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being able to arrest it comes to being able to arrest people for extremism or terror offences. suella braverman. the home secretary has just come out and called what we are seeing on the of london hate the streets of london hate marches more on that. but in other news, our british jews safe on our streets. take a look at this from dagestan. so a horde of people heard that a plane carrying people from tel aviv in israel was landing at their airport. they decided to go to the airport to try to hunt for jewish people. that went for on absolutely ages. we're seeing them storm the airport there. they managed to get on the runway at one point as well. they were going and i'm not joking now, plane two, plane and room to room in that airport looking for jewish people room to room in that airport looking forjewish people . so looking forjewish people. so i'm just wondering, are we ever going to see anything like that on the streets of britain? could we ever see anything like that on the streets of britain? are british jews safe over here? in other news, ex—offender ayers
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will not have to tell employers of their criminal record . so of their criminal record. so thieves, drug dealers, et cetera . they're saying that this is so we can get more people in work. is that deception? if you are an employer, should you have a right to know whether or not somebody has got a criminal record ? we will also be record? we will also be discussing this. the king off discussing this. the king is off to surely going to to kenya. surely he's going to be doing a royal there. be doing a royal visit there. but there are these calls now for to apologise for for him to apologise for britain's past. does king britain's past. does the king owe apology ? and owe kenya an apology? and finally, is a cause very finally, this is a cause very close very close to close to my heart, very close to all of our gb news viewers and listeners heart. it is the poppy appeal. so what we're doing here at gb news is that we are trying to raise a of for money the to raise a bit of for money the royal british legion. i'll tell you a lot more about exactly what we're going to later on you a lot more about exactly witheve're going to later on you a lot more about exactly withe show. oing to later on you a lot more about exactly withe show. but to later on you a lot more about exactly withe show. but we've later on in the show. but we've got a justgiving page set up at the moment and it's just giving .com fonnard fonnard fonnard slash page, fonnard slash poppy. that's just slash gb news poppy. that's just giving.com/page fonnard slash gb news. poppy, we're trying to raise ten grand for the royal
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british legion. more information on what we're doing and why we're doing it very, very shortly. patrick christys . gb shortly. patrick christys. gb news. heck of a lot on the agenda today. there'll also be a couple of other stories. i've not had time to fit into the wall there, so make sure you stay with us. vaiews@gbnews.com is that address? i want to is that email address? i want to hear from i'll go to the hear from you. i'll go to the inbox today, see you. inbox today, but i'll see you. the other are your the other side are your headunes the other side are your headlines as . headlines as. >> good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm sofia wenzler in the newsroom . the government has newsroom. the government has held an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of terrorist unked discuss the threat of terrorist linked to the israel—hamas conflict . linked to the israel—hamas conflict. eight cabinet ministers including the home secretary suella braverman , were secretary suella braverman, were joined by the met police commissioner. the prime minister is also expected to speak to national security officials as it follows a rise in anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents across the country. since the start of october, the
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uk's current terror threat stands at substantial , which stands at substantial, which means an attack is likely . means an attack is likely. meanwhile gaza is facing an air and artillery bombardment as israel's ground offensive into the strip continues to, tanks and troops are pressing into the enclave, with the israel defence forces saying more than 600 military targets have been hit in the past few days . airstrikes in the past few days. airstrikes have also been reported near gaza and hospitals with israel accusing hamas of hiding military infrastructure in medical facilities . as the medical facilities. as the palestinian red crescent says it's been warned by israeli authorities to immediately evacuate the al—quds hospital, where 14,000 people are being sheltered . the home secretary sheltered. the home secretary has described pro—palestinian protests in the uk as hate marches , as suella braverman marches, as suella braverman says since the 7th of october, attacks by hamas , we've seen attacks by hamas, we've seen people chanting for the erasure of israel from the map . we've of israel from the map. we've seen now tens of thousands of people take to the streets
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following the massacre of the jewish people. the single largest loss of jewish life since the holocaust. chanting for the erasure of israel from the map. to my mind , there's the map. to my mind, there's only one way to describe those marches , and they are hate marches, and they are hate marches, and they are hate marches . what the police have marches. what the police have made clear is that they are concerned that there's a large number of bad actors who are deliberately operating beneath the criminal threshold in a way which you or i or the vast majority of british people would consider to be utterly odious . i consider to be utterly odious. i tools we rolled out in classrooms across england , and classrooms across england, and that's according to the prime minister . the rishi sunak says minister. the rishi sunak says the technology will help reduce teachers workload 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. ministers claim the funding will allow for a personalised ai assistant in every classroom . more wet
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every classroom. more wet weather is set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm karen this week. heavy rain is expected in southern and southeast england, well as southeast england, as well as northern ireland. the environment agency has issued 72 flood warnings ahead of the environment agency has issued 72 flood �*on�*nings ahead of the environment agency has issued 72 flood �*on wednesdayi of the environment agency has issued 72 flood �*on wednesday night.> environment agency has issued 72 flood �*on wednesday night. the storm on wednesday night. the met office is warning storm kieran could bring gusts of up to miles hour as it hits to 90 miles an hour as it hits southern parts of england and wales . a major disruption is wales. a major disruption is expected across ports and meat processing plants in northern ireland as government vets start a five day strike. many of the nipsa union, who work in the veterinary service animal health group , are walking out until group, are walking out until friday. they're involved in checks on animals and some food products entering northern ireland from great britain as our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie explains, government vets going on strike here will cause considerable disruption to northern ireland's food chain because of post—brexit arrangements. >> all food arriving here in redlands must be inspected. and now the eu are requesting that
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those products travel to the repubuc those products travel to the republic of ireland . and this republic of ireland. and this will take time and inevitably higher costs . the unions are higher costs. the unions are insisting that the secretary of state talks to them as their members workload has become much greater due to the framework document that boris johnson , a document that boris johnson, a former private secretary, says it was a systematic failure on coronavac aarhus, speaking at the covid 19 inquiry, martin reynolds says the scale of the issues and that looked enormous at the time when questioned whether he knew about the nhs capacity during the pandemic, mr reynolds said the situation should have been tracked more closely. >> he also accused boris johnson of blowing hot and cold on some issues during coronavac press . issues during coronavac press. moscow has accused ukraine of staging a provocation after hundreds of rioters in russia stormed dagestan airport. hundreds of rioters in russia stormed dagestan airport . videos stormed dagestan airport. videos on social media show an angry crowd running through the airport searching for jewish passengers arriving on a flight from tel aviv . rioters were from tel aviv. rioters were waving palestinian flags and
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they broke down glass doors and tried to overturn a police patrol truck. at least 20 people have been injured and around 60 have been injured and around 60 have been injured and around 60 have been arrested . kyiv says it have been arrested. kyiv says it has nothing to do with the unrest . more has nothing to do with the unrest. more than 60 just stop. oil protesters have been arrested following a demonstration in london this morning. it's after 65 activists have been marching to demand an end to new oil and gas. have been marching to demand an end to new oil and gas . dozens end to new oil and gas. dozens of demonstrators laid down on a road near parliament square in westminster. met police arrested 62 people under section seven of the public order act. 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 . patrick the threat of back to. patrick the threat of extremism in britain is growing by the day. >> yes, there is a war between israel and hamas, but there is also a war for britain's streets
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. there is an urgent cobra meeting taking place. there is talk of increasing the terror threat level to its highest possible level. and the met police want clarity and possibly a in as well to a change in the law as well to make it easier for them to arrest and prosecute people behaving like radicals . i find behaving like radicals. i find it hard to believe that there is a gap in the law. that means that police can stand by and watch people climbing statues and letting off flares. the head of the met police says that there's a lot of law around terrorism and hate speech, but not a . lot about extremism. not a. lot about extremism. i don't really want to believe this. i really don't want to believe that this is true. but are the met and potentially other police forces just sitting on their hands. so that they don't do that thing of don't do that dreaded thing of inflaming tensions ? well, inflaming racial tensions? well, the extremism strategy the counter extremism strategy appears to say extremism is the vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy , the rule of including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and
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respect and tolerance for different faiths and beliefs. we also regard calls for the death of members of our armed forces as extremist . right. okay well, as extremist. right. okay well, that's interesting. and obviously, you've just been looking at some clips there of people off flares at people letting off flares at statues around the capital and the telling them get the police telling them to get down. there other issues down. but there are other issues taking the moment, taking place at the moment, aren't there? i think we've got aren't there? i think we've got a clip to play for you very shortly as well. this clip begins. a fighter from london to gaza intifada . yeah, there you gaza intifada. yeah, there you go . so intifada is what they're go. so intifada is what they're calling for there. that apparently means a shaking off or an uprising, right? right. well, is that not extremism ? is well, is that not extremism? is this not at least a public order offence in light of everything that we're seeing taking place at the moment? i think it's kind of one step down from jihad, isn't it? this stuff poses a clear direct threat to our clear and direct threat to our way of life. now i want to show you something now is you something now that is already happening. okay and you
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can your bottom dollar that can bet your bottom dollar that it's happen a of it's going to happen a heck of a lot more in the run up to christmas, a christmas festival at kensington palace. it's the largest skating event in largest ice skating event in london, has actually already been cancelled . so they say that been cancelled. so they say that it's due to recent world events which have affected safety and security in the area near our venue. we've made the decision in consultation with the royal borough of kensington and chelsea to postpone this winter's kensington winter's event at kensington palace to next year . this is palace to next year. this is going to happen all over the place, isn't it? you just know it. extremism and the threat of terrorism is affecting our way of life. things that were normal, things that we enjoy doing can't do because doing we now can't do because events on a different continent have riled up terrorist sleeper cells in this country. the cenotaph has been barricaded off to protect it from protesters defacing it. that's a complete capitulation, if you ask me . but capitulation, if you ask me. but have a look and listen to this as well, because police and
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government inaction over calls for an intifada or jihad on for an intifada orjihad on britain's streets actually feeds into other types of extremism as well. now, the far right will be getting very riled up over this. now, we had a bit of a taste of what those kinds of clashes might look like on saturday. now, shortly, i'm going to play you a little video show. and before i do that, i want to say that i am not accusing anybody in this clip of being either a fascist or an islamist. this is just some footage of a skirmish near the cenotaph . whoa, whoa, near the cenotaph. whoa, whoa, whoa . whoa. >> widespread . kind of here. >> widespread. kind of here. >> widespread. kind of here. >> the words white trash being shouted quite a lot, though, can't we? but i actually walk through westminster on saturday and i saw children as young as five years old with loudspeakers shouting about israel being a
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terrorist state. i saw that with my eyes. was cheered my own eyes. it was cheered on by parents other by their parents and other adults. people with their adults. i saw people with their faces covered, chanting about britain blood on its britain having blood on its hands. now, the very least, hands. now, at the very least, every parts of the every saturday parts of the country are now a no go zone for jewish people. that's outrageous , isn't it? it's intimidating for everybody else as well. do our police force and our government and other politicians and all the usual bleeding heart liberals, not understand that normal , liberals, not understand that normal, ordinary people want to be able to do normal, ordinary things with their families and not feel the need to constant look over their shoulder for the nearest exit. not consider whether or not to go to something like a winter wonderland event in case somebody attacks it . we did not somebody attacks it. we did not consent to living like this . consent to living like this. well that's what i think. i want to hear from you. you can email me gbviews@gbnews.uk .com. we are going to go to our security
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editor, mark white marks in tel aviv for us. and mark, a bit closer to home than where you are. there's been a cobra meeting taking place, a ministers and members of the armed forces, etcetera, gathering to discuss whether or not we're going to be increasing our terrorism threats, talk about extremism on the streets of britain. what do we know ? of britain. what do we know? well what they were talking about really was concerns about the escalation in tensions. >> what that is doing to communities , real concern about communities, real concern about the impact on the jewish community, but also some concern as well about anti—muslim attacks that have taken place. what they were not talking about was increasing the terror threat because that is done independently of ministers. that's done by a body called jtag . the joint terrorism jtag. the joint terrorism analysis centre. that's made up of those specialists from the security services , those who security services, those who analyse the potential threat
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facing the uk at the moment, but at its at its median level, so substantial . so there are two substantial. so there are two rungs to go to get it up to critical, which would mean that we are in the midst effectively of a terrorist attack. severe is a place that was up for quite a few years, meaning an attack was highly likely, especially during those attacks in 20 1718. now it might be, patrick, that attack in analysing what the potential threat is because of the situation in israel may decide that it will be raised in the days ahead. but we've had no indication that that is in their planning and frankly, we don't get an indication this all happens at a very top secret level and then eventually they'll publish what that decision is for the public to take the appropriate precautions means if it is raised up to that
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severe threat level or even potentially higher . potentially higher. >> so yeah. mark, now i'm just to going play some footage and audio of suella braverman , our audio of suella braverman, our home secretary recently she's been talking about the scenes that we've been seeing and are no doubt going to continue to see on the streets of britain. she had some very, very strong words. throw it over to words. i'll throw it over to suella and we'll react . suella and then we'll react. >> let explain what we've >> let me explain what we've seen the few weeks . as seen over the last few weeks. as we've now, tens of we've seen now, tens of thousands of people take to the streets following the massacre of jewish people , all the single of jewish people, all the single largest loss of jewish life since the holocaust, chanting for the erasure of israel from the map . to my mind, there's the map. to my mind, there's only one way to describe those marches. they are hate marches . marches. they are hate marches. >> it's incredibly strong stuff . >> it's incredibly strong stuff. she is already receiving a lot of criticism for that . whether of criticism for that. whether or not that is appropriate for everybody who attends those marches or just a pocket of them, i think the jury is out, actually, to be honest , when you
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actually, to be honest, when you do actually go to these marches , do actually go to these marches, i think it is reasonable to say that there is at least an undercurrent of something incredibly of incredibly serious, although, of course, apply to course, that doesn't apply to everybody on these marches . but everybody on these marches. but the police mark, are calling for more clarity, aren't they, when it to the law over it comes to the law over extremism , terrorism and hate extremism, terrorism and hate speech. and for the average layman, like me, i find that quite confusing thing really. mark rowley does want clarity, doesn't he ? doesn't he? >> yeah. i mean , the government >> yeah. i mean, the government has agreed to look at the laws surrounding extremism. if there is anything that they can tweak, then they will do that . but then they will do that. but quite frankly, there have been increases in the powers given to the police in recent months and years to deal with a number of different protests scenarios . different protests scenarios. and the just stop oil was the latest one that brought about quite a few law changes that
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allowed the police to move in very specifically to remove people from public areas, from streets and things like that. it's different in terms of what's being chanted, but, you know, i think the politicians are right when they see that the police do have powers. they have powers under the public order act. they have powers under hate speech and under incitement that they could use. the difficulty is often for the police when they're dealing with, well , they're dealing with, well, 100,000 at least to attend that massive protest out at the weekend that going in mob handed to try and arrest people at the scene can actually just inflame the situation, make it far worse from local pockets of disorder and the people who are chanting some very inappropriate things and are actually, you know, what they're doing is tantamount to hate speech or or incitement
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from that. it can descend into, you know, full scale disorder. so what often happens is you will see at these protests quite a few officers going about with video camera as and stills cameras. and they capture images of those involved in that. and then we will see. i have no doubtin then we will see. i have no doubt in the days and weeks ahead significant numbers of people that are rounded up, that are arrested and are then charged with offences around hate crime and incitement alike. but of course, when people see this kind of hatred that is being spilled by certain sectors of these protests , they want of these protests, they want immediate action. they want these people arrested as they've seen in previous protests , when seen in previous protests, when it was protests that were counter—protests to the likes of the black lives matter protest, when the police were right in there and making significant numbers of arrests. they see it
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as double standards. a lot of people do . people do. >> i mean, there's some by the way, if you're listening on radio, i know a lot of people are listening on radio right now. i would just urge you at some point to go and go on to our youtube and scan back to this exact time, 3:20 at the moment. and have a look at some of the footage that we're showing television showing you on your television screens you're watching screens or if you're watching onune screens or if you're watching online right now of individuals with on, with flares with their masks on, with flares atop london. atop the statue was in london. we've already played clips of people shouting intifada people shouting about intifada dia, which is some kind of describing it as kind of one step below jihad in a way, talking of a kind of shaking off of oppression, so—called. but from to london gaza, you know, i would argue that is, you know, a severe threat, verbal threat to our established way of life and our established way of life and our normal law and order that we've got in this country. our cultural norms, our societal norms and for many people, i think watching this, there will be surprised that things like this are not deemed to be extreme enough to get nicked for
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that said, as you've rightly pointed out, mark, the police have got very , very tricky job have got a very, very tricky job here. and body cam footage here. and the body cam footage that we can see in some of the videos here will be used, will be stored up, and we may well end up getting those kind of retrospective arrests. look, mark, finally and quickly, retrospective arrests. look, mark, i've finally and quickly, retrospective arrests. look, mark, i've got lly and quickly, retrospective arrests. look, mark, i've got you,1d quickly, retrospective arrests. look, mark, i've got you, you uickly, retrospective arrests. look, mark, i've got you, you are ly, retrospective arrests. look, mark, i've got you, you are in whilst i've got you, you are in tel for us right now. any tel aviv for us right now. any word on any british hostages that took ? that hamas took? >> well, it depends how you determine what a hostage is, because there is real concern about the 200 odd foreign nationals, british nationals or dual nationals currently in gaza at the moment who it's being reported, are being prevented from leaving gaza by hamas. the egyptian and israeli governments have agreed to allow foreign nationals across the border into egypt from through the rafah crossing , but egypt from through the rafah crossing, but hamas has egypt from through the rafah
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crossing , but hamas has not crossing, but hamas has not agreed to that. so effectively, those and it's 200 we know about the foreign office believes actually there could be quite a few more british nationals or dual nationals in gaza who haven't yet made contact with them. and this, of course, is on top of the handful of hostages that we believe are being held by hamas as hostages is probably in the tunnel network underneath gaza. i should say, in terms of a breaking development in the last hour or so, we got a development in the psychological warfare from hamas. we were always expecting this and now it's come the first hostage video , three women speaking on video, three women speaking on that video. one of them criticised rising benjamin netanyahu for not agreeing to a ceasefire. but of course , you ceasefire. but of course, you know, this woman speaking clearly under duress , you know, clearly under duress, you know, being held by these hamas terrorists at that point. but it
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does pile more pressure, of course, on the israeli government as they've gone in now that ground war is continuing apace. >> mark, thank you very much. mark white there, our man in tel aviv. our security editor talking about the latest from over there, but also the ongoing scenes here. now, look, something know a lot of something that i know a lot of people are concerned about. we've got remember sunday coming up weeks away, if up a couple of weeks away, if we've these continued we've got these continued protests, place, how does protests, taking place, how does that with armed that square with our armed forces walking through the streets of london, walking past the cenotaph, which is currently barricaded? how does that chime with with us paying respects to our fallen soldiers and those, of course , who are still with us of course, who are still with us as well? this is one of the reasons why i have today launched a just giving page. more on this in the next hour. a lot more on this in the next hour about exactly what we're going to be doing to raise money. exactly how we're going to it. butjust an to be doing it. butjust an early heads up for you. just to be doing it. butjust an early tdots up for you. just to be doing it. butjust an early tdot corn for you. just to be doing it. butjust an early tdot com fonnard just giving dot com fonnard slash page, slash gb news
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sunday mornings from 930 on . gb news. >> welcome back. it's 327. you're watching or listening to me. patrick christys on gb news loads more still to come, including a plan to allow ex—cons , ex offenders to take ex—cons, ex offenders to take jobs without declaring their criminal record to their employer. and the king visits kenya tomorrow. some say that he should apologise for britain's role in slavery . should he? what role in slavery. should he? what do you think? but we've seen protests here in the uk as pro—palestinian protesters climbed over war memorials and statues . but even more shocking statues. but even more shocking scenes in dagestan in russia as a mob stormed the airport in search of jews . in mediaeval search of jews. in mediaeval scenes , the attempted pogrom scenes, the attempted pogrom stormed the runway and rocked
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cars in a search for anyone from israel. waving their palestinian banners as they went , they banners as they went, they stormed the airport . banners as they went, they stormed the airport. i mean, look, i can't believe this either, but it did happen. so they stormed the airport. they'd heard that a flight was landing from tel aviv. so the word obviously went around. clearly that jews landing in that jews must be landing in dagestan . q what would you say? dagestan. q what would you say? it's thousands, isn't it, of people all legging it through an airport, going room to room to room , breaking down doors in the room, breaking down doors in the airport , you know, smashing airport, you know, smashing through customs ? there we go. through customs? there we go. people getting onto the tarmac. there was a bizarre clip of one 9113’- there was a bizarre clip of one guy. again, i'm not joking here. so this was brains of so this was the brains of dagestan, this chap looking into the jet's engine to see if maybe a jewish person had been hiding in plane's engine on the in the plane's engine on the flight from tel aviv . yeah, i flight from tel aviv. yeah, i know . it's terrifying stuff, know. it's terrifying stuff, though, isn't it? now, i know this is obviously quite a long way away in dagestan , but it is way away in dagestan, but it is
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concerning nonetheless. and i just want to know whether or not anything like this we think could have a happen here. joining is david rose. is joining me now is david rose. is politics and investigations editor at the jewish chronicle . editor at the jewish chronicle. david, thank you for joining me. shocking scenes from dagestan . shocking scenes from dagestan. firstly, what do you make of that? >> well, of course , what's >> well, of course, what's happenedin >> well, of course, what's happened in dagestan is appalling , but unfortunately , we appalling, but unfortunately, we are dealing with a situation in the united kingdom which, while not yet as serious or as dramatic as that, nevertheless raises great concern on on friday, the community security trust put out one of its regular bulletins on the cst. is the organisation set up by the jewish community that works closely with the police and other authorities to protect jewish individuals and sites such as synagogues. anyway, according to the friday bulletin, there have now been more anti—semitic incidents recorded in the uk in the three weeks that this war has been taking place and in the whole of the rest of the year, a higher number than they've ever
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recorded in a three week period ever for 805 incidents, of which 64 very alarmingly took place against students on university campuses . and there were getting campuses. and there were getting on for 100 examples either of assaults or threats to carry out such assaults on the streets. so very clearly here you have a situation where jewish people have become victims of appalling terrorism , um, in israel and now terrorism, um, in israel and now instead of showing, as it were, empathy for that , we have a empathy for that, we have a situation in which anti—semites based in britain are seeing this as the excuse to declare open season on britain's jewish community. >> yeah, i mean, it's been like nothing on the same scale. there has been, you know, reports of islamophobia as well and kind of clashes that have taken place. but in terms of the anti—semitism threat, we like to think, don't we, that nothing like from this like the scenes from this airport in dagestan could ever happen here. but i can't help but wonder whether or not we're
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sitting in a tinderbox at the moment. i went to some of those protests on saturday to have a look around. i think it's important if i'm going to sit here and talk about them every single i should show my single week, i should show my face some point. and david, face at some point. and david, it's a no go zone forjews in it's a no go zone for jews in london, isn't it? >> let me tell you an anecdote which i've just received in conversation with a friend about an hour ago on sunday, his son was due to play a football game and came home in tears. >> he was a member of a team set up >> he was a member of a team set “p by >> he was a member of a team set up by a jewish youth organisation about to play a game against the non—jewish youth team in in an area of north london where lots of jews live . the opposing team did not live. the opposing team did not show up in strength. they only had nine players because two of the parents of footballers on the parents of footballers on the opposing team had decided that they didn't want them to be playing jews . what we have seen playing jews. what we have seen in the past three weeks is
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something that is to new me in my lifetime , which is that my lifetime, which is that opposition to israel seems in this country to have crossed over into outright displays of anti—semitism . and just because anti—semitism. and just because people are jewish, they are being shunned , they are being being shunned, they are being discriminated against, they are being abused and attacked . now, being abused and attacked. now, this is we have seen militant or vociferous anti israel, anti—zionist protest in previous episodes of conflict between israel and hamas in the gaza strip, notably in 2021. but this to me is something of a holy different order where the parents of kids living in a prosperous area of north london don't want their kids to play jews . jews. >> yeah, shocking. i'm to going follow that up with you, actually, david, if that's all right. we'll do that off air. david rose, thank you very much. it's politics and investigations editor at the jewish chronicle. shocking it? look, shocking stuff, isn't it? look, i've more coming
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i've got loads more coming your way more this way, including more on this fundraiser . by the way, i'll fundraiser. by the way, i'll give you loads more on give you loads more detail on this. just giving.com/page, this. it's just giving.com/page, fonnard gb news. poppy. fonnard slash gb news. poppy. it's a fundraiser for the royal british legion. i'll tell you about what i'm and what about what i'm doing and what we're do going fonnard we're going to do going fonnard and doing it in light, and why i'm doing it in light, frankly, being frankly, of the cenotaph being barricaded off. already barricaded off. we've already raised now, £1,100 of the raised £1,000 now, £1,100 of the £10,000 total. it's happened like that. we haven't even got started yet. so thank you. but first lovely first it's your lovely headlines. let's go for that . headlines. let's go for that. it's 333. >> i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. we start with some breaking news. the police officer charged with murder following the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly . the officer's name and publicly. the officer's name and date of birth will be made pubuc date of birth will be made public on the 30th of january. their home address or any image of them cannot be published. mr kaba died when he was shot through the windscreen of a car in south—east london last year .
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in south—east london last year. the government has held an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict. 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 , which means an substantial, which means an attack is likely . in other news, attack is likely. in other news, artificial intelligence tools will be rolled out in classrooms across england. the prime minister says the technology will help reduce teachers workloads, with al designing lesson plans and quizzes . it's lesson plans and quizzes. it's part of a £2 million investment in new classroom technology, which is equivalent to employing around 40 teachers and you can get more of all those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com . for stunning gold and silver coins . coins. >> you'll always value rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report.
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>> and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2158 and ,1.1448. the price of gold is £1,644.57 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is . at 7325 points. ftse 100 is. at 7325 points. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . the gb news financial report. >> welcome back. now our former criminals are about to be handed a lifeline by the government . so a lifeline by the government. so under new government plans, convicted burglars and drug dealers will not have to disclose their past crimes to employers in an attempt to cut reoffending. announcing the plans , justice secretary alex plans, justice secretary alex chalk said that being forced to admit their past crimes can be a barrier to former criminals trying to reintegrate into society . under the changes, society. under the changes, pnson society. under the changes, prison sentences of four years
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or more for crimes deemed less serious will become spent after a seven year period of rehabilitation . okay. well, to rehabilitation. okay. well, to give us his thoughts on this story is mark johnson, who's a former prisoner and the founder of lift expert, a charity that seeks to prevent re—offending. luke miall, thank you very, very much. great to have on the much. great to have you on the show. can see both sides of show. i can see both sides of this, but an employer not this, but should an employer not have a right to know if they're employing somebody who's been done for theft or burglary ? done for theft or burglary? >> yeah, i don't i don't think it's i'm with you, actually. there's a for and against. yeah, i think that it's, um . it's, um. i think that it's, um. it's, um. it's going to be a lifeline for a lot of people as you've previously said. um i think the question is to an employer, they want to be informed about the risks of that person . and so, risks of that person. and so, and what's not in this sort of announcement is what the risks are. there's also lots of nuances and caveats to it. so, for instance , um, there is, for instance, um, there is,
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there isn't a list of where you could find your conviction really clearly to know whether you don't have to disclose it and then if you go on to the, the urn, disclosure and barring service, there is a list of things that won't get filtered if you apply for certain jobs. so there is a, there's a lot of detail to this that's not very clear. but but ultimately it comes to down a criminal record is a list of everything that you've done wrong in your life. and what doesn't counteract that is everything that you've done right and surely like in our civil society, you know, you want people, if they've committed a crime , they get committed a crime, they get sentenced. and the sentence is the punishment. but actually through that punishment, i.e. the criminal justice system, there should be a record of everything that they've done that gives you confidence that they wouldn't do the same thing on on release. so i'll give you an example. like 30% of people that go to prison don't get
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reconvicted . there's no reconvicted. there's no distinction about whether those are small crimes or big ones. so somebody who's done some serious violent crime, for instance, who've learnt a lesson in prison would never reoffend again, yet they they'll be the ones that have to disclose their convictions all the way through . convictions all the way through. so, yeah, so it's quite late for me. it's quite a lazy policy. >> okay , i can see that. >> okay, i can see that. i suppose there's the question of deterrence. so if you thought that if you go and rob that shop, for example , and you get shop, for example, and you get caught and then you get criminal record, that that might mean that you will be very unlikely to be able to get a job again in future. or maybe that might put you off doing it. but if you knew that you could go that nick a set of trainers or something and get caught and then you don't have to tell a future employer, i suppose that's less of a barrier to stopping you doing it. is it? >> patrick, we live. our >> but patrick, we live. our society changed right where the
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haves and the have nots have become detached from one another. and there is a perverse incentive actually to think the other way. so why should i bother? right? so why should i bother? right? so why should i bother changing when every time i apply for a job i'm having to get rejected from a hundred job applicants, right? why should i have to tell everybody about everything that i've done wrong? but they don't ask for anything that i've done right? so what you get is this subterranean existence of going, you know what, a life of crime is better. well, i think that's what they're doing. >> i think i think that's what that's they're trying to that's what they're trying to do, it? because if they do, isn't it? because if they say, right, look, realistically, if we currently have a system whereby who been whereby somebody who has been done dealing, if done for drug dealing, even if that's level, that's relatively low level, i'm not it. but even if not diminishing it. but even if it's relatively level or it's relatively low level or theft something, just theft or something, just absolutely job after absolutely can't get a job after that. and then you release them back out the then back out onto the streets, then realistically, expect realistically, what do we expect them they're going do them to do? they're going to do that going to that again. they're going to have to want to have they're going to want to earn money than they'll get earn more money than they'll get on so there's probably
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on the dole. so there's probably going to commit some kind of crime. can definitely see crime. so i can definitely see it from that perspective. i absolutely could you absolutely can. i could you understand some people might understand why some people might say, a and i employ say, if i own a pub and i employ someone or, you know, and i don't know, they've got a history of theft and i give them toss them the keys one night and say, look, could you lock up for me tonight and do the tills? and then turns they've then it turns out that they've been done for that could be an issue, right? >> strangely on list >> well, strangely on the list of the baron so there's no of the baron list, so there's no list for what? what you fall into category where you into this category where you don't disclose, don't have to disclose, but on the barring fraud doesn't the barring list, fraud doesn't come into it. so that is actually a crime that i consider one that's deception and fraudulent behaviour is a crime, whether it's a small crime or not. that's that for me, that is a risk factor in employing people with a conviction . so people with a conviction. so i'll just throw another nuance into this insurance companies, i'm, i'm an ex—offender. my convictions are such a long time ago. i've helped bloomin thousands of people and organisations and policy makers change their their view on
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certain things. yet when i phoned an insurance company for house insurance, i get i have to pay house insurance, i get i have to pay an extra premium because i've got a criminal conviction. yeah and this policy doesn't cover that. so there's another, there's another caveat to the exclusion from back into society. what we need is a, we need a list of things that people and this is you know, like think about it rationally . like think about it rationally. if you've done something wrong , if you've done something wrong, if you've done something wrong, ineed if you've done something wrong, i need you to tell me everything that you've put in place to mitigate that chance of that happening ever again. yeah and it's not there is this policy here is a blanket policy of going, no matter what you've done, no matter what your mind frame is , and then i'll go to frame is, and then i'll go to employers . martin walker, the employers. martin walker, the owner of iceland , said to me, i owner of iceland, said to me, i would do i would employ more people , but i just don't know people, but i just don't know enough about the risks . so what enough about the risks. so what what he's saying to me there is employers need to be informed about the risks and have safeguards to it, not just a
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blanket government policy which i might, i might add, is very convenient in the situation we're now in, where the criminal justice system is in chaos. well, and i suspect, yeah, there's quite possibly got something to do with it. >> yes . look, thank you very, >> yes. look, thank you very, very much, mark. always a pleasure and good luck to you. take care. as mark johnson, a former prisoner, the founder of lived expert, a charity that seeks to prevent re—offending, i can genuinely both sides of can genuinely see both sides of it. can that if i was an it. i can see that if i was an employer and i didn't know that somebody had got a criminal record and then employed record and then they i employed them then they committed them and then they committed exactly of crime that exactly the kind of crime that they'd sentenced they'd been sentenced for earlier bit earlier on. i'd feel a bit miffed no point that miffed that at no point that they had to disclose that to me. but are a of people but there are a lot of people who do genuinely become rehabilitated, a lot of people who do genuinely become reha maybe d, a lot of people who do genuinely become reha maybe for lot of people who do genuinely become reha maybe for whatever ople who do genuinely become reha maybe for whatever reason, who maybe for whatever reason, found themselves situation found themselves in a situation where when they where they was stupid when they were a were young and they committed a crime they will never crime that they will never commit again. and those people shouldn't from having commit again. and those people shouim't from having commit again. and those people shouin 1't country. from having commit again. and those people shouim't country. butn having commit again. and those people shouim't country. but stillving jobs in this country. but still to come. the king visits kenya tomorrow. some want him to use
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to come. the king visits kenya to asirrow. some want him to use to come. the king visits kenya to as an n. some want him to use to come. the king visits kenya to as an opportunity1t him to use to come. the king visits kenya to as an opportunity t01im to use to come. the king visits kenya to as an opportunity to sayto use it as an opportunity to say sorry for britain's colonial past. sorry for britain's colonial past . yeah. okay, then past. yeah. okay, then we'll have about patrick have a chat about that. patrick christys news
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gb news with me, michael portillo, gb news, britain's news channel . news channel. >> welcome back. it is of course, day four. you're watching or listening to me patrick christys on gb news now the king and queen have flown to kenya for a five day state visit today . but amongst visiting today. but amongst visiting nairobi national park, a
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meeting, kenyan marines buckingham palace says the trip will acknowledge the painful aspects of uk and kenya's shared history. his majesty will take time to deepen his understanding of the wrong suffered by kenyan people. apparently so . so there people. apparently so. so there are calls for him to apologise. i'm just going to very quickly, straight off the bat and go to one of the emails that i've had in so far from chris in cambridge. i sincerely hope his majesty does not apologise to kenya for the past on my behalf. that's chris's view. get those views coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. so should the king apologise? will he? who better to talk to about this than royal correspondent and fan favourite ? here at gb news is favourite? here at gb news is michael cole. michael, thank you very, very much. will the king apologise? for as well . apologise? what for as well. >> i think what we will hear are plenty of expressions of sincere regret for some of the painful aspects of our shared colonial past. aspects of our shared colonial past . but the king,
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aspects of our shared colonial past. but the king, you aspects of our shared colonial past . but the king, you know, is past. but the king, you know, is quite a fan of jeeves and wooster , and i'm sure he took wooster, and i'm sure he took note of pg. wodehouse , the note of pg. wodehouse, the author of those stories , who author of those stories, who said it is a good rule in life never to apologise . the right never to apologise. the right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. the problem with apologies is, is that once they're made , they is that once they're made, they open up a pandora's box, a legal pandora's box. and i think that the king will follow the example of the then foreign secretary william hague, in 2013, which was the 50th anniversary of kenya's independence, when he expressed it very fully regret it. and he made a comprehensive statement about what had happened. and it's worth remembering, i think there we see the king with members of the commonwealth. and of course , commonwealth. and of course, this is his first commonwealth
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visit, the first two visits were, of course, to germany and to france . but it's worth to france. but it's worth remembering this mau mau emergency went for on ten years. there's some dispute about how many people who died, but a reliable figure, i think , is reliable figure, i think, is 11,000 people were killed on the mau mau side on the gorilla freedom movement side . and on freedom movement side. and on the other side there were 32 white settlers who were killed in very gruesome circumstances. and more than a thousand people who were loyal to the crown at that time . um, it caused a lot that time. um, it caused a lot of controversy . it was very of controversy. it was very brutal war. there were massacres on both sides. and as i'm sure the king will be stressing , the king will be stressing, there's regret about that . it it there's regret about that. it it was a different time . this was a different time. this emergency began shortly after for the queen who was in kenya when she actually became queen
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in february 1952. and it went on from 1953 for another ten years until kenya achieved its independence in 1963. >> do we need to apologise today, though? and the concern would be, you know, we had we had the ngozi fulani issue, didn't we? marlene hadley . and didn't we? marlene hadley. and there was an apology about that. and then that led to calls for more apologies. and then you're saying, sorry for everything. and and then it's kind of and then and then it's kind of this death spiral of apology . i this death spiral of apology. i think lot of people don't think a lot of people don't really want. people today really want. and if people today haven't anything directly, haven't had anything directly, been directly responsible for anything that's taken place in the past, you know, should our king be apologising on our behalf? now no, i don't believe so. >> so. >> i think we've moved on from . >> i think we've moved on from. short >> okay. sorry, michael. we've got a slight issue with michael's connection there. but but but no matter. i think we got the gist. is michael cole, there is a royal correspondent.
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we're have a debate on we're going to have a debate on that in the hour. okay. so that in the next hour. okay. so we're going to have debate on we're going to have a debate on whether the king should whether or not the king should be apologising britain. be apologising for britain. basically does basically in kenya. this does give me an opportunity to just delve quickly the inbox. delve quickly into the inbox. very is on the very quickly. this is on the re—offending story. people are pointing out to me. so this is about criminals not having to disclose their criminal record to employers and whether or not that's a good thing. people pointing out timpsons in pointing out that timpsons in iceland apparently do have a x con scheme, which i do con work scheme, which i do think is a good thing in the right circumstances. but michael's on, says michael's been on, he says absolutely no, we shouldn't be apologising for anything to kenya. apologising for anything to kenya . and that view is echoed, kenya. and that view is echoed, it must be said at the moment throughout the inbox. vaiews@gbnews.com. keep vaiews@gbnews.com. but keep those think vaiews@gbnews.com. but keep tho should think vaiews@gbnews.com. but keep tho should let think vaiews@gbnews.com. but keep tho should let me think vaiews@gbnews.com. but keep tho should let me know. think vaiews@gbnews.com. but keep tho should let me know. but think vaiews@gbnews.com. but keep tho should let me know. but how( we should let me know. but now last spoke about last week we spoke about britain's loneliest sheep, a ewe which spotted all alone which has been spotted all alone and overgrown . i can relate in and overgrown. i can relate in the scottish highlands, but despite gb news inbox being flooded with concerned emails, some of which have been asking us to send out a rescue party.
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yeah, they have. really? it seems that the ewe might have to face another winter alone as the scottish spca are reassured that the sheep that said to be living on the foot of a cliff for the past two years now isn't in danger and has ample grazing . danger and has ample grazing. apparently they will not be saving our sheep. the sos there, as has fallen on deaf ears . a as has fallen on deaf ears. a lot of concern for the lonely sheep. britain's lonely as sheep, but apparently the sheep is fine. and that's all okay now ijust is fine. and that's all okay now i just want to let you know about something that we are doing this show. so it's doing here on this show. so it's about the royal british legion. it's about a poppy appeal. in the last few weeks, i know that there's been growing concern on about unrest in this country and about unrest in this country and about the desecration maybe of our history and where we're at. and i think that's been brought into sharp focus by what we've seen with the barricading off at the cenotaph and certainly some of around london with of the scenes around london with some the protests that have
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some of the protests that have been taking place and i read an article weeks ago in article a couple of weeks ago in brighton where they could not find somebody to replace a long standing seller , and they standing poppy seller, and they raised about grand in raised about ten grand in brighton year , apparently, raised about ten grand in brigthey year , apparently, raised about ten grand in brigthey were 'ear , apparently, raised about ten grand in brigthey were struggling ently, raised about ten grand in brigthey were struggling to tly, and they were struggling to find somebody out and do the somebody to go out and do the poppy appeal somebody to go out and do the poppy appeal tomorrow poppy appeal there. so tomorrow i'm go to brighton and i'm going to go to brighton and we're going a whole show we're going to do a whole show from brighton and we're going to be at royal british legion be at the royal british legion venue war venue there. and at the war memorial and out and about. and we want to try to raise ten grand for the royal british legion. it's not for just the area of course. area of brighton, of course. it's right across the country. area of brighton, of course. it's ithet across the country. area of brighton, of course. it's ithe royals the country. area of brighton, of course. it's ithe royal british)untry. area of brighton, of course. it's ithe royal british legion. do and the royal british legion. do a lot of work for a heck of a lot of work for armed forces, families, for people served in this people who have served in this country need help country who maybe need help getting employment, who need help who help with mental health, who need find need help trying to find a house. again, to going house. and again, i'm to going be lot more about that be talking a lot more about that in the next hour. butjust in the next hour. but just giving.com/page, fonnard slash gb news, poppy, that's just giving dot com fonnard slash page fonnard slash gb news. poppy page fonnard slash gb news. poppy is the website where you can go and make a donation. now
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we haven't even really got stuck right into this yet, but we've already raised and we'll refresh my screen live on national television now. £1,652 in like 50 minutes. thank you very much, everybody. of our total £10,000. this is amazing. we are 16% of the way there already . and we've the way there already. and we've had debbie and happy to support. she's chucked a tenner in thank you, debbie. denise has given us £20. we've got loads of people. you don't have to give your name. you can give any amount, even just a couple of quid. i've chucked a tenner. i'll put chucked in a tenner. i'll put more in. don't worry. i don't want to get the ball rolling. but it's just giving.com/page fonnard poppy. fonnard slash gb news. poppy. let's to show our let's do our bit to show our veterans love these very veterans some love in these very testing times. patrick christys. gb news channel. gb news britain's news channel. i'm deakin. i'm alex deakin. >> is latest weather >> this is your latest weather update the met office for update from the met office for gb later this week, gb news later this week, wednesday and into wednesday night and into thursday, kieran will thursday, storm kieran will arrive , bringing some very arrive, bringing some very strong arrive, bringing some very strc but even before that we're >> but even before that we're likely to have problems with heavy of heavy rain. a number of met office have been office warnings have been issued. pressure will issued. low pressure will dominate throughout dominate the weather throughout
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this week and the heavy rain returning tonight across northern ireland in the east and potentially going to cause disruption. >> we're particularly concerned about . about flooding. >> a met office amber >> there is a met office amber warning in place here, along with a broad yellow warning, heavy showers across wales and spread into parts of northern england across the midlands through hours. most of through the early hours. most of scotland night. scotland having a dry night. >> chilly one here. >> quite a chilly one here. >> quite a chilly one here. >> touch of certainly on >> touch of frost certainly on the cards for the south. temperatures holding up at 9 or 10 tuesday and 10 celsius onto tuesday and it'll case of some places it'll be a case of some places seeing sunny spells, but there will still heavy showers. >> the should ease through >> the rain should ease through the in northern ireland the morning in northern ireland at be still at least, but there'll be still some heavy bursts in the morning first thing we'll heavy first thing and we'll see heavy showers across and showers across northern and eastern then more eastern england and then more rain into south—west rain coming into the south—west later between. rain coming into the south—west lat(much between. rain coming into the south—west lat(much ofyetween. rain coming into the south—west lat(much of wales, . rain coming into the south—west lat(much of wales, parts of the >> much of wales, parts of the midlands having some sunshine through and again, through the afternoon and again, most dry most of scotland actually dry and fine on the chilly side here with temperatures. with single digit temperatures. >> we should >> but further south, we should at into the teens. at least get into the teens. >> but winds will be picking >> but the winds will be picking up as the rain arrives. >> that isn't storm kieran,
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they want clarity over what's terror, a hate crime, terror, what's a hate crime, what's suella what's extremism? suella braverman secretary has braverman the home secretary has said what's taking place at said that what's taking place at the hate marches , as the moment are hate marches, as i want to know whether or not you still feel safe on britain's streets, you in other streets, did you ever, in other news. this is a cause news. yes. this is a cause that's very close to my heart and to a lot of yours as and i know to a lot of yours as well. we're doing a campaign here at news just over the here at gb news just over the course the couple of course of the next couple of days, trying to raise ten days, just trying to raise ten grand for the royal british legion. they're it legion. they're finding it difficult parts of the difficult in some parts of the country find people country to find people to volunteer, poppies out. volunteer, to give poppies out. so they're out money volunteer, to give poppies out. so thnpotentially out money volunteer, to give poppies out. so thnpotentially tomorrow. noney volunteer, to give poppies out. so thnpotentially tomorrow. i'm zy there potentially tomorrow. i'm going to be doing a big show, a bit of a road show. i'll be telling you about that in a second. but yeah, we've got a just giving at the just giving account at the moment, giving .com fonnard moment, just giving .com fonnard slash slash gb slash page, fonnard slash gb news. poppy, we're trying to raise ten grand for the british legion. on the details of legion. more on the details of this in a second. and we've got this in a second. and we've got this well. the king this story as well. the king going to kenya with the queen should he apologise for britain's history? there are calls for him to apologise for the colonial history,
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the past or colonial history, the past or colonial history, the slave trade, etcetera. do you should do you want you think he should do you want him apologising on your behalf? we'll be discussing this we'll also be discussing this story. the covid inquiry rolls on. i'm normally not that bothered about the covid inquiry , however, your own , however, it's bring your own booze . yes, right. so booze day. yes, that's right. so the who basically organised the chap who basically organised a lot of the parties at the covid number 10 downing covid at number 10 downing street when the covid situation was taking place has been giving evidence. right? so we're going to we're going to to go to that and we're going to hear from patrick christys . hear from that patrick christys. gb news. i'll also tell you a rather bizarre story about nuns going on the run with some fine artwork. so it's nuns on the run. yes, yes, yes, yes. vaiews@gbnews.com. is that email address? get your views coming in probably on some of the more serious topics that we've had there. do you feel safe on the streets of britain? should we raise that terror threat, you think? but right threat, do you think? but right now with anne now it's the headlines with anne armstrong .
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armstrong. >> very good afternoon to you. it's a minute past one. let's get you up to date with the headlines. the home secretary has described propane . stein has described propane. stein protests across the uk as hate marchers earlier today , the marchers earlier today, the government and police held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism unked discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel hamas conflict. the uk's current terror threat stands at substantial, which means an attack is likely . the meeting attack is likely. the meeting follows a rise in anti semitic and islamophobic incidents across the country since the start of october . suella start of october. suella braverman says it's unacceptable , as we've seen now , tens of , as we've seen now, tens of thousands of people take to the streets following the massacre of jewish people. >> the single largest loss of jewish life since the holocaust. chanting for the erasure of israel from the map to my mind, there's only one way to describe those marches. they are hate marches. what the police have made clear is that they are concerned that there's a large number of bad actors who are
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deliberately operating beneath the criminal threshold in a way which you or i or the vast majority of british people would consider to be utterly odious . consider to be utterly odious. >> meanwhile, hamas has released new footage of three hostages who are being held in gaza . the who are being held in gaza. the video shows three women sitting side by side criticising prime minister benjamin netanyahu and asking to be taken home in exchange for palestinian prisoners . mr netanyahu has prisoners. mr netanyahu has condemned the video as cruel psychological propaganda . the psychological propaganda. the families of those being held captive , though, say the video captive, though, say the video has given them hope. it feels good to know that some of them are okay and i don't i can't say what this video means , but to what this video means, but to see that there's a chance that our beloved people are alive gives us a lot of hope to see the deal still alive . the deal still alive. >> and we haven't given up on them yet. >> we know they're alive and
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we're going to do anything we can to bring them back. >> we're not going to stop . >> we're not going to stop. >> we're not going to stop. >> well, gaza is facing an ongoing air and artillery bombardment as israel's ground offensive continues. tanks and troops are pressing into the enclave with the israel defence forces, saying more than 600 military targets have been hit in the last few days. airstrikes have also been reported near gazan hospitals, with israel accusing hamas of hiding military infrastructure in medical facilities . the medical facilities. the palestinian red crescent, though , says it's been warned by israeli authorities to immediately evacuate the al—quds hospital, where some 14,000 people are understood to be sheltering . the police officer sheltering. the police officer charged with murder following the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly. the officer's name and date of birth will be made public on the 30th of january. will be made public on the 30th ofjanuary. their will be made public on the 30th of january. their home will be made public on the 30th ofjanuary. their home address of january. their home address or any image of them, though, cannot be published. mr kaba died when he was shot through the windscreen of a car in south—east london last year.
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more wet weather is set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm kieran this week. there's potential for flooding and transport disruption in northern ireland amid an amber rain warning. heavy rains also expected in southern and southeastern england. the met office is warning that wind of up to 90 miles an hour are expected in some places . major expected in some places. major disruptions expected across ports and meat processing plants in northern ireland as government vets begin a five day strike. members of the nipsa union who work in the veterinary service animal health group are walking out until friday. now they're involved in checks on animals and some food products entering northern ireland from great britain. as our reporter there, dougie beattie explains , there, dougie beattie explains, us government vets going on strike here will cause. >> consider disruption to northern ireland's food chain because of post—brexit arrangements. all food arriving here in redlands must be inspected . it and now the eu are inspected. it and now the eu are
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requesting that those products travel to the republic of ireland and this will take time and inevitably higher costs. the unions are insisting that the secretary of state talks to them as their members . workload has as their members. workload has become much greater due to the framework document . framework document. >> boris johnson's former private secretary says there was a systematic failure on coronavirus. speaking at the covid 19 inquiry, martin reynolds says the scale of the issues at that time looked enormous when questioned whether he knew about the nhs capacity dunng he knew about the nhs capacity during the pandemic, mr reynolds said the situation could have been tracked more closely . he been tracked more closely. he also accused boris johnson of blowing hot and cold on some issues during coronavirus . well, issues during coronavirus. well, more than 60. just stop oil protesters have been arrested following a demonstration in london this morning. it's after 65 activists have been marching to demand an end to new oil and gas . dozens of demonstrators gas. dozens of demonstrators laid down on the road near
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parliament square in westminster. the met police arrested 62 people under section seven of the public order act. we are live across the uk on tv, on digital radio. and if you want us on your smart speaker, just say play gb news. that's it. now back to . patrick it. now back to. patrick >> we are gearing up for remembrance sunday and it's an incredibly febrile and hostile atmosphere in this country . in atmosphere in this country. in a couple of weeks, military heroes will march past the cenotaph in london, the same cenotaph that is currently barricaded up to protect it from being damaged by protesters. angry about what's going on in gaza. we've got clashes taking place on the streets right now next to the cenotaph , the memorial to our cenotaph, the memorial to our fallen heroes, the people who laid down their lives for our freedoms and our way of life. and it turns my stomach . i and it turns my stomach. i wonder what those brave men and
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women must be thinking right now . i wonder what they'd think if they saw people calling for jihad and muslim armies and stuff that. we have stuff like that. we have soldiers being told to not wear their uniforms in public in case they become targets for terrorists. we have heroic wartime leaders like winston churchill being denounced as evil, bigoted villains. we have veterans struggling with crippling mental health issues as a result of their service, struggling to access the resources that should be more easily available to them, many of them, sadly turned to drink and drugs or even take their own lives . we have people who were lives. we have people who were prepared to fight and die for this country. in more recent conflicts lining the streets because we don't have enough housing stock for them . when housing stock for them. when councils and politicians seem able to find billions of pounds collectively for housing stock for those who have just arrived in britain and then we look at what's taking place in schools where children appear to be taught the negatives about britain's military history and
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not the ovennhelming positives . not the ovennhelming positives. is it any wonder then, that places like brighton, which is regarded by many as arguably the wokeist place in britain, struggle to find somebody to sell poppies ahead of remembrance day, there were serious concerns that a long standing poppy seller, who sadly can no longer volunteer, could not be replaced in fact, they only found somebody a couple of days but it got me thinking only found somebody a couple of clearly. there are parts of the uk that struggle to raise money for the british legion , for the royal british legion, which people who have which helps people who have suffered as a result of their service for queen now king and country. it supports their families. it helps veterans with mental health care, with housing to get a job and to adjust to civvy street. it helps their families as well. but it does more than that. it does much more than that. it does much more than that. in a world where our greatest generation is increasingly forgotten, the heroism of the past is now viewed negatively instead of with the love or an adoration that it deserves. in a world where patriotism is all too often seen as a dirty thing,
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where we feel as though we are no longer proud to be british or allowed to be proud to be british. the royal british legion fights the good fight. it epitomises everything that true patriotic brits love about our nafion patriotic brits love about our nation and our national history and that is why i am trying to raise ten grand for the royal british legion. i'm asking you, please to go to . just please to go to. just giving.com/page/gb news poppy that's just giving.com/page fonnard slash gb news is poppy to donate just give whatever you can even if it's a couple of quid and tomorrow i am going to be doing a show from brighton where they have found it quite tricky to get volunteer to tricky to get a volunteer to hand the poppies. and will hand out the poppies. and i will be our beloved be focusing on our beloved military veterans with all the nonsense that's going on in our country at the moment. it is more important than ever that we show our love for our heroes. so please , please, if you can just
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please, please, if you can just go to justgiving.com fonnard slash page , fonnard slash gb slash page, fonnard slash gb news poppy, and just give whatever you can. let's get to ten k . well thank you very much, ten k. well thank you very much, everybody who's already given some cold, hard cash. i've just refreshed the page in front of me right now on my screen and remarkably , it's got to £3,828 remarkably, it's got to £3,828 in like minutes. remarkably, it's got to £3,828 in like minutes . so thank you. in like minutes. so thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody . thank you. thank you, everybody. and yeah really, really lovely stuff this i think the gb news viewers and listeners as well whenever you're asked to mobilise for something like this, you always just go way above and beyond. so thank you. like i said, tomorrow we're going to be doing a bit of a special from brighton . made me special from brighton. made me very when thought that very angry when i thought that they were really struggling in brighton so we brighton to find somebody. so we thought something about thought we'd do something about that are something that and we are doing something about that. so thank you very much, but yes, moving much, everybody. but yes, moving
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on the uk on from that for now, the uk terror threat is remaining at substantial, an attack substantial, meaning an attack is likely, as ministers have today emergency is likely, as ministers have today meeting emergency is likely, as ministers have today meeting errfears1cy is likely, as ministers have today meeting errfears that cobra meeting amid fears that the situation in the the ongoing situation in the middle could over middle east could spill over into uk domestic threats. into uk domestic terror threats. it comes as home secretary earlier on said that pro—palestinian protesters who sing from the river to the sea chants are engaging in hate marches amid fears of this extremism becoming commonplace at the protest, we can hear from her now. let me explain what we've seen over the last few weekends . weekends. >> we've seen now tens of thousands of people take to the streets following the massacre of jewish people , the single of jewish people, the single largest loss of jewish life since the holocaust, chanting for the erasure of israel from the map . to my mind, there's the map. to my mind, there's only one way to describe those marches, and they are hate marches, and they are hate marches . marches. >> well, incredibly strong stuff , no doubt. well, in fact, she is already being criticised by the usual types. but our security editor, mark white, is with us now. he's over tel
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with us now. he's over in tel aviv. mark, so this this threat remaining at the current level, what mean? what are what does that mean? what are the fonnard the options going fonnard in terms raising terror terms of raising the terror threat? what would that mean in a practical sense ? a practical sense? >> well, it's the middle point on that scale being substantial, meaning that a threat, a terrorist attack is likely be if it was to go up to severe, that means a terrorist attack is highly likely. it was at severe for quite a few years, especially around 2017 when we had a multiple terrorist attacks across that year , including, of across that year, including, of course, the westminster attacks, the london bridge attack, the manchester bombing at at one point it went up to critical, which is the highest level on the scale, meaning we are in the midst of a terrorist attack. now, the terrorism threat level is decided by a body known as the joint terrorism analysis centre. there made up of
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intelligence people from the intelligence people from the intelligence services who have , intelligence services who have, of course, at their disposal all of course, at their disposal all of the latest intelligence and threats. so they decide on what the threat level should be, and then they make that public. and of course the public. but in particular public bodies like the police service, other sort of public buildings and institutions , we know that institutions, we know that they've then got to sort of up their preparedness response as well. so the meeting that took place, the corporate meeting, really was looking at the issue in terms of community tensions . in terms of community tensions. and there are very significant community tensions with a huge increase in anti—semitic crimes as in recent weeks and indeed anti—muslim crimes have gone up as well. not to the same degree, but a great deal of concern. and of course, many jewish people, not just looking at what has
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happened on the streets of london with these protests . and london with these protests. and we have to say the majority of people taking part in these protests would not wish to do. jewish people any harm. they are expressing their concern as to what is happening in gaza and the plight of palestinian people. but there were certainly a significant number of people on these marches who do have hate in their heart for the jewish people and they don't just look at that. they look at what's happening around the world where we have had a number of terrorist attacks that have been linked to what is happening in israel at the moment. and then these absolutely shocking, appalling from dagestan. appalling scenes from dagestan. this russian republic last night , where this mob of hundreds of people stormed into the main international airport in dagestan, smashed their way into that airport through secure areas and actually got out onto the airfield itself through
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airside , surrounded the aircraft airside, surrounded the aircraft , were demanding that people from this flight that had just come in from tel aviv show themselves, reveal themselves, show that they are not israelis or jews . and show that they are not israelis orjews . and it show that they are not israelis or jews . and it wasn't just in or jews. and it wasn't just in the airport itself. outside the airport , but they were also airport, but they were also stopping vehicles that were leaving the airport and demanding that people show their passports and other identifying locations. so it could be ruled out if there were jewish or not. and at a hotel in dagestan as well, not far from the airport , well, not far from the airport, where apparently some person had been seen, that this mob believed looked like a jewish person so surrounded this hotel and at one point, the police let them into the hotel to go and check room by room to make sure there wasn't a jewish person. luckily, it seems there wasn't a jewish person in that hotel because here in israel they say that, quite frankly , if they had
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that, quite frankly, if they had got a hold of a jewish person, they would have been lynched. >> yeah. yeah i actually. sorry i actually just can't believe we're reporting on this. it's bonkers. it's absolutely bonkers. it's absolutely bonkers. look, ma, thank you very much. it's really, really concerning times that we've got at the moment. mark white concerning times that we've got at the moment . mark white there, at the moment. mark white there, our security editor in tel aviv. yeah joining me now is vahid beheshti, who's a protestor and activist. he's an iranian dissident. now, people may remember vahid from the time on the first saturday of the pro—palestine protest in london, where people chased him. and then the police found people that had a knife on them that was saying that they were to going attack him. but he joins me now. thank you very much. now, vahid, i understand that you there witnessing you were there witnessing some of the actual the more violent clashes took at the clashes that took place at the weekend . and i think we've got weekend. and i think we've got you, vahid , some of the. all you, vahid, some of the. all right . we'll go back to him. right. we'll go back to him. don't worry. i'll fill you in a
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bit more on why we're actually going to go to in just a going to go to him in just a second, because there were some violent and around violent clashes and around westminster and around the cenotaph place at the cenotaph that took place at the weekend. we played a couple of clips earlier. if we've clips of those earlier. if we've still got them, we maybe still got them, we can maybe wipe the screen now. wipe them up on the screen now. i'll you through if i'll talk you through them if you're listening us on radio. you're listening to us on radio. so had issues like this. so we had some issues like this. we had some others where we also had some others where there clashes what there were clashes between what were as british were described as british nationalists as nationalists and protesters, as well. the police did make some arrests there, but it was violent scenes. things were being thrown at other people. and of kicked right and it all kind of kicked right off, really. actually off, really. and vahid actually witnessed those. and got witnessed those. and it got me thinking where really thinking about where we really are of racial tensions are in terms of racial tensions at the moment on the streets. and one form of extremism that maybe being policed as maybe isn't being policed as thoroughly as people would hope, leading to another form of extremism flourishing on the streets. now we know, don't we, that the major terror threat in this country is the islamist terror threat. but we also hear a lot about how the fastest
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growing terror threat is the far right terror threat. now, surely icannot right terror threat. now, surely i cannot be the only person concerned that if we continue to see protests on the streets like we see with people climbing statues, with people surrounding the cenotaph, with people kicking off on the streets of britain and chanting some very nasty things, that that could britain and chanting some very nastjleadigs, that that could britain and chanting some very nastj lead to, that that could britain and chanting some very nastj lead to a hat that could britain and chanting some very nastj lead to a mobilisationd britain and chanting some very nastjlead to a mobilisation of well lead to a mobilisation of far right activists as well. and then before you know it, there's then before you know it, there's the potential and i think the very real potential and something that i am hoping does not rear its head on remembrance sunday, by the way , of sunday, by the way, of essentially race riots on the streets of britain and that is something i am i am deeply concerned about. and i know a lot of people are as well. we are gearing up for remembrance sunday. the police have to play that one incredibly well because we cannot have footage of our armed forces . i don't want to be armed forces. i don't want to be sitting here reporting on footage of our armed forces and people connected to the armed forces and our political leaders walking through the streets as
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an ounce remembrance. what an ounce of remembrance. what you some climbing you have some people climbing statues, letting off smoke palestine, letting off smoke bombs, talking about israel being a terrorist state in britain, blood on its britain, having blood on its hands all stuff. hands and all of that stuff. i think it would kick off big time, wouldn't it? and something has to be done about that. vaiews@gbnews.com. and fortunately we're not going to get to vahid right now. hopefully we'll get him a hopefully we'll get him on a little later on. no little bit later on. but no matter because i've got a lot more coming your way. loads more on all of the top stories on our website, which is vaiews@gbnews.uk . com. when i vaiews@gbnews.uk. com. when i come back, we're going to be having discussion on as to having a discussion on as to whether or not the king should apologise people kenya apologise to the people of kenya for role in the slave for britain's role in the slave trade and colonialism . of trade and for colonialism. of course, comes amid a state course, it comes amid a state visit there. i am also going to be talking to you about our own poppy appeal here and why we're raising money for the royal british legion. i'm going to be going to brighton tomorrow. now, brighton areas brighton is one of a few areas in where they have in the country where they have struggled to get somebody initially sell the poppy and
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initially to sell the poppy and to british legion to represent the british legion there. concerned there. i'm deeply concerned about what we're seeing in this country. i know cenotaph country. i know the cenotaph gets lot mention. it's a gets a lot of mention. it's a visible i think, it, visible sign. i think, isn't it, of a lack of patriotism and a fundamental disrespect for our war heroes, both dead and alive . war heroes, both dead and alive. so i'm raising a little bit of money. ten grand, hopefully, for the royal british legion, who do a of work for housing a lot of work for housing veterans, for mental health, and for supporting their families as as well. so more on that when i come back. but it's just giving.com/page/gb news poppy and a quick refresh of the screen right now bear in mind that this just giving you have known about this flipping you've known about this flipping you've known about this justgiving for an hour and minutes and an hour and 20 minutes and you've grand. so i you've raised seven grand. so i think going to have to think we're going to have to increase ten grand, aren't increase the ten grand, aren't we? think going to have we? i think we're going to have to this up. all right. to bump this up. all right. thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. much appreciated. thank you. thank you. thank you, every hasy. much appreciated. thank you. thank you. thank you, every hasy. m|dropped>ciated. thank you. thank you. thank you, everyhasy. m|dropped a ated. thank you. thank you. thank you, everyhasy. m|dropped a tenner look has just dropped a tenner in and i had an email in from a chap called steve in walsall and i appreciate one. i really appreciate this one. steve, quickly, i want to steve, just quickly, i want to mention this. he says, look
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patrick, a lot of patrick, i've not got a lot of money, i've donated £2 to your appeal. steve that matters just as if not more, may as as much, if not more, may as someone lobbing grand in. so someone lobbing a grand in. so thank very yeah, thank you very much. and yeah, more on this when i come back. patrick christys. gb news. we are,
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cenotaph was fenced off last week due to concerns and it continues to be by the way, concerns will be concerns that it will be vandalised pro—palestine vandalised by pro—palestine protesters , with the protesters protesters, with the protesters themselves no signs of themselves showing no signs of slowing down. can we be sure that the memorials to our war dead and the remembrance day parades themselves will be kept safe and respected? i have massive concerns about this. i have no i have huge concerns aboutin have no i have huge concerns about in a couple of weeks time, what would happen if something goes badly wrong on remembrance sunday, i hope it doesn't. i know we all hope it doesn't. but concerning times out there at the moment on the streets, let's get the thoughts now of our lieutenant colonel stuart crawford, who is a veteran, of course, who joins me now. thank you very, very much. and we have launched an appeal. tomorrow. i'm going to doing a show i'm going to be doing a show from brighton in trying raise from brighton in trying to raise a bit of awareness and raise a bit of money for the royal british legion brighton struggle to they've sorted british legion brighton struggle to now, they've sorted british legion brighton struggle to now, apparently,|ey've sorted british legion brighton struggle to now, apparently, butve sorted british legion brighton struggle to now, apparently, but they ted
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it now, apparently, but they struggled for struggled to find anybody for a while to sell poppies there, and i that's visible sign of i think that's a visible sign of decline, it, when comes decline, isn't it, when it comes to out of their to people going out of their way to people going out of their way to our armed forces and pay to help our armed forces and pay their to are you their respects to them, are you concerned about about the level of respect shown to our fallen heroes and our current service personnel . personnel. >> good afternoon, patrick. >> good afternoon, patrick. >> and first of all, congratulations on your appeal, which looks as if it's going to exceed your expectations, which is a good sign actually, that perhaps we haven't lost touch with our past. >> but i think the last time i was speaking to you, i did mention that even in my home village of carmunnock , total village of carmunnock, total population 847, the war memorial was vandalised a few years ago and the blast, the brass plaque commemorating the names that who'd fallen in the first and second world war was taken away and sold for scrap . and sold for scrap. >> so i think there is, as the older generation, the wartime generations, if you like, sad ,
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generations, if you like, sad, begin to fade away. and there aren't very many of them left. now we're losing a little bit of touch with what they did to ensure that we live in what is still a free, liberal democracy . still a free, liberal democracy. and thank goodness we do . and thank goodness we do. >> thank goodness we do as well . >> thank goodness we do as well. just to remind her that that just giving page is just giving.com/page fonnard slash gb news poppy, we are now at £9,340. this page has been live for less than an hour and a half . people have known about that and donated. so thank you. bear in mind our original ambition was to hit ten grand. i think we're going to have to change that. and that speaks volumes about the gb news viewers and listeners and what care listeners and what you care about. thank thank you. about. thank you. thank you. thank but but, stuart, i've thank you. but but, stuart, i've got when you see got to ask you, when you see things like the cenotaph being fenced right , things like the cenotaph being fenced right, and you see fenced off right, and you see the threat that could the threat that it could be vandalised , how vandalised or desecrated, how does that make you feel ? well it
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does that make you feel? well it makes me feel very sad, actually, because the cenotaph and the many commonwealth graveyards around the world, probably in more countries than not, plus all the memorials up and down the length of the uk, they are, in fact, britain's sacred ground. >> and that fact should be recognised by everybody, even those who don't like the way the government performs or don't like the way the government approaches crises around the world, which we're well aware of at the moment with gaza and ukraine and elsewhere. but they need that. the protesters need to read the room. and my advice to read the room. and my advice to them would be stay away on remembrance sunday and let the nafion remembrance sunday and let the nation mourn . because if you nation mourn. because if you think that protesting while the nafion think that protesting while the nation mourns is going to strengthen your cause, then you're very much mistaken , you're very much mistaken, because middle britain will not agree or approve of your
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actions. >> hey. hey and well said. and we've hit ten grand. so there we go . that's taken. go. that's taken. >> pretty impressive. >> pretty impressive. >> that's taken less than an hour and a half. and the wonderful viewers and listeners of gb news have just lobbed ten grand at the royal british legion just like that lieutenant colonel stuart crawford , thank colonel stuart crawford, thank you very much . great to you very, very much. great to have you on the show. look, we're keep going. we're going to keep going. obviously. really hope that we're going to keep going. obvigiving really hope that we're going to keep going. obvigiving doesn't hope that we're going to keep going. obvigiving doesn't now that we're going to keep going. obvigiving doesn't now cutt we're going to keep going. obvigiving doesn't now cut off just giving doesn't now cut off donations ten grand cause donations at ten grand cause we've our target. i suspect we've hit our target. i suspect it won't. so please keep giving if giving.com/page it won't. so please keep giving if slash giving.com/page it won't. so please keep giving if slash gi newsom/page it won't. so please keep giving if slash gi news poppyje it won't. so please keep giving if slash gi news poppy ,l it won't. so please keep giving if slash gi news poppy , the fonnard slash gb news poppy, the police to step in and do police need to step in and do their job police need to step in and do theirjob and make sure that police need to step in and do their job and make sure that the remembrance sunday marches and the service and the ceremony that place. is not that takes place. there is not in way interrupted by a in any way interrupted by a baying mob complaining about something that's happening on a different continent, loads more still come now and still to come between now and 5:00, including some severe weather parts of weather warnings for parts of the well. but first, it's the uk as well. but first, it's your latest headlines . it's
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4:30. >> i'm aaron armstrong . home >> i'm aaron armstrong. home secretary suella braverman has condemned the pro—palestine protests across the uk as hate marches earlier , the government marches earlier, the government held an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of domestic terrorism linked to the israel hamas conflict. the uk's current terror threat stands at substantial meaning attack is likely . the police officer likely. the police officer charged with murder following the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly on the 30th of january. mr kaba died 30th ofjanuary. mr kaba died when he was shot through the windscreen of a car in south—east london last year . and south—east london last year. and more wet weather is set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm kieran this week. there's potential for flooding and transport disruption in northern ireland. there's an amber rain warning there. heavy rain also expected in the south and southeast. parts of england. yellow weather warnings in place there . more on all of our
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there. more on all of our stories on our website, gb news.com. stories on our website, gbnews.com. and i'll be back in just under half an hour with more . more. >> well, you heard it mentioned there, but apparently the met office has issued an amber warning for rain as northern ireland especially braces for storm. karen to bring nasty weather for the week ahead. i hopei weather for the week ahead. i hope i pronounced that correctly. it comes several correctly. it comes as several communities fear being completely off by flooding , completely cut off by flooding, as some forecasters warn of a risk to life. joining me now is alex burkill, a presenter from the met office to run us through the met office to run us through the weather for the week ahead. alex, what's going on? >> you're right. it's going to be very unsettled. as you already mentioned , there is an already mentioned, there is an amber warning for northern ireland this evening and overnight. that's a separate feature to storm kieran, because there is so much unsettled weather around in parts of northern ireland. there's a potential for 75 to 100mm of rain as we go through tonight and that is enough to cause some fast flowing flood water as well
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as cause some disruption to travel could be pretty difficult on the roads for some places, particularly in northern ireland as we go through tomorrow morning. but there is more unsettled weather on the way as we through few days. we go through the next few days. yes, storm kieran arriving as yes, storm kieran is arriving as we wednesday night we go through wednesday night into going into thursday, and that's going to very strong winds, to bring very strong winds, particularly english particularly around the english channel channel, coastal parts and southern here we could see southern uk here we could see gusts of 70 to 80, possibly even around 90mph. as we go into thursday. so it is going to be exceptionally windy and very wet, too. laura thank you very much for serving up that warning. >> make sure we all take care out there. as alex burkill, a representative from the met office, just to run us through that extreme weather that he's expecting to batter britain in the days come. the king the days to come. now, the king and queen have flown to kenya for a five day state visit today, but amongst visiting nairobi national park, a meeting, kenya marines buckingham palace says that the trip will acknowledge the painful aspects of the uk and
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kenya's shared history. his majesty will take time to deepen his understanding of the wrong suffered by kenyan people . suffered by kenyan people. apparently so . will the king apparently so. will the king apologise? she should the king apologise? she should the king apologise . well, joined now by apologise. well, joined now by royal commentator angela levin, an actor , femi nylander, both of an actor, femi nylander, both of you, thank you very, very much. always a pleasure to have both of you on the show. much appreciate stated. angela, i'll start with you. it's always ladies this show. ladies first on this show. should the king apologise and do you he will? you think he will? >> i think it's decided that >> no, i think it's decided that he's not going to apologise, but he's not going to apologise, but he will be very understanding and compassion it he's been sent there by the government. >> it wasn't a decision on his part to go and have a nice trip there. >> but kenya and the royal family have got on extremely well over many years . well over many years. >> they've been in dependent for 60 years now. it's just coming up to that. >> so they're keen on being
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members of the royal family. but there is still this way wish after many years that they should get some more money because people weren't given enoughin because people weren't given enough in the mao mao years in 1952. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> okay, femi, i'll ask you that question then. is it about an apology? is it about reparations ? what is it, do you think ? i ? what is it, do you think? i think it's femi. i'm going to go to femi. angela go on. >> oh, sorry. >> oh, sorry. >> both of course. both >> both of course. both >> i mean, if you if you if you punch someone in the face, then you should help pay for the hospital bill and you should at the same time apologise for it. it's either or. this it's not either or. in this case, uk has been case, the uk has has been involved atrocities , torture , involved in atrocities, torture, kind of crimes against humanity in kenya and it's never acknowledged . acknowledged. >> i mean, it's kind of acknowledged that in a very vague way. >> william hague in the house of commons, after kind of being forced to publish documents that
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they hid themselves for a very long um, and brought long time. um, and brought basically on a legal to brought to court by, by kenyan mau mau fighters who were tortured but no , it's never it's never really no, it's never it's never really accepted that responsibility and offered its apologies and i get i hear the argument all the time i >> well charles didn't do that personally. >> but charles is supposed to be supposedly be a representative of the united kingdom. >> he goes and represents the united kingdom on the world stage all the time. >> whether or not that's right or not a monarchist or wrong, i'm not a monarchist personally. so if a personally. so if he's a representative the united representative of the united kingdom, able kingdom, then he should be able to behalf the to apologise on behalf of the united should be united kingdom. he should be able as at the time able to, just as at the time that kenya was a uk colony, um, kenya was a uk colony symbolically under the queen. queen elizabeth um , the late queen elizabeth um, the late queen elizabeth um, the late queen elizabeth. >> so the reality is, of course there should be both and it doesn't really do anything. >> it's all apologies. saying doesis >> it's all apologies. saying does is accept like if, say, sorry, it doesn't cost me anything, does it?
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>> okay, well. well, unless there's a reparation to be had aftennards, suppose. aftennards, i suppose. angela, i'll your do you i'll throw it your way. do you actually think we've got anything for? anything to apologise for? >> i mean, the mau mau rebellion. >> the british people were not good, though we all know that they were violent and they put a lot people up. >> so that was a very de unfortunate thing to do. but they had been forgiven . and in they had been forgiven. and in 2013 they were given £19.9 million by the government . million by the government. they've also been given roads and schools and they've been helped in all sorts of things that they have needed. i think that they have needed. i think that they have needed. i think that the apology is not really necessary because there is enormous warmth and it's just people coming back after a long time deciding that they do want reparation . well, you know, they reparation. well, you know, they are independent now and it's not up to the commonwealth or king charles to actually take over anything. so i think the
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friendship , which is no doubt friendship, which is no doubt still going for on all of them. i mean, prince william asked catherine to marry him. then the queen the queen elizabeth was made queen when her father had died. their prince hassan has loved it and has managed eight charities for children ever since. so it's not as if they've been ignored in any way. i think it's , um. it's just a word . and it's, um. it's just a word. and i think people are very fond of each other both ways . each other both ways. >> is okay for me. what would you say to that? that there has been an apology. there's been 19 and a bit million quid done. some infrastructure built as well. i mean, what more we well. i mean, what more do we need ? need? >>i need? >> i mean, it's the scale of the torture which was flung on and there's actually there are there are clear parallels. i've heard are clear parallels. i've heard a lot of parallels being raised today and in the past few days about the fact that these people
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were rising in rebellion against an occupying power and that is something which has been spoken aboutin something which has been spoken about in the context of what's going on in israel and palestine, which the uk itself is supporting today. >> so there's parallels with the modern world, but the reality is that 19 million for death and people having items shoved up their their genitals and people being hung upside down for days and all that. i mean, when you read these reports, you realise how gruesome it's mediaeval stuff that the uk was engaging in. and this is not to speak of the rest of the colonial history that has with kenya and that the uk has with kenya and the structural adjustment loans and other colonial relation loans that the uk has continued to have with east africa since then. i think that , um, it's then. i think that, um, it's good, it's good that there was an acknowledgement in the house of commons and it's good that something was paid because it does set a precedent of sorts, but it wasn't really enough and again, like the uk has not
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apologised as far as i'm aware. >> angela i think, i think some. oh, go on, come back to that. i can see you. you're itching to go. come on. >> i don't think that you can keep on going back. i mean it was all satisfied. it was all worked up. everybody was okay with it. there's been very good feelings all the way through. there's a great, great meal ready this evening , there's a great, great meal ready this evening, and everybody is very happy with it. so i don't think you want to then keep on and on demanding money. and i think every country around the in the commonwealth will will take that up and they'll want to . money well, they'll want to. money well, that's why i think itjust that's why i think it just that's why i think it just that's my next point that i was i was going to ask actually, and femi, i'll ask i'll ask it to you now, i suppose , is are you you now, i suppose, is are you of the view that every single commonwealth country should be getting some form of reparation and a massive apology ? no, i and a massive apology? no, i don't think really . don't think really. >> i mean, fahmi. >> i mean, fahmi. >> fahmi and then i'll come back
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to you on that, right? >> no, not necessarily. i mean, some countries like, for example , australia, are very rich themselves , but they are themselves, but they are themselves, but they are themselves settler colonies and themselves settler colonies and the populace. >> there are generally descendants of kind of white europeans and of course there should be no reparation. i mean there be reparation to there should be reparation to there should be reparation to the peoples the the indigenous peoples of the australian, but that might come from the australian government itself. of course these things are needs are complex. in every case needs to be taken on its own basis, but i do it's disingenuous but i do think it's disingenuous to that if this happens, it to say that if this happens, it might slippery slope might lead to a slippery slope where because whenever might lead to a slippery slope whereis because whenever might lead to a slippery slope whereis a because whenever might lead to a slippery slope whereis a good because whenever might lead to a slippery slope whereis a good claim se whenever might lead to a slippery slope whereis a good claim and'henever there is a good claim and whenever the uk has done something and have something dodgy and i have to say done a lot of dodgy say it has done a lot of dodgy things and a lot of places that have been paid for and not have not been paid for and not been for, then there been prepared for, then there should reparatory payment. should be reparatory payment. and if this leads to other things, problem is it, things, the problem is it, you know, the portuguese, so know, so of the portuguese, so of so of the all of of the spanish, so of the all of these rich countries, all of stolen, not stolen, all of these. i'm not saying they shouldn't saying that they shouldn't either. saying that they shouldn't eitiyeah. think i think i will. >> yeah. i think i think i will. i'll go to angela on this now. really which is, know, do really which is, you know, do you that, you know, it you think that, you know, it
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could well actually prove negative for charles's base support , as it were, if a lot of support, as it were, if a lot of staunch royalists see him going out and apologising? i don't know how well that plays with you know, people mediating . you know, people mediating. >> the point is that if you are independent and if you've been independent and if you've been independent for 60 years, you cannot then expect to go back to the beginning and say you want money because it doesn't work like that . they they want to like that. they they want to stay within the commonwealth and they all get on and they talk about things and share anxieties and responsibility. but you can't keep on going back . it's can't keep on going back. it's a bit like harry who keeps on wanting to get money from his father. regards of how much he's got himself. i'm not saying they're rich, but they have got now what they've got. amazing sort of third largest start up ecosystem . um, and prince ecosystem. um, and prince charles is king charles is helping them with that. there's lots of things like that. and i don't think you can keep on house funding a country for more
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and more money for me. >> are there ever calls for things like internal reparation in some of the african countries as well? because, you know, it wasn't the case of white wasn't just the case of white people arriving on boats and throwing net over a of throwing a net over a load of black people and bringing them in you know, there in for slaves. you know, there was of, you know, kind of was a lot of, you know, kind of the indigenous population there, the indigenous population there, the native there also the native population there also helping slave trade helping out with the slave trade wasn't not wasn't there. so is there not a case for things like internal reparations then? does that not make a mockery about make a bit of a mockery about britain reparations femi? >> no, mean, well, first >> no, no. i mean, well, first of all, 60 years not that of all, 60 years is not that long a time. >> and i mean, i think i've said this to you before, i am of the opinion that within nigeria, not us on gb news doing us here on gb news doing whataboutery pointing at it of course, nigeria, within course, within nigeria, within any country where certain people still have wealth was based still have wealth that was based on exploitation within the uk, where loads of very wealthy people are wealthy people here today are wealthy because given land by because they were given land by the monarchy and feudal lords 500 years ago, after a load of people were killed in one
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village or this, that or the other. none of that. oh oh, we've lost something. >> i suppose the point i was making there, andrew, i'll go for one final word from from you, angela, which is how far back do we really go here? you know, do start to, going know, do we start to, going you know, do we start to, going you know, scandinavian countries know, the scandinavian countries for vikings did? for the things the vikings did? do after the at do we come after the french at some point if it was working the other around? the moment other way around? at the moment we're giving the french a load of police the of money to not police the channel of money to not police the channel, we? i am channel, aren't we? i am concerned. i am concerned about charles opening charles unwittingly opening the floodgate a group floodgate to, you know, a group of not talking of people. i'm not talking about the kenya here. i'm the people of kenya here. i'm talking you know, kind of talking about, you know, kind of the woke people who maybe do want apologies them to start want apologies for them to start apologising we apologising for everything we saw it saw with ngozi fulani, it doesn't people want people doesn't work. people want people want a bit more. >> it'll go on and asking >> yes. it'll go on and asking more and and we know more and more and more. we know that would ridiculous of that it would be ridiculous of them if they didn't actually think you'd do deal. them if they didn't actually think you'd do deal . will you think you'd do a deal. will you stay with it? and then you move fonnard? i don't think you can keep on all this going backwards and complaining i think is very bad for everyone. and prince
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king charles is actually someone who is very caring about the commonwealth. and i don't think that he should be humiliate treated like that. okay. >> look, both of you, thank you. sorry for me that we lost you. we are going to have to call it a day now, but i'll chat to you again very soon. no doubt. both of you. thank you very, very much. it's angela levin there, royal commentator and actor and activist femi nylander. thank you, you. right. so you, both of you. right. okay so the raging on this. the inbox is raging on this. i'll to the shortly, gb i'll go to the inbox shortly, gb views at gb news. made.com i'll get those read out. but get some of those read out. but an from the covid inquiry an update from the covid inquiry and what really went on with that infamous own that infamous bring your own booze whitehall booze email from a whitehall official. i don't normally care booze email from a whitehall officmuchion't normally care booze email from a whitehall offic much aboutormally care booze email from a whitehall offic much about the ally care booze email from a whitehall offic much about the covidire that much about the covid inquiry. sorry if you do, inquiry. i'm sorry if you do, but i do care about the bring your own booze thing, so i'll be chatting and little chatting about that and a little update justgiving we've update on the justgiving we've hit £20,600 for fundraiser hit 21 £20,600 for a fundraiser that two hours that started less than two hours ago. giving.com/page ago. just giving.com/page fonnard poppy, fonnard slash gb news. poppy, let's our veterans some let's show our veterans some love. thank you
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sunday mornings from 930 on news i >> welcome back. it is just coming up, it's 10 to 5. you're watching or listening to me. patrick christys on gb news now this week, senior downing street officials the height of the officials from the height of the covid pandemic will giving covid pandemic will begin giving evidence covid inquiry, evidence to the covid inquiry, including dominic cummings. remember him , who tomorrow could remember him, who tomorrow could deliver devastating blows deliver some devastating blows to prime minister boris to former prime minister boris johnson doubt will johnson, which no doubt will make viewing gb make fascinating viewing for gb news boris joins our news viewers as boris joins our ranks in the new year. but today
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is of martin reynolds , is the turn of martin reynolds, who the infamous bring your who sent the infamous bring your own email to number 10 own booze email to number 10 staff amid parties in the garden of downing street. joining me now is lisa hartle , all our gb now is lisa hartle, all our gb news reporter for he's been tuning in transfixed to this lisa, i hope you've not brought your own booze to this event but what's been going on? >> so most of the day we heard from martin reynolds as you you mentioned there, the former principal secretary to boris johnson when he was the prime minister. and he was asked briefly about that garden party that he sent an email to staff inviting them to bring their own booze. inviting them to bring their own booze . and he was asked, given booze. and he was asked, given that many people lost their loved ones, they couldn't be with their loved ones as they were whilst was were dying. whilst this was happening they were asked happening and they were asked for which he for his response, to which he said apologised unreservedly said he apologised unreservedly for part he played in that for the part he played in that also the inquiry heard that he turned down the disappearing messages function in a whatsapp group that he was in with officials , top officials in officials, top officials in
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2021. when asked why he did this, he said that he couldn't remember, but he could speculate and he thought perhaps it was because he was worried that someone might screenshot the messages those to the messages and leak those to the press. he was also asked about the operation of the cabinet office he prepared for as office as he prepared for as they were preparing for the pandemic and he told the inquiry it doesn't have it didn't have the and processes place it doesn't have it didn't have thnmove and processes place it doesn't have it didn't have thnmove from processes place it doesn't have it didn't have thnmove from the cesses place it doesn't have it didn't have thnmove from the early; place it doesn't have it didn't have thnmove from the early stage ace to move from the early stage through crisis stage and through to the crisis stage and manage it in a way a normal crisis would be. he also said that in hindsight that ministers should far more should have been far more vigorously testing vigorously looking and testing out pandemic planning and that there had been a systemic failure on coronavirus and plans that they did have in place were insufficient . and he was also insufficient. and he was also asked about ten days in february in 2020, which coincided with the half term break for schools when boris johnson was apparently not contact ed about the pandemic that we heard the news of it breaking in, getting out of control in italy . lee out of control in italy. lee reynolds said that he probably should have done more to make
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that happen, but he said that there were other officials that could also have in could have also have got in touch with the prime minister today. heard from today. we also heard from another former private secretary, sharif, who secretary, imran sharif, who said a of said that there was a lack of fonnard planning government, said that there was a lack of fonnarctherening government, said that there was a lack of fonnarc there ning too government, said that there was a lack of fonnarctherening too much ment, said that there was a lack of fonnarctherening too much focus saying there was too much focus on excessive deaths and not enough focus on preventing those deaths. he also said that with hindsight , deaths. he also said that with hindsight, they should have spent every day in february planning for covid today , we planning for covid today, we were also supposed to hear from lee cain, the former director of communications . but due to communications. but due to timings running over, we'll hear from tomorrow that alongside from him tomorrow that alongside with dominic cummings, the former chief of staff, who will also be presenting evidence to the inquiry tomorrow. lisa thank you very, very much. >> lisa hartle there are gb news reporter reporting the latest from the covid inquiry right now . i always like to finish the hour,ifi . i always like to finish the hour , if i can, with something hour, if i can, with something a little bit different. thou shalt not steal this number eight of the ten commandments and the leading ethical and religious principles for christians and civilised societies. well
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apparently not for a group of ten nuns in avila in spain. they're not in avila in spain. apparently, that's the name of the place who unexpectedly shut up their convent running off with more than 20 treasured paintings and sculptures, taking with them a treasured 17th century depiction of christ . but century depiction of christ. but the nuns on the run have sparked outrage, with hundreds of local villagers protesting against the removal of the historical pieces . it seems like the pearly gates won't be opening any time soon for these spanish sisters. seriously nuns on the run. who would have thunk it? hey, i'm sure well , i hope. would have thunk it? hey, i'm sure well, i hope. i hope they've got a good reason. i hope the nuns at some point speak out and say they were doing this to protect them from falling into the hands of some kind of evil or something like that. hope that this that. i really hope that this isn't a collection nuns isn't just a collection of nuns on you know, like on the take, you know, like a channel five documentary. this isn't when snap. but isn't it. when nuns snap. but there go. so nuns the run there we go. so nuns on the run for you there. and just for you there. and i'm just going delve back in now to going to delve back in now to
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the fund raiser that we're doing. so look, i was looking around. been looking around doing. so look, i was looking arou for been looking around doing. so look, i was looking arou for a been looking around doing. so look, i was looking arou for a couple looking around doing. so look, i was looking arou for a couple ofoking around doing. so look, i was looking arou for a couple of weeks1round doing. so look, i was looking arou for a couple of weeks atund now for a couple of weeks at what been seeing on the what i've been seeing on the streets, london. streets, especially in london. that's i am that's just because where i am at the moment, but no doubt taking place the country taking place around the country as in as well. the protests in relation gaza and israel and relation to gaza and israel and i get that are strong feelings on both sides there. but what absolutely disgusts me is the cenotaph being fenced off and barricaded off. and the idea that that is a massive slap into the face for our fallen heroes. i think that there is an undercurrent at the moment of people who do actually dislike britain and britain's history. and with it, i think it's shames. it brings shame on people who are for and died or been injured or given the ultimate sacrifice or whatever for this nation. and i don't like that. and then i found out that in some areas they're struggling to get people to volunteer or to sell the poppy for the royal british legion and
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again, that that concerns me . i again, that that concerns me. i think right now in this country, we are a very wobbly time. right. a very wobbly time. we are a very wobbly time. right. a very wobbly time . so right. a very wobbly time. so just giving dot com fonnard slash page fonnard slash gb news, poppy. and one of those areas where they were struggling to raise some money was brighton . and i'm going to go and do my show brighton tomorrow to show from brighton tomorrow to get sold and get some get some poppy sold and get some money but that justgiving money in. but that justgiving page has now . hit £22,739. page has now. hit £22,739. that's the breaking news. thank you.thank that's the breaking news. thank you. thank you. thank you. we started this two hours ago, less than two hours ago, aiming to raise ten grand and now already in two hours. you wonderful people have chucked £22,739. make . that £24,715. and to the make. that £24,715. and to the royal british legion, we now need to come together, in my view, and show our veterans and show that we care about them right . and that we do love them
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right. and that we do love them and that we are appreciative of everything that they have done for this country. because i think standing a think we're standing on a precipice now little bit of precipice now of a little bit of national and i don't national hatred. and i don't like that we're going to be talking about this in the talking more about this in the coming thank coming hour. thank you, everybody. i'm patrick christie's.
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life? we are starting to see christmas events cancelled now because of security fears already . so there we go. i'm already. so there we go. i'm just wondering whether or not we are now buckling in the face of terrorism in the streets of britain. now the labour party, of course, has been copping it recently. and look this, a recently. and look at this, a new party, the party of islam, is to register with the is trying to register with the electoral commission. in fact, they tried to register with the electoral commission very, very shortly after it all kicked off between israel and hamas . what between israel and hamas. what will this mean for the electoral landscape in the next general election if certain aspects of the muslim community are not going to vote tory and are not going to vote tory and are not going to vote labour, could they vote for a new party of islam? and what will that mean in terms of majorities, etcetera? this actually a actually seriously could have a massive impact at next massive impact at the next general election. going general election. so we're going to talk about all of that. i'm also going to discuss gb is also going to discuss gb news is popular peel brilliant. popular. peel yes. brilliant. this. look, i'm raising this. okay, so look, i'm raising money. initially started at trying raise ten grand trying to raise ten grand for
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the royal legion . in the royal british legion. in some they've been some areas, they've been struggling people struggling to get people to volunteer sell the poppy. i volunteer to sell the poppy. i am also very concerned about what i'm seeing at the moment, the cenotaph being barricaded off. we are going to have remembrance a couple remembrance sunday in a couple of and what i hope we of weeks time and what i hope we don't see is outrageous protests taking place during that memorial service. but i fear that we might. i wanted to raise a bit of money just giving .com fonnard slash page, fonnard slash gb news poppy . and you slash gb news poppy. and you wonderful people have already donated more than £26,000, which is bonkers considering this has only been going for an hour or so. i'm going to be doing my show tomorrow from brighton . show tomorrow from brighton. more on this. i'll go into more detail on all of that in another story. now x offenders. so drug dealers thieves could not dealers and thieves could not have to disclose their criminal record to employers in a bid to try to get them back on the employment ladder . is that employment ladder. is that right? or do you think that actually employers have a right to know? is this them getting
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off scot free? more on that. and finally , i know save our sheep. finally, i know save our sheep. look at this fluffy , lovable look at this fluffy, lovable little thing. well, it's stranded on its own, apparently at the bottom of a cliff on a remote scottish island . and remote scottish island. and we're not going to be going to save it. okay. the rspca said we're not going to save the sheep. the sheep is happy enough. it's got loads of grass. this has caused massive controversy. britain's loneliest sheep. saving our sheep. should we be saving our sheep? christys dup news sheep? patrick christys dup news . yes. and when i come back after the news, we do have a little bit of breaking news to bnng little bit of breaking news to bring you about a concert that has been asked to resign from their position because cause they have called officially now for a ceasefire in israel and gaza. for a ceasefire in israel and gaza . gaza will be telling you gaza. gaza will be telling you exactly who that is and the circumstances surrounding that very, very shortly. but quite significant, a tory breaking ranks and it ties in with what
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we're going to talk about about this new party of islam. where's the labour to go? all the labour vote going to go? all of so make sure you stay of that. so make sure you stay tuned. vaiews@gbnews.com. but right now it's your headlines with . aaron a good evening to you. >> it's 5:03 aaron armstrong here in the gb news room. we'll start with some breaking news. the israeli government's confirmed 14 british nationals were among those to die during the hamas attacks on the 7th of october. two others are still missing and they may be held hostage. we'll bring you more on that as soon as we get it. meanwhile israel's defence forces says a soldier has been rescued from gaza in a post on formerly known as twitter. the idf says she was found during a ground operation this evening. more on that one as soon as we have some details on that comes as hamas released new footage of hostages being held in gaza. this video , though, is showing
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this video, though, is showing the families who are watching the families who are watching the video. it shows three women sitting side by side in captivity and the three people sitting side by side have been criticised. the prime minister asking to be taken home in exchange for palestinian prisoners. well, benjamin netanyahu has condemned the video as cruel psychological propaganda , but the families of propaganda, but the families of those being held captive say the video has given them hope. it feels good to know that some of them are okay. >> and i don't i can't say what this video means, but to see that there is a chance that our beloved people are alive gives us a lot of hope to see the they're still alive and we haven't given up on them yet. >> we know they're alive and we're going to do anything we can to bring them back . can to bring them back. >> and we're not going to stop here. >> the home secretary has described faux pas mark steyn
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protests across the uk as hate marches . earlier today. the marches. earlier today. the government and police held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism unked discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict . the uk's current conflict. the uk's current terror threat level stands at substantial , which means an substantial, which means an attack is likely . the meeting attack is likely. the meeting follows a rise in anti semitic and islamophobic incidents across the country since the beginning of october. suella braverman is urging police officers to take a zero tolerance approach to anti—semitism . anti —semitism. >> as we've anti—semitism. >> as we've seen now, tens of thousands of people take to the streets following the massacre of jewish people. the single largest loss of jewish life since the holocaust, chanting for the erasure of israel from the map . to my mind, there's the map. to my mind, there's only one way to describe those marches . they are hate marches . marches. they are hate marches. what the police have made clear is that they are concerned that there's a large number of bad actors who are deliberately operating beneath the criminal threshold and in a way which you
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or i or the vast majority of british people would consider to be utterly odious and that bit of breaking news, patrick mentioned a moment ago, tory mp paul bristow has been told to leave his government job as a parliamentary private secretary at the department for science, innovation and technology . innovation and technology. >> after urging rishi sunak to back a permanent ceasefire in gaza, a downing street has said his comments aren't consistent with the principles of collective responsibility . the collective responsibility. the police officer charged with murder following the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly. shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly . the officer's named publicly. the officer's named publicly. the officer's name and date of birth will be made public on the 30th of january. their home address, or any image of them, though, cannot be published. mr kaba died when he shot through died when he was shot through the windscreen a car the windscreen of a car in south—east london year . south—east london last year. more wet weather is on the way andits more wet weather is on the way and it's set to bring disruption to several parts of the country ahead of the arrival of storm kieran this week. potential for flooding and transport disruption appears to be high in
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northern ireland amid an amber rain warning. heavy rain also rain warning. a heavy rain also expected in the south and south—east of england. the met office is warning that gusts of up to 90 miles an hour are expected in some areas. just stop oil activists who climbed a motonnay gantry on the m20 m5 have avoided being jailed at the high court . at two protesters high court. at two protesters were handed suspended sentences for deliberately defying an injunction, while a further ten were not given any penalty. after the judge found they'd not been made aware of the injunction by just stop oil protest organisers. it comes as 62 just stop oil activists were arrested at a demonstration in london this morning after lying down on the road near parliament square . more down on the road near parliament square. more on all of down on the road near parliament square . more on all of those square. more on all of those stories in our later bulletins . stories in our later bulletins. for the moment, that's it. now back to .
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back to. patrick >> welcome along. well, yeah, we start with this breaking news that tory mp paul bristow has been told to leave his government job as a parliamentary private secretary at department science , at the department for science, innovation technology. after innovation and technology. after urging sunak to back urging rishi sunak to back a permanent ceasefire in gaza . permanent ceasefire in gaza. that's according to number 10. a number 10 spokesperson said paul bristow has been asked to leave his post in government following comments that were not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility . be of collective responsibility. be well , there we go. our security well, there we go. our security editor, mark white, is in tel aviv for us right now. mark, so what is the latest on paul bristow , then mp in bristow, then mp in peterborough? he's got quite a marginal seat, i think, with a large muslim community within that. and he's kind of broken ranks from the tory lines, hasn't he? he's been asked to quit . quit. >> yes . i mean, he quit. >> yes. i mean, he is in the most junior rung of the ministerial ladder being a
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private secretary to the department of science , department of science, innovation and technology. but nonetheless, because of collective responsibility within government , he has broken ranks government, he has broken ranks with that. so he's been asked to step down. he wrote to the prime minister saying that , you know, minister saying that, you know, in light of the fact that thousands of people had been killed because of the operation in gaza and more than a million people had been displaced, he failed to see how that could make israel any safer. so he's entitled to his viewpoint point, but not to publicly express that when you are in government and you have to abide by collective responsibility. so that's why he's gone . and of course, it's he's gone. and of course, it's different or certainly the labour opposite leader keir starmer has decided to take on a different approach in that members of his shadow cabinet who are also voicing similar
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concerns, he is just saying, you know, they have their viewpoint, that's fine and you know the line of the party is still that he would absolutely back human attarian pauses. but he doesn't back a permanent ceasefire . back a permanent ceasefire. >> no, indeed. well, we'll get more on the fallout of all of this very shortly. actually that is that paul bristow, mp has been to told quit his government post after calling for a permanent ceasefire in gaza, kind of breaking ranks, though. just tie in with something. i'm going to be talking about a bit later on, actually about about the political landscape in britain actually being changed as of this. there's as a result of this. there's a new party that's looking to be registered the electoral registered with the electoral commission called the party of islam. well, one islam. they could well, one conceivably up a conceivably could say mop up a lot votes from labour. what lot of votes from labour. what on that mean? there's on earth will that mean? there's kind seats, apparently, kind of 30 seats, apparently, that now that labour could be now vulnerable if and it is a big vulnerable to if and it is a big if. of course everybody kind of
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went to party. so it's went to that party. so it's a fascinating what this is doing to the political landscape. but but you are, mark, but back where you are, mark, because we're going talk because we're going to talk about a later on. about that a bit later on. i understand that there's been understand now that there's been some of the some updates, some of the breaking news in relation to an israeli is right? israeli soldier. is that right? >> yeah. big development this evening that is being welcomed of course, by people right throughout israel , and that is a throughout israel, and that is a hostage , an israeli female hostage, an israeli female soldier , the called ori megxit , soldier, the called ori megxit, who was being held hostage by hamas . she was kidnapped on the hamas. she was kidnapped on the 7th of october during these attacks . well, she has been attacks. well, she has been freed in an operation by israeli defence forces in to gaza. so the first success us of this ground operation , which of ground operation, which of course has its stated aim not justin course has its stated aim not just in destroying hamas, but to try to free those hostages being
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held. there's a great deal of concern amongst hostage families andindeed concern amongst hostage families and indeed even people in israel about the potential for the ground operation actually maybe to do more harm than good going in there . could it risk the in there. could it risk the lives of those hostages? we know that the go ahead for the ground operation an was taken after diplomats had fed back to the israeli war cabinet that the hostage negotiation talks between qatar and hamas had stalled , that hamas was just stalled, that hamas was just playing for time. stalled, that hamas was just playing for time . and then the playing for time. and then the decision was taken to launch the ground operation mission that we're seeing now will opole, justin we're seeing now will opole, just in the last few days of israeli cities in showed that about half agreed that there maybe should be a pause in that ground operation to allow more talks for those hostage negotiations. but i think this will be seized on by the israeli government and the israeli defence forces as one sign that
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that ground operation can have its successes. it can lead to hostages being freed . and that's hostages being freed. and that's exactly what they've done , being exactly what they've done, being able to rescue this israeli soldier. >> mark, thank you very much. mark white there, our security editor who is in tel aviv for us, hitting a couple of different stories there. that one that conservative mp paul bristow, has been asked to leave his government post after calling a ceasefire we'll calling for a ceasefire we'll have bit more on that. but have a bit more on that. but back streets of britain , back to the streets of britain, okay. because for the third weekend in a row , we saw massive weekend in a row, we saw massive protests . and since then, protests. and since then, there's been calls for the terror threat to be increased. we've had the odd little christmas event being cancelled. i say little, the largest ice skating event at kensington palace has been cancelled because of security fears . we're because of security fears. we're not quite in november yet, are we? but they're cancelling things in the run up to christmas, you know, why is that really? concerns really? there's serious concerns from the met police saying we need more clarity on is need more clarity on what is extremism and what's terror. i
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mean, can i politely suggest that maybe people are calling for on the streets of for jihad on the streets of britain is tantamount to extremism, but, you know, who am i but someone who knows i to say? but someone who knows all too much about extremism is vahid beheshti, who's a protestor, active list and an iranian dissident. thank you very, very much for joining iranian dissident. thank you very, very much forjoining us. very, very much for joining us. i know we tried to get you earlier and we couldn't quite manage lock you down in terms manage to lock you down in terms of connection you were of connection when you were there. with another there. i believe with another regular on the show, mahyar tousi, who's a political commentator, a friend the commentator, a friend of the channel at the weekend, and you saw some quite violent clashes in london, didn't you ? could you in london, didn't you? could you talk to us about what you saw, please ? please? >> it was outrageous . was this >> it was outrageous. was this weekend, you know, so they gone so far into that point at which they attacking our police officers just outside our camp, about 20m away from our camp here, they hit the police officers with the object and the police officers, as far as i
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saw, it, is gone unconscious. so we don't understand how we allow these people to act like that in these people to act like that in the streets of london. but i am not surprised by that . not surprised by that. >> let me tell you this, because for we past 17, 18 years, me and my other human rights activists , my other human rights activists, we've been warning our leaders about the expansion of extremism here in this country because we allow the organisations terrorist organisations like irgc , to be active on our soil. irgc, to be active on our soil. two months ago, jewish chronicle revealed one conference which has been hold in uk , which one has been hold in uk, which one of the irgc , islamic of the irgc, islamic revolutionary guard corps from iran, who was giving a speech to our youth here in the uk and brainwashing our youth. so we have a big problem with extremism and they cannot accuse me with islamophobia or with
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anti immigration because i am talking as a muslim and i'm talking as a muslim and i'm talking as a muslim and i'm talking as someone who is an immigrant. >> but we have a big problem in this country. >> we have a big problem with our immigration system. we have to know we are going to let to know if we are going to let people in. we have to know their background. we cannot open our gate that here. gate just like that here. >> but we are facing this problem. what we are facing in this in the street of london and other cities, unfortunately , i other cities, unfortunately, i have to give this news to our to your audience. >> it's going to get worse and worse in next coming weeks. but there is important matters. >> vahid, on that on that on that, i am and this is one of the reasons why i am raising money now, just giving.com/page fonnard slash gb news poppy. and i suspect this is the reason why we've already exceeded our original target by 314% in two
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hours because a lot of our viewers and a lot of our listeners are absolutely terrified that we're going to see in a couple of weeks time a massive issue with protesters on remembrance sunday in this country, where it's a day to honour our veterans. it's a day for patriot ism. it's a day for remembrance. it's a day for britain and britain around the world as well. and that we're going to see an undercurrent of people who actually wish britain, syria harm. and you seem to be quite fearful that thatis seem to be quite fearful that that is coming . that is coming. >> thank you. yes >> thank you. yes >> well, let me use this opportunity , because in my other opportunity, because in my other interviews , i—25 from israel, i interviews, i—25 from israel, i said that two days ago today, i'm going to invite our intelligence service from uk. and i said from the other countries, but especially our intelligence service in the uk, please follow the money. >> see where the money comes from in order to organise this massive protest in last three saturday, we have to know where
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the money comes from in order to organise this protest. >> because if you look at the latest speech of the coordinator of irgc , islamic revolutionary of irgc, islamic revolutionary guard corps for the two days before this saturday and the supreme leader of iranian regime , ali khamenei, they called for this. they said, we are calling all our muslims allies to heat and target the uk's and the usa in trust in their soil, in and target the uk's and the usa in trust in their soil , in their in trust in their soil, in their land and other european countries. so we have a big problem of extremism here in this country, which we have to look into it very carefully . look into it very carefully. othennise it's going to be out of control , which i think we are of control, which i think we are not far . not far. >> yeah, we're not far off. hey, look , thank you very much and look, thank you very much and thank you for making the time for today. i'll talk to for us today. and i'll talk to you again soon as vahid beheshti , who is a protester, an , who is a protester, is an activist. an iranian activist. he's an iranian dissident. summarise, dissident. just to summarise, as
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he witnessing on saturday, he was witnessing on saturday, some of the clashes between people were saying these are these are british nationalists against, you know, radicals on the other side . i don't know how the other side. i don't know how you bracket it. if it's as black and white as that, but extremism breeds extremes ism. that is what i will say. and we are not clamping down on extremist on the streets in britain in a way that i think the vast majority of british people would like to see done. and that is going to make extremism all sides even make extremism on all sides even worse. and we have got now a situation where the cenotaph is being barricade added, where we're going to see british war heroes, british veterans serving british military personnel are walking through the streets in the next couple of weeks. people geanng the next couple of weeks. people gearing up for the poppy, selling and all of this stuff. and a very , very, very and a very, very, very intimidating, hostile atmosphere to that. and i don't like that. and i do not want to have that. and i do not want to have that. and i'm raising money to show that our veterans actually are
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cared for and are valued. and our british history is cared for and and that is why i'm and valued. and that is why i'm fundraising justgiving.com fonnard fonnard fonnard slash page, fonnard slash poppy and that slash gb news poppy and that appeal has already raised now £32,263 in the last two hours and 20 minutes. so thank you. thank you. thank you. tomorrow i'm going to be doing my show from brighton. why brighton? well, because like many other parts of the uk, they struggle well, because like many other pafindf the uk, they struggle well, because like many other pafind somebody hey struggle well, because like many other pafind somebody who itruggle well, because like many other pafind somebody who woulde to find somebody who would volunteer to sell the poppy. okay. for a combination of different reasons. but i thought, well, we're not having that. so we're going to go to brighton tomorrow. we're going to a few poppies, to try and sell a few poppies, see we and try and see what we can and try and raise a bit of money for the royal british legion, a royal british legion, who do a lot for armed forces, who do lot for our armed forces, who do a for the families of people a lot for the families of people in armed forces who try to in our armed forces who try to get veterans some housing, who tries get them some mental tries to get them some mental health very concerned health care. i'm very concerned about of this country health care. i'm very concerned abthe of this country health care. i'm very concerned abthe minute. of this country health care. i'm very concerned abthe minute. andthis country health care. i'm very concerned abthe minute. and this:ountry health care. i'm very concerned abthe minute. and this ismtry at the minute. and this is something we can do. and something that we can do. and you doing so. you to you are doing so. thank you to put bit of money right in the
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put a bit of money right in the pockets of people who care for veterans, care britain. veterans, who care for britain. gb news.com veterans, who care for britain. gbnews.com fonnard slash page fonnard news poppy fonnard slash gb news poppy a whopping thank whopping 32 grand already. thank you. says you. fantastic stuff. that says a of a lot about the people a heck of a lot about the people who watch and listen to this show. thank you. now coming up, the divisions the the growing divisions within the labour gaza labour party over the gaza conflict. sir conflict. yes. now, sir keir starmer facing biggest starmer is facing the biggest challenge leadership
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christys here on gb news. it is just about to go 5:25. well, it appears gaza might be the issue that has sir keir starmers labour party apart as mayors and councillors and shadow ministers urge the leadership to back calls for a ceasefire. now the government also faces its own rebellion as pm paul bristow is told to quit over backing calls for a ceasefire in gaza. so a number 10 spokeswoman said paul bristow has been asked to leave his government post following comments that were not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility . of collective responsibility. pretty well. this is interesting. so paul bristow is the tory mp for peterborough , the tory mp for peterborough, part of peterborough anyway, and he has come out and called for a ceasefire for now. it's fascinating because paul has a quite a large muslim population there , which he's very active in there, which he's very active in and he's very ingrained in and are very active in voting for
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it, frankly. okay. we know that the labour party has seen a load of labour councillors resign and quit over their stance, not calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and it also ties in for me with something that was spotted at the weekend by initially the daily express which may have gone under the radar here. so a party of islam is looking to be registered with the electoral commission. it submits an application to the electoral commission and it promises to, quote , help all of promises to, quote, help all of the minority in the land of great britain have a voice as it goes on to say, we will make sure that all problems which ungen sure that all problems which linger. i'm not responsible for the grammar of this by way. the grammar of this by the way. we will sure that all we will make sure that all problems linger the problems which linger in the great country of great britain is defeated. right okay. now there's a sizeable number of seeds believed to be around 30 labour seats that are heavily reliant on the muslim vote. okay
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if they decide to go and vote for a party of islam, labour could be in massive trouble in those seats. and as we're seeing now , some conservative mps now, some conservative mps potentially breaking ranks as well . i think potentially breaking ranks as well. i think this potentially breaking ranks as well . i think this poses well. i think this poses a really interesting question as to what may happen at the next general election. would this dent labour's chances of an outright majority ? i mean, this outright majority? i mean, this could could in theory yield seats for a new party in this country, the party of islam? what does that mean, a religious based party in this country potentially getting seats at the next general election? look, it's a long way off in terms of it's a long way off in terms of it actually coming to fruition. and a lot can happen. good grief, if a week is a long time in politics, then certainly the best part of a year is, isn't it? and anything can happen. politics parties may politics may change. parties may make different stance on make a different stance on what's going on in and what's going on in israel and gaza at moment. but i just gaza at the moment. but i just think is one to watch, think that is a one to watch, that it's one watch that if that it's one to watch that if plenty seats in this country plenty of seats in this country could turned owned by a
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could be turned owned by a so—called party of islam. and what would that mean for britain going fonnard, do you think? if we had an overtly religious based party gaining seats at the house of commons, is that something that people should feel about? it feel concerned about? is it something just an something that's just an expression of democratic process? we have people process? if we have people in this willing to this nation who are willing to vote a party that explicitly vote for a party that explicitly has religious fundamentalism at its core, i suppose that is their democratic right, is it not? get your views coming not? but get your views coming in. gb views gb news. .uk. the uk terror threat is of course remaining at substantial as well, meaning that an attack is likely as ministers have today attended an emergency cobra meeting amid fears of the ongoing situation in the middle east and that it could spill over uk domestic terror over into uk domestic terror threats . we've had suella threats. we've had suella braverman talking earlier on, but on this exact note, i'm going to take you live right now to israel's leader, benjamin netanyahu , who is currently netanyahu, who is currently talking and giving the nation an update. >> horrific crimes. imagine all.
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>> horrific crimes. imagine all. >> and they're part of the axis of evil that iran has formed and axis of terror that works by arming, training and financing hamas in gaza , hezbollah in hamas in gaza, hezbollah in lebanon, the houthis in yemen, and other terror proxies throughout the middle east and beyond. >> the middle east in fighting hamas and the iranian axis of terror. israel is fighting the enemies of civilisation itself. victory over these enemies begins with moral clarity . begins with moral clarity. >> it begins with knowing the difference between good and evil , between right and wrong . , between right and wrong. >> it means making a moral distinction between the deliberate murder of the innocent and the unintentional casualties that accompany every legitimate war. even the most just war. >> it means holding hamas responsible for the double war crime it commits every day by deliberately targeting israeli civilians while deliberately using palestinian civilians as
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human shields. it means making clear that the use of human shields is not only an immoral tactic of terror , but also an tactic of terror, but also an ineffect one. because as long as hamas use of palestinian human shields result in the international community blaming israel , international community blaming israel, hamas will continue to use it as a tool of terror. and so will others. hamas will continue to use the basements in gaza's hospitals as the command post of its vast terror tunnel network. it will continue to use mosques as fortified military positions and weapon depots , and positions and weapon depots, and it will continue to steal fuel and humanitarian assistance from u.n. facilities . while israel is u.n. facilities. while israel is doing everything to get palestinians civilians out of harm's way , hamas is doing harm's way, hamas is doing everything to keep palestinian civilians in harm's way. israel urges palestinian civilians to leave the areas of armed conflict while hamas prevents those civilians from leaving those civilians from leaving those areas at gunpoint. hamas
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is also preventing foreign nationals from leaving gaza altogether and most despicably, hamas is holding over 200 israeli hostages , including 33 israeli hostages, including 33 children holding them , children holding them, terrorising them , keeping them terrorising them, keeping them as hostages . every civilised as hostages. every civilised nafion as hostages. every civilised nation should stand with israel in demanding that these hostages be freed immediately and freed unconditionally . i want to make unconditionally. i want to make clear israel's position regarding a ceasefire just as the united states would not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of pearl harbour or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october 7th. calls for a ceasefire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism . that surrender to barbarism. that will not happen . ladies and
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will not happen. ladies and gentlemen , the bible says that gentlemen, the bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war. this is a time for war, a war for our common future .today war, a war for our common future . today we draw a line between the forces of civilisation and the forces of civilisation and the forces of barbarism . it is a the forces of barbarism. it is a time for everyone to decide where they stand. israel will stand against the forces of barbarism until victory. i hope and pray that civilised nations everywhere will back this fight because israel's fight is your fight because if hamas and iran's axis of evil win, you will be their next target. that is why israel's victory will be your victory. but make no mistake, regardless of who stands with israel is drill will fight until this battle is won and israel will prevail. may god bless israel and may god bless all those who stand with israel .
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all those who stand with israel. >> okay. as benjamin netanyahu, there , the israeli prime there, the israeli prime minister, just giving an update on the latest in the war. he was saying that israel will win, that they're going to destroy hamas. he was making it abundantly clear that hamas is the one that's trapping civil evans there, and that is hamas responsible for civilian deaths and is stopping people from fleeing essentially that it's holding hostage, that the holding people hostage, that the moment that was israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu giving an update on both hamas and the state of play when it comes to the conflict. so that's the very latest from israel. we'll bring you more on it, of course, as we get it. can i just do a little bit of a rewind here on the latest from from from britain's streets as well. just before we went to benjamin netanyahu there because i was going to play you the latest from suella braverman, our home secretary might be secretary i'm hoping i might be able fill you in so it's able to fill you in on so it's been a big day for the uk terror threat for and extremism on the
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streets of britain over here as a of what we're seeing a result of what we're seeing and hearing going on, and what we're hearing going on, they're signs of they're showing no signs of stopping, israel stopping, obviously, with israel and braverman and hamas. suella braverman attended an emergency cobra meeting. there was talk of whether not we were going to whether or not we were going to raise the terror threat. we're seeing the police now calling for what extremist for clarity on what is extremist ism, what they arrest ism, what can they arrest somebody for ? what get somebody for? what can they get a realistic prosecution for? our home he did not mince home secretary he did not mince her words after there were clashes on the streets of britain for a third week in a row. here's what she said. let me explain what we've seen over the last few weekends . the last few weekends. >> we've seen now tens of thousands of people take to the streets following the massacre of jewish people. the single largest loss of jewish life since the holocaust, chanting for the erasure of israel from the map. to my mind, there's only one way to describe those marches. they are hate marches . marches. they are hate marches. >> now, contrast those hate marches , as she calls it, with marches, as she calls it, with
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what we're going to see in a couple of weeks, which is remembrance sunday, which is members of our armed forces and their families and everybody walking of walking through the streets of london same cenotaph london past that same cenotaph that barricaded to that is currently barricaded to off from protesters. off protect it from protesters. defaecating and desecrating it and that stuff. okay. and all of that stuff. okay. terrible scenes. i've got a justgiving page going on at the moment to show our veterans some love just giving.com/page fonnard slash gb news. poppy, i'm doing a show tomorrow from brighton where we're going to do a bit of poppy selling and we're going to be trying to drum up a bit support there. why? bit of support there. why? because is because brighton, which is regarded britain's regarded as many as britain's wokeist area, struggling wokeist area, was struggling initially somebody to initially to find somebody to go and the poppy which and sell the poppy there, which is of the times. i think is a sign of the times. i think i asked for ten grand. we have hit £41,000. you have hit £41,000, says we owe so much £41,000, jim says we owe so much to our veterans. jim's tucked in a tenner justgiving.com/page four slash gb news poppy tom also giving £10. brilliant thing to do. he says great work. those who died for us deserve the world, says theresa, who's given £50. but there's some other
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little donations as well which mean the absolute world as well. you throw £2, can you can throw in £2, you can throw in a fiver , you can throw throw in a fiver, you can throw in anything. keith in bradford has given £50. thank you. donna's given thank you donna's given a fiver. thank you very much. now, i would argue more than ever in recent times that i more than ever in recent times thati can more than ever in recent times that i can think of, i think we need to show where our priorities lie as a nation , what priorities lie as a nation, what we're really about here. all right. there are a lot of good patriotic brits out there who really do care about our armed forces and care about our national history and want to show that. and now i think it's the time to do it just giving.com/page, fonnard slash gb poppy you gb news. poppy thank you a million times. thank for million times. thank you for everybody for smashing it out of the i've got loads the park right i've got loads more coming your way including how prevent criminals from how do we prevent criminals from re—offending. question how do we prevent criminals from re—o has ding. question how do we prevent criminals from re—o has had. question how do we prevent criminals from re—ohas had people question how do we prevent criminals from re—o has had people scratchingn that has had people scratching their heads for years. but justice secretary alex chalk thinks the answer under thinks he's got the answer under his burglars his plans, convicted burglars and drug dealers will not have to disclose their past crimes to employers, something that he thinks will show that we can get them back into employment. more
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the people's. channel >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. so >> okay. so look, >> okay. so look, how >> okay. so look, how do >> okay. so look, how do we prevent criminals from reoffending? that is the question that has had people scratching their heads for years now. our justice secretary, alex chalk, he thinks he's cracked it. he thinks that under his plans, convicted burglars and drug will have to drug dealers will not have to disclose their past crimes to employers. so no, i mean, it's not quite is it? it's
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not quite lying. is it? it's just not telling them the truth. and that that might help them get job more easily. well, get a job more easily. well, i suppose will, because you suppose it will, because you won't a won't know that they're a criminal. there's isn't criminal. so there's that, isn't there? this a feasible plan there? is this a feasible plan to debate this? i'm now to debate this? i'm joined now by reformed burglar lennox rogers senior rogers and former senior investigating officer the investigating officer at the met police, simon harding . shapps, police, simon harding. shapps, thank much. great to thank you very much. great to have show. right, have you on the show. right, lennox, start with you. lennox, i'll start with you. why do you think this then . do you think about this then. lennox is it a good is it a good idea? can you hear me, lennox? no, we're not getting lennox, right? we're going to go over whilst we're desperately trying to sort that out to simon to sort that out to go to simon harding. hoping hear me. harding. i'm hoping can hear me. simon good idea for. simon is this a good idea for. >> i think i think in principle, i mean, you know, understand i mean, you know, you understand the rationale for it. >> you know, the length of time that the conviction has to that that the conviction has to expire before you can then say that have a clean slate . is that you have a clean slate. is many years . many years. >> you know, it has been for a while. so i think, you know, this idea of less re—offending
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and less victims is a good thing. >> obviously , we the more people >> obviously, we the more people that are put into work rather than, you know, can't get work . than, you know, can't get work. and the only way of getting and so the only way of getting money is to to crime. of money is to resort to crime. of course, you know, to be a course, you know, it has to be a good thing. but you know, at the heart this well, you heart of this as well, are, you know, when look at these know, when you look at these offences, it's very difficult to really group these offences together say you know, together and say that, you know, burglary being burglary is almost being sort of, know , put down the scale of, you know, put down the scale a little bit, you know, burglaries devastating to burglaries can be devastating to families. you know, you are violated in your own home and it can be it can be devastating. >> and the financial loss of thefts, you know, things like that. >> so but i think in general in general, i would that, yeah, general, i would say that, yeah, it is a good idea. the it probably is a good idea. the length of time is too much. >> okay. and i believe we can bnng >> okay. and i believe we can bring back in now. bring lennox back in now. lennox, you hear me lennox, i hope you can hear me now, which is good. yeah. there we go. that's happy face, we go. that's a happy face, right? so, look, with right? okay, so. so, look, with respect, lennox, if i wanted to employ have employ you, should i have a right to know about your criminal past? do you think? >> i think it's good if it was
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spent and. >> and given what the government are trying to do, i think if they made the application process a bit less intrusive , it process a bit less intrusive, it would give people a chance . would give people a chance. >> but i think that criminals do deserve a chance if they want to live a changed life . live a changed life. >> so i would be hoping that employers would give people a chance.i employers would give people a chance. i know that some employers. >> i'll stay with you, lennox, if that's all right. i know that some employers i believe timpsons and i think iceland as well, do have quite a prominent schemes, right? where they where they do help people who have maybe got out of prison or maybe just got out of prison or going some kind of going through some kind of parole something like that parole or something like that probation, i should say . and probation, i should say. and i suppose the question for me would be, if an employer doesn't know now that somebody has got a history of burglary or theft or something, and then they put them in a position within their
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company where they might have access to the tills. is it not just a risk then that that employer might end up, you just a risk then that that employer might end up , you know, employer might end up, you know, falling foul of that and thinking , well, you should have thinking, well, you should have told me some people might told me some people also might say, that to be fair, if say, lennox that to be fair, if you do commit crime , you have you do commit a crime, you have to that deterrent of to have that deterrent of thinking, well, might not be thinking, well, i might not be able get a job after i've got able to get a job after i've got able to get a job after i've got a criminal record, you know. what say to that? what would you say to that? >> well, that's true. >> well, that's true. >> i think if someone has just come out of prison, say , i think come out of prison, say, i think that they also deserve a chance. >> but perhaps if the application process was less intrusive , that they didn't have intrusive, that they didn't have to lie , but they've paid their to lie, but they've paid their debt to society and they want a chance and perhaps reducing the spent time , you know, but yeah, spent time, you know, but yeah, i do feel that there's some protection does need to happen for employers . for employers. >> okay. okay. and yeah, i'll
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throw it back to you then. simon do you reckon that at the moment we're almost trapping people in a vortex of continued crime because if you get done for something when you're 17 or 18 years old and it stays on your record for a period of time and you can't get a job after that and you need a bit of money, see, there's probably 1 or 2 ways you're going to go and do that. it's not always legal, that. and it's not always legal, is it? >> i think that's right. i think, you know, as a police officer, you know, you were officer, you know, you you were convicting time convicting people all the time and, you thought, and, you know, you thought, well, that's that's what they deserve. >> they've decided to commit that. >> but there different >> but there are different reasons people commit crime. reasons why people commit crime. >> they're different >> and they're also different types within one crime itself. >> and think, you know, >> and i think, you know, i think cases have to be looked at individually. >> and one of the things you pick up from the government report is that says serious report is that it says serious sexual offences. report is that it says serious sex so offences. report is that it says serious sex so let's1ces. about how how >> so let's talk about how how we're trying to, you know, prevent against women prevent violence against women and prevent violence against women ancso are we saying that those >> so are we saying that those minor sex offences that we've
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seen obviously police officers committing in the last, you know, last year or so and we've found out about are those the ones that are going to be almost, you know, you don't have to that kind of thing, to disclose that kind of thing, then you're put into contact with vulnerable. >> and of course, not in terms of those things. >> but i think there's a lot individual crimes that, you know, blanket, blanket in know, just blanket, blanket in one say just make one crime to say just make that minor very difficult. minor is very difficult. >> all right, lennox , can i ask >> all right, lennox, can i ask you a bit about your own experience, please? so just a bit about a bit about your backstory. so in terms of when you were not the reform character that you are now, what was going on there for you? what happened? what happened in terms of prison time, getting job of prison time, getting a job aftennards? go on. yeah it was very difficult to get a job. >> you know, i was in gangs. >> you know, i was in gangs. >> um, i'd commit all sorts of crimes and i struggled to get a job. and we used to well, i used to at one stage have to sort of
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give false information to some companies, warehouses and things to, to get jobs . it was very to, to get jobs. it was very difficult because i'd just come out of prison on occasion and i'm trying to rebuild my life. and it was so hard . but if it and it was so hard. but if it was made a bit easier , yeah, it was made a bit easier, yeah, it would have helped me a lot to , would have helped me a lot to, you know, turn my life around a lot sooner. i suppose as with some of the young people i'm working with now , they're working with now, they're struggling to get jobs because , struggling to get jobs because, you know, there's so many hoops they have to jump through and i think we need to give them some help to be able to rebuild their life. they want to change. >> i'm just going to give the last word to, uh, to you, lennox, on this. if that's all right. when you got out of pnson right. when you got out of prison for whatever it was , did prison for whatever it was, did it then and you struggled to get a job because you were having to lie or whatever about your
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criminal record? did that then at any point lead to you re—offending? do you think ? re—offending? do you think? >> in some circumstances, yeah . >> in some circumstances, yeah. it was very difficult. when you're released at christmas, there's a lot of pressure on you to have to try and buy presents and things. you've got 40 odd pounds discharge grant until you get dole money and it was very difficult . so the temptation was difficult. so the temptation was hard . people, criminals offered hard. people, criminals offered you work? um armed robberies, burglaries , um, drug dealing . burglaries, um, drug dealing. and it was very difficult to turn down that kind of money when you needed so much help . when you needed so much help. >> yeah, i can imagine. and, you know , it's a fascinating topic . know, it's a fascinating topic. it is a fascinating topic because i can really see both sides of this. but can i just say thank you very much, chaps? i could i could have i could have. i could have carried this on for another hour or but we have got or so, actually. but we have got other bits and bobs to talk about as reformed burglar there,
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lennox rogers, senior lennox rogers, a former senior investigating met investigating officer at the met police. harding, he investigating officer at the met pccoming harding, he investigating officer at the met pccoming in harding, he investigating officer at the met pccoming in on arding, he investigating officer at the met pccoming in on this. g, he investigating officer at the met pccoming in on this. g,think hee is coming in on this. i think he might divide people. vaiews@gbnews.com. look vaiews@gbnews.com. now look last shifting tone last week okay shifting tone this people last week we spoke about britain's loneliest sheep about britain's loneliest sheep a u which had been spotted all alone and overgrown in the scottish highlands. but despite gb news inbox being flooded with concerned emails, some of which genuinely were demanding that we in fact, me personally , we went in fact, me personally, we went out and rescued this sheep, it seems that the you might have to face another winter on her own. so the scottish spca says that the sheep that's said to be living at the foot of a cliff for the past two years now isn't in danger and has ample grazing. jennifer white is a senior media and communications manager at peta who joins us now . thank you peta who joins us now. thank you very much, jennifer . look, very much, jennifer. look, should should we be rescuing this sheep? >> well , to our understanding, >> well, to our understanding, there have been several rescue
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attempts , but because of the attempts, but because of the isolated location and the rugged terrain, the unpredictable weather, it's just not been safe to do so. but the scottish spca have said that they're going to continuously check in on this sheep when weather allows and that they are going to work to find a solution. and of course, we really hope that they do, because she deserves to be rescued. >> yeah. i mean, loneliness is surely the sheep on its own . surely the sheep on its own. there was a quite harrowing tale of a kayaker that said the sheep was bleating at her, you know. yeah. and he is genuinely is moving. i know i'm kind of laughing a little bit, but it's kind of an awkward laugh because it is actually really quite depressing. this it is. >> and you know, sheep are incredibly intelligent, complex animals they do feel a wide animals and they do feel a wide range of emotions, including loneliness. so we know that the sheep is suffering and that's why it's so important that when it's safe to do so , she is it's safe to do so, she is rescued . and, you know, while of rescued. and, you know, while of course, it is very important
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that she has access to grazing land to water, that isn't land and to water, that isn't enough for a sheep to live a happy and fulfilling life. you know, they are flock animals and they're incredibly social. >> well, the thing is, it's going to need a bit of tlc that sheep is. it's a shaggy sheep at the moment . sheep is. it's a shaggy sheep at the moment. it's certainly sheep is. it's a shaggy sheep at the moment . it's certainly not the moment. it's certainly not been sheared. it's not seen a it's not seen a barber for a while. to be fair, that i mean, the thing is as well, i imagine that eventually that is going to oppose it. some health problems. i mean, casting that kind of fleece around with you is not i mean, casting that kind of flee not, round with you is not i mean, casting that kind of flee not, i und with you is not i mean, casting that kind of flee not, i would th you is not i mean, casting that kind of flee not, i would argue is not i mean, casting that kind of fleenot, i would argue probably it's not, i would argue probably not. what it's supposed to be doing. maybe. and so it is going to need a little bit of tlc, isn't it? jennifer >> yeah, i mean, we really hope that eventually she'll be retired to a sanctuary where she can live with other sheep. and of course , you know, get a very of course, you know, get a very gentle shearing. but unfortunately, the reason that sheep end up in this state is because they are deliberately bred to produce such an excessive amount of fleece. so
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that people can farm it. and obviously turn it into wool and wool products. so we'd urge anyone who feels sad and depressed for this to sheep show that compassion to all sheep by never wearing wool or eating their flesh and, you know, ultimately going vegan as well. >> fair enough. i mean >> well, fair enough. i mean youn >> well, fair enough. i mean your, your obviously, your, your view obviously, i mean, when you do look at a completely isolated, lonely sheep bleating out into the abyss, it does make you abyss, it does. it does make you question certain things. i must say. jennifer, thank you very much. jennifer white there, senior and communications senior media and communications manager i just feel manager at peter. i just feel like i feel like maybe at some point there has to be some kind of gb news fundraiser to get this sheep. maybe just being this sheep. maybe i'm just being too . maybe just being too soft. maybe i'm just being too soft. maybe i'm just being too especially considering too soft, especially considering that i too soft, especially considering thati do too soft, especially considering that i do eat lamb. so there is that. isn't that talking of campaigns fundraisers and campaigns and fundraisers and things like that? i'm going to round the show with this. round off the show with this. okay we decided here to, in okay we have decided here to, in light of everything that's going on at the moment with this country and i think quite intense divisions and pictures of the cenotaph of the war
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memorial being barricaded off to protect it from being desecrated and protect it from vandals and, you know, footage of people climbing on statues to some war heroes, amongst other great brits throughout history and letting off flares and shouting about how awful britain is in the world. and we got blood on our hands. and all of this stuff right . i thought, you know what? right. i thought, you know what? our veterans need a bit of a boost. they need to be shown how loved they are. and i saw a story that in brighton, they couldn't get somebody to replace a long standing poppy seller that poppy seller managed to raise ten grand for the royal british legion last year. so i thought, i'll go to brighton and try and sell a few poppies and do a few bits and bobs. so i'm going there to do the show tomorrow, right? and we were initially saying, to initially saying, let's try to raise ten grand, let's try and replace grand the replace that ten grand for the royal by setting royal british legion by setting up justgiving called up a justgiving page called justgiving fonnard slash justgiving .com fonnard slash page , justgiving .com fonnard slash page , fonnard news page, fonnard slash gb news p°ppyr page, fonnard slash gb news poppy, that's just
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giving.com/page for slash gb news poppy , we want it to raise news poppy, we want it to raise ten you have raised ten grand. you have raised £53,159. that's the latest that i've got in front of me right now. in fact, make that £53,759 in under three hours. you are wonderful people. i love every single one of you. thank you to everyone who has given from £2 to £200, just giving dot com fonnard slash page for slash gb news. poppy. when we look around the country at the moment, i think it's important to remember how many people there are out there who actually love britain and love our veterans and love our history. i think we feel like under attack the like we're under attack at the minute. i certainly do. and it's stuff this makes your stuff like this that makes your voice heard. so thank you very, very much. i will see you tomorrow from brighton. let's sell poppies, people. sell some poppies, people. >> good evening . it's alex >> good evening. it's alex burkill. here with your latest gb news weather forecast and whilst for many, the unsettled theme continues through the next 24 it's drier but 24 hours, it's a drier but chillier picture for scotland. and that's because of a brief
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ridge high pressure which is ridge of high pressure which is quietening the weather down a little here. meanwhile, the little bit here. meanwhile, the rest the the rest of the uk under the influence of low pressure influence of a low pressure centred republic of ireland centred over republic of ireland that's then heavy that's bringing then heavy showery rain to many parts of england particularly england, wales and particularly eastern parts of northern ireland. heavy rain building up here overnight could be up to 100mm perhaps, which is why some impacts are likely . drier impacts are likely. drier weather across parts of scotland , touch frost likely here. , a touch of frost likely here. milder further south. but with that , a few patches of milder further south. but with that, a few patches of mist and fog are possible first thing on tuesday tuesday then, tuesday morning. tuesday then, is to be a changeable day is going to be a changeable day with rain across with further showery rain across parts northern ireland, parts of northern ireland, northern wales , a northern england into wales, a drier for a time before drier slot for a time before more wet and windy weather arrives from the southwest later on. meanwhile across scotland here mostly dry. here it is looking mostly dry. plenty of sunshine, too, but quite chilly. temperatures struggling here in single digits, milder further south with highs of around 14 or 15 celsius. if you're going trick or treating through tuesday evening, watch out for a of evening, watch out for a band of rain pushing up from the rain pushing its way up from the south—west. drier towards the
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north, unsettled south—west. drier towards the north, is unsettled south—west. drier towards the north, is on unsettled south—west. drier towards the north, is on the 1settled south—west. drier towards the north, is on the way.led south—west. drier towards the north, is on the way this week weather is on the way this week as storm kieran approaches most affecting southern areas as we go through wednesday night into thursday bringing heavy thursday, bringing some heavy rain. it's the exceptionally rain. but it's the exceptionally strong particularly strong winds, particularly around parts around channel coastal parts which we're most concerned about
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named is that the right decision? i can tell you that one has split opinion . and over one has split opinion. and over in wales, the welsh parliament has been criticised for potential plans to allow men who self—identify as women to get themselves onto their all women quotas, which are designed to encourage, you guessed it, more women into parliament as the welsh gone mad? or is this basically the right move? and king charles, he is off to kenya and he's under pressure to apologise for the horrors of the past. apologise for the horrors of the past . should he? you tell me . past. should he? you tell me. yes, we have got a lot to get through. tonight's feisty debate
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