're doing good, don't they? >> i mean, patrick, you're making a habit of making this show today nuttier than a fruitcake, aren't you? >> because, mean, i've just >> because, i mean, i've just listened to what you've just had on, and it's as loony as what this letter write, because as any reasonable person at home, i think , understands that the
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think, understands that the reason for the loss of innocent lives stems directly from the malicious intent that's actually been harboured by by hamas, by islamic jihad, especially in relation to that hospital that we just saw. and hezbollah in the north, all of these things aren't israel, right? they're the masterminds behind the deadly cruelty that we see. the heightened among civilians, the secret bombs in schools and things like this. and of course , things like this. and of course, behind hospitals, we saw that in glaring proximity . we come into glaring proximity. we come into view on our television screens. now, all of this , it strikes me, now, all of this, it strikes me, is just an absolute eagerness, a desperation , in fact, to desperation, in fact, to actually vilify israel at any given opportune city. whilst they, of course, as you rightly say, turn a blind eye to hamas, their reign of terror and exposing , i think, their own. if exposing, i think, their own. if you ask me, patrick, their own deep seated prejudices here because it is never anyone's
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fault other than israel's. >> yeah. i mean , i did have >> yeah. i mean, i did have a member of the jewish community from tel aviv on a little bit earlier on in the show who was very, very forthright in his beliefs that at the core of this is anti—semitism. no doubt the celebrities and anybody who has signed this letter will deny that. signed this letter will deny that . absolutely. but that was that. absolutely. but that was what that jewish individual said to me . do you what that jewish individual said to me. do you think that maybe they just don't quite understand they just don't quite understand the wider context of what's going on in the middle east? do you think that maybe they live in a little bit of an echo chamber, a kind of luvvie echo chamber, a kind of luvvie echo chamber where supporting palestine little more palestine is very little more than a fashion statement? >> you can absolutely say >> oh, you can absolutely say that again. i mean, all of these liberal luvvies think that by posting something on their instagram feeds that they're doing great service. doing the world a great service. and aren't they good israel palestine is ended. palestine conflict is ended. patrick that's it . but all i palestine conflict is ended. patrick that's it. but all i can say if i'm charitable, is that they must be of the view that
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they must be of the view that they still living in the realm of make believe here because you know, they're no longer on the silver screen, but they're still talking about fantasies that reject at the what's actually going on. and refusing to condemn the barbaric acts of hamas. mean let's not forget what we just saw at this time last week . it wasn't last last week. it wasn't last weekend, but the weekend before that, where 1400 people were killed. right this that act, that one single day counts as the bloodiest in israel's history . see? right. that history. see? right. that represents the greatest loss of jewish life since the holocaust . jewish life since the holocaust. yet some liberal lobby in hollywood could live in a very comfortable life, can't have sympathy for someone in israel whose life is dictated to patrick by constant rocket fire by three fronts of their nation being under constant attack , being under constant attack, mainly entirely down to the fact that they are jews . that's what that they are jews. that's what this is. so if you can't call
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that out, then you are not the liberal progressive that you think you are. >> i think it is remarkable that , look, you know, on any kind of bog standard average day of the week could week previously, i could understand there be understand that there would be massive concern for palestine, for the people of gaza and taking a political opinion on thatis taking a political opinion on that is one thing. but in the immediate aftermath of a group of storming across a of terrorists storming across a border and slitting babies throats and burning them and raping and taking hostages to then come out on the side, not on the side of hamas, certainly not, but to not condemn hamas. i mean, just to put a note in that letter, to put a note in that letter, to put a note in that letter that says we do we stand up for the rights of the palestinian people. we do, however , utterly condemn the however, utterly condemn the actions of hamas that wasn't in there. and i do find that slightly bizarre. but, darren, we're to have to leave we're going to have to leave it there, good man, there, i'm afraid. my good man, thank very much for making thank you very much for making the time for us. darren grimes, thank you very much for making the time presenter'ren grimes, thank you very much for making the time presenter who 3rimes, thank you very much for making the time presenter who willes, thank you very much for making the time presenter who will be on gb news presenter who will be on your screens, doubt for this
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your screens, no doubt for this saturday this saturday, saturday five. this saturday, seven 9 pm. there's seven till 9 pm. now there's good news this evening for campaigners trying to stop the home the dambusters home of the dambusters being used migrants. used to house channel migrants. i'm christys gb news. i'm patrick christys on gb news. we are britain's channel .
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>> welcome to the dinosaur hour. >> i was married to a therapist and you survive . and i thought and you survive. and i thought we were getting hugh laurie , we were getting hugh laurie, second best marble de—man you interviewed saddam hussein. what's that like ? what's that like? >> i was terrified. i'm playing strip poker with these three. >> oh , no, thank you. >> oh, no, thank you. >> oh, no, thank you. >> my cds need to be put in alphabetical order. oh are you going to be problematic again ? going to be problematic again? >> oh, the dinosaur. >> oh, the dinosaur. >> our sunday, the 29th of october at 9:00 on . gb news. october at 9:00 on. gb news. >> welcome back. you are watching or listening to me? patrick christys on gb news. let's talk about the story that's got so many of you emailing me this afternoon. it's a brilliant footage of the coach driver and some just stop oil activists. well, earlier this week we oh no, are we going week we saw, oh no, are we going to that footage right now? i think going to that think maybe we are going to that footage stop so footage of just stop oil. so i will run you through it in an
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unexpected twist that happened earlier on, you know the bibby stockholm barge. well eventually, a couple of eventually, after a couple of months being taken off that barge due to legionella being found system, found in the water system, they managed to get some managed to try to get some asylum seekers back on the barge. ah, here we go. we nearly just stopped playing the footage then for a second, we then for a second, didn't we just stop oil decided to block the of asylum seekers . the the coach of asylum seekers. the coach , decided coach driver though, decided that he wasn't having any of it and ploughed on through them. so those people, instead of just getting of the way, decided getting out of the way, decided to sit down in the road and start screaming at him and saying things like, why are you trying to us? why you trying to kill us? why are you trying to kill us? why are you trying i mean, you trying to kill us? i mean, you know, when you were and know, when you were younger and like parents might have like your parents might have joked you gone, you joked with you and gone, oh, you know, go and play the know, go and play on the motonnay joke. they motonnay as a joke. yeah, they didn't mean it. whereas just stop of course, have clearly stop oil of course, have clearly never grown up. now that driver has something think has done something that i think most other most people would wish other people which is just, people would do, which is just, you safely steam straight you know, safely steam straight on got a job to you know, safely steam straight on he's got a job to you know, safely steam straight on he's not got a job to you know, safely steam straight on he's not getting a job to you know, safely steam straight on he's not getting held) to you know, safely steam straight on he's not getting held up by do. he's not getting held up by a load of idiot. arctic climate
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tangerines , is he? doesn't tangerines, is he? he doesn't get paid enough for this, does he? he doesn't get he? that chat. he doesn't get paid for this anyway. paid enough for this anyway. they unsuccess they they were unsuccess awful. they have i've said now, tried have like i've said now, tried to come after coach driver to come after this coach driver for threats to kill and i await the crowdfunder for his legal fees. but in other news, earlier this week , a straw bale was seen this week, a straw bale was seen dangung this week, a straw bale was seen dangling below london's millennium bridge . that's millennium bridge. that's strange. act is done in accordance with an ancient bylaw .just accordance with an ancient bylaw . just stop oil have got a straw bale. look at that. no. okay. with an ancient bylaw stating that passing river traffic has to be worn if the bridge level is lowered . so this weird law is is lowered. so this weird law is a part of many others as as it's apparently illegal to be drunk in a pub. so here are some weird laws, right? it's illegal to be drunk in a pub. laws, right? it's illegal to be drunk in a pub . yeah. or carry a drunk in a pub. yeah. or carry a plank on a pavement. i think i've got some more weird ones for you now. handling a salmon in suspicious circumstances . in suspicious circumstances. yeah, i'm just trying to picture the kind of situation that would
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lead up to someone being arrested for handling a salmon in suspicious circumstances . in suspicious circumstances. entering the houses of parliament in a suit of armour. i can understand that, because that to the that probably harks back to the times if you entered the times where if you entered the houses parliament a suit houses of parliament in a suit of you were trying to, of armour, you were trying to, you take the joint you know, take over the joint and could be problems. and that could be problems. wars have over that have been fought over that haven't they? the queue? haven't they? jumping the queue? oh, go. i get behind oh, here we go. i can get behind this one. jumping the queue in a tube ticket hall. absolutely you know what? i didn't realise that was illegal, something was illegal, but it's something that thought should be that i always thought should be illegal. firing a cannon near a home, especially after 11 pm. you know, it's just completely unsavoury, isn't it, to go and do a thing like that. unsavoury, isn't it, to go and do a thing like that . one of the do a thing like that. one of the things that i would quite like do a thing like that. one of the thibe; that i would quite like do a thing like that. one of the thibe illegal,would quite like do a thing like that. one of the thibe illegal, butld quite like do a thing like that. one of the thibe illegal, but butuite like do a thing like that. one of the thibe illegal, but but isn't ike to be illegal, but but isn't kind of properly is people who fail to indicate properly at a roundabout that is something that really for want of a better phrase, grinds my gears. i would really quite like that to be illegal, but i just think these are one of the old quirks of engush are one of the old quirks of english law, aren't they, that continue rear their head continue to rear their head every now and again? the being
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drunk a pub thing drunk in a pub thing is something think quite hard something i think is quite hard to enforce. i mean, the entire city of wetherspoons go city of wetherspoons would go out of within if out of business within a day if it be drunk in a it was illegal to be drunk in a pub, wouldn't it? well, there we go. shortly, i'm hoping go. now very shortly, i'm hoping to be taking you to some information about scams , which information about scams, which is where some asylum seekers were going to be based. so apparently they have now managed to secure a protected status for a particular area on that site. and that in itself might make it harder to do things like redevelop for an asylum seeker base, which will be good news, i think, wouldn't it, for the fair people of that area who are dead against it. what do you make of that? vaiews@gbnews.com. i'm going to delve into the inbox for the final minute or so of this show. thank you very much, everybody who's been emailing in who's getting touch by who's been getting in touch by far the hero the far and away the hero of the show has been the coach driver that were seeing before from that you were seeing before from the just stop oil demonstrate.
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they to try they obviously attempted to try to from getting to stop that coach from getting towards bibby stockholm towards the bibby stockholm after and months after months and months and months wrangling that coach months of wrangling that coach driver the hero of day. driver is the hero of the day. can has on ken's says can has been on ken's says patrick. i would happily shake that hand and buy that bus driver's hand and buy him pint. he is doing the him a pint. he is doing the lord's work. yes. there we go. important say well that as important to say as well that as it stands, we don't it currently stands, we don't believe anybody believe that anybody was actually injured or seriously harmed am for not one harmed in this. i am for not one second condoning people ploughing through. ploughing straight on through. just oil protesters or just stop oil protesters or insulate protesters or insulate britain protesters or insulate britain protesters or insulate prisoners. they are now mostly because insulate prisoners. they are now mostljwhere because insulate prisoners. they are now mostljwhere loads because insulate prisoners. they are now mostljwhere loads of because insulate prisoners. they are now mostljwhere loads of them|use insulate prisoners. they are now mostljwhere loads of them are. that's where loads of them are. i'm not condoning that, but am i'm not condoning that, but i am saying that think this coach saying that i think this coach driver certainly did right driver certainly did the right thing. i'm going to continue now, lynda says patrick. i actually think that just stop. oil here were massively in the wrong. they could have put people's lives at risk. well, you know, the asylum seekers or illegal migrants, depending on what you want to call them that were on this coach, really should be quite concerned, shouldn't mean, they've, shouldn't they? i mean, they've, you had a traumatic you know, had a traumatic journey they've been journey to britain. they've been pushed and pulled around the uk.
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so one hotel to a barge, so from one hotel to a barge, then a hotel again. and then back to a hotel again. and then back to a hotel again. and then think they're going then they think they're going back barge and then all back on the barge and then all of a a load of these of a sudden a load of these orange clad weirdos rock up and here we they're just here we go. they're just standing aren't they? standing there, aren't they? yeah sure that yeah i'm not sure that just stop. oil have maybe stop. oil would have maybe anticipated do feel anticipated that. i do feel very, for the actual very, very sorry for the actual driver of coach , though. driver of that coach, though. really, that , you know, really, i think that, you know, he's not paid enough to deal with this. i'm just going to throw ahead and tease to throw ahead and just tease to you the couple of bits you some of the couple of bits and bobs that i've got coming later because i will be later on because i will be filling in nine 11 pm. filling in nine till 11 pm. this evening for gb news tonight and joined by and i will be joined by a fantastic including lord fantastic panel, including lord sean yes, that's right. sean bailey. yes, that's right. he it. i'll have amy he will be on it. i'll have amy nicholl well and allison nicholl as well and allison pearson. we've a whole host pearson. we've got a whole host of topics, including that call to taking place outside to prayer taking place outside downing street. they've got a lot of you very exercised in the inbox. i'll be having a chat about whether or not that's okay. is it fine? is it a very vivid and obvious expression of multiculturalism on the streets or given the context of what
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we're dealing with now with israel fact israel and hamas and the fact that was near the centre? et that it was near the centre? et cetera. and we are quotes and quotes. a christian country. do you bizarre? and you find it quite bizarre? and widdecombe for widdecombe will join me for that. we'll have the that. and we'll also have the wolf of fleet street. kelvin mackenzie . he will be on the mackenzie. he will be on the show. we're going to be discussing all sorts of stuff to make sure that you tune in nine till on gb news till 11 right here on gb news tonight. michelle dewberry will be here with you for the next houn be here with you for the next hour. it promises to be an absolute ripper. thank you very much, who's much, everybody. again, who's been tuning in, who's been watching, who's been listening online, make sure you tell your friends. see you later at friends. i will see you later at 9 pm. take care. hello friends. i will see you later at 9 pm. take care . hello storm 9 pm. take care. hello storm babbitt will continue to bring some exceptional weather over the next 24 hours. >> a rain warning remains in force across eastern scotland and where that rain will continue to push in. this is the area of low pressure that's associated with babbitt. it stays anchored to the uk for the next couple of days and the red warning remains in force where we've got this weather front and
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you persisting across you can see it persisting across eastern scotland through much of thursday continuing to eastern scotland through much of thursinj continuing to eastern scotland through much of thursin. you continuing to eastern scotland through much of thursin. you can continuing to eastern scotland through much of thursin. you can see ntinuing to eastern scotland through much of thursin. you can see from ng to eastern scotland through much of thursin. you can see from the:o push in. you can see from the colours it's heavy and it's persistent across the country. elsewhere we will see rain starting to become more widespread across northern and eastern england. drier down towards the southwest and a mild night across the board. now we've got weather warnings in place across much of the country, particularly northern and eastern areas. we'll continue feeding continue to see the wind feeding that of 70, that rain in gusts of 70, possibly a touch more over the coasts and hills. but it's the rain then that we start to focus on across northern england as we head through friday. and amber warning been issued warning has just been issued from met office for parts of from the met office for parts of the pennines, northern counties of into yorkshire to the of england into yorkshire to the south of it, we'll see some sunny skies, but that'll spark off downpours through off some heavy downpours through the afternoon. again, temperatures staying mild across the board and it stays unsettled as we into saturday. as we head into saturday. further warnings are still in place , but the rain intensity by place, but the rain intensity by this stage will begin to ease. we'll still continue to see some
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showers , though, pretty much showers, though, pretty much anywhere across the country. slightly drier by sunday, but further unsettled weather next week. bye bye
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confidentiality and over in wales welsh water have confessed to illegally spilling sewage for years. those greedy water water companies right now nationalise them say many. that'll fix it. but hang on a second. welsh water is not for profit, so what then is the answer? and bibby stockholm, despite just stop oil's best efforts yet . you oil's best efforts yet. you heard me right. migrants are back on board. the government basically said if they refused their support , it would end their support, it would end right move or not. we'll have it all to come and more. but before we get into all that, let's grab tonight's latest headlines .
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