the uk. ministers will hold an emergency cobra meeting today over that israel—hamas over concerns that israel—hamas conflict could accelerate at the chance of a terror attack in the uk. we'll have the latest. >> and brits trapped in gaza . >> and brits trapped in gaza. hamas is preventing britons leaving gaza . according to leaving gaza. according to united states security president richard , again, the us richard, again, the us president's security adviser . president's security adviser. meanwhile, israeli tanks are pounng meanwhile, israeli tanks are pouring over the border, continuing their ground assault to assault, to destroy what they call the stronghold of evil and to dismantle hamas. our security editor, mark white, is in tel aviv with the latest . aviv with the latest. >> well, just in the last few minutes, we've had the second large n'est pas age of rockets from gaza of the day going into southern gaza. also sorry, going into southern israel and also into southern israel and also into central israel in the last few minutes , barge access denied few minutes, barge access denied to labour mps are going to portland today to meet asylum seekers living on the bibby stockholm, but they were not given permission to go on board.

>> what's happening there and the tributes are continuing, of course messages of condolence from around the world are flooding in for matthew perry, the star of the sitcom friends who died far too young, just 54 . who died far too young, just 54. >> that's what we've got coming up. >> and lots more of course. please do let us know all of your thoughts, some of your thoughts on our talking points today. email us gb views. at gbnews.com tweet us at gb news. but first, let's get the news headunes but first, let's get the news headlines with sophia . headlines with sophia. >> good morning. it's 932. i'm sophia wenzel in the newsroom . sophia wenzel in the newsroom. the government will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism from the israel—hamas conflict . israel—hamas conflict. anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents have increased since the 7th of october, with

pro—palestinian demonstrators actions taking place across the country . the foreign secretary country. the foreign secretary says there's a risk the conflict escalates and spreads across the region. the current threat to the country from terrorism is substantial , all meaning the country from terrorism is substantial, all meaning an attack, is likely . meanwhile, attack, is likely. meanwhile, the us president security adviser says hamas is preventing britons from leaving gaza . the britons from leaving gaza. the people in gaza continue to face air and artillery bombardment as israel's ground offensive into the strip continues . israeli the strip continues. israeli tanks and troops are pressing into the enclave with the israel defence forces, saying it's hit more than 600 military targets in the past few days. the palestinian red crescent says it's been warned by israeli authorities to immediately evacuate the al—quds hospital in gaza city , where 14,000 people gaza city, where 14,000 people are being sheltered . ai tools are being sheltered. ai tools will be rolled out in classrooms across england. that's according to the prime minister for rishi sunak says the technology will help reduce teachers workloads , help reduce teachers workloads, with al designing lesson plans and quizzes. it's part of a £2

million investment in new classroom technology, which is equivalent to employing around 40 teachers. more wet weather is set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm karen later this week . heavy karen later this week. heavy rain and strong wind is expected in southern and southwest england as well as south wales and northern ireland. the environment agency has issued 72 flood warnings ahead of the storm on wednesday night. and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website, gb news.com. stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to andrew and . emily andrew and. emily >> well, ministers are holding an emergency cobra meeting today over concerns the israeli gaza conflict could acceler great. the threat of terrorism on the streets of britain. >> yes, the meeting is going to take after britain's most take place after britain's most senior officer warned senior police officer warned that in the middle east that events in the middle east were having a serious knock on effect britain . five

effect here in britain. five people were charged this weekend at a pro—palestinian protest, but so do our police officers need greater powers of arrest ? need greater powers of arrest? >> well, joining us to talk to us as he does every week on a monday, is our favourite political commentator, piers pottinger. why ? why are pottinger. piers, why? why are protesters and demonstrate , of protesters and demonstrate, of course, they've got the right to protest and demonstrate. why are they allowed to wear masks and have bandanas over their faces? what are hiding? well what are they hiding? well that's good question. that's a very good question. >> course , as the cobra >> of course, as the cobra meeting , i >> of course, as the cobra meeting, i think will try >> of course, as the cobra meeting , i think will try where meeting, i think will try where they can to tighten up on this. although i think, sir mark rowley, who's a former head of anti—terrorism himself, the metropolitan police commissioner, has is well aware of what needs to be tightened . of what needs to be tightened. suella braverman has announced a review into the laws on extremism and terrorism . but the extremism and terrorism. but the problem is it's another review. it's going to take months. it won't be in in place legally until at least a year. so that's

two late and what's happening on the streets of britain is beginning to get very worrying indeed. and i'm particularly concerned we're all wearing poppies today. concerned we're all wearing poppies today . the 12th of poppies today. the 12th of november, remembrance sunday is not far away . there could be not far away. there could be some that would could be a very dangerous flashpoint, which i'm sure the authorities are well aware about . but, sure the authorities are well aware about. but, for example, the iran has these agents in this country stirring up the demonstrations and they're mostly attached to the islamic paramilitary paramilitary guard corps in iran, which is the most powerful body in iran. and that is prescribed by many people as a terrorist organisation. but not britain at the moment. and i'm hopeful that that could happen without a review so that these anyone who who is clearly

an iranian agent stirring up hatred could be dealt with and surely it's against the law if someone is chanting jihad holy war, that is incitement, well, you would have thought so. >> and that shouldn't that should just be slam dunk arrest them. >> well, i think anyone in encouraging war is inciting . and encouraging war is inciting. and in these times where it is, i mean we're at a real tinderbox here. and i fear that there are going to be many more incidents all around the world. we where we have these demonstrations that are being it's not a demonstration. it's actually just hatred on the streets . it's just hatred on the streets. it's i mean, they're not demonstrating , talking about demonstrating, talking about anything that anyone can do anything that anyone can do anything about at the moment other than a ceasefire, which , other than a ceasefire, which, of course, everyone would love to see be, but is unlikely to happenin to see be, but is unlikely to happen in while israel is wreaking its revenge. but is it maybe a bit of a cop out from

mark rowley to talk about how legislation needs to be tightened up? >> because we do have an incitement to violence . this is incitement to violence. this is a crime. racial hatred is a crime. surely there are public order offences . yes. and you order offences. yes. and you know, we have hate crimes. >> yes. i mean, i do think the masks is something that could be done up because you do wonder why these people are so scared of being recognised on facial recognition cameras was but to be fair, you can't just round recognition cameras was but to be fair, you can'tjust round up be fair, you can't just round up every demonstrator because that again could provoke even worse. and we do. >> we do support the legitimate right of protest in this country. >> free speech is a very important cornerstone, very important. and of course , people important. and of course, people who want to show sympathy for palestinians who are suffering a great deal at the moment . palestinians who are suffering a great deal at the moment. fair enough. equally, people who want to show sympathy for israel after the horrible atrocities of the hamas terrorism should be

allowed to do that as well. but if they are inciting violence of any kind, they need to be dealt with. the problem is you can't just go and suddenly arrest thousands of people because that would provoke even worse. >> but, you know , i saw three >> but, you know, i saw three young men on a tube at the weekend. they all had they all had they'd got sort of bandanas or neckerchief or whatever over their faces , shouting, who on their faces, shouting, who on this tube platform is israeli? yes threatening, menacing. no, it is . and sadly, i didn't it is. and sadly, i didn't intervene. i'm probably a bit too old now. and these were young men, but that's really disturbing. nobody did anything about it. no british transport police anywhere seen. police anywhere to be seen. >> must been shaking. >> you must have been shaking. >> you must have been shaking. >> was just horrible. >> it was just horrible. >> it was just horrible. >> friend mine was on >> well, a friend of mine was on a bus the day when a woman a bus the other day when a woman got to the and before she got on to the bus and before she actually got on properly, she said driver , why are you said to the driver, why are you with us or against us? >> it's terrible. >> it's terrible. >> and i mean, you know, this is just these are snapshots. andrew but they're very terrifying . but they're very terrifying. >> i want to get your reaction to what we've seen in russia

this is antisemitism rearing its ugly head. this is an airport in dagestan . we don't have sound on dagestan. we don't have sound on this one. but as you can see, there are floods of people looking for israelis. so there was a flight that came into this airport. they're looking for jews coming from tel aviv. >> yes . and it's in a muslim >> yes. and it's in a muslim area of russia . yeah. and yes, i area of russia. yeah. and yes, i mean, that is the sort of thing that i'm afraid is going to be more of. it is very worrying. hence, i mean, the cobra meeting is incredibly serious because we've got to keep law and order in this country. we've got to keep law and order in this country . you have to in this country. you have to remember that what hamas and the iranians want is as much disorder in the west as they can create. and at the moment, a lot of these demonstrators sometimes unwittingly, are playing hamas's game for them . and that's what's game for them. and that's what's and we should be clear of what

anti—semitism is because i'm afraid there are a lot of people out there who simply don't know what it means. >> anti—semitism is jew hating. that's what it is. and i think we should it that. we should call it that. >> yes. and it yes, i mean, absolutely but absolutely horrific. but it shows what's happened shows you also what's happened recently how the underlying recently is how the underlying current of anti—semitism is still here. and we've seen it already. i mean, it's coming back to haunt the labour party. >> i was going to ask you about that. >> starmer is going to have to deal with. >> how would you advise him on this? >> he's got a big problem on his hands, as is evident by the council. he's resigning 3 or 4 of his shadow cabinet, supposedly he not sympathetic to his views . supposedly he not sympathetic to his views. he's supposedly he not sympathetic to his views . he's got supposedly he not sympathetic to his views. he's got a supposedly he not sympathetic to his views . he's got a very his views. he's got a very difficult situation on and from a point of view of an election a year away , if he doesn't deal year away, if he doesn't deal with this properly, it could cost him the election because it at times of really international danger and also domestic danger. and this is probably as i said

last week, actually, this is one of the most terrifying moments in my lifetime. and i am very, very worried about the escalation of this . absolutely. escalation of this. absolutely. and we're seeing it happening. and we're seeing it happening. and it's going to happen more and more. i'm afraid to say. >> i wonder what keir starmer will do when it comes to the likes of andy mcdonald. far left corbynite mp. he was at the rally. he was well, the shouting wrong, talking about the ethnic cleansing of the palestinian people and using that horrible trope river to the sea. >> we know what that means. eliminate the state of israel going completely against the leaders. >> yes, well, he should remove the labour whip from him straight away , but he won't. straight away, but he won't. >> i don't think, because again, he's trying to manage his party and he has an awful lot of muslim voters in in the many labour constituency is to be concerned about it. and the problem is you see that the muslim it shouldn't become a

muslim versus jew issue. no. and i'm sensible. muslims know that it's actually hamas that's causing the real problems in palestine . they're not actually, palestine. they're not actually, they don't. hamas doesn't give a about their own people. >> they hate their own people because they use them as human shields. and we shouldn't forget they've governing gaza they've been governing gaza since an since 2006 without in an election. yes >> and governing it very >> and also governing it very badly indeed. by the way, it's not they no one wants to not as if they no one wants to go back to that. and from the point of view demonstrations , point of view of demonstrations, we're talking a new we're talking about a new palestine government, one would imagine an but i mean , goodness imagine an but i mean, goodness knows that'll happen . knows when that'll ever happen. >> i, i don't know if you're on tiktok, but there is some probably not. we ones aren't probably not. we old ones aren't out there or people in this country who quite openly support supporting the actions of hamas , supporting the actions of hamas, calling it a resistance. yes this is what we're dealing with. and i do worry that young muslims in this country and also people of all ethnicities and religions are buying into this. >> now, these young men i saw

shouting on tube station, shouting on the tube station, buying narrative, into buying into the narrative, into it, freedom it, hamas are the freedom fighters this is all fighters and that this is all israel's fault . israel's fault. >> but there you go. what can we do about that? should we move on to the covid inquiry? >> big story this week, of course, we've got course, because we've got dominic was dominic cummings, who was his dominic cummings, who was his dominic johnson's dominic boris johnson's chief adviser, who forget famously broke rules himself, giving broke the rules himself, giving evidence tomorrow and emerging that boris was more sympathetic to a more relaxed lockdown . to a more relaxed lockdown. >> well, today is martin reynolds , who was boris reynolds, who was boris parliamentary private secretary, pps and known as party marty yeah, and he has been pretty widely pilloried already for a couple of emails and, and i believe that he's going to have to face an awful lot of anti bofis to face an awful lot of anti boris questioning . but this boris questioning. but this whole covid inquiry seems to be to missing the point of what we should be concentrating on and solely concentrating on is how to prevent something like this happening again in the future.

and sweden has had its inquiry, it has dealt with it come up with points of action and they also questioned the science, the thing the government, when they when this was happening, kept saying, we're following the science. and it turned out the science. and it turned out the science was wrong and no one's questioning that. what instead of, you know, simon case, the cabinet secretary, people concentrating on what whatsapp he sent saying, oh, i've had a long day, i'm going home. that's irrelevant. what does that matter? do we need a massive hundreds of millions of pound inquiry into this ? and what we inquiry into this? and what we need to do is to prevent this awful thing happening again. >> boris lost his job over this. yes. effectively >> well, yeah, he lost it effectively . because he lied to effectively. because he lied to parliament over on one occasion. and unfortunately, that's unforgivable. what do you think the public think of this? >> do you think the public just want and done want this over and done with quickly? do think so, yes. >> i mean, there seems to be you know, we live in a blame culture and everyone wants to blame everyone. and of course, with

hindsight you hindsight is very easy. you could have it differently. could have done it differently. and never happened before and it's never happened before in modern times. there a lot in modern times. there are a lot of you can make, of excuses you can make, but equally now is apparent that equally it now is apparent that lockdown was wrong and we needn't have done it, partly because the scientists confused lockdown with quarantine and there's no point locking people down if plane loads of chinese are flying in every day, bringing new variants of the of the pandemic. bringing new variants of the of the pandemic . it's crazy. the pandemic. it's crazy. >> well, some of us were warning about the negative consequence of lockdown policies whilst we were in the midst of it. it's not all hindsight but know some people were saying i think that's all we've got time for. sadly sadly. thank you so much. thanks for joining us. >> always a joy, piers pottinger, always. >> now , two labour mps are going >> now, two labour mps are going to today . why? to meet to portland today. why? to meet some asylum seekers some of the asylum seekers staying the bibby stockholm staying on the bibby stockholm barge . barge. >> it's instinct is what did >> it's my instinct is what did the seekers to deserve the asylum seekers do to deserve that they're getting that fate? they're getting the backbenches. whittome and backbenches. nadia whittome and lloyd russell—moyle, who is a complete pain, the way. he's

complete pain, by the way. he's one brighton mps. they'd one of the brighton mps. they'd hoped see the inside of the hoped to see the inside of the barge, but they claim the home secretary, suella braverman, didn't their letter, didn't reply to their letter, asking do so. didn't reply to their letter, askokay, do so. didn't reply to their letter, askokay, well, do so. didn't reply to their letter, askokay, well, we're do so. didn't reply to their letter, askokay, well, we're going to >> okay, well, we're going to speak susan phoenix who speak to susan phoenix, who is a campaigner the to the campaigner from the no to the barge group. thank you for joining us, susan . what's your joining us, susan. what's your reaction to these two labour backbench mps wanting to come to portland and meet the asylum seekers on the barge ? seekers on the barge? >> very similar to yours, actually . of course, the wish actually. of course, the wish they had come to meet our homeless people, wish they'd come to meet the local population as nobody else in positions of power have done . positions of power have done. the desperation of people down here that just watching the greed of the privileged few who have dumped this barge on us, nothing to do with the people inside the barge. the expensive amount of money being spent on it. so that's what these gentlemen should be asking for. but they probably won't be let on board. i think only a few privileged local , all odd groups

privileged local, all odd groups have been allowed on there. nobody that has any sense or common sense . common sense. >> susan, what is the nub of your objection to them? the barge being in in portland and in your in your back yard, what is the nub of the objection? well have we lost you don't think she heard you there. >> we'll try again. >> we'll try again. >> susan, i'm asking you if you could outline what is the nub of your objection to the barge being there ? no, we've lost being there? no, we've lost them. what a pity . i mean, being there? no, we've lost them. what a pity. i mean, i think i know. what do you think it is? well, they think because i'm. well, a they weren't consulted. the local mp wasn't consulted. the local mp wasn't consulted. we had him on this programme more than once. and why have portland got them there? they can wander freely in there? they can wander freely in the they're worried the community. they're worried about crime. worried about crime. they're worried about crime. they're worried about the money it's costing. and susan was saying, they've and as susan was saying, they've got a homeless problem. and who's doing anything the got a homeless problem. and who'shomeless?thing the got a homeless problem. and who'shomeless? well, the got a homeless problem. and who's homeless? well, you 1e got a homeless problem. and who's homeless? well, you know what? >> nadia whittome lloyd >> nadia whittome and lloyd russell—moyle, according to the mirror here, have claimed they've been blocked from visiting the theatre of cruelty .

visiting the theatre of cruelty. they call it the asylum. >> they've not been on it. >> they've not been on it. >> and let's remember, this barge is costing again , reported barge is costing again, reported figure, £800 per person on each night . it's figure, £800 per person on each night. it's ridiculous , which is night. it's ridiculous, which is quite extraordinary. and of course , it was sitting empty for course, it was sitting empty for so long because of the legionella outbreak . legionella outbreak. >> is it cheaper than the hotel? >> is it cheaper than the hotel? >> well, surely it must be more expensive. £800. and if that figure is correct, don't they have their own chef, their own games room? >> it doesn't sound to me like a theatre of cruelty. it sounds like some people would probably rather enjoy it. yes. >> so they wanted ms >> so they wanted to go. ms witham she said it witham wanted to go. she said it could become a place of punishment, had to see punishment, so she had to see firsthand the conditions firsthand what the conditions were says visits such were like. she says visits such as crucial to ensure as this are crucial to ensure that minimum living standards are , closely upheld on are screwed, closely upheld on the barge as they clearly have not been in the recent past. so i guess the question from susan there was i think we've got her back. >> got you back, susan ? >> have we got you back, susan? >> have we got you back, susan? >> oh, yes, susan , we've got you

>> oh, yes, susan, we've got you back. >> just tell us basically, i mean, why local people like you are so opposed to this barge being midst because of being in your midst because of the social division it's causing ? >> we don't have the infrastructure for our own community. never mind 500 new people. whoever they are and wherever they're from, they're nobody put any forethought into this. it's just been the greed of the privileged few. and from start to finish, it's been the income at the top . the home income at the top. the home office bullying people right down to our local port who took the money. and i'm just reading their manifesto today saying how helpful they are to the local community with our local port owners. no no, they didn't look at whether we could afford to support these people , support all of these people, whether we had the road structure, the health, the policing . we don't have any of policing. we don't have any of that. even sufficient for our local community. it's there was just no common sense. i think that's what's annoying people most who made these decisions. >> well, susan , thank you >> yeah. well, susan, thank you for that. that's susan phoenix,

who is leading the objections to the , who did make the the barge, who did make the decision, the local mp decision, say the local mp first. about it when he first. he knew about it when he read in the papers. read about it in the papers. >> it's same with >> well, it's the same with a lot the hotels and these lot of the hotels and these local councils are expected to absorb number of people. absorb this number of people. well, i don't think the well, and i don't think the funding central funding is coming from central government. you say the government. so when you say the councils have absorb the councils have to absorb it, the local people their local people through their council to pay it. council tax have to pay it. >> outrageous. yeah. council tax have to pay it. >> well, jtrageous. yeah. council tax have to pay it. >> well, letgeous. yeah. council tax have to pay it. >> well, let usnus. yeah. council tax have to pay it. >> well, let us knowaah. council tax have to pay it. >> well, let us know what you think at home about nadia whittome his name? whittome and what's his name? lloyd wanting to lloyd russell—moyle wanting to visit. i say again , what did visit. i say again, what did those asylum seekers do to deserve fate? deserve that fate? >> , in other news, in gaza, >> well, in other news, in gaza, armoured vehicles continue to pour into gaza as the israeli defence forces begin to take over the strip piece by piece, the military claims soldiers spotted armed terrorists and an anti—tank missile launching post near the al—azhar university and guided a fighter jet to strike them. >> well, our security editor, mark white, is in tel aviv for us. mark, can you bring us the latest ? any updates from latest? any updates from yesterday ? over the weekend ?

yesterday? over the weekend? yeah i'll bring you an update from jerusalem . from jerusalem. >> first of all, reports of an attack, stabbing attack that took place in jerusalem within the last hour . a police officer the last hour. a police officer said to be in a critical condition that critically injured police officer has been transferred to hospital. now, the alleged attacker has been , the alleged attacker has been, according to israeli authorities, neutralised . so authorities, neutralised. so a lot of security around that area. it was in the area of a light rail station in jerusalem, just an hour ago or so across israel, there is a heightened alert as well as for the rockets that come over for all of the time, really from the gaza strip into parts of israel, there is also a heightened state of alert for the potential for attacks , for the potential for attacks, terrorist attacks. we know that in the west bank, for instance, there was more unrest fighting overnight with reports that four

palestinians have been killed in those clashes with israeli police and military in the west bank. and in terms of the operation as well, that is continuing apace in gaza, according to the israeli defence forces spokesman daniel hegarty, who gave his briefing an hour and a bit ago and said that israeli forces on the ground are inside northern gaza and continue to advance slowly and encountering hamas terrorists are exchanging fire, according to daniel hagari, dozens of hamas terrorists have been killed in those clashes over night. but still, as i say, the rockets keep on coming . there rockets keep on coming. there was a number of rocket barrages overnight and this morning into idf positions around the gaza strip. and then one just about 40 minutes or so ago into the

areas just south of tel aviv to ashdod and surrounding areas . ashdod and surrounding areas. >> all right. that's our security editor, mark white, who's with who's in tel aviv, talking about the latest situation in the ongoing crisis and ongoing. it goes on and on. emily. yeah, and continues to escalate. >> and as we were talking about earlier, the threat here on the streets of britain is a massive concern for our government. yeah, for the public. and of course, our security services. >> yeah . and the police again, >> yeah. and the police again, we have to remember we're often very critical of the police, aren't we? but they in the aren't we? but they are in the front now with these front line now with these marches and demonstrations. and they're there. and they're right to be there. and people to be people are equally right to be able have right to able to have the right to demonstrate and protest. but what to do it within what they have to do it within the law i agree with you, the law and i agree with you, i think the are there think the laws are there already. i know why. sir already. i don't know why. sir mark rowley, the police commissioner, is saying we need more take months more laws. it would take months to get new laws. you have to get them through parliament i'm to get new laws. you have to get the|sure'ough parliament i'm to get new laws. you have to get the|sure theh parliament i'm to get new laws. you have to get the|sure the labour ment i'm to get new laws. you have to get the|sure the labour party i'm to get new laws. you have to get the|sure the labour party are i'm not sure the labour party are going to ball with any going to play ball with any ramping up of the because

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showers will become a little bit more organised into this evening and bringing some and and bringing some heavy and persistent northern persistent rain to northern ireland. there be some ireland. so there could be some disruption plenty of clear disruption here. plenty of clear spells, though, ahead of this, especially across southern spells, though, ahead of this, especialiand ross southern spells, though, ahead of this, especialiand scotlandlern spells, though, ahead of this, especialiand scotland .ern spells, though, ahead of this, especialiand scotland . a bit of england and scotland. a bit of a chilly night across scotland as well. could be a touch of frost in some sheltered rural spots. so to start tuesday, then we'll see this band of organised showers making its way very slowly so driest slowly northeastward. so driest conditions to the northeast of this with the best of the sunshine across scotland, a little bit of respite from the showers across the southwest before makes before this next system makes its way in. as we go into tuesday afternoon and still feeling pretty pleasant in the sunshine. always cooler, though, across scotland with those northerly winds bringing that cooler air. >> well, up next, a labour government in wales wants to allow self—identifying for transgender women to stand in the senate elections as females . the senate elections as females. is that right? you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. we're the people's .

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today over concerns the israel—hamas conflict could accelerate for accelerate the chance for a terror attack the uk. we'll terror attack in the uk. we'll have the latest on that. senate self—id. >> the welsh government is expected to allow selfies identifying transgender women to stand in senate elections as females . females. >> fem ales. >> botox females. >> botox ban the law in england makes it a criminal offence to administer botox or inject a filler for cosmetic purposes to anyone under 18. no such law exists in wales, scotland, northern ireland or northern ireland. can that be right? >> and tributes continue. messages of condolence from around the world are flooding for in matthew perry. he was the star of the sitcom friends. he died sadly aged 54 . died sadly aged 54. and the rumour mill is churning, isn't it? why is that, andrew? >> that's because a certain gb news presenter has been linked

with going into the i'm a celebrity jungle clue. it's not emily and it's not me. although you might want to see the back of me. so who is it? >> who is it? >> who is it? >> we'll tell you later. >> we'll tell you later. >> yes. let us know your thoughts throughout the show. email us gbviews@gbnews.com. tweet us at gb news. but first, it's your news headlines with sophia . sophia. >> good morning. it's 10:01 >> good morning. it's10:01 o'clock. i'm sofia wenzel in the gb newsroom . the government will gb newsroom. the government will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism unked discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict . it's anti—semitic linked to the israel—hamas conflict. it's anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents have increased since the start of october following the violence in the middle east. the current threat to the uk is substantial, meaning an attack is likely . meaning an attack is likely. meanwhile, the us president's security adviser says hamas is preventing britons from leaving gaza. jake sullivan says egypt and israel are prepared to allow foreign nationals to leave through the rafah crossing. but

the terrorist group has not agreed to it . there are the terrorist group has not agreed to it. there are around 200 uk nationals in gaza . the 200 uk nationals in gaza. the foreign secretary, james cleverly , says the government is cleverly, says the government is working to prevent the conflict widening . widening. >> there is a risk that this escalates and spreads across the region. >> it is in no body's interest for that to happen. i spoke in extensive early with the political leadership in all the countries around israel's border, including with lebanon, and we are working to try and make sure that this does not become a regional conflict. people in gaza continue to face air and artillery bombardment as israel's ground offensive into the strip continues. >> israel daily tanks and troops are pressing into the enclave with the israel defence forces , with the israel defence forces, saying it's hit more than 600 military targets in the past few days. military targets in the past few days . us airstrikes have days. us airstrikes have reportedly hit near gazan hospitals , with israel accusing hospitals, with israel accusing hamas of locating command centres and military infrastructure in medical facilities . the palestinian red

facilities. the palestinian red crescent says it's been warned by israeli authorities to immediately evacuate the al—quds hospital in gaza city , where hospital in gaza city, where 14,000 people are being sheltered . i tools will be sheltered. i tools will be rolled out in classrooms across england. that's according to the prime minister, rishi sunak says the technology will help reduce teachers workloads with al designing lesson plans and quizzes. it's part of a £2 million investment in new classroom technology, which is equivalent to employing around 40 teachers. ministers claim the funding will allow for personalised or ai assistants in every classroom . more wet every classroom. more wet weather is set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm kieran later this week . of storm kieran later this week. heavy rain is expected in southern and southeast england as well as northern ireland. the environment agency has issued 72 flood warnings ahead of the storm on wednesday night. flood warnings ahead of the storm on wednesday night . storm storm on wednesday night. storm kieran will be strong winds and heavy rain to southern parts of england and wales. met office

says there's a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings . just stop. oil buildings. just stop. oil activists will hear high court judges ruling on m25 protests. they've been accused of being contempt after climbing onto a gantry in november last year . gantry in november last year. one of the 12 activists appearing in court is a 76 year old woman from bristol. she appearing in court is a 76 year old woman from bristol . she told old woman from bristol. she told the judge that the climate emergency is not taken seriously enough and that she's worried about her grandchildren and future. national highways future. but national highways lawyers told the judge the protesters caused considerable delays motorists as delays for motorists as britain's public services risked getting stuck in a state of crisis. that's according to the institute for government, which says public services are becoming worse for people than before the pandemic and much worse since conservative us came to power in. she says it's caused by funding cuts , lack of caused by funding cuts, lack of capital investment and disruption caused by strikes. the think tank also warned that the current spending plans which labour will stick to if it wins the next election, mean more

services will deteriorate further . several single use further. several single use plastics will no longer be sold in wales as new measures come into force. items like polystyrene cups and takeaway food containers and single use plastic cutlery are now being banned from being sold. the legislation brings wales in line with similar bans in england and scotland. climate change minister julie james says it'll help create a greener future for generations to come . friends generations to come. friends creators say matthew perry's death seems impossible . well, death seems impossible. well, after he was found dead in a hot tub at his los angeles home on saturday. the actor was best known for playing chandler bing on the american sitcom friends. it comes as the us media reports his initial post—mortem results are inconclusive and the cause of death is yet to be determined. showbiz expert kinsey schofield told gb news further investigations have been requested, including a toxicology report . toxicology report. >> those can take weeks , >> those can take weeks, sometimes up to months, to get those results back. but what we

are hearing from page six is that the cause cast of friends is currently working on a joint statement they can release. according to sources, they are reeling about the death of matthew perry . matthew perry. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to andrew and . now it's back to andrew and. emily well, let's see what we've been saying at home because lots of emails and texts coming in on israel and also the migrant barge. >> alex says british politicians have helped destabilise iraq, afghanistan, syria, libya and they have got blinkers on when it comes to the usa and israel's killing of civilians. it comes to the usa and israel's killyes,)f civilians. it comes to the usa and israel's killyes, butvilians. it comes to the usa and israel's killyes, but mike,. it comes to the usa and israel's killyes, but mike, he's written >> yes, but mike, he's written in. he's concerned about the hatred towards jewish people that we're seeing in some areas, he says. can someone explain why there is so much hatred towards there is so much hatred towards the jews these days in this country? there doesn't seem to

be any obvious reason. and people seem to be living in the dark ages. it does appear as though, unfortunately, anti—semitism is rearing its ugly head. >> certainly has. and people also talking about the migrant barge . keith says, oh, charming . barge. keith says, oh, charming. these scroungers should be intense, like the iron france with no benefits. then they might stop coming. that's not going to happen. >> but gary says, shouldn't the no to the barge campaign be renamed? not in my backyard. that's a actually quite a good point because you can be vehemently barge in point because you can be vehe area. .y barge in point because you can be vehe area. but barge in point because you can be vehe area. but where barge in point because you can be vehe area. but where are)arge in point because you can be vehe area. but where are thee in your area. but where are the migrants, the asylum seekers supposed to go and the local tory mp is a great supporter of the government policy of shipping the refugees to rwanda, but he doesn't want the barge in his constituency. >> not in my back yard. isn't that right? and tory mp, so many mps , tory mps who have come out. mps, tory mps who have come out. >> i think david davis, for example, came out vehemently against the rwanda policy. but then he also campaigned against a migrant hotel in his constituency . so it is not in my

constituency. so it is not in my back yard, isn't it? >> yeah. and this, this this will also apply when labour win the next election. i think they will and they decide they're going to be able to do house building the way the tories couldn't because they're going to nimbyism. they're to stop the nimbyism. they're not going be to. they not going to be able to. they just not going to able to just not going to be able to because the are the voice because the mps are the voice of the nimbyism. what is the nimbyism. people ask what is british culture? >> well, perhaps nimbyism is a part but anyway, part of it. but anyway, the government an government will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the threat linked to threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict. the israel— hamas conflict. >> reilly, the >> smart reilly, he's the commissioner met, wants commissioner of the met, wants warns events in warns that the events in the middle are having serious middle east are having a serious knock on effect in britain, where five people were charged at the weekend at a pro—palestinian protest. well, chris pro—palestinian protest. well, chns us pro—palestinian protest. well, chris us now in chris blackhurst joins us now in the studio. the former the studio. he is the former editor for the independent. he and i go back many years and i go back to many years long, years, donkey's long, donkey's years, donkey's years would say. we years as my father would say. we want to talk to you about your book, causing quite book, which is causing quite a lot of stir, a big stir in the world of football. but first, i want to talk you about what's want to talk to you about what's happening politically. this is turning a real problem for

turning into a real problem for sir starmer. what's sir keir starmer. what's happening in the middle east, because decided far because they've decided so far not to discipline any frontbenchers who are not backing line of who are backing the line of who are calling for an immediate ceasefire. but i'm told that there's lots of people in his shadow cabinet now who do not agree with starmer's position. >> that's absolutely right. i mean , i think what i was told, mean, i think what i was told, 31. right. 13 members of his shadow team don't agree with this position. you have to remember, i mean, it's only what where are we now ? it was only in where are we now? it was only in 2018 that the labour conference was full of palestine flags. remember those people have not gone away. jeremy corbyn is no longer leader in that sense. he's gone away , but those people he's gone away, but those people haven't. and there's an underlying thing support for the palestinian cause within labour and for starmer. this is a huge, huge problem. i mean, it's akin to well, we can go back to those days. it's akin to john major

and the beginnings of the whole brexit thing where he he had this rump of the tory party who were refuse to, to bow to, to his policy. >> yeah . over things like the >> yeah. over things like the maastricht treaty. and of course he was famously john major wasn't he. the camera was running the mikes were running when referred some members when he referred to some members of his cabinet as people who didn't the of their didn't know the name of their father. not going to the father. i'm not going to use the b word on national television. father. i'm not going to use the b “all on national television. father. i'm not going to use the b “all did national television. father. i'm not going to use the b “all did and)nal television. father. i'm not going to use the b “all did and)nalall evision. father. i'm not going to use the b “all did and)nalall remember. we all did and we all remember. and it was michael howard who was the two, michael was the other two, michael portillo one other whose portillo and one other whose name me to say john name escapes me to say john redwood. name escapes me to say john rec billd. name escapes me to say john rec bill cash. >> bill cash. >> bill cash. >> bill cash. yeah. >> bill cash. yeah. so >> bill cash. yeah. so and >> bill cash. yeah. so and that the europe bedevilled the issue of europe bedevilled the issue of europe bedevilled the tory party for the best part of 15 until cameron got of 15 years until cameron got the referendum and it came up with answer didn't with the answer he didn't expect. with the answer he didn't epreah, well , he's exactly the >> yeah, well, he's exactly the same problem . his problem is same problem. his big problem is that he is desperate for the labour party not to be seen to be anti—semitic , and that was be anti—semitic, and that was a slur that stuck. i mean, there was some evidence for it, but it really stuck. so he's now gone under corbyn in particular. you mean under corbyn? he's now gone

the doesn't want the other way. he doesn't want anti—semitism at price. but anti—semitism at any price. but of course there is a price which is he seemed to be supporting israel and that's riling a huge element in his party. and those people , i mean, they're all his . people, i mean, they're all his. i look, i would guess that a lot of those people on the marches and things are natural labour voters . so he's got to be very voters. so he's got to be very careful how he controls it. >> i don't know if he if he changes his position and says, okay, i'm going to back a ceasefire, he'll be accused by the tories of the most egregious u—turn. so far and he's already vulnerable to that criticism, isn't he, chris, that he keeps you turning on major issues he already has on the siege? >> yeah. he told one media outlet that he backed israel's decision on to blockade gaza and then to another media outlet. he said, i didn't say that. so he's already flip flopping a bit on this. it's extremely difficult for him, isn't it? >> yeah, it is difficult . what >> yeah, it is difficult. what he's. well, this is a horrible

thing to say. really. what he's got to hope for, i guess, is that this goes on a long time and there are sadly lots of civilians caught up in it, as there are already. but even worse and demands around the world for ceasefire intensify . world for ceasefire intensify. now, i suppose if that happens, he could really attach himself. i mean, there may be a point where even even the conservatives i mean, biden is warning netanyahu lost the time . warning netanyahu lost the time. be careful. yeah. now if something you know, if it really gets a lot worse and it probably will, then it's possible he can attach himself to that and say, look, we need a ceasefire. but right now he's in a very, very difficult place. and israel will argue, how can we possibly just concentrate our military operation on hamas when hamas, we know, use their own people as human shields? yeah, israel has every right to eradicate hamas. hamas makes no bones about it. it wants to get rid of israel. it's not a it's not an

organisation that negotiates . i organisation that negotiates. i mean, that's clear. it does not might negotiate over hostages, but generally it's not in it has one ideology and the ideology is to get rid of israel. that's it . to get rid of israel. that's it. and they for there is no compromise. they have to get rid of them. they're embedded in gaza. of them. they're embedded in gaza . they're among civilians. gaza. they're among civilians. they're even next to hospitals and things like that. they're even next to hospitals and things like that . so it's and things like that. so it's extremely , extremely difficult extremely, extremely difficult where it ends. yeah. >> just before we go on to your book, chris, what about the terror threat here? i mean, i was talking earlier about we saw them a lot of people at the march at the weekend. they're entitled to march in terms. of course but they course they are. but should they be masks? they be be behind masks? should they be hiding masks? that's hiding behind masks? that's a very point. very good point. >> look, i'm old enough, >> i mean, look, i'm old enough, unfortunately, to remember when people support the people marched in support of the ira . yeah, ira was a proscribed ira. yeah, ira was a proscribed organisation and people marched in favour of it. and sang songs in favour of it. and sang songs in favour of it. and sang songs in favour of it . and there in favour of it. and there weren't many arrests. i mean ,

weren't many arrests. i mean, there'd be five arrests on saturday day. well, actually, if the figures are correct, there were 100,000 people. there's not many. no they're in the police are in a very, very difficult place because if they're not careful, it will all kick off and they'll become the targets. so they're standing back and they don't want their officers injured . and it could really, injured. and it could really, really turn very nasty. >> they are very much standing back.i >> they are very much standing back. i walked through parliament square on saturday. i was at i was at another event, walked through the police. there were people clambering on traffic lights and letting off those smoke things . and the those smoke things. and the police just stand and watch . police just stand and watch. now, that's a decision. well, it's a it's an extreme look. >> it's a very it's a very polarised argument. but if you sing, there's a song they sing from the river to the sea, which is eliminate israel in the process. yeah, but it's the song that the palestinians and their supporters sing. >> some would deny that somewhere, somewhere the i think it's called the charge , which is

it's called the charge, which is the black and white cloth . the black and white cloth. >> yeah. those are pro—palestinian symbols . and pro—palestinian symbols. and then of course, you've got the other people who have got paragliders . yeah. stuck on paragliders. yeah. stuck on their backs and all sorts. horrible. how do you deal with that? i don't know . i mean, that? i don't know. i mean, there is talk that the government's going to review. suella braverman is to going review. there's going might be a new called implied new offence called implied support for terrorism, but this is now. yeah. and you and i, we all three of us know how long it takes something to get to the statute book months. well months, years. >> but there'll be another government in power years. >> and of course it'll wind its way through the commons. there'll be rallies galore. they haven't even mentioned lords haven't even mentioned the lords yet. implied implied yet. yeah. so implied implied support terrorism .well, support for terrorism. well, good luck with that. >> very difficult with balancing it with freedoms. >> now i know nothing about football, chris, but i do know that manchester united are one of the most, if not the most famous football clubs in the world, and they have been run by

a pretty unpopular, a load of americans called the glazer family . you've written this family. you've written this book, world's biggest cash book, the world's biggest cash machine. there's your 13 amp plug machine. there's your 13 amp plug here, man . city united, the plug here, man. city united, the glazers and the struggle for football's took football's soul. they took it. they there was a little they took a stake. what about 2003? $5 million? two years later, they've got 98% of the of man. you by effectively borrowing against man united's assets. so this world famous football club now is in huge debt. >> yeah . that's why i wrote the >> yeah. that's why i wrote the book. i was fascinated. look, i'm not a i'm not a manchester united fan. i do watch football, but i'm not i'm not a manchester united fan. but what i am interested in and always have been are people who how can i put this people who come from nowhere and do incredible things. that's not to lord praise on them. that's really the fact that they came from nowhere . no one in this country nowhere. no one in this country had ever heard of them. they barely known in america, and yet they bought the world's biggest football club. they're the

biggest tiktok, on social biggest on tiktok, on social media. fan base, all the media. huge fan base, all the legends, bobby charles, george best, the music crash, everything that goes with manchester united. these characters bought it and what's incredible about them is that i mean, we've just talked about protests, but , you mean, we've just talked about protests, but, you know, mean, we've just talked about protests, but , you know, the protests, but, you know, the level of protests and abuse that they've sustained , it hasn't they've sustained, it hasn't budged them at all. i mean, 18 years they've owned the club and they're still there and they're not bothered . i mean, they have not bothered. i mean, they have got the thickest skins on the planet. i mean, quite incredible . and the club , i mean, the . and the club, i mean, the fans, even yesterday they were playing manchester united were playing manchester united were playing city and local derby city won very easily . the fans city won very easily. the fans are in uproar. and so it goes on andits are in uproar. and so it goes on and it's fascinating and it's an amazing story about them. >> yeah, they've not broken any law. no, but. but they've behaved , which is charlatans . behaved, which is charlatans. what the fans would say. they're charlatans . charlatans. >> i mean, the key thing for the fans is that and it's a bit of a

it is a cliche, i'm afraid, but as far as the fans are concerned, they don't show the love right ? and they concerned, they don't show the love right? and they don't show the love. they don't at the love. they don't turn up at old trafford. they're not among the fans. they're distant. they're in america and the they're over in america and the club is saddled with huge debts. old trafford needs repairing the training grounds, falling behind and don't forget manchester united's supporters. they don't compare themselves against rochdale or basildon. they compare themselves against bayern munich and real madrid and barcelona . they've got and barcelona. they've got fantastic stadiums . they've got fantastic stadiums. they've got the world's best players , so the world's best players, so they're looking at their team thinking, well, why haven't we got but why are so many football clubs now in britain? >> premier league clubs owned by foreign people who know nothing about football? >> money. >> they've got money. >> they've got money. >> simple. quite >> very simple. it's quite right. it's money. it's filthy lucre. the tv rights are huge. and don't forget , let's let's and don't forget, let's let's look at cut to the chase. the glazers borrowed money to buy

the club . they put in about £200 the club. they put in about £200 million of their own money. and even that, as i say in the book, was almost certainly borrowed as well. they paid over all 600 or so for the club . they've turned . so for the club. they've turned. down offers recently, approaching 6 billion. good lord. so £6 billion is what this club is worth. this is not i mean, it is 11 men or 11 women. if it's the women's team, 11 men, 11 women, you know, chase chasing a ball around a pitch. that's what football is. it's ridiculous . ridiculous. >> that's what football is. >> that's what football is. >> you played football at >> even you played football at school and chase the school and you chase the football around. >> don't know. >> did you? if i don't know. >> did you? if i don't know. >> i don't, you i could >> if i don't, you know, i could have in a £6 billion have been in a £6 billion industry, billion pounds. >> i once competed in the middlesex championships. there you go. there you go. >> was five side. it >> it was five a side. chris it sounds a great book. >> finally, jim >> and just finally, jim ratcliffe he britain's ratcliffe isn't he britain's richest man trying buy, richest man trying to buy, trying to buy the. isn't he trying to buy the. isn't he trying the club? yeah he is. >> but the problem with jim is that i think he's i don't

that i don't think he's i don't think he's really got enough money to spend . i don't think i money to spend. i don't think i think the very quickly the glazers want to hang onto it and trophy assets they're all saying they're using the city when it's gone. it's gone. they don't like if you sell something, you can't get it back and they enjoy owning it. and if they can somehow marry the two worlds, get some money from somebody and still have a big share in it, then they'll fascinating people should just support my local football team. >> swindon town. i don't think it's worth £600. >> can you tell this was written by a journalist? >> why? >> why? >> i don't know. is there special writing when special type of writing when a journalist writes a book like this investigation ? this investigation? >> before the independent >> chris before the independent was the was one of the best investigative journalists. >> that's why i'm asking . galore >> that's why i'm asking. galore found secrets , the stories galore. >> oh, there would be secrets in there. >> stories galore. roll up. roll up. >> i'm waiting for the writ from the glazer brothers. because you're bound to upset her. and if you haven't, why not? that's chris. chris blackhurst. just remind the

remind you that the title of the bookis remind you that the title of the book is world's biggest cash book is the world's biggest cash machine, manchester machine, that manchester united is glazers the struggle is the glazers and the struggle for football's soul. >> there's gift for my >> there's a gift for my brother, big man united brother, perhaps big man united fan. >> anyway , fascinated by that. >> anyway, fascinated by that. >> anyway, fascinated by that. >> yes. still to come , the welsh >> yes. still to come, the welsh government is to redefine women to include transgender females under planned new laws. does it sound fair to women ? sound fair to women? >> no. we're gb news britain's news channel .

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news . news. >> it's 1020 for you with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson, emily carver, who's in for bev turner? >> yes, the welsh government is to redefine the word woman to include transgender females under planned new laws . under planned new laws. >> so the proposal was revealed yesterday in a leaked draft of its gender quotas bill, which proposes that half the candidates in any list to be members of the senate. that's the welsh parliament or welsh assembly, women. the welsh parliament or welsh ass so bly, women. the welsh parliament or welsh assso joining women. the welsh parliament or welsh assso joining us women. the welsh parliament or welsh assso joining us now1men. the welsh parliament or welsh assso joining us now isen. the welsh parliament or welsh assso joining us now is the >> so joining us now is the founder of standing for women, kelly j. keane. kelly thank you for joining us on the show this morning. so they want to change the definition of women to include the definition will state that transgender. so this is what's included in women . a is what's included in women. a person who is proposing to undergo or is undergoing or has undergone a process or part of the process for the purpose of reassigning their sex to female .

reassigning their sex to female. >> oh gosh, if i could make sense of any single one of those words, i'd be some sort of genius. i mean, you , you and the genius. i mean, you, you and the telegraph and various people have talked about transgender females. this morning, and i don't know quite what that is either. as far as i'm concerned, when it comes to female, there is one female that's someone like myself who was born female and has x x chromosomes. like myself who was born female and has x x chromosomes . and and has x x chromosomes. and then there are people who are men who are not born with x chromosomes , who are some of chromosomes, who are some of them claim to be women. and so that's what we're talking about. and look , we could get in and look, we could get in a situation in wales where they have this wonderful 5050 gender again , some sort of bizarre again, some sort of bizarre term, which nobody can define , term, which nobody can define, where everybody could have a penis , but they could still penis, but they could still claim to be 50, 50 men and women. so it's bonkers. there is actively trying to create a new definition of a woman, aren't they . yeah. effectively. yeah. they. yeah. effectively. yeah. i

think you know the welsh government have been on this this journey into nonsensical definitions for quite some time. you know, i just read a seven page document this morning about what non—binary is so , so you what non—binary is so, so you know all bets are off when it comes to just how crazy they might go. i think they're probably going to try and compete with scotland, which, you know, going to be fun to you know, is going to be fun to watch, although not that fun if you're a woman or young person you're a woman or a young person living wales. living in wales. >> i mean, kelly keane >> i mean, kelly j. keane i guess the counter is the question would you prefer trans gender? women were excluded from candidates lists . if they can't, candidates lists. if they can't, if they don't see themselves as a male, they see themselves as a woman. and if they're not allowed on the women's lists, then they can't become a politician ? politician? >> well, you know , them's the >> well, you know, them's the breaks. if you want to pretend that you're something that you're not, then you can't be included in either list. i guess that's a choice that you make as

far as i know, there are sort of women only lists. i don't even agree with such a thing . i think agree with such a thing. i think we should live in a meritocracy . we should live in a meritocracy. but if there are to be women only lists. i've never heard of a male man. only list. so there are open lists and there are women only lists. and if you're a man who has decided that you're not really a man after all, can join the list all, then you can join the list for everybody. you just can't. you can be anything in you can be anything you want in this you can't be this country. you just can't be the sex because it's impossible. >> so if a man transitions fully kelly j. to what he regards now as female status , what would you as female status, what would you describe that person as? would you still say they're still man? >> well , all the same as man? >> well, all the same as you did in your question. and i would yeah, i would still call them a man . they they there's no such man. they they there's no such thing as transitioning into female status or into a female body or into a woman . you know, body or into a woman. you know, those things might be on somebody's wish list. and i wish

them well. i hope they find some sort of peace. but i don't think they will find a woman's body at they will find a woman's body at the end of whatever transition they may seek . they may seek. >> now, the kathy larkman, she's quoted in the reports about this. she's the welsh coordinator of the women's rights network work. she says this change would likely see men self—identifying as women to greatly improve their chances of selection and would muscle females out , selection and would muscle females out, out. >> well, look, you know , those >> well, look, you know, those are that's getting into the weeds really . basically, men weeds really. basically, men can't be women and so it doesn't really matter whether some man believes he's doing it. just to cheat. and get in in an election on a shortlist or whether he has, you know, some real desire to be a woman. either way, he's not a woman. so we either have women only shortlists or we don't. and if we do, they have to mean something. there must be some reason why people have decided it's important that

women are represented welsh women are represented in welsh government and the only way women can represented is with women can be represented is with these quotas. and that is these quotas. and if that is true, and i'm not saying it is, but if that's your rationale for doing a man who doing something, then a man who claims to be a woman doesn't have any of those needs that he won't take any boxes, he doesn't know it's like know what it's like to be a teenage girl. he doesn't know what it's like for , you know, to what it's like for, you know, to live a single day as a woman on. so it would just it just doesn't make any sense. if you want representation, why on earth would you pick somebody who can't possibly it's can't possibly know what it's like to be representative of the population they claim? >> well, of course, mark drakeford has. he's argued for a long time , hasn't he, that long time, hasn't he, that transgender women are women. >> he's standing down, >> yeah, he's standing down, i think quite soon. not soon enough. >> i'm not comfortable with the idea of women shortlists anyway. really? no. and the idea of quotas . and then have this quotas. and then to have this this whole debate. thank you very much for joining us. this whole debate. thank you very much forjoining us. kelly j. keane, the founder of standing women. thank you standing for women. thank you for your time.

>> of common sense. yes. >> in this mad world, in this mad world and i do not understand why we don't get more people in the government taking on madness, because they should. >> they did it in scotland over the gender reform bill. there. they challenged it. they should be what's happening be challenging what's happening in will not be popular. >> that was real eye opener, >> that was a real eye opener, wasn't what happened in wasn't it? what happened in scotland? yeah i think it hastened the departure of nicola sturgeon. >> absolutely. first minister? >> she so >> absolutely. she was so completely touch on completely out of touch on that issue, would deny that she would. >> she would just needed a break. >> yeah, she can come on and talk about it. she'd like to. she me at all. she doesn't like me at all. >> she's fine. that doesn't surprise me. andrew. no, but still this morning. surprise me. andrew. no, but stilyeah, this morning. surprise me. andrew. no, but stilyeah, botoxis morning. surprise me. andrew. no, but stilyeah, botoxis mornirthe law >> yeah, botox ban and the law in makes it a criminal in england makes it a criminal offence to administer botox or inject for cosmetic inject a filler for cosmetic purposes to anyone under 18. inject a filler for cosmetic purno es to anyone under 18. inject a filler for cosmetic purno such anyone under 18. inject a filler for cosmetic purno such rulewne under 18. inject a filler for cosmetic purno such rule existsder 18. inject a filler for cosmetic purno such rule exists in'18. inject a filler for cosmetic purno such rule exists in wales, >> no such rule exists in wales, scotland northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. should it? yes. >> are moving going to >> so people are moving going to wales to get their injections at the anyway, and to change the moment anyway, and to change their barge their sex. presumably barge access to labour mps are access denied to labour mps are going meet going to portland today to meet asylum the

asylum seekers living on the bibby stockholm, but . asylum seekers living on the bibby stockholm, but. but asylum seekers living on the bibby stockholm, but . but they bibby stockholm, but. but they were given permission go were not given permission to go on the home secretary on board from the home secretary . hm. >> good for her. that and much more after your morning news with sophia . in with sophia. in >> it's 1032. with sophia. in >> it's1032. i'm sophia with sophia. in >> it's 1032. i'm sophia wenzel in the newsroom . the government in the newsroom. the government is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict . but israel—hamas conflict. but police and national security officials are also taking part in the cobra meeting at the downing street . it follows downing street. it follows a rise in anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents during demonstrations across the country . the uk's current terror country. the uk's current terror threat level stands at substantial meaning an attack is likely. meanwhile while gaza continues to face air and artillery bombardment as israel's offensive into the strip continues , israeli tanks strip continues, israeli tanks and troops are pressing into the enclave with the israel defence forces, saying more than 600 terrorist targets have been hit in the past few days . airstrikes

in the past few days. airstrikes have reportedly hit near gazan hospitals with israel accusing hamas of locating common centres and military infrastructure in medical facilities. the palestine red crescent says it has been warned by israeli authorities to immediately evacuate the al—quds hospital in gaza city, where 14,000 people are being sheltered. the foreign secretary james cleverly, says the government is working to prevent the conflict from widening . widening. >> there is a risk that this escalates and spreads across the region. it is in nobody's interest for that to happen. i spoken extensively with the political leadership in all the countries around israel's border, including with lebanon and we are working to try and make sure that this does not become a regional conflict . become a regional conflict. >> in other news, artificial intelligence tools will be rolled out in classroom arms across england. the prime minister says the technology will help reduce teachers workloads with al designing

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turner yes, the law in england makes it criminal offence to makes it a criminal offence to administer botox or inject a filler for cosmetic purposes to anyone 18. anyone under 18. >> but no such law exists in wales, scotland or northern ireland. >> so sophie ripa is going to tell us more about this. >> the pressure to look perfect has never been higher as the beauty industry continues to develop new techniques . develop new techniques. >> social media provides a constant platform for people to follow the latest trends . follow the latest trends. >> at 18, when i was going to any person that was doing an offer on instagram , um, actually offer on instagram, um, actually i had more filler in my face. i don't regret it because now i can talk about it. i just wish that i had done more research and not used instagram as a research tool. since appearing in love island, faye has begun campaigning to have better standards across the beauty industry, including regular sessions surrounding under eighteens . as i know, there's

eighteens. as i know, there's a lot of younger people out there getting these works done . um, as getting these works done. um, as little as 18, 17, you know, every time i've ever been before now and before. and what, what i'm campaigning for , i've never i'm campaigning for, i've never been id'd, i've never, no one ever asked me to prove my age when i went , jane began her when i went, jane began her career in aesthetics back in 2008. >> sin since then, she's noticed a huge spike in the number of young people who want work done to alter their appearance. >> they're seeing these unrealistic expectations , and unrealistic expectations, and they're thinking that they can bookin they're thinking that they can book in and have a filler treatment and look like they're idols. one of the worrying things about that is the increase in body dysmorphic disorder amid growing concerns for young people . for young people. >> a law was passed in england in 2021 to prevent under 18 having injectable enhancements. >> most registered professionals wouldn't be treating patients under the age of 18 anyway. we

know that younger people can make poor choices are less able to make balanced decisions about what they want here in england, if you're under the age of 18, then legally you aren't able to have cosmetic procedures such as botox or filler. >> however , if you take a short >> however, if you take a short stroll up the road and cross the border into wales, you'll suddenly find the law is very different . just six minutes down different. just six minutes down the road from jane's business is another clinic offering similar services. however because of simple geography , the simple geography, the regulations it's held to are vastly different . legally, they vastly different. legally, they would be able to treat under £18, but because of ethical reasons, they've always refused to do so . to do so. >> safety, to me is the number one priority. we've always been against it, but certainly there are clinics around the area that do treat those young people and do treat those young people and do over enhance their features

with such things as lips and cheek fillers. and you know, freeze their faces with botox . freeze their faces with botox. and the welsh government should be not just regulating the age, but they should be regulating who should we allow to do these treatments. >> so far, england is the only country in the uk to make it illegal for under eighteens to have this kind of procedure . but have this kind of procedure. but as concerns grow , some people as concerns grow, some people are questioning whether it's time for others to take a stand and change their laws to sophie reaper gb news is yes. >> i wonder, should we get a little bit of a little bit of botox or a little bit of filler? well, i think we should ask our panellists here. >> we've got stephen pound, the former labour mp, mike parry, the broadcaster stephen pound, have you had botox? no, i haven't, i have to say that haven't, but i have to say that if you see a cement lorry if you ever see a cement lorry pulled up outside my house and a massive great cement mixer, you'll due for you'll know that i'm due for a bit, right? for a bit of bit, right? due for a bit of botox. i hope that's what you're

referring mike. referring to, mike. >> botox? yes. >> a bit of botox? yes. >> a bit of botox? yes. >> of course why would >> no, of course not. why would i? got what many women you i? i've got what many women you know, who i've known over the years face the years describe my face as the lived in face. >> okay. so you've got >> okay. so if you've got a lived in face means it's lived in face that means it's full character and it shows full of character and it shows the life that you've led. why would you want to disguise it? i don't get botox thing at all don't get the botox thing at all because look behind because i've had a look behind this legislation we were this legislation and we were just talking off air there about the trout pout. apparently the trout pout. yeah, apparently you can still get the trout pout at 16. terrible. everything else is 18in england. get trapped . is 18in england. get trapped. and you've seen the results and now you've seen the results of these pouts. of some of these trout pouts. yeah. these poor women. do you remember were kids , you remember when we were kids, you used to buy, like, liquorice that was red shaped like lips and stick it in your mouth. did we did. and go and pretend to your mum, look, i've got red lips and that's what real ones look like. now with the old trout. think people are trout. know i think people are self—harming themselves. trout. know i think people are self—mean ng themselves. trout. know i think people are self—mean a| themselves. trout. know i think people are self—mean a lotemselves. trout. know i think people are self—mean a lot ofselves. trout. know i think people are self—mean a lot of thiszs. trout. know i think people are self—mean a lot of this comes >> i mean a lot of this comes from the likes of kylie jenner. she's one of the kardashian clans, $1 clans, and she's built $1 billion empire off the back of her lip fillers. essentially,

she had lip fillers and she sold lip gloss. and it's she's made a massive business in makeup and now clothing and everything else. lied for a while else. but she lied for a while to her followers and said, oh, no, i haven't had any lip fillers. i haven't had any lip fillers. i haven't had any lip fillers. it's just overlining my lips and this and of course, then she had to admit she had them. meanwhile, i'm sure so them. but meanwhile, i'm sure so many girls across the many young girls across the world that they need world thinking that they need lip fillers. >> you know think the >> you know what? i think the problem is that because problem is there is that because she's a billionaire, she'll have the cosmetic surgeons in the best cosmetic surgeons in the best cosmetic surgeons in the do it properly. the world do it properly. >> these poor girls in >> these poor young girls in wigan want to imitate go wigan who want to imitate it go and backstreet cosmetic and see some backstreet cosmetic surgeon pumps any load of surgeon who pumps any load of rubbish into their lips and literally can kill them. we've heard, haven't we, of women who go call a bum go for what they call a bum lift, is similar sort of lift, which is a similar sort of the operation . yeah. the brazilian operation. yeah. and they literally die because of poisons put in their of the poisons put in their bodies . bodies. >> stephen where does it come from? >> pathological, isn't it? >> pathological, isn't it? >> if you've got somebody >> look, if you've got somebody who's 16 who actually feels that they have lift they want to have a butt lift and brazil and have

and they go to brazil and have and they go to brazil and have an bum and they go to brazil and have an burn or, you know, an exploding burn or, you know, or have all this botox, they don't always explode, we say. >> no, no, no. >> no, no, no, no. >> no, no, no, no. >> but, you know, 1—1 exploding bum one too many. i have to burn is one too many. i have to say, particularly if you're sitting behind her on the plane. but look, reality where sitting behind her on the plane. but litwk, reality where sitting behind her on the plane. but lit stop? reality where sitting behind her on the plane. but lit stop? and ity where sitting behind her on the plane. but lit stop? and this where sitting behind her on the plane. but lit stop? and this is where sitting behind her on the plane. but lit stop? and this is the'e does it stop? and this is the problem. known a few people problem. i've known a few people who've got this and they start a little bit here, a little bit there. before you know where there. and before you know where you are, know, just you are, you know, they just basically completely plastic barbie, >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you. i'm sorry, >> i tell you. i'm sorry, andrew, can see over the andrew, you can see over the years as they try to keep age away and catch up with younger actresses. the face actresses. yeah the face literally changing shape, actresses. yeah the face literallyit? changing shape, actresses. yeah the face literallyit? yeahhanging shape, actresses. yeah the face literallyit? yeah yeah.|g shape, doesn't it? yeah yeah. >> okay, it? mean. >> looks okay, does it? i mean. >> looks okay, does it? i mean. >> but what is in the >> but what? but what is in the psyche of a 17 year old that she . because it's normally girls to be fair to and have be fair want to go and have these lips blown up. you these lips blown up. well you know don't parents know why don't their parents stop them? >> well, in many cases, this is what legislation is all what this legislation is all about, i mean, the about, because, i mean, the parents them in a lot parents can't stop them in a lot of cases, of cases. but in other cases, they will actually see someone they will actually see someone they the kardashians. they buy like the kardashians. and that sort of peer and it's that sort of peer pressure model. and precisely

so. but it's delusional and i think pathology. think it's actually a pathology. >> should and scotland >> so should wales and scotland be bring into be bringing the bring it into line england? i think 21 line with england? 18 i think 21 would be better. i do. 18 is too young. >> i do. >> i do. >> and also you stood at school at 18. i totally agree. >> for all the kardashians we've got world, they don't got in the world, they don't advocate who advocate young people who do what all that. but what i'm doing and all that. but people like kate winslet, oscar winning actress, has never had any she's on record any botox. she's on record and said, never it. i wish said, i've never done it. i wish she'd come fonnard and say that publicly to save these, you know, young know know, so that young girls know you always have to have you don't always have to have botox to keep up with the best. >> you go. mike parry >> there you go. mike parry tells you don't need tells the nation you don't need to botox to beautiful to have botox to be beautiful and you don't need to have botox to look like stephen pound. >> that you'd to look >> not that you'd want to look like pound, particularly like stephen pound, particularly not living it. not 25 people living in it. >> you're talking talk >> you're talking let's talk about the labour party, your leader has a problem. no, he doesn't. andrew doesn't. yes, he does. andrew you've around the block you've been around the block a few . you remember what it few times. you remember what it was say you. thank was like. i'd say you. thank you, you remember was like. i'd say you. thank you, it you remember was like. i'd say you. thank you, it was you remember was like. i'd say you. thank you, it was like you remember was like. i'd say you. thank you, it was like underemember was like. i'd say you. thank you, it was like under tony ber blair. >> lads, banter on it. >> lads, banter on it. >> we were all accused of being

robots on message. we had these pages saying, breathe in and breathe we're all breathe out. and we're all agonising message . agonising on message. >> and the tories. >> john major and the tories. john major and the tories. this is the problem. you've got potentially here. bedevilled potentially here. it bedevilled them thought them for years. you thought you'd of the you'd got rid of the pro—palestinian when with pro—palestinian lobby when with corbyn flags, it's huge corbyn and the flags, it's huge in the labour party. >> isn't huge the labour >> it isn't huge in the labour party. is on the day that we party. it is on the day that we had two brand new mps come into the house of commons, i think we had 20 councillors go out had about 20 councillors go out to and look. the fact to the door and look. the fact is labour party is that the labour party actually encourages allows actually encourages and allows different, different views. we're we're not all we're not robots, we're not all on control of oxford council. >> control of oxford council. >> control of oxford council. >> yeah, well because of >> yeah, yeah. well because of this we held by about this we only held it by about seven of the first place. >> yeah. because of a foreign conflict. lost control of conflict. you've lost control of a council. >> but you honestly think >> but do you honestly think that the people in who that the people in oxford who should actually concentrating that the people in oxford who sh(keeping|ally concentrating that the people in oxford who sh( keeping |ally streets centrating that the people in oxford who sh(keeping|allystreets clean ting that the people in oxford who sh(keeping|allystreets clean and on keeping the streets clean and getting bins emptied, what getting the bins emptied, what is what's happening in palestine, is what's happening in palestinetotal relevance ? really of total relevance? >> no, shouldn't. chris >> no, it shouldn't. chris blackhurst on with us blackhurst was on with us earlier. he's the former editor of independent. he's pretty of the independent. he's pretty well politically. well plugged in politically. he

says members says that there are 13 members of who are of the shadow cabinet who are deeply, unhappy with keir deeply, deeply unhappy with keir starmer's not starmer's position of not supporting immediate ceasefire. >> wouldn't surprise me at >> it wouldn't surprise me at all. see, i don't think it's all. you see, i don't think it's even wide issue that even the world wide issue that we're talking about here. i think it's keir starmer s own position in labour here. for instance, mahmood , the instance, shabana mahmood, the shadow secretary . so shadow justice secretary. so she's one of the front you're talking about, writes a letter to a constituent in ladywood birmingham . to a constituent in ladywood birmingham. i to a constituent in ladywood birmingham . i understand your birmingham. i understand your immense distress and to which she was referring to keir starmers interview on lbc when he said yes , israel have got he said yes, israel have got every right to cut off the water for the medical and the supplies that they need. that's the only way they can fight it. now he's having to backtrack on that. so it's his position that that's really. >> let's get a couple of things straight. 90% of the water in gaza, sorry, it comes actually from desalination plants. israel provides about 10% of the water that simply isn't that that and the other thing is, if we had a time out, do you honestly think that a time out, a ceasefire

would actually do anybody any good?it would actually do anybody any good? it would allow hamas time to rearm? and there's no and there's chance, of there's no chance, no chance of there's no chance, no chance of the idf saying, yes, we're going to actually step back for a bit, give you why are so many of give you a so why are so many of your colleagues calling for it? i with them. i disagree with them. >> are so many calling for it? >> i because they don't like the state of israel. yeah, i think we should be talking about humanitarian that's humanitarian aid. and that's where could be where keir starmer could be making point. the idea that making the point. the idea that we simply time out to we can simply have a time out to allow them to regroup rearm allow them to regroup and rearm is you agree a lot of this is don't you agree a lot of this is don't you agree a lot of this is about a lot of labour mps antipathy state of israel. >> of course it is. it's hatred. israel. i don't hear too many labour speaking about the labour mps speaking up about the marches when these marches in london when these marchers are using that expression from the river to the marchers are using that exprnfroml from the river to the marchers are using that exprnfroml fro river) river to the marchers are using that exprnfroml fro river to ver to the marchers are using that exprnfroml fro river to the to the sea, from the river to the sea means out israel. 9 million means wipe out israel. 9 million people who live there. is. people who live there. it is. it is explicit to get rid of is a explicit wish to get rid of jewish people in the middle east. and they don't speak up against that. >> spoken a of >> i've spoken to a lot of people who no, that's not people who say, no, that's not what means . what it means. >> it does mean that honestly, what can mean? if they what else can it mean? if they

mean rid of the area between mean get rid of the area between the jordan and the the river jordan and the mediterranean, israel mediterranean, it means israel disappears mediterranean, it means israel disappethe of it. >> off the face of it. >> off the face of it. >> i agree with you. but people continue to refute that. >> the labour party conference, the event the best attended fringe event a couple ago, was the couple of weeks ago, was the labour of israel. there labour friends of israel. there were people queuing round the block there are plenty block for it. there are plenty of. don't forget, it was of. and don't forget, it was until very recently the kibbutz movement was movement in israel was considered the great considered to be the great advantage sort of practical advantage of sort of practical socialist know, socialist living. you know, we were it were in credibly pro—israeli. it was the west bank was only when the west bank annexations that annexations took place that things to change a bit. things started to change a bit. but i think the idea that you can have different differing but i think the idea that you can h.withinferent differing but i think the idea that you can h.withinfe1political'ing but i think the idea that you can h.withinfe1political party views within a political party is a political party is a sign of a political party in good health. >> yeah, but. but there's no common policy within the labour party in party towards this crisis in the middle which could middle east, which could escalate with iran already rattling their sabres this morning . the other issue is even morning. the other issue is even if supplies a if you let supplies in on a limited basis , yes, they will be limited basis, yes, they will be taken by hamas . they will hamas taken by hamas. they will hamas want fund their own want to fund their own operations underground . they operations underground. they don't care about the hospital above ground. >> and when the president of the united says israel, united states says to israel, you've make sure the war

you've got to make sure the war is concentrated military is concentrated on military targets, do that targets, how can they do that when their when hamas used their own people, as human people, stephen, as human shields, can't that from shields, you can't do that from the and this is the absolute >> and this is the absolute agony this is like like agony of it. this is like like fallujah. do you remember with all the underground tunnels in and vietnam. it's a and it's like vietnam. it's a terrifying situation. will terrifying situation. there will be collateral and i be collateral damage. and i think that is the horror of this particular cannot particular thing. but you cannot have targeted have a precise. exactly targeted response particular response in this particular case. no, you can't. >> but the cowards of hamas not only work in underground tunnels, of tunnels, 300 miles of underground tunnels in an area the size of the isle of wight. okay it's bigger than the london underground. >> it is. >> it is. >> you're absolutely right. but because hamas don't wear uniform norms, many of norms, we don't know how many of the 7700 casualties so far are citizens or members of hamas or warriors. when the first incursion came in october, the seventh, it got even by hamas standards, out of hand because a lot of people living in that area, palestinian, just joined in because the people who started it don't wear uniforms. so they weren't they couldn't be

seen to be hamas warriors. so it was just an incursion. do you see what i mean? >> right on that point, we're going to change the subject because if you were invited to go in the jungle, i mean, i'm a celebrity jungle, would you say yes or no? >> say, you >> i would say, are you absolutely mad? >> they would be mad to >> well, they would be mad to invite you, true. invite you, it's true. >> chewing >> but chewing on a on a kangaroo's is just not my way of my idea of fun. really >> what about you, mike? >> what about you, mike? >> well, it depend >> well, it would depend how much wanted pay me. much they wanted to pay me. that's point, isn't it? that's the point, isn't it? that's the point, isn't it? that's exactly the point. now i think nigel farage. i've read, i've read that it could be up to £1 would for £1 million. i would do it for a million. i would do. million. yeah, i would do. i would a million. and do you know what i for me with stephen. yeah i i would as well do it i think i would as well do it for 300,000. >> know this idea of >> you know this this idea of having spiders in your mouth and kangaroos, testicles and all that, cross that, i would simply just cross my is trying blanket out my fingers is trying blanket out and take the million. >> and look, i think nigel farage is a more popular, farage is a far more popular, charismatic figure matt charismatic figure than matt hancock, the health hancock, who was the health secretary during covid secretary during the covid crisis. but for hancock

crisis. well, but for hancock confounded most us. he got in the three i in the public the last three i in the public voting for bait yeah but it doesn't prove how dopey matt hancock was because he never really what was doing. >> whereas nigel this is >> whereas nigel farage, this is a sort of step on and a measured sort of step on and i was at the tory conference this year and nigel farage was without doubt the most popular figure there. >> he was wherever he went. i know it was crowds. yeah, yeah. >> well, he's probably the most influential politician in this country the last 20 years, if country in the last 20 years, if you about it. i do. you you think about it. i do. you know, stature of know, he's of the stature of maybe and blair. maybe thatcher and blair. >> if he went the jungle, >> and if he went in the jungle, i it would enhance his i think it would enhance his popularity even more. >> i don't think so. i think people say this people would say this is him getting while can and getting out while he can and trying get a pension. trying to get a pension. >> i agree with that. i think it's political, a serious political career would to it's political, a serious po|over. career would to it's political, a serious po|over ifareer would to it's political, a serious po|over if he er would to it's political, a serious po|over if he did'ould to it's political, a serious po|over if he did thei to it's political, a serious po|over if he did the jungle to it's political, a serious po|over if he did the jungle and be over if he did the jungle and i look, we him nightly i mean, look, we see him nightly at 7:00 and when i switch on, i he looks so smart. you know what i mean? tie white shirt i mean? he'll tie white shirt and that. and to me, he he and all that. and to me, he he speaks authority. he just he starts speaking. i think this is

authoritative. knows authoritative. he knows what he's spoken he's talking about. he's spoken to people. not to the right people. i'm not sure be treated like sure if he'd be treated like that in the jungle. he certainly certainly be popular than a certain. >> hancock yes. as we said, a low bar. >> well, thank you, stephen. >> well, thank you, stephen. >> pound and parry. >> stephen pound and mike parry. >> stephen pound and mike parry. >> nigel will be on late and he can tell us he's joining the can tell us if he's joining the jungle or not because we don't know. >> he'll play his cards close to his. >> of course he will. >> of course he will. >> yeah, well, next few >> yeah, well, in the next few minutes, we're going to be discussing covid inquiry. minutes, we're going to be discfirst,g covid inquiry. minutes, we're going to be discfirst, it's covid inquiry. minutes, we're going to be discfirst, it's youriid inquiry. minutes, we're going to be discfirst, it's your weather. y. but first, it's your weather. >> good morning. name is >> good morning. my name is rachel welcome your rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast brought you met brought to you by the met office. of rain office. so we saw plenty of rain and throughout the and showers throughout the weekend a huge amount of weekend and not a huge amount of change as we go into the new week. heavy showers that could be southern week. heavy showers that could be of southern week. heavy showers that could be of and southern week. heavy showers that could be of and england as we parts of wales and england as we go through this morning without overnight rain, having cleared away northeast away from scotland and northeast england, spells england, some sunny spells around especially around as well, especially across central across scotland and central and eastern england. eastern parts of england. and it'll feel pleasant here, it'll feel pretty pleasant here, especially the coast especially away from the coast with those winds are a little bit of 14 to bit lighter. so highs of 14 to 16 in the south there, a little bit cooler the with

bit cooler in the north with those winds . now as we those northerly winds. now as we go through afternoon , we'll go through this afternoon, we'll see showers continuing , see further showers continuing, but this band of showers will become a little more become a little bit more organised into this evening and bringing and bringing some heavy and persistent northern persistent rain to northern ireland. could be some ireland. so there could be some disruption here. plenty of clear spells, though, ahead this , spells, though, ahead of this, especially across southern england. scotland. a bit of england. and scotland. a bit of a chilly night across scotland as could touch of as well. could be a touch of frost in some sheltered rural spots. so to start tuesday , then spots. so to start tuesday, then we'll see this band of organised showers making its very showers making its way very slowly northeastward . so driest slowly northeastward. so driest conditions to the northeast of this with the best of the sunshine across scotland. a little bit of respite the little bit of respite from the showers the southwest showers across the southwest before next system makes before this next system makes its way in. as we go into tuesday afternoon. and still feeling pretty pleasant in the sunshine . always cooler, though, sunshine. always cooler, though, across scotland with those northerly winds bringing that cooler well , still to come, >> yeah, well, still to come, beer campaigners are urging the chancellor to rescue the industry by cutting taxes before it's late . how much longer it's too late. how much longer can our pubs hang on. this is

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channel it's 11 am. on monday, the 30th of october. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and emily carver in for bev turner us tackling the terror threat. >> ministers will hold an emergency cobra meeting today over concerns that israel—hamas conflict could accelerate the chance terror attack in the

chance of a terror attack in the uk and labour civil war. >> sir keir starmer, the party leader, faces growing pressure from his own mps to back a ceasefire in gaza as resignations in the party continue and tributes continue, messages of condolence from around the world are flooding in for matthew perry. >> he's the star was the star of the sitcom friends . he's died the sitcom friends. he's died sadly aged 54 . sadly aged 54. and as ever , we'd love to know and as ever, we'd love to know what you think on all of our stories. let us know. email us gb views at gbnews.com or tweet us at gb news. but first, let's get the news headlines with sophia . sophia. >> good morning. it's 11:00. sophia. >> good morning. it's11:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom . sophia wenzler in the newsroom. the government is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism linked to

the israel—hamas conflict. the israel— hamas conflict. cabinet the israel—hamas conflict. cabinet ministers, including the home secretary suella braverman, have been joined by met police commissioner sir mark rowley . commissioner sir mark rowley. the prime minister is also expected to speak to national security officials. it follows a rise in anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents across the country since the start of october. the uk's current terror threat stands at substantial , threat stands at substantial, which means an attack is likely . which means an attack is likely. people in gaza continue to face air and artillery bombardment as israel's ground offensive into the strip continues. israeli tanks and troops are pressing into the enclave with the israeli defence forces, saying it's hit more than 600 military targets in the past few days. airstrikes have reportedly hit near gazan hospitals , with near gazan hospitals, with israel accusing hamas of hiding military infrastructure in medical facilities. the palestinian red crescent says it has been warned by israeli authorities to immediately evacuate the al—quds hospital, where 14,000 people are being sheltered . the foreign sheltered. the foreign secretary, james cleverly , says

secretary, james cleverly, says the government is working to prevent the conflict from widening . widening. >> there is a risk that this escalates and spreads across the region . it is escalates and spreads across the region. it is in escalates and spreads across the region . it is in nobody's region. it is in nobody's interest for that to happen . interest for that to happen. i've spoken extensively with the political leadership in all the countries around israel's border, including with lebanon and we are working to try and make sure that this does not become a regional conflict . become a regional conflict. >> ai tools will be rolled out in classrooms across england. that's to according the prime minister, rishi sunak says the technology will help reduce teachers workloads with al designing lesson plans and quizzes. it's part of a £2 million investment in new classroom technology erg, which is the equivalent of employing around 40 teachers. ministers claim the funding will allow for a personalised ai assistant in every classroom . more wet every classroom. more wet weather is set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm kieran later this week.

heavy rain is expected in southern and south—east england as well as northern ireland. the environment agency has issued 72 flood warnings ahead of the storm on wednesday night. storm kieran will bring strong winds and rain to southern parts and heavy rain to southern parts of england and wales. met and heavy rain to southern parts of england and wales . met office of england and wales. met office says there's a small chance that homes businesses be homes and businesses could be flooded damage some flooded, causing damage to some buildings . just stop oil buildings. just stop oil activists will hear a high court judge's ruling on m25 protests . judge's ruling on m25 protests. they've been accused of being in contempt after climbing onto a gantry in november last year . gantry in november last year. one of 12 activists appearing in the court is a 76 year old woman from bristol . she's told the from bristol. she's told the judge that the climate emergency is not taken seriously enough and that she's worried about her grandchildren's future. but national highways lawyers told the judge that protesters caused considerable delays for motorists . britain's public motorists. britain's public services risked getting stuck in a state of crisis . that's a state of crisis. that's according to the institute for government, which says public services are performing worse

than before the pandemic and much worse since conservative came to power. ifg says it's caused by funding cuts , lack of caused by funding cuts, lack of capital investment and disruption caused by strikes. the think tank also warns that current spending plans which labour will stick to if it wins the next election, means more services will deteriorate further . hsbc reported more services will deteriorate further. hsbc reported more than double pre—tax profit of £6.4 billion between july and september . that's a £37 billion september. that's a £37 billion increase compared with the same penod increase compared with the same period last year. the banking giant is crediting the impact of higher interest rates, but the company says it's expenses also grew by 2. were driven higher technology costs and rising inflation. several single use plastics will no longer be sold in wales as new measures come into force. items like polystyrene cups and takeaway food containers and single use plastic cutlery are now being banned from being sold . the banned from being sold. the legislation brings wales in line with similar bans in england and

scotland, and climate change minister julie james says it will help create a greener future for generations to come . future for generations to come. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to andrew and . emily well. back to andrew and. emily well. welcome back to britain's newsroom. >> with me, emily carver, in for bev turner and andrew pierce. we've got lots of emails coming in, don't we? >> yes, we do. lots of people, of course, still very exercised by what's happening in gaza. calvin people are calvin says these people are marching palestinians in marching for palestinians in london. them so london. if they like them so much, don't they back much, why don't they move back there? actually, lots of there? well, actually, lots of people took part that people who took part in that march from palestine. of march weren't from palestine. of course, who course, there are people who just concerns just have legitimate concerns about happening, about what's happening, and i support right support their right to demonstrate. what i don't support. right do is support. their right to do is start chanting jihad slogans, urging holy war and those appalling women who had the

paragliders on their backs. >> yeah, i think actually they have been identified. perhaps we can get that fact checked. but i think they've been identified and i think the police have intervened. so that's good at least because that should not be allowed. that is certainly not glorifying terrorist glorifying a terrorist organisation country. organisation in this country. >> they've got to take the off. >> yeah. yeah. you're passionate about the masks. >> i think what they're hiding behind. why are they hiding behind. why are they hiding behind the mask? >> very intimidating if >> it's very intimidating if you're if you're proud to take part legitimate democratic you're if you're proud to take part andgitimate democratic you're if you're proud to take part and demonstration.'atic protest and demonstration. >> let's see who are. >> let's see who you are. >> let's see who you are. >> yeah. and makes the >> yeah. and andy makes the point the threat of point that the threat of terrorism may be linked to our porous borders and the fact we let extremism, extremists wander through. yes, of undeniable, i'm afraid. i think . i think it is. afraid. i think. i think it is. i think it is. andy of course, some would dispute that. but we have evidence. yeah, plenty . have evidence. yeah, plenty. >> we do. migrant birds in qingniu says. i note that the two labour mps weren't too worried when uk workers lived abroad. the bibby stockholm when it in shetland for it was berthed in shetland for

four years. it was used as a as a base for workers. it was. that's right. that's absolutely right. >> and now what was it >> it was. and now what was it they called it? they've called it. what have they called? the barge? . yeah. barge? well, a prison. yeah. they also used a different term this week. i can't remember. well, jones sums it up. >> john says, free board and lodging, free heating, access to doctors, dentists pocket doctors, dentists and pocket money . where do we as money as well. where do we as pensioners apply, please, john. i feel absolute sympathy and support you're saying. support for what you're saying. >> . well, and steve said it >> yes. well, and steve said it should be in anyone's should not be in anyone's backyard. we were discussing whether whether this is a case of nimby, to put it in those two labour mps backyard. >> yes, they can have the well, maybe then they can deal maybe and then they can deal with constituents. maybe and then they can deal with can nstituents. maybe and then they can deal with can not.uents. maybe and then they can deal with can not liking it >> they can not liking it because that's the problem. it's very easy to grandstand when it's tory government it's the tory government implementing something. but you have to listen to your constituents and i doubt they would the there either. >> absolutely certainly wouldn't if it were possible. now ministers, as we speak, are holding an emergency cobra meeting the meeting today over concerns the israel—gaza conflict could accelerate the threat of terrorism our very streets . yes.

>> so we're now joined by senior political correspondent of the guardian, aubrey allegretti . guardian, aubrey allegretti. thank you very much indeed . yes. thank you very much indeed. yes. the papers are reporting , noting the papers are reporting, noting that we're going to have this cobra meeting, suella braverman and the police, security, etcetera . what can you tell us? etcetera. what can you tell us? >> so we know that there's going to be a meeting of cobra, which is known as the sort of governments emergency committee. it's really a forum to get the most senior people concerned on a particular topic of national emergency around the table to make sure that information is dispersed very quickly and that decisions can be taken very quickly as well. so we understand the prime minister is likely to be there. the home secretary certainly suella braverman and police chiefs as well . what they're mostly well. what they're mostly concerned about is the sort of spill—over what's spill—over effect of what's happened between israel and hamas in the uk. now, the terror threat here is substantial at the moment , threat here is substantial at the moment, but security services are said to have been looking at that for at least a

week, considering raising it to either severe or critical. and that, i think, is the main point of consideration coming out of this meeting, whether or not the terror threat essentially looks like it might move. >> are we right in thinking that ministers so far rejected ministers have so far rejected and the idea of new laws? because mark rowley, the police commissioner , he suggested that commissioner, he suggested that the law might need to be changed in order to crack down on extreme ism . extreme ism. >> yeah, there's an interesting disagreement really between the sort of police who are supposed to deal with the application of the law and politicians who are, of course, the ones who write it. and there's been particular consternation among some ministers the police ministers about the police deaung ministers about the police dealing with protesters who have been jihad. now now, been chanting jihad. now now, the police say that the current sort of law is unclear, that she had can mean several things. and therefore, when it comes to extremism, it's very hard to judge . and they will ultimately judge. and they will ultimately be the ones who decide if people are breaking the law or not, and if think that not

if they think that they're not breaking they breaking the law, then they won't them. ministers won't arrest them. ministers have been unhappy with that decision. the secretary, decision. so the home secretary, suella braverman, be suella braverman, is said to be looking at tweaks to existing legislation. michael gove, the community secretary, is also apparently told in the papers today looking at a new non—statutory definition of extremism to come into force by the end of the year. so it's quite a slow process . there are quite a slow process. there are obviously protests that happened over the weekend and look set to continue to given the continuing situation in the middle east, whether or ministers and the whether or not ministers and the police can come to sort of police can come to a sort of agreement solution that stems agreement or solution that stems these issues before something potentially comes to a head that's unclear. >> isn't sir mark rowley? aubrey here passing the buck in a sense , saying, oh, well, jihad can have this meaning or it can have that he's the that meaning. look, he's the senior he's got make senior copper. he's got to make a decision. can't be running a decision. you can't be running off a home secretary asking off to a home secretary asking her to make an operational her or he to make an operational decision for a serving chief constable. he's got to make a decision . if people use the word decision. if people use the word jihad in this current climate

and context, jihad in this current climate and context , they're jihad in this current climate and context, they're going to be locked up or arrested . shouldn't locked up or arrested. shouldn't he that decision rather he make that decision rather than we may need than saying we may need legislation which point legislation which as you point out, take long time , out, can take a very long time, it seems as though he has sort of made the decision, if you like, and it's the politicians pushing, pushing back on him that has forced him into this corner. c0 rner. >> corner. >> and he's effectively said to them, look, if you don't them, well, look, if you don't like our operational decision, then you hold the sort of levers, you are the in levers, you are the ones in control of what we're able to do. make decisions. if do. we make the decisions. if you those decisions, you don't like those decisions, then to change law then you need to change the law to up. to toughen us up. >> aubrey it's been a difficult few days for keir starmer. he had a bit of a pr disaster at the south wales islamic centre , the south wales islamic centre, where he's then had numerous . where he's then had numerous. his councillors express their dismay and disagree moment with his policy or with what he's saying about the israel—gaza conflict at namely his support for israel and its right to defend itself. also so andy burnham, sadiq khan and others

very much defying his position. what's going to happen next? >> yeah, it's very interesting. there is a frustration, i think, that runs through to labour like a stick of rock on this issue. it extends right the way up from sort of community centres, lots of councillors all the way to the shadow cabinet and there was a shadow cabinet also speaking to over the weekend who just said current situation is said the current situation is completely unsustainable . people completely unsustainable. people are behind the scenes to are working behind the scenes to try and shift. keir starmer's position, which so far has been to align himself completely with the uk government and of course the uk government and of course the us. washington as well in calling for these temporary pauses to fighting so that a aide can be allowed through in very specific circumstances for certain times, certain durations and in certain places. but there is still a growing frustration. keir starmer is lucky in a sense that parliament is prorogued, which means that he wouldn't be doing this evening. what he normally does at 6 pm. on a

monday evening, which is facing the parliamentary labour party, those have usually been sort of very convivial affairs where labour mps have had very little to sort of criticise their leader for, but i think had he been going into that committee room this monday evening, he would have been facing a barrage of who really of anger from mps who really want keir starmer and the labour team soften their position team to soften their position and for ceasefire. if he and call for a ceasefire. if he and call for a ceasefire. if he and he if he does move that and if he if he does move that way the risk, then that way or is the risk, then that he's as u—turning on a he's seen as u—turning on a really, really huge international issue, just eight months before a general election , the tories have already calling him hindsight and attacking all the u—turns. attacking all the u —turns. >> attacking all the u—turns. >> can he really risk this u—turn ? is that what is defining u—turn? is that what is defining whether he does or he doesn't? how it's going to be played by the tories , which is frankly the tories, which is frankly a pretty appalling place to be, if thatis pretty appalling place to be, if that is what's motivating his decision making process . decision making process. >> there's certainly some truth that politically it's very difficult for him to manoeuvre. i think it would be hard too

much to describe it as a u—turn because it's a very sort of moving situation. and so it might be at one point appropriate for there to be a ceasefire called at one point or another. so i think that's what's in lotto's mind at the moment. the leader of the opposition's office, they know that there are lots of people uncomfortable, not just voters but those in the parliamentary labour party well, right up labour party as well, right up to shadow cabinet. and keir to the shadow cabinet. and keir starmer has short sought to show complete cross—party support so that other countries know that were he to sweep into office on general election day next year, likely that he would be behind them and that the uk's resolve in being supportive of the west sort of coalition would not be changed. that's very important to him as a sort of person seeking to present himself as a statesman in waiting. but whether or not he can really sort of marry that position with the growing pressure in his own party looks increasingly difficult for him. >> there's more of those. there's more those mps there's more of those mps sympathetic to jeremy corbyn's

position. saying they position. i'm not saying they would call hamas friends like corbyn foolishly, but quite corbyn did foolishly, but quite a lot more who are sympathetic to position. perhaps to corbyn's position. perhaps less keir starmer would less than keir starmer would like have known. and i like us to have known. and i think it's certainly true that they suspect that this is where we might end up. >> that they're sort of trying to get ahead of rowing. to get ahead of the rowing. that's going on right now, and they think that ultimately the position that and the position that the uk and the west will be in is calling for a ceasefire. so what they see is really trying to sort of get ahead the violence and the ahead of the violence and the bloodshed for a bloodshed and advocate for a position think is inevitable. >> well, thank you very much indeed. aubrey allegretti there, senior political correspondent at guardian newspaper. i at the guardian newspaper. i wonder if keir starmer is going to sanction an andy mcdonald mp , to sanction an andy mcdonald mp, the corbynite, who was at the rally. >> he'll be i think he'll be reluctant to because it may transpire other mps have used the same expression , referring the same expression, referring to from the sea to what is the expression the river to the sea.

and there may be others who have said it or or there could be. this could be put in whatsapp groups. and what he doesn't want to do have a mass purge on an to do is have a mass purge on an issue where i don't think he's on the side of the majority of his own party. yes, that's the difficulty. >> that's he's kept a lid on it. >> that's he's kept a lid on it. >> yeah, he's kept a lid on it. >> yeah, he's kept a lid on it. >> and this has changed things. yeah. >> on when he was fighting against the anti—semitism under corbyn, he had the party with him, he. i don't think he him, but he. i don't think he has the party this, which has got the party on this, which is why think he will be is why i think he will be reluctant to into any form reluctant to get into any form of because it could of purge because it could horribly well, we'll horribly backfire. well, we'll keep updated happens keep you updated on what happens within party, but within the labour party, but senior number 10 senior officials from number 10 are set to give evidence today over inquiry, which over the covid inquiry, which could week for could be a potentially week for the government. could be a potentially week for the really. ment. >> really. >> really. >> the hearings begin today with martin senior martin reynolds. he was a senior civil followed by imran civil servant, followed by imran shafi, who was form of private secretary minister secretary to the prime minister for services. for public services. >> we're joined by our >> yes, we're joined now by our london reporter lisa hartle, who has latest for lisa, has the latest for us. lisa, what is the latest ? what is the latest? >> so after four months of

heanngs >> so after four months of hearings this week is when we're going to hear from some of the government's most senior staff on exactly what happened behind closed doors during at downing street during the pandemic . street during the pandemic. >> so, as you said, right now, martin reynolds is giving evidence he was boris johnson's private secretary when he was foreign secretary and also when he was minister, he was prime minister, he advised him day by day, most known to the public as the man that sent that email to staff, telling them to bring their own booze to that notorious garden party at downing street that took place during lockdown this morning. the chair, heather hallett, opened the inquiry saying that she will decide what evidence will be published after that comes after complaints that only of documents and only parts of documents and whatsapp messages are being made public. and she's asking witnesses to respect that decision . on now the theme of decision. on now on the theme of whatsapps, the inquiry has heard this morning that boris johnson did not realise that during the pandemic his whatsapp messages might later become public. the inquiry was shown a whatsapp

message from simon case. the cabinet secretary. it stated . cabinet secretary. it stated. the 20th of december 2021 and in it simon case says pm is mad if he doesn't think his whatsapp will become public via the covid inquiry. but he is clearly not inquiry. but he is clearly not in for that discussion. in the mood for that discussion. tonight battle tonight we'll have that battle in year and the exchange in the new year and the exchange was screen at the was shown on screen at the heanng was shown on screen at the hearing also includes reynolds reply. reynolds said that he agreed and now, when asked what he thought that was about, reynolds said he couldn't remember. he said that he remember. but he said that he thought not realised thought johnson had not realised his whatsapp would his whatsapp messages would become important the become important during the covid inquiry. this afternoon we'll be hearing from lee cain. he was the former director of communications at downing street dunng communications at downing street during this time. and tomorrow we're going to be hearing from former chief of staff dominic cummings, who will also be giving evidence . giving evidence. >> thank very much indeed . >> thank you very much indeed. lisa hartle there are reporter bringing us the latest, but that inquiry is ridiculous. >> it's going to go on till at least 2026 or even 2027. sweden

done dusted. >> yeah, we're to talking piers pottinger about that earlier in the show. >> i mean, why is it taking so long? it costs an absolute fortune. the iraq war inquiry , i fortune. the iraq war inquiry, i think eventually reported. was it in 2014 or something? what was 2003? the sunday inquiry took 12 years and by which time so much has changed. >> so much has happened, so hard to hold people to account, really, isn't it? >> some of the politicians will be no longer politicians. some of them will be dead. >> we so slow at >> why are we so slow at everything in this country? is that fair? to be fair to that fair? well to be fair to the inquiry, we are taking lots of witnesses. >> we'll have give evidence >> we'll have to give evidence in they didn't go in public. they didn't go through sweden, through that process in sweden, but didn't close but then sweden didn't close down the way this down the country the way this government well, yes, they government did. well, yes, they took a more faire took a more laissez faire approach. yeah. and had approach. yeah. and they had fewer deaths. yeah fewer excess deaths. think was 60 per deaths. i think it was 60 per 100,000. we were about 110. >> yeah. and of course that worked well. you know there's all the well there deleted whatsapp messages. >> can't find his apparently. >> yes . don't have that phone

>> yes. don't have that phone anymore . sorry. anymore. sorry. >> if it was me. anymore. sorry. >> if it was me . a lot of my >> if it was me. a lot of my friends say yeah i can imagine that because andrew bruce is a technical idiot. he is the prime minister. he has all these people around him to manage his whatsapp so find it whatsapp messages. so i find it hard to believe they've all vanished. >> andrew asked me how >> yeah. andrew asked me how to post a picture i did on his social media. i did, and i posted it in a gigantic form because i don't know how you edit them. >> know. it was of emily >> i don't know. it was of emily carper was a very nice carper and it was a very nice picture, a big picture of my face, also very pixelated. >> so put a nice picture of nigel farage on social media to suggest might be going suggest that he might be going in the jungle. >> vote for you, nigel, if >> i'll vote for you, nigel, if you go in. yeah i'd vote for nigel. >> it in. keep him in. >> keep it in. keep him in. >> keep it in. keep him in. >> jungle. >> in the jungle. >> in the jungle. >> in the jungle. >> i think it would be a, i think good banter if matt hancock got to third place in the jungle. >> nigel will win. >> nigel will win. >> still >> all right, well, still to come. >> you're listening. nigel, come on and tell us. are you going to do is he going to do it? is he >> is he going to do it? is he going to do it right? still to come, well, we need him here. he

can't go. we need him here. but still mood here. still to come, mood change here. we tribute to the we will pay tribute to the friends star, the icon that was matthew perry, over the matthew perry, who died over the weekend. sadly, he was only weekend. very sadly, he was only 54, which is too young. 54, which is just too young. yes. you're britain's yes. you're with britain's newsroom. stay newsroom. we're on gb news. stay with .

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in for bev turner yes. >> now tributes are continuing to pour in from around the world for the sitcom for the star of the sitcom friends, matthew perry, who sadly died only aged 54. >> well, he was found dead in his los angeles home on saturday. us media reports he initial results are initial post—mortem results are inconclusive. so the cause of death is yet to be determined . death is yet to be determined. oh, yes. >> well, showbiz reporter stephanie takyi joins us. stephanie, thank you very much for joining us. very, very sad. 54, no age at all. well, tell us about some of the tributes that are coming in. >> well, as you can imagine , >> well, as you can imagine, emily and andrew, there's just been so much shock in hollywood and worldwide about matthew perry's passing. it's very unexpected . and he was well unexpected. and he was well loved . that iconic character of loved. that iconic character of chandler bing is a character where people feel like he was actually our friend. worldwide. people are still waiting to hear from his cast mates because as you can imagine, this has

probably affected them more than anyone else because they've always previously said they have like a brother, sister relationship and they had been on screen together for ten years and it was only recently we saw them come back together for that reunion. so people are waiting to hear from them. but beyond that, in the whole of hollywood, there has been people who have been paying tribute, people who've been close friends to him, such as the actress selma blair, who said she's been broken hearted by the news of matthew's untimely passing. a lot of people didn't actually know his mother worked as know that his mother worked as a press aide for pierre trudeau. so he actually went to school with prime minister justin trudeau, who paid tribute to him and said that he was quite funny . he's been left heartbroken about this . and then, you know, about this. and then, you know, matthew perry, lot people matthew perry, a lot of people have asking you know, he have been asking you know, he was a single man, but he was still a single man, but he did a lot of lovers. he did have a lot of lovers. he previously went out with julia roberts for six months. he had a little with gwyneth little fling with gwyneth paltrow who actually made it well known to everybody yesterday said you

yesterday and said that, you know, quite a charismatic know, he was quite a charismatic man. so there was a lot of people who worked with him in hollywood. but as well, you know, he quite open about know, he was quite open about his battles with addiction. so he also helped people who were fighting drug addictions, alcohol addictions . and i can alcohol addictions. and i can imagine we'll be hearing some of those stories over the next few days slash weeks. >> it's amazing, days slash weeks. >> it's amazing , stephanie, >> it's amazing, stephanie, because think the last episode because i think the last episode was more than 15 years, years ago of friends, and yet it's popular city is undimmed. i saw somebody describing it as the most joyous sitcom of all time . most joyous sitcom of all time. >> definitely. andrew friends spans all generations. you get a new younger generation now who are being introduced to friends and they love it because the magic and the chemistry between that cast, it hasn't been replicated on tv for a very long time. it comes in an era where comedy was allowed to be comedy and a lot of people say that is their go to happy tv show . it's their go to happy tv show. it's a very nice time of the 90s and

even the plots . you're always even the plots. you're always going to get a laugh if you watch friends. so i think even though now they've lost one of their cast members, i don't think it will dim people's love for friends . if anything, it's for friends. if anything, it's going to increase it further. >> stephanie had a book published very recently last yeanl published very recently last year, i believe, and andrew pointed out to me that in the foreword he says. hi, my name is matthew, although you may know me by another name, my friends call me matty and i should be dead, he said he's been very open about, as you say, his addiction and mental health problems . problems. >> yes, emily, this is a man who had 15 stints in rehab . he had had 15 stints in rehab. he had spent $9 million to help fight his battles against opioids and alcohol . all you know, in his alcohol. all you know, in his memoir, he says that there was three years of when he was filming friends that he cannot remember it because he was at the height of his addiction. then why did he come out with his memoir last year? because he

said he only felt in a place where he was just about over the line, where he felt he could talk being sober . so he is talk about being sober. so he is someone who's always battled it. he actually opened a safe house in los angeles for people as well who are facing alcohol addiction, drug addiction. so it's something that has always plagued him. and it's only in the last year he felt open to talk about that. and funnily enough, in an interview with the la times, he said, you know, when i do pass, i know people will be talking friends. will be talking about friends. but also , i want to talk but he goes also, i want to talk talk about being someone that could have helped people who were through their were going through their addictions. very addictions. and i think very much this going to be his much this is going to be his legacy now. >> really interesting. stephanie, that. stephanie, thank you for that. stephanie, thank you for that. stephanie talking stephanie takyi you talking about that fabulous about the loss of that fabulous actor friends? i've got actor from friends? i've got a terrible to it. i've terrible confession to it. i've never watched friends. >> believe that , you >> i can't believe that, you know, some people were obsessive about it watching every single episode . many, times on episode. and many, many times on repeat. i liked it. i enjoyed it. it was a good one, right?

yeah. >> i've obviously missed something because i say reading. i was reading. reading his obituaries and the descriptions of the saying how of the comedy saying how charming was and its enduring charming it was and its enduring appeal i think appeal all these years. i think it 19 years ago. it was 19 years ago. >> quite innocent. they >> it was quite innocent. they all lived the same apartment all lived in the same apartment in new york. right. and it was about their relationships, trials tribulations. trials and tribulations. and this big group friends, lots this big group of friends, lots of romantic relationships. >> he was chandler and he >> and he was chandler and he was character, was the most popular character, wasn't i think i don't know. wasn't he? i think i don't know. >> but i think he was >> but yes, i think he was probably, probably. but there'll be lot more interest in his be a lot of more interest in his book well to what he's book as well to see what he's that will go through, that will go of the best go to the top of the best sellers in a matter of days, days, if not weeks. tortured person, person. what person, tortured person. what it says, one. number one says, number one. number one best on amazon. you're best seller on amazon. you're with britain's newsroom. still to come the show, burglars to come on the show, burglars and drug dealers are to be given and drug dealers are to be given a clean record and will not have to about their to inform employers about their past misdemeanours. >> plans to cut >> this is under plans to cut reoffending . that of work reoffending. that kind of work and the campaign for real ale is calling more financial calling for more financial support pubs in the support to save our pubs in the face of growing pressure on the

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reported in gaza and hospitals with israel accusing hamas of hiding military infrastructure in medical facilities . in other in medical facilities. in other news, artificial intelligence tools will be rolled out in classrooms across england . the classrooms across england. the prime minister says the technology will help reduce teachers workloads , with al teachers workloads, with al designing lesson plans and quizzes. it's part of a £2 million investment in new classroom technology , which is classroom technology, which is equivalent to employing around 40 teachers. more wet weather is set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm kieran this week . heavy rain is kieran this week. heavy rain is expected in southern and southeast england as well as northern ireland. the environment agency has issued 72 flood warnings ahead of the storm on wednesday night. the met office is warning storm kieran gusts of up to 90 miles is expected in some areas when storm karen hits in southern parts of england and wales. storm karen hits in southern parts of england and wales . and parts of england and wales. and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website gb news.com

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and people that i knew had dbs and people that i knew had dbs and co weeknights from . six and co weeknights from. six >> what time is it? it is 1137. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and emily palmer in the bev turner and wittering away in the corner there was stephen pound, the former labour mp . he was he the former labour mp. he was he was wittering. >> back. he's back . >> he's back. he's back. >> he's back. he's back. >> better than twittering, better than twittering , that's better than twittering, that's for sure. >> but campaigners are >> but beer campaigners are urging chancellor to rescue urging the chancellor to rescue the cutting taxes the industry by cutting taxes before it's too late. >> the campaign for real, a

campaign i wholeheartedly support , says pubs and breweries support, says pubs and breweries are help . but are desperate for help. but jeremy hunt has ruled out tax breaks autumn breaks ahead of the autumn statement, just three statement, which is just three weeks, away. weeks, three weeks away. >> will hollis, our >> yes. will hollis, our reporter, is going to us reporter, is going to tell us some more. >> two, four. okay >> two, two, four. okay >> two, two, four. okay >> it's an industry thriving and barely surviving . more choice barely surviving. more choice than ever . also, more barely surviving. more choice than ever. also, more problems . than ever. also, more problems. peter runs a micro brewery in mansfield. he says there's fewer customers now . customers now. >> so we have noticed a big change in drinking habits. >> so we have noticed a big change in drinking habits . a lot change in drinking habits. a lot of people are coming out one day instead of they used to come out three days. sir, thank you . three days. sir, thank you. thank you. enjoy your afternoon guys. >> but nottingham's annual beer festival. the forecast is grim for those who make a living in the trade. the pandemic and ukraine war and cost of living. a potent brew punishing pubs right now the industry is being pounded by rising prices and a

lot of the people here today who work in the trade say that the chancellor should be doing more to help in a couple of weeks the chancellor will review his economic plan and deliver the autumn statement. 32 pubs closed every week in the first half of the year, according to camra. the campaign for real ale. >> there you go, sir. enjoy >> there you go, sir. enjoy >> i will. thank you very much . >> i will. thank you very much. cheers. cheers. >> andrew is from the nottingham branch. he's urging the government to cut taxes and revive the industry. i would suggest that he needs to desperately look at the vat situation , but on top of that, situation, but on top of that, we all have this very unfair rating system or tax that takes place on properties is so uneven . a treasury spokesperson said that whilst one third of businesses don't pay business rates at all due to government tax relief, we recognise the challenge as larger pubs and restaurants face, which is why we've slashed their bills by 75, protected them from rising

energy costs and kept the duty on pints down through our brexit pubs. guarantee in august, the treasury introduced new rules. the stronger the alcohol , the the stronger the alcohol, the higher the tax it should favour people drinking pints in pubs. but miller, who works behind the bar, says they need even more support. >> we're a very small pub, you know . know. >> you know, my dad's the landlord, so and we rely a lot on the support of our locals and our regulars. but it's getting to the point where maybe that might not be enough anymore. >> it's a business built on flavour in an economy , me flavour in an economy, me leaving only a bad taste out. will hollis gb news in nottingham . nottingham. >> well , it's nottingham. >> well, it's going to be hard i think, to try and get any tax cuts out of jeremy hunt. >> yeah, well, we need to save the beer industry because i think the pub mike is a quintessentially part of english. >> listen, it's quintessentially part of all of our lives, even if i mean, look, you know, you

can be a moderate drinker, be a heavy drinker, but you want to go to the pub because you meet your friends there. and many your friends there. and in many communities, is the hub communities, the pub is the hub of community. you drive of that community. you drive through in through small villages in britain. you britain. what's the thing you most chocolate box top most like? the chocolate box top pub with the thatched roof and that kind stuff all that kind of stuff all under threat that report, threat now, that report, fascinating but eye that fascinating, but i'll eye that with report. i've with another report. i've got here. 44,000 licenced here. more than 44,000 licenced premises have closed in the last 20 years, leaving less than 100,000 pubs in britain for the first time ever. we're under threat. the man who i really admire in the pub industry is the chap who runs wetherspoons, tim martin. he is constantly campaigning. i mean mr martin wetherspoons provide booze for people who are on the lowest incomes in this country. that's no disrespect to them . why no disrespect to them. why should you have to pay 7 or £8 for a pint of beer, which sometimes you do in london if you get it for £2.13 you can get it for £2.13 wetherspoon other pubs? wetherspoon those other pubs? no, cutting they no, he's not cutting pubs. they wouldn't go pubs wouldn't be able to go to pubs if he didn't serve beer at the price they'd be buying for cans from the off licence from the

supermarket mr supermarket probably. and mr martin this martin campaigns against this because of lockdown. people started the started buying from the supermarkets, supermarkets supermarkets, the supermarkets don't have to put vat on their dnnk don't have to put vat on their drink and food like the pubs have to, and that is terribly unfair competition. and if you want to save the pubs in this country. mr hunt has got to realise it's essential to the fabric and the well—being of this country for our society, but for our people . but for our people. >> i think it's not going to happen. look, i remember gordon brown actually reduced the tax on i can't imagine why on whisky. i can't imagine why it know, the fact he was scottish. >> good lord, you spotted it well, but also we make a lot of money. look, the reality is, and i am prepared. i have to say this. i hear them say now on the record, i am prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice and go to the ultimate sacrifice and go to the pub, my local pub, the viaduct regular basis, viaduct on a regular basis, possibly on a daily basis, and do bit for the british pub, do my bit for the british pub, the hub. but look, let's think we reality of it we agree here. the reality of it is the drink driving laws is that the drink driving laws changed it. for a start, the smoking changed but smoking ban changed and but nowadays pubs mean, i'm nowadays pubs i mean, i'm

actually quite sort of actually quite a sort of conservative capitalist on this one. i think the market should actually some say it. actually have some say in it. those which used those old pubs which used to have dripping the have nicotine dripping off the ceiling like cheese ceiling and like a cheese sandwich was only food you sandwich was the only food you get but gone, get offered. but they've gone, they've gone now they've got, they've gone now a long ago now nowadays. i'm long time ago now nowadays. i'm sorry going. i know sorry the pubs are going. i know wetherspoons i fancy wetherspoons if i fancy a guinness at 8:30 in the morning, of course i'll go. of course go. >> well you wouldn't actually, because they open because they don't open till nine, but. oh no, no, no, no. >> we to. have to start >> we have to. we have to start queuing half eight. yeah but queuing at half eight. yeah but look, the reality is the modern pub is actually a very, very different pub it was in my different pub than it was in my day. and the gastro pubs are an expression understand day. and the gastro pubs are an exprnthere understand day. and the gastro pubs are an exprnthere are understand day. and the gastro pubs are an exprnthere are stilljnderstand day. and the gastro pubs are an exprnthere are still watering d why there are still watering holes. something to do with >> it's something to do with snails, isn't it? >> yeah yeah. >> yeah. yeah yeah. >> yeah. yeah yeah. >> are still a few. >> there are still a few. >> there are still a few. >> sorry, but we still like to go country for what go out into the country for what you'd country pub. the you'd call the country pub. the engush you'd call the country pub. the english country pub, they english country pub, and they are there. and you've got english country pub, and they are the, there. and you've got english country pub, and they are the, youre. and you've got english country pub, and they are the, you know,i you've got english country pub, and they are the, you know, thej've got english country pub, and they are the, you know, the brassat all the, you know, the brass ornaments around and the and the beams and all that and i love a bag couple of pints bag of crisps a couple of pints in of salt. in a bag of salt. >> yes, that's right. >> yes, that's right.

>> yeah. >> yeah. >> there still pubs where >> there are still pubs where you were walk in and everyone looks at oh she's not from looks at you. oh she's not from around here. >> that's. >> yeah that's. >> yeah that's. >> that though. it's kind >> i like that though. it's kind of like this is our, you know, this is our in london. this is our werewolf in london. >> right. but the >> yeah, that's right. but the slaughtered lamb, that's right. and into place. and you come into the place. yeah you're. you feel yeah yeah. you're. you feel well? come. come well? yeah. come. come to handball. to the viaduct. handball. come to the viaduct. yeah, but i still think they are essential our life. >> people can get together. people can quieten down there, they they can. they can de—stress. they can. i mean, to be honest, i work from a pub sometimes because if i've got it's easier to got work to do, it's easier to do in a confined space in the do it in a confined space in the back room of my pub than it is to it anywhere else. to do it anywhere else. >> here's here's the interesting thing. my local thing. i talked about my local pub, run the hanwell carnival pub, i run the hanwell carnival committee. we have carnival committee. we have our carnival committee. we have our carnival committee we committee meetings there. we have football team there. have our football team there. we have our football team there. we have pub football team have our own pub football team there. even they reading there. we have even they reading there. we have even they reading the club. the book. reading book club. yeah, yeah. so it is what yeah, yeah, yeah. so it is what mike said about the pub is the hub is absolutely crucial. >> if you're the pub, >> and if you're in the pub, what's poison? what do you dnnk? >> well, don't like real ale. >> well, i don't like real ale. i it's a bit like sucking

i think it's a bit like sucking a meat pie through a straw. i don't like it. i don't agree. i'm afraid i like cool, crisp, i'm afraid i like a cool, crisp, refreshing lager with a jameson chasen >>i chasen >> i find too much gas in lager. i like ghost ships. bitter. okay. right. the ghost ship bitter. fantastic. bitter. absolutely fantastic. you say a ghost ship. >> bitter. thank heavens. you say. >> yeah, because i'm goats. i'm an old fashioned boy. i was brought a working class brought up in a working class household. first time my household. and the first time my father took me the pub, it's father took me to the pub, it's a of bitter on the bar. a pint of bitter on the bar. okay and been like that okay and i've been like that ever since. >> half a brown ale. >> i got half a brown ale. >> i got half a brown ale. >> half a brown ale? yeah well, brownite always a bottle of brown ale. it was a bottle. bottle of brown ale. >> dad used to let me put my >> my dad used to let me put my finger the top of his finger in the top of his guinness and get the froth off the obviously mine is a >> well, obviously mine is a glass ice. rose ice cold. glass of ice. rose ice cold. rose winter. >> nice pink glass. nice >> nice pink glass. nice >> not minogue's. >> not kylie minogue's. >> not kylie minogue's. >> no, one of those sweet ones. ones. >> ones. >> this government is screwed politically. pretty yes. politically. pretty much, yes. wouldn't. be wouldn't. wouldn't this be a real well to real vote winner? well to something help local pub absolutely. >> we reach out those who are >> we reach out to those who are the people. and the working people. and by the way, people that only way, people think that only those can't afford any think

those who can't afford any think else to wetherspoon pubs. i else go to wetherspoon pubs. i can i'm a big fan of can assure you i'm a big fan of wetherspoons did you know on friday get a meal there friday you get a good meal there for i was about say on a for a i was about to say on a friday. they are the biggest fish and chip shop in the world. are sell tens thousands are they sell tens of thousands of fish and chips. of plates and fish and chips. and i can, every friday i'll and if i can, every friday i'll try to go green because we have steak curry night. steak night for curry night. >> that's right. >> yeah, that's right. >> yeah, that's right. >> night is a different >> curry night is a different not the same night where you are as aren't they. yeah. so as well, aren't they. yeah. so a wetherspoons central london wetherspoons in central london will more expensive than will be more expensive than a wetherspoons will be more expensive than a wetherspndid; will be more expensive than a wetherspndid you grow up with >> well, did you grow up with fish and chips on a friday? oh, absolutely. household fish and chips on a friday? oh, abso chips. household fish and chips on a friday? oh, abso chips every household fish and chips on a friday? oh, abso chips every friday. sehold with chips every friday. >> didn't necessarily have to >> it didn't necessarily have to be my father be fish and chips. my father would we're always having would say we're always having fish friday and it might be fish on a friday and it might be haddock or but it was haddock or place or but it was definitely fish a friday. definitely fish on a friday. >> fish sometimes >> we fish cakes, sometimes homemade. yes, yes. homemade. yes yes, yes. >> cakes. >> fish cakes. >> fish cakes. >> exactly. what we had because people don't go to mac fisheries. you make your own fisheries. you make your own fish cake. yeah. fish cake. yeah yeah. >> father his own very >> my father made his own very nice. and missed friday tradition. >> yeah, i do as well. yeah, we move on. >> i think could talk about >> i think we could talk about pubs all day. i'm sure. think we

should. this is a peculiar. >> we'll go to the viaduct. >> we'll go to the viaduct. >> welcome. >> you'll be so welcome. >> you'll be so welcome. >> is a peculiar story. >> this is a peculiar story. burglars and drug dealers to get given record and given a clean record and will not have to employers not have to inform employers about past crimes. that's about their past crimes. that's got do with cutting the got to do with cutting the re—offend mike, what's re—offend rate. mike, what's this not sure this about? well i'm not sure about this. >> i'm big on >> look, i'm very big on rehabilitation of prisoners in jails. the point of. of jails. what is the point of. of sending man to jail and he sending a man to jail and he comes out the same person he was when went in. if in between. when he went in. if in between. and i have to say, business has risen to challenge . you can risen to the challenge. you can train inside the train that person inside the pnson train that person inside the prison chef or you prison to become a chef or you can him to a useful can train him to become a useful member society he comes member of society when he comes out. however think that out. however i still think that once you've come have once you've come out, you have to know the background of the person you're employing. so for instance, i mean, if only so you can give them an appropriate job. so for instance, supposing the guy's come out and he he served six years because he's a safebreaker. okay, well, you take on in your business take him on in your business that's built up , but you don't that's built up, but you don't put him in charge of the accounts because it might be too

tempting. might it? you know, the of criminality and the instincts of criminality and all but what i'm is all that. but what i'm saying is i'm supportive of training people to be useful when they're in jail. but i do think every employer has the right to know the full background of the person they're employed. >> not not only do they have the right i think if it did happen that you did employ a wrong'un and something went wrong, you'd be of her, wouldn't be ahead of her, wouldn't it? i think jamie oliver and you know, his restaurant, the clink, think jamie oliver and you know, his know, taurant, the clink, think jamie oliver and you know, his know, which t, the clink, think jamie oliver and you know, his know, which is:he clink, think jamie oliver and you know, his know, which is an clink, think jamie oliver and you know, his know, which is an excellent you know, which is an excellent idea. but for me, one of the great unsung heroes the last great unsung heroes of the last 50 60 years is timpson. the 50 or 60 years is timpson. the timpson family. take keys timpson family. they take keys and shops, and keys and shoe repair shops, but because 1—1 of but the point is, because 1—1 of them was was actually an mp for crewe for quite a long while. yes, i said to him, yes, he was. and i said to him, i said, you know, do you edward timpson very nice. timpson smashing bloke. and he said, look, we're in the least bit look, we're not in the least bit ashamed past. ashamed of people's past. in fact, rather know fact, we would rather know because still employ because we can still employ them. fact that you've got them. the fact that you've got a record doesn't mean you can never a job and i think never get a job and i think jamie edward timpson jamie oliver and edward timpson

and have actually and those people have actually shown but i was in my shown that. but when i was in my time a brief time as a prison time as a brief time as a prison officer, i noticed very, very quickly about 70% of the people inside and quickly about 70% of the people i1agree. and quickly about 70% of the people i1agree. i and quickly about 70% of the people i1agree. i mean, and quickly about 70% of the people i1agree. i mean, i and quickly about 70% of the people i1agree. i mean, i think and quickly about 70% of the people i1agree. i mean, i think mike|d i agree. i mean, i think mike perry, he's one of these sort of soft whingeing liberals guardian reading. right. the idea. >> yeah, i've made zahawi rehabilitation, made a life study absolutely study of it is an absolutely superb idea. >> to start with >> but we've got to start with the two absolute basics. so firstly, the family the firstly, the family and the second home to go to. yeah second the home to go to. yeah >> and sorry, andrew, >> and also i'm sorry, andrew, i think the chap who's served his time and come out should bold time and come out should be bold enough to say enough and brave enough to say to an employer, i have heard i have i now want have been punished. i now want to a new life. to live a new life. >> othennise the relationship is false. one. exactly. false. from day one. exactly. >> want you to put your faith >> i want you to put your faith in me so you know everything about want to know about me now. i want to know everything about your. >> of >> of course. one of the problems of prison overcrowding is prisoners are is that so many prisoners are stuck their cell for 23 stuck in their cell for 23 hours, which means they don't get to read. write get to learn to read. write and if you jeffrey archer, if you talk to jeffrey archer, old of mine. yes. when old mate of mine. yes. when jeffrey in prison for jeffrey was in prison for perjury, jeffrey was in prison for perjury, ridiculous that he was ever to prison in the first

ever sent to prison in the first place. that's another argument. ever sent to prison in the first place he1at's another argument. ever sent to prison in the first place he1at's a mostr argument. ever sent to prison in the first place he1at's a most ofrgument. ever sent to prison in the first place he1at's a most of his nent. ever sent to prison in the first place he1at's a most of his time yeah he spent most of his time in the library educating other prisoners, was staggered in the library educating other pri how �*s, was staggered in the library educating other pri how many was staggered in the library educating other pri how many young1s staggered in the library educating other pri how many young1s sta couldn't by how many young men couldn't read word . read or write a word. >> one of my brothers is a priest, and he used to actually say mass. the scrubs. and he said is naive lady? he said what is very naive lady? he said, is it one of the said, is it it's one of the number of people who take the bibles back their cells. and bibles back to their cells. and i how can i tell you this? i said, how can i tell you this? actually, so thin actually, the paper is so thin in those bibles, it's perfect for rolling cigarettes, which you days. you could in those days. >> his heart. he >> you broken his heart. he thought great reform, thought he was a great reform, anissue thought he was a great reform, an issue with extremism our an issue with extremism in our in prisons and this in our prisons though and this links to what we've been discussing. >> point as well. >> that's a good point as well. >> that's a good point as well. >> we have. i totally agree. and they should be treated separately. but, stephen, as separately. but but, stephen, as i identified, you the i identified, you know, the terrible plight of some prisoners really stood prisoners who never really stood a prisoners are in a chance, some prisoners are in pnson a chance, some prisoners are in prison because never prison because they never had anybody thought cared anybody who they thought cared for them. the broken families they mostly came from. if they come out and employ puts his faith in them. i think human values will respond and they'll say, i'm not going let this say, i'm not going to let this man down. >> know, people are much

>> you know, people are much more charitable, i think, than people for often. people give credit for often. >> interesting that >> well, it's interesting that pnsons >> well, it's interesting that prisons to be called prisons used to be called reformatories. you reformatories. yeah. and, you know, you went to know, the idea was you went to pnson know, the idea was you went to prison as punishment. i prison not as a punishment. i mean, the last couple of mean, only in the last couple of hundred years that people have actually done prison time. pnsons actually done prison time. prisons be a place you prisons used to be a place you went before you executed. went before you got executed. and idea came of and then the idea came of holding and holding people as hostages and then from there. but then it came on from there. but then it came on from there. but the idea is that you actually improve a person and give them the chance. amazed about the chance. what amazed me about the chance. what amazed me about the used to work the prisoners i used to work with in many cases, they with is in many cases, they actually wanted to be there because three square because they had three square meals day and had some meals a day and they had some security they and it was security and they and it was safe and company and, you know, which is all the more which is which is all the more reason why next stage. which is which is all the more reas transitional next stage. which is which is all the more reastransitional nexwhen e. which is which is all the more reastransitional nexwhen you the transitional stage, when you come back into society and yet you build a bail hostel you try to build a bail hostel anywhere other anywhere where there's other houses no, we can't houses around. oh, no, we can't have that. >> the other thing about prisons, they've >> the other thing about prisons, a they've >> the other thing about prisons, a hothouse hey've >> the other thing about prisons, a hothouse for've >> the other thing about prisons, a hothouse for drugs and become a hothouse for drugs and the other thing, you've talked to people like jonathan aitken, who perjury to people like jonathan aitken, whwell, perjury to people like jonathan aitken, whwell, a perjury to people like jonathan aitken, whwell, a prison perjury to people like jonathan aitken, whwell, a prison chaplain. as well, now a prison chaplain. exactly. the tory, former tory mp. says that prisons are mp. he says that the prisons are full drugs and some young men

full of drugs and some young men go to have never had go into prison to have never had drugs out and addict drugs and come out and addict come out. >> and they've got to reform the whole prison system because also there's islamic there's the there's the islamic threat isn't there's the there's the islamic threaiare isn't there's the there's the islamic threaiare people isn't there's the there's the islamic threaiare people being isn't there's the there's the islamic threaiare people being turned, there are people being turned, all kind of stuff. when all that kind of stuff. when i worked ireland for three worked in ireland for three years the of the years at the height of the troubles, they didn't reform the prisons. and was absolutely troubles, they didn't reform the priscthatlnd was absolutely troubles, they didn't reform the priscthatlnd peopleiolutely troubles, they didn't reform the priscthatlnd people convicted true that some people convicted of into the of ira offences went into the pnson of ira offences went into the prison they'd just been prison where they'd just been a runner the gang and runner for the local gang and came out as a trained bomb maker. >> well, was in the maze. >> well, that was in the maze. but exactly in the book in mugabe and mcgilligan and did mugabe and mcgilligan and i did a work there. i still a lot of work there. i can still remember a public meeting remember doing a public meeting when gerry adams was prison does work. it keeps the prison officers streets. yeah officers off the streets. yeah well, right. well, that's about right. >> but i mean, it was. that >> but. but i mean, it was. that was was a training camp was it. it was a training camp also in mugabe and mcgilligan. >> you the green wing and >> you had the green wing and you had orange wing and. and you had the orange wing and. and it was the snooker balls in it was the old snooker balls in the sock. if you if crossed the sock. if you if you crossed the sock. if you if you crossed the line. yeah that's fascinating. >> shall we squeeze royal >> shall we squeeze in a royal story? a funny one. story? this is a funny one. >> it's david beckham. >> yeah, it's david beckham. he's prince harry. who he's gone off prince harry. who hasn't? and he's now being nice to the king

>> give him. give him a knighthood. i think maybe he thinks is related thinks prince harry is related to scholes. think to paul scholes. and i think that's what it's all about, really? scholes. really? because paul scholes. >> he's taken an >> yes. so he's taken up an invitation with the king. and there's sorts of there's been all sorts of reports the papers the reports in the papers in the last few months about how beckham's off. the beckham beckham's gone off. the beckham family. have family. yeah, well, have completely prince completely gone off. prince harry. they're no longer friends. yeah >> gone well? >> who hasn't gone well? >> who hasn't gone well? >> man. >> terrible man. >> terrible man. >> you know the >> i'm sure you know the background to this, the background to this, the background that harry made background is that harry made a wild phone call to the beckhams. i don't if talked to i don't know if he talked to david and accused them i don't know if he talked to daleaking and accused them i don't know if he talked to daleaking stories. accused them i don't know if he talked to daleaking stories. did used them i don't know if he talked to daleaking stories. did write them i don't know if he talked to daleaking stories. did write to m of leaking stories. did write to the to the press pot and kettle . the to the press pot and kettle. come on. >> you and the queen was leaking them as well, apparently. >> and the queen was leaking. king i mean, the most king i mean, about the most famous couple in the world, you know, leaking know, beckham and posh leaking stories else? no, stories about somebody else? no, thank they've spent their thank you. they've spent their life stop people life trying to stop people leaking so leaking stories about them so that all then the relations leaking stories about them so thaivery then the relations leaking stories about them so thaivery frosty. 3n the relations leaking stories about them so thaivery frosty. however.ations leaking stories about them so thaivery frosty. however there; got very frosty. however there behind this is david beckham's absolute desire to get a k. he's i mean, if you ever need one because he wants one, because

he's done everything else acclamation. no, but he's got everything else he's done everything else he's done everything else he's done everything else . he now wants everything else. he now wants a k and the last time the list came up and he wasn't on it, he went around to a lot of his friends and i hate the established , you know. and on established, you know. and on that and so he's getting close to the king now because the king apparently opening the door apparently is opening the door to say, do you want to become i'm adviser on one of my i'm an adviser on one of my charities. there are posh charities. there we are posh will get a damehood for david. >> that's all we've got time for. david >> that is all we've got time for. >> i've never got a time out. >> i've never got a time out. >> that's mike perry and stephen powell. >> stephen pound, who is playing mr pound and not sir stephen pound. what you do wrong? pound. what did you do wrong? >> all from us. >> that's all from us. >> that's all from us. >> all from us. >> that's all from us. >> that's all from us. >> good morning. my name is rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast brought to you by the met office. so we saw plenty of rain and showers throughout the weekend and not a huge amount of change we go the new change as we go into the new week. heavy that could week. heavy showers that could be thundery across southern parts wales and england we

parts of wales and england as we go morning without go through this morning without overnight rain having cleared away and northeast away from scotland and northeast england sunny spells england and some sunny spells around as well, especially across scotland and central and eastern parts of england . and eastern parts of england. and it'll feel pretty pleasant here, especially away from the coast where those winds are a little bit so highs of 14 to bit lighter. so highs of 14 to 16 in the south there, a little bit cooler in the north with those northerly winds . now, as those northerly winds. now, as we this afternoon, we go through this afternoon, we'll showers we'll see further showers continuing, but this band of showers will become a little bit more into this evening more organised into this evening and bringing some heavy and persistent northern persistent rain to northern ireland be some ireland so there could be some disruption here. plenty of clear spells, ahead of this, spells, though, ahead of this, especially southern especially across southern england and scotland. bit of a england and scotland. a bit of a chilly night across scotland as well. could a touch of frost well. could be a touch of frost in some sheltered rural spots as so tuesday , then we'll so to start tuesday, then we'll see this band of organised showers its very showers making its way very slowly northeastward . so driest slowly northeastward. so driest conditions to the northeast of this with the best of the sunshine in across scotland. a little bit respite from the little bit of respite from the showers the southwest showers across the southwest before next system makes

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